Officerrob
Banned
Pizzaman needs to pull his head out of his ass and tighten things up. This season is missing Fukunaga BADLY.
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True Detective - Season 2 - We get the Season we deserve - Sundays on HBO
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Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Colin Farrell continues to be the best part about this season.
Maninthemirror
Banned
TTOOLL
Member
My complaint is that the series is too much all over the place and because of that I can't get all the characters. Who the fuck is Stan? Velcoro is the only interesting character so far. I'm not good judging actors, so I can't tell much about VV, I know his character sucks tho.
I'm enjoying the show but I thought I would be more interested at this point.
I'm enjoying the show but I thought I would be more interested at this point.
yeah, I really hope they bring him back for season 3
right there with you
one thing I've noticed is i haven't had that desire to rewatch the episodes
Maninthemirror
Banned
Admit it , the only reason you are even enjoying it a bit is because of the trail left from season 1, if this was season 1 you would be hating it. The characters are so haphazard there is no feeling that any of them sync together.
Robot Pants
Member
Boy I was pretty onboard with this season until this episode.
Some of these one liners are making me wince.
Some of these one liners are making me wince.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Worst EP of the season so far but I'm still liking it a lot. Next week looks like shit is gonna heat up big time.
Perfect Blue
Banned
Interesting episode. Really felt the different director this time compared to the first two.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
I think Lin's random, overly long aerial shots actually helped with the pace of the show.
TTOOLL
Member
Perhaps the opposite is also true. If we weren't comparing it to S1 all time we could be thinking differently.
More like, everyone on this show is someone looking to die. That "Do you really want to live?" line could apply to any of the 4 leads lol.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Episode 3: RIP Stan.
Officerrob
Banned
Episode 3: Who the fuck is Stan?
I wanna say that I think Farrell's son isn't. But it could change by end of season.
TTOOLL
Member
That scene with the doctor was great. This questions really is the only thing tying the 4 leads. Looks like Velcoro has started thinking about living more, I know nothing about the others.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I enjoyed the episode. Can't saying I'm enjoying the gay subplot. I have zero interest in that character as a whole. I think Ray and and Bezzeridis are getting more interesting. I like the state vs velcoro subplot. Definitely nowhere near season one but I feel like there's some interesting threads here. Hopefully they pull on the right ones.
Future PhaZe
Member
Kitsch's character is becoming intolerable. This isn't going past a season pizzaman, why so much dedication to him being closeted. Can he like...do something?
BoogerFart
Banned
Um, Elvis.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
You mean Dan.
I mean Stan yeah. Wait it's Dan now? This show is so messy!
Nah, definitely Conway Twitty. That was his recording of "The Rose" and that guy seemed to me to be doing some serious Twitty cosplay.
Maninthemirror
Banned
What digs
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
You didn't get the meta jabs at Fukunaga?
RodanCeros
Member
The best scenes are ripped from David Lynch. The worst scenes are ripped from a bad episode of CSI.
"A semi truck blocked me for half a second; the potential killer got away. Unfortunately, we don't have radios or cell phones to call this in. Not that it matters, because all of the officers, helicopters, and technology at the LAPD's disposal could not possibly help us to catch this obviously masked lunatic escaping on foot."
"A semi truck blocked me for half a second; the potential killer got away. Unfortunately, we don't have radios or cell phones to call this in. Not that it matters, because all of the officers, helicopters, and technology at the LAPD's disposal could not possibly help us to catch this obviously masked lunatic escaping on foot."
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
lol that's what I said. Apparently the scene with the director who said "we're burning dollars" was supposed to be some sort of jab at him. I wouldnt have even noticed had I not read about it everywhere.
a secret-boss
Banned
Glad collin is still kicking it.
Collin and Rachel scenes are the one I like. Vince part is ok.
Collin and Rachel scenes are the one I like. Vince part is ok.
OMG THEY KILLED STAN, YOU BASTARDS!
No, actually after all the build up and reviewer hype about how embarrassing the scene is, it didn't strike me as odd at all. PIzzaman is not a subtle writer, if he was making mean digs at Fukunaga it would have been much more obvious. Instead it's just something that I think people read into more than what was there. The movie being made was totally Not-Mad-Max, but I didn't get a sense that it was a dig at Mad Max either. It's just a typical "Hollywood making another blockbuster, no time for the detectives who are following the money trail" scene.
Pretty much this, although I still don't really care about anyone.
Steelyuhas
Member
Critics that saw screeners talked that up to be a much bigger deal than it was.
I think Vince has a range of roles that he's strong in, this character is not it though.
Ninja Scooter
Member
It's got it's faults, and def isn't as good as season 1, but I'm still in. It's got just the right combination of old school noire and Hotline Miami esque creepiness for me.
Mad Season
Banned
I hope Vince Vaughn got this out of his system as he is not a good serious actor
gnarlyxcharlie
Member
Eh, I've liked him so far but I'm damn near the only one that thinks that. My problem is with kitsch. Liked him in other shit just not really feeling it.
Ninja Scooter
Member
the brooding thing was a bit over the top from Kitsche in this episode. I know that was sort of the point but he oversold that shit big time.