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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: king_in_the_north on January 27, 2014, 01:50:47 PM
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Most other HBO shows have threads, and this one has been killing it too. next episode is going to be wild!
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In between Girls and Looking right now. Guess I'll have to start watching this also.
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this show has potential
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regular type dude with a big ass dick
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Pilot episode was sick, the last 2 have been a tad flat, but still had great dialogue. I think they are ramping up and its gonna get crazy next ep. Plus Woody Harrelson's chick on the side has got some kind of body.
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regular type dude with a big ass dick
Couldnt help but think The Bunk said it better.
humble motherfucker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLa5Bfw2cnA#)
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Pilot episode was sick, the last 2 have been a tad flat, but still had great dialogue. I think they are ramping up and its gonna get crazy next ep. Plus Woody Harrelson's chick on the side has got some kind of body.
dem titz
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just started this show, loving it so far. definitely a "slow burner", but well acted and intense.
matthew mcconaughey has done a nice little turn around with his career.
and yeah, woody harrelson's side chick. who the fuck is she?
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and yeah, woody harrelson's side chick. who the fuck is she?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275259/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275259/)
Another great episode. Bummed there are only four left.
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^^^Damn those are terrific
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"90 seconds marty" what an intense sequence
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Yeah that whole project scene at the end was masterful, didn't expect so much action, I mean I knew this episode was gonna be good but that was mental.
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The pilot was fantastic.
agreed, lots of potential
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that was the best 10 minutes of tv ive ever seen
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The last scene in episode 3 was one of the more unsettling things I've seen on TV. Last nights episode was fucking incredible. Noticed that the last scene was filmed in one take.
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Yup, I'll be thinking about that last scene for a long time to come. Shout out the DP for making a relatively open-spaced neighbourhood in the projects seem so bloody claustrophobic, adding to the already overwhelming intensity.
Also, couldn't help but think of this:
Children of Men (Near the End) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twcKoAQ7HIg#)
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Just binge watched all four episodes last night. Holy shit this is good. That last scene in episode four is a thing of beauty, for sure.
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Just like with Children of Men, I didn't even notice that it was all one shot. I'll be watching it again tonight though, since I jumped the gun and watched it without the wife yesterday.
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Watched them all today. Holy shit why haven't I heard of this until I saw this thread!
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amazing episode.
cool article on that final scene in one take:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722001/true-detective-long-take.jhtml (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722001/true-detective-long-take.jhtml)
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Better than porn. Last episode had me on the edge of my seat leaning in with that last shot.
[insert mindblown Eric Wareheim .gif]
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Watched them all today. Holy shit why haven't I heard of this until I saw this thread!
Who is the girl in your sig? Also I'm about to watch the last episode again... Wow
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Watched them all today. Holy shit why haven't I heard of this until I saw this thread!
Who is the girl in your sig? Also I'm about to watch the last episode again... Wow
american apparel ad girl from like 2007
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I love how the pace and vibe of the whole episode starts shifting once Rust takes that first bump. In 4 episodes this show has accomplished more than most do in their entirety.
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True Detective - Raiding the Housing Projects Scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmhS_IYnjcA#)
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bump because it just keeps getting better. it's going to be amazing to marathon watch it as one big joint when all is said and done
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http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497 (http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497)
Also, stoked on that school Cohle was exploring at the end of this recent episode. That's some creepy shit
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bump because it just keeps getting better. it's going to be amazing to marathon watch it as one big joint when all is said and done
That's what im doing I am waiting till the season is over so i can watch them all at once instead of waiting for an episode ever week. Heard good things about this show though, does anyone know how many episodes are left?
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bump because it just keeps getting better. it's going to be amazing to marathon watch it as one big joint when all is said and done
3 more, 8 episodes total.
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Finishing the story by the end of first season is terrific. This would turn into something else if they kept the same plot going on for as long as there are viewers.
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The plan is to move it to a different location with a different story and cast for every season. From what I've seen.
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this is going to be a tough season to follow
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I'm blown away at the level of the writing in this show. Even know Sunday's episode was a little departure from the first 4 eps, I couldn't get enough of it.
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The writer and creator of the show has said that this season was only to gain peoples' trust and that he intends on getting a lot fucking weirder for seasons to come.
Really looking forward to that. I think being an anthology style show is a good lure for top actors and directors too since they only have to commit to a single season.
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just watched the first episode, pretty good stuff
Woody is the killer, calling it
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just watched the first episode, pretty good stuff
Woody is the killer, calling it
I think that there is a conspiracy going on, and it goes way up in the power chain. Cohle starts uncovering it, thus going into hiding for a while, and lurking at the crime scenes (surreptitiously following the case still). Next episode and/or the one after it will confirm or deny this, but I think that their falling out in 2002 is either orchestrated by the two of them because Hart clues into what's going on as well, or Cohle does it to push Hart away/protect him and Hart later comes to understand. It just really seems like people in power are involved in this whole Yellow King/Carcosa stuff, which is why the task force comes in out of nowhere and there's a lot of pressure for Hart and Cohle to pass off the case right as they start getting leads. I really need to read the short stories that inspired the Yellow King, see if there's any clues there.
This might all be tinfoil as fuck, but I'm so enthralled by this show and I'm having a great time playing detective along with the characters.
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fuck yeah this is the best tv show out hands down. cohle is the most badass motherfucker ever.
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I think that there is a conspiracy going on, and it goes way up in the power chain...It just really seems like people in power are involved in this whole Yellow King/Carcosa stuff...
totally agree, this is what makes the series great. it reminds me of twin peaks, x-files, and other similar shows where the viewer (somewhat) quickly realizes that people in power are covering something up big.
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this guy looks...short
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(http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/series/true-detective/home/140108-hbogo-detective-gilbough-450.jpg)
this guy looks...short
He looks like a bad motherfucker is what he looks like
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I guess it was the way he was sitting back (or me being high) but the guy looked strangely short haha
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why would that matter? is there some mention of a short character or some symbolism?
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I think that there is a conspiracy going on, and it goes way up in the power chain...It just really seems like people in power are involved in this whole Yellow King/Carcosa stuff...
totally agree, this is what makes the series great. it reminds me of twin peaks, x-files, and other similar shows where the viewer (somewhat) quickly realizes that people in power are covering something up big.
i agree with this... the modern day Rust is behaving as if during those years where he was off the radar, he might've gotten caught up/brainwashed/influenced by whatever they are chasing.
this show is beyond brilliant... oddly reminds me of the movie Kill List; it's got a simple narrative (cop show) mixed with some Wicker Man/occult/HP Lovecraft shit going on.
McConoaughey should get every oscar, grammy, emmy and SOTY for this shit.
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I think that there is a conspiracy going on, and it goes way up in the power chain...It just really seems like people in power are involved in this whole Yellow King/Carcosa stuff...
totally agree, this is what makes the series great. it reminds me of twin peaks, x-files, and other similar shows where the viewer (somewhat) quickly realizes that people in power are covering something up big.
i agree with this... the modern day Rust is behaving as if during those years where he was off the radar, he might've gotten caught up/brainwashed/influenced by whatever they are chasing.
this show is beyond brilliant... oddly reminds me of the movie Kill List; it's got a simple narrative (cop show) mixed with some Wicker Man/occult/HP Lovecraft shit going on.
McConoaughey should get every oscar, grammy, emmy and SOTY for this shit.
I've been reading a lot of articles about this (I'll update with some links a little later), apparently the yellow king/carcosa stories were a big influence on Lovecraft and a lot of other weird fiction authors, and Carcosa is directly involved in the C'thulhu mythos. I just downloaded the series of short stories that they've been pulling a lot of this Yellow King/Carcosa imagery from, I'm stoked to read it. If they go in a cosmic horror direction I would be so stoked. There are already horror elements/underpinnings, and the creator did say they're going to get a lot weirder as the series goes on...fuck I love this.
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somebody posted this on the page before but i'll repost it:
http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497 (http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497)
never read the Yellow King, although I will now.
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Well shit. This is why I like to wait until a season is over and binge watch the whole thing.
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those segways...
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I keep thinking Marty's father in law has something to do with this all.
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jokingly thought of her saying "i want you to fuck me in the ass" and then she did
I keep thinking Marty's father in law has something to do with this all.
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I found this and thought it was funny. Sent it to a dude at work and he starts ranting about how sick this show is. I downloaded the first 6 episodes.
HOLY.FUCK.
http://truedetectiveconversations.tumblr.com/ (http://truedetectiveconversations.tumblr.com/)
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This show rules. Thank god I found it before it finished ... and binge watching is the worst way to watch anything other than a mindless sitcom with no story. I love all the theories behind this show as well. Too bad it's over soon.
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I guess Cohle's "down payment?" joke came true for Marty..
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Well shit. This is why I like to wait until a season is over and binge watch the whole thing.
Its definitely a show you can't wait to see whats next, but I definitely do enjoy letting an episode sink in for a week. It really gets your mind going and builds things up.
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Lots of series like this one wrap up the previous chapter of a story about halfway through an episode and build up the next twist right up until the end. It's obviously the best strategy for maintaining viewership, but it's nice when one ends with a scene like the housing projects scene, leaving you satisfied but still interested in what is next. The Breaking Bad formula can become a bit of a trope. Ending the episode with the part of the story that brings the timeline of the past up to the present sort of beats you over the head with "THIS IS SUSPENSE! STAY TUNED!!" Boardwalk Empire finds a nice balance between satiation and intrigue between episodes.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/truedetective (http://www.reddit.com/r/truedetective)
NERD OUT!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPTgkX4p9Ng (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPTgkX4p9Ng)
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zer? Kanada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c9TyeKnGGk#)
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those segways...
I'm hoping the last episode is fucking awesome, I just realized how bummed I would be if it ended shitty. I think people have been predicting a plot twist? Some mystical / black magic shit, or some type of conspiracy / cover up?
I've been rewatching the episodes and they feel more and more evil the more I watch them. So much fucking epic badass dialogue too.
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That last scene pretty much said it all. I get the feeling it will end with Marty and Rust dead and those two present day detectives left to continue the cycle. Nothing changes.
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That last scene pretty much said it all. I get the feeling it will end with Marty and Rust dead and those two present day detectives left to continue the cycle. Nothing changes.
Yeah same here, although I think we'll at least get some sort of reveal before they bite the dust.
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/but-not-simpler/2014/03/03/depressing-things-true-detective-says-self-true/#.UxTFsY4xA3t (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/but-not-simpler/2014/03/03/depressing-things-true-detective-says-self-true/#.UxTFsY4xA3t)
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Possible big clue leading in to the season finale:
Detective Hart Sees Something That Cannot Be Unseen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhJGA2QvyeQ#)
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I had a feeling that fucking guy on the lawnmower was going to come back later. And now we know.
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i read all of rusty berrings posts in a cool matthew mcconaughey whisper voice now and its rad
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Crime solved
True Detective: PROOF that MARTY is the killer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1BpAaJeb3o#)
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fucking spaghetti remus
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Could be dumb but,
Didn't Rust meet/talk to the lawn mower guy? Does he only have the scars on the one side of his face? That could explain Rust not piecing that together yet. I'd rewatch but I don't remember which episode that conversation happens in. Slightly confused on that one..
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Could be dumb but,
Didn't Rust meet/talk to the lawn mower guy? Does he only have the scars on the one side of his face? That could explain Rust not piecing that together yet. I'd rewatch but I don't remember which episode that conversation happens in. Slightly confused on that one..
I think it's because he had a beard that covered the scars when they first met all those years ago
True Detective - The Lawnmower Man's first appearance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_xy9sTjSU#)
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this is the best season of a tv show I have ever seen.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/05/craziest-theories-of-how-true-detective-will-end-killer-marty-the-five-horsemen-and-more.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/05/craziest-theories-of-how-true-detective-will-end-killer-marty-the-five-horsemen-and-more.html)
There are a few interesting and well detailed theories in this article on how the finale will play out. I am definitely curious to see how or if Hart's daughter will be included since there were many little clues about her (the drawings, dolls, crown).
Hands down the best mini series of all time in my book. I used hold Band of Brothers as my favorite, but True Detective has blown me away.
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True Detective: Yellow King Theory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8zTSDFiI24#)
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I love it, but the last episode didn't have any of the fear of the others. I guess it needed to be that way to get everything lined up for the story. I don't think it's going to be too wild, probably the tuttles and childresses been Killin folks around the bayou for a long time.
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I'm a say that Hart's daughter was abused because she knows about the sex rituals, drew those pictures, arranged the dolls. In the last episode Maggie mentioned to Hart that their daughter with bipolar disorder was an artist in New Orleans but they hadn't heard from her in a while. I think they're going to find out that she's being held captive or dead.
Not sure if I think Cohle and Hart will survive.
This show is so fucking evil it makes it hard to sleep at night.
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.youtube.com/watch?v=X8zTSDFiI24
This is the funniest shit I've ever seen.
This show is awesome. Can't wait for the finale.
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it just seems like they have a TON of stuff to cram into this final episode, considering the fact the season kind of ends this storyline for these characters. it could either be the greatest hour of television ever, or a big disappointment. however i can't wait to find out. I'm super bummed this is the last episode of the season.. seriously.
btw the Marty watching the video scene was yet another Kill List similarity... just saying.
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Goading people with the allure of conspiracy into coming up with all sorts of theories only to give such a simple explanation at the end.
Brilliant.
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I enjoyed the ending. I wasn't expecting some huge twist (obviously after the reveal in episode 7), but there was a lot of build up of a deep conspiracy/cover up and in the end we only get the psycho redneck.
I know they address this in the show when Rust and Marty are talking about the others still out there and they got the guy they were after, but you can't help but want to find out more about this cult and the members (especially the ones in the tape). Also what was all the stuff regarding Marty's daughter? Why was she focused on? especially with the dolls lined up like how they were in the taped ritual.
With that said, Errol's house and Carcosa were extremely creepy. The dolls, piles of childrens clothes, drawings on wall, dead dad on bed with a sewn mouth.. disturbing shit.
All in all, one of the best shows I've seen, and a very re-watchable one too. Season 2 has a lot to live up to, they better pick some damn good actors.
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i like how hbo doesn't just reuse sets or hold characters in certain places like amc does. carcosa felt huge and as with errols house, both looked pretty damn good considering they havent been in the show untill this episode.
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I know they address this in the show when Rust and Marty are talking about the others still out there and they got the guy they were after, but you can't help but want to find out more about this cult and the members (especially the ones in the tape). Also what was all the stuff regarding Marty's daughter? Why was she focused on? especially with the dolls lined up like how they were in the taped ritual.
Yeah that's one way of looking at it. It's possible the relations were all symbolic: maybe showing some inert perversion in Marty's daughter.
Either that or she was involved with the demon worship (Maggie's dad?) and was let go but the detectives never got the hint since Marty never really shared that part of it to Rust. The daughter probably forgot about it, or sees it as some strange reoccurring dream since she was drugged.
I'm not entirely sure what Pizzolatto intended to do with that, but either way to me it works out fine.
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Great fucking show. Looking forward to seeing how they'll do the next season. They definitely need to keep the same writer/director and cinematographer. This shit is golden.
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Tough act to folloooooow.
Great ending though. Don't think it could've ended any better. Lots of unanswered questions, but still I'm satisfied. Great soundtrack to boot (melvins, wutang etc).
Inner city next?
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Its like you all want this show to be directed by M Nght Shamalamanyan
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intense finale, definitely looking forward to a full run through soon.
they should get michael shannon for next season. He kills it on boardwalk (which is wrapping up) and hbo loves to use actors a bunch. here's hoping
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I enjoyed the ending. A great finale to an amazing show.
*Don't read ahead, if you haven't seen Episode 8*
When Marty and Rust were both laying there bleeding I thought that might be the end. That their obsession with the case and their vigilante sort of ways would lead them to solving the case personally but that they would die alone and in Carcosa to never be found/or found years years later. That would have made sense to me too, but it was nice to see them both live and Rust kind of shift into being an optimist, or maybe even find some sort of spirituality/religion in the end.
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JEEPERS! THE SCHOOL CARETAKER!?
and he wouldve gotten away with it too...
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If it wasn't for those meddling true detectives.
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I like how this guy doesn't talk but he'll shoot up the sheriff's car
(http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2014/03/04/true-detective-suspects/robert-doumain.o.jpg/a_560x375.jpg)
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they should get michael shannon for next season. He kills it on boardwalk (which is wrapping up) and hbo loves to use actors a bunch. here's hoping
Yooo...good call, that dude is super fucking intense
so was that black swirly cloud in Carcosa a symptom of Rust's synesthesia or shit?
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holy fucking shit. i am pleased as fuck. also that dialogue with the dude about the boat was actually pretty funny.
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I enjoyed the ending. I wasn't expecting some huge twist (obviously after the reveal in episode 7), but there was a lot of build up of a deep conspiracy/cover up and in the end we only get the psycho redneck.
I liked the little tease at the very end when the reporter says something about the Tuttle family quickly disavowing that Errol was at all related to them. Maybe that's a tease to them continuing this general storyline, but getting weirder and in another part of the country? I would enjoy that for sure.
so was that black swirly cloud in Carcosa a symptom of Rust's synesthesia or shit?
I think it was kind of a symbolic hallucination, like he saw with the birds (at least I assumed the birds were a hallucination). It ties into the swirl design painted on Dora Lange/the scar on Errol's back. Plus it had the black stars of Carcosa, tying it into the King in Yellow stories even more. My hope is that it's signifying that they're going to go a little more towards the lovecraftian/cosmic horror that gets hinted at by Pizza-lottery and certain aspects of the show itself. Then again that could just be me continuing to read way too far into the show even though it's over for now.
I'm really really excited for season 2, whenever it comes out. There hasn't been a show I've enjoyed this much in a while. I'm bummed to see Rust and Marty go, but I'm sure the next detectives will be amazing, too. I really liked that at the end Rust didn't die, so it's like he's being denied what he wants most one last time. Their lives in the 2012 timeline were pretty much defined by crippling loneliness (new for Marty, old hat for Rust), but at the end they truly become friends and both finally have someone to care about/trust again. Great ending to a great show.
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^lol I didn't get most of those points or disagree with them, but it's cool that that's even possible, the show left so much open for the audience which was great. ya cohles vision in carcosa was his synesthesia or w/e. ugh I dun even wanna get started typing out all the shit I wanna say, would take forever. I agree that it's awesome they used the whole yellow king thing as a sidebar and it was solely about the two detectives and didn't give into all the conspiratorial shit.
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the finale last night was my first time seeing this show, it's tight I think im gonna watch it backwards.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/true-detective-season-2_n_4934094.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/true-detective-season-2_n_4934094.html)
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Sublime TV.
*Spoilers ahead.
InternetDaddy, I didn't take it to be a tease. The loose ends were functional, with the unsolved analogized to the darkness. Tying them up in the next season would only diminish this conclusion. Of course there would be an investigation with the vast amount of evidence at Fort Carcosa, the video etc. The new detectives mentioned something to Hart about there being no records (of Errol being related to the Tuttles?), though. In any case, the FBI discredited rumors, implying the conspiracy will not be unveiled.
Cohle seemingly resigning himself with 'the nightmare you keep waking up to', as he put it in an earlier episode, may seem kind of unbelievable. Despite his coma-induced character development, this seems too uncharacteristic for him. Considering what he knows. Recall prisoner Frances, who knew something about 'big people' in the know about the Yellow King and the real killer. Cohle would return to him the next day, having been restrained from interrogating the man. But Frances killed himself, not long after receiving a phone call supposedly from his lawyer (remote payphone, unlikely for a lawyer). One of the officers escorting Frances to the phone was named Childress. But Cohle is too far from proving anything I think. To end with all culprits caught would have been too bright, and in my opinion unfitting. He is more optimistic but the ending is still mostly dark.
The one thing that stood out to me was the green paint job that finally brought them to Errol Childress. Wasn't that quite an incredible hunch?
Also, interesting similarity:
True Detective Ending Speech Between Rust and Marty - Hospital Final Scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A97B3Ky5Osg&feature=youtu.be#)
No Country for Old Men - the ending scene [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXNfxK5Q2Qg&feature=youtu.be#)
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love this show, started watching it after the single shot sequence blew up on all the video production web sites. Whats also rad is they film it all over southern Louisiana but they didn't use any of the typical spots, whoever is their location scout went all out. Theres so many places that are just in ducked off sketchy areas of New Orleans that no one knows about. The scene where they go into the mechanic shop and Rust beats the dude to find out where the bunny ranch is, is on this crazy road out here that time just forgot and has been decaying for the last 30-40 years but people still live and work back there. shit was great.
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It's been my favourite show since The Wire. Can't wait for the next season.
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Is it just me or could you guys almost feel and smell that dense muggy Louisiana air come through your screens when you watch this show?
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1 (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1)
Good interview and a hint about next season. I could definitely see them setting it in the northeast or somewhere like that. Places with deep roots and history, where people have been there for a long time.
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love this show, started watching it after the single shot sequence blew up on all the video production web sites. Whats also rad is they film it all over southern Louisiana but they didn't use any of the typical spots, whoever is their location scout went all out. Theres so many places that are just in ducked off sketchy areas of New Orleans that no one knows about. The scene where they go into the mechanic shop and Rust beats the dude to find out where the bunny ranch is, is on this crazy road out here that time just forgot and has been decaying for the last 30-40 years but people still live and work back there. shit was great.
Definitely one of the best things about this show is the location. The scenery and spots they filmed were so eerie and added so much to the atmosphere and mood of the show.
On a separate note, I have to say I'm very pleased that they didn't go with a shocking kill off of a major character type of ending that has been huge in a lot of TV shows these days. A show that is so dark went off with some optimism and it was pulled off nicely.
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I don't think Rust was very happy with the end, really.
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I don't think Rust was very happy with the end, really.
Considering where these characters were at before, and then to have them laughing and hugging and telling stories, something we never saw before with all the time these two spend together?
Check out some interviews with the Nic Pizzolato who is the creator of the show
Interviewer: there was the strong note of optimism at the end. Why did you want to end this story this way?
Nic Pizzolato: Where I wanted them to go in their journeys wasn?t a point of redemption or conversion or even closure but a point of deliverance. They are not healed, but now, for the first time, you can imagine a future where they are healed. And before that was never a possibility for Cohle and hardly a possibility for Hart. But now it?s a real earned possibility.
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something I haven't seen brought up or discussed really, is about the time difference between the original crimes and the present day. some or all of the old men in that video could be dead by now. judging by carcosa and how Errol kills/lives i would guess that the cult is disbanded or at least drastically different then before. maybe when Tuttle was robbed and ultimately killed, they all got scared and stopped their practices.
somewhat related, the scene between Marty and his father in law in one early episode, Marty quips back about how it's good that the old people will die off, after pappy-in-law talks shit about the current generation. maybe this goes for the cult too? their kids saw how fucked up their parents were and wanted nothing to do with it. except Errol and Ladoux and the other guy, who I'm guessing were victims and exceptions to this. Errol also making a big show of his killings was unlike the cult too, which gives credence to the cult having dissolved. this is all just IMO stuff, forgive me if it's been proven wrong already
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amazing show! loved everything about it.
For those of you who are looking for something similar and were losing their shit over how good the cinematography was true detective, definitely check out Top of the Lake. It has the same cinematographer and the tone and feel of the show is also just incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TujPm45jhLw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TujPm45jhLw)
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"Top of the Lake" is really really great.
Also, what The Bullet said: it could very well work as True Detective New Zealand edition.
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Also, what The Bullet said: it could very well work as True Detective New Zealand edition.
Not really. Completely different atmosphere, despite the turn of events in the end of Top of the Lake. Beatiful, but nowhere near as well written as True Detective.
Considering where these characters were at before, and then to have them laughing and hugging and telling stories, something we never saw before with all the time these two spend together?
Agree on the deliverance (although is it pure if some of the bad guys get away with it?) but didn't Rust state that after solving the case he was done? Along with the vision of his daughter and not being able to reconnect with her in death?
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I really have no clue how they will top this in season 2.
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DeNiro and Pacino bruh.
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Just finished after watching the whole thing in one sitting.
10/10 but the thing with woodys daughter threw me. When she had all the dolls set up like the video it sent a wave of evil through me. I was thinking she saw the first murder scene/the crowning. when rust saw the swirling space in carcosa all my hairs stood up.
One thing I didn't like was HBO using same actors. I understand that it happens, get money, great actors or whatever but using people from other cult followed like shows puts me off. A little.
Fucking best thing I've watched since the wire.
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Just finished after watching the whole thing in one sitting.
10/10 but the thing with woodys daughter threw me. When she had all the dolls set up like the video it sent a wave of evil through me. I was thinking she saw the first murder scene/the crowning. when rust saw the swirling space in carcosa all my hairs stood up.
One thing I didn't like was HBO using same actors. I understand that it happens, get money, great actors or whatever but using people from other cult followed like shows puts me off. A little.
Fucking best thing I've watched since the wire.
When I saw this I had a feeling Marty's rich in-laws were somehow going to be implicated, defining the original cult members as rich people who tortured and murdered children for fun, like that 120 Days of Sodom story.
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8 episodes..that's it? It's an OK show but often slow and corny, that being said I will be on piratebay 2 hours after season 2 premiere. Shows how bad TV is right now
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8 episodes..that's it? It's an OK show but often slow and corny, that being said I will be on piratebay 2 hours after season 2 premiere. Shows how bad TV is right now
Tracer your mind is fucking slow and your posts are super corny. Fuck off.
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Tracer is the worst human ever. god bless him.
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Brad Pitt to star in season 2 - http://www.ibtimes.co.in/true-detective-season-2-cast-plot-hints-brad-pitt-gives-green-light-hbos-hit-drama-series-600228 (http://www.ibtimes.co.in/true-detective-season-2-cast-plot-hints-brad-pitt-gives-green-light-hbos-hit-drama-series-600228)
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Not sure how I feel about this..
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It'll be great dude.
Just imagine Brad Pitt casually eating a burger or an ice cream cone while looking down at a gruesome murder scene
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They already dispelled any rumors of Brad Pitt being in season 2.
Did anyone else notice Marty's quip about what kind of detective he is was taken almost word for word from Bunk's speech in The Wire?
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I read a rumor from one of the sites that said Brad Pitt may be in next season that they are also considering changing the format to a crime an episode instead of a crime per season, so it would be similar to NCIS or some garbage like that, I hope they don't do that, it would ruin the show.
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I read a rumor from one of the sites that said Brad Pitt may be in next season that they are also considering changing the format to a crime an episode instead of a crime per season, so it would be similar to NCIS or some garbage like that, I hope they don't do that, it would ruin the show.
This is the second time that rumor has come up and every article I've seen says there's nothing but speculation to back it up. I know a lot can happen in the entertainment industry in a pretty short amount of time but as of a month ago these are the only concrete things I've read...
The next season of ?True Detective? will be about ?hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United States transportation system,? says series creator Nic Pizzolatto. No actors have been cast, and Pizzolatto hasn't even presented his idea to HBO.
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whoever they get for season two will have to live up to/follow one of the best seasons of TV ever, which is a lot to ask. without harrelson and mcconaughey i'm not sure what to expect, but the producers nailed it first time around so I'll at least give this coming season a shot. they should give ed norton a call.
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I want detective Bunk Moreland on the case.
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I want detective Bunk Moreland on the case.
Still heartbreaking to think The Wire will never have another new season
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whoever they get for season two will have to live up to/follow one of the best seasons of TV ever, which is a lot to ask. without harrelson and mcconaughey i'm not sure what to expect, but the producers nailed it first time around so I'll at least give this coming season a shot. they should give ed norton a call.
Looks like they opted to not even try.
(http://i.imgur.com/SSmwGOC.png)
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/colin-farrell-vince-vaughn-set-for-true-detective-season-two-20140923 (http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/colin-farrell-vince-vaughn-set-for-true-detective-season-two-20140923)
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I wouldn't knock the casting choices just yet. McConaughey was once a prototypical romantic comedy guy while Bryan Cranston was a sitcom dad. You can never really be sure about the kinds of depths these actors can reach.
I'm not too worried about the directors, television has always been a writers' and showrunners' medium. Not worried at all that the show would stray from Pizzolato's vision
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coming straight off his award winning film'the internship'. they should have cast owen wilson instead of Colin Farrell.
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I wouldn't knock the casting choices just yet. McConaughey was once a prototypical romantic comedy guy while Bryan Cranston was a sitcom dad. You can never really be sure about the kinds of depths these actors can reach.
I'm not too worried about the directors, television has always been a writers' and showrunners' medium. Not worried at all that the show would stray from Pizzolato's vision
I hope Vaughn plays an unlikely but likable detective intern.
Not really, but I do hope you are right. I know what you are saying, Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom is another example.
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I'm just wondering how the female lead, the Monterrey county deputy is fitting in to LA detective work. They aren't anywhere near each other, geographically or demographically. We shall see.
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Some fans of the show on the internet are fucking furious over the casting. I'm kind of impartial to it, could go either way.
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I wish they went with Kenan and Kel.
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I wish they went with Kenan and Kel.
alright, which one of you thieves stole the secret sauce
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http://www.vice.com/the-real/the-real-true-detective-010 (http://www.vice.com/the-real/the-real-true-detective-010)
real life story that inspired the series.
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Vince Vaughn??? Seriously? Did they not see the Starsky & Hutch movie?? Or his career before his transition to comedy?? JURASSIC PARK 2?? THE PSYCHO REMAKE?? They should have went with a true wildcard, like James Van Der Beek or some shit.. Colin Farrell is my dude tho.
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i had no idea about the first season or show for that matter, but watched it and loved it.... But if someone had told me Woody and Dumbo Dreamboat were in it I would have been hella sceptical.
I was kinda hoping for female leads but whatever.
Who the fuck was the yellow king tho?
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Colin Farrell can act , he just needs to pick his parts better . So he could be really good in this
Vince Vaughn !? oh dear god no ...
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i had no idea about the first season or show for that matter, but watched it and loved it.... But if someone had told me Woody and Dumbo Dreamboat were in it I would have been hella sceptical.
I was kinda hoping for female leads but whatever.
Who the fuck was the yellow king tho?
The spaghetti faced man with green ears.
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i had no idea about the first season or show for that matter, but watched it and loved it.... But if someone had told me Woody and Dumbo Dreamboat were in it I would have been hella sceptical.
I was kinda hoping for female leads but whatever.
Who the fuck was the yellow king tho?
The spaghetti faced man with green ears.
http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2014/02/16/3292391/true-detective-carcosa/ (http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2014/02/16/3292391/true-detective-carcosa/)