Farrell & Kitsch are detectives and partners, Vaughn is the baddie.

Kitsch, who is best known for his starring roles in John Carter and Battleship?
Wow. That guy could use a boost in the ole' Q-meter.
My neighbor Dave is more compelling than Taylor Kitsch.

ROFL

McConaughey has been a stud for a few years. Two for the Money ihas the worst acting if any movie I can think of right now. Pacino and MM sucked in that one.

He showed flashes in A Time to Kill and a few other early ones before he went full RomCom, but he turned it around to be great.

Vaughn was phenomenal in the jLo flick 'the Cell'

I thought Taylor Kitsch did well in Lone Survivor.

I think Taylor Kitsch is always solid and likeable. I can't see any reason why he and Farrell won't kill it. Justin Lin directing should be awesome, too.

The the only apprehension I have is about VV. IMO, that should have been a secret, uncredited role heading into the season because of the obvious expectations VV fans (I guess non-fans, too) will have going into series.

He did even better in Friday Night Lights. His Tim Riggins was a pretty compelling character.

He can play brooding, self-loathing badass pretty well.

.... Man ....

There was some stuff the finale didn't deal with.

The finale was awful. Pure schlock.

Not saying it was awful.

I'm just pissed because

True Detective was way overrated.
Started slow, got better, had one great episode, then slowly declined again into a ridiculous ending. It was different, but that doesn't mean it was great.

True Detective was a fantastic performance by McConaughey, a good performance by Woody, a story that looked much, much stronger early on than it actually was, one really fantastic long tracking shot, and not much else.

You're overrated.

It went from a mixture of a creepy yet introspective look at life in the Louisiana bayou, with its history of ugliness and political machinations coupled with a compelling police investigation that included two diametrically opposed yet interesting detectives, one born to be a policeman and the other born to be a philosopher steeped in existentialism, to a dopey "Bro" movie with a shockingly predictable finish.

I'll watch the next season but hope the ending is much more satisfying.