HBO: True Detective
 

Hits in January.

Starring Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson. :eek:

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Damn I missed that AND breaking bad. ****ing football season.

As an Ellroy fan this should be right in my wheelhouse.

TV is surpassing cinema in quality

That looks ****ing amazing.

It did that several years ago.

It looks like a better version of The Killing.

I am a huge Ellroy fan. I would love to see a show based on A Cold Six Thousand.

Looks solid. McConaughey is doing some really great work the past few years. Glad he broke out of the romantic comedy glut.
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Cant wait

He's on an absolute tear of critically acclaimed projects, and giving top notch performance after performance. Oscar for him is coming sooner rather than later.

He took a bunch of rom-com payday projects for a while but is doing nothing but good stuff now. Mud was pretty slow but his acting was tremendous in it. Dallas Buyers Club is getting him a lot of good attention. Back before he made all the shit movies, he was great in A Time to Kill and Frailty.

Maybe he'll be better on TV. His range in movies blows. Two for the Money might be the worst acting performance of all time.

Thanks for the thread bump. Setting the DVR now....

Just a reminder, starts tonight.

Early reviews seem positive. I've even seen references to The Wire, in terms of quality.

Interesting concept- each season is a new case with a whole new principal cast- the main roles to be filled with top notch A list actors for each season.

C'mon, you know you loved Ed Tv!

McConaughey was really good. The first episode was great. Can't wait to see more.

He also most be using his regular Texas accent.

Shit is off the hook

Yep, it has a Silence of the Lambs/Manhunter feel to it too.

This is going to be an excellent show.

really liked it.

Wow
Very cool first episode.
And I agree, McConaughey was great.

I wonder if they were going for a fake out. It seemed the two black detectives think that McConaughey's character had something to do with the murder they were investigating.

I think it is why they kept asking Harrelson's character about his relationship with McConaughey's.

DVR'ed this show last night, too bad i won't have HBO tomorrow w/ the preview weekend over

I need to consider getting it back for good shows

Or it could be that it's as simple as Mcconaughey was involved with something so awful ( goes into a blind rage because it'll involve the missing child) he became the burnout that he's being presented as.

My guess is that the "copycat" is a relative who's following the same ritual or is the same person who pushed this morbid acts as the norm to the caught murderer.

Isn't this just a mini series

The timeline doesn't add up. Harrelson said that McConaughey was his partner for seven years yet the case the two black detectives are asking about happened 3 months into their partnership.

They also said that McConaughey couldn't be found for 8 years then just showed up again.

****in' awesome- now I just wish all this season's episodes were available do I could binge watch a bunch of them. It was this exact reason I was debating holding off watching for at least 3-4 weeks, but that wouldn't have been much consolation ending up waiting anyway midseason.

They'll fill in the holes with each upcoming episode so questions like this are answered.

8 episodes.

Top of the Lake, another great show in the same vein, only had 6.

Yes and no- I mentioned it before. They have fully planned on a number of additional seasons. The difference being that the new season will be a new case and different cast. The idea is to attract A list (movie) talent that would otherwise never be available to do a seasonal project year in and year out.

The attraction stems from having the script for the entire season speak for itself as a draw to the project.

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson said they just looked at it like a 450 page movie script. The quality of the work was why they wanted to do it.

The head writer was adamant about the anthology format of the show, and would have refused HBO if they weren't on board, because he believes any great story requires a strong third act. It's where, "all that investment, should naturally find a satisfying payoff."

Clearly something that wouldn't work if the show was serialized and had to bend to any continuation of another upcoming season.

While clearly not on the same level, think back to the old Tales from the Crypt series on HBO. As the show gained in popularity, they often featured well known actors for the individual episodes.

Saw some whispers of Season 2 speculation that some of the names that may star Daniel Craig, Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, James Nesbitt, Jamie Bell, Emily Blount, & Ian McKellen.

I wonder if that would mean a duel storyline with a contemporaneous and flashback story arc?

I would think that if there's a fake out, it's actually Harrelson they suspect. That the weird hobo-looking alcoholic with no furniture who disappeared for years might be a killer would be a pretty obvious path to take.

But right from the first episode they're showing that Harrelson's character isn't the person he seems to be. And McConaughey couldn't have anything to do with the missing girl from years earlier.

This is good.

This is kinda what American Horror Story has done. Just not as big name of stars.

lol, i love the car conversation with Woody and Matthew about religion. Then then, the im asking you to please shut the **** up now. lol

Watched it last night and really enjoyed it.

As others have said McConaughey is knocking it out of the park.

Yep, though I've never watched AHS, I've heard it's a pretty good series. Maybe next October I'll give it a go for a good scary movie, supernatural genre show for the Halloween season.

Interesting. I thought the way they were interviewing them was because Rust never thought they got the right guy. Hart and everyone else just assumed Rust was crazy and/or overly obsessed and couldn't let it go until this new case popped up. I assumed thats why they eventually had a blowup and weren't speaking anymore.

Some folks i seen at other forums are talking about how they think Rust banged Woodies old lady. This would cause them to break apart when he found out years later. Cant wait to see where it goes.

They definitely set up Rust and the wife hooking up. Question is whether that was a red herring or not.

Watched this last night....really good and has me interested. Good to see mm doing serious stuff

He's been doing great work for a while now. Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, Mud, etc.

what was that horror movie with MM and Bill Paxton?

Those boobs wow.

Perfection.:thumb:

dem titties

They were quite spectacular.

Anybody get the feeling that Rust ran over his daughter by accident? Just seems like they were hinting at it.

Anyone else see that big ol' hooter at the end?

read an article that she's in alot of the episodes going forward. So this could be awesome! lol

They seemed to start that way but kind of backed off of it. I'm sure it will come out that he did it in the end

I've started to notice that Woody's character never seems to be able to answer a question straightly. He may get to it in a round about way, but it strikes me as a bit evasive in how he frames his response with extraneous information. Possibly to paint a picture of what he wants to be other's perception of himself?
In the 1st episode, he went on about the various personality types you find that are detectives. Keenly aware of putting up appearances.

I just get the feeling he is very self aware of one's personality as perceived and he's hiding darker parts of his true nature?

I could be totally off base on this, but in this last episode I just got the feeling that he was "handling" the interrogation by the 2 black detectives.

Frailty

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is not safe for work! Totally worth the click though

Nope

Well, I guess this means Jennifer Lawrence is going to have to get nekkid to see which one of these girls is hotter.


What?

I've watched the first 2 episodes. Pretty decent show so far. I haven't found it to be great yet. Seems kind of pretentious. I like Woody Harrelson, but I don't think he's that strong of an actor. He isn't bad. I've probably just seen him in so many comedies that it's harder for me to watch him in a role like this. I'll keep watching though, because I think it will get better. I also like the idea of a new story and cast every season.

I've like the firs two episodes so far...i think MM and WH make a solid duo.

Them boobs, wow.

Can't wait to see what happens next. Also...

I thought the dolls were a mock crime scene. Naked victim in the middle, detectives and other law type around her.

Someone mentioned last week the detectives thinking Rust was a suspect. There was more evidence in this episode such as asking Marty if he really wanted to keep the case or whether it was just Rust but I think there was even more that backed up my first thought.

The political pressure is going to cause the police Captain(?) and Marty, as lead detective, to pin this on someone Rust doesn't believe is the guy. That's why the 2012 detectives are interviewing Rust. They're interviewing Marty to corroborate parts of Rusts story and get info about Rust because 2012 Rust looks like a homeless guy who won't do the interview without beer and swigging out of a flask and he's already admitted he was hallucinating at the time of the investigation.

Hopefully, there is more to it cause that road feels like it leads to cliche-ville. Rust's suspect being high in the church or close to the governor, etc and they won't let him investigate the person. He drops from the force and years later finds some evidence that either ties to his suspect or proves the person convicted is innocent. When he takes it to Marty who is still in the force, he realizes Marty already knew. blah blah

The dialogue in this show is great. I loved when Rust drifted off early and then apologized. That's why I tend to drink alone. or at least one of the reasons.

That's pretty much best case scenario.

Yep, i was watching on my phone and the quality was crap so i couldnt tell. Rewatched, i guess the news gets around in that house

I love it too. One minor complaint though...

Is it just me, or does Woody's character usually sound like he has a mouth full of peanut butter?

This show is really good. Stayed up til 1:30 am hooked on the first two eps last night.

Also does anyone think McConaghey's character is gonna sleep with Harrelson's character's mistress rather than his wife?

In the last episode he stated that Maggie set him up with her friend. I don't think she would have done that if they were banging.

Is it just me?

It is definitely affected, but not irritatingly so.

Kind of like Nick Cage in Raising Arizona, I had no idea Arizona had a dialect, but it fun to listen to the Coen's dialog

The antlers won't let me stop thinking about Hannibal, though

Same.

1st thought that came to my mind as well.

I don't think so. The only female doll was naked and there was a male doll on his knees between her legs.

Me too. That's the only episode of Hannibal I've seen actually.

The 'Angels' episode [a name I've given it, those who've seen it know] gave me faith that network TV was catching up to cable and movies.

Don't read if you already plan to watch the show, the visual is amazing and soul jarring, and you should be surprised by it.

Just know, other than The Good Wife, it's my favorite thing on the networks.

Best way to die fading out as an unsensing child whose dad hasn't failed you yet. That is some ****ed up brain activity, yet strangely poetic.

If you knew the world was evil and your dad couldn't do a thing about it, and you could just stop before pain started, what decision would a child make?

Why do I love it when the TV makes me ponder such dark twisted shit?

I don't love Criminal Minds nearly as much and it's way darker and twisted.

Maybe it's the difference between why good people quit and why bad people break. I don't care about bad people except stopping them, and I love good people so much.

The idea of Rush being jealous of his daughter for dying and missing the shit he's experienced is heartbreaking and life-affirming all at once.

plus the redheads maayyyyn

Much like the scene where they found the antler girl, other than a clothed male between her legs - naked girl surrounded by clothed people. IMHO, it was clearly a crime scene, which would make much more sense than the alternative.