HBO: True Detective

[keg in kc]

Hits in January.

Starring Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson.

[Aries Walker]

I did not. The rebelliousness of youth, I suppose.

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

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Predictions:


If there's any weak point, it's

Spoiler!

Maggie, picking a fight with Marty as he's trying to find a serial killer. I know they need Drama At Home, but that just struck me as being out of touch and self-centered in a Lori-from-Walking-Dead kind of way.

It's never stopped a woman going off on a self absorbed emotional rant before in the history of mankind- why should it be any different for his wife.

[Anyong Bluth]

What I find fascinating about the show is we are getting 2 narratives, and sometimes we don't even know whose the one that is giving their account of how they recall things. Remember that these are flashbacks and subjective based upon if it's Rust or Marty telling their version of the events.

Also, anyone who has it dvrd, look closely at when Marty is going through the inappropriate drawings his daughter drew in her notebook. Specifically the last drawing before he closes it up and puts it aside. Anyone else think that the drawing of the last man they show looks a little weird- sort of like he's wearing a mask or something creepy about the way she drew his head?

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

If there's any weak point, it's

Spoiler!

Maggie, picking a fight with Marty as he's trying to find a serial killer. I know they need Drama At Home, but that just struck me as being out of touch and self-centered in a Lori-from-Walking-Dead kind of way

She knows he's ****ing around.

[Aries Walker]

She at least suspects. One or two more episodes, tops.

[Brock]

I thought he came close to spilling it last night.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

What I find fascinating about the show is we are getting 2 narratives, and sometimes we don't even know whose the one that is giving their account of how they recall things. Remember that these are flashbacks and subjective based upon if it's Rust or Marty telling their version of the events.

Also, anyone who has it dvrd, look closely at when Marty is going through the inappropriate drawings his daughter drew in her notebook. Specifically the last drawing before he closes it up and puts it aside. Anyone else think that the drawing of the last man they show looks a little weird- sort of like he's wearing a mask or something creepy about the way she drew his head?

There's an less popular speculation that this will be a fight club thing. But too many have interacted simultaneously. But it offers food for though on that might pop out.

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

There's an less popular speculation that this will be a fight club thing. But too many have interacted simultaneously. But it offers food for though on that might pop out.

I saw that too and thought it had 0 chance- just too big of a rip off and would ruin the show and the credibility.

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

De Niro's had some great roles, but right now MMC is doing things where you go how does a human do that.

His reserve, tenseness and angularity of the younger Cohle is menacing and wearying at the same time.

By which I mean I can't decide to give him a hug or run like ****. ie, is this Will Hunting or Travis Bickle

At this moment in time, only Christian Bale competes.

MMC has never has never played a role close to as good as Taxi Driver or Ragin Bull.

De Niro has never played a role (even if the movie is crap) as badly as MMC did in Two for the Money. I get that he is choosing better roles and doing a great job recently, but De Niro's Ceiling is much, much higher and his floor is much higher as well.

[keg in kc]

Oh god. "Ceiling" and "floor" in a media center discussion.

Someone please shoot me now.

[BigMeatballDave]

Good show.

[Aries Walker]

I think of McConaughey as following the Tom Hanks career trajectory. At the beginning, it was all Bosom Buddies and The Man With One Red Shoe, but over time, he wins Oscars. DeNiro kind of went (is going) the other direction.

[Sure-Oz]

What a hell of an episode with the creepy music at the end introducing the gas masked man..too bad we have to wait till next weekend to see episode 4.

[Anyong Bluth]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

What a hell of an episode with the creepy music at the end introducing the gas masked man..too bad we have to wait till next weekend to see episode 4.

You know there's no new episode this next weekend, right? (Sunday)
1 Week hiatus as HBO is rolling out 2 new premieres, so we've got some "downtime" - which is shitty. I'm tempted to rewatch the 1st 3 at some point and just soak it up.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

You know there's no new episode this next weekend, right? (Sunday)
1 Week hiatus as HBO is rolling out 2 new premieres, so we've got some "downtime" - which is shitty. I'm tempted to rewatch the 1st 3 at some point and just soak it up.

Ouch....man