Movies and TV HBO: True Detective - Page 60

keg in kc · 09-09-2013, 10:17 AM

Hits in January.

Starring Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson.

eDave · 07-13-2015, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lewdog

The gun fight scene was very poorly done.

Highlight of the episode though. Total ambush.

Too many story-lines and I agree, can do without Kitcsh. He's filler.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-13-2015, 12:27 AM

I'm two minutes into tonight's episode and this has to be the stiffest acting I've seen on HBO.

Really, really bad.

KCUnited · 07-13-2015, 05:53 AM

Vaughn is Days of our Lives John Black bad.

L.A. Chieffan · 07-13-2015, 12:14 PM

I don't know if it's the writing or what but all the acting is pretty bad, Vaughn especially. He just can't pull off the bad guy thing. Farrell is trying but the best acting is probably David Morse which is saying something

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-13-2015, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by L.A. Chieffan

I don't know if it's the writing or what but all the acting is pretty bad, Vaughn especially. He just can't pull off the bad guy thing. Farrell is trying but the best acting is probably David Morse which is saying something

The director(s) aren't allowing the actors to show their own charisma. It's the strangest thing I've ever seen. It's like they're saying "Do your best to be dour and show no emotion, regardless of what's happening."

It's just really, really bad TV.

vailpass · 07-13-2015, 12:31 PM

I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking this season is fail. It's like wanting to like a cute girl but there's just nothing there...

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-13-2015, 12:35 PM

I'm somewhat surprised (although, not really) that there isn't a thread on The Rock's program, Ballers. How that got a renewal is just mind boggling.

It has to be the most cliched and lame show about the NFL, ever.

Sure-Oz · 07-13-2015, 01:06 PM

This show def not close to season 1. Disappointing

Farrell is probably the only dude I give a shit about in the show.

KCUnited · 07-13-2015, 01:26 PM

I will say this, and maybe its the campiness, but I look forward to tuning in on Sundays. I DVR all kinds of shit and get to it whenever and I'll drop a series at any point, but I'm there at 8:00 ready. Or maybe I look forward to laughing at it, I can't decide. Either way, it has that going for it. Like that shootout. That looked like something Lou Diamond Phillips would be featured in, but I kind of enjoyed it.

Aries Walker · 07-13-2015, 03:17 PM

About ten minutes into this episode I officially gave up. After I read this thread, I went back and watched the gunfight for gunfight's sake, but even it wasn't that spectacular.

Sunday night Battlebots it is, then.

eDave · 07-13-2015, 05:17 PM

I am enjoying the show overall and still look forward to seeing it. I'm hopeful as that shootout opened up a whole bag of shit.

Prison Bitch · 07-13-2015, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kepp

I don't care how many seasons this lasts...they will never outdo the revealing of Alexandra Daddario's tittahs.

Where are the tits this season? What a joke.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 07-13-2015, 11:32 PM

Seven cops dead, all the primary suspects dead, probably close to 20 civilians dead/wounded.

The principles involved would never work in law enforcement again, and this would be a national news story for a week.

I don't know what the **** they were trying to accomplish with that shootout aside from the "Oh, shit!" factor.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 07-13-2015, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'm somewhat surprised (although, not really) that there isn't a thread on The Rock's program, Ballers. How that got a renewal is just mind boggling.

It has to be the most cliched and lame show about the NFL, ever.

Think about the shit Playmakers got in for showing non-NFL affiliated players doing seedy shit.

This show has players who are representing real teams ****ing women in bathrooms, getting in fights at clubs, and doing coke on yachts.

I'm absolutely amazed the NFL signed off on this.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-13-2015, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Think about the shit Playmakers got in for showing non-NFL affiliated players doing seedy shit.

This show has players who are representing real teams ****ing women in bathrooms, getting in fights at clubs, and doing coke on yachts.

I'm absolutely amazed the NFL signed off on this.

The NFL didn't sign off on this: HBO did it alone.

And I didn't mean to imply that it was derivative of another program, just that it was derivative of the NFL headlines of today.

I would have preferred to see something onscreen that isn't covered by journalists, internet or otherwise, on a daily basis.

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07-13-2015, 12:27 AM	#887
DaneMcCloud Supporter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hollywood, CA Casino cash: $10053648	I'm two minutes into tonight's episode and this has to be the stiffest acting I've seen on HBO. Really, really bad.
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L.A. Chieffan PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: American Gardens Building Casino cash: $4088654	I don't know if it's the writing or what but all the acting is pretty bad, Vaughn especially. He just can't pull off the bad guy thing. Farrell is trying but the best acting is probably David Morse which is saying something
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07-13-2015, 12:35 PM	#892
DaneMcCloud Supporter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hollywood, CA Casino cash: $10053648	I'm somewhat surprised (although, not really) that there isn't a thread on The Rock's program, Ballers. How that got a renewal is just mind boggling. It has to be the most cliched and lame show about the NFL, ever.
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07-13-2015, 01:26 PM	#894
KCUnited Cheat Death Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln Casino cash: $2338244	I will say this, and maybe its the campiness, but I look forward to tuning in on Sundays. I DVR all kinds of shit and get to it whenever and I'll drop a series at any point, but I'm there at 8:00 ready. Or maybe I look forward to laughing at it, I can't decide. Either way, it has that going for it. Like that shootout. That looked like something Lou Diamond Phillips would be featured in, but I kind of enjoyed it.
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07-13-2015, 03:17 PM	#895
Aries Walker Back again, again. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: York, PA Casino cash: $9583357	About ten minutes into this episode I officially gave up. After I read this thread, I went back and watched the gunfight for gunfight's sake, but even it wasn't that spectacular. Sunday night Battlebots it is, then.
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eDave Banned Join Date: Jan 2013 Casino cash: $9998560	I am enjoying the show overall and still look forward to seeing it. I'm hopeful as that shootout opened up a whole bag of shit.
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07-13-2015, 11:32 PM	#898
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	Seven cops dead, all the primary suspects dead, probably close to 20 civilians dead/wounded. The principles involved would never work in law enforcement again, and this would be a national news story for a week. I don't know what the **** they were trying to accomplish with that shootout aside from the "Oh, shit!" factor.
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