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Post by Mr. Glow on May 22, 2015 19:09:40 GMT 1
I really hope season 3 of True Detective has a steampunk setting. How great would that be?*
*For help with imagining how great that would be, photoshop a tophat with goggles onto Matthew McConaghey's head.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 2, 2015 17:32:02 GMT 1
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 22, 2015 3:25:25 GMT 1
So I just watched the premiere, and I've gotta say, it left a bad taste in my mouth.
New actors, new setting, new story. It's not Louisiana and it's not even the 90s, so I'm struggling to see how this is even still True Detective. Sigh...
The most enjoyment I got from this episode was seeing Woody and Matthew's names as Executive Producers in the intro.
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Post by Cali on Jun 22, 2015 6:04:18 GMT 1
I really don't know how they're going to top Season 1. Holy shit. The theme song for this season blows.
Worse comes to worse, maybe, just maybe Season 2 of True Detective will be like Season 2 of the Wire, being the weakest of the series but still somewhat okay. Then Seasons 3 and 4 will come in and it'll be ass explodingly amazing again.
That said, I am kind of intrigued as how the dead, eyeless dude will come into fold later on, and how it'll make the detective's worlds collide.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 22, 2015 20:25:19 GMT 1
I was actually being facetious in my initial assessment of Season 2. If you ask me, too many people are basically judging Season 2 for not being Season 1, which is kind of bullshit to me.
Anyway, I'm enjoying it so far. Farrell's giving a really good performance, and I actually liked the slow pace of the episode. It felt like a nice contrast from Season 1 where they were at the crime scene within ten minutes.
Speaking of Season 2 of The Wire, I wonder if this season is going to feature similar stuff about the decline of America. There were a few hints at stuff like that (the episodes title, ni's dad talking about the last age of man, Ray's comments about astronauts.). Also the shot of the Earth and the sun in the intro looks kind of apocalyptic.
I also may be one of the only people who likes the new theme song. Not as much as Far From Any Road, but it's still pretty good. I really like the imagery in the intro, too.
Also, Dan Dority is Ray's partner. Fucking badass.
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Post by Cali on Jun 22, 2015 21:46:45 GMT 1
I wish I had a decoding machine for whenever Glow is kidding or not.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 29, 2015 3:19:33 GMT 1
I get it now: Casper was the protagonist of Hotline Miami. That's why he's so messed up and has all those animal masks.
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Post by Cali on Jun 29, 2015 3:47:15 GMT 1
Dude, Velcoro got fucking OWNED by Jacket. Did you see that bird mask and shotgun?
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 29, 2015 15:56:41 GMT 1
Looks like he pressed R to restart...
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 6, 2015 1:30:56 GMT 1
True Detective should do a crossover with Always Sunny where they trade Franks for a week. I bet Frank Reynolds could sort out this financial trouble of Semyon's in no time flat. He is used to sweatshops and immigrant labour, after all.
Basically, I just want to see DeVito deliver the now-famous Rat-Smashin' Monologue.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 7, 2015 0:13:33 GMT 1
Also, does anything think it's bullshit the reviews this season has been getting? Three episodes in, and I'm basically as jazzed up about it as I was about the first. Yeah, it doesn't really have a Rust-type figure, but so what? It's been able to be plenty interesting in other areas. If it continues on being as interesting for five more episodes, I have no qualms about considering it on par with S1.
Basically, Nic P didn't give the reviewer crowd enough Mountain Dew and Doritos.
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Post by Cali on Jul 7, 2015 3:59:17 GMT 1
Episode 3 was what sold me. I'm loving the hell out of this season now.
EDIT: I wish that during the scene where Frank defeated the huge pimp dude in hand to hand combat and removed his teeth/grill, he should have went home to his mistress, where she'd ask him what happened and he'd make some teeth related pun/one-liner like:
A. "Dental appointment, darlin'." B. "I was meeting an old friend. Dealing with him was like pulling teeth." C. "I was playing Tooth Fairy's advocate." D. "You know... E-Honda was always my least favorite Street Fighter character." E. "Dear, is it safe?"
And the James Bond theme plays as he walks to bed.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 9, 2015 5:39:20 GMT 1
So, do you believe the theory that Frank's flame-haired aide is the guy who really raped Velcoro's wife and fathered Chad? Or do you consider it to be the "Marty's daughter was abused by the cult" of Season 2?
I'm not entirely certain. After he was all shook up, and Frank blasted him for saying his phone had died, I was sure he was gonna admit he had been out rapin'.
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Post by Cali on Jul 10, 2015 1:24:27 GMT 1
Difficult to say for certain. Raymond certainly isn't the father of the kid, that's for sure. Never heard of either of those theories, quite interesting.
I still stand by the theory that Vince Vaughn is the Yellow King, and the season will end with Velcoro, Bezzerides, and Woodrough cornering Semyon until Cohle and Hart bust through the window in a cameo/last minute appearance and yell "STOP! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO!" or some shit and Semyon gets into a huge yellow T-34 combat tank and an epic boss battle/chase begins akin to Death Wish 3.
EDIT: I may as well have snorted cocaine due to how much caffeine I had while writing this.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 10, 2015 16:47:05 GMT 1
I'm also starting to believe that theory. Frank's a tall man, and maybe the "scars" are referring to Vince Vaughn's rather checkered past in film? Plus, Osip said he was a terror in the 90s. It's basically confirmed at this point.
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