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[–] mneln [S] 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Things I liked:

  • The seedy industrial LA setting

  • Colin Farrels character is the most interesting, followed closely by Vince Vaughn

  • Fantastic visuals, as expected from True Detective

  • The dream sequence at the beginning of E3 was a fun shoutout to Lynch.

Things I disliked:

  • It feels like everyone in S2 has a bit of Rust Cohles soliloquy habit. S1 worked because Rust was surrounded by grounded people that could tell him to shut the fuck up when he went too weird, but S2 doesn't seem to have this since everyone likes doing it.

  • There's a lot of character development, but very little plot development. None of the character development/exposition scenes does anything to advance the mystery.

Things that just left me confused:

  • Why doesn't anyone seem to notice that Stans (the mobster that died) got his eyes burnt out? (image contrast upped for visibility)

  • Why do the masked men do nothing but harass the cops? First they shoot with non-leathal rounds, then they burn a car with nobody in it, and then stand around like an idiot and narrowly avoid capture in a completely unnecessary chase.

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[–] ScuttlesMcAllister ago 

True Detective is kind of a dark soliloquy one-trick pony, but I too did love the dream sequence at the beginning of E3.

Also, I know the show is self-aware about how annoying that e-cig Rachel McAdam's character smokes is (as Colin Farrell's character has pointed out), but damn it makes me hate her way more than I should.

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[–] ixii ago 

Wow.. you mirror my feelings exactly. Not being a fan of his previous work, Colin Farrel has been amazing and the highlight of this season so far.

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[–] cyberpunk ago  (edited ago)

Why doesn't anyone seem to notice that Stans (the mobster that died) got his eyes burnt out?

That was the point of Vince Vaughn saying, "Why would anybody do this to Stan?" as if he's a nobody.

It's also why he suspects somebody is after him since it's the second person directly associated with him that this has happened to.

So far, I think Episode 2 was the best. I liked the intro to Episode 3, but the rest was just okay.

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[–] holynightdragon 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I definitely noticed his eyes burnt out, wasn't sure if it had a symbolic meaning or not. Also there has been a lot of buzz going around about the masked men are actually women. They could just be doing these things to distract the cops from finding out something. I hope we get to see them talk with the women and child there's gotta be something there.

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[–] Dissident_Aggressor ago 

Only seen the first two, but I'm really enjoying it, with the caveat that I'm still running on the expectation that there'll be some major curveballs. Therefore, the slow pace has me excited for when something big changes.

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[–] thiefofthenight ago  (edited ago)

So far I only watched the first 2 episodes, but I'm enjoying what I'm watching so far. Ray is definitely the high point of this season so far. Although he's portrayed as a "bad man", I believe he will be redeemed. I also think there's some type of sex cult pulling the strings behind the scenes(the paintings in Caspere's home).

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[–] rellenrow ago 

a bird shot collin farrell

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[–] Succotash ago 

You would have thought with the success of GoT that they would have done that. Seriously we hate for our characters to die, but we love to watch it.

That would have been ballzy and probably made me watch the whole season, where as now I am kind of "ehh" I guess I will watch since it is on the DVR, but I have better things to do when it airs.

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[–] justkevin ago 

I loved the scene in E3 where the male prostitute calls out Paul (Taylor Kitsch's character) for his "angsty cop drama." It almost felt like breaking the fourth wall to me, like they were acknowledging that his sullen demeanor is a little too much. I'm hoping his character isn't simply a closeted homosexual, I'd really like it to be more complex and fucked up than that.

Vince Vaughn isn't doing it for me, Colin Farrel is crushing it. My favorite character is the mayor. I'm hoping for a showdown of shadiness between him and Vince Vaughn

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[–] satanismyhomeboy ago 

Establishing shots and barely intelligible dialogue.

I liked the first season better. But hey, maybe it'll pick up.

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[–] holynightdragon ago 

The change to four leads has left us with a denser plot and it's leaving me confused in some situations. I'm not sure if it's a benefit or it's hindering the show but I believe it will open up more opportunities for the plot later on.

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[–] DrSalt ago  (edited ago)

My observations from reading thousands of individual internet comments: People will not let artists have artistic freedom. They endlessly bitch about every little difference. People who loved Season 1 are so sold on the "identity". The first episode (season 2) really tried to smash that expectation by throwing multiple curve-balls - but I already see that many people don't get it. I hesitate to give a simple example, but I'll try: The theme song was hated by many when it was fresh on Episode 1 - and then people were commenting how much they now liked it at Episode 3. Sadly, I think that this is missed on many - the artistic problem of expectations and "ranking" things.

I feel this suffocating attitude in discussions, like this one, that people are afraid to be caught watching a poorly-written show. As if that's a great tragedy in their life - to have sat through hours of writing they didn't agree with.

That's my primary thoughts on Season 2. I hope things can change and movie and shows like True Detective are allowed to tell stories that are difficult and push the edge, even "failures" in terms of disappointing people. I think it's a great effort and going after true and real problems in humanity. Mostly in how trapped people are in their circumstances and faiths, in their listening.

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