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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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] 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.