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True Detective [HBO] [** Spoilers **]

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    #2522
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    Nerdlingr wrote: »
    I didn't say they were red herrings in my first post. I said a lot of the stuff never really mattered in the end cos it was so conveniently tied up in a bow. Just an observation about how the series promised much but ultimatley for me delivered very little.

    The owner of the biggest corporation/employer in the area has a black one eyed man working as a butler/chauffeur for him and no one spots this in 35 years?

    The bag is planted by Harris and it takes Hays ten years to realise this?

    The town was referenced as being destroyed by the disappearance, schools close, homes get over grown, basically becomes a ghost town...for what reason ??

    Hoyt's estate - everyone just ups and leaves. Leaves everything behind in the pink room as it was in the 80s.

    Book conveniently falling and opening on specific pages.

    There's a lot of stuff that jars with me the more I think about it. I did enjoy the first 7 episodes, great performances by Ali, Dorff...and McNairy!...but nahhh, everything is too convenient in the end for me.


    I think we're getting at who the real villain is here; automation


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSKi8HfcxEk


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    #2523
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    yes the last episode was a panic-stations wrap up in terms of story

    if the idea was to present an anti-mystery story and make it about the characters it needed to be more skilfully handled - the last episode really wrecked that concept.

    for me the characters weren't complex enough and didn't change much over the 8 episodes - not sure where the "character development" actually was.

    nic pizzolatto really needs to hand off the writing duties

    his directing of episodes that he did was poor also on the whole (4 and 5). the audience figures for episode 5 dropped way down from 1.45 million to .88 million after that awful episode 4

    the different timezones wasn't really that successful really either - West's character re-entry into the present day timezone was jarring and there were other issues such as intermittent introductions of further timezones outside of the main 3 - 80, 90, present day.


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    #2524
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Good review here of finale and season as a whole.

    Interesting to note that Pizzolatto said there was no connection to Jacob's Ladder “Not inspired by that at all (never seen it, actually).

    And when asked about Hays and his daughter: ''She and Wayne don’t have any problem other than neither of them is good at reaching out (Amelia was the parent who always called every week), and they’ve both been lonely without the other.”

    https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/02/true-detective-season-3-finale-review/583672/?utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-02-27T11%3A00%3A34&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic


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    #2525
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    I'm seeing Scoot McNairy (could there BE a more redneck name?) all over the place now.


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    #2526
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    Otto Kind Lawyer wrote: »
    I'm seeing Scoot McNairy (could there BE a more redneck name?) all over the place now.

    He's a decent actor and around a fair while.

    The character that he played in "halt and catch fire" was such a drip that it out me off him a bit


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    #2527
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Otto Kind Lawyer wrote: »
    I'm seeing Scoot McNairy (could there BE a more redneck name?) all over the place now.

    He is a brilliant actor. Have a look at Killing Them Softly, good movie.


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    #2528
    TerrorFirmer
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    Great performances laid over a shoddy, muddled script. First episode or two showed amazing promise but it just went around in circles and the character development just wasn't there. Season 2 had its flaws but narratively it was way stronger.


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    #2529
    Butson
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    Overall I enjoyed it

    Thought the 3 timelines were very clever and well executed. Sure some of the suspects were red herrings, but it wasn't a neatly packaged, laid out ending that neither confirmed or refuted peoples theories on individuals or the case. If you want that, about 5 new Hollywood movies come out a week so knock your heart out!

    The acting made up for any weak points, and it probably could have finished an hour earlier, but the way some people carry on almost getting offended that Pizzolatto didn't make a show that they wanted to see....funny.


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    #2530
    rodders999
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    Started extremely promisingly, faded in the middle and bombed at the end. Really wish they stopped making these after season 1 which was brilliant.

    I haven't ready back over the previous posts but I presume I'm not the only one who couldn't understand about 80% of Hay's dialogue?


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    #2531
    sk8erboii
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    https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-missing-teen-emanuela-orlandi-a-vatican-sex-slave?ref=scroll


    Wow read this . Literally a TD plot


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    #2532
    Ardent
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    Just finished it. Thought it was a colossal waste of time.

    The wrap up of the Julie Purcell mystery was laughable. And the interactions between Haze and his wife became very tedious.

    It was really a 3 or 4 episode show that they completely dragged the arse out of.


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    #2533
    Ardent
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    glasso wrote: »
    the insults to get into the bar fight with the bikers were actual good lines and a good scene.

    Great scene. That and the shootout were the highlights of the series.


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    #2534
    JP Liz V1
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    True Detective' Season 4 in the Works at HBO From Issa López, Barry Jenkins

    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #2535
    Slydice
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    I wonder where they are thinking of basing it then. Maybe New York or a second visit to LA.



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    #2536
    Sexual Chocolate
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118805525#Comment_118805525

    I honestly hope they stay away from New York, Chicago or any big eastern city in that vacinity. Pre millennium Texas, Colorado or Oklahoma would be a good shout.



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    #2537
    Atlantic Dawn
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    I've to still start Series 3.



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    #2538
    billyhead
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    Season 1 is still the best.



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    #2539
    yabadabado
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118810952#Comment_118810952

    Unbelievably good season ,the others aren't a patch on it.



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    #2540
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118808063#Comment_118808063

    Season 3 imo is an utter drawn-out boring and completely pointless piece-of-shite of the highest order complete with time-shifts that achieve absolute nothing except to make it worse - worth a hard skip!

    One of the biggest wastes of time in terms of a season of a TV series that I've ever gone through.



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    #2541
    JP Liz V1
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    Jodie Foster to star

    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #2542
    bodhrandude
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    Just got into this recently but there was a press release 23rd December last year with season 4 being set in Alaska, so could have Fargo (the movie) type vibes.

    https://www.nme.com/news/tv/true-detective-season-four-jodie-foster-teaser-trailer-alaska-storyline-spoiler-3370994


    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #2543
    dr.kenneth noisewater
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS5bk7XiNVU

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