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[The English Conquistador]

Marty sitting there, slurping on spaghetti, pot bellied slob. Maggie just staring at him hard. So good.

Yeah that was pretty fantastic. She had the coldest look on her face watching him.

I actually only just finished episode 6...overall...perfection! Sex scene was really quite well done too. Dat ass grab.

How many episodes are there going to be for this season?

 

[Cornballer]

How many episodes are there going to be for this season?

8. We have 2 left.

 

[The English Conquistador]

Tremendous. Thank you.

 

[A Serious Man]

we're getting dangerously close to people analyzing every frame looking for hidden alien messages.

People are starting to treat the show like it's Lost or something. I can't wait to see the theory on how the Hurley Bird is the one behind everything.

 

[SD-Ness]

What clued people in to start reading "The King in Yellow"? I understand the Yellow King is mentioned but I didn't note anything referencing the book. What did I miss?

Someone mentioned Vince Gilligan. I was actually thinking about Bryan Cranston yesterday. That'd be sick. But he might need some more time between BB and another project.

 

[RustyNails]

8. We have 2 left.

Did they decide when Season 2 is gonna air?

 

[Imm0rt4l]

What clued people in to start reading "The King in Yellow"? I understand the Yellow King is mentioned but I didn't note anything referencing the book. What did I miss?

Nic pizzolatto said as much. Also mentions of carcosa

 

[Cornballer]

Did they decide when Season 2 is gonna air?

Nope. Presumably they'd want to air it early next year, but I don't know how production is coming along (scripts, casting, etc...) Typically they'll announce the timing when they renew the series, and they might be waiting to get the director & cast lined up before they do that.

 

[Solo]

Did they decide when Season 2 is gonna air?

Presumably January 2015.

 

[movie_club]

spoilers:

http://imgur.com/s0LPyEU
http://imgur.com/RUgAzTO
http://i.imgur.com/QBQoOyL.jpg?1?2667

 

[duckroll]

Presumably January 2015.

I think the odds of that happening is almost 0.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

I think the odds of that happening is almost 0.

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[charlequin]

The inherent problem with the accusation is that outside of Rust & Marty none of the other characters are particularly well rounded

I didn't make an "accusation" and I mentioned that thin and cliche writing for side characters was one of the contributors to this right in the post you just quoted!

Did they decide when Season 2 is gonna air?

Pizzolato hasn't finished writing a potential Season 2 yet, nor has HBO actually formally ordered it. Once they order it, they need to approve his script (which might be a fast or slow process depending on what he hands over to them.) Once that happens they need to shop around for a new director (Fukunaga bowed out), a new location, and a new cast. Once everyone's locked down they need to actually shoot the show -- they did 100 days of photography on this season, so you're talking at least a three month block of time right there. Then they need to edit it, bring in music, etc.

In short, I'd be shocked if they hit a date more aggressive than Summer 2015.

 

[D4Danger]

People are starting to treat the show like it's Lost or something. I can't wait to see the theory on how the Hurley Bird is the one behind everything.

The discussion around this show has gone a little scooby-doo.

I'm still interested to see how the rest of it plays out. I suspect it's going to be fairly straightforward and all those people who were looking for some deeper meaning are going to be pissed.

 

[oatmeal]

Their new Captain plays the same character in everything he does.

Seriously.

True Detective Season 2 |OT| Your Gun and Your Badge, McGarnagle.

He played Moe in a Three Stooges movie

 

[Cornballer]

The other thing is that True Blood, The Newsroom, and Boardwalk Empire are all finishing up this year, so HBO has plenty of open real estate as far as scheduling goes for 2015.

 

[Solo]

I think the odds of that happening is almost 0.

Well I think the odds of me getting Monaghan's bum in my face are almost 0 too, but a man can dream!

Seriously though.....if Pizzaman is writing now, and conceivably gets his scripts in/approved by the summer, casting could be done and they could be shooting by this fall. So while my January date might be unrealistic, I do see it being next year, whether it slips to summer or fall.

If they can crank out 10 episodes of GoT a year, they sure as hell can do 8 of TD.

 

[oatmeal]

Well I think the odds of me getting Monaghan's bum in my face are almost 0 too, but a man can dream!

Seriously though.....if Pizzaman is writing now, and conceivably gets his scripts in/approved by the summer, casting could be done and they could be shooting by this fall. So while my January date might be unrealistic, I do see it being next year, whether it slips to summer or fall.

If they can crank out 10 episodes of GoT a year, they sure as hell can do 8 of TD.

The problem is there isn't a script yet. GoT had years to prepare, and has writers adapting and working round the clock during the writing phase, and during production, multiple episodes shooting at once under multiple directors.

This is more like one long film...one writer, one director. If he is still writing the first draft of the next one, I think it would be tough to get the process going for a January start.

 

[Pollux]

spoilers:


http://imgur.com/RUgAzTO

Is it bad my first thought for this image was

Spoiler

Where the Wild Things Are

?

 

[Kadayi]

I didn't make an "accusation" and I mentioned that thin and cliche writing for side characters was one of the contributors to this right in the post you just quoted!

I didn't say you were. I was talking generally about some of the commentary in the press.

 

[Dawg]

Spoiler

*tips fedora

 

[kingocfs]

That girl's scream is the stuff of nightmares

 

[Dany]

I didn't make an "accusation" and I mentioned that thin and cliche writing for side characters was one of the contributors to this right in the post you just quoted!



Pizzolato hasn't finished writing a potential Season 2 yet, nor has HBO actually formally ordered it. Once they order it, they need to approve his script (which might be a fast or slow process depending on what he hands over to them.) Once that happens they need to shop around for a new director (Fukunaga bowed out), a new location, and a new cast. Once everyone's locked down they need to actually shoot the show -- they did 100 days of photography on this season, so you're talking at least a three month block of time right there. Then they need to edit it, bring in music, etc.

In short, I'd be shocked if they hit a date more aggressive than Summer 2015.

They're able to pump out American horror story in a year.

 

[Dawg]

That girl's scream is the stuff of nightmares

Now don't be dissin' Lorde.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

They're able to pump out American horror story in a year.

I gotta imagine he's also got a short list of Actors he wants in on it. They could be hammering out a contract, or just talking about it and feeling it out to see what happens, or it could just be HBO sitting back seeing how this finishes. Obviously it's gained a following and is being talked about all over, maybe they're just waiting till the final verdict to see how much do they have to pay the man.

 

[James Woods]

They're able to pump out American horror story in a year.

RayLiottalaughing.gif

 

[Darkgran]

I just noticed that the guy on the lawn mower has scars on his face. They are visible when he turns to look at Marty honking the horn....

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

well the first three episodes were really low key, calm. pictures and impressions spoke more than actions. the biker episode was full of action, didnt fit at all with the previous episodes. I didnt like it at all, the irritating and gritty calm was what I liked most about the show. the biker episode felt more like something I'd see in csi vegas. I understand that the show needs to change as the investigagion progresses and I hope it changes again to deliever two satisfying final episodes.
.

Full of action is a great exaggeration. As I remember it, the first half of the episode is a combination of the interviews, cop work, Rust's introduction of his plan, stealing drugs and making them. The second half gets going after Rust walks out on Maggie at the diner. Then we're off on the trip to the biker bar and party in the back. These parts are still what I'd consider gritty, and based on video reviews and comments from elsewhere, a show about biker gangs, Sons of Anarchy, doesn't apparently hit the same mark in comparative situations.

I don't understand how what transpired at the very end of the episode turned the show into something that can be described as action heavy. When they get to the project, yes, it's action, a contained 7 minute sequence. It wasn't the majority of the episodes run time. And it isn't the 2nd or 3rd bit of action that has been peppered throughout the episode. General episodes of CSI are comparable? I've never heard anyone speak that highly of that show in the entirety of its existence.

Additionally, from Rust and Marty's interviews, the big shootout, what we thought we were leading up in episode 5 was a lie. What actually happened makes for great gifs, but remains a blunt, abrupt resolution to the capture of the would be criminals.

I think that what happens at the end of episode 4 is absolutely appropriate and needed to be shown. We needed to see the undercover work that Rust has talked about and like I mentioned in another thread, we see it contrasted with Marty who's completely out of his element because he can't dress the part or even act it.

 

[F0rneus]

SPOILERS:
http://i.imgur.com/QBQoOyL.jpg?1?2667

Oh fuck.

Spoiler

I didn't expect a Hannibal-level structure of skeletal parts, antlers and yellow robes. I'm guessing these are the bones of the other missing girls? Shit is this The Yellow King?

 

[A Serious Man]

Why do I always click on things?

 

[Archer]

Spoiler

*tips fedora

 

[| Praxis |]

Nice to hear Primus in episode 4.

 

[Anton Sugar]

I just noticed that the guy on the lawn mower has scars on his face. They are visible when he turns to look at Marty honking the horn....

Again, I think it would be seriously stupid if it's him. Rust not picking up on it would pretty much go against everything we've learned about Rust, how well he reads people, and his attention to detail.

 

[effzee]

This was probably covered so I apologize if it seems repetitive...

but even before Maggie comes on to Rust and has sex with him, Rust seems really annoyed and stand offish with Marty. Why? Because Marty wasn't really buying the theory that there was a another killer out there? Or the real killer?

Just seemed weird that they were good for a # of years and then out of nowhere Rust just seems annoyed with Marty.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

This was probably covered so I apologize if it seems repetitive...

but even before Maggie comes on to Rust and has sex with him, Rust seems really annoyed and stand offish with Marty. Why? Because Marty wasn't really buying the theory that there was a another killer out there? Or the real killer?

Just seemed weird that they were good for a # of years and then out of nowhere Rust just seems annoyed with Marty.

I think he saw that Marty was turning into "company men."

 

[Mr. Saturn]

Again, I think it would be seriously stupid if it's him. Rust not picking up on it would pretty much go against everything we've learned about Rust, how well he reads people, and his attention to detail.

Yeah, plus earlier in the episode when they're visiting the tent revival ministry and Marty is asking about Dora Lang, if they saw anybody with her ever, they mention there was a man with her, someone who had a shiny jaw from probably being burned and he was tall.

There's a good chance this is the killer since the girl that Rust went to go see in the hospital also made mention of a tall man with scars on his face.

Based on what I saw from the lawnmower man, he didn't seem all that tall, and it didn't look like he had a burned face.

If it ends up being the maintenance/ lawnmower man I will very surprised.

 

[RustyNails]

This was probably covered so I apologize if it seems repetitive...

but even before Maggie comes on to Rust and has sex with him, Rust seems really annoyed and stand offish with Marty. Why? Because Marty wasn't really buying the theory that there was a another killer out there? Or the real killer?

Just seemed weird that they were good for a # of years and then out of nowhere Rust just seems annoyed with Marty.

It's not out of nowhere. The loose end in Dora Lange case is bothering him and he is trying to get to the bottom of it all by himself. The department uses him only when they need to pull an assist. Marty couldn't care less. It especially ticked him off when Marty asks Rust if his time is more valuable. In Rust's mind, the answer is of course it is.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

This was probably covered so I apologize if it seems repetitive...

but even before Maggie comes on to Rust and has sex with him, Rust seems really annoyed and stand offish with Marty. Why? Because Marty wasn't really buying the theory that there was a another killer out there? Or the real killer?

Just seemed weird that they were good for a # of years and then out of nowhere Rust just seems annoyed with Marty.

Cause Marty, the one guy in the entire country who has always backed him up, won't.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

I wonder who they'll get to direct Season 2. It'll be hard to top Fukunaga. My dream choice would be Tim Van Patten, his HBO directing career is legendary.

 

[Sun Drugs]

I definitely saw the spiral in the bird formation the first time, cohle even said it was a hallucination after he saw it.

I could have sworn that he said he knew when he was hallucinating and when he wasn't...and that he was not hallucinating the birds. Maybe I misheard though. It wouldn't make much sense it the birds actually went into that formation...

 

[lamaroo]

Yeah, plus earlier in the episode when they're visiting the tent revival ministry and Marty is asking about Dora Lang, if they saw anybody with her ever, they mention there was a man with her, someone who had a shiny jaw from probably being burned and he was tall.

There's a good chance this is the killer since the girl that Rust went to go see in the hospital also made mention of a tall man with scars on his face.

Based on what I saw from the lawnmower man, he didn't seem all that tall, and it didn't look like he had a burned face.

If it ends up being the maintenance/ lawnmower man I will very surprised.

Just one minor correction, the girl in the hospital only mentions scars, and when Rust asks her if they were on his face, she screamed.

 

[Socreges]

Again, I think it would be seriously stupid if it's him. Rust not picking up on it would pretty much go against everything we've learned about Rust, how well he reads people, and his attention to detail.

He's not Sherlock, though. He can make mistakes and miss details. Viewers have only been able to point the finger because we're outside the narrative.

 

[JasonUresti]

Just one minor correction, the girl in the hospital only mentions scars, and when Rust asks her if they were on his face, she screamed.

Actually she refers to him as the giant

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Again, I think it would be seriously stupid if it's him. Rust not picking up on it would pretty much go against everything we've learned about Rust, how well he reads people, and his attention to detail.

It's not like he has a supernatural ability. The guy wasn't a suspect, he was just questioning him about the school. If he actually had reason to suspect lawn mower guy he'd probably have gone with a more pointed line of questioning. It wouldn't go against anything we know about Rust or his keen ability to detect someones guilt.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

He's not Sherlock, though. He can make mistakes and miss details. Viewers have only been able to point the finger because we're outside the narrative.

yup. Its not like Rust had the guy in an interview room to pick his brain, either. It was a few questions about the school before they got confirmation on a connection with Ledoux and had to take off. Once they started in on Ledoux and Rust heard about the the iron crusaders connection, he was down the rabbit hole and not looking back. His focus was in a totally different place. If they hadn't found out about ledoux and "solved" the case, they might have got much closer to the truth in 1995

 

[The Artful Dodger]

yup. Its not like Rust had the guy in an interview room to pick his brain, either. It was a few questions about the school before they got confirmation on a connection with Ledoux and had to take off. Once they started in on Ledoux and Rust heard about the the iron crusaders connection, he was down the rabbit hole and not looking back. His focus was in a totally different place. If they hadn't found out about ledoux and "solved" the case, they might have got much closer to the truth in 1995

They were also on a time crunch in 1995, so Rust knew in order to "solve" it, he had to get answers ASAP

 

[Stark]

Should also be noted he was kind of rushed by Marty in the midst of questioning him.

 

[Fjordson]

I think we're in for disappointment. This show has phenomenal writing, acting, directing and editing all working in beautiful concert. S2 will be well written, but it remains to be seen if we'll ever be so lucky with the rest. This just might be lighting in a bottle..

Yeah, that definitely could be the case. I also wonder if this great initial casting with Woody and McConaughey will be impossible to match. Not just in star power, but also in quality.

I'll stay optimistic, though. HBO and co. usually deliver.

 

[Mr. Saturn]

Just one minor correction, the girl in the hospital only mentions scars, and when Rust asks her if they were on his face, she screamed.

Edit: Oh never mind she did refer to him as the giant.


Well maybe I'm wrong and the lawn mower man is the killer and we're all just overthinking it.

It wouldn't bother me if he did turn out to be the killer so long as it had the right execution, but a part of me thinks he isn't the killer, but is still involved.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

maybe...we're all just overthinking it.

par for the course, man. Par for the course