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True Detective - McConaughey/Harrelson crime series - S2 starts June 21st
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Please, go away.
Willkiller
Banned
The restraint they show in this show is incredible, we can only imagine the horrors that were in Errol's house, but we know they were there.
So much more effective, leaving it to the imagination of the viewers.
So much more effective, leaving it to the imagination of the viewers.
Patting yourself on the back with one hand and wiping tears away with the other I presume.
Willkiller
Banned
I can see why you didn't like it, you seem a bit dim. Maybe you should go watch some Big Bang Theory or something.
Man, there were so many great shots in this episode. The one I think will stick with me most though is the bloodied Rust and Marty laying together as the flare shoots overheard through the night sky like a comet as shown through the oculus of the Yellow King's chamber.
Almost like the black stars in Carcosa.
Almost like the black stars in Carcosa.
Chiggs
Gold Member
Ah, how nice. Personal insults. And I'm the dim one?
Rust was a different breed of character, and it was disappointing to see him go through such traditional dramatic changes--all in the span of about 10 minutes. It was jarring and it felt phony.
real_slime
Banned
I doubt it.
There was an interview recently where the writer said he is doing the show as an anthology, and Season 2 will be in a new location and new characters. This particular story is over.
I really like that. This season was incredible and there's only so many creepy scenarios you can throw at the same two guys over and over, and still make it believable. This was masterful storytelling at work, and it's good to just let that stand for itself and have it be a story that had a good ending, rather than "Gosh what's in store for Rust and Marty for year 4?"
you didn't get my meaning. i meant in terms of mood descending into pure hell. so that was you.
He didn't go through that change in the span of 10 minutes.
Watch the "Inside the Episode" Cornballer posted. The writer says Rust's "turn" is not based on sentiment, but physics.
BadAss2961
Member
Thought Childress was gonna reveal himself as Gravelord Nito for a second there.
Outdoor Miner
Member
Time is a flat circle. So we watch it again.
Dude had a near death experience. That shit deeply affects people.
it wasnt even a "change"
people acting like rust found jesus, lol
do people not recall his mention from earlier in the season, something akin to
"in that final moment, they all welcome it"
i think it was him experiencing that final moment, but surviving
he felt something in the darkness
he didnt arrive at the pearly gates, and find a christian or religious diety
it was totally in line with his character
people acting like rust found jesus, lol
do people not recall his mention from earlier in the season, something akin to
"in that final moment, they all welcome it"
i think it was him experiencing that final moment, but surviving
he felt something in the darkness
he didnt arrive at the pearly gates, and find a christian or religious diety
it was totally in line with his character
Magnificent finale. True Detective managed to take procedural cop boilerplate and not only elevate it through surface style but also turn the lens towards what personal/collective stories mean, age-old structures of good vs. evil, and the elusive nature of truth. Been letting that final shot marinate and it's just...so good.
I didn't see Cohle's beyond-the-veil experience as signifying that he'd found "god" or anything like that-- he merely says that he felt something. When he emerges and talks to Marty, he's not really saying that suddenly he believes. He's saying that he's no longer limited by a self-defense mechanism of nihilism.
I didn't see Cohle's beyond-the-veil experience as signifying that he'd found "god" or anything like that-- he merely says that he felt something. When he emerges and talks to Marty, he's not really saying that suddenly he believes. He's saying that he's no longer limited by a self-defense mechanism of nihilism.
Maninthemirror
Banned
I can't decide which scene was more emotional for me. Marty or Rust.
well said, exactly how i interpreted it
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Allow me to pat myself in the back. I mean the story was laid out, before the show aired. Nic Pizzolatto always said it was a serial killer show. Rust always said 'Our man". Because his rituals were based on a group's rituals, some people expected a mega cult of doom. But I always knew it was one man. Rust did say in the first episode "her body is a paraphilic love map." A fetishistic map. For one man.
In any case...The Tuttle clan did inspire the whole clan with their pseudo Courir de Mardi Gras rituals. So everybody's right AND wrong at the same time.
But goddamn what an ending. I am really crying.
Willkiller
Banned
Well, yeah.
Marty, stop dicking around on the forums and get back to private investigating.
Absolutely. He didn't convert and he didn't suddenly start believing in something. The optimism we see from him at the very end there, maybe as slight as it is ultimately, was repressed for a long time but these 8 episodes were showing him on his way to finding that again.
I think McConaughey's acting was better, but I felt more from Harrelson. I think it was the fact that it was really the first time he's admitted he's vulnerable and scared, outside of that scene with Maggie towards the beginning of the season, which I still don't fully believe was truthful.
Superb finale. Wheelchair scene should surely win some awards.
..and I was a bit excited to see the paint connection, considering:
..and I was a bit excited to see the paint connection, considering:
Might be nothing, but notice the green paint on his jacket..
blainethemono
Member
real_slime
Banned
He has always been and always will be here.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Some people on Reddit/IMDb were trying to identify the voice actor. Because it HAD to be some unknown actor. A secret Yellow King!
That was pretty much everyone, and they couldn't make a lick of sense when trying to justify it.
I agree on Marty's character. Still, his entire moment of redemption was analyzing a fucking paint job. Loved his character.
Chiggs
Gold Member
I didn't make any Heaven is for Real comparisons, but It felt contrived and phony. That's just my opinion. Difference is, I'm not going to sit here and call people stupid for disagreeing with me.
Have a good night.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Stupid question/confirmation time: Marty made the call from the house before heading out to follow Rust, right?
That's the impression I got from it. After confronting the sister or whoever that was saying everyone has a phone.
Willkiller
Banned
'Crying like a girl' is a pretty ridiculous thing to say anyway, but applying it to that scene and that character is so mind-numbingly dumb that I'm not sure if I can explain it without hitting the character limit for a post.
Post 8105. Thought somebody identified it already
That was some Psycho shit going on in that house/compound. I liked that reference and the big NCfOM one at the end. They both felt like great homages and I'm sure that Nic has got to be happy with the fanfare that's to come, for those and for all the original thinking he put to paper.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Fuck, it's so satisfying to listen to the last "Inside the show" episode. But yeah I was 100% right. Errol was a serial killer who had nothing to do with the Tuttle family rituals. I seriously can't understand why people didn't get that. It was super, super obvious. I mean I've been saying that for weeks! Errol was a serial killer who used the cult's MO as his own. It was mega blatant, no?
bodyofanamerican
Member
I wouldn't call the comment itself "dumb" per se`, but feigning surprise and indignation when you come in a thread where everyone is gushing about a series/season finale and shit all over the key scene? I'd say that's pretty eyeroll worthy.
RangersFan
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this fucking show, amazing. I sadly don't think season 1 will ever be topped no matter who they cast for season 2.
Even in the hospital scene when his family walks in, one of the daughters is slightly hidden.
Then it takes a couple camera takes for her to finally show up.
I kept thinking there was going to be something off about her.
Guess not
Racist.
LiquidSword
Member
For anyone trying to watch on hbo go I was finally able to get it to play
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