True Detective

[Gompers]

Anyone else out there as addicted to this show as I am? The story line, the characters, dialogue...EVERYTHING. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrleson are simply brilliant together and their characters really compliment one another. Each episode keeps getting better and better.

If you have HBO (or know someone with it so you can stream off their HBOGo account) you will not regret watching this show.

[Back]

Yes. Really great show. I'd def recommend starting at the beginning. It's a really long set-up to whats happening in the most recent episode.

[SHAFT]

Hell yeah. The last 2 episodes have been brilliant. Only 3 left.

[Back]

How would you describe it to someone? It's about two Louisianna detectives who worked on a serial killer case in the past. The story unfolds as the two are being interviewed, separately, by other detectives years later. Both men share their perspectives and the details of the difficulty of their private lives.

Matthew McConaughey's character is troubled by his own past does not fit with the rest of the world around him. Harrleson's character is a fairly typical guy trying to work through a troubled marriage. Despite their differences they work well together on the case.

The way it is shot is one half watching two different interviews taking place intermingled with flashbacks of what actually took place as they were working on the case. The story and the pace of the show is just slow enough to get you sucked right in. To me the shows seem like two hours long not that they drag but because there is so much substance to it.

[SHAFT]

Not to mention Hart's "friend" and her lovely hooters.

[Gompers]

Good god, Alexandra Daddario is amazingly hot. If seeing her tits is your only reason to watch the show, you'll be satisfied.

[SHAFT]

Good god, Alexandra Daddario is amazingly hot. If seeing her tits is your only reason to watch the show, you'll be satisfied.

I was sitting there with my wife and I shouted when she got nude. My wife wasn't as impressed.

[Gompers]

My wife commented on how nice her tits were. I tried to play it off like, "Yeah..those are alright." But she saw right through it.

[Ashlander]

My wife commented on how nice her tits were. I tried to play it off like, "Yeah..those are alright." But she saw right through it.

Was it the motorboat sounds?

[Jhynnifer]

Was it the motorboat sounds?

Probably came out as lot of drool and some grunting.

[Gompers]

Couple days late, but I thought this was good

http://i.imgur.com/SjxQGIk.jpg

[Drisco]

This show is brilliant. His car ride rant about religion was amazing.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, such a great show. HBO takes the genres network TV has made me despise and turns them into dramatic gold. I can't wait for them to make a hard core sci fi show.

[Back]

Well, yeah, tits! But not as much as in Game of Thrones.

[diethx]

Okay, you've convinced me. Turning on ep 1 now. This is just a miniseries though, right? Not an actual tv series?

[SHAFT]

Okay, you've convinced me. Turning on ep 1 now. This is just a miniseries though, right? Not an actual tv series?

8 episodes i believe. It starts slow.

[Gompers]

It does start slow, but in the name of character development. Trust us, you will be amazed with the cinematography and the dialogue. Not to mention the killer storyline.

[Back]

Okay, you've convinced me. Turning on ep 1 now. This is just a miniseries though, right? Not an actual tv series?

DO IT!

[Gompers]

Well, yeah, tits! But not as much as in Game of Thrones.

Not to mention Hart's "friend" and her lovely hooters.

Tits in question:
http://i.imgur.com/4VOwHbH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HBM4anj.jpg

[diethx]

Yeah, this show is pretty cool. I enjoyed ep 1.

[Back]

Tits in question:
http://i.imgur.com/4VOwHbH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HBM4anj.jpg

Day-yam!

[cwolff]

Damn, that is a good show. I just went and watched episodes 1 & 2. Matthew McConaughey is really showing some skills lately.

[Aluvius]

All the dick you're slinging and you can't tell crazy pussy?

I'm paraphrasing of course, but just one of the gems of dialogue I'll never forget. :)

[SHAFT]

Is tomorrow Sunday?

[waywardgs]

I turned on ep 1 to see what the fuss was about. Ended up watching 5 episodes in a row.

[Tisket]

I'm on the third episode right now and I'm enjoying it however, Cohle's over-the-top pessimism is a bit well, over-the-top and Woody's bulldog jaw is distracting but, all in all, really great story and characters.

Also, lol @ wayward's avatar.

[Back]

All the dick you're slinging and you can't tell crazy pussy?

I'm paraphrasing of course, but just one of the gems of dialogue I'll never forget. :)

Are you trying to infer what my wife's pussy smells like???

Gnarly gems.

[cwolff]

Anyone worried about how they wrap up this season? It's started out great, can they keep it up for the entire story arc. I'm a little concerned but my hopes are high.

[Gompers]

Cohle's over-the-top pessimism is a bit well, over-the-top

I enjoy his pessimism. He's just an all around dark, sad person. He even mentions how when he's around other people, he's not good for them - he "wears them down." I think my favorite quote so far is when he looks around the dilapidated town and says, "This place is like someone's memory of a town, and the memory is fading."

[Gompers]

Anyone worried about how they wrap up this season? It's started out great, can they keep it up for the entire story arc. I'm a little concerned but my hopes are high.

I have no idea, I'm worried too - but I read somewhere that they've already signed on for another season...so it will probably end in some sort of "Holy shit what the fuck!" Cliffhanger.

[diethx]

Oh there IS going to be another season? I thought this was it... that it was meant to be it.

[cwolff]

Oh there IS going to be another season? I thought this was it... that it was meant to be it.


I have no idea, I'm worried too - but I read somewhere that they've already signed on for another season...so it will probably end in some sort of "Holy shit what the fuck!" Cliffhanger.

Ok, I got this off wikipedia. Was wondering the same thing about s2 too.


Format[edit]
The series will use an anthology format, with each season featuring a different cast of characters and story.[2]

[diethx]

Ahhh, okay.

[cwolff]

Ahhh, okay.

They're going to have Hollywood A-listers knocking down their door for a part.

[diethx]

I'm just still surprised that somewhere deep inside the mostly (he had a few good movies in the past) shitty romcom shirtless exterior, there was a great actor named Matthew McConaughey.

[cwolff]

Me too. Who would have guessed.

[Back]

I have no idea, I'm worried too - but I read somewhere that they've already signed on for another season...so it will probably end in some sort of "Holy shit what the fuck!" Cliffhanger.

I've heard the real writer of this series has more planned. It's been produced by the two... but there may be more to come.

[Tisket]

I enjoy his pessimism. He's just an all around dark, sad person. He even mentions how when he's around other people, he's not good for them - he "wears them down." I think my favorite quote so far is when he looks around the dilapidated town and says, "This place is like someone's memory of a town, and the memory is fading."

I enjoy some aspects of his pessimism I suppose. My favorite scene thus far is when Hart and Cohle are in the car and Hart is trying to get Cohle to open up and talk followed quickly by Hart's desperate attempts to get him to shut up.

[SHAFT]

I enjoy some aspects of his pessimism I suppose. My favorite scene thus far is when Hart and Cohle are in the car and Hart is trying to get Cohle to open up and talk followed quickly by Hart's desperate attempts to get him to shut up.

Have you watched episodes 4 and 5? It gets really good in episode 4.

[Aluvius]

Yeah, by the end of it everyone has gone from insultingly saying shut the fuck up to literally begging him to shut the fuck up. :)

I'd always thought this was going to be an ongoing series, but I've only watched the information/trailers and stuff that HBO has put up. I sure hope its not just a mini series.

[Tisket]

Have you watched episodes 4 and 5? It gets really good in episode 4.

I have not had time. It's on my to do list for the weekend however.

[SHAFT]

I have not had time. It's on my to do list for the weekend however.

Find the time damnit! Curious to hear your thoughts on episodes 4 and 5. I've already watched them, so I want to live vicariously through you.

I wish I could go back in time and never have seen breaking bad.

[Tisket]

You didn't like Breaking Bad ?

How very unAmerican of you.

[Gompers]

My wife and I started watching season 2 of House of Cards last night. Halfway through episode one I couldn't help but think how much better true detective is compared to every show I've ever watched. It's taken 5 episodes of True Detective, and I honestly believe those 5 episodes are better than 6 seasons of Breaking Bad.

[SHAFT]

You didn't like Breaking Bad ?

How very unAmerican of you.

I'm sorry, perhaps I could've worded that better. I wish I could go back and be ignorant to the brilliance of breaking bad. I'd like to watch it for the very first time again. I loved breaking bad.

[Tisket]

Alright, your citizenship won't be revoked.

[Tisket]

Thread: True Detective (http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?88545-True-Detective&p=1634993#post1634993)
revoke my booty

I don't even know what that means. You don't want a booty?

I'd be happy to help you out. I like playing with knives.

[Gompers]

Is tomorrow Sunday?

http://media.giphy.com/media/ouIMnyzHYk0Lu/giphy.gif

I think it's finally Sunday!

[SHAFT]

I know. I have to wait for my wife to get home at 8 to watch it though.

[Gompers]

We mooch of my brother-in-law's HBO account, so I think we have to wait until 8 or 9 to watch it as well for HBOGo.

[cwolff]

What do you think of the two black detectives? At first I thought that they just wanted a multi-racial cast. Now I'm thinking that it's to give us perspective of time. In the scenes from '95 they use typewriters, Rust's truck looks new and they are an all white group.

Tonight's episode was a little bit harder to follow in time. Woody's hair was noticeably thinning in 2002 but he still had some on top. He also looked thinner in the scene where he met Beth which at the time made me think he was recently divorced, but it's probably to show that since he'd quit drinking he'd lost weight.

Any idea what year it was in the last scene?

[SHAFT]

It was 2012 in the last scene. It was right after hart left the interview. Rust obviously knew they were interviewing hart and he tailed him.

[Back]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/24/true-detective-episode-6-michelle-monaghan-on-that-sex-scene-with-matthew-mcconaughey.html

‘True Detective’ Episode 6: Michelle Monaghan On That Sex Scene and the Show's View of Women

[cwolff]

Marty Hart: I don't think I've made myself clear. If you were drowning I'd throw you a fucking barbell.

Laughed out loud when he said that.

[Back]

Marty Hart: I don't think I've made myself clear. If you were drowning I'd throw you a fucking barbell.

Laughed out loud when he said that.

That was funny. But Rust got to him because Marty shot their only lead and Rust helped cover that up.

[BigWorm]

Any idea what year it was in the last scene?

Time is a flat circle.

[Gompers]

Here, in McConaughey's own words, are the "Four Stages of Rustin Cohle":

1995 Cohle
"Back to being a part of the body. He's coming off of years being Crash. He's trying to walk the line. Monk-like. Trying to hold it together. And that's a lot easier with less interaction with others. There's a mechanical side to him. He needs the regimen of the homicide detective. He needs the case to actually survive. One, because he's great at it. And two, because it's going to keep him from killing himself."

Crash
"He's our deep, narco wild-ass. A guy who goes all the way. This is where Cohle has all the freedom. He can go over the edge as this guy. And inside, he loves the life of Crash even more, because the shackles are off of him. He knows he may die sooner living this life, but there's a freedom and peace in that knowledge for him."

2002 Cohle
"A little looser mix of Crash and the '95 Cohle. A guy who's made his boundaries clear and has to mark less territory, so he's relaxed into his way in the world. But the case is still his lifeline. He has some small hope that there's going to be a way out of his being and pain and criticism, so he makes an effort into domesticity, a la the girlfriend. Only to prove that he was not made for it, and there is no way out. So what does he do? He resigns to his nature, once again."

2012 Cohle.
"This guy lived longer than he hoped. Fallen prey to his own beliefs. More cynical, angrier, he's had to endure the existence of this shitstorm called life. A little ragged, more rough edges, living in a place where he can manage himself. Not too close. He's not in the CID. But he's not in Alaska. He's a guy who's resigned to his indentured servitude of being alive. But he despises the sentence and the penance. He will not accept defeat. He's not going become a madman, he's not going to kill himself. He wrestles the devil every day, and he realizes that this may last a lot longer than he ever hoped for."

source (http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/mcconaughey-reveals-the-four-stages-of-true-detective-rustin-cohle-20140304)

[Aluvius]

This is pretty damn funny. :)

http://gawker.com/joel-mchales-true-detective-is-more-confusing-than-the-1538073398

[Gompers]

I plead guilty to watching multiple episodes with closed captioning on.

[RichardCranium]

Is it really that hard to understand? I like the show, but what I really liked when I began watching it is that they nailed a lot of the accents unlike a show such as True Blood.

[diethx]

The only person I had trouble understanding was the black lady who worked for Tuttle.

[Warriorbird]

Is it really that hard to understand? I like the show, but what I really liked when I began watching it is that they nailed a lot of the accents unlike a show such as True Blood.

It helps that the stars are actually from Texas.

[Gompers]

I don't think it helps that we have the volume low due to the kid sleeping in the other room. Sometimes the characters get all whisper-drunk and its hard to understand.

[cwolff]

Pretty happy with the ending. Gives some ideas about season two.

[RichardCranium]

Gives some ideas about season two.

Wait, what?

[cwolff]

Wait, what?

Ya they set it up for a second season to continue investigating the Tuttle family and the sex/sacrifice ring.

[waywardgs]

Ya they set it up for a second season to continue investigating the Tuttle family and the sex/sacrifice ring.

I thought the idea of the show was that the next season would be a whole new set of actors/characters and a whole new plot...

[cwolff]

I thought the idea of the show was that the next season would be a whole new set of actors/characters and a whole new plot...

Ya me too. They did leave an opening though when Rust said "they're still out there" or there's more of them out there and Hart said something like "well they're not ours"

[subzero]

Maybe it'll focus on the two guys that they turned it over to at the end.

[Gompers]

Maybe it'll focus on the two guys that they turned it over to at the end.

I heard they were going with an entirely new two main characters...I could be wrong though.

Overall, I thought that last episode was fulfilling, but a bit rushed. I feel like they could have spread out the "information gathering" to include one more episode. Maybe I just want more True Detective, and if it were 9 episodes, I'd bitch about it not being 10 and so on...

[SHAFT]

The only person I had trouble understanding was the black lady who worked for Tuttle.

Why she gotta be black?

[diethx]

Why she gotta be black?

You say that like there's something wrong with being black. Racist.

[Keller]

I don't think there will be any overlap between this season of True Detective and next. The idea is to have long-form crime drama movies.

I thought it was a fabulous show. I liked how there was nothing suspenseful about the show. There were no twists; no cheap tricks. The plot was telegraphed and the intrigue of the show was in the characters and the story telling.

[Keller]

You say that like there's something wrong with being black. Racist.

What do you call a black pilot?

[cwolff]

I don't think there will be any overlap between this season of True Detective and next. The idea is to have long-form crime drama movies.

I thought it was a fabulous show. I liked how there was nothing suspenseful about the show. There were no twists; no cheap tricks. The plot was telegraphed and the intrigue of the show was in the characters and the story telling.

I agree. I was really glad that the plot, i.e. investigating bad guys, was almost secondary to the story telling.

[diethx]

What do you call a black pilot?

...what?

[cwolff]

...what?

Pilot you racist bastard.

[Gompers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbO61Nd0Jlk&t=0

[diethx]

lol

[Taernath]

Bump

Started watching season 2. Doesn't have me hooked like the first season did just yet.

[subzero]

Bump

Started watching season 2. Doesn't have me hooked like the first season did just yet.

Yeah, this season I feel like I'm watching just because I expect it to get better. Definitely doesn't have the hooks in like the first run.

[Taernath]

The actors are just... off. Colin Farrell (and his mustache) plays an unconvincing Dirty Cop, Rachel McAdams is a poor Tough Woman Cop, and I haven't really seen anything from Gay Mercenary Cop. Vince Vaughn is pretty good, albeit with some weird dialogue, but so far he's the only thing worth watching. The previous season had great framing, mythology, and location, while this is just a by the numbers cop drama.

[Androidpk]

The actors are just... off. Colin Farrell (and his mustache) plays an unconvincing Dirty Cop, Rachel McAdams is a poor Tough Woman Cop, and I haven't really seen anything from Gay Mercenary Cop. Vince Vaughn is pretty good, but so far he's the only thing worth watching. The previous season had great framing, mythology, and location, while this is just a by the numbers cop drama.

I'm not really feeling this season but then again I wasn't really expecting to. Season 2 had some huge shoes to replace, between McConaughey and Harrelson. Season 1 also had the same director, Cary Fukunaga, for every episode.

[Shaps]

I think part of it is, there is really no one to care about. The first season had innocent women and children being murdered. This season, it's a bunch of dirty politicians and gangsters. Very difficult to form an emotional attachment to that.

[Androidpk]

I think part of it is, there is really no one to care about. The first season had innocent women and children being murdered. This season, it's a bunch of dirty politicians and gangsters. Very difficult to form an emotional attachment to that.

There is that too.

[Back]

This season is so bad I have laughed out loud every episode. It's like they used every trope in the book.

[Warriorbird]

The finale officially makes this completely not worth seeing.

[Taernath]

The finale officially makes this completely not worth seeing.

I think I'm halfway through the second-to-last episode. That massive shootout where literally everyone dies except for the main characters was laughable.

[SHAFT]

I was waiting until the end of the season to hear what people said about it. If it was worth watching. The 1st episode didn't do anything for me. I kept waiting for Vince Vaughn to start laughing and tell a joke. I think I'll skip this season.

They had a lot to live up to. Doesn't appear they could sustain it.

[m444w]

I really was enjoying the amorphous way that corruption was being framed, and ... <spoiler ahead>






























then the badass military guy got whacked in the most idiotic way possible, how'd that guy know he was going to come out from that door after they guy just said those tunnels are everywhere under the city? This guy is that much of a badass and didn't check his corners? His gun flew 20 feet away when he got shot? It was just bad writing.

[Taernath]

It was just bad writing.

It was definitely bad writing, the other two get the Expository Girl chained to a fireplace. Way too much angsty dialogue and lengthy cuts. Vaughn's character's walk through the desert, while well done, seemed to take forever.