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The Argonaut wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:
I really liked the main cop, the old chief, until we found out she hated computers and used the telex. Now I like her new boss and I hope he nails her to the wall. Get with the 21st century, lady. It's 2010.
Shea Whigham was a highlight of True Detective 1:
Not to mention All The Real Girls and Boardwalk Empire. He's pretty cool. Those two police will probably end up liking each other because, despite their different styles, they'll each recognize the other is competent.
Oh cool, I never watched either of those, so I thought I was special for recognizing him from TD. I'll probably never watch All the Real Girls (Zooey...eesh...), but one of these days I'd like to give Boardwalk Empire a whirl.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:08 pm Posts: 4738 Location: 5th floor, Bay 7, position 5740
While not as good as last season I'm surprised this isn't a little more popular here than it is. The plot threads started coming together last week & I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.
I'm watching. S2 was better, but I'm still hoping we run into some S1 characters.
The showrunner said we would see some old characters at a different age, which I took to mean someone from S2 (the 70s) rather than S1.
The main character of S2, Lou Solverson, is the father of Molly Solverson. Molly was one of the leads in S1. In S1, Lou ran the dinner and shared stories about the events that take place in S2 with Molly.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
All caught up! I basically love everything about this show, even though the plots from each season have a lot in common. And for the record, I loved the spaceship (which is definitely being echoed in Season 3, even if it's not a direct tie-in to Season 2).
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
The last two were very good, last week's was probably a bit better. I thought there was at least one scene this week that was a cheap rip-off of a scene from earlier in the series...
The last two were very good, last week's was probably a bit better. I thought there was at least one scene this week that was a cheap rip-off of a scene from earlier in the series...
The Wolf guy threatening the fellow in the library just felt too much like Malvo convincing Hanks' character to let him go in Season 1, IMO.
There have a few obvious references to past seasons and other Coen movies this season that have felt, like you said, cheap. Sy dropping the "nomenclature" line, Varga's line about Lenin, etc. Seasons 1 and 2 had them too, but they were integrated more subtly.
My biggest gripe is that I just don't care about any of the characters this year except maybe Ray's girl whose name I'm forgetting. Season 1 had Colin Hanks and his daughter, plus Molly, season 2 you had Molly, her mom, dad, and grandfather (Danson), not to mention Hanzi. All of whom felt like real, human, 3-dimensional characters who grounded you in the reality of the story, like Francis McDormand did in the movie. This year everyone is either dull as dirt -- Am I supposed to care about Gloria and her son, who have shared all of about 20 seconds of screen time so far? -- or grotesque.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 1:53 pm Posts: 10280 Location: in the air tonight
Simple Torture wrote:
All caught up! I basically love everything about this show, even though the plots from each season have a lot in common. And for the record, I loved the spaceship (which is definitely being echoed in Season 3, even if it's not a direct tie-in to Season 2).
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
The Argonaut wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
All caught up! I basically love everything about this show, even though the plots from each season have a lot in common. And for the record, I loved the spaceship (which is definitely being echoed in Season 3, even if it's not a direct tie-in to Season 2).
Where do you see spaceship echoes?
Great question--I forgot since I wrote this post! Gimme a few to think.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
Simple Torture wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
All caught up! I basically love everything about this show, even though the plots from each season have a lot in common. And for the record, I loved the spaceship (which is definitely being echoed in Season 3, even if it's not a direct tie-in to Season 2).
Where do you see spaceship echoes?
Great question--I forgot since I wrote this post! Gimme a few to think.
Oh--everything having to do with the sci-fi novels and stuff! The little animation of the robot. As I said, not a direct reference (i.e., not trying to explain why we saw UFOs last season) but playing off the same kind of mythology.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
The Argonaut wrote:
There's also the thing where no motion sensors pick up on the female cop.
Oh, I love that. There's a short story by Roberto Bolano about how his son tries to train himself to be invisible to those sorts of sensors, and it's always stuck with me for some reason.
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