JB Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Fair play, each to their own and all that but I'm finding it difficult to empathise with the opinion that this is anything other than convoluted, poorly-written, boring, pretentious nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Has really picked up speed in episodes 6 and 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Maybe it's because I'm watching one episode a week (or maybe I'm just dim), but I'm a bit lost with it now. I've enjoyed the last couple of episodes, but I found myself asking wtf was going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Here fools http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/03/true_detective_season_two_a_guide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Here fools http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/03/true_detective_season_two_a_guide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html Oh thanks, that's made it all clear now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Story is way to complicated for its own good and everyone talks very quietly so you dont get everything they are saying........ Series 3 (if there is one) needs to be a much simpler tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I gave up on the show has it got any better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croydon_Villain Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Yes it has. The first 3 or so were pretty grim watching but as things are coming together its got a lot better. Best watch them as a box set, that way you have more chance of keeping up with the plot. Trying to remember what happened 7 weeks ago it a bit much. And as said above, they do mumble a lot. Edited August 4, 2015 by Croydon_Villain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 4, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2015 Just watched last night's episode. It was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 4, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2015 Although a guy at work spoiled it for me a bit. He watched it last night and so asked me about it today. Him: Did you watch True Detective? Me: no. I recorded it so I'll watch it tonight Him: One of the main 3 gets killed Me: WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU TELL ME THAT?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I gave up on the show has it got any better Marginally. But not by enough. It's still shit so you're not missing anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 4, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Maybe I'm in the minority, but it's really not shit. It did lull a bit after the "massacre", but it's picking up again now. It is very VERY complicated though, and I've had to remind myself of what's happened a couple of times over the past 6 weeks to keep up. I don't think this season has suited the week gap between episodes at all. Edited August 4, 2015 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Not that I think you're suggesting this at all, but I don't think it's shit because I can't follow it. I get what's going on (for the most part. I think). It's just a painfully dull story told really badly whilst raising unintentional laughs with some of the worst dialogue that I can recall. It just doesn't seem like a story worth telling or one that the viewer can care about. I carry on watching because each week I assume that it has to improve. But it doesn't. It's a tedious waste of time. In my opinion, of course. I'm glad it's nearly finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 5, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2015 I think it was in danger of losing it's way but it's coming together nicely now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) The writer clearly sat down and read The Big Nowhere by James Elroy and said "I'll do that but with shit dialogue & undergrad philosophy." There is a reddit thread somewhere that details all the similarities between the two. He pulled a similar trick last season with some weird fiction writer. He claimed it was a homage or some such. After this dreadful season I'm more inclined to think he's a chancer. Every scene with Vince Vaughn makes me want to jab a fork in my eye. "Blue balls in your heart". Get in the **** sea. Edited August 5, 2015 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2015 Finished strongly, imo. Enjoyed it overall. Comfortably way below the first season though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'm glad I gave up mid season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Ive waited for the season to finish so i can watch it marathon style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2015 Ive waited for the season to finish so i can watch it marathon style I imagine that will help massively. The story is very complicated. I admit to having to read up about it a couple of times to understand what was going on. But I do think that helped my enjoyment. A lot happened in the finale, for example, that I would have had no idea what was happening if I hadn't specifically read about the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2015 Ive waited for the season to finish so i can watch it marathon style That was my original plan. Safe to say I won't be bothering to invest the time now. From what i've read/been told it's a massive letdown and I can't be bothered to sink the time into it. Shame really as the first series was superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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