True Detective (HBO)

[Eight Bit Alien]

What the fuck is going on with that? It almost seems like specific combinations of words generate an error. Is that a workaround?!?!? What the fuck is happening

[elephants gerald]

hi friends. just checking in to say that this season sucks dick and it is shameful that they're retconning some supernatural insidious jump-scare bullshit into the mythology of the first season. I don't think of myself as being so precious about that kind of thing usually, but it feels wildly disrespectful in this case.

also the fucking grey's anatomy needle drops and other-cop doing blue steel the entire time

trash

[Necrometer]

What the fuck is going on with that? It almost seems like specific combinations of words generate an error. Is that a workaround?!?!? What the fuck is happening

I don't know why the board hates certain words or combinations of words

I have had great success with the zany font workaround, fortunately

[ThePhillyExperiment]

There's so many better murder mystery series on right now, i.e. Monsieur Spade or The Woman in the Wall, that Night Country just seems like archaic and stereotypical blandness.

[FVBTVS]

[ghost boner]

And how is there only one episode left??? It just got good!

Edit: and God dammit the finale isn't for 2 fucking weeks!?

[Hunter]

I'm a little surprised with how much people hate this new season. When I first started seeing ads for it, I thought it looked like shit just based on the "Night Country" title and figured I'd pass. After seeing a little excitement online, I decided to give it a chance - and I have been enjoying it. I'm pretty sure it's because my expectations were very low, but it doesn't hurt that I also watch some real godawful stuff and actively look for aspects that I can appreciate.

The first season was so long ago that I wouldn't have realized that there was any connection if it weren't for the internet. I made it through seasons 2 and 3 which were ok, but mostly forgettable, IMO. Nothing that Nic Pizzolatto or Cary Joji Fukunaga have done since season one has compared to it in any way, so it seems more and more like an anomaly or stroke of luck, instead of a genius-concocted masterpiece that should be highly revered. I'm not saying people shouldn't hate season 4, but I do wonder what people thought it was going to be after the last near-decade of mediocre output under the True Detective label.

[cxwx]

And how is there only one episode left??? It just got good!

Edit: and God dammit the finale isn't for 2 fucking weeks!?

It's not the standard 10 episodes this season?
EDIT looks like only 6

[Necrometer]

first season had outstanding direction & editing, and killer tone that hasn't recurred since (I ain't seen S3). S1 is next-level mostly because all the great rust monologues were cribbed from ligotti.

S2 was a big drop-off and honestly I think it's even worse than S4... but they're very different flavors of bad. S2 was clearly people trying to recapture some magic, and whiffing. in contrast, S4 is actively distracting due to the godawful music and its unabashed agenda. it's like progressive bingo: queer sympathetic kid, natives can do no wrong, woman is invincible & super strong, pregnancy centered as a life-or-death thing, environment vs. profit. honestly I can't believe the story is working at all considering how many boxes needed to be ticked. but the cast is pretty awesome IMO and they're doing their best with a clunky script. my biggest gripe is that the overall vibe sucks and there are too many cheap "scares". I hope the last episode actively explains that all the apparent supernatural stuff was just people hallucinating because they drank bad water...

[Eight Bit Alien]

Sounds to me like it's been improved

[Necrometer]

[Eight Bit Alien]

[FVBTVS]

i feel like im the one with lead poisoning over here

[Necrometer]

let's be clear

no part of S4 is better than this scene



that's a boy's name?

[Eight Bit Alien]

who the fuck wrote that

[cxwx]

pain is inexhaustible....it is only people who become exhausted.

[FVBTVS]

velcoro is the fucking best man

[FVBTVS]

theres a gamer gate level jihad brewing in my heart over wanting to get to the bottom of why and how exactly this new season was reviewed so favorably before it came out

[Necrometer]

i encourage you to dive right in on that project

but the only engaged recipients of your output will be pretty dim IMO because this shit is plain as day

same forces that spawned lizzo

but maybe it goes even deeper than that

bring on the substack

[Hunter]

I've seen enough corporate mandated DEI injected type shows to not be bothered by anything in this season. I don't feel like it fits that bill, but I do believe it reflects that it's written by a Mexican woman. I'm sure that there's some mandated stuff, as there is in most modern productions, but compare this to Star Trek Discovery or whatever Disney is shoveling out and there's no real comparison. What I will be mad at is if the "environment disturbed by evil corporation makes people go crazy, etc" trope (thats been so heavily telegraphed throughout every episode!) ends up being the ending. That would essentially make it a remake of Nightmare At Noon without any stunts or green blood.

[Eight Bit Alien]

but maybe it goes even deeper than that

It does

[ghost boner]

I'll have to think this over for a bit but it was cool for what it was. Kinda dumb but whatever. 7.5/10

[FVBTVS]

just crazy bad

a galloping shambolic farce

a baby show for babies

[MPD]

0/10

[Hunter]

8/10 - I have some minor quibbles (my chest nearly caved in cringing at the somber Twist & Shout), but it's easily the second best of the 4 seasons. Maybe I'm sentimental about the losses I've had, but I thought it used some solid metaphorical devices to express how people experience and process grief.