>tfw you will never experience S1 True Detective threads on /tv/ in the wake of a new episode ever again.
>>69633659
Does no one else miss the threads of speculation?
Season 2 killed the series.
>>69634184
Why was season 2 even called season 2? It had nothing to do with the plot or the characters or the universe of the first season
>>69634184
Plebs killed the series.
Season 2 was great.
remember /tv/ during this era?
>>69634545
caspere thought this
>>69634545
>I have the attention span of a fucking fish
>>69634224
>Season 2 was great.
Dude, you may want to look into assisted suicide.
I will assist you.
>>69634224
Dropped it after episode 1.
How bad was it really guys?
>>69633659
>the threads after this
>>69634587
TD threads came pretty close, it was a twice as bright half as long thing. LOST was pretty GOAT but it did delute after the show dragged on and began making shit up as it went along.
>>69634199
>what's an anthology seriesi agree though i hated saying goodbye to those characters forever
>>69634666
Cringeworthy reply desu
>>69634738
Not as cringe-worthy as your nigger taste.
>>69634224
Season two had some good things going for it (Valcoro,Vince's story line), but it was bogged down in a boring "complex" plot and two many unnecessary characters. And Ultimately it lacked the mystery, charm, and beautiful direction of season one.
>he was a big guy... a lot bigger than you
I knew I was going to have a good night on /tv/ after that
>>69634757
>nigger taste
What does that even mean?
>>69634184
I liked Frank.
But who the fuck was the yellow king?
>>69634830
It means you have awful taste, goddamn moron.
Not him btw.
>ywn see these for the first time ever again
;_;
>>69634859
Hey fuck you man, I'm having fun provoking some retard into replying with quips and buzzwords and you step in with mean words making me feel bad.
Season 2 was just as good as the first.
>>69634184
I knew Season 2 was going to be shit when "Hey, they killed Henchman X" was left floating in the air without previous mention nor follow-up.
>His name was...
Exactly.
Was it all meaningless bros?
>>69634184
more like s1 finale
>>69634961
yes, it was like a more sophisticated wink to the camera
>mfw green paint
>I didn't like season 2
>>69634870
has there been greater tits on tv?
>>69634940
Care to elaborate?
>>69635086
One of Vince Vaughn's henchmen is killed in an early episode. This henchman is referred to by his proper name. He was never mentioned nor appeared on screen prior to his announced death. His death played no role in developing the story or moving the plot forward. Towards the end of the season his widow is visited by Vaughn to.... I can't even remember.
There was just too much of the vague fuckery and red herring shit going on.
When your audience finds itself having to web search characters names multiple times during the season to remember who he is/was then you are doing it wrong.
>>69634870
Daddario will never put you in handcuffs and ride you to Train Song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AGD78mWcss
>>69635162
The vagueness and briefly mentioned, mostly unimportant characters were there in s1 too.
Personally I couldn't even tell what people's names were even when they were mentioned multiple times since I'm not a native speaker and everyone constantly mumbles.
That's one of the appeals of the show to me however, I actually like the confusion and I believe it to be very realistic, compared to other crime shows at least.
The season 2 plot is baffling. Pizzaman managed to somehow create a story that was simultaneously convoluted and paper thin.
It just wasn't compelling at all.
>>69634961
It's supposed to be that shit that makes the scene makes more sense subconsciously and is fun to notice.
Also you have to remember the main villain was a smaller part of a cult that's reaches extend far
>>69634683
>he gets killed like it's nothing
he would have been a better villain than wacky fat man
>>69635499
>>he gets killed like it's nothing
This is entirely ok. He was creepy and interesting, but obviously just a pawn in the wider picture. Le wacky fat inbred man was kinda shit though, and him being the gardener was even more shit.
>>69635385
The more obvious problem is that the villains of the season are just corrupt cops and government officials. The corruption has no intrigue. There's no stakes until the ass-half of the season. It's just old men having sex parties with consenting prostitutes then we find out about the jewel thing in the last episode. Who gives a shit? Just because some people who really shouldn't be doing illegal things don't mean we care.
Compare that to season one where it's established in the first episode that there's a deranged child murderer on the loose.
>>69635499
>This post
What, did you expect a hand to hand fight on a skyscraper or something? The scene where marty executes him out of rage is one of the best in the show.
>>69635530
>Le wacky fat inbred man was kinda shit though, and him being the gardener was even more shit.
Childress was fucking terrifying. He seems like a humble country boy infront of the cops and to normal people, then when he's alone he talks like a literary character and then shifts into creepy psychotic talk.
>>69634961
It was meant to show the omnipotence of the cult. They are everywhere, on a symbolic level.
>>69635636
Maybe it's a matter of taste but he wasn't just that terrifying to me. I get what they were going for with his inane posh accent, and his wack sister was fairly disturbing, but he just wasn't a very satisfying final villain even though the pieces were there.
His environment (house and Carcosa) told a better story than his character. I liked the part when he was calling Rust "little priest" but everything else about his character was on the verge of being ridiculous.
>>69635533
>Who gives a shit? Just because some people who really shouldn't be doing illegal things don't mean we care.
Oh boy. Try living somewhere with high levels of corruption and then you'll understand intrigue.
>>69635744
Yeah, having him be an interdimensional portal demon, like /tv/ originally thought, would have been much more satisfying.
>>69635841
There should've been a blue laser shooting to the sky when he died followed by a big explosion that rust would've survived cause he's badass lol, just like me ecksdee.
>>69635598
no, and i agree with you about that scene, but childress wasn't a great choice
>>69635841
yeah that's the only other alternative
>>69634841
He was practically a parody of the type of stock character (experienced villain trying to go straight) that appears in crime shows/films except played straight.
>>69634669
It got fucking worse, anon. No joke.
>>69635841
Joking aside, a massive draw for many people in S1 was the horror references (e.g. Chambers, Ligotti, Bierce), Rust's narcotic visions, and the sense of supernatural dread the villains cast. I never actually believed the murderer would be revealed to be a Lovecraftian cosmic entity but that atmosphere of subtle implications and touches here and there are what really made the show stand out.
Most of the complaints in this thread are vague and buzzwordy. The reason most people didn't like s2 is because it was very subdued, slow-paced and rather complicated for something that you come back to in weekly intervals.
I guess those can be seen as negatives for some, but you can't say that it's objectively worse than s1.
Also s1 had a steady director while s2 didn't, which caused a few episodes to be lower quality, on the whole however both seasons are pretty good imo.
In all honesty, senpaitachi, I just couldn't feel anything for the characters in S2. Old wood-face Woodrow & maybe-have-sex Bezerides couldn't raise a care out of me if they tried. Valcoro's "failure-as-a-father-but-a-damn-good-cop" backstory we've seen so many times before as have we seen Semyon's mature-crim-going-straight routine.
The plot seemed incredibly muddled. Why did we need to see Valcoro informing Semyon of the investigation when the latter could have just conducted his own investigation using his own criminal contacts (and cutting a lot of red tape), thus making Semyon more relevant to the plot.
Over all, I think the Dorne subplot of S5 of GoT had about the same merit and entertainment value.
>>69633659
They were shit.
>muh lovecraft
>muh yellow king
>muh rust is the killer
>muh no, marty is the killer
>muhgreen ears
>>69635385
ye. tho I liked the characters
>>69636441
Are you saying that you preferred Rust and Marty and their infinitely more cliched backgrounds?
To clarify, I also did, I just don't believe that the characters were any worse in S2, there were just more of them and not enough time to focus on each one.
>>69636221
The reason I didn't like season 2 was because it had too many main characters, so it kept bouncing all over the fucking place.
>>69636744
Fair enough, I agree with that statement and this post was mine too>>69636678.
>>69636678
Rust's background was cliched (undercover-turned-junky with no social skills but one hell of a cop) but I thought what they did with him (the visions, the nihilism, the whole attitude) was just far more interesting than what they did with S2's characters.
>there will never be a duo with as much on screen chemistry as Harrelson and McConaughey ever again
Feel with me
>>69637413
>starts cutting up beer cans
>tears stream down face
>>69633659
That Reggie ledoue setup and fake story about them fighting desperately to survive against the gunfire.
Fuck that was brilliant.
I think Mcconnahey made the show, without him the first season would have been as generic as the second
>>69637793
To be fair Pizzaman and Fukunaga put in great work on season one as well, Harrelson was also amazing. It's just a superb series of TV all round.
>>69634184
this
s1 had mystery to it
s2 was all depressed people and some stupid shit about buying up land cheap that would then become valuable.
Season 2 isn't that bad, but it really didn't need Taylor Kitsch or to a lesser extent Rachel McAdams' characters. They added nothing to the show for the most part.
>>69633659
Those were fun nights. I remember smoking bongs and getting lost in that show then funposting all night afterwards
>>69634165
i remember going through a tough time in my life (gf raped) when this show came out and the endless speculation in these threads were the best times i've had on /tv/.
>>69634841
>>69635966
Never lost my keys
Never even had a fucking keychain
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Ray, you either sink or swim. But, sometimes its best to just get back on the boat.
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The difference between me and God is that I expect more than 10% on Sunday.
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There's two things in the world I hate; people who fuck with kids, and kids who fuck with people.
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Women always treat me like shit, and I never wipe
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I was in line at Taco Bell yesterday. I pull up to the box, order my food, and then drive to the window. My order came to $10.37. I handed the cashier a $20 bill. I grabbed the bag, and started to
drive away when the cashier looked at me and yelled, "Sir you forgot your change." I yelled back, "I didn't forget my change. Change forgot me."
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One time, I was fuckin this girl. She told me to pull out. I came inside her. She flipped out..she said "I told you to pull out out!" I said "Yeah...but you didn't
say I couldn't cum first."
Think about that.
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Sometimes life fucks you in the ass, and sometimes the ass fucks you. Well, I'm the ballsack, and I'm not fuckin' liking it.
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>>69640623
When death knocks sometimes the only option you have is to answer. Well guess what Ray? I'm the fucking doorbell.
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The only cartoon I ever watched was Scooby Doo. But I didn't like Shaggy. I didn't like the dog. I was only ever interested in the man behind the mask.
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When life gives you lemons you make lemonade, and Ray, I'm the fucking juicer.
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Life's a box of chocolate, Ray. All that matters is that you're not the dog. Me? I'm Willy Fucking Wonka
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Ray, coming back to this job is like finding a clip of your favorite porn star when you were a kid. Her tits are saggy, her ass is gone, and her face looks like Captain Ackbar,
but you're still gonna jerk off.
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My old man used to tell me "Son, when we die we haunt those we leave behind. Your actions in life determine whether your ghost will be friendly or impetuous." If you keep hitting the bottle like that, Ray... it will hit
you back in the next life. Casper the friendly ghost knew that.
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I was never too good at math. Shit, I was terrible in school. I failed calculus three times. But when you've got four dead bodies on your hands, three hours until sunset, and two dirty cops digging through your trash
can --- well then the numbers start adding up real fast. I'm talking Road Runner fast. And if you can't put one and two together, and if the guilt you got weighing on your back isn't equal to the unit pressure of four
dead men when you divide that heaviness by the surface area of LA -- that's when you know the test's fixed and there ain't no right answer. Just a bunch of fucking equations that all equal a big ugly zero. Like life.
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Can't wash your clothes without getting them wet. Casper knew that better than any of us and he still got hung out to dry. Well I ain't about to end up in a fuckin' dry cleaners.
I liked season 2. My only issue was Frank, but I thought his ending made sense. Everyone's ending was good and made sense and I loved the main story, again Frank's story was retarded.
>>69635636
He was a b-movie villain. Episode 8 opening with him in his farm house doing accents was underwhelming as fuck.
Ledoux was more interesting.
>>69634165
I don't.
All the MUH LOVECRAFT/COSMIC HORROR idiots muddied the show with their fantasy.
>>69640669
>>69641099
It was good and what a lot of real world serial killers are like, you're just a pleb who was expecting a generic epic final boss mastermind.
best delivery in the series
>>69642804
>what a lot of real world serial killers are like
Kek, are you 12? He chewed the scenery doing fucking accents. He was completely unrealistic.
>>69635530
That was somewhat the point though. They found out the best they could get was some inbred dude killing people but the reality of it was that it was all part of a upper class cult. That's why the entire end monologue is about their failure still being a step in the right direction.
>>69634587
GOAT
>>69633659
IKTFB
>>69634165
Yes
>>69634184
Wrong.
>>69633659
my two favorite lines of season 2 were "the blue balls in my heart" line by Frank and Velcoro telling gay cop to get some Pedialyte for his hangover. oh and when gay cop called his mother a cooz. not sure which one was worse.
overall, s2 was a letdown. Fukunaga elevated the material of s1, the handful of directors for s2 did the story no service. i feel a good story was there, it was just handled improperly. lots of pointless scenes, underwhelming action, convoluted narrative, etc.
>>69641135
they really didnt, there were more angry autistics like yourself ruining threads with posts like that actually.
you must actually be the same autistic i remember who would sperg out like that, definitely you.
>>69635966
Now you're starting to understand Pizzaman's writing a little bit.
>>69633659
to be honest even though the show wasnt good the season 2 threads were pure fucking unadulterated comedy gold
>>69640669
>I was never too good at math. Shit, I was terrible in school. I failed calculus three times. But when you've got four dead bodies on your hands, three hours until sunset, and two dirty cops digging through your trash can --- well then the numbers start adding up real fast. I'm talking Road Runner fast. And if you can't put one and two together, and if the guilt you got weighing on your back isn't equal to the unit pressure of four dead men when you divide that heaviness by the surface area of LA -- that's when you know the test's fixed and there ain't no right answer. Just a bunch of fucking equations that all equal a big ugly zero. Like life.
Was the rat monologue the greatest monologue ever recorded?
Did you ever expect Vince Vaughn to be such a superb actor?
Have you ever eaten out of hunger?
>>69645485
Yeah pretty much every supper for me is out of hunger. I work long hours so whenever i get home i always feel kinda 11 o' clockish
>>69645616
Never do anything out of hunger,not even eat
>>69633659
goddamn it was so good
best tv i've seen in a long while
>>69636678
You can say they're equally cliched, but Rust and Marty as much more fleshed out and natural. They explore a much wider array of emotions than S2's never ending miserablism
>>69634224
the acting wasn't really consistent, other than Rust, a lot of the characters in season 1 felt like they could have been real people
Everyone in season 2 felt like they were larger than life and not everyone was that great at acting
The cinematography was a huge downgrade from season 1 too. A lot of it looked like a basic network show. It took away the atmosphere that season 1 had.
I really hated how season 2 had the 2 different police stations contrasting so blatantly with eachother. The one Velcoro was part of looked like it came from the 70s and so did everyone in it, and it's where the corruption came from.
The one Ani was part of was modern and clean and they were all by the book in there, no tolerance for corruption.
How lazy can you be with this shit seriously?
>>69634940
Not liking based Stan. He was a key character in Frank's arc.
