True Detective

I'm actually hopeful for season 3 of this show. They will rein Pizzaloto in and probably go back to one director.

Do they pay attention to social media aside from SJW's complaining about GoT or just go by ratings? They might end up thinking all is well and sign up for more of the same.

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Wait until you click a thread hodj is posting in.

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hodj would be so welcome in this thread

Royal_sl said:

Do they pay attention to social media aside from SJW's complaining about GoT or just go by ratings? They might end up thinking all is well and sign up for more of the same.

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I'm sure somebody, somewhere involved in the show is aware of the critical response to this season, but in general it wouldn't surprise me if all the key players were willfully ignorant. And as an underling you certainly wouldn't want to be the to face Nic or a star actor or an executive. It's probably open season on messengers in Hollywood. And you don't often see key players like the writers or actors being openly self-critical of their own work, especially while it's still airing. Interviews so far I've seen several specifically say they never pay attention to criticism, don't read 'the blogs' as if just random people being critical and not major outlets like Rolling Stone or The Atlantic.

I think I read Rick Springfield in an interview say they all expected it to be hard to live up to the first season, but accepted the challenge and feel they really nailed it, and people may just not accept this is an entirely new season, etc. Basically, all the same delusions from the retarded fanboys. The egos of creative/artistic types strike me as pretty thick, and their skin usually isn't, so it'll probably take some messenger being killed and threatened with "you'll never work in this town again" to maybe trigger some introspection and reflection on this season from Nic to bring on the help the show needs for season three to return to glory.

this season is not the epic train wreck most are thinking it is, but just slightly above avg tv. s2 (even with 1 show to go) has more positive reviews on rotten tomatoes than season one. 117/41 compared to 91/10 when going by individual show reviews other wise it 47/25 to 55/10 for the season.
i am still enjoying it, wish that had exploited Rachael's assets a bit tho

With critics, season 1 is at 85%. Season 2 at 65%. With audience season 1 is at 97%, and season 2 at 72%.

Season 2 has more positive reviews, sure, but based on the numbers you post season two has only 74% positive vs 90% for season 1 in individual show reviews, and 65% vs. 84% for the season. So, the second season of a critically acclaimed, highly anticipated, extremely hyped show is getting more reviews than the first. Hot breaking news there!

Let me guess, you also think the ratings are a positive thing because the second season still has a higher average than the first, despite steadily trending downward?

Not to mention your bullshit hyperbole that "most" people think it's an "epic train wreck" when in fact what I'm seeing is a lot of people bored, and a lot of people actually saying it's still entertaining and they still may like it, but it's not the same quality as season 1 and has a lot of issues they hope get worked out. And a very small minority posting bullshit hyperbole and bogus numbers trying to spin their 'like' of a show into a defense against any criticism.

I think we all agree we were hoping to see McAdams at least a little nekid, especially after the scene in the opening episode setting up the possibility. If she doesn't get naked in the finale can we then all agree this show is a complete and utter train-wreck level shit-fest?

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I think we all agree we were hoping to see McAdams at least a little nekid, especially after the scene in the opening episode setting up the possibility. If she doesn't get naked in the finale can we then all agree this show is a complete and utter train-wreck level shit-fest?

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They've teased the fuck out of her or red getting naked all season.

chick didnt get naked when gaycop got killed last week. and neither has red who has been hypercareful about keeping those covers over her tits when she and VV are in bed.

Finally cranked through season 2 this week and I don't know what the main complaints are, as I've avoided every article and thread that I could until now, but I know there have been many. I personally have loved damn near every minute of this season and liked the move to additional characters and adding a 'bad guy' to the fold. Vaughn's character reminds me of Tony Soprano, what should be a totally despicable human being, but you somehow find yourself rooting for him because you get to see things beyond the surface level. The actors have been every bit as strong as season 1 too. The overall crime isn't nearly as interested as season 1s but everything else has been just as good, if not better, to me. The Kitsch scene where they immediately cut to his wife to be after what happened was just a great reminder of what's being left behind and it was a really powerful scene, even if you felt it coming

HERE WE GO!! Hopefully Chad gets gunned down

Everyone in So Cal hates fags I think, and this season tied up everything for all the faggots that bitched all season about it. Was Rays other baby a red head also haha?

i guess my biggest complaint is that I still don't get the story they were telling.

All this shit happened but I still don't see what the story was. What was the point?

Season 1 they caught a killer, or so they thought then righted their wrongs and grew as men. Rust eventually had his love and faith restored.

Not sure what that was all about with Vaughn

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i guess my biggest complaint is that I still don't get the story they were telling.

All this shit happened but I still don't see what the story was. What was the point?

Season 1 they caught a killer, or so they thought then righted their wrongs and grew as men. Rust eventually had his love and faith restored.

Not sure what that was all about with Vaughn

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Just stop. If you couldnt follow along with the mexicans and the overall resolution then you shouldnt be watching premium, drama based television. Try the big bang theory instead, or law and order or something because they did a pretty good job wrapping shit up.

Basically this season was about karma. The whole we get the lives we deserve thing wasnt just a memorable one liner, it defined the entire season.

So the baby is Bezzerides and Velcoro's, I'm assuming. Great.

They got their killer. Ben Casper's killer was shot to death at a train station. Case solved. Everything else was just extraneous.

The whole season was about corruption and its been this way for a century, and now its got a whole new younger generation of corruption. New corrupt governor, chessani's children, Mexican gang now in charge, Burress is now Chief ect

Nails was the one true Great White Anaconda

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Just stop. If you couldnt follow along with the mexicans and the overall resolution then you shouldnt be watching premium, drama based television. Try the big bang theory instead, or law and order or something because they did a pretty good job wrapping shit up.

Basically this season was about karma. The whole we get the lives we deserve thing wasnt just a memorable one liner, it defined the entire season.

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Lol. You are cool.

Look at the season as a whole. The murder was two random kids killing in revenge and somehow wrapped three people into this giant unconnected web. None of the characters had real arcs. There was no story being told. Karma? Not even close. It was like 40 different things all happening.

The Mexicans was just out of nowhere. How is that karma? They were extras that pop in when needed.

What resolution? People died and ani randomly has a baby and shares a story. Then we got 5 minutes of her walking in a crowd with no point.

Edit: just noticed the gang with chessani in that pic. Was that set up at all prior?

That whole bedroom scene belonged in episode three or two. Still building character in the finale = boring.