I will be disappointed if in the end, McConaughey's character did it in a Keyser Soze-type situation. Ugh.
― Murgatroid, Monday, 20 January 2014 06:41 (ten years ago) link
yea i dont think theyll do that
― johnny crunch, Monday, 20 January 2014 06:49 (ten years ago) link
This is getting way more Twin Peaks than I thought it was going to be
― Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 January 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
there's obviously another shoe to drop with Rust. My guess is that he's not a straightforward detective but maybe even on another kind of undercover assignment. So many signs seem like he was sent there for a purpose.
― ryan, Monday, 20 January 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
signs in teh sky
― j., Monday, 20 January 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
Sent there to investigate Harrelson's character?
― Murgatroid, Monday, 20 January 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
I dunno maybe, stuff like the redacted files and the others calling him a "fed" and the like. I'm reaching obviously.
― ryan, Monday, 20 January 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
though I won't be disappointed if it turns out he's been sent to receive the secret truth of the universe.
― ryan, Monday, 20 January 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Def some Twin Peaks parallels, mac v anti-Cooper
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 January 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
The 90's period design on this show is very lax in comparison to the studied era evocation of Mad Men/Boardwalk Empire, but I still like it very much so far.
― xelab, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
really could do with more Marky Mark and The Funkybunch imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 00:20 (ten years ago) link
I think that if it took place in a more urban area, then you'd get more period design but since a lot of it takes place in rural Louisiana, it feels more out of time and whatnot.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 00:21 (ten years ago) link
yes what's keeping this show from greatness is lack of lollapalooza refs
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
xpost otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 00:29 (ten years ago) link
Ok people! But it does fail to create a sense of 20 years ago, it absolutely fails for me but w/e.
― xelab, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
I haven't been to those Louisiana areas but rural Texas, if you ignore the cars, still looks like 1974.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
what are they supposed to do play more candlebox
― j., Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Woody and Matthew dance to lovefool, make eyes through big aquarium
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
look all I'm saying is that if they were jamming to walkmans and wearing reebok pumps, it would be much cooler
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
psst: it's all joeks xelab :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
So far they've used the black angels and 13th floor elevators, holding out hope for butthole surfers in the next episode
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
next week's episode has already leaked, i think xelab will find his concerns have been addressed, let's just say this show really 'sells the drama' ;)
― balls, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
Or zz top's I got to get paidxp
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
is that winky because there are more boobs
or wait, 90s boobs somehow
― j., Tuesday, 21 January 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
90s boobs
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Gingrich-Dole.jpg
amirite
― balls, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
lol apparently iamnotrite
anyhow long story short i've seen the rest of the season and
SPOILER
oj is the killer
i am already craving a new episode gahhhh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 02:58 (ten years ago) link
been nerding out so i thought i'd share a few relevant wikipedia links:
The King in Yellow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_YellowCarcosa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcosa
― ryan, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:10 (ten years ago) link
shakey mo mentioned Chambers upthread, seems he's already a fan
never heard of him, am v interested!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/tinyservants/truedetective_zps9d531ea7.gif
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:30 (ten years ago) link
YES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/tinyservants/truedetective2_zps8cacb5a9.gif
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:49 (ten years ago) link
Really want to try quaaludes now.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 03:51 (ten years ago) link
ok fuckit i'm watching ep1 again
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:05 (ten years ago) link
is there anything to be made of why we get to see the interviewers with Mcconaughey but all of harrelson's statement is pov direct to camera, no side conversations etc?
i just noticed it this time
and it looks like harrelson is at the same copshop they worked out of
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
you see the interviewers later i think?
― j., Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
love how you get slight hints of personality from the interviewers--one is rather slick and ingratiating and the other seems a bit more emotional. A nice moment when harrelson says "you're on to something new" and he just gets a cold stare in return before interviewer #1 brings him back on topic.
― ryan, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:21 (ten years ago) link
What was up with that picture in the home of the victim's mother? Mac kept staring at it, at first I thought it was a KKK pic but they cut to it and it looked like ppl in witch hats on horses w a girl standing in front
Also, it's weird there was this huge ass owl staring at them in the church at the end but no one says damn homie look at that owl up there
― Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:29 (ten years ago) link
that picture was really disturbing. And the dolls!
― ryan, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
yeah that photo was weird
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:46 (ten years ago) link
I just want to say how gorgeous the intro/title sequence is.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:52 (ten years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:53 (ten years ago) link
I'm on vacation and I figured out how to stream tv to my iPhone - just so the gf and I could watch e02. We caught 01 by pure fluke while flipping channels in a previous hotel.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 04:59 (ten years ago) link
I'm already bored with Harrelson's home life / affair stuff, such old hat. Casework only pls.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:05 (ten years ago) link
no way. adds shade to the way he's trying to put himself over as the good cop to mcconaughey's "bad cop".
once you know he's *that* kinda cop, you start to wonder what else he's capable of. it's good storytelling
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:10 (ten years ago) link
I guess? I had just seen every one of those beats before and they were just so damn tiresme to watch. And the fact that he's remorseless about it tells me that nothing interesting will happen w/ the wife character. Which is too bad, 'cause I like Monaghan a lot.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
oh please
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
He doesn't seem remorseless to me. He wasn't sobbing into his hands in a confessional booth - but he's obviously not proud of himself.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:50 (ten years ago) link