… man possessed by ungovernable rage…
― j., Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:01 (ten years ago) link
omg i love this
― j., Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:13 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if it was set in the 90s just because pizzolatto wanted this retrospective structure, or because he actually wanted it then for some reason. at the very least, that puts it pre-internet, sorta pre-cell phone, pre-computerized crime investigation, which seems like a conspicuous difference from the norm now.
― j., Thursday, 16 January 2014 07:11 (ten years ago) link
It seems evident that the duration of the case is important what with them arresting the wrong person.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 16 January 2014 09:08 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if, since this show is following the anthology format, that every season is going to be a flashback of sorts to a different time or will a season (if it lasts that long) take place in current time.
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 16 January 2014 09:46 (ten years ago) link
“There could be a season that’s much more of a wide-spread conspiracy thriller, a season that’s a small town murder mystery, a season where nobody is murdered and it’s a master criminal versus a master detective,” Pizzolatto said. “Even the title True Detective is meant to be, of course, purposefully somewhat generic. There are deeper indications, the word true can also mean honorable….as long as there is some crime in there.”It was not made clear if — like FX’s American Horror Story — the anthology would retain a few faces from season to season. For his part, Matthew McConaughey, who stars alongside Woody Harrelson, made clear that this season’s story was “contained,” but Pizzolatto was hesitant to agree with the actor when he claimed, “That’s it.” “We’ll talk later,” said Pizzolatto.
It was not made clear if — like FX’s American Horror Story — the anthology would retain a few faces from season to season. For his part, Matthew McConaughey, who stars alongside Woody Harrelson, made clear that this season’s story was “contained,” but Pizzolatto was hesitant to agree with the actor when he claimed, “That’s it.” “We’ll talk later,” said Pizzolatto.
― Number None, Thursday, 16 January 2014 10:36 (ten years ago) link
o thanks gukbe, that's good
― j., Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
this new trend of anthology series is pretty cool and a good way to get around the limitations of long-arc storytelling. like how long did prison break go on after they actually broke out of prison? or did they keep sending them back or something?
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
maybe they went back to break the others out
or life lost meaning on the outside so they started deliberately getting arrested so there would be more prison breaks
― j., Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
I was surprised by (and liked) the minimalism of T-Bone Burnett's score. Maybe I don't listen to the guy's work enough but, yeah.
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
already lobbying for the next one to be a LA noir.
― ryan, Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
What is Woody doing with his voice and/or jaw? He's almost got this lipful-of-Skoal underbite thing happening, which makes him sound grittier than he usually does.
― Walter Galt, Friday, 17 January 2014 10:55 (ten years ago) link
Also: Starts in the UK on Sky Atlantic on 22 February at 9pm
― Walter Galt, Friday, 17 January 2014 11:39 (ten years ago) link
Pizzoletti's novel Galveston is good, tough guy crime fiction if you're into that sort of thing
― calstars, Friday, 17 January 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
Superb opening episode, although the lasting influence of Fincher's Seven (which came out the year this was set(?) is surprising.
McConaughey and Harrelson make a great pairing though. Woody's reactions to his partner's "one last midnight" pessimist speech during the car drive were priceless.
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Saturday, 18 January 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
i felt like them wearing fitted shirts and suits was just a way of not calling attention to the period setting too much...it's like the flipside of American Hustle
― slam dunk, Saturday, 18 January 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
rust's suits are fitted, different from the other detectives, hart's seem less so - his suits are different from the other detectives but not nearly as much as rust's. suspect this is meant to indicate something about the characters though if there's anything like janie bryant level coding going on here i have no idea.
― balls, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
rmde at all of you - cool creepy halfway decent show comes on tv & all you want to talk about is maybe their suits were too tight
did I mistake this for I Love Tailoring
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2014 03:26 (ten years ago) link
anyway i fucking love this & I am on board and ready for the antler weirdness #bringontheantlers
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2014 03:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I'm super excited for tonight
― Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 January 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
i would say i'm definitely... interested... in seeing how the shirt thing plays out tonight
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 19 January 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
Script leaked... Big surprise reveal at the end...Harrelson breaks into McCoughnahay's apartment and finds some pleated khakis
― Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 January 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
*clutches pearls*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
biggest lol of first episode for me was "when you get to my house you're going to need to chill the fuck out"
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 19 January 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
"the car is now a place for silent reflection"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
yeah they have awesome chemistry already
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
harrelson takes ep1 10-9 for his rendition in the dinner-table scene of a man struggling to keep his own face from exploding
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 19 January 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
i loved that so much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
"you got some pussy on you"
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 20 January 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
Oh shit R.W. Chambers refs!! I am all over this shit now.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 January 2014 04:37 (ten years ago) link
oh man mcconaughey's drunk reflective face
― j., Monday, 20 January 2014 05:01 (ten years ago) link
also, HIDTA vision gif, plz
― j., Monday, 20 January 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
ah! I fucking love this. goddamn it's so unsettling & weird, loving it so much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 January 2014 06:22 (ten years ago) link
Those boobs will be remembered alongside Nick Sobotka's girlfriend.
so I think maybe they're trying to pin it on McConaughey or is that too obvious?
At the very end I started thinking about how mind-blowing tv/film is in that a giant crew of people built that burned out church, artfully placing the remaining roof boards and aging everything just so, just for a five minute scene.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 20 January 2014 06:39 (ten years ago) link
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