Sorry, meant to say Season 2.
Season 1 was so awesome, I don't think you can compare it to Season 2, it would be like comparing the Office UK to the Office US .. same name, but very different.
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Sorry, meant to say Season 2.
Season 1 was so awesome, I don't think you can compare it to Season 2, it would be like comparing the Office UK to the Office US .. same name, but very different.
What, you no like?
No one liked Season 2. It's ****ing terrible.
It is weaker than Season 1 by a fair margin, but I wouldn't say it's 'terrible'.
I am trying to enjoy it for what it is.
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Terrible might be a little heavy handed but season 2 definately was not very good. In fact, if not for the awesomeness of season 1 i might not even watch next season.
You are still early on the show though. It gets worse
Finally finished True Detective 2 last night... Some thoughts (** Spoilers **):
1. I think the writer went out of his way to make TD2 as different to TD1 as possible with the more complex story line, etc. Like it or not it's definitely different.
2. I think the casting of Frank's wife/gf is really BAD.. a real let down... she (Kelly Reilly) and Frank (Vince Vaughn) had absolutely zero chemistry. Robotic acting and was hard to watch at times.
3. There were so many references to the classic film "Chinatown":
- LA detective story setting
- Corrupted officials
- Plot involved dodgy land deals
- Mayor's death by the pool right at the end - the same thing happened in Chinatown as well.
- Both male protagonists died at the end the same way Jack Nicholson died in the movie
- etc, etc... too many to name
4. Collin Farrell really held the movie together. I haven't been a big fan of his in the past but he really was the one shining light of this whole show.
5. Vince Vaughn was OK... not spectacular.
6. Rachel McAdams was pretty good I mean she did her best but I really think the direction was lacking she could have been MUCH better in this.
Overall if TD1 was 10/10, TD2 would be about 7/10. It's not up to the same standard but I don't think it's as bad as everybody made it out to be. They definitely missed a few tricks though like they could have tied the Bird Mask Killer back to the Carcosa story line in TD1 that would have made for a pretty spectacular ending but they didn't..
Oh well... here's hoping Cary Joji Fukunaga takes back the directive helm in True Detective 3 to get this fantastic series back on track.
1. I think the writer went out of his way to make TD2 as different to TD1 as possible with the more complex story line, etc. Like it or not it's definitely different.
2. I think the casting of Frank's wife/gf is really BAD.. a real let down... she (Kelly Reilly) and Frank (Vince Vaughn) had absolutely zero chemistry. Robotic acting and was hard to watch at times.
3. There were so many references to the classic film "Chinatown":
- LA detective story setting
- Corrupted officials
- Plot involved dodgy land deals
- Mayor's death by the pool right at the end - the same thing happened in Chinatown as well.
- Both male protagonists died at the end the same way Jack Nicholson died in the movie
- etc, etc... too many to name
4. Collin Farrell really held the movie together. I haven't been a big fan of his in the past but he really was the one shining light of this whole show.
5. Vince Vaughn was OK... not spectacular.
6. Rachel McAdams was pretty good I mean she did her best but I really think the direction was lacking she could have been MUCH better in this.
Overall if TD1 was 10/10, TD2 would be about 7/10. It's not up to the same standard but I don't think it's as bad as everybody made it out to be. They definitely missed a few tricks though like they could have tied the Bird Mask Killer back to the Carcosa story line in TD1 that would have made for a pretty spectacular ending but they didn't..
Oh well... here's hoping Cary Joji Fukunaga takes back the directive helm in True Detective 3 to get this fantastic series back on track.
The story isn't even complex or clever, it's just told in the worst possible way that makes it unclear and confusing.
It was awful. 3/10
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It was awful. 3/10
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Still hope there is a Season 3 though, would hate for it to go out the way Twin Peaks did on the back of failing popularity (canned after 2nd season).
There are wayy worse shows than TD Season 2.
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Not really.
Nice. I'm still deciding whether to watch it week by week or watch it all in 1 go later.