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#1631 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's True Detective » 661 weeks ago
all i know is in 6 months time when someone asks me what i thought of true detective all i'm going to be able to say is, "green paint".
or maybe, "green paint on his ears." smh.
McCoughnehey should win a Best Actor Emmy the same year as his Oscar.
you yanks get soft about the funniest stuff.
this guy is the top of his profession? & you're PROUD of it?!
i thought woody was truly excellent in this. mcc had the easy job. woody crafted an instantly recognizable & deeply unlikeable everyman. he knocked it out of the park.
leo was robbed at the oscars. the palsy scene alone is a physical comedy masterclass.
#1632 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's True Detective » 661 weeks ago
nah it's really not
it might get to be that if people are crazy enough to defend it
but nobody is going to get offended by it to hate it.
it had a lot of good but ultimately was really limited & carried over the likes of the killing or top of the lake due to hbo's production values, a-list talent & absolutely nothing else of substance. it was fun & all, but flawed & dumb. not really truly terrible hateable tv like say american horror story etc proper love/hate shows.
#1633 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's True Detective » 661 weeks ago
ha
bullshit
by ur logic it's ok to have a crappy ending to the case because it was a character driven show? that doesn't seem odd to you? why does there have to be a trade-off or excuses? why can't things deliver across the board?
the show was a cheeseball mess by the end & the writer took all the wrong decisions & it blew up in all our faces.
at least it was funny, however unintentional. if it had of just been crap i'd have been pissed off, but it was so stoopid it was funny.
there were so many outrageous set pieces, symbolism, themes & directions they could have gone. so many far more interesting dead ends & red herrings only to end at a dumb guy who got paint on his freaking ears! the show was ultimately cheap as chips - especially how come the lawnmower/painter guys make-up changed every episode, cheap as chips bullshit.
after episode 3/4 it was p obv they weren't going to pull it off. i didn't expect them to quite shit the bed so perfectly tho with the green ears leap.
the rest of the episode was weak as piss too. cliched stroll thru a labyrinth, the weird breakingbad sniper moment, the bromance. the fight was ok but even then it was pretty dense could've been better if rust & lawnmower guy had a chance to talk some??
whatever.
so it goes. doubt i'll stick around for s02.
#1634 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's True Detective » 661 weeks ago
Wow. All time classic case of shit the bed.
His ears were painted green. Yea it's a common problem. Can't tell you how often I've been painting & somehow my ears get covered in it.
This show was so full of shit. Had no intention of delivering all it promised in those first 3 episodes then completely undermined itself @ the end.
#1635 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's True Detective » 662 weeks ago
That's the problem with using recognisable actors. There's noway Remus from Boardwalk Empire was signed up for one 30second scene sitting on a lawn mower in episode3.
Edit - yea that was same ep mcc cut woodys lawn. Was defo there to parallel/hint @ lawn mower guy.
& yea woody distracting mcc & then killing ledoux initially had me suspicious of woodys involvement.
Now tho I'm convinced he's not involved in the cult but that his gothslut daughter has been exposed to it & his ex-wife &/or his ex-father-in-law are possibly involved. They prob made her watch which is exactly what the girl in the mental home says to mcc's character, about being made to watch what they did to the other kid that was w/her.
Mcc is going to die. Woodys going to learn his ex-wife/father-in-law exposed his daughter to the abuse & loads of people are going to die.
Maybe.
#1636 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Walking Dead » 662 weeks ago
Daryl can suck my wang. What a puss.
This show used to be funny. Wth classic case of dropping the ball.
#1637 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Walking Dead » 662 weeks ago
This is what happens when u focus on daryl & the blonde bit. This is a show for teenage girls. As if there wasn't enough of those rebellious types already they have to turn this funny zombie show into a snoozefest.
The best thing about this ep was the first 7mins before anyone spoke. Lameass shit. Start killing the cast & focus on rick him & michonne are only two characters worth bothering with.
But the show has so many problems. Chief being too many episodes in a season they don't have enough material to carry it off.
#1638 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's True Detective » 662 weeks ago
Townes van zandt over credits this week. Love it. Didn't think they could top 13th floor elevators but marked out when Lungs rattled in. Good ep this week.
#1639 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 662 weeks ago
jesus fucking christ.
#1640 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR to perform at Golden Gods award show/ lifetime achievement for Axl » 662 weeks ago
^ everyone's aware of the con that goes w/award shows. It's an industry daisy chain & a way to advertise & sell you something.
The big deal is people are excited to see Axl get outside for a change even if its ultimately vacuous. It's good to see him try & sell us his product tbh, his apathy toward promo has been a bit of a drag..
