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True Detective [HBO] [** Spoilers **]

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    #32
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Keno wrote: »
    but disappointed to hear McConaughey won't be staying on.
    This. What a turnaround for an actor - I once would have avoided films with his name on it and now I'm actively interested in works he's doing. I can't think of any other actors where my perceptions of them have changed so radically.


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    #33
    don ramo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    Keno wrote: »
    Excellent pilot episode. Looking forward to more but disappointed to hear McConaughey won't be staying on.
    well its kind of hard to expect a man of his acting ability to stick around the small screen, no matter how good it is, the creators said it themselves that you couldnt get the two of them for 4-6 years, but 6 months thats a completely different story,

    they should get Christoph Waltz and Cristian Bale for season 2 :)


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    #34
    Kur4mA
    Registered Users Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Kur4mA


    Both McConaughey and Harrelson are executive producers so they are heavily invested in the show, but will only be playing characters for the 1st season. This definitely has the potential to be amazing. I was really impressed with the pilot.


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    #35
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    don ramo wrote: »
    they should get Christoph Waltz and Cristian Bale for season 2 :)

    Agreed on Waltz....but please God NOT Bale. Jeff Daniels might be free for a few months now that the Newsroom has shut up shop.


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    #36
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    2nd episode certainly keeping up the quality - this lives up to expectations no problem.


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    #37
    Grimebox
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    It was strange going from Sherlock to this. Made me realise how daft Sherlock really is


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    #38
    don ramo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    FloatingVoter wrote: »
    Agreed on Waltz....but please God NOT Bale. Jeff Daniels might be free for a few months now that the Newsroom has shut up shop.
    thats the great thing about it, they can get anyone, and with the 2 boys getting it off the ground more might just wanna try it out,

    i wonder would the 2 of them be dropped as EPs after season 1, sometimes they give the actors EP status so that they can pay them more,

    anyway another brilliant episode, its brilliant when you come across a show where even though your watching it, it almost seems like your missing a lot of it, i watch a lot of procedurals and im well used to kind of half watching them as i do something else, but this is one of them shows where you have give you full attention to, always great to come across shows like this,


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    #39
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    +1. I'm certainly loving Woody's secret to a happy marriage.


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    #40
    SherlockWatson
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    Damn good show so far.


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    #41
    connollys
    Registered Users Posts: 384 ✭✭connollys


    Very impressed with the first couple episodes, Woody doesnt have a lot to work with with his character, but McConnaughey really has a doozy there to play with and is doing a fine job.


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    #42
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Excellent 2 episodes so far, really enjoying McConnaughey 2.0 these recent years. This time 5 years ago he was seen as a rom-com, always-has-his-top-off joke but lately he's churning out great stuff.

    I like the slow yet trance-like speed it's going at so to allow you to soak up the characters and the story.

    Really hope it keeps up the quality.


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    #43
    snausages
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭snausages


    That was great. Funny to think that people thought Breaking Bad would be the apex of TV fiction. Best thing I've watched in ages, feels like a novel.


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    #44
    Da Shins Kelly
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    Just watched the first episode on the advice of my brother, and about to settle into the second shortly. Was completely transfixed by the pilot. Probably the best pilot I've seen since The Sopranos. Loving how meandering and multi-layered the plot is already. Like someone said though, I think I'll have to rewatch the episodes again just to make sure I'm catching everything, even the accent is sometimes difficult to understand at times. Matthew McConaughey is brilliant, which I'm surprising myself by saying, as I usually hate him. It's kind of reminding me of The Wire in a sense - very dialogue heavy and slow-paced, which I like.

    Looking forward to the rest of it now.


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    #45
    5starpool
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    This is potentially one of the best mini series out there if the standard so far keeps up. I can't wait to see where this is going, superb acting as well.


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    #46
    ben.schlomo
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    All i can add is that i agree with pretty much everything else said above, super, super show so far and McConaughey and Woody work brilliantly opposite one another.


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    #47
    Grimebox
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    I'm sad to hear its a mini series and that the two leads will be leaving after the first series?!! Is it only going to be one series? How many episodes in this series?


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    #48
    yabadabado
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    Grimebox wrote: »
    I'm sad to hear its a mini series and that the two leads will be leaving after the first series?!! Is it only going to be one series? How many episodes in this series?
    8 episodes in the first series ,there will be more seasons but it will be different characters and story lines.


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    #49
    PropJoe10
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    Brilliant so far. Just wish it was a Netflix job, cant be doing with this waiting for the next one each week!


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    Utopia Parkway
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    I presume this is coming to Sky Atlantic? Any idea when?


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    #51
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Utopia Parkway wrote: »
    I presume this is coming to Sky Atlantic? Any idea when?

    February 22nd. Seriously, it took just five seconds to Google it..


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    #52
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Brilliant so far. Just wish it was a Netflix job, cant be doing with this waiting for the next one each week!

    I like these Sunday HBO shows that are only available to us on Monday. Makes me look forward to Monday


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    #53
    Lovely Bloke
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    Grimebox wrote: »
    I like these Sunday HBO shows that are only available to us on Monday. Makes me look forward to Monday

    aye, not just HBO in fairness. Breaking Bad wasn't HBO.


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    dr.kenneth noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭dr.kenneth noisewater


    Great show so far! Making Mondays easier to get through knowing there's an episode to look forward to!


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    #55
    positivenote
    Registered Users Posts: 2,334 ✭✭✭positivenote


    Alexandra Daddario.... no other words need to be uttered.
    the show is absolutely brilliant as well


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    #56
    ricero
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    Fantastic show. The setting in south louisina is brilliant and sets a very creepy and dark tone to the show


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    #57
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Episode 3: Very slow burning episode. However I don't think the Woodman and McConaughey were actually talking about moving lawns and who gets to play with the garden implements.


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    #58
    Mc Love
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    Their relationship is comical at times, very chalk and cheese! That scene at the end was haunting, almost texas chainsaw massacre-ish


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    #59
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Am I the only one thinking that if one of them is being investigated in the present day, its Woody. McConaughey is as sane as a razors edge even tanked up on hipflasks and beer. Woody is in his Sunday psycho best.
    Maybe its that McConaughey has only ever played Good(ish) guys whereas I'm of an age to remember Natural Born Killers.
    Three down ... five to go and I'm still loving this one. Even talkin' Texan.


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    #60
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Yeah it looks more like it could be woody thats the one being investigated unless there is a murder spree they need to understand by questioning them about?


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    #61
    yabadabado
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    another good episode. Loved that last scene.


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