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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
True Detective
So I watched the season 2 premiere last night and while it was a solid effort with a lot going for it, they seemed to have put the mystery on hold for this episode to instead focus on our 3 miserable protagonists. There was some real nice cinematography going on and I loved the dirty and industrialized view of California that you so rarely see. The acting was top notch and the writing was HBO caliber and I suspect this will help reestablish the careers of Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell and maybe even finally launch Taylor Kitsch into something worth a damn. Story wise, it was a little predictable and by saving the crime scene that brings the 3 protagonists together till the very end did help build intrigue for later episodes, but for an opener it didn't leave much to chew on besides guessing why all 3 main characters are so fu cked up and who will be redeemed by the end of the series. I'm really hoping for a continuation of the Lovecraftian horror elements and themes from season 1 though, and we really didn't get that in last nights episode.
All that being said, there's a moment where Colin Farrell's character is beating the sh it out of a 12 year old kid's dad right in front of him and says that he'll "butt f uck his dad with his moms headless corpse". To me that's worth the price of admission alone.
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Looking forward to the next episode as I really have no idea what is going on at this point. I do like the feel of it so far. The main characters are all so ****ed up. Great soundtrack too. Nick Cave doing "All the gold in California" was a surprise. I remember hearing the original growing up but his version is so different. Don' t think they can top Season 1 but a good start overall.