The problem is "it's HBO." IOW, unless you keep the cable or satellite
or have a friend or relative who is willing to give you their account
info for HBOGO you won't be able to watch it. Of course they can try
the eye patch route but keep in mind Time-Warner is a fascist company
and apparently has a whole division to track down piracy. I wasn't a
fan of "Game of Thrones" but fans of it really raised the issue that
unless you wanted to pay the "cable" or "satellite" tax they wouldn't be
able to see it legally. They couldn't just watch new episodes the next
day by purchasing episodes on Amazon, VUDU or iTunes.
That I can do with the regular cable fare. Having "cut the cable" I
just watched the first three episodes of "Helix" from Syfy. Now note
that one can also see the first three for free on Syfy.com then wait a
month to see the remaining episodes delayed by a month. I opted for
buying them from Amazon so I won't be waiting a month for the next episodes.
"Helix" is a good show BTW so I am looking forward to where they take
it. I also have read elsewhere that "True Detective" is good but it
will have to wait.
On 01/13/2014 02:03 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
*/OK, 2014 is less than two weeks old so this may be a little
premature, but my vote for best new TV series of the year goes to HBO
for "True Detective." It's a tour de force from its first moments.
It's also my favorite kind of series, a character-driven story told
slowly, unfolding like the peeling of an onion, layer after layer
after layer. This one involves two Louisiana detectives working one
case in which they tried to track a serial killer together 17 years
ago, and now have that case come back on them and rear its ugly head
again. The now-older, now-estranged detectives are being deposed by
other cops about the case because the files got destroyed by hurricane
Katrina. The story is thus told in two timestreams -- back then, and
here and now. Now imagine that the two detectives are played by Woody
Harrelson and Mathew McConaughay, and you've got yerself one helluva
TV series.
Series creator/writer Nic Pizzolatto is a relative newcomer, with only
a couple of episodes of the US version of "The Killing" under his
belt. But he handles his material and his characters like a master.
Cary Fukunaga directs like an old master himself, greatly assisted by
his cinematographers, who turn back-country Louisiana into a third
major character in the drama.
It's dark, as you would imagine a series about trying to track down a
metapsychotic serial killer might be, so it might not be everyone
here's cuppa tea. But if you love great, character-driven movies and
TV (and you get HBO), this one's gonna be on your Don't Miss list.
It's already on mine, after one episode.
The official trailer is at the first link below. The second link is a
13-minute "Making Of" special that (warning) might leave you as
excited about the series as I am.
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*/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXG1netn9_g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoYq2bDaGt4
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