turq and noozguru, I'm butting in to say that I watched the True Detective trailer and found the cinematography exceptional, stunning even. And with those two lead actors, I just figure it's gonna be good. Besides cinematography, I tend to notice meta themes and this looks to have one about how we all have an inner perp. Maybe they'll get it at the FF public library (-:
On Monday, January 13, 2014 11:22 AM, TurquoiseB <[email protected]> wrote: --- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote: > > <snippus interruptus> > "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. I understand about your issue with HBO, and if I lived in an eyepatch-unfriendly nation I might share it. But I don't. I've seen the first three episodes of "Helix," too, and agree that it's a good show. But IMO it's *only* a good show. The actors are universally nothing special, and so far there has been little to no true character development. It's a plot-driven adventure scifi show, which is a pity when you've got a bunch of potentially interesting characters all trapped in the Arctic with some of them going wonky from a virus. That *could* have been more interesting than the show has been so far. IMO. "True Detective" has the possibility of being a great show. I simply cannot wait to peel away more layers of the onion. Not only the mystery that makes up the plot -- who is the killer performing ritual murders across Louisiana -- but the much deeper mystery of who are Marty and Rust? A lesser series like "Helix" would have thrown in a few lines of "exposition" or "backstory filler" by now, and told us what the issue between them was that has left one-time police partners not speaking to each other. "Helix" did that with the two brothers within 20 minutes. It pandered down to an audience with a low attention span and no patience. With "True Detective," we may have to wait for weeks to find this out. And that suits me just fine. :-)
