Sounds like a good show and I would gladly pay a $1 an episode to watch
it. I'm sure others here would too. But HBO is the most snobbish of
the Premium channels. There was quite an uproar among folks who wanted
to watch "Game of Thrones" that they couldn't just buy episodes. Up
until I booted Comcast out of my house I had HBO mostly for a couple
years "for free." I say "for free" in quotes because that's what
Comcast called but I'm sure HBO was getting their money out of the deal.
Maybe HBO wouldn't mind selling episodes the day after on places like
iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play, etc but they are bound by contracts
with the cable and satellite companies. If they wouldn't want to do
that then they are in the "business parlance" leaving money on the table.
And folks in the US don't want to risk ridiculous fines and prison terms
for just downloading torrents of the episodes. Torrents, as I explained
before implicate the user because to have any torrent download speed you
have to open your port so that the packets you've downloaded and be sent
out from your computer to others. However a recent court decision in
Germany says that "watching" a show on some foreign server is not a crime.
The other solution with HBO is HBOGo but you need someone to give you
their password. I could probably do that with my sister but she
wouldn't understand it to even set up HBOGo that they wouldn't even use
themselves. But that is most often the way that cable cutters watch in
the US.
On 03/10/2014 02:05 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Very satisfying conclusion to what will undoubtedly be seen as the
best TV show of the year. I'll offer no spoilers, just reflections.
First, it was *exactly* My Kinda Series because it was almost
completely character-driven. As series writer Nic Pizzolatto confirms
in a long interview today, the plot involving the serial killers and
the murders was merely a structural device that he needed to provide a
framework for the story he was really interested in telling. That is,
an analysis of the characters and relationships of two men, over a
period of 17 years. As compelling as the plot sometimes was, it simply
*wasn't the point*. It could just as easily have been a robbery,
except that the statue of limitations on robbery probably doesn't last
that long in Louisiana.
Second, he confirms my earlier rant here against those who looked down
on the philosophy that Rust Cohle spouted, calling it "hogwash." He
points out that to believe that, you pretty much have to consider
Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche hogwash, because the
philosophy was theirs, sometimes verbatim. So much for the education
levels of mainstream TV critics.
Third (having already seen a couple of completely dumbass reviews
after the final episode), he pooh-poohs the idea that Rust "finds
God," pointing out that at best he's moved about 5% away from his
previous dark view of life. It's not an insignificant 5%, but
certainly not a shift to being a believer.
Fourth, I am filled with nothing but admiration for Woody Harrelson
and Matthew McConaughhey's performances in this series, which will
without question earn them both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.
Woody's work is less flashy, which will mean that he probably won't
win, but he was just as good as Matthew's.
And fifth, I look forward to more of "the same, but not really" next
year. "True Detective" was always intended as an anthology, with
completely different sets of characters and plots each year.
Pizzolatto even gives a hint in his interview as to what next season
will bring: "It's about hard women, bad men, and the secret occult
history of the United States transportation system." Can't
wait...it'll be like a Dan Brown novel, but created by someone who can
actually write. :-)
hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United States
transportation system.
Read more at
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1#1wW88PixZCHuYuFx.99
hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United States
transportation system.
Read more at
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1#1wW88PixZCHuYuFx.99
