Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
On 03/10/2014 10:41 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Speaking of Not Ready For Prime Time, I think you can safely skip a much-hyped and little-delivering new show combining the talents of Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams called Believe. I watched the pilot, and won't be bothering to follow up. Lame procedural about yet another kid with psychic powers being chased by bad people and protected by good people. BORING. I watched the Believe pilot last night and thought it was quite good. It will be at least interesting to see if they can keep up the momentum. If it is a procedural, where are the cops? For a gitty dark, dark but really good UK made indie movie check out the The Seasoning House. Definitely rated Not for Buck but it is available on Netflix WI for the Netflixers here.
[FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
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 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 http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1#1wW88PixZCHuYuFx.99
[FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
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. :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
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, turquoi...@yahoo.com 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
You heard that HBOGo crashed while trying to stream the last episode of True Detective, right? Sounds not ready for prime time to me. Speaking of Not Ready For Prime Time, I think you can safely skip a much-hyped and little-delivering new show combining the talents of Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams called Believe. I watched the pilot, and won't be bothering to follow up. Lame procedural about yet another kid with psychic powers being chased by bad people and protected by good people. BORING. Fortunately, for those of us of the pirate or HBO persuasion, Game Of Thrones will be back soon. Here be dragons. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue 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, turquoi...@yahoo.com 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
That means a lot of people tried to watch that episode at once. Netflix users are beginning to complain en masse about how blurry their streaming is. This is because of corporate wars between Netflix and the telecoms. Companies like Comcast, TWC, ATT, Verizon are steamed because we want to watch Netflix instead of their lame offerings. This just makes me see American corporate types as just the stuffed shirts they really are. But I've hated those types since the 1970s when they used come into the jazz clubs I played in and asked we play softer so they could have a business meeting. If you want to see an odd film try Random Acts of Violence. I watched it on Netflix last night unblurry because I may be getting a Google CDN for Netflix since I run it using Chromecast. The movie is a very dark comedy. On 03/10/2014 10:41 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: You heard that HBOGo crashed while trying to stream the last episode of True Detective, right? Sounds not ready for prime time to me. Speaking of Not Ready For Prime Time, I think you can safely skip a much-hyped and little-delivering new show combining the talents of Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams called Believe. I watched the pilot, and won't be bothering to follow up. Lame procedural about yet another kid with psychic powers being chased by bad people and protected by good people. BORING. Fortunately, for those of us of the pirate or HBO persuasion, Game Of Thrones will be back soon. Here be dragons. *From:* Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 6:13 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue 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, turquoi...@yahoo.com mailto:turquoi...@yahoo.com 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
On 03/10/2014 10:41 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Speaking of Not Ready For Prime Time, I think you can safely skip a much-hyped and little-delivering new show combining the talents of Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams called Believe. I watched the pilot, and won't be bothering to follow up. Lame procedural about yet another kid with psychic powers being chased by bad people and protected by good people. BORING. Perhaps J.J. Abrams can help find the missing airliner.
