True detective. New hbo thang.
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Reno
The In Kraut
Before American Horror Story anthology series meant a drama series where every episode told a new story, like The Twilight Zone or Black Mirror. American Horror Story recently popularised the format where every season told a selfcontained new story.
Reno
The In Kraut
Because it would not have been considered an anthology series at the time. For the sake of pedantry I'd also argue that there is some continuation in that the series follows Baldrick and his descendants. In any case, I doubt it was the inspiration for the recent popularity of US drama series which do that.
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I'm probably alone in this but doesn't the background show how shit the US is (I know it's a beautiful country and I've spent time in some of the best parts) I thought that with the first series.The gloomy industrialisation and wasteland in general,the turnpike bridges and the like,as Joni says "you take paradise and turn it into a parking lot".
InfoBurner
Deep fried chip butty.
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Harsh but 
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
tbf theres much of england that shares that look, grew up in places of similar decrepitude.
Reno
The In Kraut
You mean just visually ? Like any developed country has its beautiful and its ugly industrialised spots.
I remember US road trips through California and Nevada with friends when I lived there in the 90s. Summer nights stopping by cheap motels in run down towns like Fresno and Bakersfield, having a beer sitting outside in the heat. Some huge industrial complex lit up in the distance and shimmering in the heat and crickets chirping and the sound of Mexicans having a party in the distance and I remember it as oddly magical.
Yes,sure I'm not picking out the US in particular it just seems more stark when compared to the "Hollywood" offerings which portray (in general) it as some sort of 21st century garden of Eden.
Yeah I remember that stuff as well,although asking a cop in LA where the centre of the city was,his reply "you're right there boy",fucking wasteland (this was early seventies)left a mark.The cheapo motels in Oregon with great staff were a different experience but I fear they are becoming fewer.
Reno
The In Kraut
I quite like LA though, I think its often misunderstood and too quickly dismissed by Europeans. Been there a few times since the mid-90s, but it helped that I always went with friends who drive (I don't) and who know the city well and what's great about it. If you just arrive there on your own you'd probably feel quite lost.
Sure,I'd mainly stop over on the way to NZ and stay in a wonderful art deco motel in century city that was great but trying to get around LA without a car is hell (no credit card only cars to rent were from dubious places who took cash (although they were fine as far as that goes).I don't like the place it's like Sydney or Auckland writ large but I guess all our experiences are different.The times I've been there (I haven't set foot in the place since 9-11) I went to the less travelled areas (south central,Watts and so on) and had good times, Sunset Boulevard not so much.
Reno
The In Kraut
When I lived in Australia I used to stop over in San Francisco, because I wouldn't even attempt LA without a car.
Yeah,I've tried going via Vancouver but it is too expensive so recently it's Shanghai or Tokyo,but of the cities in the US I've visited SF has been the best, a cheapo hotel in the Mission is something everyone should experience.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
tall white mansions and little shacks ennit.
Reno
The In Kraut
Do you have Gone With the Wind and on a constant loop on your telly ?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
nah I'm just doing a niel young session via youtube
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Great episode, thoroughly engrossed by that.
Shitter of an ending tho.
Shitter of an ending tho.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Jesus that was tense, 90 mins flew by.
Whilst this season has missed some of the Marty / Rust dynamic from S1 and the time-hopping framing device, I think the performances have been good and the story built up well.
Whilst this season has missed some of the Marty / Rust dynamic from S1 and the time-hopping framing device, I think the performances have been good and the story built up well.
Bit anticlimactic in terms of the Caspere murder, think everyone had pegged the grown-up orphans as the killers, but the rest of the episode was interesting.
Not surprised that there weren't happy endings for everyone, but Farrell sold the hell out of his scenes with McAdams and the school fence / tape recorder.
Glad Nails made it through too, just him chilling with the two ladies in Venezuela, hard life
Not surprised that there weren't happy endings for everyone, but Farrell sold the hell out of his scenes with McAdams and the school fence / tape recorder.
Glad Nails made it through too, just him chilling with the two ladies in Venezuela, hard life
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
It was worth 8.5 hours of my life, though not the most deserving sequel to the greatness of S1. Still think I'm going to have to watch it all over again to understand every plotline - I didn't really watch it worth enough interest to be as glued as necessary to follow everything going on. Whether I'll bother or not... (/csb)
Still, the Vaughn casting was a mistake. It didn't ruin it, and tbf he's one of my most hated actors so would have had to knock it out of the park to 'work', though just didn't for me. Back to the Will Ferrilathons for him. The "You can't act" (to that effect) line was probably the highlight of the series
Still, the Vaughn casting was a mistake. It didn't ruin it, and tbf he's one of my most hated actors so would have had to knock it out of the park to 'work', though just didn't for me. Back to the Will Ferrilathons for him. The "You can't act" (to that effect) line was probably the highlight of the series
Yata
Well-Known Member
the you cant act bit was great i thought was alright though definitely does better in a role like this rather than all those shyt comedies.
oh and i know all mob bosses are supposed to have their token mob wife but their interactions seemed like filler it was pointless half the time. same with most other relationships in the series too just couldnt find myself caring. maybe needed more character development?
doesnt even compare to the 1st season but not the worst show out there by a long shot, my main complaint now is if they do a season 3 can we actually have some fiction in the form of prats like anthony chessani actually getting whats coming to them? ill settle for the next evil fucker just getting a good kicking but please no more HBO style "life sucks bad guys win, oh and its monday morning" theres enough of that in real life
oh and i know all mob bosses are supposed to have their token mob wife but their interactions seemed like filler it was pointless half the time. same with most other relationships in the series too just couldnt find myself caring. maybe needed more character development?
doesnt even compare to the 1st season but not the worst show out there by a long shot, my main complaint now is if they do a season 3 can we actually have some fiction in the form of prats like anthony chessani actually getting whats coming to them? ill settle for the next evil fucker just getting a good kicking but please no more HBO style "life sucks bad guys win, oh and its monday morning" theres enough of that in real life
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
In the spirit of left field casting, Season 3 could feature Miley Cyrus and Adam Sandler as heroin-addicted beat cops, in way over their heads in New York's Chinatown district.
Both to die at the end of the first episode to show no-one is safe, then Weird Al Yankovic is assigned the investigation into their murder and the whole thing kicks off properly.
Both to die at the end of the first episode to show no-one is safe, then Weird Al Yankovic is assigned the investigation into their murder and the whole thing kicks off properly.
