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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2014, 12:30:50 am »

To the people above who have pimped True Detective, I have to ask one question. I watched episode 1 today, and it was the most depressing, chalk-on-nails TV I have seen in years. Everybody talking slow and bummed out, even the camera shots were seemingly designed to underscore a feeling of utter suicidal hopelessness.

My question is: Are all of the episodes like that? I forced myself to watch it all the way through, but not sure I'd want to go any further if they all follow the same mood-recipe.
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2014, 03:27:39 pm »
Yep. It's a pretty bleak show and it remains like that throughout the entire series. I love it! (Also I had no problem understanding them. Is this because I'm from the South?)
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« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2014, 03:42:36 pm »

I didn't have any difficulty understanding any of the dialogue, but I am a trained (and cunning) linguist, so I speak Deep South fairly well. I just need a little less suicidal depression from my TV entertainment, so I'll probably abandon this show now before I find myself at CVS, stocking up on straight razors and sleeping pills.  Embarrassed
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2014, 07:26:52 pm »
Oh yeah. The episodes are depressing. Like wanna eat a bottle of xanax and swallow a bullet depressing. I guess I revel in that stuff.
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« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2014, 08:24:56 pm »
April is coming...


...and with it, Game of Thrones.  It is known.
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« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2014, 12:00:01 pm »
Did any of you watch Cosmos last night?

It was really cool and the production values are high.
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« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2014, 12:50:55 pm »
^^^ I watched the True Detective final. I was told by a friend he felt like going to sleep because it felt like one of those junior high movies that everyone slept through.
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« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2014, 01:28:19 pm »
Watched Resurrection last night. Not sure where this show is going but the premier left lots of questions to be answered.  Shocked
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« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2014, 03:10:43 pm »

^^^ That's another show that looks interesting enough to give a 1-2 episode test drive...

There's a new show coming out next week on CW called "The 100" that looks pretty intriguing.

http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-100
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« Reply #24 on: March 14, 2014, 02:04:16 pm »

While True Detective didn't make the cut, I am three episodes into Black Sails and am definitely enjoying this show quite a bit. The rampant nudity doesn't hurt, but what I really love is the plot line and the fact that it really isn't like any other TV show out there. Originality is way up on my list of show-judging criteria. Gates is definitely my favorite character to this point...
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« Reply #25 on: March 14, 2014, 02:27:14 pm »
Quote from: Sunstroke on March 14, 2014, 02:04:16 pm
While True Detective didn't make the cut, I am three episodes into Black Sails and am definitely enjoying this show quite a bit. The rampant nudity doesn't hurt, but what I really love is the plot line and the fact that it really isn't like any other TV show out there. Originality is way up on my list of show-judging criteria. Gates is definitely my favorite character to this point...




Gates is one of my favorites.  John Silver is so dislike-able, that I like him.  Flint is kind of a douche.  I don't mind any of the characters, except Bianca...can't stand her.

Actually, I take it back, Blackbeard is my favorite character so far Smiley
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« Reply #26 on: March 14, 2014, 03:44:26 pm »
Quote from: Tenshot13 on March 14, 2014, 02:27:14 pm
I don't mind any of the characters, except Bianca...can't stand her.


Who is that? Do you have the name right?
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« Reply #27 on: March 14, 2014, 04:16:41 pm »
Quote from: Phishfan on March 14, 2014, 03:44:26 pm
Who is that? Do you have the name right?
Jeez I was way off. I meant Max.
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« Reply #28 on: March 14, 2014, 04:21:30 pm »

Yeah, Max is gonna be trouble.  Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...and then gang-raped by pirates.
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« Reply #29 on: March 15, 2014, 06:51:52 pm »
BLACK SAILS SPOILER ALERT!!!!


Quote from: Sunstroke on March 14, 2014, 02:04:16 pm
Gates is definitely my favorite character to this point...





Last episode, oh noooooo!
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