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[Deckard]

Just hit my radar as Michelle Yeoh is in it -

[Deckard]

Wow - True Detective S1 ep 4 -

Wow again - True Detective - Six minute single take tracking shot - no edits, no cuts - "Who Goes There"

If you are never going to watch it - watch it as its on YT , film making at its absolute best and who knew Matthew was so good ?

[VNVObit]

Watched first 4 episodes of Fargo S5
Really enjoying it. Juno Temple and John Hamm are particularly good

[Foozwah]

Wow - True Detective S1 ep 4 -

Wow again - True Detective - Six minute single take tracking shot - no edits, no cuts - "Who Goes There"

If you are never going to watch it - watch it as its on YT , film making at its absolute best and who knew Matthew was so good ?

Yep. True Detective S1 is a masterpiece overall. And yes, career best for McConaughey, I reckon.

(I never bothered with S2 or S3, as no-one I know had much good to say about S2, and the best they say about S3 is that it's "not as bad as S2...".)

[Foozwah]

Watched first 4 episodes of Fargo S5
Really enjoying it. Juno Temple and John Hamm are particularly good

Somehow I never watched any of the earlier seasons of Fargo, but when S5 came up on one of our free local streaming services (SBS On Demand) I gave it a go since it had Don Draper and Keeley Jones in it...

And fuck me was I blown away. Up to E8 now, and going to have to hunt down the earlier seasons.

[WiteWulf]

Yep. True Detective S1 is a masterpiece overall. And yes, career best for McConaughey, I reckon.

(I never bothered with S2 or S3, as no-one I know had much good to say about S2, and the best they say about S3 is that it's "not as bad as S2...".)

Well I'll happily buck that trend. I thought S3 was *very* good, just not as good as S1 (which would have been a VERY tall order indeed). It's a completely different style of story from the previous two but, as I say, it's an anthology series so that's to be expected.

[phattslagg]

Obliterated on Netflix is worth a watch. I hated the opening sequences of ep1 but it gets better toward the end, and the following episodes are consistently watchable

[Deckard]

I would have to have to say the intro to True Detective is my favourite tv series intro of all time - just a great combo of THAT song and the graphics.

[Deckard]

Well Season 2 Of True Detective was ....um.... different ? Too many cooks for my opinion - I did enjoy it but not a patch on season 1 - def felt more like LA Confidential with a sprawling plot etc. Also showed what happens when your network demand a sequel in a year to something that took 4 years for the first season.

Taking a break from S3 with The Curse (which came from seeing this quote) from Chris Nolan himself "‘Unlike anything I’ve seen on television’

Its a Spinal Tap version of american Home Improvement shows with a dark edge and some very very strange reveals - plus the weirdest accompanying electronic score i've heard in years.... we love it and we are halfway through.....

[Harlequin]

Well Season 2 Of True Detective was ....um.... different ? Too many cooks for my opinion …

Many people apparently thought the opposite about the production side: that too much creative power had been granted to the lone ladle of Nic Pizzolatto.

[Deckard]

No I meant too many cooks as characters in the show - previous was 2 and this was 3 and loads of main side characters ….

[WiteWulf]

True Detective season 4 is getting weirder and scarier as it goes on, the most recent episode (4) was genuinely disturbing in places. I'm absolutely loving this show.

Re. The Curse: I couldn't finish the first episode, absolutely hated it. I do not enjoy being made to feel awkward and uncomfortable.

Ironic, I know, given my comment re. True Detective. Being made to feel scared or on edge is a very different thing. I think there's an aspect of knowing that it's not real and you can't be harmed, like being on a rollercoaster, that makes it more enjoyable.

[WiteWulf]

Also, finished S2 of Reacher last night. Not got much new to add, echoing others' comments. It's good, but not as good as S1.

I am, however, firmly convinced that Reacher himself is deliberately written as autistic (or at least very much on the spectrum) from the portrayal this season. Which is very cool, imho

[Harlequin]

I am, however, firmly convinced that Reacher himself is deliberately written as autistic (or at least very much on the spectrum) from the portrayal this season. Which is very cool, imho

If I am reading this correctly, some people might think his portrayal less ASD in the second season:

Season 1 of the series shows flashbacks of his childhood a lot and it's clear from that that he was an autistic child -- hence an autistic adult. I find the rhythm isn't there as much in Season 2. Same with his friend who is a PI.

[WiteWulf]

That's odd. He came across, to me at least, as just aloof/distant and set in his ways in S1. But S2 seemed to show a lot more autie/aspie traits in the character.

This post from the same thread nails a lot of what I was seeing in S2 (and describes it better than I could):
https://www.reddit.com/r/AutisticPride/ ... &context=3

...although it also suggests the TV portrayal is more ASD than the books (which I've not read).

It's the way he speaks and thinks in absolutes, no grey, everything black and white, and is often confused by others not behaving the same way.

*edit*

And thanks to that thread I also now know why you (rightly) don't see "Asperger's Syndrome" used as much as you used to!