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re: Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will be the leads of ‘TRUE DETECTIVE’ Season 5
Posted on 10/17/26 at 6:33 am to boxcarbarney
Posted on 10/17/26 at 6:33 am to boxcarbarney
Will not watch...
S1 is one of, if not the best, seasons of television. Couldn't get into S2, skipped S3, gave them a chance with S4 and regret every min.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice
S1 is one of, if not the best, seasons of television. Couldn't get into S2, skipped S3, gave them a chance with S4 and regret every min.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice
Posted on 10/17/26 at 6:41 am to Lsut81
I wish I could find it again, but I read a deep breakdown on the symbolism on S2, and it made me appreciate it a lot more upon rewatch. I liked S2, but after the breakdown, I picked up a lot more that was somewhat hidden previously.
Didn't have HBO for S3, and I didn't even bother with S4.
Didn't have HBO for S3, and I didn't even bother with S4.
Posted on 10/17/26 at 6:48 am to Lsut81
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skipped S3,
I thought season 3 was pretty damn good.
Posted on 10/17/26 at 7:03 am to RLDSC FAN
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I thought season 3 was pretty damn good.
Yeah I actually really enjoyed it. Great acting. Good story. For me it’s:
S1….S3…………………….S4……..S2
Posted on 10/17/26 at 7:28 am to RoyalAir
I think I’m one of maybe 10 people on earth who really enjoyed season 2 
Season 3 had incredible acting but the story was meh. Felt more like a CBS drama with HBO production.
Season 4 should be deleted forever.
Season 3 had incredible acting but the story was meh. Felt more like a CBS drama with HBO production.
Season 4 should be deleted forever.
This post was edited on 10/17/26 at 7:30 am
Posted on 10/17/26 at 8:41 am to boxcarbarney
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led by showrunner Issa López
Its like these people are incapable of learning.
Posted on 10/17/26 at 9:55 am to Magnus
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I just can't take Cage in serious roles...just me maybe
The Weatherman is a very good movie. Check it out. The Family Man is also a really a good Christmas movie too.
He's fantastic in Raising Arizona, another one of his serious roles.
He's good in a few normal roles.
This post was edited on 10/17/26 at 9:57 am
Posted on 10/17/26 at 10:27 am to boxcarbarney
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showrunner Issa López,
Posted on 10/17/26 at 10:32 am to UnluckyTiger
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think I’m one of maybe 10 people on earth who really enjoyed season
I think it's a lot more popular than what this board will have you believe. It's a bit too convoluted, but its entertaining. Season 4 is the truly horrendous season of this series.
This post was edited on 10/17/26 at 10:33 am
Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:03 am to boxcarbarney
Posted on 10/17/26 at 2:12 pm to Magnus
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just can't take Cage in serious roles...just me maybe
No it’s not just you. In fact I skip 90% of the shite I see both of these guys in. A shitload of low budget garbage between the two
Posted on 10/17/26 at 6:25 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Issa gonna be a disaster.
I read this in the voice of Jar Jar Binks. But not on purpose.
Posted on 10/17/26 at 7:22 pm to Lsut81
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S1 is one of, if not the best, seasons of television. Couldn't get into S2, skipped S3, gave them a chance with S4 and regret every min.
S3 isn't on the level of 1 but its still pretty good. The two leads killed, which is really the point. You should go back and watch 3. 2 was a complete mess and I saw 4 coming so skipped it.
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:57 pm to UnluckyTiger
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I think I’m one of maybe 10 people on earth who really enjoyed season 2
I’m in that number with you.
I think a lot of it—shows in general, but specifically True Detective—depends on if you watched it weekly or if you binged it. And if you watched it weekly, whether or not you can enjoy the journey instead of using the ending to retroactively judge the overall experience. I had never read the books, but the crap last season of Game of Thrones didn’t affect my enjoyment of the weekly and yearly experience for example. (Another is the 2011 football season may have been my favorite overall, despite the horrific ending. I couldn’t go back and un-enjoy September through December. But I digress).
I’ve enjoyed all 4 seasons of True Detective. Even though I know Season 4 was objectively “not good.” I liked all the symbolism and scouring the internet each week to see different interpretations of what I picked up on and I missed. It was a fun little adventure, even if it didn’t pay off satisfactorily. I’m
not too good to binge anything, but I prefer the breaks when possible. Season 3 of True Detective was my least favorite experience, even though I know it was objectively better than 4 and 2. Because it’s the only one I binged. Didn’t have time to go searching for symbolism and develop theories. Just pressed “next episode.”
TD is about the hints and twists and actors mostly. And the settings. And the actors in all 4 have been great. Not as many in 4, but I thought Jodie Foster was great. The others, not so much.
And Nic and Antonio may lay some turds on their own lately, but that’s an interesting pairing and might really work. I’m not dismissing Season 5 just because of Issa. I think she’s relatively talented. One of the biggest problems with 4 was that she had a completely new idea not related to TD at all, but then had to rewrite it to make it a TD season. And she tried—lots of symbolism, lots of Easter Egg callbacks to Season 1. And it just didn’t work. Was too forced. I bet her original idea would have been better.
Back to Season 2. Farrell, Vaughn, McAdams, Kitch, Morse, Reilly, and fricking Rick Springfield? Hell fricking yes. It suffered from
being rushed, squeezing too much into too little time, the boring setting, and just the overall plot confusion. But I loved the shite out of it. Watched it when it 1st aired and have binged it 3 times.
Would love to watch the video explaining all the theories and hidden symbology another poster mentioned. It was just so overall too much. And missed the direction and cinematography of Cary Fukunaga. But I still loved it. Like I imagine I’ll love Season 5, despite having low expectations for the wrap up. I bet Cage chews up some scenery like nobody’s business.
Posted on 10/18/26 at 5:16 pm to CubanSaint
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It blows my mind they gave the show runner of season 4 another shot at this. That might have been the worst season of television I have ever seen.
That would be season 2. Season 4 was awful as well, but only numbers matter. Season 4 averaged more cross platform viewers per episode than any of the other seasons.
Posted on 10/18/26 at 10:03 pm to Magnus
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I just can't take Cage in serious roles...just me maybe
Look, know one is going to disagree that Nic has made a lot of shite films. But they were shite films because of the writing, storylines, budgets, and directing.
But it can not be argued that Nic Cage doesn’t put 100% into every role he takes. When he chooses a good script with decent budget and directing, he absolutely kills it.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 4:59 pm to boxcarbarney
The creators of this show just keep proving it's a one hit wonder.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 8:44 pm to msap9020
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The creators of this show just keep proving it's a one hit wonder.
Seasons 1 and 3 were great.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 11:22 pm to boxcarbarney
That sounds utterly horrendous. I mean really shitty choices.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:28 am to ATrillionaire
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That would be season 2. Season 4 was awful as well, but only numbers matter.
only numbers matter in determining the quality of a TV show? really?
so by your metric, season 4 was better than season 1 as well?
stupid.
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