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re: True Detective S4 Season Long Thread

Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:03 pm to
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Member since Jan 2004
476395 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:03 pm to
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They leaned into it hard all season and then pulled the rug for a girl power statement. I mean how many times did we see the spiral? People got it tattooed on their bodies and were borderline obsessed with it. The only mention it gets is a shoe horned flat circle callback?


Dude the whale skeleton was in that shape

Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
6329 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:29 pm to
well...that was something.

i really gave this season a chance. i didnt even hate season 2 as much as most people do.

i just cant really find anything redeemable about this S4.
the acting was bad
the story was bad
the direction was bad
the "symbolism" was bad
nothing made sense
so many conveniences made to just force the pieces together

going into this season thinking it would be enjoyable to probably in my top 5 list of most awful shows ive sit through. honestly, i most sat through the last 2 episode because my dog got use to sleeping in my lap on sunday night for the last few weeks and i didnt want to disappoint him.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
42262 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:44 pm to
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i most sat through the last 2 episode because my dog got use to sleeping in my lap on sunday night for the last few weeks and i didnt want to disappoint him.



High praise right there.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
85017 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:44 pm to
Don't know anything about the director, but seeing all the comments from the internet about her, I'm guessing shes just like the Star Wars director that got shitcanned? An activist over art?
Posted by themetalreb
Mississippi
Member since Sep 2018
6925 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:56 pm to
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glorify her potentially suiciding out.


Come on man...she "heard something calling her out there". We would all do it, right?
Posted by BeepBopBoop
Northshore
Member since Dec 2023
1402 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 4:01 pm to
Thank heavens the writers could only draw this nonsense out for 6 episodes instead of 12.

Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
107958 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 4:11 pm to
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But her native name means out of the dark and into the light or something like that


And honestly, I'd have no problem with her learning that through her vision with her Mom when she walked out the first time. And it having some kind of meaning/symbolism in the storyline. They had at least built up some story to that in her background.

But then going out there AGAIN. And Danvers being like "Hey if you need to go do that, just uh "come back"".

Just frustrating. The bones were all there at the beginning to have a decent story but they wanted to cram a bunch of shite into the last two episodes without any real build-up or reasonable explanations for, well, anything.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
34177 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 5:07 pm to
Remember, the writer and director said she had this original story when HBO approached her wanted it to be a TD season

She threw the spiral and other shite just for fan service. Her own words
Posted by ShootingsBricks4Life
Member since May 2017
2601 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 5:20 pm to
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Remember, the writer and director said she had this original story when HBO approached her wanted it to be a TD season

She threw the spiral and other shite just for fan service. Her own words


If this is true that kinda sucks for the writer/director.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
34177 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 5:29 pm to
She said it in an interview. She didn’t want to do it at first because she didn’t see how it could tie to a true detective story.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
34177 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 5:35 pm to
Can someone remind me why Jodie Fosters boss and the other lady wanted to put the case to rest and said it was an avalanche?

Why did they not want them to investigate?

Also, is Navarro dead? What was she walking out in the snow supposed to be?
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
85017 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 5:49 pm to
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Jodie Fosters boss and the other lady wanted to put the case to rest and said it was an avalanche?



The mine owner bc their numbers were being fudged by Tsalal so they could keep mining and destroying the environment.

The boss, likely because he was on the take.
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
38323 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 7:24 pm to
What the frick is this shite?

This was horrible

Edit/ catching up on the thread now and. As I was watching the janitors storm the facility.. I said out loud “
Is this fricking serious? What am I watching ????”
This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 7:40 pm
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
52385 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:12 pm to
Just watched season finale. Holy frick. I called the ham fisted out of place time is a flat circle call back. That was stupid but the female Eskimo swat team thing is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in a TV show. Holy frick that was bad. The finale took this show from disappointing to down right insulting. What a waste of time.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10260 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:18 pm to
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Correct, it’s like they wanted to throw us curve balls to leave what happened in doubt but didn’t care whether it made any sense. Just awful writing.


All of the Eskimo gods and spook stuff was just misdirection to hit you with a matriarchy revenge story in the end. My wife was pissed to no end.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
29861 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:43 pm to
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Come on man...she "heard something calling her out there". We would all do it, right?



It's l'appel du vide, or call of the void, and most of us are sane enough to not listen to it, but this woman somehow gets a pass because of toxic masculinity or oppression or some bullshite.
Posted by Zchlsu
Twin Peaks, Washington
Member since Jan 2011
7519 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:44 pm to
This is my first and last season of true detective. I can't believe I was baited into such a dumb finale.
Posted by Tesla
the Laurentian Abyss
Member since Dec 2011
9146 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 8:47 pm to
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You better start asking the right frickING questions


On what day did God create True Detective S4, and why didn’t he rest that day, too?
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
69078 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 9:15 pm to
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That was stupid but the female Eskimo swat team thing is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in a TV show. Holy frick that was bad.


It reminded me of the SNL skit when they did it’s a wonderful life and the townspeople mob murdered Mr Potter at the end. It wasn’t quite as funny as the skit, but it was hilariously bad.
Posted by redfishfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
5528 posts
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:18 pm to
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This is my first and last season of true detective. I can't believe I was baited into such a dumb finale.


You haven’t seen season 1?
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