re: True Detective Season One E3: &quot;Locked Room&quot;

Posted by NIH

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:27 pm to SlowFlowPro

I think Eli/Shea Whigham's character may end up being pretty relavent...

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Posted by HappyTownTiger

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:28 pm to SlowFlowPro

My sisters been gone from LC for 20 years and knows more about it than me. Just because he moved is not enough to discount that theory.

Posted by Zed

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:34 pm to NIH

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I think Eli/Shea Whigham's character may end up being pretty relavent...

Yeah, he's a relatively known actor to give a throwaway role, but they could be messing with us.

Posted by RollTide1987

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:47 pm to Zed

This show's writing is top notch. It sort of reminds me of a Terrence Malick film...only with good dialogue and three-dimensional characters.

This post was edited on 1/26/14 at 11:48 pm

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Posted by DMagic

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:54 pm to Zed

They're throwing a lot of red herrings out for sure. There's only so many places for them to go with the story with only 5 hours left.

Posted by jefforize

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:55 pm to RollTide1987

Im trying to figure out what the phone call to rust from maggie was about.

they mentioned steve. Steve was also mentioned on the double date as the drunk that threw up in the other girl's lap, who was "going through some things".

hes another cop but what was maggie trying to find out..i guess what exactly steve's deal was?

Posted by Bayou Sam

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:56 pm to RollTide1987

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This show's writing is top notch. It sort of reminds me of a Terrence Malick film...only with good dialogue and three-dimensional characters.

Hey now Days of Heaven and Badlands were good! But yeah this is right on.

Posted by DMagic

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:56 pm to jefforize

Maggie was asking if Marty really was at work or not.

Posted by ladytiger118

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:58 pm to RollTide1987

Yeah, I've wondered if I'm in the minority when I say that I don't "get" Malick films and I don't like them at all. They're aesthetically nice but severely lacking on dialogue and character development.

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 1/26/14 at 11:58 pm to jefforize

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Im trying to figure out what the phone call to rust from maggie was about.

she figured marty was cheating and wanted russ to rat on him

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they mentioned steve. Steve was also mentioned on the double date as the drunk that threw up in the other girl's lap, who was "going through some things".

hes another cop but what was maggie trying to find out..i guess what exactly steve's deal was?

marty told maggie that he was called out to assist steve on a call. that was his excuse not to go home

she wanted rust to confirm that this was bullshite to bust marty, but he wouldn't do it

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:00 am to RollTide1987

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and three-dimensional characters.

arguable

just b/c they're not typical doesn't mean they're 3-D...hell rust is anything but rounded

he's a deity hovering above the mere mortals he interacts with...and a flat one at that

Posted by jefforize

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:01 am to SlowFlowPro

Ahh didnt catch that steve was in a lie marty made to maggie. Makes sense. Thanks

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Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:02 am to SlowFlowPro

What did the guy say when woody asked of she blew him?

I also agree about MM's dialogue being too contrived. But there is part of me that just says they want you to think he is that intelligent. So I'll go with that.

Sucks they are skipping a week

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Posted by Hoodoo Man

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:05 am to Lester Earl

The dialogue would bother me if every character spoke like MM.

But instead, we have MM using huge words and long sentences to make himself sound smart and stuff, while Marty uses more Southern colloquialisms and short sentences as counterpoints.

Very different ways of speaking to complement their very different ways of thinking about things.

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Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:10 am to Hoodoo Man

It doesn't really bother me.

Really, it can be explained quite simply. He is a person that has obviously studied religion & such, and has also reflected deeply within his own self. So he could just be reciting beliefs & theories that are already in his head from the past. He's speaking in the moment, but his ideas are way past the developmental stage.

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Posted by DanglingFury

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:22 am to Lester Earl

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What did the guy say when woody asked of she blew him?

"Just a little bit" ....or something in line with that.

Posted by BOSCEAUX

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Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:39 am to Lester Earl

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ast. He's speaking in the moment, but his ideas are way past the developmental stage.

Being that he has been a deep undercover narc for years he has probably seen shite that would give normal people nightmares and has had plenty of time to develop his complex views of the world and humanity. I think his mannerisms suit his backstory (so far) perfectly.

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