Odine Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Anyone been watching this? Apparently it's ****ing amazing but I'm yet to watch an episode but want more opinions before I decide on allowing my bandwidth to incorporate Mathew macconnohey (sp). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I'm a few episodes behind but it is insanely amazing. It is up there with Breaking Bad and House of Cards for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Mathison Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 What Tank said. Highly recommended. I blew like 6 hours last weekend shamefully binge watching it, and it was completely worth it.Also, I wouldn't judge Matthew McConaughey. He's had one of the more remarkable career reversals of anyone I can remember in Hollywood. I used to think like you did, but gone are the days where he just makes bad romantic comedies. He's had the opportunity to take more serious roles now, between Mud, True Detective, Dallas Buyers Club (where he won the best actor oscar, mind you), and his short but memorable role in Wolf of Wall Street. He's basically revealed himself to be a legit actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I'm TRYING to binge watch, but my dumb girlfriend keeps falling asleep after we get 2 in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.CAllen Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 The stuff I hear about this show makes me think it is right in my wheelhouse (inspired by Thomas Ligotti!?!? references to pre-Lovecraftian horror mythos? a really pretty girl gets naked in the first one?!?) but between it, Bates Motel, and Hannibal I can't really decide what critically acclaimed serial killer show I'm going to end up watching. DECISIONS DECISIONS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Yeah, it's been pretty intense and layered. It's where you pay attention to even the most seemingly-superfluous scenes (compared to the main case), like Marty and Maggie's disintegrating relationship, because it only ends up revealing more about these characters. I want to think I got it figured out who it is, but I can't put together the how and why. (Same problem I had with Usual Suspects.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 That's it I'm gonna watch the fuck out of it this week. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I wasn't anywhere near close. In the end, it really isn't that kind of show, and I'm pleasantly surprised and satisfied by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durty D Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Just got watching the final. Intense is the word i'd use. Well written, directed and acted. Can't see how they'll repeat the success as this show demands a lot of it's single writer and single director, unlike the teams that are put together for other shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 What a show! I'm only 3 eps in so no spoilers are appreciated but it's got me hooked! From the title sequence of the first episode they got it right. Brilliant song, and lovely post work. Especially the shot with woody harrelson's face and the highway circular on/off ramps forming around is face like a skull. ****ing awesome. I wanna binge watch the rest of the season!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 i'm going to try and start it tonight. hopefully i can get 2 episodes in before bed. except for his rom-com domination in the 2000's, i've always enjoyed Matthew, for some reason. a time to kill, reign of fire(i know, a lot of people cant stand this movie, but i'm gay for it for some reason), frailty, we are marshall and lincoln lawyer, which was hella fun. great thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Just got watching the final. Intense is the word i'd use. Well written, directed and acted. Can't see how they'll repeat the success as this show demands a lot of it's single writer and single director, unlike the teams that are put together for other shows.Hence there being only 8 episodes, written well in advance and shot at their own pace. Maybe there will be a writers room for season 2, or maybe not, cause this worked pretty well. Just finished it, I had a few issues... VERY few over all. I felt the eventual villain was a little easy given the build up, and I feel like the intensity peaked with the episode that had the raid on the drug house. I thought the finale shoulda tried to top that. Also, it was pretty clear the interview scenes with Rust were shot early on, not long after Dallas Buyers Club. Once the show moved into the present in the second half of the season Mathew Mc looked a lot healthier despite the character being pretty broken by then. But these are nitpicks in an otherwise near-perfect show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Just finished the finale. ****ing awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Ender Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I just binged on this show yesterday watching all eight episodes. Incredible. I really wanted the Tuttle family to be a bit more involved. Maybe that is for the next season. I am a sucker for any movie/ TV show in which the setting becomes a prominent character in the movie. The bayous of rural Louisiana felt as essential to the show as any character. I agree with most of the sentiments here on this format is the future of TV. I think of Battlestar Gallatica. I LOVED this series, but there was a lot of filler. I think the show could have gone down as one of the greatest of all time if it was four 10-12 episode seasons rather than four 20+ episode seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Just leaving this here for fans of this show: remixes of quotes from the show with panels from Family Circus: http://timeisaflatcircus.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 This was shown to me this AM.Mind = blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Wow! That's great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Everything that comes out of Russ' mouth in this show is genius. Pretty much agree with most of what he says about everything. Nice to see the quotes written down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas1138 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Finally got around to this. My parents were obsessed when it aired so it's been on my list for a while. Really liked it! I kind of wish it was a little more of a whodunnit. But like Ryn said above, it was fulfilling nonetheless. I will be looking forward to season 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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