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Related: About this forumWho else is watching True Detective?
I love this series. New one has Jodi Foster who is awesome of course. But she's playing a hard as nails cop, which is difficult to watch for me! Really compelling story and characters.
Srkdqltr
(7,609 posts)Beatlelvr
(668 posts)Silver Gaia
(4,794 posts)HBO on cable, or stream it on the Max app. Both require a subscription.
snowybirdie
(5,591 posts)Its darkness, both in storyline and appearance turned us off. At our age all that snow and ice was a turn off. Perhaps all the bad news elsewhere was a factor?
Beatlelvr
(668 posts)It's constant night time in Alaska, so snow, ice and dark.
Wuddles440
(1,379 posts)Struggled through two episodes and decided that was enough - too depressing and bleak.
nocoincidences
(2,313 posts)comes out on Sunday night at 9est on HBO/MAX. Last night was Episode 3.
ChazInAz
(2,769 posts)Missed last night's episode, but will catch it tonight.
I was attracted to the first season, years ago, by its allusions to Ambrose Bierce's, Robert Chambers' and H.P.Lovecraft's series of stories concerning Hastur, Carcosa and The King In Yellow. The bleakness and eternal night of Alaska nicely echoes the despairing atmosphere of these author's stories. I see echoes of the Plain of Leng and Kadath In The Cold Waste, not to mention Cassilda's Song from Chamber's play "The King In Yellow".
Then, of course, there's Jodi Foster. What an actor! Her character is unpleasantly abrasive, and fascinating to watch. I want to find out what makes that cop tick.
3Hotdogs
(13,343 posts)Series 1 was excellent.
sinkingfeeling
(52,962 posts)the retro store where I had a booth. Proud to say that one of my 1977 articles of clothing appears in the show! Then I went back and viewed the first and second series.
Silver Gaia
(4,794 posts)adds to the moodiness. This season is more like Season 1, which I also loved, than Seasons 2 and 3. This is a mystery with supernatural and potentially mythological elements tied to Inuit culture. Both lead actresses are strong women playing equally strong characters.
It's the one show right now that's "can't miss" for me. I look forward to it. On Sunday evening, I'm ready to become immersed in this weird, ooky (sorta like spooky, but not quite) world. Excellent television!
beaglelover
(4,009 posts)weird to say the least.
Anyway, does anyone else notice that almost every scene has a christmas tree in it? It reminds me of Eyes Wide Shut in that regard.