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True Detective, just started watching it
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Forgive new TD thread but I'm avoiding the existing one incase of spoilers.
I just watched the first episode last night and I found it very slow and dare I say boring. I am hoping/guessing that it picks up a little given the acclaim, but did any hardcore fans of the show find the pilot boring?
I just watched the first episode last night and I found it very slow and dare I say boring. I am hoping/guessing that it picks up a little given the acclaim, but did any hardcore fans of the show find the pilot boring?
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I'll give next season a go, especially as it's a new story and a new cast. Personally have failed to recognise the acclaim and love the series has got, and normally i can even when it's shows i don't like.
It does pick up speed a little as the 1st one is just scene setting and introductions to the main characters.
If you like scandi drama you will probably like this, if not then you may struggle.
I personally loved it and would recommend it to others whilst appeciating that it may not suit all.
Hope you stick with it but I wouldn't be a martyr just because others love it.
Yeah, this is sound advice.
And thanks to you other people too. I'll give episode 2 and maybe 3 a watch but I think if a show doesn't grab you within three episodes, it wont be for you.
Cheers everyone.
Yeah, that 6 minute long shot was awesome.
Put you right in the middle of the action, even down to the ears ringing audio after the first shot in the house.
Wow, were you even watching the same show as us? No chemistry between them?! Their extremely fractured relationship is one of the main draws of the show! Loved it.
The problem here, then, is your expectations, which perhaps were pumped up beyond reasonable levels by others who encouraged you to watch the show. I came to it knowing absolutely nothing and was blown away week after week by how unexpectedly new and fresh it all felt compared to what we're used to having rammed down our optic nerves by the TV industry's whodunnit department.
I'm sorry but you cannot watch many tv shows to say True Detective was on a level many can't get to.
The show has no excuse to be a slow pace though. It has 8 episodes to get through. I expect shows with 22 episodes to be slow in developing, not a show with 8 episodes that will be changing the format next season
Of course i was. I didn't like it. End of. Don't question me not liking something, just because you do, and your opinion is the be-all and end-all.
I agree with your comment 100 per cent.
I agree, my favourite series of all time is breaking bad, the neo-noir vibe of TD was a refreshing change to BB tho.
I will need some TV shows to fill in the hiatus break from The Blacklist and Hannibal.