I stuck with the BBC America series Tatau in hopes that the series would justify itself by having the viewpoint character turn out to have been a serial killer all along.But it turned out to be every bit as awful as it seemed - a horror/suspense version of "What these people need is a honkey."
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Typo Boy - Nov 24, 2015 10:44:12 pm PST #11826 of 11998
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
erikaj - Nov 25, 2015 7:57:36 am PST #11827 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Honestly, even the best of True Detective made me impatient, though in some way the performances in the first season sort of justified it. But it seemed awfully sexist and stuff even though I'm a woman who's given out a fair amount of crime fiction passes for that in my life.
-t - Nov 25, 2015 8:17:45 am PST #11828 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Agreed. The story was messed up, but not in a particularly interesting way, ultimately, and the characters were performed way better than they were written. And half of why I liked it was the setting, which was at least enjoyable for me to see. Setting the second season in California lost that aspect entirely for me. I see California all the time (and not just because I live here, it's on TV and in the movies all the time)
erikaj - Nov 25, 2015 12:31:27 pm PST #11829 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
I think they were aiming for "Chinatown" and missed, by quite a lot.(Which, okay, Chinatown is a classic and quite a reach for a second season.)
EpicTangent - Nov 25, 2015 3:16:01 pm PST #11830 of 11998
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Thanks, Typo. I gave up on Tatau, glad to have that choice validated.
Typo Boy - Nov 25, 2015 5:21:54 pm PST #11831 of 11998
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, like I said if the main character had turned out to be a serial killer, that would have made he series worthwhile for me. And I really thought they were going there. It just seemed so obvious that that was what he was. I mean the flashing red warning lights were all there.
lisah - Nov 26, 2015 6:11:31 pm PST #11832 of 11998
Punishingly Intricate
Season 2 Fargo is better than Season 1.
-t - Dec 01, 2015 6:13:21 pm PST #11833 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You may be right at that. They are pretty different, which makes them both better, I think.
I gotta go back and see what exactly Floyd said to do about Dodd. Was that last episode or the one before?
-t - Dec 14, 2015 7:27:59 pm PST #11834 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And now I want to watch all of season 1 and 2 in one fell swoop. I don't have time for that right now, but man I want to.
Java cat - Feb 08, 2016 1:09:59 am PST #11835 of 11998
Not javachik
A friend who was staying here and I watched all of season 2 of Fargo over a week or so, catching all but the last two eps before Kristen D and Jesse P and Jean S won Critics choice awards. Wow, it was fantastic. I hadn't watched the first season but will have to check it out. Zahn McClarnon who played Hanzee was amazing. He's Native American and Scottish. I was mesmerized by his stillness, which turns out to have been a direction he was given.