Whatever this hot mess is, it's not True Detective. It's silly-woke, anti-male, hocus-pocus, jibber jabber. I'm one episode and done for this Season.
I place the blame for this debacle squarely on Director Issa López and Nic Pizzolatto. One of the myriad brilliant aspects of the still greatest series ever, The Sopranos, was the continuity of style and substance. Creator and Producer, David Chase, would not allow a new director to come in and put his or her 'spin' on the show. The director had to conform with the Sopranos style, look and traditions. In fact, an excellent director, Mike Leigh, was invited in and he decided to use a lot of hand-held camera shots, unusual frame freezes, and employed an atypical ending shot. Leigh was never invited back. Clearly, True Detective has no guiding force that insists the seasons be true to any core standards. More's the pity for its fans.
I place the blame for this debacle squarely on Director Issa López and Nic Pizzolatto. One of the myriad brilliant aspects of the still greatest series ever, The Sopranos, was the continuity of style and substance. Creator and Producer, David Chase, would not allow a new director to come in and put his or her 'spin' on the show. The director had to conform with the Sopranos style, look and traditions. In fact, an excellent director, Mike Leigh, was invited in and he decided to use a lot of hand-held camera shots, unusual frame freezes, and employed an atypical ending shot. Leigh was never invited back. Clearly, True Detective has no guiding force that insists the seasons be true to any core standards. More's the pity for its fans.