Yeah I might. It wasn't just the characters, I really liked the setting of the first season. It was very unique for that type of show and was unhappy they moved the second season to a much more generic urban setting like LA. I also really liked the quasi horror elements of the first season, and those seemed to be MIA in the second season. Hope they can get that aspect back.
some news about this recently...
moonlight's Mahershala Ali and greenroom director Jeremy Saulnier are aboard for season 3 and this is supposed to be set in the orzarks
Originally posted by The Nuul
some news about this recently...moonlight's Mahershala Ali and greenroom director Jeremy Saulnier are aboard for season 3 and this is supposed to be set in the orzarks
All great news. Green Room is a great movie, guy is a talented director capable of making very dark, brooding and atmospheric pictures.
And very happy we're getting back to a more rural setting. The setting in the first season was a huge part of why it was good, was a big part of the mood and tone of the first season.
Big fan of True Detective S01 - S02. S01 was especially superb, and I feel it's WH & MM's best work.
S02 was great as well, and took a completely different approach by having the storyline follow a more traditional narrative (i.e., not going back & forth in different time periods like S01).
So far, S03 is excellent - I've seen the first three episodes. Very impressed by the acting, storyline, and haunting/brooding atmosphere. Very seamless transitions between 1980, 1990, and 2015. Elements of this storyline were obviously inspired by the infamous & heinous crimes that occurred in West Memphis, AR in the early '90's.
As in S01, the theme of older detectives remembering & being haunted by crimes they investigated earlier in their career is a very strong element here. Having the two lead detectives (Hays & Dorrf) be Vietnam veterans was interesting, especially given that Hays used his tracking skills to find the horrific crime scene. Also amused by the "Purple Hays" nick-name, which was an obvious reference to the iconic 1967 Jimi Hendrix track "Purple Haze"...a song that American troops in Vietnam would have been listening to in the late '60's & '70's:
Originally posted by Rick Deckard
Also amused by the "Purple Hays" nick-name, which was an obvious reference to the iconic 1967 Jimi Hendrix track "Purple Haze"...a song that American troops in Vietnam would have been listening to in the late '60's & '70's:
The black detective in Arkansas in 1980 with the surname Hays may have gotten that nickname another way. Cynical I know but just saying.
Originally posted by samhain The black detective in Arkansas in 1980 with the surname Hays may have gotten that nickname another way. Cynical I know but just saying.
Agreed. The "Purple Haze/Jimi Hendrix" nick-name was an obvious reference to Hays being African-American. However, since this was given to him by his detective partner - who obviously respected him - I don't see this as being a disparaging or racially-insensitive comment.
Originally posted by Rick Deckard
Agreed. The "Purple Haze/Jimi Hendrix" nick-name was an obvious reference to Hays being African-American. However, since this was given to him by his detective partner - who obviously respected him - I don't see this as being a disparaging or racially-insensitive comment.
Yeah, I got that too, I have similar relationships with people where we can bring up colour in a silly tongue-in-cheek way and we laugh about it. As long as it's not serious and there's a bit of respect it's all good.
True. And, the "Purple Hays" reference in TD reminded me of something:
When I was a teen back in the mid-'80's, I remember briefly hanging out at this beach town in the summer (when I was on vacation). And, in one part of the beach, this African American "musician" used to play music for money. He was not that great, but it seemed like he thought he was - LOL.
In any case, there were some older kids that also used to hang out in the area (I didn't know them) and, when they would see him, would jokingly call him "Jimi Hendrix". And, I didn't get the impression that it was meant in a disparaging way - sure, it was semi-sarcastic, but I didn't see it as being mean-spirited. I also think the guy may have known the kids, at least on a peripheral level.