TMC
06-23-2015, 01:05 AM
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/true-detective-might-suck-now-and-that-might-be-even-m-1712977039
As Rob Harvilla explains, “A fun thing about prestige TV in particular, for whatever reason, is that in the second season you find out what the showrunners thought everyone liked about the first season, and it makes for high art when they guess right but much higher entertainment value when they guess wrong. (This happens with albums and movie and such, too, but maybe the difference is that in this medium, you get less than a year to guess.)” PLUS: Why is the opening credits song so awful (http://www.etonline.com/tv/166595_why_true_detective_2_premiere_was_so_hard_to_watch/) when the promo song was so good?, Season 2 premiere was so bad (http://www.vox.com/2015/6/22/8822985/true-detective-season-2-premiere-recap) because they were essentially making a new pilot, Vinci’s inspiration (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-detective-season-2s-real-804168) has a long history of graft, and analyzing the Season 2 opening credits (http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/true-detective-opening-titles-season-two.html).
As Rob Harvilla explains, “A fun thing about prestige TV in particular, for whatever reason, is that in the second season you find out what the showrunners thought everyone liked about the first season, and it makes for high art when they guess right but much higher entertainment value when they guess wrong. (This happens with albums and movie and such, too, but maybe the difference is that in this medium, you get less than a year to guess.)” PLUS: Why is the opening credits song so awful (http://www.etonline.com/tv/166595_why_true_detective_2_premiere_was_so_hard_to_watch/) when the promo song was so good?, Season 2 premiere was so bad (http://www.vox.com/2015/6/22/8822985/true-detective-season-2-premiere-recap) because they were essentially making a new pilot, Vinci’s inspiration (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-detective-season-2s-real-804168) has a long history of graft, and analyzing the Season 2 opening credits (http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/true-detective-opening-titles-season-two.html).