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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-03-10 07:07 pm

[ SECRET POST #2624 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2624 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Outlander]


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[The Walking Dead]


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04.
[How I Met Your Mother]


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05.
[Twitch Plays Pokemon]


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[Batman, Kill La Kill, Borderlands]


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[Overlord]


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[Red Dwarf]


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[Paranatural]


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[Pitch Perfect]


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11.
[Insidious: Chapter 2]


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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Re: True detective finale

(Anonymous) 2014-03-11 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
A short series can still be imperfect or a mess, but I suspect the 8 episode format made the writer especially aware of how he had to make every scene count. I can't think of one scene in True Detective that was unnecessary. Everything we saw either developed the characters, established the setting, or moved/revealed the plot. I can't think of anything in the show I'd call gratuitous; even the nude/sex scenes (which HBO often goes overboard with) were used well. I've watched some good television over the years, but given the way the writing, direction, acting, cinematography, and design all come together, I'm not sure there's ever been anything on American TV to compare with this. Breaking Bad, maybe.

Re: True detective finale

(Anonymous) 2014-03-11 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
(at work and don't have my password to log in)

Oh, yeah, I agree that something short can definitely be a mess, I just think that it was an advantage that it was shorter. If it'd been longer there would've been more opportunity to wander off course and lose focus...like you said, they had to make every scene count.

Breaking Bad's been on my list of things to watch for years. Maybe I'll watch it next.