tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2450803363270183799..comments2024-03-29T07:03:32.568-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Why did I stop midway through episode 2 [of 'True Detective']? It wasn't the sex. It was the mumbling."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60652843796492308992014-03-14T15:04:12.161-05:002014-03-14T15:04:12.161-05:00On Direct TV I click CC (closed captions) under th...On Direct TV I click CC (closed captions) under the INFO heading for any program where I'm not catching all the dialogue.James Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036028043684739831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70749799139120697372014-03-13T19:25:36.864-05:002014-03-13T19:25:36.864-05:00We used closed captioning. And you thought it was...We used closed captioning. And you thought it was just for the hearing impaired? We turn on the closed captioning for many BBC shows as well.CB9https://www.blogger.com/profile/16883353910483825851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34491639551295965292014-03-13T15:49:22.005-05:002014-03-13T15:49:22.005-05:00I never had one single instant where I couldn'...I never had one single instant where I couldn't understand them. <br /><br />Also, I think True Detective should be thought of as an 8 hour movie, not a series. It's already over. Next year will be a different plot.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720876182358032517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41757306841705483312014-03-13T12:14:04.298-05:002014-03-13T12:14:04.298-05:00Meade said...
"I sometimes watch Rachel Maddo...Meade said...<br />"I sometimes watch Rachel Maddow with the sound off. It's great!"<br /><br />It's even better without the video!<br /><br /><br /><br />My wife loves to cook and watches a lot of cooking shows. Sometimes my daughter and I will turn off the sound and add our own dialog and sound effects.<br />Hilarity ensues.<br /><br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84365418058966151552014-03-13T12:09:31.537-05:002014-03-13T12:09:31.537-05:00Give Justified a try as a follow-up to Breaking Ba...Give Justified a try as a follow-up to Breaking Bad. The character humor is smooth and sly and, even though the Appalachia accent is strong, I could understand it easily. The slidey intonations gave humorous comments some extra kick. I often thought that Designing Women wouldn't have been as entertaining without the lines being delivered in the southern accent.michaelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370942132583989253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30059543942877589502014-03-13T11:10:15.646-05:002014-03-13T11:10:15.646-05:00I sometimes watch Rachel Maddow with the sound off...I sometimes watch Rachel Maddow with the sound off. It's great!Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28062249810165244032014-03-13T10:45:12.140-05:002014-03-13T10:45:12.140-05:00I sometimes watch movies with the sound off.
You ...I sometimes watch movies with the sound off.<br /><br />You should be able to follow along, if it's any good.<br /><br />KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73182789797851113132014-03-13T10:41:27.424-05:002014-03-13T10:41:27.424-05:00Thanks Pogo...One of the many cool things about th...Thanks Pogo...One of the many cool things about these past few years of quality TV, is that there is a lot of quality writing about it as well.<br /><br />It's slacked off now, but at the peak of Mad Men, there would be several good articles about each new episode within a day or two! Remarkable.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791314877257904422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34624713324599748142014-03-13T10:29:40.918-05:002014-03-13T10:29:40.918-05:00Only through 5 episodes, but have had no issues wi...Only through 5 episodes, but have had no issues with understanding the dialogue. I'll credit my time on the debate team and learning to glean the gist of even the fastest garbled speech.KLDAVIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739096339024969075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29141634975075867072014-03-13T10:24:16.760-05:002014-03-13T10:24:16.760-05:00Why did I stop midway through episode 2 [of 'T...<i>Why did I stop midway through episode 2 [of 'True Detective']? It wasn't the sex. It was the mumbling.</i><br /><br />The sex was the only thing that brought me back, intermittently, to the <b><a href="http://splicd.com/s-HqhKLTuJI/11/15" rel="nofollow">miasma</a></b> of that Louisiana mumble-swamp.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12970404388600555582014-03-13T10:19:03.045-05:002014-03-13T10:19:03.045-05:00That was a great article, Ron.
I read it twice an...That was a great article, Ron. <br />I read it twice and saved it.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18675837765279014942014-03-13T10:12:25.561-05:002014-03-13T10:12:25.561-05:00I go to links however they show up. Both Twitter a...I go to links however they show up. Both Twitter and Wordpress just do it automatically.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791314877257904422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48826462859177878862014-03-13T09:47:14.177-05:002014-03-13T09:47:14.177-05:00What's sad is that no one here is talking abou...What's sad is that no one here is talking about "Black Sails". Which has been an interesting show to watch.Xmashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512911190985990931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69185641498176933582014-03-13T09:26:04.123-05:002014-03-13T09:26:04.123-05:00From Ron's link above:
"And it passes at...From Ron's link above:<br /><br /><i>"And it passes at least two of what I consider to be tests of great popular art. <br /><br />First, it walks a fine line between sincerity and self-parody that makes audiences wonder, "Are they kidding with this?" The answer is usually "yes and no." (David Lynch is probably the king of this sort of thing, though David Fincher, whose Se7en and Zodiac clearly influenced True Detective, is no slouch, either.) <br />Second, if you pose the question, "What is True Detective about?" you'd get a different answer depending on whom you asked, and every answer would be equally valid, and there'd be enough Venn-diagram-style overlap between the "abouts" that you could make a case for the work being rich and multilayered as opposed to wishy-washy or confused.</i>"KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51783445404150097792014-03-13T09:03:38.320-05:002014-03-13T09:03:38.320-05:00I don't like either of those actors in True De...I don't like either of those actors in True Detective, but the episode I saw changed my mind on McConaughey.<br /><br />Haven't and won't watch BB. marathoned Walking Dead was bored.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81905407120544598502014-03-13T08:42:45.167-05:002014-03-13T08:42:45.167-05:00@EMD It may be a deliberate speed bump.
I like th...@EMD It may be a deliberate speed bump.<br /><br />I like the simple look of the comments threads here. <br /><br />But come on, if you've got a URL you actually want anyone to go to, make it a link or forget it. It looks junky and no one is going to go to it. People hardly even click on links.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7527016235867017952014-03-13T08:31:29.150-05:002014-03-13T08:31:29.150-05:00How to put a hyperlink in a Blogger comment.<a href="http://www.thebexter.com/2010/09/blogger-tip-how-to-put-link-in-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">How to put a hyperlink in a Blogger comment.</a>NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50230162339718630802014-03-13T08:28:50.794-05:002014-03-13T08:28:50.794-05:00Good, but not good enough to bother to make a hype...<i>Good, but not good enough to bother to make a hyperlink.</i><br /><br />Frankly, I'd blame Blogger. Their commenting system is hyper-antiquated. Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14768426922541922172014-03-13T08:27:55.021-05:002014-03-13T08:27:55.021-05:00I loved the series, and I hate series in general. ...<i>I loved the series, and I hate series in general. Haven't watched any in over a decade. Just happened to catch part of episode 3 not knowing what it was. Hooked.</i><br /><br />It's an anthology, so season 2 will be all-new plot and characters. It's supposedly set in Southern California, so there will be less mumbling. Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53974393368462843722014-03-13T08:27:00.872-05:002014-03-13T08:27:00.872-05:00Professor-
Handhandfgfd gjdf muromrntnfk thwogg!!...Professor-<br /><br />Handhandfgfd gjdf muromrntnfk thwogg!!!<br /><br />Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18365901572290317942014-03-13T08:08:09.042-05:002014-03-13T08:08:09.042-05:00It's a Southern Gothic Silence of the Lambs.It's a Southern Gothic <i>Silence of the Lambs</i>.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36080901221844785752014-03-13T07:44:57.758-05:002014-03-13T07:44:57.758-05:00I'm just gonna guess that you cheated on me..
...<i>I'm just gonna guess that you cheated on me..</i><br /><br />Heh.rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73571100844985267722014-03-13T07:34:58.483-05:002014-03-13T07:34:58.483-05:00Damned funny spoof of True Detective.
Same thing ...Damned funny spoof of True Detective.<br /><br />Same thing was done in Adam Sandler's <i>The Waterboy</i>, with another Loo-zee-anna bayou character no one understood.<br /><br />I loved the series, and I hate series in general. Haven't watched any in over a decade. Just happened to catch part of episode 3 not knowing what it was. Hooked.<br /><br />But if you hated it, it wasn't for you. Matters of taste aren't worth fighting about.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23873889252256119802014-03-13T06:55:22.432-05:002014-03-13T06:55:22.432-05:00Mumbling together with loud music is a problem wit...Mumbling together with loud music is a problem with many films since the mid-90'sFleetUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027592116431211933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57913443897030939252014-03-13T06:10:29.002-05:002014-03-13T06:10:29.002-05:00Good, but not good enough to bother to make a hype...Good, but not good enough to bother to make a hyperlink.<br /><br />That's like the blog commenting equivalent of mumbling. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.com