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OT: True detective/Ballers/Brink

Rocktheworld said:
It took 4 episodes last season for things to ramp up, just like this season. Episode 4 was when they had that huge shootout in the hood after jacking that stash.

I can't believe some of y'all didn't learn your lesson last season to be patient.
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Man, last season had me completely riveted half way through Episode 1.
 
intlzncster said:
Man, last season had me completely riveted half way through Episode 1.
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Well yeah I liked it from episode one, and that's why I'm being faithful here in season 2, but the season was going kinda slowly and that's what people were complaining about, same as this season. Episode 4 really kinda turned the corner in season 1 so here's to hoping it happens again this year.
 
the single tracking scene from last year when the faux police officers marched in the hood was just mind blowing, but the shootout scene from the past sunday really wasn't that bad. pegs below, but the gore of it really caught me off guard. And i am intrigued at the aftermath of it. as far as the acting, i think vaughn is really giving it a good try, this is probably the most challenging role of his career and i think he's had some good moments. a guy whose lost everything , still trying to scrap it together. its just completely different than the first season though.
 
James said:
the single tracking scene from last year when the faux police officers marched in the hood was just mind blowing, but the shootout scene from the past sunday really wasn't that bad. pegs below, but the gore of it really caught me off guard. And i am intrigued at the aftermath of it. as far as the acting, i think vaughn is really giving it a good try, this is probably the most challenging role of his career and i think he's had some good moments. a guy whose lost everything , still trying to scrap it together. its just completely different than the first season though.
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There wasn't much of a chase involved in the shootout (the shootout really happened after the chase ended) like there was last season. So maybe the suspense may not have been quite as high.

That said the brutality and grit was definitely higher this week.
 
Really liked The Brink, and Ballers was solid, if a little too neatly tied up at season's end.

I do not know how The Brink can sustain that frenetic pace for another season. I wonder if everything just came together for Season 1. I expect Ballers to get better.
 
I just finished The Brink. I thought it was hilarious. I heard some rattlings that it's not realistic (not here). Well, it's not supposed to be. You don't put Tim Robbins, Jack Black, Aasif Mandvi, and the dude who played Nick Sobotka together and think you're going to do a realistic faux docu-drama of what might happen. It was highly entertaining, but I doubt it has a season 2 unless there is some serious character development and I just don't see it and I doubt it lends itself to a True Detective format (i.e. complete overhaul of the cast). Plus one of the executive producers is no longer "with us."

I got stuck on Ballers. I'm trying to keep with it, but I think The Rock is trying too hard and the producers are taking themselves too seriously.

As much as I try, I can't get into True Detective.
 
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HBO has canceled The Brink according to IMDb.
 
Husky25 said:
HBO has canceled The Brink according to IMDb.
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no surprise there. i kinda liked it, but i imagine there's a narrow audience. i enjoy frenetic coked up comedy a la jack black. nobody did it better than robin williams of course. and belushi. and chris farley.
 
I really liked the first season, but can also understand the cancellation. I read some of the news articles, but none really provided an explanation or reversing a renewal 4 months later. It was a big cast, which I suspect had a lot to do with the cancellation. The big ensemble casts are problematic for scheduling. A friend of a friend worked on the Sopranos, and that person said the last few seasons were a nightmare to film because the actors were all so busy with other stuff.

I also think it was also a well done season that clicked, but seemed like it would be really hard to replicate for a second season. I wouldn't be surprised if HBO, the cast and crew reached the same conclusion.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I also think it was also a well done season that clicked, but seemed like it would be really hard to replicate for a second season. I wouldn't be surprised if HBO, the cast and crew reached the same conclusion.
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I think someone relatively important to the production died recently.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I really liked the first season, but can also understand the cancellation. I read some of the news articles, but none really provided an explanation or reversing a renewal 4 months later. It was a big cast, which I suspect had a lot to do with the cancellation. The big ensemble casts are problematic for scheduling. A friend of a friend worked on the Sopranos, and that person said the last few seasons were a nightmare to film because the actors were all so busy with other stuff.

I also think it was also a well done season that clicked, but seemed like it would be really hard to replicate for a second season. I wouldn't be surprised if HBO, the cast and crew reached the same conclusion.
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I'm certain it was the execs that cancelled it. It comes down to eyeballs on the TV. No cast or crew hopes for a cancellation; this is (consistent) paid work. Though, as you say, I imagine the large cast was a problem, not just for scheduling, but for inflated paychecks as well. Some big names in there.
 
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