Maaaaaaaaaaybe dont call Owen a 'her' in the teaser? Just an idea.
Three lunatic C movie starlets living out their MAGA delusions.
Show went full feminism in episode 2.
The female cop femalesplaining to her partner how she is a better cop than him and he should stfu. Then, telling him she's driving. In the 70s. Sure.
When they find the car they were following, the police chief (female, obviously) says "Woman driver" implying only a woman could have caught him.
They dont say "woman driver" when she loses him a few minutes later btw, obviously.
I quit after that episode.
The very first episode was too much cringe.
They could tone down the religions bullsht a tad, but still widely entertaining.
After watching "After Party" (especially season 2), I can't watch anything with Sam Richardson. His onscreen persona is so terrible I wanna punch him in the face for the full 90 minutes.
A dirty, decent crime thriller but nothing to write home about.
BUT: What was that ending about? After the plot is done and over, there's exactly 10 minutes of nonsense about some guy on a rooftop throwing fireworks and police trying to stop him. WTF? Is this something only Chinese get? Was that supposed to be funny or reflect on something that happened earlier? Confused.
Holy shit, American culture is the worst thing this universe has ever seen and will be the end of mankind.
Like toddlers giggling about poo poo jokes.
Please go extinct already.
In short:
Good neo-noir crime mystery somewhere between Monk, The Sixth Sense and Asian hard-boiled movies like The Chaser.
----- Random thoughts:
Mad Detective is not as violent as say "I Saw The Devil" except for one gory scene at the very start. It's a weird scene, and doesn't quite fit the tone of the rest of the movie.
There aren't many action sequences, but they're okay.
As a Westerner, telling the young male actors from each other was hard at times.
Even though they're very different movies, I'd like to compare Mad Detective to The Wailing. They both attempt to pull the same trick: keeping you guessing what's what until the very end, and make you change your guess multiple times on the way.
The Wailing, being the masterpiece that it is, succeeds way better at doing that. Plus it has mesmerizing performances by at least 2 of the protagonists.
----- Verdict:
Good (7/10)
Saw the first 15min. Twice, within a year. Stopped watching because I found it boring and messy and claustrophobic.
Might be a great movie - maybe I'll force myself to watch it some day. But the beginning is a huge turn off for me.
Season 1 was very good. If you liked Breaking Bad, Ocean's Eleven, Better Call Saul or Leverage, give it a try.
I'm gonna stop watching after first episode of season 2, though. Julia is annoying and incredibly stupid, Audrey and Otto started lying to each other again like season 1 never happened, and in general the story is too unbelievable to be interesting imho.
But thanks for that first season.
"Reinhold von Rumpel"?
Are you kidding me?!
I do not watch crap made by inhuman dictatorships. GTFO.
I watched until the black guy held a knife to the protagonist's throat FOR NO REASON in episode 1.
Shows that do this for artificial tension do not know how to tell a story. No, thanks.
Couldnt finish first episode. Plot is: have 6 people shouting sht at each other for 30min because that is cool, artsy or deep. Or something.
Fuck this show.
Even if you don't care for a story about high school / love / jealousy / drugs / crime (and this one is way better than, say, Riverdale) - watch this for the style. Lighting, colors, music and camera angles /movement are unlike any other TV show you've seen. The soundtrack might be among the best of any TV show - and I hate this kind of zoomer music. The episode in the diner? The musical? Masterpieces.
Everybody should watch season 1. As for season 2? Let's see:
Anyway: watch season 1 no matter what. Season 2 is way worse in regards to the plot but still very watchable (and you need to see the musical).
Are you kidding me? This crap has ~90% on Rotten Tomatoes?
Gould's Marlowe is an unfunny, mumbling, bumbling, obnoxious, cringy idiot. They replaced the signature crime noir protagonist speaking from the off with this guy speaking to himself no matter if there are people around or not. He's a clown in need of psychological help.
The plot is full of things that make no sense. Marlowe running after Eileen and getting hit by a car, ends up in hospital? What? Why? Waste of time. Verringer hitting Roger in the face and Roger not killing him in return? Ridiculous. Augustine never laying a hand on Marlowe after all the sht he says? Yeah, sure. Marlowe knowing somebody brought the money and who it was? GTFO!
The only top 10 seconds of the movie was the final scene with the hammock. And even that got ruined by the ridiculous harmonica dance nonsense that followed it.
In conclusion: I had hoped for a hard-boiler crime noir thriller for adults, and got some kind of clown fiesta for kids.
Looking at modern shows and movies, one would think about 30-60% of people are gay, not below 2-8%.
But who cares about creating something believable if you got quotes to reach?!
Watched 10min, got bored. Nah.
Only watched Season 1 and man, it had some TERRIBLE episodes with absolute trash writing. Stop comparing it to masterpieces like Breaking Bad. There are no trash episodes or seasons in Mr Robot or The Wire.
It starts off with literally introducing the Mary Sue female programmer wonderkind (feminism doesnt care about reality or history) and I was tempted to stop watching right there.
After that, the first 3-4 episodes are actually decent before taking a nosedive.
Gordon is a whiny kid that changes direction in every effing episode and makes absolutely no sense.
Joe is supposed to be the great mystery man with an unknown past, and is probably the most interesting one of the bunch even tho he's painted as a sociopath early on - just to take a 180° and discover his heart later on. Again, realism, schealism.
Season 1 hits rock bottom with episode "The Giant". Holy mother of Jesus, what a huge pile of steaming whatever.
It's like the writers looked at great TV shows and tried to emulate good scripts by stiching together tropes and dramas and revelations they could think of but simply lacked any skill doing so.
End of season 1 is a little better, but still. Nowhere above 7/10.
If there's a masterpiece waiting in Halt and Catch Fire, it's not in season 1. According to critics, s3 and s4 are awesome - not sure if I ever make it so far tho seeing how s2 apparently "focuses on its female protagonists" instead of focusing on quality writing or consistent character arcs. Sigh.
DO NOT WATCH if you like animals and dont want them killed on screen. Disgusting.
Apart from that one scene, the movie is a decent action flick. 3 months later I cant remember anything extraordinary about it so dunno about calling it a masterpiece in 2023.
WHY, BOBBY, WHY?
wtf, wtf, wtf
What cringy ass sht is this?
The characters are tropes, the dialog has nothing to do with reality and about the first line Alaska delivers is some cringy nonsense about dismantling patriarchy.
HARD PASS.
Second season went full BoJack Horseman: crazy, unbelievable nonsense happens all the time.
Unfortunately, what works in a cartoon does not necessarily work in a dramedy with real people.
If I wanted to watch episodes that are weird ass ecstasy dream sequences like in a 70s French arthouse movie, I'd watch those. Not a show about black life in Atlanta.
Pass.
Terrible WTF ending
The villain was well cast and acted
Are there really some alt-right idiots in these comments calling the plot paranoid or outlandish?
Look at this movie, then look out your window. This is another proof environmentalists and the left were right the entire time. They were right 60 years ago, and we're in this mess because you rightwingers were to ignorant / sociopathic to acknowledge that. Thanks.
Still very watchable and entertaining in 2023.
The big reveal is not presented well, but the rest is still very good and, of course, way ahead of its time story-wise.
I loved The Wire, but this is so dull?
Watched the first 2 episodes and man, that oh so pretendious Jazz or Dixie or whatever that is sucks. Why should I care for the characters?
Maybe you gotta watch the entire season to understand the appeal but for now, I aint got time for that.
Not as good as Bodies Bodies Bodies, and the end was too long and had too much talk.
But overall, entertaining little slasher comedy. Well done, folks.
A 24 year old playing a 12 year old.
