@robertGl

"@Jean71 why are you so upset by my opinion of the show? I could go into detail why I find the show pretentious and overrated, but that would take extra work, and it would accomplish nothing because fanboys will never accept any criticism that makes their beloved show seem less than what they believe it to be"

If you don't have the "extra time" for "extra work" i accept it.

But details are always welcome since this is a community, and as i said before, if you are negative towards everything, that is of no help, and neither a contribute to the community. So don't worry about fanboys, and since we are there, you can also explain the technical problems of Dragon Sensor, since you wrote "Meh" and people from CML and ASC are testing it, and major directors and DP's, academy winners too, are already using it for big budget movies.

Please go into details, we are here to share and learn, and it's possible i can learn something based on your technical analysis on sensors and tv shows.

Oh, come on, guys. King Lear is a masterpiece. So are the late Beethoven quartets. Love or hate "True Detective", but it's not life-changing, the highest expression of human creativity or a monument of Western culture. And it has many, many antecedents.

For the record, I'm neither, Christian, southern, Republican, or any combination thereof.

@Jean71 why are you so upset by my opinion of the show? I could go into detail why I find the show pretentious and overrated, but that would take extra work, and it would accomplish nothing because fanboys will never accept any criticism that makes their beloved show seem less than what they believe it to be

@inqbt8tr I see what you mean...

Is there something that is gnaw at you?

BTW you did not reference any source... Just get a life

Most of the shots are 35mm kodak film with few digital exceptions. Nice description of lens used.

Arkapaw shot primarily on 35mm film—Kodak Vision 3 50D and 500T—and used two different sets of lenses to help differentiate the two time periods. He used Panavision PVintage optics—rehoused Panavision Ultra Speed prime lenses—for the main portion of the story and regular Primo primes for the contemporary portions. “It’s about recalling the past,” the cinematographer explains, “so we wanted all that footage to be shot through something suggesting a thin veil of time. Those older lenses are a little softer, less contrasty and [capture] a little less color.”

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/crime-scenes-creative-storytelling-production-hbos-true-detective/65219

Hahah. Maybe the police got pre-production one to test it :)

Interview with Nic Pizzolatto

Three years ago, Nic Pizzolatto was an assistant professor of literature at DePauw University in Indiana, a job he "fell into" rather than loved, and one he was desperate to escape. Television seemed like an impossible dream. "The idea was ludicrous," he says. "I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a novel that was the novel I wanted to write and got a couple of good reviews but no real traction. I had no idea how to get a job in TV."

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/feb/17/true-detective-nic-pizzolatto-mcconaughey-harrelson

TV has now surpassed conventional commercial filmmaking for quality writing and stories

The reason is pretty simple. TV -- at least some corners of it -- is above all a writers' medium, unlike either commercial filmmaking or so-called American indies, and draws on people who can actually write, who often come to the work from the novel, rather than from the screenplay or "movie" business.

http://io9.com/the-one-literary-reference-you-must-know-to-appreciate-1523076497

I only watch it for Alexandra Daddario. Wowzers!

This series is fantastic. Screenplay and dialogue are absolutely amazing

I'm a little tired of the weird serial killer genre, but I'm digging the show. Sorta reminds me of The Killing. Which was very solid. (Not sure if it's coming back) McConaughey is finally living up to some of his early career hype as being the next Newman or whatever. He almost killed his career off as an actor with crappy rom coms. His last 2-3 years have been excellent.