1. About the style:
1. The type of drama is different. In fact, True Detective is quite special in American dramas. Its form (not genre) is neither a serial drama (the story and protagonists of each season are the same), nor is it a series (the main characters and worldview of each episode are the same), Maybe I don't watch enough American dramas. If I think about it seriously, it seems that only the series like "Hitchcock's Long Story" is a bit similar to "True Detective", but "Xi" has different protagonists and stories in each episode, unlike "Hitchcock" "True" is a different protagonist and story each season. This can be seen as another breakthrough in the informality of American dramas.
2. Use a unified theme to lead different seasons. For a series like "True", it is very difficult to write a script, because there is no relationship between the characters and the plot between the episodes. In fact, the word "true" of ture detective shows the meaning of this series. It is no longer like most traditional detective films, reasoning films or police and bandit films, which describe tall detectives, geniuses with small shortcomings, or even They are normal people in special positions, but ordinary people with many disabilities. Even solving the case is not necessarily the main appeal of the police detectives (the cases in the two seasons were only really solved after the main characters quit the police circle). At first, they all Like a real police bureaucracy, the case was closed perfunctorily, but due to various coincidences or self-interest considerations, the truth was allowed to surface, and the truth was not even revealed (as in the second season). This kind of description obviously makes people feel more "real" people, "real" things, and "real" world. This is exactly what "True" means. Therefore, the reason why "True" can become a drama series must not rely on the superficial connection of characters and plots, but rely on the internal connection of themes, styles and worldviews. "Real" cases and "real" characters are finally assembled into a picture of a complete worldview. The theme of "True" is oppressive and heavy, just like real life, which is also the embodiment of its "True".
2. The significance of the episodes of "True Detective"
1. The movie genre moved to TV. In recent years, the traditional police and gangster films and detection films in a simple sense have gone to a low ebb, which can be seen as the continuation and development of their transition to the TV industry. After all, compared with films, TV has lower investment and more controllable factors for returns.
2. The cast is stronger and the visibility is higher. The protagonist is accustomed to inviting some people who have not been popular for a long time, the fire has passed (such as Colin Farrell), or the career transition period, the low ebb period (such as Vince Vaughn, who has been immersed in comedy films for many years, and Hu Rui, a romantic film professional) Autumn McAdams) or a second-tier movie actor who is growing up looking for a breakthrough (such as Tyler Kitsch, who suffered a blockbuster defeat) rather than a dedicated TV actor, Matthew McConaughey may be an exception, but he really goes It was after "Interstellar" that I came to the front line to harvest brain-damaged fans. It was only a period when strength was slowly revealed and recognized, and the first season of "True" premiered ten months earlier than the release of "Star". The advantages of this type of casting are obvious: first, the cost is low, second, the actors are relatively mature, and third, these people will be willing to try different ways of acting on the small screen to challenge themselves and test the audience. After all, this kind of "transformation" or the cost of early adopters It is much lower for myself and the filmmakers than it is on the big screen.
3. Have more time than movies. An 8-episode episode is almost 4 or 5 times as long as a movie, so that the director has more time to sculpt the characters, lay out the background and create an atmosphere in sufficient detail, and the case can also be designed. more complicated.
3. In addition, I strongly recommend that the second season
is better than the first season. There are still many genre films in the first season. For example, the design of two male protagonists is a typical genre film routine, cult and point-to-point point to reality. Criticism is also an old routine of American dramas (such as X-Files, etc.), and there has not been a major breakthrough as the basic model of detective films. However, the many references to reality in the second season make people feel quite like the movie "Chinatown". In fact, no matter which country in the TV industry is still dominated by entertainment, the reality is family, marriage, love, The workplace, etc. are old-fashioned, and there are very few that can directly refer to sensitive topics such as contemporary politics and economy. From this perspective, the second season is far more grounded than the first season, more real, and more worthy of that” true" word.
Of course, the shortcomings of the second season are also obvious. Like the first season, the process of portraying characters in the early stage is so delicate that it is close to being lengthy. A considerable number of people who abandoned the show just couldn't accept the procrastination in the early stage of "True"; Colin Farrell The robbery scene where Erle and Vince Vaughn formed a group to rob is a bit too simple and rude like a Hong Kong film; it's a bit too coincidental that the three protagonists are talking about sex, of course, you can also say for the better that this is the screenwriter's correspondence, Because the first person to die, Ben Kespierre, also died of sex; there's also the risk of using a transitional actor on the show, such as Rachel McAdams feeling sloppy (though she tried her best not to dress up, but Playing ugly doesn't mean improving acting), in the second season's performance, there was no scene in the first season where Matthew and Woody went hand-in-hand with each other's strengths. Colin Farrell > Rachel McAdams.
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