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Boston Globe TV Critic link

Not to throw cold water on NeoGAF's rabid True Detective fanbase, but I'm in full agreement with Matt Gilbert. There are shows more deserving of mass hysteria.

Just wondering if there are a few folks out there feeling the same way.

It happens. Every so often, everyone you know is obsessed with a TV show, and you don’t quite get it. They’re gushing about how it’s the latest in the quality TV revolution and picking through episodes for clues like NSA data-miners with Skype records; and you’re standing on the sidelines, shrugging.

"True Detective" premiered at a moment when, in the wake of “Breaking Bad” and before the returns of “Mad Men,” “The Americans,” and “Game of Thrones,” there weren’t a lot of challenging dramas on the air. “True Detective” may have become the beneficiary of a spare TV landscape.

This is sacrilege around these parts:

For my money, Harrelson’s performance is the best on the show. Harrelson has given viewers the only character who seems like he could actually exist.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

yes

Spoiler

no

 

[Mr. F]

That was quick.

 

[Devolution]

No.

"The only character that could actually exist."

Well there's only about two fleshed out so congrats on that insight.

 

[Gouty]

Not as over rated as Breaking Bad

 

[zero_suit]

Not as over rated as Breaking Bad

Indeed

 

[jtb]

sure, but that says more about the ridiculous hyperbole than the show. no show could live up to some of the praise it's getting

 

[Sanjuro]

It's pretty terrible. Now that I've had years to reflect on it, it just doesn't compare to modern shows.

 

[amnesiac]

No, it's a fantastic show and deserving of all the hype.

give me a few days and you'll have my definitive answer because im still in awe by the ending

 

[ivysaur12]

People like things. Who cares if you don't like it as much as others? Don't take a moral superiority over not liking things as much as others.

 

[blackflag]

No way, that article is bullshit.

 

[Kellen]

Right on schedule.

 

[Sai-kun]

That was quick.

lmaooo

 

[Liferebooted]

Never even heard of it until this past week, it looks interesting though. Can't be any worse than this seasons American Horror Story.

 

[Tesseract]

it's no dbz, but it's good.

 

[btrboyev]

No, it's a fantastic show and it's the only program on TV that has kept me actively engaged and waiting weekly for the next episode since I was a kid.

I think a bunch of people looked at the finale and came to the wrong conclusion about a lot of things. Rust's character being one of them.

I'm sad those characters are not coming back.

 

[Ominym]

Without fail, the second anyone likes something someone will immediately shout, "it's overrated."

Who the fuck cares? Something doesn't have to be the greatest thing ever to be the greatest thing to you and vice versa.

 

[bronson]

For my money, Harrelson’s performance is the best on the show. Harrelson has given viewers the only character who seems like he could actually exist.

I don't get how this can be used as a slight against TD. We don't watch TV dramas exclusively for accurate representations of reality. Marty's character is supposed to be the human connection in the story, standing in contrast to the esoteric Rust.

 

[Jangocube]

Absolutely not.

 

[mysocksarepink]

if I could rate it any higher than 10 I would

shit is delicious

gottdamn

 

[Romars202129]

Lol at the Americans being mentioned in the same breath as Breaking Bad.

But, on topic, ... Overrated? No. I mean, I'd like to see how they do now that that epic narration is no longer available to them[with the present time duo narrating their past exploits], but this thing is definitely on track to something phenominal.

 

[Averon]

Was the finale disappointing?

 

[freenudemacusers]

I haven't seen this show but isn't it a bit ... early to pontificate about overrating? It's not like it's being canonized as a GOAT right now.. I mean yeah it's a hyped show at the moment but that really doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme, look at what else is on tv right now lol.

 

[Burt]

Don't click the bait, people.

 

[surrealist]

It's a fantastic show. Critic is trolling too hard.

 

[l Zealot l]

Not as over rated as Breaking Bad

Nailed it.

 

[James Woods]

Yeah but that doesn't mean it wasn't good. I was a die-hard Breaking Bad fan and even I acknowledge that it had serious lulls and was too silly be to taken so damn seriously.

A lot of shows get this treatment.

 

[Dany]

Was the finale disappointing?

no.

spoilers:

Spoiler

no.

 

[Kevtones]

Haven't watched TD but I wouldn't be surprised given the likability of the cast... Easy to understand the hyperbole. Been amazed by the amount of people with normally poor taste I know RAVING about TD without being able to articulate why *shrugs*. Probably still an alright show and it'll probably get better with bad press.




Breaking Bad is also overrated so there's that.

 

[wenis]

Anything for those clicks.

 

[Stoze]

The problem I see is that people keep comparing what is essentially an 8 episode mini-series written by one person and directed by one person to entire runs of 5+ season television show with a whole slew of different writers and directors.

 

[BLACKLAC]

A little.

But it's still damn good TV.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Breaking Bad is so overrated!!1!1!

 

[Iadien]

What a pointless article, of course there will people that don't like it.

 

[shira]

That was honestly the best 8 hour movie I've ever seen. 8 hours of MM. Gimme more.

 

[BadAss2961]

The hype isn't even all that out of control yet. It's certainly not The Wire or Breaking Bad level hype.

 

[Goreomedy]

What a piece of shit article.

This isn't even a criticism of the show. It's an attack on a show's fan base. A sect that likes to look too close and find too much meaning...

Um... let them? Who does it hurt?

If it annoys you that much, not to be "in that loop", maybe start looking into why it bothers you so...

 

[Vyer]

Anything for those clicks.

Yup.

Or desperate to stand out in a sea of voices.

 

[Agnostic]

Matthew Gilbert doesn't exist.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Eh, I don't know. Either you watch and like it, or you watch and don't like it (why are you watching), or you don't watch it and don't care. Why does it have to be a matter of overratedness? Entertainment shouldn't be so complicated.

 

[gosox333]

I like thing.

How dare person doesn't like thing.

I don't like person now.

 

[GorillaJu]

Yes it's overrated because people tend to collectively go apeshit over things that they like. It is still very enjoyable though.

And it's not at a bad thing to identify with Harrelson's character. I like him every bit as much as Rust myself and I think Harrelson's acting is superb.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

S1 just ended and folks are already calling it overrated...smh

 

[BTM]

Everything great is always overrated according to some people.

 

[Devolution]

I thought it was overrated before everyone else realized it was overrated. I even have the article I can point to when it becomes rather trite and runs on a bit too long. Am i relevant yet?

 

[potam]

Yeah, the show with amazing writing, acting, direction, cinematography, and McConaughey's acting (deserves to be listed separately) is pretty terrible.

 

[Esch]

Things are overrated right after they finish the last episode of the first season?

 

[Pryce]

Yes.

Of course, everything is either best ever or worst ever. Very little middle ground.

Yeah, the show with amazing writing, acting, direction, cinematography, and McConaughey's acting (deserves to be listed separately) is pretty terrible.

Didn't realize "overrated" meant something is terrible.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I can agree with him over one thing. Woody was great, and I think I liked him a bit better than McConaughey who was also great.

 

[Byronic Hero]

I agree that it is. The only thing it has going for it is stupendous acting by the two leads. Everything else is pretty meh honestly.