Kris is a real one.

Watch the Sinead O’Connor documentary. That scene where Kris Kristofferson goes out to physically defend and support her while she’s trying to stand in front of the crowd for a show is exemplary of how much of a goddamn hero this dude is.

I could have made that clearer for folks who aren’t aware of how the Coast Guard operates (which is just about everyone reading the comment) but here’s the long form version of it that I didn’t want to write up.

Back in I wanna say 2006/2007/2008 Ethan Hawke wrote a profile on Kris Kristofferson for Rolling Stone. A big aspect of the profile was about how out of place Kristofferson was in the country music world during the Iraq War since he was a Vietnam vet and outspoken liberal. There’s a scene in that profile where…

One strange, frustrating feature of the politics around the Iraq War is that a broad consensus has emerged that the war was a colossal mistake, without any corresponding acknowledgement that the people saying that in 2003 were right. I suspect that many of the people who were eager to vilify the Dixie Chicks in 2003…

How has literally nothing happened with the actual crime this season is based on??? Episode One has scientists disappear then reappear dead in an ice cube, and literally nothing has advanced about the crime in 4 episodes.

Agreed. The troubled sibling trope almost never pays off and sometimes can be the worst part of a show. In this case, it’s just dead space, a momentum killer.

TL:DR this season is a mess of tones and consistency and pacing, and horror. its not good and i dont need gawker to shill it for me.

I feel like because this is a woman showrunner with women lead characters and concerns the indigenous community, reviewers seem to be reluctant to grade this poorly in case they’re seen as not being “progressive” enough. But this is an absolute trainwreck of a show.

I’m actually angry at how bad this is and pretty shocked to see this getting anything higher than C-grades week after week. They added jump scares and a couple of easter eggs to season 1 to what is essentially one of those crummy AMC shows that came out in the wake of Breaking Bad/Season 1 of TD that were attempting…

Seems like they made an agreement with HBO to never rank it below an A-.  The first two episodes got perfect As, which was ridiculous.

I’m not sure how this rates an A- when you conclude with this:

This show is half-thawed garbage.

I want to like it but the writing on this show is really awful. The build up and intended payoff is incoherent. The tone is very muddled. What are they going for exactly? Thriller? Family drama? Polemic screed? The whole show is aesthetic and Jodie Foster busting her ass to try and make it all work.

Elon still won’t let you suck his dick.

Woof, halfway through.  The end can’t come any quicker.

“How has it taken this long for an HBO series to figure out how to light night scenes without making us question our eyesight?”

GOT s8 called. I didn’t answer. If it’s important they will leave a message... or send a raven.

Because we needed one more trope in here! The one-eyed polar bear demands it!

I don’t understand the discrepancy between the official critics and the people watching. Is it the benefit of the doubt because of HBO? Because of the name True Detective? Because of the all female team? I mean I want to give it the benefit of the doubt because of True Detective, but I can’t help agreeing with some of…

Am I crazy- how come none of these detectives (or anyone else) brought up the right, and only question to ask? “Who melted a 6' x 6' hole in 4ft of frozen ice in the middle of nowhere to put in the bodies, and left no clues on how they did it. The enormity of that task- the number of people, the co-ordination, the…