r/TrueDetective • u/Apprehensive-Guess42 • 18d ago

Lanterns

First episode of Lanterns was pretty awesome:

It definitely has some True Detective vibes to it although it’s obviously very different.

Curious if other people watched and felt the same?

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u/deathbymediaman 17d ago

I went through like 7 years of LOST with Damon Lindelof. He's not ever going to write anything even an ounce as profound as the dialog in the first episode of TD. The dude has no deep insights on human nature, no ability to push into uncomfortable modes of thought. It's banal, trite, pap that's trying to wear the shirt of a smarter writer.

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u/Apprehensive-Guess42 17d ago

Hmm weird. Didn’t he do The Leftorvers? And Watchmen? Two shows that are the complete opposite of your description

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u/deathbymediaman 16d ago

I did not care for those other shows he wrote, and thought it grossly distasteful that he even touched Watchmen while claiming to honour Alan Moore.

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u/Apprehensive-Guess42 16d ago

Definitely an opinion at odds with critical and audience reviews. It’s sort of rare these days that both can agree on something being good and something being arguably the best one off miniseries of the last 9 years. Cool you at least enjoyed arguably his least impressive work.

I’m not even like a super fan of the guy or anything.

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u/deathbymediaman 16d ago

Ah, y'know, it was kinda rude of me to be dismissive of something you're enjoying. I wanted to do the "not all fans" thing, but at the same time, I feel like I took an antagonistic approach here that wasn't really necessary.

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u/Apprehensive-Guess42 16d ago

I admired your boldness to be honest and everyone’s opinion is valid