Obama???s Weekend in Sunnylands, With Lots of TV
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
FEB. 12, 2014
WASHINGTON ??? President Obama has added an item to his agenda for Presidents??? Day weekend:
The leader of the free world is looking forward to binge-watching DVDs of his latest favorite television show: HBO???s edgy new ???True Detective??? series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Mr. Obama made a point of approaching HBO???s chief executive, Richard Plepler, at the state dinner for France on Tuesday night.
???Where is my True Detective and Game of Thrones???? Mr. Obama asked Mr. Plepler as he told him that the coming weekend would be a good time to have the DVDs.
That Mr. Obama is a fan of ???True Detective??? should come as no surprise. He is known to favor dark dramas like AMC???s ???Breaking Bad??? and HBO???s ???The Wire.??? Those are now off the air, and the president evidently needed to find a replacement.
In ???True Detective,??? Mr. McConaughey and Mr. Harrelson play investigators hunting for a serial killer in Louisiana. The series, which began last month, has a complex plot that unfolds in multiple timelines and flashbacks.
???Game of Thrones,??? soon to start its fourth season, depicts medieval battles in George R. R. Martin???s fictitious Seven Kingdoms.
After his conversation, Mr. Obama waved over one of his aides to make sure that Mr. Plepler knew where to send the DVDs to ensure they would make it through White House security and end up in the president???s hands.
Mr. Obama is scheduled to leave on Friday morning for a three-day trip to Sunnylands, the historic Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
So do Presidents treat President's Day like fathers treat Father's Day? Just do whatever you want, because fuck it, it's President's Day and I earned this?
Well, if y'all want to get technical it's no-apostrophe Presidents Day, a federal holiday that combined the celebrations of Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays into one. It ain't about Obama! And and and, to broaden this TV thread out to House of Cards, President Garrett Walker has to be the flimsiest prez ever, making you really question the credibility of anything at all on that show.
Well, if y'all want to get technical it's no-apostrophe Presidents Day, a federal holiday that combined the celebrations of Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays into one. It ain't about Obama! And and and, to broaden this TV thread out to House of Cards, President Garrett Walker has to be the flimsiest prez ever, making you really question the credibility of anything at all on that show.
Still: veteran cop, on the trail of a sicko ritual killer, searching his freaky redneck compound....I'm just saying maybe he shoulda been a little more mentally prepared for what he encountered...which wasn't *that* shocking IMO.
But...
He thinks this is THE dude. A crazy hunt reveals the dude they're looking for, they've got him, but he's not just responsible for ritual killings of prostitutes, he's abusing children...
In the moment reaction, "fuck this dude, we're not even bringing him in. This shit ends now." I mean this is all on top of them already breaking a whole string of protocol. lm with you that it's kind of like "but why! There's more to learn." Also, dude was rambling the kind of insane mumbo jumbo that Hart gets upset about Rust saying.
Who is the dude with the scars who made the little girl watch? Who has scars?
The travelling church women told Woody about the tall man with the shiny face (burn scar) = Reggoe Ledoux?
The guy who's head got blown off by woody was tall but i couldn't make out a burn scar cause of his beard. Will watch again.
Who is the dude with the scars who made the little girl watch? Who has scars?
The travelling church women told Woody about the tall man with the shiny face (burn scar) = Reggoe Ledoux?
The guy who's head got blown off by woody was tall but i couldn't make out a burn scar cause of his beard. Will watch again.
It's not Ledoux, I think we know that.
You know who's tall? The Governor's cousin, the Pastor.
pastor to nab woody's goth daughter, rust to nearly save day
nah...that would be public news by the time they are interviewed right? And that wouldn't explain current murder case new detectives are working on...
My current train of thought is I'm thinking this is going to be on some Skull & Bones type stuff -- mega high-ups (politicians, business dudes, religious folk, etc.) that do some weird Satanic schitt on the side. And as a result the ability to "nab" them is impeded by authority.
pastor to nab woody's goth daughter, rust to nearly save day
nah...that would be public news by the time they are interviewed right? And that wouldn't explain current murder case new detectives are working on...
My current train of thought is I'm thinking this is going to be on some Skull & Bones type stuff -- mega high-ups (politicians, business dudes, religious folk, etc.) that do some weird Satanic schitt on the side. And as a result the ability to "nab" them is impeded by authority.
If you follow the logic that this show was inspired/influenced by the Red Riding Trilogy, this is the correct answer. Hope that's not spoiling it for anyone but all signs would indicate......
Am I to gather from this that the Red Riding trilogy was broadcast by BBC America stateside, then? It was an indie production that got its first run on Channel 4 in the UK.
i meant to reply to this a while back but forgot:
"BBC" is the stateside disambiguation given to anything that originally aired in england. the fact that most of these shows are ACTUALLY aired on channel 4 is of very little concern to our american friends.
Am I to gather from this that the Red Riding trilogy was broadcast by BBC America stateside, then? It was an indie production that got its first run on Channel 4 in the UK.
i meant to reply to this a while back but forgot:
"BBC" is the stateside disambiguation given to anything that originally aired in england. the fact that most of these shows are ACTUALLY aired on channel 4 is of very little concern to our american friends.
^said while xeroxing and drinking some coke that's really a Pepsi
Am I to gather from this that the Red Riding trilogy was broadcast by BBC America stateside, then? It was an indie production that got its first run on Channel 4 in the UK.
i meant to reply to this a while back but forgot:
"BBC" is the stateside disambiguation given to anything that originally aired in england. the fact that most of these shows are ACTUALLY aired on channel 4 is of very little concern to our american friends.
^said while xeroxing and drinking some coke that's really a Pepsi
I rewatched the opening shot of episode 1 and it looks like one person carrying a bag. Earlier in the thread someone said two people. Anyone with a hi def tv able to tell what is going on in the long shot of the field burning? Has someone on the internet CSI'ed that shit with some freeze frame lighting adjustment clarification business?
I rewatched the opening shot of episode 1 and it looks like one person carrying a bag. Earlier in the thread someone said two people. Anyone with a hi def tv able to tell what is going on in the long shot of the field burning? Has someone on the internet CSI'ed that shit with some freeze frame lighting adjustment clarification business?
considering it's highlighted a multitude of times in the opening intro as well as throughout the various episodes, there will be a showdown at the refinery of bliblical *cough* proportions.
There are so many clues, leads, red herrings, rabbit holes and smokescreens that I'm going to be disappointed if the master killer turns out to be Cohle or even the (Prime) Minister (Sinister). So I'm going to throw this out and say the Yellow King is the one and only Lawnmower Man, who we briefly meet when the detectives check out the Tuttle school for the first time.
Lawn mower man is plausible. He said he works at various Tuttle sites. Maybe were being led to believe it's the Tuttle ministries, but it's really the lawnmower man.
"2. Martin Hart
Tow-headed (the blonde/yellow king), alcoholic, and with a daughter who shows signs (see: drawings, dolls) of being introduced to sexual content at an early age, Hart blows Reggie Ledoux away rather than run the risk of his true identity becoming known. His mention in episode five of having gone hunting once is interesting specifically for his mention of having bagged a ten-point buck, the same number of points that matches Dora Lange's crown. (And, as mentioned above, he drew Cohle away from the Tuttle school that first time.)"
Not a bad explanation for why he offs LeDoux. But it raises the Q in my mind: had LeDoux seen him? That day on the property that is? If so, LeDoux likely would have said something. But I recall Hart shooting LeDoux from behind upon emerging from the house, and he was on the other side of the building when Rust first cuffed him and led him out, right?
Marty was the one who pointed the gun and cuffed him though.
Ledoux was sort of like "fuck you" until he saw Rust pointing a second fun at him from outside. Then he put his hands up. Was that a "fuck, I'm cornered?" Or a "fuck, it's that dude Crash!"
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By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
FEB. 12, 2014
WASHINGTON ??? President Obama has added an item to his agenda for Presidents??? Day weekend:
The leader of the free world is looking forward to binge-watching DVDs of his latest favorite television show: HBO???s edgy new ???True Detective??? series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Mr. Obama made a point of approaching HBO???s chief executive, Richard Plepler, at the state dinner for France on Tuesday night.
???Where is my True Detective and Game of Thrones???? Mr. Obama asked Mr. Plepler as he told him that the coming weekend would be a good time to have the DVDs.
That Mr. Obama is a fan of ???True Detective??? should come as no surprise. He is known to favor dark dramas like AMC???s ???Breaking Bad??? and HBO???s ???The Wire.??? Those are now off the air, and the president evidently needed to find a replacement.
In ???True Detective,??? Mr. McConaughey and Mr. Harrelson play investigators hunting for a serial killer in Louisiana. The series, which began last month, has a complex plot that unfolds in multiple timelines and flashbacks.
???Game of Thrones,??? soon to start its fourth season, depicts medieval battles in George R. R. Martin???s fictitious Seven Kingdoms.
After his conversation, Mr. Obama waved over one of his aides to make sure that Mr. Plepler knew where to send the DVDs to ensure they would make it through White House security and end up in the president???s hands.
Mr. Obama is scheduled to leave on Friday morning for a three-day trip to Sunnylands, the historic Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/us/politics/obamas-weekend-in-sunnylands-with-lots-of-tv.html?ref=politics&_r=0
must be president's day every day in Pakistan and Yemen then.
ZING
I think he's decently-cast actually.
But...
He thinks this is THE dude. A crazy hunt reveals the dude they're looking for, they've got him, but he's not just responsible for ritual killings of prostitutes, he's abusing children...
In the moment reaction, "fuck this dude, we're not even bringing him in. This shit ends now." I mean this is all on top of them already breaking a whole string of protocol. lm with you that it's kind of like "but why! There's more to learn." Also, dude was rambling the kind of insane mumbo jumbo that Hart gets upset about Rust saying.
The travelling church women told Woody about the tall man with the shiny face (burn scar) = Reggoe Ledoux?
The guy who's head got blown off by woody was tall but i couldn't make out a burn scar cause of his beard. Will watch again.
It's not Ledoux, I think we know that.
You know who's tall? The Governor's cousin, the Pastor.
pastor to nab woody's goth daughter, rust to nearly save day
nah...that would be public news by the time they are interviewed right? And that wouldn't explain current murder case new detectives are working on...
My current train of thought is I'm thinking this is going to be on some Skull & Bones type stuff -- mega high-ups (politicians, business dudes, religious folk, etc.) that do some weird Satanic schitt on the side. And as a result the ability to "nab" them is impeded by authority.
If you follow the logic that this show was inspired/influenced by the Red Riding Trilogy, this is the correct answer. Hope that's not spoiling it for anyone but all signs would indicate......
Archbishop Roark (Rutger Hauer IIRC) was true cannibaaal, and the Senator's brother.
i meant to reply to this a while back but forgot:
"BBC" is the stateside disambiguation given to anything that originally aired in england. the fact that most of these shows are ACTUALLY aired on channel 4 is of very little concern to our american friends.
^said while xeroxing and drinking some coke that's really a Pepsi
boo hoo! pass the kleenex???. i cant hear the H8r's, no need for q-tips???. #funwithproprietaryeponyms
I rewatched the opening shot of episode 1 and it looks like one person carrying a bag. Earlier in the thread someone said two people. Anyone with a hi def tv able to tell what is going on in the long shot of the field burning? Has someone on the internet CSI'ed that shit with some freeze frame lighting adjustment clarification business?
considering it's highlighted a multitude of times in the opening intro as well as throughout the various episodes, there will be a showdown at the refinery of bliblical *cough* proportions.
PARTY AT THE MOON TOWER
btw
HBO's True Detective - Main Title Sequence from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.
I love this shot.
Also - sheriff and his antler collection in on it, too?
sam edelman's. not loubs. faux fancy implications.
This is a pretty good list of suspects.
http://www.vulture.com/2014/02/true-detective-who-is-the-yellow-king.html
"2. Martin Hart
Tow-headed (the blonde/yellow king), alcoholic, and with a daughter who shows signs (see: drawings, dolls) of being introduced to sexual content at an early age, Hart blows Reggie Ledoux away rather than run the risk of his true identity becoming known. His mention in episode five of having gone hunting once is interesting specifically for his mention of having bagged a ten-point buck, the same number of points that matches Dora Lange's crown. (And, as mentioned above, he drew Cohle away from the Tuttle school that first time.)"
Not a bad explanation for why he offs LeDoux. But it raises the Q in my mind: had LeDoux seen him? That day on the property that is? If so, LeDoux likely would have said something. But I recall Hart shooting LeDoux from behind upon emerging from the house, and he was on the other side of the building when Rust first cuffed him and led him out, right?
Ledoux was sort of like "fuck you" until he saw Rust pointing a second fun at him from outside. Then he put his hands up. Was that a "fuck, I'm cornered?" Or a "fuck, it's that dude Crash!"