I mean the police being dumbasses seem accurate lol. Though I imagine people would be livid if their families were gone.

Not seen it but my impression is some viewers are upset the new one seems to be hinting at supernatural stuff actually happening, rather than the "cosmic horror" of s1 being rust's broken self trying to make sense of depravity under late capitalism (ie hallucinatory, allegory)

it stars a lot of women, many of whom are indigenous, and is really about the plight of the native women in the area.

so basically misogyny

I've been enjoying it. I could maybe make some minor criticisms. Honestly, i hesitate to say anything definitive until I've seen the whole thing, because seeing the full thing might reverse those.

The loudest critisms seem to be a lot of misogyny. Like every detevtive in noir and on True Detective in particular is an asshole, but because they're women now people are flipping out. Also this season has a different show runner (who is also a women) and thst seems to be a problem for some people, including the old show runner who still gets an executive producer credit and profits off it, but feels compeled to complain himself

I'm not that far in, but while I'm overall enjoying it, it feel a bit less tight than seasons 1 and 3. I'm seeing more clique tropes (dude with a mail order bride? Really? In 2024?), scenes that go on a bit too long, and it's wearing its influence on its sleeve, literally they have a DVD of The Thing on a shelf in one shot. Also it's too early to call it but I think it's, unintentionally or not, gonna have a similar twist to the video game Penumbra (don't look up for spoilers). Oh yeah The Terror too.

The supernatural stuff being more blatant isn't inherently bad but I feel like it could easily go in a really stupid direction fast. Plus it does kind of clash with the themes of the previous seasons.

Some viewers dont like the writing, other viewers dont like the fact that its about a female version of Rust and are using the fact that others don't like the writing to shit all over it. They will complain about "pointless" scenes and point to the flashback where Navarro meets the midwife who is busy delivering a baby. Or they will complain its "trying til had to be political" because its touching on real world issues (as opposed to the other seasons apparently). Others just don't like the writing - The dialogue is kinda stilted.

Others are caught up in the mood of hating on New Thing and are now looking for flaws everywhere. These people are dense as fuck and will point out things as plotholes, despite those things being explained.

Jody foster is playing female McNulty and everybody loved McNulty.

Yeah I've seen people complain about Navarro's introduction trying "too hard" to make her badass by making her "too good" at fighting, having her fuck a lot and give no fucks.
Meanwhile Rust in season 1 was an undercover biker with insane combat skills and he fucked a lot and took no fucks, but that was fine because it made sense for the character or was realistic or whatever lol

idk but pretty sure one of the characters is Rust's son or nephew. Last name Cohle cant be coincidence.

Rusts dad is a ghost that leads rusts mom to a pile o' corpses.
The tuttles are now a megacorp financing icedrilling.
The weird spirally thingy is back everywhere.
It takes place in an Alaskan village in the period where rust says he was in Alaska.

The scientists found some weird bacteria or chemical that causes hallucinations, and now the mining company has drilled into the place where that thing is, and it is seeping into the water causing mass hallucinations.

that's my guess. my partner is like "NOOO IT'S MAGIC STOP NOOO"

All the seasons are completely seperate. Which is good because season 2 is like unwatchably bad according to everyone lol

season 1's philosophy content cribbed a lot from thomas ligotti but he didn't write a book called True Detective or anything

You literally see a DVD copy of The Thing in the first episode lol