This forum has something against True Detective. You guys should probably stick to the bing bang theory and stuff of that ilk.
I hate when people approach shows like True Detective as though you have to have a certain IQ to understand how lazy it is. I can recognize the full spectrum of high and low brow shit. Shit is shit. True Detective was shit. Big Bang Theory is shit. I watch both.
I think True Detective was going after a certain audience and Season 1 was great but the episodes were hard to understand and most people didn't get the overall point. They are going for the audience who wants gritty shiit, I think it was a bit gritty for people more than the clishe storylines at times. Season 2 was mehh but I wouldn't say shiit. How can a grown man watch Big Bang Theory? I don't get it honestly.. I just think true detective was marketed to a certain audience who doesn't get stuff made for them usually.
Ballers was stupid. I will say that Dwayne Johnson is quite likable. The only likable actor on the show and I would happily watch him in something of quality. Ballers was predictable, full of gratuitous nudity, full of stereotypical behavior by African Americans and worst of all it was billed as a comedy and had perhaps three funny scenes over ten episodes.
Season two of True Detective was terrible. I enjoyed season one. Never have watched Big Bang Theory. The best show this summer was Mr. Robot.
Its essentially the sports version of entourage, but not nearly as funny. Still enjoyed watching it as a summer show somewhat.
That was always obvious from even the promos. When I first heard about the show, I hoped it would be more Playmakers than Entourage. Then I saw a promo. I'm sure I laughed at the show, but I'm not sure it was because of the show's humor... of course I watched every episode (didn't see the movie).