true detective
I know this is an old post but I just finished it and this is a perfect analysis. My sentiments exactly except I found True Detective's ending unsatisfying which may raise "Hannibal" above it for me."Fargo" is better than "True Detective" IMO. Here's a few random thoughts....
1. There isn't a single stand out performance like Mcconaughey in "Fargo", but "TD" was basically a 2 man show, whereas "Fargo" focuses on a lot of characters and story arcs. So over all I'd say "Fargo" has better acting, but no single performance on the level of Rust Cohle. Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo is a GOAT level character though.
2. The 6 minute tracking shot in "TD". There isn't anything like that in "Fargo", but over all I'd put the cinematography in it above "TD". If you like nicely shot, concise cinematography, "TD" is for you. If you like showy cinematography ala "Breaking Bad", you'll prefer "Fargo".
3. "TD" is more a "enjoy the journey" type show, "Fargo" is a complete story that doesn't really leave any loose ends at all. "TD" isn't "Lost" or anything, but they leave quite a few pieces of the puzzle missing, to focus on character development.
4. "Hannibal" is the wild card here, because I can't put season 1 alongside "TD" or "Fargo", so that might scare people off from watching it. But season 2, and especially the finale, is easily on the level of either of those shows. And the season 2 finale of "Hannibal" is my #1 episode of TV for 2014 so far, #2 is episode 6 of "Fargo", and #3 is episode 4 of "TD".
Fred.
Agreed. Smh at people acting like season 1 was bad. There are a few middle episodes of Fargo that were worse than any ep of Hannibal.Hannibal is good from the jump. Season 2 is better, but it's not like season 1 was shytty.
The first five minutes of the series had me hooked.
Nah.Damn Hannibal is really that good. Cause True Detective and Fargo have capability to be on The Wire, Breaking Bad level.
Nah.
Its not even fair to compare them to BB or the Wire as they're both single season story shows.
Hannibal isHannibal over True Detective, but there is no reason to skip TD its only 8 episodes for the (in)complete story
Season 1 of Hannibal is great tv. fukk any other sentiment. Its not top tier though.
I tried to start Fargo yesterday but failed. Gonna start it this week.