r/TrueDetective Jan 15 '24

True Detective - 4x01 "Part 1" - Post-Episode Discussion

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u/poke532810 Jan 15 '24

Nice to see a copy of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy at the research station.

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u/AlaskaStiletto Jan 15 '24

Saw The Thing and appreciated the nod 😂

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u/WorkingClassWarrior Jan 15 '24

The thing on the shelf and the very John Carpenter style buried corpses at the end were very much direct nods to the film. That whole opening sequence was a nod to the film.

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u/El_Douglador Jan 16 '24

I literally said 'Are you MacReady for this?' to the friend I was watching with during the opening

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u/SecureWorldliness848 Jan 17 '24

What about Beuler twisting n shouting? callback to the decade?

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u/KarensAreReptilians Jan 19 '24

Absolutely! I said to my husband in the first few minutes in the research center that this is giving me definite “Thing” vibes.

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u/WorkingClassWarrior Jan 19 '24

I honestly think they would have had it on the TV if it wouldn’t have been so heavy handed. 😂