A couple of weeks ago I shared an article from Vulture.com titled The Modern Noir Has Atrophied. Though it had some good points one of the main ones was how Season 2 of True Detective has disappointed.
Today Rolling Stone has come out with an article by Rob Sheffield about how great Season 3 of Ray Donovan is and how it has done modern noir right. Here is a link to the full article:
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/ray-donovan-how-to-get-l-a-noir-right-20150827
This is interesting because I have had a few discussions with noir fans talking about how bad season 2 of True Detective is and nobody is talking about Ray Donovan and how good it is. If you haven’t watched Ray Donovan I encourage you to do so. I agree with the above article, I almost stopped watching after Season 1 but fell in love with this show during Season 2 and Season 3 is amazing so far.
I have not seen Season 2 of True Detective yet and will hold judgement until I do, but I am not surprised that it has been a let down given Season 1 was so amazing! Here is a link to my review of Season 1:
https://everythingnoir.com/2015/04/23/re-watching-the-best-of-2014-true-detective-season-1/
Here is a link to the Vulture article I mentioned before:
https://everythingnoir.com/2015/08/11/article-the-modern-noir-has-atrophied/