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gameofthunder66 · 1 year ago
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True Detective (2014- ) tv series
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-(finished) watchin' Season 3- 1/13/2024- 4 stars- on Max
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cheeseanonioncrisps · 1 year ago
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A murder mystery film set in a medieval village. After an outbreak of plague, the villagers make the decision to shut their borders so as to protect the disease from spreading (see the real life case of the village of Eyam). As the disease decimates the population, however, some bodies start showing up that very obviously were not killed by plague.
Since nobody has been in or out since the outbreak began, the killer has to be somebody in the local community.
The village constable (who is essentially just Some Guy, because being a medieval constable was a bit like getting jury duty, if jury duty gave you the power to arrest people) struggles to investigate the crime without exposing himself to the disease, and to maintain order as the plague-stricken villagers begin to turn on each other.
The killer strikes repeatedly, seemingly taking advantage of the empty streets and forced isolation to strike without witnesses. As with any other murder mystery, the audience is given exactly the same information to solve the crime as the detective.
Except, that is, whenever another character is killed, at which point we cut to the present day where said character's remains are being carefully examined by a team of modern archaeologists and historians who are also trying to figure out why so many of the people in this plague-pit died from blunt force trauma.
The archaeologists and historians, btw, are real experts who haven't been allowed to read the script. The filmmakers just give them a model of the victim's remains, along with some artefacts, and they have to treat it like a real case and give their real opinion on how they think this person died.
We then cut back to the past, where the constable is trying to do the same thing. Unlike the archaeologists, he doesn't have the advantage of modern tech and medical knowledge to examine the body, but he does have a more complete crime scene (since certain clues obviously wouldn't survive to be dug up in the modern day) and personal knowledge from having probably known the victim.
The audience then gets a more complete picture than either group, and an insight into both the strengths and limits of modern archaeology, explaining what we can and can't learn from studying a person's remains.
At the end of the film, after the killer is revealed and the main plot is resolved, we then get to see the archaeologists get shown the actual scenes where their 'victims' were killed, so they can see how well their conclusions match up with what 'really' happened.
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detectivejay · 7 months ago
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Time for a new poll! I'm curious to see the spread of answers on this one (and hear any other series not on the list.) Tried to go for a range of older and newer series on here, more on the older end of the spectrum, but I can't cover everything with the limited poll options here, so I hope you'll share your answers! :)
Please reblog for a larger sample size, thank you!
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skipppppy · 8 months ago
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shoutout to gay detectives and their husbands across history
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thankstothe · 5 months ago
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eat him alive <3
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notrandtumblin · 10 months ago
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downbaddetective · 6 months ago
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I kinda love that, in general, as a fandom, we collectively don't know what to do with Kashi. Like, we looked at him, said, "I love him," and then just sort of moved on. We don't know what to do with the well-adjusted man in the fish, he has no trauma. We can't work under these conditions!?
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depressed-froggo-sillies · 1 month ago
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I messed up but. that’s okay.
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wizard-loving-wizard · 2 months ago
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i really appreciate aabria giving K some people to ship just for fun. probably not plot relevant. just cause it would make erika happy :) delivering some enrichment directly to our enclosure
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driveintheaterofthemind · 5 months ago
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Scooby Gang
Art by Lee Gatlin
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gameofthunder66 · 1 year ago
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True Detective (2014- ) tv series
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-(started) watching Season 4- 1/21/2024- on Max
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netflix · 9 months ago
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The Dead Boy Detectives are here to solve the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.
Based on the beloved comic series from Neil Gaiman, Dead Boy Detectives is now Playing on Netflix.
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detectivejay · 3 months ago
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It's been a little while since I've made a poll, so I'm going to shake off the dust with a simpler question (although choosing an answer to this one is probably anything but simple for mystery fans.)
This is mostly oriented towards live action mystery/crime TV series, I'll probably do a later poll for animated shows or anime.
I can't possibly fit every series worth a shoutout in the 12 options Tumblr allows per poll, so please let me know your favorites in the tags and comments if it's not listed here. :)
Please reblog for a larger sample size, thank you!
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fluffyartbl0g · 1 year ago
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Everytime I go into the Zosopp tag, I just see people SCREAMING CRYING SOBBING about the lack of posts IN the Zosopp tag. THE ZOSOPP ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES
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missfisherandjack · 6 months ago
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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 1x04 Death At Victoria Dock
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quirinah · 4 months ago
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magic kaito is a very fun series
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