"Unlike Serial, The Jinx totally fucking delivered; will it matter?"
Anyone else totally impressed with and obsessed with this HBO documentary series? I'm sure you all have seen one of the many headlines written about what happened in the finale; my question is who thinks this is enough to actually get the man in jail? To be honest the self-defense case in Galveston sounded shakier to me than what he can do for this one:
Say he showed up to the house, saw she was dead, panicked and fled (similar to his argument for the Galveston case and the re-opening of the New York case) due to the suspicions surrounding him in the media, wrote the letter to cover for his friend, and the audio captured in the bathroom was merely him wandering through what he expects the film to conclude based on his actions during that final interview, not a 'confession'.
I don't see him getting charged for this unless the Los Angeles police can actually put him in the city at the time of the murder or have a murder weapon.
The weird thing is I kind of like the guy, he's funny to me.
1. "I haven't actually watched much of the show yet" In response to Reply # 0
but I'm familiar with the story, I think the best word for him is captivating.
it's so bizarre, like, even if just what he's accused of is true, it STILL barely makes any sense, so his nonsense explanations are almost believable. more than that, his way of being, and his motivations seem completely disconnected from what you'd expect. it's just a crazy story
5. "Was anyone else over bothered by his lying-blinking?" In response to Reply # 0
Everytime dude lied he blinked hard as shit. Once he blinked so hard his whole body shuddered.
Then the cough-burp-retch thing he did when the director presented him with the matching envelopes. Dude is guilty as hell.
I don't see how any of yall like him. Dude screams creepster. And he killed SEVEN dogs to practice disposing of his wife's body. Fuck that dude. I hope they put him under the jail.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Green Mile is a movie where the magical black man wrongly dies and the white man who let it happen lives forever.
7. "that was part of what made the show so interesting." In response to Reply # 5
he would say something totally absurd, and then do some blink so hard his head cocked back on his shoulders, and it's like, he realizes how wild what he just said was, right?
Overall I saw some psycopathic movie character charm to a lot of what he said, but what really disturbed me was during the Galveston trial footage he kept referring to his friend's body as "it". Never "Morris" or "my friend", just "it".
MrThomas43423 Member since Jul 03rd 2002 67613 posts
Mon Mar-16-15 12:49 PM
8. "i don't even think it was lying blinking....he was blinking the whole ti..." In response to Reply # 5
and i guess if you blink absurdly no matter what you say, no one will be able to detect the blinking you do when you're lying. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
10. "The Jinx has been criminally slept on" In response to Reply # 0
I was hooked from the jump and was in shock that nobody else really was messing w/ it like that.
After last night's finale, and the subsequent arrest of Durst, this has been the single most extraordinary and bizarre piece of television I've ever experienced.
11. "It's the TV version of serial except with a more satisfying ending" In response to Reply # 10
I'd love to see more series within the same vein of deeply explored true crime. I know there is True TV and A&E but they don't have the same quality of investigative work... Maybe they will learn a thing or two from the success of jinx and serial. Cause while jinx HAS been commercially slept on it is critically acclaimed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Green Mile is a movie where the magical black man wrongly dies and the white man who let it happen lives forever.
>After last night's finale, and the subsequent arrest of Durst, >this >has been the single most extraordinary and bizarre piece of >television >I've ever experienced.
i was watching it like i can't believe this is happening. i saw the movie with Ryan Gosling and Kristen Durst, so i was familiar with the story. when i saw the movie i was like there's no way this is real, but i researched it and was amazed.
and then to watch it all unfold. to know he did it. to see him be pompous about not getting caught. THEN...to get backed into a corner, during the interview and THEN go to the bathroom with the mic on and admit everything was seriously incredible to watch. we got six episodes of a man indicting himself. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
16. "Robert Durst is a genius..." In response to Reply # 0
no way around it, he probably has a ridiculously high IG and because he's so smart and has so much money, he has no cares in the world. He's just lying to be lying left and right, he does little things to get caught to show people he's smart and has no fear in him.
he's an intelligent sociopath.
He really should still be in jail for killing his neighbor. He chopped dude up...not just killed him but dismembered him but he out here walking the streets like it's nothing.
proof that money can buy you anything.
the recording from the bathroom most likely won't be used in court. the only evidence they have is the envelop letter
21. "good thing i don't care about you taking me or anyone else here " In response to Reply # 20
seriously. I don't post here or anywhere else for yours or anyone else's approval. Shocking how my own opinion and assessment of a man causes such a reaction in you. Probably because your dumb ass is offended that someone who is a murderer is held in higher intellectual regards than you.
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