The Shield and Sons of Anarchy and other FX programs

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RonPerlman

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I'm especially excited for the final season of the Shield. The Sons of Anarchy series looks good because I star in it as the sage mentor biker gang guy.
 
The Shield is awesome. Vic Mackey is one of the best characters in television history. I haven't seen a trailer for Sons of Anarchy but I've heard it looks rad.

I caught the first few episodes of Damages and really enjoyed it but my schedule is so hectic that I have to catch up with most television on DVD. Haven't checked out the rest of the first season yet.
 
Malky said:
The Shield is awesome. Vic Mackey is one of the best characters in television history. I haven't seen a trailer for Sons of Anarchy but I've heard it looks rad.

I caught the first few episodes of Damages and really enjoyed it but my schedule is so hectic that I have to catch up with most television on DVD. Haven't checked out the rest of the first season yet.
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You should continue watching Damages. It gets even better as the season goes on.
 
I've always been a big Dennis Leary fan so I love me some Rescue Me. Once you get past the severe dysfunction on one side and the lionization of them as heroes on the other side, it's a very human story.
It's funny as all hell too.
I guess there won't be new episodes until April '09 becasue of the writer's strike though. :(
 
Rescue Me started out well but it's turned into too much of a soap opera recently.
 
Malky said:
Rescue Me started out well but it's turned into too much of a soap opera recently.
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I agree, but I still like to watch the show.


Sons of Anarchy - has some potential, but I wasn't really blown out of the water by the first show.
 
I like the Shield, but I think the show has been strung out too long. I agree that Rescue Me is too much soap opera. I can't watch it.

Missed Damages but I heard it was good. Hope its out on DVD.
 
They put up the pilot for Sons of Anarchy on Hulu.com. It's much better than I expected and the actors are top notch. The main guy could lose that stupid walk though.
 
totally unrelated, but i kinda fell in love with "scrubs". since im not normally watching sitcoms: are they all that good nowadays? and which ones would you recommend?
 
Sons of Anarchy has great potential, I started watching The Shield aboot 4 months ago and was hooked. Sure it has been stretched out but there isn't a cop show that can replace it.


horst said:
totally unrelated, but i kinda fell in love with "scrubs". since im not normally watching sitcoms: are they all that good nowadays? and which ones would you recommend?
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30 rock would be a great show to check out, if you enjoy BBC comedy check out The Mighty Boosh, How Not to Live Your Life, Saxondale.
 
horst said:
totally unrelated, but i kinda fell in love with "scrubs". since im not normally watching sitcoms: are they all that good nowadays? and which ones would you recommend?
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most sitcoms are shitty, here are some good ones:
it's always sunny in philadelphia (which is an fx program)
black books (british)
arrested development
spaced (british)
 
thanks man

forgot to mention it: shield is the shit. it gets you really hooked, great characters. and thats what i like about scrubs - in all its hilarity, the characters are funky. and, since i cannot always watch people kill each other (and my temp gf likes scrubs and HATES shield). ill take a look into the other "sitcoms". we both refrained from german tv, since it is horrible.

edit: generation kill doesnt live up to my expectations. characters are horrible. even black hawk down was better in that department (dont get me wrong, i really like that movie, but it sorely lacks in building up its characters)
 
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Sons of Anarchy - has some potential, but I wasn't really blown out of the water by the first show.
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I agree. It seemed kind of predictable.

As for the Shield- I liked the first few seasons better. [spoiler:30e2d05886] I think the mistake was to make Vic too likeable. Yes, he's a crooked cop but, hey, he's underpaid and has an autistic kid... make that 1 autistic and maybe another. Glenn Close and Forrest Whittaker were great, but in terms of story, I think the show began to slide when the plot dragged out after Lem's death when they should have wrapped it pretty quickly after that.[/spoiler:30e2d05886]
 
welsh, perhaps some spoiler alert before your post?. It would be a shame for someone to read that before even starting to watch the show and have it ruined.
 
spoiler tags rock

[spoiler:a3ce6558c0]ending of THE MIST[/spoiler:a3ce6558c0]

the protagonist shoots all survivors including his son when confronted with a seemingly desperate situation (car outta gas, still in the fog). when trying to shoot himself, the gun misfires; shortly after that, the tanks roll in and the mist clears up.

thx for spoiling shield, welsh!
 
horst said:
spoiler tags rock

[spoiler:be26d64849]ending of THE MIST[/spoiler:be26d64849]

the protagonist shoots all survivors including his son when confronted with a seemingly desperate situation (car outta gas, still in the fog). when trying to shoot himself, the gun misfires; shortly after that, the tanks roll in and the mist clears up.

thx for spoiling shield, welsh!
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Yeah, you're doing it wrong.
 
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