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keyframe posted:Is it accurate to say this is the most violent tv show ever made? It's up there, probably the most violent when it comes to modern/realistic. Rome and Spartacus are rather graphic.
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Right after I posted that I watched the season 3 episode where Vic pushes a bong halfway into the throat of some guy and then that guy rapes Asaveda I was having lunch too 
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Feb 25, 2011 21:57
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Just started season 6 and Kavanaugh is still pissing me off... He's not doing anything worse than Vic has ever done (framing a murderer for a crime he didn't comit, just to get him off the street), but for some reason it makes me so much angrier... Probably just the connection that's been built with Vic for the last 5 seasons. But yeah if Kavanaugh, Shane and Vic all killed each other similtaneously I'd be okay with it.
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Feb 26, 2011 05:11
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It could also be the fact that Kavanaugh is a creepy fucker. There's something about him, his mannerisms maybe, that is repulsive without him needing to do much to back it up. At least for me. 
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Feb 26, 2011 05:16
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when worlds collide posted:It could also be the fact that Kavanaugh is a creepy fucker. There's something about him, his mannerisms maybe, that is repulsive without him needing to do much to back it up. At least for me. Watch him in Last King of Scotland. He is amazing in that and he is full on crazy. Would you like some gum?
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Feb 26, 2011 05:17
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bobkatt013 posted:Watch him in Last King of Scotland. He is amazing in that and he is full on crazy. Would you like some gum? I haven't seen that, but it's been on my 'to watch' list. He almost makes my skin crawl, and that's talent. I've seen Ghost Dog but I don't remember it having any sort of effect on me other than 'well this moves kind of slow'. I gotta wonder what the dude's like in real life.
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Feb 26, 2011 05:59
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when worlds collide posted:It could also be the fact that Kavanaugh is a creepy fucker. There's something about him, his mannerisms maybe, that is repulsive without him needing to do much to back it up. At least for me. Yes, definitely. He seems so untrustworthy that it's almost a charicature. Just watched s6e2 and was very pleased with the turn of events. I wonder how long until Shane cracks one way or another...
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Feb 26, 2011 06:12
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ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? DETECTIVE MACKEY?
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Feb 26, 2011 21:50
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I have to say, the ending of Season 5 should go down as one of the most pivotal scenes in TV history. I couldn't breathe through that entire sequence. Once you realize what is going to happen your just transfixed. The only thing that really comes close is the last scene of Breaking Bad season 3.
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Feb 27, 2011 03:49
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keyframe posted:Right after I posted that I watched the season 3 episode where Vic pushes a bong halfway into the throat of some guy and then that guy rapes Asaveda Enjoy seeing this in every "Previously on The Shield" from that episode until... well you'll see. HE MADE YOU..SUCK??? 
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Feb 27, 2011 22:28
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while the last scene in season 5 deserve gets a lot of praise here, i gotta say i think i may prefer a scene in the later half of season 7, specifically the scene where the guy shane hired to kill ronnie cracks during the interrogation. youve seen them barely get away with that kind of stuff so often before which makes the scene where one of them doesnt all the more exciting and intense.
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Feb 27, 2011 22:55
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It never occurred to me how dumb this was when I originally watched it but in season 6 Julian goes from training officer to detective in 1 episode.
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Feb 28, 2011 02:46
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Just wondering, how does this show end? IE like with a whimper or with a bang? I'm still in season 5, I'm just wondering.
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Feb 28, 2011 02:59
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IRQ posted:Just wondering, how does this show end? IE like with a whimper or with a bang? Bang
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Feb 28, 2011 03:04
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IRQ posted:Just wondering, how does this show end? IE like with a whimper or with a bang? 
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Feb 28, 2011 03:13
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IRQ posted:Just wondering, how does this show end? IE like with a whimper or with a bang? The final season is one last huge hurrah to the series. Really, one of the best finale seasons I've ever seen.
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Feb 28, 2011 04:30
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keyframe posted:Right after I posted that I watched the season 3 episode where Vic pushes a bong halfway into the throat of some guy and then that guy rapes Asaveda Just now finished watching that episode. Holy poo poo.
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Feb 28, 2011 05:54
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IRQ posted:Just wondering, how does this show end? IE like with a whimper or with a bang? The final 5 episodes you have developments in the characters & series status quo that a lesser show would have saved for a 2 hour series finale.
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Feb 28, 2011 08:41
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IRQ posted:Just wondering, how does this show end? IE like with a whimper or with a bang? It goes out with a KABOOM. It's seriously at the top of best series finales ever. There's no Sopranos debate about whether it was great or not, no BSG WTF moment, no Lost out of left-field weirdness, and it's more than just a closing montage (great as it might be) like SFU or The Wire. The writers knew well in advance how they were going to end things and how much time they had to do so, and it shows.
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Feb 28, 2011 22:53
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Ratatozsk posted:The writers knew well in advance how they were going to end things and how much time they had to do so, and it shows. I mean, they knew some of the broadstrokes, but even those weren't planned out very far. I think Shawn Ryan said in an interview going into the final season that he was reasonably sure how a few characters and plots would ultimately end up, but by and large they didn't know what was going to happen much more than 4 episodes ahead of where they were writing. I think it gave them enough flexibility to see how their stories are playing out on screen before they were even finished coming up with the arc. I think there are two great side-effects of this style: 1) their ability to weave A-plots (arcing over a season) with B and C plots (plots that last 1-3 episodes or are intermittent), and 2) it's hard to accurately predict what will happen next, since things can always play out in a variety of ways, which really ratchets up the tension.
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Season 6 is soooo loving good. Ep 3 "Back to One" is some kind of amazing. It has The end of Kavanaugh Dutch, Billings and Ronnie teaming up Ronnie being a badass without even trying Billings being a badass motherfucking CHANG from Community shows up for like 5 seconds Vic beating Guardo with a goddamn heavy link chain This season is so emotional too, after this episode Vic runs into that crew of one niners trying to jump out and are getting killed on the street so he tries to save the last few. One niners offer a truce if Vic and his guys give up the defactors' ringleader, Vic tries to save him, fails, has a break down while sobbing Lem's name, then goes absolutely berserk in the hospital waiting room. Before Kavanaugh showed up, the show was pretty much just trashy fun, but once Forest Whitaker hopped on, the show jumped up to this whole other level.
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  Season 7 Episode 12 done. That episode was amazing. I thought Vic was getting set up by the feds to confess so they could arrest him... I didn't think he'd really get full immunity. I'm considering skipping this afternoon's class to see whats gonna happen... This is going to be a hell of a finale one way or another.
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HOLY poo poo! Just finished the show and I really can't believe what I just watched. The ending was so perfect, having Vic survive it all, having to live for the rest of his life knowing that he'd destroyed, betrayed, and ruined everyone who had ever trusted or loved him, was the best fate for him. My favorite bit was how Ronnie got dragged out. We had seven seasons of him being the rock of the team, never losing control and always having Vic's back no matter what, only to be betrayed and thrown to the dogs. Seeing those years of pent up anger and betrayal come out all at once was awesome.
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It's great to read reactions from people just starting or ending the series because it is an awesome ride. What a show.
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Gangringo posted:HOLY poo poo! Just finished the show and I really can't believe what I just watched. The ending was so perfect, having Vic survive it all, having to live for the rest of his life knowing that he'd destroyed, betrayed, and ruined everyone who had ever trusted or loved him, was the best fate for him. My favorite bit was how Ronnie got dragged out. We had seven seasons of him being the rock of the team, never losing control and always having Vic's back no matter what, only to be betrayed and thrown to the dogs. Seeing those years of pent up anger and betrayal come out all at once was awesome. I just finished the other day, too. It's hard to feel good about the ending but it was definitely a good ending, if that makes sense -- The entire strike team is either dead or in jail (vic would probably have more fun in jail), Corrine and the kids are gone, never to see vic again. Shane's family is dead. Claudette is dying, and Dutch's worst suspicions about the world turn out to be true... Some discussion about earlier in the show: What'd you guys think Dutch was feeling when he killed the cat in his yard? Do you think he was just too curious about what it felt like to kill something, and felt he needed to do it to be a better detective; or, do you think he actually has a "killer instinct" himself?
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Just started S4. The New captain situation and the Strike Team being split up are kind of hard to get used to. Dying to see where it's going though.
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Drewsky posted:Just started S4. The New captain situation and the Strike Team being split up are kind of hard to get used to. Dying to see where it's going though. I didn't like that, it felt wrong for the Strike Team to be split up.
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Drewsky posted:Just started S4. The New captain situation and the Strike Team being split up are kind of hard to get used to. Dying to see where it's going though. I felt that way too, but season 4 quickly became totally loving awesome to me. I hope this show makes its way to Netflix Canada soon. Is it on in the US?
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Drewsky posted:Just started S4. The New captain situation and the Strike Team being split up are kind of hard to get used to. Dying to see where it's going though. It's going to be tough to watch Anthony Anderson in any comedy after you finish S4.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I felt that way too, but season 4 quickly became totally loving awesome to me. Nope. Season 5 and 6 (I think) were on for a while, but then they were taken down and I haven't heard anything else. I wish the whole series would go up, it would make running through this series a lot easier.
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I always thought he was too horrified with himself to even rationally digest it. It was the only real violent act we've seen or even suppose he committed. I think realized he's capable of murder but is too much of a good person to do anything about it. Also don't worry about Dutch's world view, there's a reason why the actors wife was cast as the attorney that gave him her number at the end. SneakySneaks fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Mar 7, 2011 |
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SneakySneaks posted:I always thought he was too horrified with himself to even rationally digest it. It was the only real violent act we've seen or even suppose he committed. I think realized he's capable of murder but is too much of a good person to do anything about it. Also don't worry about Dutch's world view, there's a reason why the actors wife was cast as the attorney that gave him her number at the end. I saw it as him desperately wanting to understand why a murderer does what he does. Dutch fancies himself the best detective in the barn in most ways, and he's the go to guy for profiling and the like, but he could just not get through to the serial killer. In fact the serial killer straight up told him, "You can't help me." in effect telling him he didn't understand him.
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Wartime Consigliere posted:I didn't like that, it felt wrong for the Strike Team to be split up. I've always thought the Strike Team were the least interesting characters on the show, so I didn't mind that they were trying different things with them. Julian's character arc in S4 is a complete bust, though, it seemed pretty obvious that the writers had no clue what to do with him at that point.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:I've always thought the Strike Team were the least interesting characters on the show, so I didn't mind that they were trying different things with them. I didn't mind the trying different things aspect, but they were like the Beatles, and Mara Yoko Ono'd them.
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Wartime Consigliere posted:I didn't mind the trying different things aspect, but they were like the Beatles, and Mara Yoko Ono'd them. I thought that, but I think that's what you're supposed to feel. Besides, without Mara (near-ending spoilers) that double homicide-suicide ending wouldn't have happened. That was perfect in an absolutely horrible and depressing way.
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Mar 7, 2011 21:20
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And after the way S3 ended, I'm kinda shocked some people expected the team to stay together at the start of S4.
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Wartime Consigliere posted:I didn't mind the trying different things aspect, but they were like the Beatles, and Mara Yoko Ono'd them. Yeah, only difference is Mackey is definitely Lennon to Shane's McCartney.
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Drewsky posted:Yeah, only difference is Mackey is definitely Lennon to Shane's McCartney. Furthering this, I guess Lem would be George, and Ronnie is Ringo? Aceveda is definitely no George Martin.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Furthering this, I guess Lem would be George, and Ronnie is Ringo? Who is Pete Best, Tavon or Terry?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I thought that, but I think that's what you're supposed to feel. Besides, without Mara (near-ending spoilers) that double homicide-suicide ending wouldn't have happened. That was perfect in an absolutely horrible and depressing way. Mara pissed me off more than any other character on the show. All the enjoyment I felt to see Mara the oval office dead was negated by seeing that they poisoned Jackson, too & he's lying there holding his fire truck. You want to talk about "Jesus Christ..."
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