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MrBling posted:Season 1 has one of my favourite bits though. Vic locking T-Bone and Kern Little in a shipping container and telling them to sort out their differences. I can not believe that was the original Black Ranger.
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MrBling posted:Season 1 has one of my favourite bits though. Vic locking T-Bone and Kern Little in a shipping container and telling them to sort out their differences. Yeah, that was one of the few good moments from them. bobkatt013 posted:I can not believe that was the original Black Ranger.  mind = blown
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Jan 5, 2013 00:42
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In fairness, Kern Little (Sticky Fingaz) is also Blade, so having him fight a dude was a little unfair. edit: it was Rondell Robinson that was the black power ranger. Not T-Bone or Kern.
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MrBling posted:In fairness, Kern Little (Sticky Fingaz) is also Blade, so having him fight a dude was a little unfair. Oh I know. And he was the TV Blade. Doesn't count! Also, if anyone is in for a real nerve-wracking experience, look up a Sticky Fingaz video on Youtube. He legitimately plays Russian Roulette. He seems pretty wasted. But goddamn it is unnerving.
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Jan 5, 2013 01:08
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Well half an hour gone to Google and I can't find that season one gif of Vic running THROUGH the fence that would show how awesome season one can be.
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Remulak posted:Well half an hour gone to Google and I can't find that season one gif of Vic running THROUGH the fence that would show how awesome season one can be. which episode is it (and where abouts in the episode)? I could probably whip up a gif for you. edit: this? 
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Jan 5, 2013 01:16
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I'm having knee surgery done next week and with the recent activity in this thread, one of the things I plan on doing while healing up is binging through this series for like the 10th time.
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Jan 5, 2013 02:45
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escape artist posted:Oh I know. I love that Sticky was in the Shield and Fredro was in the Wire. Them Onyx dudes came up.
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ruddiger posted:I love that Sticky was in the Shield and Fredro was in the Wire. Them Onyx dudes came up. And they weren't your typical "rapper turned into terrible actor." Also like Method Man in the Wire, they were both excellent in their roles.
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Jan 5, 2013 03:31
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poo poo I need to watch this show, Sopranos, and Lost. drat all these good shows. As long as I dont have a family meeting
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Jan 5, 2013 04:36
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escape artist posted:And they weren't your typical "rapper turned into terrible actor." Also like Method Man in the Wire, they were both excellent in their roles. And like Marky Mark! No but seriously the famous quote from Mark Wahlberg that can easily apply to 95% of the other rappers: "When I sat down with her [Penny Marshall], I was like, 'Nah, I don't wanna act.' She goes, 'What do you mean? You're acting all the time, you're acting right now. You know, you're just acting like you're cool, you act like a tough guy. You know, take the pages. Go outside, look 'em over, and then come back in, and, and audition for one of the parts'." I always thought that was brilliant, and hilarious at the same time. Not to belittle the effort that it takes to actually be a really good actor, or the performances that these guys have given.
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bobkatt013 posted:poo poo I need to watch this show, Sopranos, and Lost. drat all these good shows. As long as I dont have a family meeting Since you said you haven't seen any of those shows... I don't know if your subtle allusion was intended or not. KettleWL posted:And like Marky Mark! I was thinking along the lines of Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, Ludacris, hell, Eminem... Very talented rappers whose talents do not transfer from the microphone to the silver screen. Marky Mark is different, wherein he's a terrible rapper, but a serviceable actor.
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I love Shield and think it's one of the best shows ever, but one thing doesn't sit right with me. The Terry Crowley killing. After watching the entirety of the show a thought occured to me - they didn't have to kill him. I mean, they could just... sideline him like Tavon, right? And by this act, they were established by the writers as horrible people, cops killing cops, and up until the very end, it was by far the worst poo poo they pulled. I just didn't believe that they'd do it.
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Tavon didn't really know anything, whereas Crowley was actively looking into their dodgy poo poo.
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machinegunmessiah posted:I love Shield and think it's one of the best shows ever, but one thing doesn't sit right with me. The Terry Crowley killing. After watching the entirety of the show a thought occured to me - they didn't have to kill him. I mean, they could just... sideline him like Tavon, right? And by this act, they were established by the writers as horrible people, cops killing cops, and up until the very end, it was by far the worst poo poo they pulled. I just didn't believe that they'd do it. Interestingly, when Shawn Ryan was asked if he changed anything what would it have been, and the only thing that came to mind was perhaps drawing out the struggle between Mackey and Crowly until killing him is the only option Vic sees about six episodes later instead. That said, it actually works pretty perfectly as is. It's not at all uncharacteristic for Mackey (and an essential piece for explaining some earlier character development) when you take some factors into account (mainly the time-line).
Yeah that's not a move a Season 3+ Mackey would make with him constantly improving at the game he runs, but it makes sense for pilot/co-pilot Mackey and even plays a part in the character development leading to him developing that strong of a game. How do you get to Carnegie hall? Practice EvilTobaccoExec fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Jan 5, 2013 |
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Jan 5, 2013 17:10
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Not to mention, it was a great way to hook the audience, and to shock them, after only one episode. Audience members might not have stuck around for 6 episodes if it wasn't for the events occurring at the end of the pilot.
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Jan 5, 2013 17:14
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If you're Latino/Mexican the show is hilarious because no one in the writer's room cared about correct Spanish, correct Spanish names, or anything plausible dealing with Latinos other than Aceveda. You have a guy's name change from Diego to Dieger because Chiklis can't pronounce Spanish, the Armadillo poo poo, etc. There's one point in season 3 where a bunch of byz lats are calling men putas which I watched c. 2009 and it has in me in stiches to this day. Plus the last season Aceveda arc with an evil narcotraficante developer opening Plaza Mexico is pretty funny too. And all the Sutter. All. The. Sutter. Mexcillent fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jan 5, 2013 |
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Jan 5, 2013 17:40
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escape artist posted:Not to mention, it was a great way to hook the audience, and to shock them, after only one episode. Audience members might not have stuck around for 6 episodes if it wasn't for the events occurring at the end of the pilot. I know this is how it was for my roommates and I when we stumbled upon the first episode. We were going so bananas that the RA had to knock on our door to see what was up (bad timing I guess). I'm sure I would continued watching regardless but the only difference would be that Season 1 would be a lot more solid as a whole.
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TUS posted:I know this is how it was for my roommates and I when we stumbled upon the first episode. We were going so bananas that the RA had to knock on our door to see what was up (bad timing I guess). I'm sure I would continued watching regardless but the only difference would be that Season 1 would be a lot more solid as a whole. I agree about the unevenness, but I don't know if I would have made it through another few episodes without it. And I drat sure know one of my former friends would not have. I had to hound him to watch ONE episode, but after that, he plowed through all 7 seasons in a month. I think he watched all of Season 7 in one sitting.
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Jan 5, 2013 18:57
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Season 1 is great, I don't know what you guys are talking about. The HOE/SHOE couple, all the stuff in Dragonchasers, Copilot, the final montage.
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User-Friendly posted:Season 1 is great, I don't know what you guys are talking about. Co-Pilot is season 2. I don't even remember the two or three other things to which you're referring.
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escape artist posted:Co-Pilot is season 2. I don't even remember the two or three other things to which you're referring. HOE/SHOE is that triangle with the two black guys and the rather large white women who keeps playing the two guys against each other. It's one of those Julian/Danny storylines. Each time they respond to a domestic disturbance she has switched one guy for the other. It happens 2 or 3 times. Tires getting slashed etc. And then one of them writes "HOE" on her door and rather than get it painted over when he then gets with her he just adds the S.
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MrBling posted:HOE/SHOE is that triangle with the two black guys and the rather large white women who keeps playing the two guys against each other. It's one of those Julian/Danny storylines. Each time they respond to a domestic disturbance she has switched one guy for the other. It happens 2 or 3 times. Tires getting slashed etc. And then one of them writes "HOE" on her door and rather than get it painted over when he then gets with her he just adds the S. That's right. Thanks for the reminder. That was a funny side-story. I love how this show has B and C plots. Especially when secondary characters are so well cast and acted.
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escape artist posted:Not to mention, it was a great way to hook the audience, and to shock them, after only one episode. Audience members might not have stuck around for 6 episodes if it wasn't for the events occurring at the end of the pilot. Totally agreed. An originally not so enthousiastic friend I watched episode 1 with had this slack-jawed look of shock on her face when the ending credits were rolling and just said "Next episode. NOW."
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Beause of the twist ending of the pilot, I managed to hook no less than 30 people on this show just by showing them the first episode. I litterally worse out my dvd copy of Season 1 because so many people borrowed it. At least a half dozen people watched the pilot and immediately called me and began the conversation with, "you motherfucker!" It is that addictive and they get hooked that fast.
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escape artist posted:Since you said you haven't seen any of those shows... I don't know if your subtle allusion was intended or not. I meant re-watch. I originally got into the show due to Homicide. Oh they cast Kellerman, then I watched the pilot and had to watch more.
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bobkatt013 posted:I meant re-watch. I originally got into the show due to Homicide. Oh they cast Kellerman, then I watched the pilot and had to watch more. Oh, okay. I can vouch for The Wire being the greatest show on TV, and Sopranos coming in at number two. Never watched lost, though. You know we have a Wire Rewatch thread going on right now?
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escape artist posted:Oh, okay. I can vouch for The Wire being the greatest show on TV, and Sopranos coming in at number two. Never watched lost, though. Ya but it is not time for my yearly rewatch of the wire. I just rewatched it a couple of months ago.
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bobkatt013 posted:Ya but it is not time for my yearly rewatch of the wire. I just rewatched it a couple of months ago.
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just finished out the series. goddamn.
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MrBling posted:this?
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maffew buildings posted:just finished out the series. goddamn. We need more of your thoughts/reflections, spoiler-tagged of course... We want to live vicariously through you, those of us who have seen the show at least 3 times through.
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escape artist posted:We need more of your thoughts/reflections, spoiler-tagged of course... We want to live vicariously through you, those of us who have seen the show at least 3 times through. Yes, please.
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I just finished re-watching it last night. What do you guys think Vic did after leaving the office? Did he go home and watch ESPN in his underwear or something? Did he go out on the streets and make deals with gangs, doing all the poo poo he did before? Was there every any rumors on some sort of Shield spin-off? A setting like Farmington lends itself to a lot of potential for other stories to be told.
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Joe Don Baker posted:I just finished re-watching it last night. What do you guys think Vic did after leaving the office? Did he go home and watch ESPN in his underwear or something? Did he go out on the streets and make deals with gangs, doing all the poo poo he did before? I think he just wanted to feel some semblance of his old life. I don't think he did anything-- his crappy job depended on him being on the straight and narrow for 3 years, Olivia plainly said. Although, it is Vic and his moral compass has been broken for years now. I just felt like the ending implied he was in his own personal hell. Lost his kids, lost his passion (job), may as well be in a cell given his new job, at least there he could beat people up and assert his dominance. escape artist fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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escape artist posted:I think he just wanted to feel some semblance of his old life. I don't think he did anything-- his crappy job depended on him being on the straight and narrow for 3 years, Olivia plainly said. Although, it is Vic and his moral compass has been broken for years now. I just felt like the ending implied he was in his own personal hell. Lost his kids, lost his passion (job), may as well be in a cell given his new job, at least there he could beat people up and assert his dominance. I think I read in an interview or some post-special that, and I apologize if this has been brought up before, all the characters got exactly what they didn't want to have happen. Also, no one on the show was given the last section/chapter of the script until they were set to film it, as Ryan wanted raw emotion stemming form the element of surprise. And one of my favorite parst of the show? I don't remember the season/episode, but "Write this down! L...I...F...E... New word. NEW WORD! S...U...X...."
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escape artist posted:I think he just wanted to feel some semblance of his old life. I don't think he did anything-- his crappy job depended on him being on the straight and narrow for 3 years, Olivia plainly said. Although, it is Vic and his moral compass has been broken for years now. I just felt like the ending implied he was in his own personal hell. Lost his kids, lost his passion (job), may as well be in a cell given his new job, at least there he could beat people up and assert his dominance. This is exactly what I think. The entire gravity of... well, everything just finally hit Vic like a ton of bricks. Pissed off about his choices/consequences of those choices/where it led him to that point. I love that the last shot sort of mimics the last shot of season 5 where Vic is promising they're going to find and kill Lem's killer, but this time... there's nothing for him out there.
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Also, I wonder what (post-finale spoilers) the Barn must be like without many of the mainstays there anymore. Pretty loving quiet and not NEARLY as interesting, I would think.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Also, I wonder what (post-finale spoilers) the Barn must be like without many of the mainstays there anymore. Pretty loving quiet and not NEARLY as interesting, I would think. Not exactly. I would think Billings would become the lead detective of the Strike Team.
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