AgentChris
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The Shield is god-tier.
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It was a horrible, horrible idea to re-watch The Shield
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un33dab@dpu$$y
Oh yeah please don't get me wrong season 3 wire spoilers
I loved Stringer and Avon's storyline. And I definitely felt the loss of Idris Elba.
I just felt the other seasons as a whole had more to offer (aside from 5 which was decent at best aside from the amazing finale). For me at least.
edit: again to add something not (totally) the Wire related. Shane is the best character (and actor) in either show, sorry Omar and Stringer.
MarauderShields
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Greatest show of all time. Period.
Do you watch Full House for Uncle Jesse, Michelle, or Uncle Joey?
That one scene towards the end of the season (The Wire Season 3 spoilers)
where Stringer and Avon are having drinks on the balcony, reminiscing about how far they've come, and each of them is secretly planning to betray the other, but neither of them knows it
letsbereasonable
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I feel the procedural aspects of the Shield drag it down quite a bit. The arrests-of-the-week were completely forgettable until they started tying them into the main story. The series really comes together towards the end, though; great, satisfying finish.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
I missed this earler for some reason, but the show is on sale right now from amazon. $9.99 a season (although since you can't get mail that will be a problem). Just go in with an open mind and keep going. It's not realistic like the Wire, but as the show goes the drama is unparalled in any show I've ever seen. It gets Shakespearean.
season 5 spoilers, really don't read if you haven't gotten that far or it could kill one of the best moments in any show ever
The death of Lem man. It's so fucking heartbreaking, the only death in any show that's ever affected me. So well done. When Shane got Lem alone I knew what was coming, but dreaded every second that passed.
Emerson
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Yeah, I absolutely intend to watch it, I just won't be able to get mail for 6 weeks and don't really want to spend the money and not see any of it for that long.
Is this on Netflix instant?
Tesseract
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joey, then danny, then michelle and jesse.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
No, the last season only used to be. I really don't know what FXs problem with this show is where they wouldn't put it on there. It could really grow the audience.
Did you see Terriers?
Spotless Mind
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People always praise him, but i thought he chewed the scenery like crazy and i was glad when he left. He didn't detract from how brillant season 5 was, though.
Emerson
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Nope, got that in the backlog as well.
DevelopmentArrested
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It really is. Nothing has passed it. Still think about this show every day. It's the best.
Each season is $10 today on amazon btw.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
That is on Netflix (at least it used to be and as far as I know it still is) and it's pretty damn good (it's from the showrunner of the Shield but I'm not sure how much input he had on it). Check it out when you get the chance.
TheDarkKnight774
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Ive been wanting to do a shield re watch for some time now. Great show
I am sad to report The Shield is lacking in woodchuck puppets and fake forest rangers and thus is probably not for you.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
what about Aceveda?
brianjones
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yeah on rewatches his overacting is kind of annoying
that first viewing was tense though
This guy!!!
I really need to watch the shield again but the only problem i had with it, was it seemed really fast paced, they seemed to just smash through the plot every episode. The wire and sons of anarchy give a bit more time for the lines to sink in, i just found myself getting a bit lost at times with the shield. Personally i'd probably go the wire > breaking bad > SoA > the shield.
ANTWON MITCHELL
shadyspace
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What? Over acting? He was perfect. The juxtaposition between this unhinged and repellent but morally righteous man and Vic's super charismatic but complete corruption is one of the series high water marks.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
Who knew Anthony Anderson could act?
Yes, he was perfect. And apparently him and Chiklis legitimately hated each other.
shadyspace
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Yep. Sucks. Your absolute best bet is today's amazon deal.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, it's really bizarre that FX won't make it available aside from the DVDs. It's a show that would really benefit from netflix.
The Take Out Bandit
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SPOILERS => The greatest god damn melt down in all of television:
Soooo good. :3
R.Kelly remix
This guy... this guy is just pissing... he's pissing all over us. He's pissing on you. What does it taste like? Chief, what does it taste like, 'cause you know what, it tastes like piss to me!
Soooo good. :3
R.Kelly remix
It's not FX--The Shield's rights are kind of weird. The first five seasons were released on DVD by Fox (the thicker packaging with 4:3 video--4:3 being the way the show was shot to be viewed, although protected for 16:9 viewing.) Then something happened and the home video rights switched over to Sony Pictures. Sony released the last two seasons, and rereleased the first five seasons in widescreen.
So technically I think this is Sony's fault; I don't know how much of Sony Pictures' library is up on Netflix.
shadyspace
Banned
I impulse bought all of the seasons on amazon because I was sick of not owning them but something that's given be pause in the past was talk of the widescreen transfers being shit (more accurately, that the show shouldn't have been transferred to widescreen at all).
I think its very good. Its got a larger central cast than the shield and you see things more from the bad guys perspective, which i find more entertaining than a "cop show."
Just another random comment about the shield, it seemed like some of the crimes they'd come up with in each episode were just offensive for the sake of being offensive, without really adding much. You kinda just expect to hear about some horrible stuff as just one-off, one episode stories, sometimes just to give the homicide cops something to do that episode.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
Hoping the seasons i bought from Amazon today are the Sony ones, widescreen that is. Seems like it should it.
brianjones
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The Take Out Bandit
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The Shield was from the bad guys perspective, which is why it was such a great show. The Strike Team were not good people. Ronny was the least filthy of the lot, and even he got dragged down eventually.
I watched two seasons of Sons of Anarchy and it was too white-washed painty waist for me. Having grown up in the era of the biker gang scene, I expect more volatile stuff and run-ins with the law.
Love the cast, but the show just felt like Wild Hogs FX edition. :X
So good.
I loved having to take a step back and realize the writers had me hating the good guy in this situation. Poor Kavanaugh.
The widescreen transfers aren't bad--I bought the complete series set Sony put out a while back. You do lose some of the (intentional) boxed-in cramped feel of the 4:3 frame, which is too bad, but I do think they kept framing for HDTV in mind while shooting so there aren't any glaring visual defects.
This is crazy talk; Lem was way less 'dirty' than Ronnie. It's actually pretty interesting to rewatch and realize every time an injured civilian needed help, it was Lem's job, and every time they needed to do something sneaky/crafty/backdoor it was Ronnie's area.
shadyspace
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Lem, man. Lem. That was the entire point.
The Take Out Bandit
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I'd need to watch it again.
Lem definitely seemed to be more in on the schemes than Ronnie when I was watching it.
Such a great series.
I'd say Justified is the next place for Shield fans to head instead of Sons of Anarchy choosing between FX series.
Dat Goggins. :B
MarauderShields
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We dont see as much of Ronnie but Lem has the conscience. Ronnie tends to be more up for anything.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
Goggins is the only reason I want to watch Justified. I wish it was on Netflix. He really is probably my favorite actor just from his work on the Shield. He goes from a pretty much a joke character to the most tragic "hero" you could possibly imagine. entire series spoiler
what Shane does is the strike team to the extreme, but as he says, he's only making the plays as the coach calls them. Vic liked to pretend he was better, but he was so much worse.
shadyspace
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Contrast Ronnie and Lem by
Ronnie finally finding out about Terry and nonchalantly telling Vic he wishes he would have told him so he could have been of more help and Lem's reaction to finding out about the same circumstance. Night and day.
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un33dab@dpu$$y
The Shield season 7
Yes, Lem was the heart and Ronnie was the brain of the strike team (or rather he should have been Vic's confidant over Shane). Ronnie will luck out though in the end, because his prosecution would mean the end of Acevada's career and Wym's' goals for the barn. All of the above would have been worth it for Vic but not for Ronnie/
DevelopmentArrested
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Something to do with music licenses. Shawn Ryan is still trying to get it up there.
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