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The Shield: 43 seconds of Emmy worthy silence.
DevoutlyApathetic
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Once upon a time a jolly police commissioner went about his family and professional life and happily managed to resolve any problems in a convenient one hour time frame. Perhaps sometimes two, I was young and don't really remember. He was so jolly most people probably just told him they'd been very naughty and begged forgiveness from his Santa Claus-like demeanor.
Just look at him:
Jolly as the day is long.
Then the Commish got canceled despite his jolliness. The commish got angry. To deal with his anger issues he lifted things. He lifted a lot of things. Now he's jolly but for a whole new reason. He's jolly because he knows he can horribly hurt anybody who ever thinks of canceling him ever again.
The Shield is a serial cop drama in which the cops are the protagonists but they are not heroes. The show repeatedly makes you love and root for Mackey only to brutally remind you that in the grand scheme of things they may be the worst criminals in the district. Yet I still like them. I can't think of a single episode that didn't make me want more or left me feeling disappointed in how it was written/acted. It is flat out amazing to me.
Please remember the importance of spoilers. Huge events happen in the early seasons of the shield so let's respect those who haven't seen it yet. Label your spoilers as to the season. You might want to mention if it happens at the very end of the season or right at the beginning. Examples (Real Spoilers):
Early Season 1:
Late Season 5:
The new season starts on the 3rd. I was excited. Then I saw the 15 minute promosode. At this point I'd kill somebody for the season to start right this instant.
Pre-Season 6
Updated Season 7 links:
There is some promo-web stuff up here.
In reference to the new title a round table discussion about who thought they were going to be capped in the series.
Just look at him:
Jolly as the day is long.
Then the Commish got canceled despite his jolliness. The commish got angry. To deal with his anger issues he lifted things. He lifted a lot of things. Now he's jolly but for a whole new reason. He's jolly because he knows he can horribly hurt anybody who ever thinks of canceling him ever again.
The Shield is a serial cop drama in which the cops are the protagonists but they are not heroes. The show repeatedly makes you love and root for Mackey only to brutally remind you that in the grand scheme of things they may be the worst criminals in the district. Yet I still like them. I can't think of a single episode that didn't make me want more or left me feeling disappointed in how it was written/acted. It is flat out amazing to me.
Please remember the importance of spoilers. Huge events happen in the early seasons of the shield so let's respect those who haven't seen it yet. Label your spoilers as to the season. You might want to mention if it happens at the very end of the season or right at the beginning. Examples (Real Spoilers):
Early Season 1:
Spoiler:
Late Season 5:
Spoiler:
The new season starts on the 3rd. I was excited. Then I saw the 15 minute promosode. At this point I'd kill somebody for the season to start right this instant.
Pre-Season 6
Spoiler:
Updated Season 7 links:
There is some promo-web stuff up here.
In reference to the new title a round table discussion about who thought they were going to be capped in the series.
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"When you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. When you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."
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I can't wait.
Man, why do you watch that? I saw the pilot, and that was it. It's just no good.
For I second I thought you were talking about The Shield, and I thought I was going to have to cut you.
I had no idea what was even playing in the timeslot...I looked up at some point when the new season started, burned it into my memory, and have been (somewhat) patiently waiting since...aside from The Shield I don't think I ever even turn to FX.
Also, loving the OP. I used to actually watch the Commish. I remember the first time I saw a preview for The Shield (aka Rampart) my first thought was, "Hey look...it's the Commish! Oh fuck...the Commish looks pissed!"
So yeah, start already new season. With both The Sopranos and The Shield gone, I've been totally missing my moral ambiguity fix.
This is exactly why I started watching The Shield. Someone pointed out it was The Commish looking all badass like that and I watched the pilot to see this spectacle. Then the pilot was incredible.
Thanks on the compliment. This is my first "grown-up" OP. I wished I could have found a better new image for him. GIS came back some that'd have been nice but couldn't find the real images.
Wiki claims that it's definitely been contracted for a final seventh season. The ending should be intense.
Random speculation:
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I can't see how the show can end without (don't read unless you've seen EVERY season or don't plan on watching earlier ones):
Vic dying or going to jail.
People seem to forget that Vic did the same fucking thing Shane did in episode one. Sure, the guy was a mole, but so what? He killed a guy in cold blood. He's been trying to atone in his own semi-amoral way since then, but that action will linger for good.
It's tough. I bet they haven't even written the ending yet. I dunno. This is the second-to-last season, right? There's going to be a Season 7, I believe?
For myself... (again massive spoilers)
It probably won't sound exactly like that, but I can definitely see such a plea coming from Shane halfway into the season, or perhaps in the conclusion to the season. And I can see Vic fucking kill him anyway.
The thing is this: the whole show is about Vic's evolving morality. The show begins with an original, unmistakable cardinal sin: murder and betrayal. We cannot forget that ever. Vic killed one of his partners. Regardless of what that partner was doing, Vic outright ended his life in cold blood.
He's done a few redeemable things, but I think, in the end, karma is going to catch up with him. Can you really say that helping Connie, or his misguided opinion that what he does is ultimately good for the citizenry of Farmington, or any of the other semi-decent things he's done can redeem that first sin, the first crime that began the season?
I don't. This is a drawn-out tragedy, and Vic will get his. It's hard not to empathize with him. But I think that's the point. I think, in the end, it's going to come full circle. You couldn't help but be disgusted by Vic in the beginning. You couldn't help but respect him for most of what we've seen since then. But you can't forget that, in the end, he did something inexplicably awful and that he hypocritically holds others to standards he, himself, doesn't follow.
So while I agree with your analysis from your point of view, I don't think Vic needs to get his "comeuppance".
I mean, yeah...you don't rat on your fellow cops. But unless I'm way out of touch with the unwritten rules of being a police officer, I'm betting you also don't shoot them in the fucking face.
EDIT: Despite all that, I'm still rooting for him to make a getaway. Go figure.
Dutch was my favorite character, from 'Dragonchasers' right up until I tuned out.
Something I never caught before (Season 1:3)
That's a bad ass motherfucker move.
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God, I remember that one. Fucking awesome.
No. Just no. Go fucking watch it. It's only like 13 episodes, you can knock that out in one day off.
Didn't realize it was being released Tuesday.
Forrest Whitaker's (sp?) performance is so bloody awesome it demands to be seen.
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Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker now. Wonder if they'll plaster a sticker across the boxed sets.
Such a likable guy and yet he is amazing at playing such assholes....
Yeah, exactly.
I was rooting against him because he was a fucking snake. The condescending way he talked to everyone and always had to have the last word pissed me off. Sure he was doing 'the right thing', but he was still a cock. Vic is an asshole to assholes only.
Like I said, I've been missing The Shield as my regular dose of tasty moral ambiguity.
Except for
Vic hurts the people around him as often as he helps them, and he does things as much for himself as he does for anyone else. He's a bad guy.
But we love him anyway.
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I'll spoiler this because I don't believe there is any real statute of limitations on spoilers, but it's Season Two talk, so relatively safe and unrelated to anything going on right now:
Then Dutch plays it off, walks to his car as if nothing special happened, gets in, and starts bawling like a schoolgirl.
Vic hurts people who are in his way. He didn't do anything to Tevon, all he did was protect Shane who was again being a dick.
Saying that though. Shane is my favourite character in the show. He's such a selfish stupid redneck arsehole that he really adds to the show.
As much as I don't want (S5)
I thought (S3 or 4 I forget)
Also what were you guys talking about with Dutch and
Satans..... hints..... I'm a mo bro!
Yahoo just spoiled the living hell out of The Shield for anyone who hasn't been keeping up. Right on their front page.
Not unlike Fark and BSG recently.