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  • #1261
    Originally posted by Gregg View Post
    What about Sons of Anarchy?

    I don't watch it, but my daughter loves the show. She has gotten my wife involved and she is hooked too. It is in it's last season. I came home last night and they were in the middle of an episode. I got hooked in after only about 20 minutes. I am going to go back and start at the beginning. I will not watch any more this year as I don't want to spoil the ride. It is very violent, but you get hooked into the characters.
    I mentioned it earlier but if they like SOA they'll probably like The Shield as well.

    I enjoy SOA but it really went off the rails for a couple seasons. The last couple have been very entertaining, but extremely violent.
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    • #1262
      Originally posted by Gregg View Post
      What about Sons of Anarchy?

      I don't watch it, but my daughter loves the show. She has gotten my wife involved and she is hooked too. It is in it's last season. I came home last night and they were in the middle of an episode. I got hooked in after only about 20 minutes. I am going to go back and start at the beginning. I will not watch any more this year as I don't want to spoil the ride. It is very violent, but you get hooked into the characters.
      I felt it started off well, then got steadily more ridiculous as each season went by. I abandoned it at the end of Season 4. The Shield had a few quiet seasons, but it came really strong at the end.

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      • #1263
        finally DVR'd through that "Stalker" episode. didn't sit thru whole thing, but seemed like one character had been stalked, another was now being stalked... geesh.

        only mildly interesting aspect as I FF'd through a lot was that some creepy guy who was videoing teenage girls wound up providing key clues from his film footage once they got a search warrant of his computer, allowing them to catch the kidnapper of the younger brother. but geesh, that's not enough consolation to make this a weekly visit.
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        • #1264
          Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
          I felt it started off well, then got steadily more ridiculous as each season went by. I abandoned it at the end of Season 4. The Shield had a few quiet seasons, but it came really strong at the end.
          Very similar trajectory in SOA.
          If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
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          • #1265
            Originally posted by DMT View Post
            Very similar trajectory in SOA.
            I was actually talking about SoA

            ... probably would have made more sense if I had replied to your post

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            • #1266
              Watching the Great Pumpkin..what a classic show!!

              I am laughing harder tonight than I did as a kid..

              And there are two scenes cut from the originsl so they can fit In more commercials..ASSHOLES!!
              Last edited by Mithrandir; 10-15-2014, 08:07 PM.
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              • #1267
                Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post
                Watching the Great Pumpkin..what a classic show!!

                I am laughing harder tonight than I did as a kid..

                And there are two scenes cut from the originsl so they can fit In more commercials..ASSHOLES!!
                Oh no -- it was on tonight? Dammit, I watch it every year.

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                • #1268
                  Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post
                  Watching the Great Pumpkin..what a classic show!!

                  I am laughing harder tonight than I did as a kid..

                  And there are two scenes cut from the originsl so they can fit In more commercials..ASSHOLES!!
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                  • #1269
                    Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post
                    Watching the Great Pumpkin..what a classic show!!

                    I am laughing harder tonight than I did as a kid..

                    And there are two scenes cut from the originsl so they can fit In more commercials..ASSHOLES!!
                    We have it on DVD.
                    Considering his only baseball post in the past year was bringing up a 3 year old thread to taunt Hornsby and he's never contributed a dime to our hatpass, perhaps?

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                    • #1270
                      Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
                      I was actually talking about SoA

                      ... probably would have made more sense if I had replied to your post
                      But you said you abandoned it. It got a lot better after season 4 IMO.
                      If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
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                      • #1271
                        Originally posted by DMT View Post
                        But you said you abandoned it. It got a lot better after season 4 IMO.
                        Maybe I'll check it out again someday. Charlie Hunnan really started to annoy me. Bucky told me it gets worse, and that was the excuse I needed to jump ship.

                        I think it started going a bit downhill when

                        Spoiler!

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                        • #1272
                          Originally posted by johnnya24 View Post
                          Maybe I'll check it out again someday. Charlie Hunnan really started to annoy me. Bucky told me it gets worse, and that was the excuse I needed to jump ship.
                          I kept with it cause I have a hard time abandoning a show and it has gotten better. Hunnan has two acting styles; calm and really angry and he goes back and forth immediately with no in between. He's not a very good actor. The whole thing is completely unrealistic, this small MC from a small town (called Charming no less) ends up in the middle of a heroin and gun war between what five different gangs, the IRA and the Mexican cartel. I don't think so.
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                          • #1273
                            Originally posted by BuckyBuckner View Post
                            I kept with it cause I have a hard time abandoning a show and it has gotten better. Hunnan has two acting styles; calm and really angry and he goes back and forth immediately with no in between. He's not a very good actor. The whole thing is completely unrealistic, this small MC from a small town (called Charming no less) ends up in the middle of a heroin and gun war between what five different gangs, the IRA and the Mexican cartel. I don't think so.
                            It's completely ridiculous no doubt. But honestly, what show isn't? Other than The Wire, which was based on actual events David Simon covered as a reporter, I can't think of any show that holds up under close scrutiny. And the final season was completely farfetched. Breaking Bad required quite a bit of suspension of disbelief. And the way so many turned on Homeland because it became 'just too unbelievable'. Oy get a grip people, it's all fantasyland. If realism is one's main criteria for judging television, then it's not even worth wasting the time.
                            If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                            - Terence McKenna

                            Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                            How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                            • #1274
                              I'll amend my last statement, Rectify is pretty damn believable.
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                              Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                              How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                              • #1275
                                Originally posted by DMT View Post
                                It's completely ridiculous no doubt. But honestly, what show isn't? Other than The Wire, which was based on actual events David Simon covered as a reporter, I can't think of any show that holds up under close scrutiny. And the final season was completely farfetched. Breaking Bad required quite a bit of suspension of disbelief. And the way so many turned on Homeland because it became 'just too unbelievable'. Oy get a grip people, it's all fantasyland. If realism is one's main criteria for judging television, then it's not even worth wasting the time.
                                Yeah, that's true. I just feel that Sons of Anarchy really stretched the limits more than other shows.
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