Shakespeare on a Hog: The Sons of Anarchy thread

why cant they show her ass once.

I liked s1 and loved s2 up until the finale. s3 has kinda lost me tbh, I watch every now and then but it doesn't seem as good to me as it used to.

yeah this season has been a bit of a let down for me so far.

Jax's ass = very good tv imo.

Tara's great, it was a little weird at first not thinking of her as Rachel Mencken from Mad Men

jax is hott for sure. do wish this was hbo

aw man... wish i saw tig when he was stanley in streetcar

Yeah I gotta say s3 has been a let down so far. But hoping it will pick up when the gang hits Ireland.

Looks like Tig played lead in Macbeth too? How cool would that be. Love that guy.

I love all those moments with Tig where he reveals all of his perversions. Like at the stables when he's petting the horse, or at the morgue with the dead body, and Clay's always "I don't wanna know"

Tig is one of my favorite characters. At first i did not find tara attractive at all, she grew on me.

Oh ms vegemite, wait until you see last weeks "ending". My wife broke out in sweats.

:D

I fell in love with Tara when her & Gemma shoot up the porn star's hybrid. That was when I knew she was my gal

its amazing how much ron perlman looks like a beast.

I think about that all the time, like "Hey he was Vincent"

And also I can easily imagine Hellboy as the leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang

this show has also pushed me closer to buying a harley. especially since they replay that godamn commercial where they advertise harleys for $8995.

Just put your kid up as collateral. (Then break through the wall on said Harley, steal your kid back and hit the road to live the dream.)

good idea.

I notice motorcycles a lot more now, and I find myself staring at bikers patches a lot

I've always wanted a motorbike in theory, but I'm such a klutz irl that this would be a very bad idea for me

IM SO CONFUSED BY SEASON 3. WTF IS THE DEAL WITH THE PRIEST AND JIMMY!

I'm two episodes behind, so it might be getting better, but I think spreading this to Belfast on top of Gemma going away is a problem.

Things are finally coming together, we finally get now who's on what side and so on. I love that they're so obviously trying to get Katey an Emmy. Lots of great delivery by Jax this episode, too... "My mother".

lol @ the Irish trad version of the opening theme song. a little hammy, sure, but far superior to the orig. imo

I never knew that the actress who plays Maureen (the Deadwood/Caprica chick, Paula Malcomson) was a for real Irish gal, born in Belfast and the whole thing.

finally figured out who the actress is that plays Chib's daughter:

http://thegreenloopblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/qorianka_the_new_world.jpg

it's weird to me to see someone on this thread say Gemma gets better in season 2, to me she was immediately the most compelling character on the show. man, the actors have to sell some stupid dialogue on this show sometimes, though -- like, saying "secret babies are a bad idea" with a straight face, jeez.

Well, it's a pretty hammy show so that dialogue kind of works. I seem to always be running 3 or 4 episodes behind. I just have no motivation to watch it week in, week out. At some point I'll get bored and catch up. I usually enjoy it when I do, but then come Tuesday I still can't be bothered.

this season is moving incredibly slowly, you're probably making the right decision. still, i'm enjoying it - not really sure how it stacks up vs. last year yet, i guess the finale will really decide it (so, probably lesser)

lol @ the Irish trad version of the opening theme song. a little hammy, sure, but far superior to the orig. imo

My husband would agree.

I had a biker come into our shop the other week. THE EXACT SAME FUCKING PATCHES. I mean of course not sons of anarchy or samcro on it, but same style. WTF. Alas he didn't look like Jax. Or maybe for the best or I'd have jumped him. hihi

I don't know, I really like this season as well, but it IS indeed going very slowly.

I loved how that woman from the hospital had a MAJOR TATTOO on her back. Can't wait to find out how that works out.

she was probably someones old lady at some point. i think she sees a bit of herself in Tara.

gonna wait for s3 to finish before watching so i can binge again.

it's weird to me to see someone on this thread say Gemma gets better in season 2, to me she was immediately the most compelling character on the show.

i thought the character and the old lady dynamic were compelling from the start, but she got much more depth in s2 - her fears, growing relationship with tara, etc.

everyone otm about hamminess. i can see it turning some people off. in the beginning i groaned, but it's part of the charm now for sure.

yeah it's totally part and parcel of the show, but there are always moments here and there (the "secret babies" line, the speeches in the s1 finale) where it gets too much for me. and yeah, i guess what Gemma went through in s2 was big as far as developing that character.

i'm only in the middle of the first season, but this run of events was pretty good:

1. SOA burn the back tattoo off their former member
2. katey segal picks up a nearby skateboard and wallops the girl who clay slept with in the face
3. girl says, 'who are you??? why did you do that to me????'
4. septic tank full of contraband guns is emptied out into the parking lot, SOA members wretching

Gemma with the skateboard is k-lassic!

Still love Gemma & Tara shooting the porn star's Prius. Chicks with guns, man. LOVE. IT.

this show and Terriers are neck-and-neck right now, i think, for being macho FX shows mainly about guys that have pretty well drawn and/or intriguing female characters

I'm falling way behind, and considering giving up altogether. Should I persist? And why is Kurt Sutter saying fan dissatisfaction over this season has to do with male genitalia?

"Another two minutes and I would have been dancing in Tig territory."

Sonny Barger, one of the founders of the original Hells Angels Oakland chapter to star in season finale

mother fucking Fallon.

BRILLIANT EPISODE. the whole sun kil moon thing killed me.

it was good overall, but that sequence... ugh... especially when the husband stopped to give to the homeless person.

I actually thought that scene was well done.. For me, the heavy-handed THUD landed when Jimmy's henchman sprayed brains & blood all over the wall-mounted crucifix (w/ second, lingering camera shot, to really drive home symbolism).

overall, great ep tho. I was unsure of this season, given the pacing, but they've done a good job of tying everything up in the last few imo.

gemma and the baby...wow. she gets shit done.

heh yeah that was great

has she won an emmy for this show? she's fantastic.

holy crap @ scene leading into opening credits

looking back at it, this season has been GLOOMY AS FUCK (not a bad thing at all, tho I still prefer the relentless forward motion of S2). At least you've gotta hand it to the showrunners for not sanding down the edges & playing it up as a more straightforward action-adventure (w/ HEAVY THEMES), which they could have easily gotten away with after the boost in popularity last season.

trying not to read this thread for fear of spoilers but i'm way behind (i've not seen the episode before the 90 minute one and anything further than that) but I'm also not feeling motivated to watch it at all. someone tell me it's worth it.

ugh

Tig just won my heart heart and might be the hero in this shitshow. How or why they decided to throw in this love story I have no idea, but in the midst of the murder, torture, sexism, and stubbornness I'm grateful there's an against all odds lay my soul bare love story. I still have 3 more episodes until the end, so they could just ruin it, but I hope not.

Haha that side story def semi redeems the last couple seasons

can't wait for spinoff prequel show, "Juice Makes the Worst Decisions"

― mh, Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:51 AM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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it will be called Juice-tified

― sarahell, Thursday, December 12, 2013 1:08 PM (four years ago)

I actually think of this on the reg, like people I know that just constantly make the worst decisions, one of whom is named Anthony. useage e.g. Anthony is so Juice-tified.

episode 2 and this is gonna scratch all the itches alright

Just stop when they leave for Ireland.

Wait, when they get back from Ireland, there's a couple of funny bits there.

milo otm

ive been potting about catching these in dribs and drabs, but ive heard enough to know that a shark is about to be oerleapt- the lads are just about to head off to belfast (which you'd think would be a hard word to mispronounce but).

now without me reading thread or hearing spoilers, should i call it quits now or power through

wait wasnt this answered literally in the last two posts

it's years since I've watched this, but I think the Irish script consultant was actually Jon Bon Jovi!

xp -- oh, you should power through but definitely have a beverage nearby

i think i landed on actually liking this show on the whole despite its massive flaws. not sure i could stomach a rewatch tho.

i confirmed stopping upthread but sarahell is otm - watch with booze! it’s bad but youve come this far,

you can play the drinking game where you drink at every stereotypical portrayal of the Irish

i always do

bell, fast

Mayans MC had all the stupidity and brutality with none of the laughs of the first 2.5-3 seasons of SOA that made it watchable. Almost curious to watch a Sutter-less season to see if anything changed.

I couldn’t even get through the pilot of that show

all the stupidity and brutality with none of the laughs of the first 2.5-3 seasons of SOA

glad i left it alone

Was the move to Ireland noticeably more ridiculous? I can't remember anymore. I recall SoA being fairly ridiculous from the get go.

the only thing missing was leprechauns and a Sean O’Connery carriage ride

sister bangin'

just realized that kelly loeffler reminds me of agent stahl

Hard to say if the show's nadir was the Dave Navarro-related school shooting or the murder of several dozen sex workers that is completely forgotten within two episodes.

so many nadirs