FX Network hourlong dramas

i better tell my friend

dentist-on-the-run one was dope

forest whitaker's performance in season 5 of the shield is unnerving

SO FAR AT LEAST DON'T TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS

FW as Cavanaugh >>> FW as Idi Amin

overall, but esp. in terms of being a scary ass mofo

oh man is there an idi amin character on justified

so ppl on this thread who have seen The Shield in its entirety are actually saying that it is trumped by the first season of Justified.. I really need to find an excuse to spend a weekend indoors sometime soon.

i havent seen the shield but justified is real good so far imo

The Shield may try your patience in its middle stretch, but o man does all that plot-layering & character-scrutinizing pay off in the end.

it's hard to compare, really. i would not say that the shield is trumped by one season of Justified, but i might say the first season of Justified is better than the first season of the Shield. walton goggins is v v good in both.

What Pillbox said. The Shield is probably not so great for a few seasons but the 2nd/3rd seasons and the last one are so great, even if they do not seem to be able to ever sustain tension in a given situation for more than 1/2 episodes at a time! I haven't seen any of the other shows, but I will try to check out Justified. Love Walton Goggins.

can i just say, about the shield, i think michael chiklis is a reasonably goodlooking dude and i get that vic mackey's alpha male persona is meant to be attractive, but i find it absurd how every pretty woman he encounters hits on him shamelessly within 5 minutes of meeting him.

xxp - that is what I hear & I don't doubt it. Goggins is next-level. So much so that I've even thought of paying to see Predators.

Is he really a reasonably goodlooking dude?

It is interesting to note the types and uses of sunglasses in The Shield.

Plus since I have lived in LA I love being able to identify all the locations in the background. I guess they shot around Silver Lake/Echo Park A LOT.

he's a reasonably goodlooking real person. maybe not reasonably goodlooking in the context of tv stars.

i know, i think about sunglasses so much when i'm watching the shield!

haha

is it messed up that that show kind of makes me want to move to LA?

not at all. it is pretty much like that

http://www.omogenia.com/stars-images/emmy2002/chiklis.jpg

http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/vic-shane-neededdone.jpg
http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/vic-shane_new-spot2342.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czu2_WPCYz0

Is he really a reasonably goodlooking dude?

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6881/thecommish.jpg

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7527/6chiklismichaelfantasti.jpg

soooo late to the party lol

haha
http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/claudette-bucknaked.jpg

LOL these are awesome!!
http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/corinne-other_cops-families.jpg

cch pounder's character is my fave. she rules and i become very invested in her storylines.

http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/aceveda-female_admirer.jpg

see if u can find one of Dutch & Steve getting in the most humiliating fistfight ever.

would buy all the pretty ladies hitting on aceveda a lot more tbh

adam you are asking about male attractiveness a lot lately

no I always ask about that

why what are you saying?

I'm just constantly amazed when people go "[dude x] is attractive" and I have to reconfigure my whole idea of male beauty. I mean, c'mon, Chiklis!

Well, he did share several overlapping love interests w/ Jay Karnes.

i just thought maybe you were feeling insecure, i wanted to reassure you

I'm just constantly amazed when people go "[dude x] is attractive" and I have to reconfigure my whole idea of male beauty. I mean, c'mon, Chiklis!

― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Monday, August 9, 2010 9:28 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

u should relax your fascist beauty standards imo

I think you're right, actually. That's sort of what I'm saying!

I am shallow =(

aw i was kidding!

i started watching the first season of The Shield recently and i'm really having a hard time giving a good goddamn about anything that happens in it, like my eyes practically roll into the back of my head with indifference.

it gets better. the very end of season 1, stuff starts to kick into high gear. it's wildly implausible and kind of sensationalistic but i don't know, i'm totally hooked now.

wildly implausible - just wait until you get to the "blackmail box" sequence..

Terriers has had an OK start. It seems like they're going for a slow build, like Justified. Logue's no Olyphant, but he and that guy from True Blood are amusing enough, and there's an interesting darkness just underneath the skin of those characters. I'll probably give it a few more weeks at least, it may have potential.

it's like Veronica Mars with (more) grownups! the one-liners aren't quite there yet but the tone is nice. the relationship btwn Logue and his ex-wife is really well-done too.

is it pronounced terry-ayes

not an hourlong drama, but "the league" makes me want to punch everyone involved repeatedly

"the league" is to fantasy football what "nick & norah's infinite playlist" was to indie rock

looks pretty good.

I'm enjoying Terriers. Some good character stuff. Not great but watchable.

wait, meant that The League looks pretty bad.