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.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
he's a reasonably goodlooking real person. maybe not reasonably goodlooking in the context of tv stars.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i know, i think about sunglasses so much when i'm watching the shield!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.omogenia.com/stars-images/emmy2002/chiklis.jpg
http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/vic-shane-neededdone.jpghttp://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/vic-shane_new-spot2342.jpg
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czu2_WPCYz0
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6881/thecommish.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7527/6chiklismichaelfantasti.jpg
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
soooo late to the party lol
hahahttp://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/claudette-bucknaked.jpg
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL these are awesome!!http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/corinne-other_cops-families.jpg
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
cch pounder's character is my fave. she rules and i become very invested in her storylines.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.morethings.com/fan/the_shield/pictures/aceveda-female_admirer.jpg
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
see if u can find one of Dutch & Steve getting in the most humiliating fistfight ever.
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
would buy all the pretty ladies hitting on aceveda a lot more tbh
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
adam you are asking about male attractiveness a lot lately
― max, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
no I always ask about that
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
why what are you saying?
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, he did share several overlapping love interests w/ Jay Karnes.
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i just thought maybe you were feeling insecure, i wanted to reassure you
― max, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I think you're right, actually. That's sort of what I'm saying!
― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I am shallow =(
aw i was kidding!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― dark twisted fanta girl (some dude), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 04:01 (thirteen years ago) link
wildly implausible - just wait until you get to the "blackmail box" sequence..
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 September 2010 07:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 September 2010 07:37 (thirteen years ago) link
is it pronounced terry-ayes
― how to train your dagon (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
not an hourlong drama, but "the league" makes me want to punch everyone involved repeatedly
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 September 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
"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.
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Friday, 17 September 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, meant that The League looks pretty bad.
I would have voted for the Shield, but damn SoA is pretty good, if only for Hunman and Sagal (sp for both?). Kurt Sutter co-wrote on the Shield, didn't he? I wouldn't say that SoA is as good as the Shield, but it's pretty fucking good. I mean ffs it has Henry Rollins in season 2! I was so happy I screamed. lolol
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Justified is back in February! Still no word on a Terriers renewal, though. Btwn those, the League, It's Always Sunny and SoA these guys are killing it right now.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
so happy about justified. SOA is my fav show on air right now. But enough with the nude Hunnam.
― thebingo2010 (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
so there's no way Lights Out will be any good, is there? do we need a The Walking Dead-style series length string of boxing movie cliches?
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
last Terriers ep was fantastic
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Tonight's Terriers ep. wz great too. Any word on its cancellation yet?
― Quesadilla Road Trip 2010 (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 18 November 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
no, but the feeling is that it is imminent.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 18 November 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
obviously it won't happen until after the finale though.
'lights out' kinda interests me, holt mcallany has always been a good actor.
― omar little, Monday, 3 January 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link