Keith Houchen Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 David Simon likened it to your first day at a new job. You don't know anyone or what they do but you soon will. If you aren't hooked by episode four or five, you won't be at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thanks chaps, I had a feeling that might be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 To echo everyone else, I didn't really get into it until probably halfway through episode 3. There's a lot of info dumping and no hand holding at first but later on you'll see it was essential. Let us know how you get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 That chap in Season 2 who dropped his undercrackers in the bar had a large willy, didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Murtz Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 I'm near the end of season 2 in The Wire and I still can't get into it. It's really slow. Everyone keeps telling me season 2 is one of the worst so I just don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 23, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Ziggy get your dick out my computer! Â Season two was a bit crap compared to the rest of the show, but if you didn't enjoy Season 1 by the midpoint then I think the show might just not be for you. Jack it in. I don't even know why you're still bothering.. although I kind of do. I keep getting tempted to go back to Breaking Bad to see if it clicks. But I'm not going to, and you shouldn't continue either. It's only a tv show; not worth wasting your time if you're not enjoying it. Edited March 23, 2016 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 I've not long finished Season 3. That's where it's at. Hamsterdam, motherfuckers. I hear season 4 is just as good, so I have that to look forward to... Â ...when Sky decide to chuck it back on. The pricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 23, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 23, 2016 Season 4 is my favourite of the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 Not as good as the Shield though, let's face it lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 Is that because The Shield has The Thing in it? Â It is, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 The Shield is good, but it's nowhere near The Wire -- or even Sons of Anarchy. Casting Fat Little Ross Kemp as a badass cop lead character was a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 The Shield is good, but it's nowhere near The Wire -- or even Sons of Anarchy. Casting Fat Little Ross Kemp as a badass cop lead character was a mistake. Â I think it totally depends on what you want from a TV show. Â The Wire is clearly "better" from a critical point of view (more realistic, believable, finer acting, etc...) but I thought The Shield was much more of an entertaining ride. I probably appreciate both shows about the same, but for pure enjoyment The Shield takes it. SOA was great fun at times, but far more stupid in places than The Shield ever was (and there is some mad shit in there). Â I fucking love Vic Mackie. Him and Shane made that whole show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 I love violence in stuff but for some reason I found the violence in The Shield really off putting. It was just so unnecessarily nasty at every opportunity. It was like it was trying to go "look how fucking dark and gritty this show is" but it came across so forced. I gave up after the first season because it bothered me so. An example of this would be in one episode where they are chasing some Chinese teens who are robbing the elderly, but that's not enough, they nailed the old peoples feet to the floor. Why? What did this add to the episode? How did it play into the overarching theme of the show? Fuck knows. Just nastiness for the sake of nastiness. I think they were so scared of making Mackey unlikeable they made everyone else just a disgusting cunt to counteract it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) The Shield is good, but it's nowhere near The Wire -- or even Sons of Anarchy. Â No show has ever came close to hitting the heights The Shield did from the season five finale up to the (perfect) ending, for me. Any TV acting awards from this time-frame that didn't have "Walton Goggins" stamped on them should be ruled void. Edited March 23, 2016 by CleetusVanDamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted March 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2016 I love violence in stuff but for some reason I found the violence in The Shield really off putting. It was just so unnecessarily nasty at every opportunity. It was like it was trying to go "look how fucking dark and gritty this show is" but it came across so forced. I gave up after the first season because it bothered me so. An example of this would be in one episode where they are chasing some Chinese teens who are robbing the elderly, but that's not enough, they nailed the old peoples feet to the floor. Why? What did this add to the episode? How did it play into the overarching theme of the show? Fuck knows. Just nastiness for the sake of nastiness. I think they were so scared of making Mackey unlikeable they made everyone else just a disgusting cunt to counteract it. I had a workmate who seemed to quit every big TV show partway through, due to the violence. She missed 90% of the golden age of TV drama because she's squeamish. No judgment, but I feel terrible for her. It's like when I was a kid staying in our caravan - parents kipping down one end, me watching Reservoir Dogs at the other. My mum made me turn it off, said it made her cry to hear the language, all the effing and blinding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts