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#1601 Re: The Sunset Strip » Breakng Bad/Better Call Saul » 641 weeks ago
I don't think this show will ever be compared to the "great" Sopranos.
And when I say great... what I actually mean is OVER-RATED Sopranos. The last two years of the Sopranos were utter shit, especially the last year. The first year was overrated, and the prime of the show was NEVER what it was reputed to be.
The point is THE SHIELD was a FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BETTER series than either of these two (although I got major love for Breaking Bad), and The Shield will never make a Top-10 list, nor will it ever eclipse The Sopreenos.
I'm sorry, but i'm just so goddamn sick of hearing about The Sopranos. What an overrated show. One of the greatest ones to ever air, but the best? Puhleeze. Andy Griffith, All In The Family, early-era Happy Days & early-era Dallas, The Rockford Files (where David Chase got his start), Hill Street Blues, early-era A-Team, Miami Vice, The Equalizer, Tales From The Crypt, The X-Files, Wiseguy, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Everybody Loves Raymond, early-era Simpsons, the first few years of Stargate SG-1, 24 (even today), The Shield, Deadwood, Breaking Bad...
Then I might tack on The Sopranos.
this is absolutely one of the worst, most idiotic posts i've read on this forum - & that's high fucking praise. such total dumbass horseshit.
i love the shield, great show, but it'd struggle to get into the top 5 cop/crime shows ever, never mind touch the top 3.
it's too cartoony, too much weighed down by make-do actors & reliant on the silly overblown writing style of american action shows - the action being the strongest suit, the convoluted empty handed cack-handled nonsensical plots the weakness. & what is it w/these jokers having to give their goddamn wives starring roles in these shows?!
comparing the shield to the soprano's is like comparing pulp to dostoevsky.
the last two seasons of the soprano's were fucking terrific. the handling of johnny sack's cancer, jnr's dementia, aj's breakdown were all par for the course on a show that excelled in subplots. all of it handled with the same brilliance - subtlety & force - as the psychoanalysis or the separation of tony & carmella. the ultimate distancing between tony & christopher is one of the greatest storylines the show did.
seriously some of the shite you've listed above is embarrassing. you shouldn't admit to watching some of that gash.
get real, man.
as for breaking bad, yea it was a fun show that got completely overhyped & taken to extremes. it was a fun, cool show but people got carried away.
#1602 Re: Guns N' Roses » Ron leaving the band after Vegas? » 648 weeks ago
i couldn't give a shit one way or the other about what opinions you or anyone else has about axl, all i'm saying is it's boring as shit & stupid when you say the same thing over & over again.
you're the one who started the shit.
your initial comment was originally intended to flame & provocate this place & lomax responded, which was obv your intention.
then you took it to another level, showing your stupidity & ignorance.
sorry if you think i was attacking you. i thought i was merely pointing out the obvious - that you're stupid, repetitive & boring. anyone who calls someone else a faggot is obviously p stupid & ignorant. you're boring & trolling w/the same line about axl being the weak link in a reunion lineup. so, what's your problem w/my post exactly??
what is it you want me to do? log in & lol @ faldor or axlins wetdreams about axl? meh, they're welcome to it. you however were just being a dickhead.
personally i've next to zero interest in axl's performances/gnr/a reunion. when i see stupid people saying stupid things, yea, i feel the urge to enter the convo. that's all.
#1603 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 648 weeks ago
they're going to have an awful lot of plot to get thru next week..
i expected/assumed they were going to devote an entire ep to this siege but my heart still sank a little when the show opened & it was really going to play out that way.
& then to dump a load of filler into the first 20mins kinda sucked the energy out of me.
think they could've done something/anything else in the first half & then dedicated the second half to castle black - hell, how long have arya & the hound been walking thru wsteros now?! why not wrap up some of that stuff instead of filling time w/made-up BS & dragging dialogue (nothing as egregious as tyrions beetle smashing speech tho - the nadir of the tv adaptation so far..)
that waste of time could've been spent actually wrapping up this particular wildlings thread - & giving
his moment of redemption w/o having to share the stage w/other HFS moments that are going to drop in ep 10. think they could've squeezed that in if they'd dispensed w/the fluff at the top of the ep.
& i'm also not too keen on this idea they've gone w/of bringing in neil marshall to do the big battle stuff - i think the in-house directors & crew have an affinity w/the characters & plot that gets lost when the guest directors come in & don't think the supposed technical gravitas of marshall is that special the regular directors couldn't emulate it..
now all that being said, i still enjoyed it. there was a lot to enjoy; the awesome tracking shot of the battle in the courtyard, the giant & his bow & arrow, the sword fights were just cool as shit..
it's just.. it could've been a little more even tho it was really fun??
i think the show has done a massive disservice to the nights watch/the others storyline. i think that approach harmed the impact of this episode. technically it was probably even better than blackwater but failed to carry the same impact on plot & character development (except for jon snow & thore - & maybe sam & janos).
the tv show is defo not as good as the books for this reason alone (& for other reasons).
#1604 Re: Guns N' Roses » Ron leaving the band after Vegas? » 648 weeks ago
seriously mikka? ffs, grow up.
& not just the stupid faggot comment - the stupid lameass comment about axl needing to practice, a stupid boring line you've used about a thousand times already. change the script ffs.
#1605 Re: Guns N' Roses » Is sorry the most wasted potential song from CD » 649 weeks ago
Awesome tune great lyrics
#1606 Re: Guns N' Roses » New Revolver interview with Axl » 649 weeks ago
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And I also wonder, when he talks about managers that wanted to make US tours unsuccessful so he'd want a reunion...is this in reference to the fact that they continuously played arenas where attendance was 50% capacity or lower in some cases? I wonder if he wants to do the smaller amphitheater shows (2-5000 capacity) like the small club tour they did a few years ago. For instance, in Boston, I'd love to see them play the House of Blues as opposed to TD Garden or the DCU in Worcester.
What he's saying is they didn't spend enough money on his whims & demands & promo.
But he lost that level of faith that his appeasing would be rewarded.
They've prob decided he's only worth so much headache. & his settling into his Vegas yrs already sadly seems to be his forced retirement..
#1607 Re: Guns N' Roses » GnR in Vegas 2014 » 649 weeks ago
Great review. Prob best/most accurate/nail on the head review I've ever read of a GnR show.
#1608 Re: Guns N' Roses » Ron leaving the band after Vegas? » 650 weeks ago
jesus marY & joseph
can we get embedded vid automatically put into spoiler tags? this vid heavy page is browser crashing.
#1609 Re: Guns N' Roses » Pest extermination the Axl way » 650 weeks ago
love it.
#1610 Re: Guns N' Roses » Ron leaving the band after Vegas? » 650 weeks ago
nah ron is a proper gunner.
he's sacrificed himself for the cause. moreso than most.
shameful the way he's been treated & how little he's been able to write/record. bar tommy he's p much the only guy i can identify w/in the band these days.
i prob should temper that w/the idea i never really bought into his tone or playing being thoroughly GnR. but also, he was never really given the chance to prove himself except live & like i say he more than did his fair share in that regard so i've got respect & love for the guy. & like i say more than most of the rest of the ensemble, a few of who i'd cross the street to get away from.
so it goes.
if he goes.
