THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: mormapope on August 05, 2015, 01:49:34 PM
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Just wanted to say its better than The Wire. A lot more fun to rewatch and discuss with people and friends. Writing is more fun, The Shield being character focused means a lot more funny/entertaining moments. A lot more consistent in quality season by season. Best series finale of all time.
Both shows are GOAT material in the end though.
EDIT: Forgot to mention how The Shield's pilot has the best hook possible for a cop show. And it made a Kid Rock song really cool.
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Most of the bore was really into the shield as it played originally.
Better than the wire?
Nah.
I think I prefer homicide to it also.
But its a very good entertaining show.
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One of those shows that got better as it went along.
Seasons 1 - 4 Great
Seasons 5 - 7 God tier Television
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The Shield is definitely in my top 5 but the writing is far too inconsistent for me to compare it to The Wire. Some of the acting is pretty weak too, and the characters aren't as interesting outside of a couple. Plus some episodes have a corny baddie of the week vibe.
All that being said it's a great show. S5 and S7 are god tier television.
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One of those shows that got better as it went along.
Seasons 1 - 4 Great
Seasons 5 - 7 God tier Television
Yup
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The Shield is definitely in my top 5 but the writing is far too inconsistent for me to compare it to The Wire. Some of the acting is pretty weak too, and the characters aren't as interesting outside of a couple. Plus some episodes have a corny baddie of the week vibe.
All that being said it's a great show. S5 and S7 are god tier television.
:ufup
The problem isn't uninteresting characters, the problem is the scope of the show changes and some characters are pushed into the background from season 5 onward. Dutch is one of the best characters of the show, Claudette is as well. Billings is the best form of comedic relief (bald middle aged detective if you forgot). Julian, Aceveda, and Danni are interesting characters that sorta stop being important after season 4.
The Shield is excellent at having a varied cast of characters and having each character used to maximum efficiency until the focus switches on the strike team.
The writing on The Shield is a lot more fun and entertaining compared to The Wire. The Wire's writing is top notch, very smart and very grounded, while The Shield has pulp and that pulp flows through most characters and performances throughout the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qjZ44g8Nvg
When it comes to The Wire, I find the majority of police stuff a lot less interesting than what happens on the streets.
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Absolutely brutal and emotional final season. I remember while it was airing it felt more like one long savage trainwreck of these characters lives (s7).
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You make a good point, morm. A lot of good characters do indeed get sidelined. The gay cop for instance...his story basically just disappears. Dutch gets sidelined at one point as well.
Billings :rejoice
The Shield still has the best last season and finale of any show tho. It's perfect on every level, and just a completely devastating end.
What's up with the show barely having any clips on youtube btw. And I hate that it's not on Netflix. Hulu can suck my dick.
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Dutch & Claudette my niccas for life.
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Fox/Sony for some reason cracked down on anything related to The Shield, there used to be clips on youtube and then they were taken down. It was on Netflix in the UK, and now its in Central America regions. Makes no sense why it isn't on US Netflix though, its a show about corrupt cops in Los Angeles, and yet US netflix still hasn't gotten it. :lol
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Just wanted to say its better than The Wire. A lot more fun to rewatch and discuss with people and friends. Writing is more fun, The Shield being character focused means a lot more funny/entertaining moments. A lot more consistent in quality season by season. Best series finale of all time.
Both shows are GOAT material in the end though.
EDIT: Forgot to mention how The Shield's pilot has the best hook possible for a cop show. And it made a Kid Rock song really cool.
No way.
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I like The Shield better than The Wire. Both are definitely top tier television shows. I've wasted enough time talking about why I like it better (many of the posts are here, you could probably search them if you care) so I'm not going to do it again here. I think the show would have benefited from being on something like HBO or Showtime where they could show some titties or say "fuck".
You can't go wrong with either show so I'll leave it at that.
Fox/Sony for some reason cracked down on anything related to The Shield, there used to be clips on youtube and then they were taken down. It was on Netflix in the UK, and now its in Central America regions. Makes no sense why it isn't on US Netflix though, its a show about corrupt cops in Los Angeles, and yet US netflix still hasn't gotten it. :lol
Amazon Prime had it for a while. Not sure if they still do or not.
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I'm more of a cuirass guy.
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Amazon Prime had it for a while. Not sure if they still do or not.
They don't, which I find very frustrating. Got 3 seasons in then decided to take a break. When I came back it was gone. I mean you can still pay to stream them, but a Prime membership won't cover it anymore.
I liked what I saw, but I wouldn't call it Wire tier so far.
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Claudette fucking sucks. Great show though. It surpasses The Wire from Season 5 on.
:ufup