Re: Sons of Anarchy ???
Karl
Oops! Before I get gigged, I just looked it up and it wasn't
the BBC. It was ITV that aired the original The Prisoner
series starring the late Patrick McGoohan. What a great actor
he was. I'll never forget McGoohan as "Longshanks" in Mel
Gibson's epic Braveheart.
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Karl
Ian Galbraith
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:46:13 +1100, Ian Galbraith <m...@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:10 -0500, David wrote:
[snip]
> Sagal is good. Perlman is good, though so far he hasn't been asked to
> stretch himself. The guy who plays Opie has come into his own in an
> understated way. Everyone else is unremarkable, but Hunnam is an
> uncharismatic dead fish. He should play stoner types, not someone at
> the center of a powerful drama.
Mileage varies obviously. And Kim Coates just to name one is hardly
unremarkable.
>>As for how compelling it is, in S1 that was probably an issue but not S2,
>>which has applied the screws inexorably to the protagonists from the
>>first episode.
> They've taken "knock your heroes down to build them back up" to a
> ridiculous degree, I think. This season they failed to protect two
> wives, three members of their club, their property, walked into an
> obvious trap because they're hotheads; they were even too inept to do
> something as simple as plant drugs on some drag queen without anyone
> getting shot.
The only thing that gave me pause was Luane's killing. Everything else
this season has arisen from the characters and their response to
circumstances not the plot contrivances that The Shield went through. 2
episodes ago I was finding it hard to take but the last 2 episodes have
begun the process of the club turning it around. Like I said IMHO its
been very well constructed and thought out. Even Zobelle's weakness has
been something that has been there from early on. The thing with the drag
queen was something that no-one saw coming even the Sheriff.
> With two episodes left I don't know if there's even enough time to
> redeem them. The season will need to end pretty spectacularly.
The last 2 episodes have already done exactly that IMHO.
>>2 episodes ago I actually thought Sutter had gone
>>overboard in this aspect but the last 2 episodes have shown how
>>masterfully he's constructed the season. This is already a better show
>>than The Shield ever was.
>
> That's sacrilegious. The only show I think has a chance to surpass
> "The Shield" is "Lost" if it wraps up well.
I rank quite a few series ahead of The Shield.
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