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[BadBurger]

Also how ya guys been doing? I've had life and health issues keeping me largely offline for a minute now

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Also how ya guys been doing? I've had life and health issues keeping me largely offline for a minute now

 

[willothedog]

 

[AJUMP23]

He was amazing in Justified. Best thing they did making him the major antagonist. He is in a lot of stuff now.

 

[BadBurger]

You smell like fucked bungholes

 

[KyoZz]

He's also amazing in The Righteous Gemstones. Love that show

 

[Jaybe]

Reminds me that I still need to watch the rest of The Shield

 

[HRK69]

Reminds me that I still need to watch the rest of The Shield

You should

The Shield always reminds me of this clip lol

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Also how ya guys been doing? I've had life and health issues keeping me largely offline for a minute now

Megamind??

 

[kevboard]

 

[calico]

The Shield deserves more recognition. Top tier show and stays strong all the way through.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

You should

The Shield always reminds me of this clip lol

C. C. H. Pounder and Dutch are the best part of that show

 

[Laptop1991]

I've only seen him on the screen, that i can remember, in Fallout and Predators but he is excellent in both

 

[DaciaJC]

Best character in best show ever.

 

[LordCBH]

 

[DeafTourette]

He does comedy, drama, dramedy SO well... He is a great actor!

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Goggins is top shelf.

 

[YCoCg]

If you've not seen The White Lotus Season 3, then just watch this scene at how great the acting is between these two...

 

[CGNoire]

Yep watching the Shield revealed to me what a serious talent this dude is.

 

[Esca]

When I see him I always think of predators

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Goggins is top shelf.

Let's roll'em up, then.

 

[Gp1]

The duo



Cletus / Venus Van Damme

The man steal the show ever time she (!) was on screen in SOA

And The Shield is probably my favorite series of all time. Breaking bad probably wouldn't even exist without The Shield.

 

[Forsete]

Also how ya guys been doing? I've had life and health issues keeping me largely offline for a minute now

Hope you feel better.

As for the question, great actor. I've liked him since I saw The Shield.

 

[BadBurger]

The Shield deserves more recognition. Top tier show and stays strong all the way through.

Sadly I have only watched one season. But it was indeed good.

 

[Ownage]

He's in a good action show called SIX (about Seal Teams). The second season has a surprise, Olivia Munn. Go find it if you can.

 

[JCK75]

I just caught up on the righteous gemstones and just started on vice principles... Dude, just eats up every scene he's in, in both of those shows

 

[Blade2.0]

He's so good in righteous gem stones.

 

[Gp1]

He's in a good action show called SIX (about Seal Teams). The second season has a surprise, Olivia Munn. Go find it if you can.

Imho it was better than Seal Team (also good, but different) both series use the same premises premiered at the same time.
Six got 2 season, Seal Team got 7.

 

[GymWolf]

Dude is great in every role he does.

 

[Ownage]

Imho it was better than Seal Team (also good, but different) both series use the same premises premiered at the same time.
Six got 2 season, Seal Team got 7.

Agree. Olivia Munn was the worst part tho.

 

[Soodanim]

Don't know too much of his work, so to me he's the guy from this episode above all:

 

[Walter Matthau]

One of the rare actors in modern times where having their name attached to a movie/show is usually enough to have me give it a try.

It helps that he has unusual face where you're just as likely to believe he's some over the top eccentric billionaire, a mass serial killer, middle aged rock singer, normal everyday family guy, cult leader, or a depressed alcoholic who can't hold a job.

 

[clarky]

C. C. H. Pounder and Dutch are the best part of that show

CCH Pounder is surely the greatest name of all time.

The duo



Cletus / Venus Van Damme

The man steal the show ever time she (!) was on screen in SOA

And The Shield is probably my favorite series of all time. Breaking bad probably wouldn't even exist without The Shield.

I love the Shield, on a rewatch currently, but how you figure that Breaking Bad connection?

 

[Gp1]

CCH Pounder is surely the greatest name of all time.

I love the Shield, on a rewatch currently, but how you figure that Breaking Bad connection?

The Shield basically paved the way for good/risky series in basic cable. We can say that the beginning of the TV's golden era started with the Shield, specially on later seasons with actors like Forest Whitaker and Glen Close.

Besides that, there are a great deal of similarities in both show. Just to start...

Everything Breaking Bad Has Done, The Shield Did First

My favorite TV show is a Shakespearean tragedy in which the antihero’s sins, spinning out from a fatal decision he makes in the pilot, slowly destroy...

slate.com

 

[Renoir]

Known him from Django.. and fallout.

 

[clarky]

The Shield basically paved the way for good/risky series in basic cable. We can say that the beginning of the TV's golden era started with the Shield, specially on later seasons with actors like Forest Whitaker and Glen Close.

Besides that, there are a great deal of similarities in both show. Just to start...

Everything Breaking Bad Has Done, The Shield Did First

My favorite TV show is a Shakespearean tragedy in which the antihero’s sins, spinning out from a fatal decision he makes in the pilot, slowly destroy...

slate.com

Hard disagree with this.

The Shield is popcorn TV, brilliant TV but still. Not one single perp lawyers up.

I'd put it in the same bracket as 24.

 

[calico]

I'd take The Shield over Breaking Bad any day

 

[clarky]

I'd take The Shield over Breaking Bad any day

The Shield is awesome, but is not on the same level as peak BB or Better Call Saul.

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

Saw the thread and thought he'd slipped his mortal coil, almost had me.

 

[Gp1]

Hard disagree with this.

The Shield is popcorn TV, brilliant TV but still. Not one single perp lawyers up.

I'd put it in the same bracket as 24.

Which one did you watched first?

 

[clarky]

Which one did you watched first?

Both at the same time. I like both for different reasons.

The Shield is pure pulp drama like a soap opera. Breaking Bad was on a different level until it went mainstream. Better call Saul was better than both.

To be clear i love all 3.

 

[Gp1]

Both at the same time.

That's the point, I watched both at their time. One exactly after the other.
Breaking Bad is great (and I rewatched it recently, which definitely increased my appreciation for the series), but at the time, for me, it felt a little too close to home.

ps. The shield I rewatch every now and then.

 

[Toons]

I read this title thinking he died

 

[clarky]

That's the point, I watched both at their time. One exactly after the other.
Breaking Bad is great (and I rewatched it recently, which definitely increased my appreciation for the series), but at the time, for me, it felt a little too close to home.

ps. The shield I rewatch every now and then.

Thing that struck me with The Shield is they have the same plot device every episode. No suspect ever has a lawyer and sings like a canary as a plot device.

Like I saying great TV but for me its in the same bracket as 24 and Ray Donovan.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Hard disagree with this.

The Shield is popcorn TV, brilliant TV but still. Not one single perp lawyers up.

I'd put it in the same bracket as 24.

Wasn't the sopranos before any of this? I thought it was the sopranos that said doing TV is good ( for Hollywood established stars) and showed that tv could have production values etc.

The shield as good as it was, was made on a budget. Looks cheap as fuck, the earlier seasons. The shows creator used his own wife as Mackey's wife to save money. And Ronnie was just someone's mate to fill out the cast before they made him an actual character.

 

[clarky]

Wasn't the sopranos before any of this? I thought it was the sopranos that said doing TV is good ( for Hollywood established stars) and showed that tv could have production values etc.

The shield as good as it was, was made on a budget. Looks cheap as fuck, the earlier seasons. The shows creator used his own wife as Mackey's wife to save money. And Ronnie was just someone's mate to fill out the cast before they made him an actual character.

Yes thats why i was asking.

The Shield was great but was and evolution of shows like criminal minds more than serious long form US drama.

 

[Xdrive05]

Been a fan of his FOR EVER. Justified gets an annual watch and never gets old.

 

[YCoCg]

He also gave us this which really should've been used more online

 

[Gp1]

Wasn't the sopranos before any of this? I thought it was the sopranos that said doing TV is good ( for Hollywood established stars) and showed that tv could have production values etc.

The shield as good as it was, was made on a budget. Looks cheap as fuck, the earlier seasons. The shows creator used his own wife as Mackey's wife to save money. And Ronnie was just someone's mate to fill out the cast before they made him an actual character.

See the basic cable part on my post.

HBO was spending on quality content since the 90's.
By the time FX / The Shield took the risk, HBO was already burning money hard on series (OZ, Sopranos, The Wire, Band of Brothers, Six feet under, Carnivale and later Rome)

Imho the turning point was these with 3.
Sopranos and The Wire (for Premium), and The Shield (for basic. And later BB, of course.)

ps. BoB too, although its miniseries. It's a different animal

 

[calico]

The Shield was great but was and evolution of shows like criminal minds more than serious long form US drama.

There are episodic elements, but on the whole I would consider it to be serious long form drama. The story being resolved in the final season is the story which begins in the pilot episode and runs throughout.

It's difficult to get people to give it a chance because they assume it's just another cop show, but it really isn't imo.