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Tale
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When I was watching it, I didn't know it was the season ender. And it didn't feel like the season ended at all, so I was surprised to read that. But it was still excellent.
Bit worried about talk of an excursion to Ireland next season. For a start, Belfast is in Northern Ireland, which is still the UK not Ireland. And Chibs has a strong Scottish accent, not a Northern Irish accent like the other Real IRA, so his involvement with them has never made much sense. It seems like the writers have a romanticised view of the Irish/British situation and not much first-hand knowledge (where first-hand US biker knowledge is their strength), so I'm wary of them straying outside their territory.
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HaemishM
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I loved the season finale. Glad to know it got renewed, but I'm hoping it doesn't overstay its welcome like the Shield and Rescue Me. I still love(d) both of those shows, but after 5-6 seasons, some of their premises wear thin or stretch believability.
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KallDrexx
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Xanthippe
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Just rewatched last season. Cannot believe that the Emmys completely snubbed SoA and particularly Katey Segal, who was phenomenal. There must be some political bs around it - she deserved at least a nomination.
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Rendakor
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Glad to see this show back. Decent opener overall; a little heavy on the recap, but otherwise solid. The scene at the end was particularly awesome.
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KallDrexx
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I thought it was a good opener. I was kind of worried that the season would be slow, but the ending showed that the season isn't going to be, and after the episode I was happy in the way they conducted everything.
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Abagadro
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Definitely just a Redshirt.
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Xanthippe
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Glad to see this show back. Decent opener overall; a little heavy on the recap, but otherwise solid. The scene at the end was particularly awesome.
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KallDrexx
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Well this season isn't very interesting.....
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Rendakor
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I like it so far.
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KallDrexx
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Maybe it's just me then. It just feels very different than the previous seasons and all over the place / unfocused.
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« Last Edit: October 01, 2010, 10:44:44 AM by Ard »
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Tale
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I found the last couple of episodes pretty boring.
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FatuousTwat
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Ceryse
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So far I've enjoyed the season, but I'll agree that it hasn't, thus far, been as good as it was in the past two seasons. |
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FatuousTwat
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So far I've enjoyed the season, but I'll agree that it hasn't, thus far, been as good as it was in the past two seasons. |
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Abagadro
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Thanks to those motherfuckers at Fox I can't see this as they are blocking FX off of the Dish Network. Anyone know how quickly episodes make it to iTunes?
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Tale
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Samwise
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Thanks to those motherfuckers at Fox I can't see this as they are blocking FX off of the Dish Network. Anyone know how quickly episodes make it to iTunes?
It's on Hulu for free, but very delayed. Episode 2 just went up today. |
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Tale
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Bit worried about talk of an excursion to Ireland next season. For a start, Belfast is in Northern Ireland, which is still the UK not Ireland. And Chibs has a strong Scottish accent, not a Northern Irish accent like the other Real IRA, so his involvement with them has never made much sense. It seems like the writers have a romanticised view of the Irish/British situation and not much first-hand knowledge (where first-hand US biker knowledge is their strength), so I'm wary of them straying outside their territory.
... and so it goes. They even changed the fucking theme music to "Sons of Anarchy In American-written Fantasy Northern Ireland Theme Park". |
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« Last Edit: October 29, 2010, 03:54:13 PM by Tale »
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Slayerik
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I completely lost interest in this show after like two episodes, and I'm not sure why.
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KallDrexx
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I completely lost interest in this show after like two episodes, and I'm not sure why.
2nd episode from the beginning or 2nd episode of the season? |
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Slayerik
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I completely lost interest in this show after like two episodes, and I'm not sure why.
2nd episode from the beginning or 2nd episode of the season? This season. I liked the first 2 seasons. |
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KallDrexx
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This season. I liked the first 2 seasons.
Yep I'm with you. Be rest assured it hasn't gotten any better (imho).... |
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Xanthippe
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I really liked the last episode. Agreed that this season is not as good as last, but last season set the bar pretty high.
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Ard
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Well, there should be some really bad things coming down the pipe pretty soon, if they stick to the general outline of Hamlet like the series claims it's following.
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HaemishM
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Finally caught up to the current show from this season. Even with the big events of the first episode, I thought it started REALLY slow. They seemed to throw a lot of things in for filler that never went anywhere, like the whole Asian porn star party that got fucked up. But I have liked what they've done in expanding the "universe" with all the Teller in Belfast stuff, and it seems they are finally moving Jax back to realizing what the life is leading to. It's definitely not as good as Season 2, but certainly worth watching.
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Tale
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Here's my biggest problem with this season: Sons of Anarchy's Northern Ireland hasn't existed since the mid-1990s. The IRA declared a lasting ceasefire in July 1997. It ended its armed campaign in July 2005. All weapons under its control were destroyed by September 2005.
Why? Because Northern Ireland became self-governing. Why isn't there a united Ireland? Because Sinn Fein (the party most Irish republicans vote for) has just 26.2% of the vote, compared with 45% for the loyalist/unionist parties (the rest is non-sectarian parties). More people want to be part of the UK.
The "Real IRA" is about 100 mostly ineffective hotheads who disobeyed the IRA leadership. They can't operate as shown in Sons of Anarchy. The leadership group on Sons of Anarchy was like the old IRA days, not today's Real IRA. It was like a continuation of Irish-American glorification of the IRA, applied to the Real IRA. Very dangerous.
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« Last Edit: November 26, 2010, 03:29:30 PM by Tale »
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Rendakor
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Television shows are not accurate depictions of reality. News at 11.
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Abagadro
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Great finale. I didn't get as bent out of shape with this season as some people seemed to, but I can't see how that finale can't bring those that were disaffected back into the fold.
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Zaljerem
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Great finale. I didn't get as bent out of shape with this season as some people seemed to, but I can't see how that finale can't bring those that were disaffected back into the fold.
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