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Diesel Fucker
Aug 14, 2003

I spent my rent money on tentacle porn.
I also liked it in OZ when the IRA bombed the prison.

You yanks sure do love the IRA. Good job they killed the Taliban in deadliest warrior.

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Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack
i sorta enjoyed the show week to week, the characters and their arcs were interesting, but if you stand back and look at any of the big-picture details about the club or the show or the gang politics or the amount of violence it's all retarded

i heard someone describe this show as "a soap opera for dudes" and that hits the nail on the loving head. i liked watching it but that's exactly what it was. character-driven serial drama that made no goddamn sense.

Diesel Fucker
Aug 14, 2003

I spent my rent money on tentacle porn.
I heard wrestling was soap opera for dudes. I don't wathc it though, is it an apt comparison?

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
the only entertaining part of the show was when henry rollin's kids start screaming about race traitors

Verisimilidude
Dec 20, 2006

Strike quick and hurry at him,
not caring to hit or miss.
So that you dishonor him before the judges



Sons of Anarchy would make a great campaign setting for dungeons and dragons. Just make everything fantasy and make SOA a thieves guild.

Also maybe they don't allow half-orcs (because half-orcs are basically the black people of D&D)

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
there was a really funny part where katy sagal runs outside and throws herself down in the middle of the road

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

Vladimir Putin posted:

And all the seasons were stupid and pointless.

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





I watched a few seasons on Netflix and it just got worse with every episode. Every single story arc was "resolved" with killing someone. And the characters got to be bigger and bigger pieces of poo poo as it went on and I was just hoping they would die horribly somehow. Just terrible writing overall.

Also I didn't quite see the surfer bro main character as a badass biker.

"Like whoa, brah, those Mayan dudes are totally not chill!"
*brushing back hair*
"They think they are better bikers than us??"
"SHAAA!! AS IF."

Sophy Wackles fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Jun 30, 2015

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

thathonkey posted:

Are you 12? That is a terrible reason to watch

Oh, sorry dad-sperg

I thought this was a comedy forum, where things aren't always true

Vladimir Putin
Mar 17, 2007

by R. Guyovich
I stopped watching when a biker dude got raped and burned alive for no reason. And then following that some random person not even a character in the show got shot and died accidentally for no reason. It didn't advance the plot or add anything to the story it was just random people dying and getting raped.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Vladimir Putin posted:

I stopped watching when a biker dude got raped and burned alive for no reason. And then following that some random person not even a character in the show got shot and died accidentally for no reason. It didn't advance the plot or add anything to the story it was just random people dying and getting raped.

sounds like another show I know

Vladimir Putin
Mar 17, 2007

by R. Guyovich

Moridin920 posted:

sounds like another show I know

No it goes way beyond even that threshold.

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
I'm struggling trying to watch this after finishing The Wire.

It's really loving hard, man.

babies havin rabies
Feb 24, 2006

I watched this show until the guy takes the main character's son for practically no reason and runs away on a boat while they chase him down the dock. Was laughing too hard to take the show seriously after that

The Anime Liker
Aug 8, 2009

by VideoGames

Philthy posted:

I'm struggling trying to watch this after finishing The Wire.

It's really loving hard, man.

Jesus, man. "Wow, that five michelin star restaurant was great, now I should cleanse my palate by eating cat food out of a colostomy bag."

babies havin rabies posted:

I watched this show until the guy takes the main character's son for practically no reason and runs away on a boat while they chase him down the dock. Was laughing too hard to take the show seriously after that

Exact moment I and most people quit, too. :hfive:

RaceBannon
Apr 3, 2010
I walk like Jax.

fuck the ROW
Aug 29, 2008

by zen death robot
im watching bojack horseman, but not right now

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

LINKIN PARK


still not as stupid as game of thrones

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

LINKIN PARK


his mom got raped but then he killed his mom

edit: spoilers

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Vladimir Putin posted:

I stopped watching when a biker dude got raped and burned alive for no reason. And then following that some random person not even a character in the show got shot and died accidentally for no reason. It didn't advance the plot or add anything to the story it was just random people dying and getting raped.

am I forgetting something? I can only think of four people in the show who get raped. one of them is a minor character. one of them gets stabbed to death. the other two get shot. who is the person who "got raped and burned alive for no reason"?

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme


Foid One
Mar 2, 2015

by Ralp

This is beyond hosed up

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

yep, that's two of the ones I just mentioned

juice (the first one) gets stabbed to death in one of the very last episodes, otto gets shot to death by correctional officers in prison after cutting the throat of the retired deputy marshal who, among other things, conspired to have him raped

those are the only bikers in the entire show I can think of who get raped, so who is the biker who gets raped and then burned alive because I don't remember that ever happening

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

babies havin rabies posted:

I watched this show until the guy takes the main character's son for practically no reason and runs away on a boat while they chase him down the dock. Was laughing too hard to take the show seriously after that

for a generation that came of age during the war on terror, halfsack was a key character in making the show interesting and relateable. He was a vet who joined out of high school because Freedoms; he was half the kids I grew up with.

then he got killed for no good goddamn reason

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

OMGVBFLOL posted:

for a generation that came of age during the war on terror, halfsack was a key character in making the show interesting and relateable. He was a vet who joined out of high school because Freedoms; he was half the kids I grew up with.

then he got killed for no good goddamn reason

the actor was getting strung out on drugs and ended up killing himself irl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lewis#Death

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack
oh

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

TacticalUrbanHomo posted:

yep, that's two of the ones I just mentioned

juice (the first one) gets stabbed to death in one of the very last episodes, otto gets shot to death by correctional officers in prison after cutting the throat of the retired deputy marshal who, among other things, conspired to have him raped

those are the only bikers in the entire show I can think of who get raped, so who is the biker who gets raped and then burned alive because I don't remember that ever happening

i think it was tiggs daughter

also otto is the show creator and he has a hosed up fetish for rape

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

he hosed katy perry for a year

pretty sure there was nothing else to live for after that

also had a baby with her



then killed a cat then his 81 year old land lady and fell to his death and broke his neck

:shrug:

Top City Homo fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Jul 1, 2015

huskarl_marx
Oct 13, 2013

by zen death robot
hmmm im kind of a revenant that only exists to slay pussy so i very much relate with that supposition

huskarl_marx
Oct 13, 2013

by zen death robot
a single katy perry baby gotta be worth a hundred trailer park babes so yeah i mean from a material perspective he didn't fail at life

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Top City Homo posted:

i think it was tiggs daughter

she wasn't raped and she wasn't burned alive "for no reason", she was burned alive because tigg killed pope's daughter

I mean the show is dumb enough to make fun of without making things up

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

TacticalUrbanHomo posted:

she wasn't raped and she wasn't burned alive "for no reason", she was burned alive because tigg killed pope's daughter

I mean the show is dumb enough to make fun of without making things up

i dont even remember anymore

Khorne
May 1, 2002
If you think SoA is bad wait till you get wind of the awful netflix show sens8.

If you want a real laugh watch the first 10-20 minutes of it then go read the tv iv thread and wonder if it's an elaborate troll thread by entirely fake accounts.

To be fair, if you can watch s7 of soa I don't understand you either. I keep trying to watch it because I was entertained enough by the previous 6 seasons, but I always just say gently caress it I'm out by ep3-ep4. I simply don't care what happens anymore because it's all irrelevant and pointless and there's no actual plot or reason behind the characters' actions anymore. People just do unreasonable poo poo constantly for no apparent reason other than to setup a "clever" tie-in in a future episode or to attempt to move the show forward, but it doesn't make sense for them to do things because it's just hamfisted garbage.

At least dexter established itself as a comedy from somewhere in s1/s2 on.

Khorne fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Jul 1, 2015

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Khorne posted:

If you think SoA is bad wait till you get wind of the awful netflix show sens8.

If you want a real laugh watch the first 10-20 minutes of it then go read the tv iv thread and wonder if it's an elaborate troll thread by entirely fake accounts.

To be fair, if you can watch s7 of soa I don't understand you either. I keep trying to watch it because I was entertained enough by the previous 6 seasons, but I always just say gently caress it I'm out by ep3-ep4. I simply don't care what happens anymore because it's all irrelevant and pointless and there's no actual plot or reason behind the character's actions anymore.

hatewatch

tviv had good commentary about it

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Khorne posted:

If you think SoA is bad wait till you get wind of the awful netflix show sens8.

If you want a real laugh watch the first 10-20 minutes of it then go read the tv iv thread and wonder if it's an elaborate troll thread by entirely fake accounts.

To be fair, if you can watch s7 of soa I don't understand you either. I keep trying to watch it because I was entertained enough by the previous 6 seasons, but I always just say gently caress it I'm out by ep3-ep4. I simply don't care what happens anymore because it's all irrelevant and pointless and there's no actual plot or reason behind the character's actions anymore.

there's... there's not? gemma kills tara because she was led to believe tara had sold out the club and was divorcing jax and taking his kids away

when she realises that was not the case at all she makes up the most believable story she can to escape her son's wrath, which is to blame the tong which had a present dispute with the club

the club and the tong become embroiled in a gang war as a result, and when august marks threatens jax to try to enforce peace, jax moves pre-emptively to eliminate marks

in the midst of all of this jax murders a witness who, as it turns out, was the son of another charter's president

in the resulting dispute, jax then murders said president, prompting a vote to remove him as president and possibly sanction his murder

the truth about tara's murder is revealed. jax realises the damage he has caused to the club. he first kills gemma to avenge his wife's murder, then attempts to atone by single-handedly eliminating the enemies he has created for the club in the one way they would not expect, by gunning them down in broad daylight, and then allowing himself to be killed.

it's not good by any means and way too much of it is exposition but it wasn't exactly hard to follow

Khorne
May 1, 2002

TacticalUrbanHomo posted:

it's not good by any means and way too much of it is exposition but it wasn't exactly hard to follow
It's not hard to follow. It's too easy to follow and had little to no tension. The entire draw of the show in earlier seasons was the tension they setup, and they kept presenting new challenges. I am probably clumping s5-s7 storylines together in my head, but the show lost focus and wore out its welcome somewhere in those seasons. They kept trying to increase the scope but gave up creating any tension at all and just started adding plot armor and increasingly ridiculous scenarios that no gangs/law enforcement would actually put up with.

I watched the entire show over a period of a week or two, except for the last half or so of s7 which I haven't even bothered watching. I guess if it was coming out weekly I could understand watching it, but with the show already done it's pretty easy to see a massive nose dive in entertainment level from the first half of the show with the second.

As soon as Gemma kills Tara you know Jax is going to kill her and the show will end with him performing some kind of suicidal act, if not actual suicide. The Juice storyline was particularly poorly written, and the hispanic love interest of gemma, and the hookers, and everything else. The hooker/porn plot made sense when he was trying to get out of guns or become legit, but instead of doing that he just keeps taking the club down a dumber and dumber road. Tara dying is no excuse. Tara wasn't the reason Jaxx was trying to make the club right, and Tara wasn't the reason Jaxx loved his kids. But apparently Tara dying is an excuse for him to behave the complete opposite of how he intended to behave the entire time with this show's lovely writing. Him struggling with the death is one thing, the relationship with the escort, all of that is fine. Blowing off some business or creating some strife in his club as a result is fine. But instead they just used it as an excuse to have a !!bigger conflict!! that was way less interesting than e/n jax would have been. Like, what if the show never really had any direct things with the irish, the cartel thing ended after he set them up with a gang, and no federal anything was ever involved. What if the last season was mostly him struggling with Tara dying and he killed himself or moved on or found it was Gemma and killed her. Without all the dumb bullshit. If the show were written like the earlier seasons it is what would have happened, but instead we just get what amounts to flashy filler with very little substance. The actual interesting events of s7 are like an episode of content if you cut out all the irrelevant crap.

Khorne fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Jul 1, 2015

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax
yes that is all much better criticism and more accurate than "there's no actual plot" and I agree with all of it

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack
i was just glad the mom and jimmy smitts got to escape the town and the club with their kids.

by that point I'd had enough contrived tragic dramadeath and just wanted to see some semisane loving parents get to raise their kids in peace

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


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imo jimmy smitts was not acting he just couldn't believe the stupid poo poo around him

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Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

TacticalUrbanHomo posted:


juice (the first one) gets stabbed to death in one of the very last episodes, otto gets shot to death by correctional officers in prison after cutting the throat of the retired deputy marshal who, among other things, conspired to have him raped


Green Beret, Private Detective, Deputy U.S. Marshal. :haw:

loving sutter.

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