Sons of Anarchy

[MB_722]

this is a comment from Alan Sepinwalls blog.

sure this show is "entertainment" but it's getting ridiculous.

(Just remember: it's all said with love.

(1) A dozen guns fire probably hundreds of projectiles, total, and no one even gets a scratch. It was stupid and implausible on the A-Team when I was thirteen, and it's stupid and implausible now. (BTW, cars aren't all that bulletproof.) As I've said before, I don't mind a little suspension of disbelief; it's part of the TV-watching experience. But this is going too far. I hope we won't see many more scenes like that one.

(2) The level of recklessness displayed by nearly all the criminals in this show is too high to be plausible. Guys that dumb should all be in prison by now, even in Charming. For example: LOAN (which has no special relationship with the Charming PD) transfers crates of full-auto Russian AK-47s in broad daylight, in a public place? SAMCRO is then stupid enough to attempt to steal them -- also in broad daylight, in a public place -- knowing that ATF is nosing around for those guns (and apparently is watching the Irish, who sold the guns to LOAN). This while SAMCRO also at least suspects -- based on what Stahl told them -- that the FBI is after Zobelle, and thus could be watching his end of the exchange. And the aforementioned shootout (in broad daylight, in a public place) doesn't attract any witnesses, or apparently even come to the attention of law enforcement? No one notices the cars peppered with bullet holes cruising the streets of charming? Hale doesn't even come around to ask a few perfunctory what-do-you-know-abouts?

But it's not just that; there are many more examples. There was the the decision to go after Zobelle at the Christian Center in the absurdly reckless way that the club did -- not even ski masks, people, and away from the protection of Charming? -- rather than simply having Tig wait in the bushes near Zobelle's car and shoot him once in the back of the head as he was leaving. Then there's the scene at the beginning of one of the early episodes this year, where SAMCRO is testing full auto guns at the new warehouse -- again, outside, in broad daylight. I've spent way more than my share of time around guns and shooting, including quite a bit of full auto, and unless you are well and truly in very deeply isolated wilderness, or on a range where this sort of activity goes on lawfully on a regular basis, that sort of thing is going to draw a flyover from a police (or in this case perhaps ATF) helicopter. Plus, all those spent bullets are sitting there in the backstop, waiting to be dug out and matched to the crimes committed with those guns by their ultimate consumers.

I have no problem believing that lots of criminals are this reckless. I just have trouble believing that the ones who are spend very much time outside prison.

(3) I wish Sutter & Co. wouldn't paint SAMCRO as so darned hapless and incompetent. I'm sorry, but it's true: these guys can't seem to do anything right. Which makes one wonder how they got to be the all-powerful rulers of Charming. I realize that drama requires having things go wrong for SAMCRO, but I feel like the writers are taking the easy way out and in the process making the club look incompetent.

(4) Rhys did a great job of laying out SAMCRO's myriad enemies; these guys are really up against it. They have enemies out the wazoo, and so far they don't seem to be able to deal effectively with any of them. What SAMCRO seems to be short on right now are allies. I have a suspicion that Chibbs's wife may be linked to Jimmy O, and that she and Jimmy O may end up helping resolve some of SAMCRO's problems. (Though they may eventually turn out to be a serious problem in their own right.) Right now I'm also including the Chinese in the list of people who may help pull SAMCRO's bacon out of the fire. From the looks of it, they're sure doing to need help.

http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2009/10/sons-of-anarchy-potlatch-bad-luck-chuck.html

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[MB_722]

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[Eyeball Chambers]

this is a comment from Alan Sepinwalls blog.

sure this show is "entertainment" but it's getting ridiculous.

http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2009/10/sons-of-anarchy-potlatch-bad-luck-chuck.html

meltdown!!!

[MB_722]

meltdown!!!

haha slightly. .. after watching shows like The Wire, even the Shield from the same creator of SOA. You'd think he would try to get it right. I'm picky about stuff like this, cause I don't watch a lot of tv and when I do I want it to be good.

[brooklynbruiser]

haha slightly. .. after watching shows like The Wire, even the Shield from the same creator of SOA. You'd think he would try to get it right. I'm picky about stuff like this, cause I don't watch a lot of tv and when I do I want it to be good.

I hear ya. I haven't watched it after the first episode when Blondie kept doing his Mr. Badass walk anytime he was onscreen. I kept thinking it'd get better, but I guess not.

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Que South Parks episode of "guys" concerning anyone who rides a harley...