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sofewcharacters t1_j25ykmq wrote

Reply to comment by Levonorgestrelfairy1 in What's your favorite TV crime series? by Cr7-Cr7Real

SoA was Sutter's outlet after not being able to do some of the things he wanted to in The Shield. It actually really pissed me off that he finally got to write Dutch as a maniac because it falls into so many cliches of the outsider. Dutch was an excellent cop and whilst awkward, made A LOT of good take downs. He was a far better man than Vic Mackay.

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Levonorgestrelfairy1 t1_j2613w5 wrote

I feel like Sutter is a crazier Tarantino thats also missing that spark that makes Tarantino projects more than just horror porn. I'm not saying he's bad but left to his own devices his stuff is just too dark for me.

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sofewcharacters t1_j26gf8b wrote

Yeah, it was gratuitous imo, pretentiously so. A mate of mine did finish it but he really struggled with it towards the end. It just seemed entirely unnecessary to go down that path.

The Shield was good because Shawn Ryan was there to temper his "enthusiasm" (shall we say) for the oversaturated violence. I mean, even his character (in only 2 episodes) was overly sick. Just unbelievably so.

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