The Shield - The Complete First Season
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• Closed-captioned
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• DVD-Video
• NTSC
In Theaters : 12 March, 2002
DVD Release : 07 January, 2003 |
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The Shield - The Complete First Season Customer Reviews
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Willing to portray cops as less than idealistic
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This isn't Hill Street Blues, Law and Order, or any other program which show cops to simply be overworked yet loyal and dedicated to their job. We see corruption, strange alliances between cops and crooks, and a violent environment into which anything can and will go wrong. The center of this universe is Vic Mackey, a detective who is willing to not only bend the rules but break them in order to bring order to Farmington, and peace is not always achieved by bringing the bad guys to justice.
There are many out there that laud NYPD Blue as the premiere cop show of the last twenty years. I call shenanigans on that. Watching Sipowicz suffer through virtually every problem possible TWICE and the revolving door of partners only served to gradually dilute what was once an edgy show. When the only surprising event is whose butt is going to be bare next you know a show is no longer worth watching.
In contrast, The Shield in its six year history has kept up an environment where one is never sure exactly what is going to happen. People die unexpectedly, are raped, robbed, beaten: this is the real streets brought into your living room.
If you want a glimpse of what the thin blue line is really protecting you from, I suggest you take a look. After this series, I can never go back to Law and Order. |
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The Shield - The Complete First Season dvd movie.