@avclub-f6f154417c4665861583f9b9c4afafa2:disqus Me, too. After reading @avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus 's comments, I'm going to try and be a little more sensitive to those who haven't seen the show. For me, my initial excitement stems from the fact that NO ONE I know has seen The Shield so the…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus That seems to be what's happening. I watched the two episodes reviewed today this past weekend and it's sort of difficult to comment on the immediate details when you have far more meaningful plot details coming to mind (if you're familiar with the show). I suspect that…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus Then maybe it's just a matter of excited fans getting it out of their system before settling down for a civil, inclusive discussion. Its only been two weeks and I doubt many (like @avclub-f6f154417c4665861583f9b9c4afafa2:disqus ) can keep up the pace over the long haul.

@avclub-410987637793620466d1b0732bd7ed6d:disqus I'm not sure if there's any genuine rule but I do think that analysis and discussion of a series as a whole is just as necessary as the show-by-show comments. I'm guessing the earlier reviews for The Shield and The Wire went missing because the ones that are there seem…

"And in other Classic reviews people try to discuss the actual episodes more, so that newbies can participate."
Yeah, but it's like this: Good "The Shield" junkie and bad "The Shield" junkie left for the day. We're a different kind of junkie.

I think it's fair game to openly discuss spoilers for a show that has been off the air for roughly 5 years. It's inevitable, especially when a show like this clearly has a ton of fans visiting AV Club. It has to come with the territory. It's different when you're watching a show when it's being aired for the first…

You gotta be shittin' me!

I've decided to re-watch The Shield while these new reviews are happening and it's really interesting to see what seeds were planted so early in the series. I'm sure the writer's didn't quite know the arc of people like Dutch, Shane and Julien but it's a reminder of how consistent these characters were written. It's…

Yes, this was definitely one of the best interviews I've seen here recently. Jeselnik definitely comes across as an intelligent person when he's not "acting", which is not always apparent when he's basically telling Steve-O to not give up on his suicide. Ouch! That was probably one of the harshest things I've ever…

I'm not sure I understand what Noel is trying to say with this article. It leads off by asking what makes a good singer but then dovetails into issues of context and intent. The article grazes the importance of context (not so much about why and when people sing) and I would agree (if this is the point being made)…

Indeed.

Yeah… me, too!

Yet here we are.

@avclub-32a2e71c97df5281f1324db72c73a59a:disqus I know the one you're talking about, it was Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I thought the apes killing people wasn't so boring.

Unfortunately, there's growing evidence that it's not always the lack of consumer knowledge about labels or food in general. It's partly the fact that mainstream food producers concoct the right amounts of fat, sugar, salt and chemical flavors to make low-cost food addictive. I heard bits and pieces of a news report…

I think the PBS docs are generally pretty good. I'm more of a Nature guy but there's a some good episodes of Nova. When I think about what Tobias is saying in his article, it immediately reminds me of the HBO docs that are pretty common these days. The majority of them are unadorned video interviews with narration. I…

The justification is pretty simple:

How can you say that being a spoke-model for shaving cream and related products IS NOT a solo career?

So Big Boi and Killer Mike are getting along now?

Over the course of the series, I'm not sure that Vic and the Strike Team were readjusting their morality. They were being scrutinized and had to "play the game" if they wanted to get away with their deeds. If anything, they grew more and more corrupt because they kept digging their grave deeper with every (bad)…