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Friday, June 5, 2009

'The Shield' movie?

In case you haven't heard, there are rumours about a possible 'Shield' movie, if there is popular demand.I think that's not a good idea.I mean, after a great final season and a great series finale, there is no point for such a move.I don't know, maybe the story could be great, but,given how the show ended, it would be better, if these plans didn't materialize. Read more!

Saturday, January 31, 2009

2008 Best Tv Show

The Shield-Season 7

Many good tv shows ended in 2008:The Wire,The Shield,Boston Legal and other shows.There were many possible nominations for best tv show of the year,but without a doubt,The Shield with its seventh and final season,was the clear winner.The journey of Vic Mackey finally ended,but not without consequences,for everyone involved,in one of the darkest seasons of the show,a show known for being raw and gritty.A common theme in this season was that the past comes back to haunt us,that nothing is forgotten,that unresolved issues come back,asking for a resolution.It's clearly the end of an era.Loose ends were resolved and nothing in the lives of the characters,in the Barn,in Farmington was the same.It was a season with one best series finales.It was one the best (along with the first),if not the best season of the Shield.It also was a season,where Vic Mackey showed his true colours.The question is,was he punished or did he get away with what he had done ? Many argue that the situation in which he was when the finale ended,was a form of punishment,although i might disagree with that opinion.I guess we will never know. Read more!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Nip/Tuck Season 5 Part 2,Damages Season 2:An early look

Recently,Tv Squad posted an early look on the new seasons of Damages and Nip/Tuck.

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Nip/Tuck returns to FX to wrap up its fifth season on Tuesday, January 6th.
Season two of Damages premieres on FX on Wednesday, January 7th. Read more!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Dennis Leary reveals major Rescue Me plot

By Jonathan Toomey,Tv Squad
December 3,2008

It's been over a year since the last new episode of Rescue Me - a full episode. As enjoyable as those 10 minisodes were, let's be honest - they just didn't cut it. Once again, the writer's strike screwed everything up. Season four ended, we found out that season five got a 22 episode order... and we've been waiting ever since.

With Nip/Tuck and Damages returning in January, it's safe to assume that Tommy and the 62 Truck boys will be back in April and when I spoke with Leary over the phone earlier this year, he said that the first six episodes of the new season are some of the best written stuff the show has ever had. Leary was mute at the time when it came to plots, except to say that the premiere has a pretty amazing fire scene.

Well, he's talking now. At a book signing in LA earlier this week, Leary got candid with a few fans and divulged a huge plot for the first ten season five installments:

September 11th.

Huh? Isn't the whole show about that? Firefighters dealing with life, work and love in a post-9/11 world? Remember the great 9/11 speech Tommy gave in the pilot? Or the time he peed all over the 9/11 cookies that guy was selling?

True, the September 11th terrorist attacks have always played a role in the FX drama, but it's about to get much more serious it seems. Leary said that "conspiracy and reinvestigation into 9/11" will play a major role in the first half of the new season.

[via LA Weekly] Read more!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

One week before the Shield's series finale

By Jonathan Toomey,Tv Squad

November 17,2008

Over the past several years, TV fans have been fortunate enough to be able to say a proper good-bye to some of the medium's finest dramas ever made. Alias, The Wire, The West Wing, The Sopranos, and Six Feet Under have all bowed out within the past four years, and the list could go on. They all got "endings" - whether you liked them or not. However, none of them (save for The Wire and for entirely different reasons) were as consistently riveting as Vic Mackey's exploits on FX's The Shield.

Since the seventh and final season began airing, FX has sent critics the first 11 episodes. So, despite the fact that I've been in the know, I've tried to avoid sounding like "I have a secret" in my episode reviews. Still, I was in the dark like everyone else when it came to how it all ends. So imagine my glee when I received an invite last month to attend a screening of the show's final two installments followed by a Q&A with Shield creator Shawn Ryan.

Along with a handful of other critics, I arrived for what turned into a mini-TCA session. However, before you read on, rest assured that what follows in no way spoils anything major about the final two episodes, but rather is about The Shield as a whole. I thought I had reached a pinnacle when I interviewed Walton Goggins - I was wrong. Following the screening, Ryan sat down and just started talking Shield. It was like being witness to the taping of a commentary for a DVD release. He made a point of saying how uneasy the show's finale makes him feel:

"This has been the longest ending ever. This show has been ending for me for a year [partly due to the WGA strike]. Between writing the final script, filming it, editing it, and it's airing, I mean it's obviously been a special show for me and it's nervousness, even knowing what's coming."

http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/17/saying-good-bye-to-the-barn-chatting-up-the-shields-shawn-ryan/

Check also:http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/watching-the-sh.html Read more!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Nip/Tuck and Damages return in January 2009

By Jonathan Toomey,Tv Squad
October 27,2008

The wait is finally over. After having its last season cut short from 22 episodes to 14 due to the WGA Strike, Nip/Tuck is set to return in January 2009 and FX has been airing some great promos to get fans ready.

However, because of the strike, episode number counts, renewal news, and other tidbits of info all sort of got mashed together. So here's what I'm guessing is going to happen after the New Year...

As I mentioned, season five was supposed to be a full network length season of 22 episodes (rather than a traditional cable season of 13 to 15). Only 14 aired and that means eight episodes were left hanging. So here's where things get a little ambiguous. You may recall that back in early 2007, after season four, FX renewed the show for three final seasons - meaning it would end after season seven. Great news, right? That means we should have expected the double length season five, plus two more seasons.

Not so fast. From everything I've read, the new season in January will not be billed as "Season Five, Part Two," but rather as a new "Season Six." With only eight episodes, it makes sense that potentially five more would be added to get it to 13 installments. During this year's TCA, FX President John Landgraf announced that they were giving Nip/Tuck 19 final episodes and that it would end in 2011. OK... so assuming five of those 19 get added to season six, that would mean season seven (the last one) has 14 episodes. Do the math in your head if you'd like, but there's really only one thing to draw from this mess - we're losing out on one season of Nip/Tuck since part two of season five has become its own season. The show will end with an even 100 episodes, but had season five not been split, there probably would have been anywhere from 107 to 111 episodes upon completion.

OK... I'm done ranting. In the grand scheme of things, this really isn't a big deal. While I'm excited that the show is going to get a proper ending, I guess I feel just a tiny bit gypped. Although, having exactly 100 episodes is kind of nice. FX sold The Shield into syndication and that will only have 88 episodes upon its completion. I'm not sure what, if any network, would buy Nip/Tuck up after its run though.

In related FX news, Glenn Close was on Rachael Ray last week and she confirmed that Damages will also return in January.