The Shield: The Complete Series (2002-2008)

[Jompa]

wise choice. I will buy it at a later time.

[Batman90]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Vic Mackey vs Hank Voight (Chicago P.D.). Who'd win?

[Show spoiler]Mackey, but Voight wouldn't go down easy.

Vick Mackey would destroy any tv cop. I don’t think there’s any cop on tv or in a movie except for Robocop can beat Vick Mackey.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

Never seen a single episode of this, but based on the love it gets, I picked it up in the 120 sale. Complete box sets are gold to me.

Blind bought it. It is an awesome show.

[mojohand]

Originally Posted by Batman90

Vick Mackey would destroy any tv cop. I don’t think there’s any cop on tv or in a movie except for Robocop can beat Vick Mackey.

Jack Deth

[HonestJohn]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Vic Mackey vs Hank Voight (Chicago P.D.). Who'd win?

[Show spoiler]Mackey, but Voight wouldn't go down easy.

[Show spoiler]....and that prick Shane would take them both out after picking up a 6" at Subway.

[JHCubs]

I am about to start Co-Pilot from season 2, disc 2 soon. I have to say that no matter how many times I have rewatched The Shield (my 3rd or 4th time now), I always get such enjoyment out of it. There is never a dull/boring moment/episode, no filler storyline’s that you just feel like fast forwarding past. Corrine and the kids scenes can be seen as boring but they go by so quickly that we don’t get these long scenes with them. Every single case with the strike team and Dutch/Claudette is always so fun to watch. Dutch destroying everyone is pretty damn satisfying.

Years back when I watched The Shield for the first time, I also watched The Wire after it. The I tried to rewatch The Wire months later and got an episode into it because I just wanted to watch The Shield more than it and I did. I have rewatched The Wire again in the meantime and probably will again one day but The Shield is just one of those series that I can rewatch every couple of months. A series I can rewatch more than any other, including “24” which I love but that is more a Jack Bauer thing. What a great series.

Originally Posted by jayembee

Vic Mackey vs Hank Voight (Chicago P.D.). Who'd win?

[Show spoiler]Mackey, but Voight wouldn't go down easy.

I have never watched Chicago P.D. so I can’t comment but it probably depends on the other characters background. Mackey is physically strong but that doesn’t matter in hand to hand combat IMO.

Vic Mackey vs Jack Bauer? Just to look at them most would say Vic Mackey but the opposite is more than likely true. But that is more Cop vs Federal Agent.

[revgen]

The Shield is IMO a better television show than The Wire. It did a better job of balancing storytelling with entertainment and didn't get bogged down too often. Part of this was due to the shorter running time since FX had to use advertising. This forced them to "cut the fat" to meet runtime requirements. The Wire sometimes got bogged down with scenes that ran too long or were unnecessary since they were on a premium channel.

Jack Bauer and Vic Mackey are different. Jack was a former special forces leader and he often employed MacGyver-like techniques to get out of bad situations instead of killing someone, beating somebody up, or committing torture. He'd use the latter three if there was no other option, but he often found alternatives when he needed to. Vic Mackey's skills as a detective were B- at best. Usually C grade. This was quite obvious compared to Dutch or Wym's abilities. Jack had to depend on others for special skills such as computer hacking, but he was generally a competent investigator and decision-maker.

[CouncilSpectre]

Might just be my copy, but the audio on ANIMAL CONTROL (season 7 episode 6) does NOT sound good. Very tinny. Most noticeable on explosions/gun shots/doors shutting etc.

[rickah88]

$99.94 on Amazon right now.

[phobicsquirrel]

Originally Posted by rickah88

$99.94 on Amazon right now.

Saw that but I'm not buying until this episode issue is fixed or at least more info is given.

[TheLaughingMann]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwj3_BfnzUE

Speaking of Vic, I stumbled upon this little gem on Funny or Die just recently. It's 2014, but...

[nielan]

All this talk about cut vs uncut, widescreen vs 4:3, but no one is talking about the fact the 5.1 DTS-HD track is actually just a mono 1.0 track with some built-in very crappy 5.1 emulation. Most of the time the music is even coming from the center channel! Compare it to the DVD's 2.0 stereo track and see for yourself how much fuller the DVDs sound.

When searching for this issue, I actually found a piracy group releasing the BDs with DVD audio for this very reason. I am surprised no one here is talking about it. I will be returning to Amazon.

[Jompa]

Too bad

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by nielan

All this talk about cut vs uncut, widescreen vs 4:3, but no one is talking about the fact the 5.1 DTS-HD track is actually just a mono 1.0 track with some built-in very crappy 5.1 emulation. Most of the time the music is even coming from the center channel! Compare it to the DVD's 2.0 stereo track and see for yourself how much fuller the DVDs sound.

When searching for this issue, I actually found a piracy group releasing the BDs with DVD audio for this very reason. I am surprised no one here is talking about it. I will be returning to Amazon.

You can returned open media to Amazon?

[slop101]

"Holidays" are long over, so has Ryan looked into and responded yet to the edited episodes in this set?

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by nielan

All this talk about cut vs uncut, widescreen vs 4:3, but no one is talking about the fact the 5.1 DTS-HD track is actually just a mono 1.0 track with some built-in very crappy 5.1 emulation. Most of the time the music is even coming from the center channel! Compare it to the DVD's 2.0 stereo track and see for yourself how much fuller the DVDs sound.

When searching for this issue, I actually found a piracy group releasing the BDs with DVD audio for this very reason. I am surprised no one here is talking about it. I will be returning to Amazon.

Sad as it is, all this stuff has forced me to pass on this set as well.

[JHCubs]

I just watched “Mum” and oh yeah, you can definitely tell that it is cut. The run time of the epidoe is even in the 45:— range whereas every other episode (except an episode 1 of a season or finales) is in the 46:— range. So a good 30+ seconds has been cut out.

The “Suck it!” bit is actually shown on the “previously” segment of the very next episode. I actually asked myself what was the odds that it would be shown when that very part was cut from the episode.

It begs the question that if they used the UK versions of the episodes, would “Suck it!” even be present? Maybe the UK version of that particular episode was used but the US for everything else, that is why that particular “Suck it!” part is shown in the next episode.

[Renascent]

Originally Posted by nielan

All this talk about cut vs uncut, widescreen vs 4:3, but no one is talking about the fact the 5.1 DTS-HD track is actually just a mono 1.0 track with some built-in very crappy 5.1 emulation. Most of the time the music is even coming from the center channel! Compare it to the DVD's 2.0 stereo track and see for yourself how much fuller the DVDs sound.

When searching for this issue, I actually found a piracy group releasing the BDs with DVD audio for this very reason. I am surprised no one here is talking about it. I will be returning to Amazon.

I'll take you comment with a spoon of salt. I haven't found anything pointing to that issue and will wait for a reputable source to say otherwise. Feel free to give me pointers by dm however.

[Jompa]

nielan, may be right, but this review doesn't mention any problems:

https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/620...eteseries.html

[Jlouisbarrett]

Originally Posted by DVD Josh

You can returned open media to Amazon?

Technically, but if it’s opened they will only give you a percentage of what you paid plus they charge for return shipping. So it’s not really worth it. If it is damaged/defective, however, then you get free return shipping and your full refund.