Post by GirlyGhoul on Nov 3, 2014 15:41:44 GMT -4
I've been marathoning this show for the past couple months and now that I'm all the way caught up, these are just some random observations, thoughts and personal anecdotes regarding the Sons of Anarchy:
* I now get what folks across the internets have been saying about being disappointed and ready for it all to end. Like lots of shows before it it started out great and but slowly lost it's way to where if there ever was a point or a purpose to any characters' actions- it's been lost and buried under muck long ago (See also: Supernatural)
* That said, I still enjoyed the show overall for the most part, blatant violence, racism, misogyny and all. Still, I did start getting very annoyed with the way any woman who wasn't Gemma or Tara was treated. Like there was this one woman- I think her name was Ima... and she seemed to be the resident go to girl whenever the guys got butt hurt and wanted to cheat on their old ladies. And she was also the go to girl whenever any of the other women wanted to take their rage and frustration out at their cheating menfolk. I think she had her nose broken at least three times (I lost count) It bugged me- because I wondered if her being a constant punching bag was supposed to be a running gag. And also if the writers were just expecting us to hate and despise this woman as much as the main characters seemed to. Hey, all I ever saw her do was be there and available when the guys wanted to sneak off and cheat on their old ladies. She had a thing for Harley riding guys in leather as much as the 'old ladies' must have. She never stole anything or killed anyone unlike... well most everyone else on this show. So quit picking on Ima(if I have her name right)
* Also the tendency for the main old ladies to sneer at or regularly lunge in a rage at every pornstar or prostitute who happened to walk by was very tiresome. The guys made their money off these women and that was apparently their 'legit' businesses. If seeing them as fellow women and human beings was too difficult... at least acknowledge that they were the true breadwinners of the day.
* I got so confused by the second season who was aligned with who, who was the enemy of who, who had crossed who to become the ally or enemy or someone else's ally or enemy that I wished I had a flow chart. And right as I wished that, they brought on a Federal Agent who actually put a friggin flow chart up on the wall of his secret office! I was so happy! But then the fake Mexican Cartel came along and shut down his operation and sent him home, flow chart and all. Bummer!
* Regardless of who's currently aligned or opposed... All other MC's and gangs seems very very stupid when it comes to dealing with the Sons of Anarchy.
Random Gangsta 1: Hey, whatever happened to our old friend LaRoy?
Gangsta 2: He had a meeting with the SoA and was never seen or heard from again.
Gangsta 1: Oh right... Say whatever happened to our old friend Chester?
Gangsta 2: He had a meeting with the SoA and was never seen or heard from again.
Gangsta 1: Oh right, right!... Hang on, I'm getting a call... Hey! It's the Sons of Anarchy! They want to set up a meeting with us!
Gangsta 2: YAY! Let's go!!!
* A lot of times, after a character was killed off, the actor or actress's name would show up in the credits of the next episode. At first I thought they were going to be seen in a flashback or as a ghost. But no. It always turned out they would be laying on the floor, rotting... sometimes for multiple episodes at a time. I think that warrants hazard pay or overtime at least.
* I spent way too much time pondering how long it would take in the make-up chair for them to cover up Henry Rollins's and Marilyn Manson's existing tattoos in order to add new tattoos... and why did they always hire rock stars to play white supremacists? Except for Dave Navarro who wound up having to play a corpse for multiple episode and Courtney Love who got to play a pre-school teacher.
* It's impossible for me to watch SoA without declaring out loud "Juicy Juice is a Juicer Juice!" at least once per episode (and often more)
* I was talking to my friend about SoA but she hadn't watched as many episode as I had she kept asking me if 'the guy who looks like a pirate' was still alive. It took a long time for me to figure out who she meant, because let's face it- They ALL pretty much look like pirates. (It turned out to be Tig she was referring to... But again, 'looks like a pirate' could apply to most anyone)
* My cat loves Sons of Anarchy. He almost always sits on my lap whenever I watch any show. But this is the only one where he spends the whole time actively watching the screen (As opposed to staring at me, falling asleep or licking himself) I pondered this for a while and finally decided that to him, motorcycles must sound like purring... and so he thinks its a show about cats. That, or he has a huge crush on Charlie Hunnam...
* These guys have too many names and I still get confused. Alex? Who's Alex?... or you mean Tig. Ortiz? Who's Ortiz? Oh, Juicy Juice who's a Juicer Juice! By the time I finally figured out 'Eli' was Roosevelt he was already on the floor playing a corpse for multiple episodes...
* The worst thing anyone on this show could be is a rat. Whole seasons have been devoted to sussing out who was the rat. People are ready to kill their best friend, wife, child or parent if they think that person was a rat or might become a rat. A guy bit off his own tongue rather than rat out his club. And the last guy they patched into the gang?... Was a guy named Rat... yeah...
* The last episode I saw, they cut off Bobby's hand. Apparently, this is the worst thing they could do since now he can't ride... Except Clay rode and rode even with his arthritic hands that had to be duct taped to the handle bars. And they got Chucky a new set of hands off eBay. Bobby's probably going to be all right, y'all.
* If Bobby's not going to be all right, I'm sad to say I don't really care much anymore. Everyone on this show has been so murderous and awful these past few seasons, I can't really root for anyone much. I'd like for Wendy and Nero to live and take Venus and Lyla with them to raise all their kids on Nero's farm. And I'd root for the birds, but the birds bit it last episode. I almost wondered if Nero set up that threatening message just to force Gemma to run away with him to the farm... but I don't think he would have killed the birds in the process. Then again, much more violent things have been done for less noble reasons. So Nero being a bird killer would still leave him one of the most moral characters left on the show.
* I have no idea what Gemma's punishment will be (if she ever does get punished) But as far a theories of whether Jax would actually kill his own mother... I think her own footwear will kill her off before he gets a chance to. My feet ache in sympathy almost as often as I feel compelled to blurt out 'Juicy Juice is a Juicier Juice!'
* Riding it out to the end... but I'm ready for the end to come.
* And P.S. even though it started as a great show... I now totally love the Sons of Poetry WAAAY more than the Sons of Anarchy.
* I now get what folks across the internets have been saying about being disappointed and ready for it all to end. Like lots of shows before it it started out great and but slowly lost it's way to where if there ever was a point or a purpose to any characters' actions- it's been lost and buried under muck long ago (See also: Supernatural)
* That said, I still enjoyed the show overall for the most part, blatant violence, racism, misogyny and all. Still, I did start getting very annoyed with the way any woman who wasn't Gemma or Tara was treated. Like there was this one woman- I think her name was Ima... and she seemed to be the resident go to girl whenever the guys got butt hurt and wanted to cheat on their old ladies. And she was also the go to girl whenever any of the other women wanted to take their rage and frustration out at their cheating menfolk. I think she had her nose broken at least three times (I lost count) It bugged me- because I wondered if her being a constant punching bag was supposed to be a running gag. And also if the writers were just expecting us to hate and despise this woman as much as the main characters seemed to. Hey, all I ever saw her do was be there and available when the guys wanted to sneak off and cheat on their old ladies. She had a thing for Harley riding guys in leather as much as the 'old ladies' must have. She never stole anything or killed anyone unlike... well most everyone else on this show. So quit picking on Ima(if I have her name right)
* Also the tendency for the main old ladies to sneer at or regularly lunge in a rage at every pornstar or prostitute who happened to walk by was very tiresome. The guys made their money off these women and that was apparently their 'legit' businesses. If seeing them as fellow women and human beings was too difficult... at least acknowledge that they were the true breadwinners of the day.
* I got so confused by the second season who was aligned with who, who was the enemy of who, who had crossed who to become the ally or enemy or someone else's ally or enemy that I wished I had a flow chart. And right as I wished that, they brought on a Federal Agent who actually put a friggin flow chart up on the wall of his secret office! I was so happy! But then the fake Mexican Cartel came along and shut down his operation and sent him home, flow chart and all. Bummer!
* Regardless of who's currently aligned or opposed... All other MC's and gangs seems very very stupid when it comes to dealing with the Sons of Anarchy.
Random Gangsta 1: Hey, whatever happened to our old friend LaRoy?
Gangsta 2: He had a meeting with the SoA and was never seen or heard from again.
Gangsta 1: Oh right... Say whatever happened to our old friend Chester?
Gangsta 2: He had a meeting with the SoA and was never seen or heard from again.
Gangsta 1: Oh right, right!... Hang on, I'm getting a call... Hey! It's the Sons of Anarchy! They want to set up a meeting with us!
Gangsta 2: YAY! Let's go!!!
* A lot of times, after a character was killed off, the actor or actress's name would show up in the credits of the next episode. At first I thought they were going to be seen in a flashback or as a ghost. But no. It always turned out they would be laying on the floor, rotting... sometimes for multiple episodes at a time. I think that warrants hazard pay or overtime at least.
* I spent way too much time pondering how long it would take in the make-up chair for them to cover up Henry Rollins's and Marilyn Manson's existing tattoos in order to add new tattoos... and why did they always hire rock stars to play white supremacists? Except for Dave Navarro who wound up having to play a corpse for multiple episode and Courtney Love who got to play a pre-school teacher.
* It's impossible for me to watch SoA without declaring out loud "Juicy Juice is a Juicer Juice!" at least once per episode (and often more)
* I was talking to my friend about SoA but she hadn't watched as many episode as I had she kept asking me if 'the guy who looks like a pirate' was still alive. It took a long time for me to figure out who she meant, because let's face it- They ALL pretty much look like pirates. (It turned out to be Tig she was referring to... But again, 'looks like a pirate' could apply to most anyone)
* My cat loves Sons of Anarchy. He almost always sits on my lap whenever I watch any show. But this is the only one where he spends the whole time actively watching the screen (As opposed to staring at me, falling asleep or licking himself) I pondered this for a while and finally decided that to him, motorcycles must sound like purring... and so he thinks its a show about cats. That, or he has a huge crush on Charlie Hunnam...
* These guys have too many names and I still get confused. Alex? Who's Alex?... or you mean Tig. Ortiz? Who's Ortiz? Oh, Juicy Juice who's a Juicer Juice! By the time I finally figured out 'Eli' was Roosevelt he was already on the floor playing a corpse for multiple episodes...
* The worst thing anyone on this show could be is a rat. Whole seasons have been devoted to sussing out who was the rat. People are ready to kill their best friend, wife, child or parent if they think that person was a rat or might become a rat. A guy bit off his own tongue rather than rat out his club. And the last guy they patched into the gang?... Was a guy named Rat... yeah...
* The last episode I saw, they cut off Bobby's hand. Apparently, this is the worst thing they could do since now he can't ride... Except Clay rode and rode even with his arthritic hands that had to be duct taped to the handle bars. And they got Chucky a new set of hands off eBay. Bobby's probably going to be all right, y'all.
* If Bobby's not going to be all right, I'm sad to say I don't really care much anymore. Everyone on this show has been so murderous and awful these past few seasons, I can't really root for anyone much. I'd like for Wendy and Nero to live and take Venus and Lyla with them to raise all their kids on Nero's farm. And I'd root for the birds, but the birds bit it last episode. I almost wondered if Nero set up that threatening message just to force Gemma to run away with him to the farm... but I don't think he would have killed the birds in the process. Then again, much more violent things have been done for less noble reasons. So Nero being a bird killer would still leave him one of the most moral characters left on the show.
* I have no idea what Gemma's punishment will be (if she ever does get punished) But as far a theories of whether Jax would actually kill his own mother... I think her own footwear will kill her off before he gets a chance to. My feet ache in sympathy almost as often as I feel compelled to blurt out 'Juicy Juice is a Juicier Juice!'
* Riding it out to the end... but I'm ready for the end to come.
* And P.S. even though it started as a great show... I now totally love the Sons of Poetry WAAAY more than the Sons of Anarchy.
