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Tommy_Carcetti

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8. Well, Law and Order:SVU is a bad show, so....

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 09:11 AM

Apr 2015

I mean, it's atrocious. Horrible. Sensationalistic, melodramatic, poorly written and mediocre acting. The only thing even closely good about that show was Richard Belzer's Munch, and even that was an extremely watered down version of the Munch character that we saw on the infinitely better "Homicide: Life on the Street."

The original "Law and Order" had some value, but the SVU version is complete excrement.

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I'm repeating myself,but Elliot Stabler from Law & Order is a bad cop. [View all] hedgehog Apr 2015 OP

Call Dick Wolf, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! aikoaiko Apr 2015 #1

And don't you just "love" jehop61 Apr 2015 #2

Most Cop Shows have an element of right wing fantasy about them el_bryanto Apr 2015 #3

Criminal Minds drives me nuts with that. Penelope can type in the most ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #12

BWAH! bigwillq Apr 2015 #28

As much as I have loved the show over the years, those phone calls to Penelope ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #29

I love the "baby girl" stuff bigwillq Apr 2015 #35

It seems utterly fake and forced to me. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #36

One of the few things we disagree on. bigwillq Apr 2015 #37

wow - is this not carrying police-outrage a tad far? It is a TV show. One that can be turned off. DrDan Apr 2015 #4

It is a TV show which reflects and informs culture. RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #5

it is TV fiction - most can distinguish the difference - his abuse is not glamorized ala Dirty Harry DrDan Apr 2015 #10

The point is that we and the cops are encultured to accept a certain hedgehog Apr 2015 #6

I love Law and Order - and still do not think police brutality should be tolerated even though I DrDan Apr 2015 #9

Does TV affect social mores? RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #13

as does any media and personal interaction - so does that mean we censor anything that "we" DrDan Apr 2015 #25

I've maintained that for years tularetom Apr 2015 #7

Well, Law and Order:SVU is a bad show, so.... Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #8

Agreed ... GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #11

Homicide was sooooooo much better. Did I ever tell you how msanthrope Apr 2015 #15

I once applied to be an extra, actually. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #16

if you lived in Fells Point or butchers hill you msanthrope Apr 2015 #20

Total exploitation libodem Apr 2015 #17

That is one of the things I mentioned in another thread a couple weeks ago. Savannahmann Apr 2015 #14

Waaay more articulate than my OP - Thankyou hedgehog Apr 2015 #38

What about Donnie Wahlberg's character on "Blue Bloods"? Paladin Apr 2015 #18

I have not watched much of the show, but the episodes I have watched ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #30

Don't get into a drinking game over "Blue Bloods." Paladin Apr 2015 #33

I've seen itcfish Apr 2015 #19

Stabler's been gone for a while... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #21

He hasn't been on the show in years. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #31

Anti-heroes: someone doing wrong to save you from something worse. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #22

Well, some anti-heroes. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #24

I would say that Tony and Walter were sympathetic due to their commitment to family. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #26

The essential problem is that too many people think that what they see on TV shows SheilaT Apr 2015 #23

I love Law and Order SVU but he did get carried away especially with child molesters yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #27

You almost have to grade on a curve these days. He never killed anyone or maimed them... stevenleser Apr 2015 #32

I think Meloni is a good actor, but he helped his career along with those "Oz" shower scenes. Paladin Apr 2015 #34