I started watching Sons of Anarchy first and that's probably why I ended up liking it more even though seasons 6 and 7 weren't good, while Justified's last season was the second best of the hole series (first to season 4). Anyway I know that these shows get compared, a lot because they are similar and have multiple actors that appear on both shows. I wonder which one people find better?
sharesorry, Justified is a million times better
shareCan't both be equally great? Love both shows, and after finishing the final season of Justified I'm watching the entire series over from the beginning. I don't know if I missed it, but I don't recall whether or not Constable Bob lived or died. Was his sub plot left unresolved? If anyone knows can you please let me know if I missed something? Thanks!
shareWasn't resolved in the show. However, I read an interview with Graham Yost afterward, and he said they discussed whether they should have someone say something about Bob being ok, and decided that, if they did so, it would be obvious that the line was simply inserted for that purpose, so they decided to leave it out. Nevertheless, he assured the interviewer that Bob lived.
shareNo they can't, and here's one of many reasons Sons of Apathy is unworthy of consideration. In the first season, two of the biker gangs had traveled to meet and conduct business in a biker bar, and were tipped that a third biker gang was inbound to attack them. They decamped from the bar, set up in ambush positions around the bar, waited for the third gang to ride up and empty their weapons into the bar, and then attacked the third gang from ambush and killed.....wait for it.....no one.
No one. Not a single member of the third biker gang was killed.
In a competently-written show about a worth-paying-attention-to biker gang (one with the actual capacity to do criminal acts) 2/3 of the third biker bang would have been strewn around like Civil War re-enactors at an anniversary of Gettysburg and the logistical problem of the moment would have been finding an articulated loader to bury them all. But because SoA is the pure, refined essence of crystalline sh*t, that's not how the episode played out. For which I am grateful, because this early signalling spared me wasting any more time on the series. "Justified," simply by being better than "Three's Company," beat SoA like a rented mule.
However, seeing Walton Goggins in Sons of Anarchy was nearly worth suffering through all the episodes leading up to his appearance.
I'd given up after they killed Henry Rollins but then, hearing Goggins gives an unforgettable turn, had to keep going until then.
Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don't throw them at me.
Constable Bob lived. You can actually hear him call out for help in the penultimate episode.
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shareJustified for sure. SOA collapsed under it's own weight in the last 2 seasons.
I've got no future I can plan on past tomorrow
Justified for sure. SOA collapsed under it's own weight in the last 2 seasons.
Justified without a doubt
shareEven if you consider only writing and acting, Justified was WAY better. Add in all the other elements, and there's no question. Also, I see few to no similarities between the two, even if they had some performers in common.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Both are two different type of shows but acting and story wise Justified is better. SOA was great but the last few season were a chore to get through and I feel the characters just became caricatures.
shareJustified,
but if you went to the SOA board I'm sure they would say SOA
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actually they don't, that question was asked there and people chose Justified over SoA too
shareI knew there were a lot of fans of one liked the other. Kinda surprised Justified getting that kinda love, not that I don't agree, just seems Justified never truly got its due for the great show it was.
I watched SOA for 3 seasons, season 4 bugged me a lot so I casually watched the next few seasons, but never felt as passionate about it as I was Justified.
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SOA had a lot of fans - being that it was the highest rated show in FX history. But Justified is the immensely better show - on every level. I already expressed my thoughts on the SOA board but I find SOA more rewatchable, just because I'm a huge fan of the actors and some of the characters and a sucker for an epic love story/tragedy. That being said, Justified didn't get the same love when it came to "popularity" but it has a VERY passionate, albeit smaller, fan base. It is more critically revered and come Emmy time, I'm sure it will be awarded.
I love both shows. But I'm very aware that SOA wrote itself into the ground. The first 2 seasons were dynamite. 3 - 5 were good and 6 -7 were pretty bad. Justified's worst season (5) is still immensely better than a complete season of SOA but again, I always find myself rewatching SOA over Justified for some reason lol.
After getting a very calculated re-watch in I came back to take my troll posts back and I owe Justified an apology.
Sorry, Justified. You are clearly the better show.
Better than most, even.
Justified has likeable characters that stay likeable, even the villains.
SOA's characters all became impossible to identify with; in the end they were all hateful and made the show almost impossible to watch.
Agreed.
Justified is superior in every way: writing, acting, character development, storytelling. Etc...
I say that as someone who is a fan of SoA.
Agreed.
Justified is superior in every way: writing, acting, character development, storytelling. Etc...
I say that as someone who is a fan of SoA.
I'm confused.
The OP asked for what people thought:opinions.
Am I supposed to apologize for having a different opinion to you?
Despite the fact you consider it an "oversell" there are numerous other comments that concur with what I think, that alone shows it is far from spurious. Furthermore it seems to be more in line with the general consensus.
Boo hoooo.
shareDon't cry. I realize it's embarrassing for you to be so completely wrong, but you've gotta suck it up and be a grown up.
shareDon't cry. I realize it's embarrassing for you to be so completely wrong, but you've gotta suck it up and be a grown up.
Now you're the king of the board, huh? Making rules that the rest of us have to follow.
I'll let you in on something: it may come as a surprise to you, but these boards are public. When you post foolishness, don't be shocked when other people respond.
Also, my balls are none of your business--however much you wish they were.
Gee....are you in competition with CGSailor for the King A$$hole trophy? Since no-one else has done it yet, I will most likely put you on my ignore list, just so everyone who (unfortunately) has met you in real life have more company.
shareThe dialogue in 'Justified' is outstanding, particularly Walton Coggins as Boyd Crowder.
shareI've never watched Justified, though I may start now. Totally agree about SOA -- the last two seasons were just painful. Jax became a horrible killing machine, and in the end, the only characters I liked/cared about were Wendy and Unser.
shareseriously, Nero was the only one I still rooted for and I was glad he was able to get out of that mess
shareOne of the reasons I LOATHED Season 7 is because Unser's arc was so bad that it was almost insulting to the audience - like he became this bumbling idiot who couldn't solve one dang case. And Wendy's arc never really made sense as her character was such a non-factor but for her to come back - 9 days sober - and stand around like a glorified babysitter while being handed Jax and Tara's sons and an escape out of Charming on a silver platter BY Jax and Nero (and never actually doing anything herself to earn it) made me irrationally mad. Those two characters should have just been included in one of the many shoot outs in Season 6 and 7 because their scenes were pointless and added to the bloat of the final season.
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Andy4444I agreed. It is fun to watch these people talking and talking with each other .
Justified has likeable characters that stay likeable, even the villains.
By the end of SOA I found that I didn't care whether any of the characters lived or died. Justified was incomparably more appealing. YMMV.
shareJustified. If it came down me me having to shoot myself in the leg or say that I liked SOA better, I'd take that bullet. SOA betrayed itself. The gang ended up being Jesus and his disciples. It went down fast. Last season was beyond disappointing. But that's just how I feel anyways.
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