Video games in "The Shield"

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:44 pm

Watched only the first season as I don't want to see another decent show getting run into the ground by the vicious circle of supply and demand (TV really isn't my thing), but I just found some intriguing pattern. When the assault squad does the raid thing, felons and their comrades are sometimes depicted playing video games. I remember Crazy Taxi (drug dealer's girlfriend in the pilot episode) and Halo ("rebelious" Korean teenagers).
Is it one of the show's distinguishing marks, or did it just happen twice?

Friendly · Post by **Friendly** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:57 pm

Amazing: In modern society, people play video games. In TV shows and movies depicting modern society, people are shown playing video games.

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:10 pm

I don't see modern society people playing video games a lot and I understand that cops tend to strike when people are laid back, but neither are scenes like those two something I see in films frequently. Only Virtua Cop in Assassin(s) comes to mind right now.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:25 pm

Video games in TV shows done horribly wrong:

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/975u ... nbc-s-life

"You win! Advance to level 8"

KAI · Post by **KAI** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:26 pm

Off topic, I remember a Law & Orden episode were one of the main characters shows a Anime poster hanging on her house and said "I like anime, love the aesthetic"

I bet there's a scene with people playing FPSs or something like that in every stupid teenage movie .
In Jean-Reno's Wasabi, there's someone playing IIDX.

Friendly · Post by **Friendly** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:36 pm

KAI wrote: I bet there's a scene with people playing FPSs or something like that in every stupid teenage movie .

In TV shows, too. It's nothing special at all anymore.

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:38 pm

It's not really a 'thing' as such. The Shield's all about the realism - supposedly - so yeah, some dudes are playing videogames when they're raided.

KAI · Post by **KAI** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:06 pm

On several episodes of Walker Texas Ranger and shaquille o'neal's Steel, drug/weapon dealers and gangs are "working" in arcade places. Ahhh the 90's.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:26 pm

Ruldra wrote:Video games in TV shows done horribly wrong:

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/975u ... nbc-s-life

"You win! Advance to level 8"

"...and I have a Captain Kirk costume in my closet"

Uhh, I'm pretty sure that's also wrong and creepy.

*goes to ground with the controller*

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:35 pm

Obiwanshinobi wrote:Watched only the first season as I don't want to see another decent show getting run into the ground by the vicious circle of supply and demand (TV really isn't my thing)

Watch the whole motherfucking thing - seriously. Speaking as someone who hates seeing series (tv, game, whatever) senselessly milked dry, The Shield truly gets better with each season. The first half is an entertaining villain-of-the-week show about corrupt cops, the second is a masterpiece of the "ever-intensifying shitstorm" crime drama as Vic's playhouse begins to crumble. Plus more corrupt cop antics.

Vic: "And one other thing... your ex-wife's pussy tastes like sweet butter." <-- LOL
Kavanaugh: " :O " <-- LMAO

KAI wrote:On several episodes of Walker Texas Ranger and shaquille o'neal's Steel, drug/weapon dealers and gangs are "working" in arcade places. Ahhh the 90's.

Nothing beats Robocop 2's ARCADE BEATDOWN - best DECO advertisement ever, never fails to pump me up for some MIDNIGHT RESISTANCE (on my MD

)

"I just don't see the big deal about scanl-AAACK!"

"AIEEE - oh, lovely crisp 240p! Thank you Robocop!"

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:08 pm

I think I know what intrigued me. The games in discussion were showed as features, so I could tell what games they were. It was probably easier than showing the videogaming people as such in a convincing way.
Sometimes "acting busy" is trickier to get right than "proper" acting. When the office staff in The Shield was supposedly busy struggling with inundation (just a second or two), it looked fake. I sort of understand why Herzog tried to shot his films out in the wild, starring people actually struggling with things.

Watch the whole motherfucking thing - seriously.

That I remember it fondly after all these years is a good sign. That - according to neo-Nazi gematria - 88 (the number of episodes, apparently) stands for "Heil Hitler!" is probably just a coincidence...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:35 pm

Agreed... I watched The Shield in it's entirety over the summer. Was great... very gritty. Then, when you're done, watch The Wire. Then, you're done with good cop shows as far as I can remember.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:34 am

Another egregious example of video games done wrong in movies: Grosse Point Blank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZt0fAZ018E

trap15 · Post by **trap15** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:46 am

An arcade machine of Doom? Hell yes!

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:33 pm

Vexorg wrote:Another egregious example of video games done wrong in movies: Grosse Point Blank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZt0fAZ018E

Wrong, or anticipating the dual-joystick setup of future console FPSes? You decide!

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:45 pm

Vexorg wrote:Another egregious example of video games done wrong in movies: Grosse Point Blank.

If we're gonna count movies, then here's an example of video games done awesomely right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Psls1ngwM

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:06 am

There was an episode of something I saw once (X-Files?) where the protaganists visit some army guy guarding some base or something. He was playing Halo. When they interrupted him, he said, "I was about to beat my high score."

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:26 am

Vexorg wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZt0fAZ018E

I didn't realize it before, but the guy is playing on the final level of Doom II. Then it shows him on the first stage, then on stage 7 and then on the final stage again.

Fastest speedrun ever.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:26 am

GaijinPunch wrote:There was an episode of something I saw once (X-Files?) where the protaganists visit some army guy guarding some base or something. He was playing Halo. When they interrupted him, he said, "I was about to beat my high score."

Don't forget the ridiculous episode with the nerdy programmer guy who accidentally programs a killer babe AI into the game. Also, Nazis in windows.

Stereotypical Azn Master Race gamer gets his hands chopped the fuck off

Ruldra wrote:
Vexorg wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZt0fAZ018E
I didn't realize it before, but the guy is playing on the final level of Doom II. Then it shows him on the first stage, then on stage 7 and then on the final stage again.

Fastest speedrun ever.

Ring-around-the-Halo?

I love how they show the plasma rifle sending a huge burst of sprites off into nothing in particular because videos fuck yeah

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:28 am

It was the second loop!

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:30 am

If I played like that, I'd expect to be making the third loop in no time at all.

I almost wonder that it would have been more realistic if they showed him trying to play Tournament Quake, but then the music track ends and the game hangs while the CD seeks for the entirety of the fight, but he's just like "huh is it zombies again"

No, nevermind, that's a shitty idea if ever I had one. But still true in its own way.

So this game got dual stick configurations right, and cabinets with headphone jacks are awesome (BIG RED BAY-BEE). So are we in next for a special hyper velocity turbo DOOM puncher 3, the game where the levels are made up and the points* don't matter!

*headshots

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