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Title: Chicago Code
Post by: Tom on 14 Feb 2011, 22:13: I think this has potential to be a perfect hybrid of early Homicide: LOTS and Boomtown after going the way of Fringe late first season.

Thoughts?

I'm interested to hear what Chicagoans think of their city's depiction.
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: KvP on 14 Feb 2011, 22:18: Been meaning to catch this - word of mouth has been pretty strong, and Shawn Ryan's the guy behind it. A little worried about network tameness, but at the same time it's going to have network budgets, so.
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: Ozymandias on 14 Feb 2011, 22:23: Did you know this show takes place in Chicago?
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: scarred on 14 Feb 2011, 22:36: I find the marketing campaign to be brutally off-putting, especially when their tagline is basically "A LOOSE CANNON COP WITH AN ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER AND A THIRST FOR VENGEANCE."
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: Tom on 14 Feb 2011, 22:48: I think it's a given that FOX/FX can't advertise their programs for shit.

Quote from: KvP on 14 Feb 2011, 22:18
A little worried about network tameness,

It's also a given that they give their really big names some leeway.
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: scarred on 14 Feb 2011, 23:07: Yeah, for all its hamminess, NBC has let SVU be incredibly brutal in the past. Granted, it's an established franchise and not an upstart series but I think anybody who's seen the Shield can attest that family-friendly was not where that show's strengths lay.
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: Tom on 15 Feb 2011, 13:06: Jason Clarke is intense and an Australian. It's good to see some our better actors getting these kinds of parts. I mean, seriously, we have a lot of soapie stars heading 'cross the Pacific to make it big in Hollywood but the majority of them are all bland but pretty ciphers (E.g.: Worthington) who'll work on the cheap so it's truly a welcome site to see actors like Torv and Clarke on big network programs every week.
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: Dimmukane on 17 Feb 2011, 21:05: Quote from: scarred on 14 Feb 2011, 23:07
I think anybody who's seen the Shield can attest that family-friendly was not where that show's strengths lay.

My uncle played a corpse on that show once, I can definitely vouch for that.
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: Johnny C on 17 Feb 2011, 21:07: YOU THINK YOU CAN CHANGE THE WAY THINGS WORK IN CHICAGO!?
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: FIXDIX on 18 Feb 2011, 03:10: Quote from: Tom on 14 Feb 2011, 22:48
I think it's a given that FOX/FX can't advertise their programs for shit.

Terriers :cry:
Title: Re: Chicago Code
Post by: Tom on 07 Mar 2011, 23:42: This week was all filler (I hope). I propose that this show and all other network dramas should only ever have 13 episode a seasons.