It Came From Netflix: Golgo 13 (Collection 1)

I just finished watching the first 12 episodes of the Golgo 13 and I can confidently say it's some of the shittiest anime/television I have seen in some time. Yes, that sentence is insanely douchey and snarky, but it's a fact. While it may be shitty, one thing the Golgo 13 series does have going for it is a mysterious charm. You know it sucks, but you keep watching anyway.  Why?  Why am I enamored with the idea of Duke Togo? He's nothing but a 70's/80's iconic action stereotype who bangs hookers with reckless abandon, he has no emotion,  he's the "world's top hitman", and he's stupid rich.  Okay never mind, I can see why he's appealing now.

Southland Shows Us That L.A. Is The Ninth Circle of Hell

I am sensing a very horrible pattern in my TV/film watching selection habits. I tend to write off shows based on the network that they are on. Never again. The reason for this: Southland. Formerly on NBC, but then dropped for it being too dark in the "Leno at 10" era then TNT picked it up.  Southland is on its 3rd season and the show deserves more attention.

I like to think of this show as Band of Brothers meets Cops meets freaking amazing. The show follows the lives and careers of cops in different departments of the LAPD from patrolmen to detectives.  We see their lives intersecting in the brutal war against gangs, homicides, and whatever crimes you can think of. This isnt your typical Law and Order bullcrap, nor your run of the mill NCIS or CSI. This is the unglorified, and uncensored view of real life as a cop.