Shades… Just Horrible
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nightcal — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 06:52 AM)
"And besides, what idiotic douche would wear sunglasses inside at night, rendering you basically blind? Shades, that's who."
Ok, that made me laugh.
I can see what you mean about him, but I guess he grew on me. The persona was a bit corny but I thought the actor did a good job and I thought his character was well written.
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Dauw — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 12:41 PM)
I was waiting for the whole sunglasses at night thing to be explained, but I do believe they made the character intentionally corny, like he has this thing where he thinks the shades are cool and people let him get away with it because he's pretty good at his job. I mean, he might be cool but he's not cool enough to pull off the sunglasses at night thing, but it is hard to find a good henchman.
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dmcreif — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 06:06 PM)
I was waiting for the whole sunglasses at night thing to be explained, but I do believe they made the character intentionally corny, like he has this thing where he thinks the shades are cool and people let him get away with it because he's pretty good at his job. I mean, he might be cool but he's not cool enough to pull off the sunglasses at night thing, but it is hard to find a good henchman.
I think Shades wears his sunglasses for the same reason Secret Service agents wear them: the intimidation appearance. -
dmcreif — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 09:28 AM)
I assumed that people in protection services and law enforcement wore shades so that people who may come up against them will never be sure where they are looking.
That's what the "intimidation tactic" is. Of course, Secret Service guys wear sunglasses outdoors so that their eyes are adjusted to the light when they go indoors. Inside agents almost never wear sunglasses, its just that most of the time they are seen they are outdoors. -
cdnnavy8 — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 06:40 AM)
I agree Shades was the best of the villains, but then again we're talking about a pretty mediocre bunch to begin with. However Shades' character is probably the most believable in terms of what happens to them and their reactions. That's also what made Cottonmouth enjoyable. Diamondback is too cartoony to be liked (he might as well grow a mustache so he can twirl it when he's monologuing) and Mariah's character is too unbelievable (how is she still in council?).
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MrsBuckyBarnes — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 05:02 PM)
i loved his character, how poised he was, and how he always kept thinking and planning, even in the more dire of situations, such as when he was being choked to death.
i didn't mind the shades thing tbh. for all we know there could be a physical reason for it that has not been explained as yet. -
diogo_fella — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 12:19 PM)
I tend to disagree. He was not some kind of badass, he was the kind of guy who is competent and does not have a problem to do the dirty work. And that ridiculous smirk every scene made him a guy like Littlefinger form GoT.
He is the kind of character who is like herpes: Doesn't give you a big problem, but you can't kill, only weaken. Yousimply tend to care about other stuff that you look as more dangerous, but the herpes is in your genitals in no time and MAN! The damage is done! -
dmcreif — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 06:48 AM)
He is the kind of character who is like herpes: Doesn't give you a big problem, but you can't kill, only weaken. You simply tend to care about other stuff that you look as more dangerous, but the herpes is in your genitals in no time and MAN! The damage is done!
Yeah. Diamondback seemed to know that once his attempt on Shades' life failed, as he calls him "Hernan the cockroach" upon crashing Pop's Barbershop. -
lrademac08 — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 12:24 PM)
from the Luke Cage comics, Shades character allegedly had a power of some sort blasting from his eyes. somewhat similar in scope to that one Xmen guy who wore a visor and could use some sort of power ray from his eyes. However this is never explained in the Luke Cage TV show. I loved Theo Rossi in SOA. To me he did not fit right into LC and i never cared much for his character.