“Sons of Anarchy” showrunner Kurt Sutter is notoriously mercurial, occasionally taking breaks from writing his badass FX show to threaten bloggers and smack down blowhards on his blog. But Sutter has revealed a kinder, gentler, more self-aware approach to life as he works on Season 4, which sounds pretty awesome:
So far, the new season feels very potent… Season four is all about the club. The personalities, the history, the alliances, the conflicts — the inside dynamics of an organized outlaw enterprise. Ego, greed, violence and fear reign supreme. I’m halfway through the cut of 401 and it’s pretty f**king badass.
I know it’s stupid to get excited over a showrunner’s claims about his show’s quality, but I can’t help but be stoked for what I’m hoping is a return to greatness for “Sons of Anarchy.” But what about those changes in Sutter?
I’m exhausted by my own self-righteousness. Really. I have so many f**king opinions that feel so weighty and so relevant to the future of mankind, that I realized I’m just a f**king delusional downer. I know that sounds extreme and I don’t regret anything I’ve said, but lately I’ve become very aware that my angry outbursts serve no purpose other than to relieve some small amount of pressure from my obsessive need to be understood. And by understood, I mean loved, worshiped and adored. I’m not a dick. Okay, not all the time. [...]
So, I’ve decided for the good of the village, it’s best if I drop out of all award conversation. Past, present and future. And all critic/review conversation as well. You see, I cannot separate myself from my work. I try, but it’s impossible. If you say you like me, I f**king love you. I want to drop to my knees and gargle your genitals until they’re gold-dusted milk duds (I have no idea what that means). But if you even remotely suggest you dislike something about me, I want you, your parents, your children and your pets to die a miserable, slow, painful, sexually-humiliating death.
I guess the point of this entry, other than to say I think fans are gonna dig season four, is to say that I now understand the shortcomings of my bombastic rants. Although outrageous and entertaining to some, they really serve no greater good. I’ll never effect change with the word “c*nt”. I really enjoy saying it, but I’ll never make anything better with clever vitriol. And I really want to be a guy who makes things better. It’s too f**king easy and god-lazy to be a destroyer.
Awww, I’m gonna miss the crazy ol’ Sutter. But for the record: we all love you here, Kurt. Please don’t destroy my family and pets with painful, sexually humiliating death. Especially not my dog. That would be weird.
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“I want to drop to my knees and gargle your genitals until they’re gold-dusted milk duds”
Hoo boy….
Here’s what will happen. Season opener will be good with a shocking end. The rest off the season will suck and meander on until the finale when there will be some wrap up with a big event.
I gave up on this show halfway through season 2. Tried again with season3 but gave up again. Shame because there is some real potential there> besides Sutter seems to be the biggest d-bag in Hollywood and that is saying a lot.
He did work on The Shield so props for that
I had something to say here, but then I saw a comment about how someone gave up on this show in the middle of season 2.
Yeah, that was really boring with the whole Henry Rollins as a rapist skinhead, Alan Arkin as a white supremacist mastermind, biker revenge on the lesbian ATF villain, with the side plots of the burned down porn palace and the IRA entanglements. Yaaaaawn.
Oh, how insightful, Scott!
“Here’s what’s gonna happen, guys. A bunch of characters will interact, and there will be some crisis that gets resolved.”
It’s like you’re the TV Nostradamus.
That’s a nice post, but the day Kurt Sutter stops calling people (specifically bloggers and critics) cunts is the day I get mistaken for Idris Elba.
What Otto said. Seriously Scott, you might want to go back and finish S2 of SoA.
On a related note, my wife bought me the first two seasons on DVD for Father’s Day.
Even better the second time around.
I hold great hopes for season 4′s baddassery, but I fear it will be a letdown after last season’s finale, which is probably the best single episode of a TV show I’ve ever watched.
Also, that picture never gets old.
Peggy Bundy isn’t very pleased about having a third child, is she? I knew Kelly and Bud were a handful (let’s not even acknowledge the mistake that was Seven) but jeez Peggy, go shopping or something. Take your mind off things for a few hours.
As if the addition of Danny Trejo to the cast isn’t enough, I just saw that Rockmond Dunbar — the guy who played Gufstason on Terriers — is coming on as the new sheriff this season.
Franklin, that was indeed a great finale, one that made me punch the air in delight, but it wasn’t one of the greatest episodes of all time. It was made much better because the stuff before it was so unlike the SoA we all know and love.
I stopped following Sutter on Twitter and his blog because he was just attacking everybody who criticised the show or him or Katey. If he now realises that he comes across like an idiot and it detracts from the show, then good.
@Otto – She didn’t get you the Blu-Ray? My girlfriend did, but season 2 didn’t play well. The first season looks fantastic, in season two any time it gets dark, the colours get muddled. Shame.
After reading this entry and all of the delightfully pleasant comments, HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS FUCKING SHOW?
Yeah dude. Season 2 was one of the best I can remember of any show. Scott, you are entitled to your own opinion but if season 2 couldn’t hold your interest, you need to be doing something other than watching TV.
@ Dotcomphobe,
You can stream Seasons 1 & 2 on Netflix. I went back and caught some of the early Season 1 episodes and a few from the Henry Rollins story arc last week.
Rollins explaining why he pulled his kid out of out of Little League baseball was awesome, and I shamelessly use the gif that Matt posted of Chibs drinking from the Jameson juice box in emails and on Facebook a good deal.
Also, Otto Man, any chance that in posts related to Sons of Anarchy or Kurt Sutter that you could post as “Big Otto Man”? I think Margos Dezarian would consider it a proper homage.
Seasons 1 & 2 are fantastic, but anyone pretending that aside from a few episodes (especially the finale) Season 3 didnt suck major dink’age is a downright liar, or has terrible taste in TV shows.
@Smegga: Regular DVD. We ain’t fancy-like.
@OJP: Great idea, but I’m worried Sutter might somehow take offense and gouge out one of my eyes in retaliation.
I did finish the season but it went from must watch to dvr whenever there was nothing else on. I thought the whole skinhead thing was cliche and Rollins is not a good actor. If he stands there and looks menacing, fine, but no talking. What bugged me was how it got away from what I liked about the first season. The tension in the gang and Jax disillusionment. Katey is awesome in her role and should have gotten an Emmy. But Jax, who has gotten better, and his love interest are real bad.
I will admit that adding Trejo is very enticing.
SOA has been good from the beginning. And the edition of Trejo makes it even better. With all the crap on T.V., this show rocks and I was hooked from episode 1. S2 was good man.