The Opinion Review

A friend at work told me about the show gangland on the History Chanel . It sounded pretty groovy so I set up the DVR to check it..

I watched 2 episodes. One on the Outlaws Motorcycle Club and another on FSU. I didn’t really know either one of those gangs…

 The Outlaws are as big as the Hell’s Angels in the mid west.  They are apparently adversaries of the Hell’s angels and into the life style 99% or they are 1%Rs as the saying goes… A guy that supports himself totally from the lifestyle. It is said that only 1% of motorcycle people actually do this..They are the TRUE outlaws. Or perhaps they are simply a guy without a real job.

FSU (Friend’s Stand United) are a bunch of punk rock fan’s that double as street fighting thugs…They are interesting as many of them are “straight edgers” That don’t use drug’s or drink booze. I suppose they cure their boredom by beating down drug dealers or white power punks by outnumbering the opponents or just plain ruthlessness.

They veiw themselves as vigilantes with no remorse for the violence because they are not robbing, drugging and stealing from good folks but from drug dealers and other criminals. Pretty interesting.

Is the show any good? It’s entertaining except for the way it is shot and the narrator. They seem to be really flashy with the pictures and footage… I guess they assume the gang’s themselves are not interesting enough on their own and have to add all of that quick photography and “lightning” flashes to keep us interested.

The narrarator always has some kind of obnouxous tone to his dilevery and constantly repeats himeself.. I suppose he believes we didn’t hear him the first time around. I’d prefer a more bias approach to the narration . Not that I agree with the gang’s agenda’s or anything. But these people do believe in what they are living.

Check it out and tell me what you think… 

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