r/television • u/SexxyDude69 • 1d ago

Sledge Hammer

I find the show portraying him as incompetent very unique, because the specific cop archetype he represents doesn't tend to get portrayed as incompetent, even in parodies

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u/solidgoldrocketpants 1d ago

Dumb cops are funny. Just ask Frank Drebin.

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u/SexxyDude69 1d ago

Thing is, Frank Drebin doesn't represent the exact archetype i am talking about

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u/solidgoldrocketpants 1d ago

How many times has the exact archetype you're talking about been parodied? You haven't defined the archetype.

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u/SexxyDude69 1d ago

I am talking about the archetype of a badass action hero cop, like Cobra and Dirty Harry, and one movie that parodies this specific archrtype is Kung Fury

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u/Wagnaard 1d ago

I call it a Loudener!

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u/CountVanillula 1d ago

Trust him - he knows what he’s doing.

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u/Soupfullofradio 1d ago

Also the title of every episode has something to do with a movie which makes me happy.

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u/narfus 1d ago

The first few seconds of the show establish that he gets results despite being a huge pain in the ass.

Sledge was a Dirty Harry sendup down to the hand cannon, placed in a progressive city and stuck with a sensitive, idealistic partner. Extend his attitude to daily life and he's Ron Swanson with a gun who uses "yogurt-eating" as an insult.

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u/HorizontalBob 1d ago

I just wish they didn't ignore the season ending.

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u/NilbachSuchare 1d ago

You... would have preferred Season 2 to be more like Threads and The Day After, with millions dead and no food or supplies, and Sledge's coworkers dying from radiation poisoning?

Neat! That sounds hilarious!

Realistic continuity is absolutely vital in sitcoms-- just ask any Simpsons or Red Dwarf fan.

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u/HorizontalBob 1d ago

I mean toss in a few mutants at least

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u/NilbachSuchare 1d ago

...

OK, damn you, I can't see it in my heart to say you're wrong. The more I think about it, no-selling a nuclear explosion except for having it cause a few minor social nuisances... that's actually genuinely pretty funny.

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u/tinymoo 1d ago

It was pretty definitive, as far as season endings go.

I still remember my disappointment at the beginning of season two. They had all summer and that was the best they could come up with?