rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
All the old threads are old threads.
Started watching it really for the first time (catching up on a lot of older shows). HBO really knows how to do a great show.
Although Tony's mother is one of the most insufferable characters in a tv show I think I've ever seen. Although some folks in Tony's gang are just a little too stereotypical.
And what a great window to the 90's/00's.
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mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
This is my all-time favorite show. Yes, even above The Wire. 5/10/2017 2:44:42 PM |
sgb Veteran 415 Posts user info edit post |
^ Where does Arli$$ rank on your HBO show list? 5/10/2017 2:48:49 PM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
lol. never heard of it. any good? 5/10/2017 2:49:54 PM |
sgb Veteran 415 Posts user info edit post |
No. But they referenced it on 30 Rock once. Robert Wuhl at his finest though. 5/10/2017 3:22:10 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
Amazing how bigoted this show was allowed to be, at least for the first two seasons. 5/11/2017 12:20:27 AM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39220 Posts user info edit post |
they're fictional characters
fictional characters can be bigots 5/11/2017 12:22:56 AM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
Doubt it would fly today though.
The characters in 13 Reasons Why are all fictional, that doesn't keep the show from getting controversy stirred up.
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thegoodlife3 All American 39220 Posts user info edit post |
of course it would fly today
the characters are the bigots. the show isn't promoting bigotry.
it may shock you to find out that there are a lot of racist people out in the world. 5/11/2017 12:43:39 AM |
red baron 22 All American 2166 Posts user info edit post |
That was a great show. I got a lot of fond memories of chilling with my room mates back at NCSU watching that 5/11/2017 1:57:19 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43406 Posts user info edit post |
Interesting timing of this thread, as I'm currently rewatching the series. Almost done with season 4.
What I've really noticed, maybe more than when I watched it a decade+ ago, is how shitty of a person Tony's sister Janice is. And Tony's kids Meadow & AJ are little shits as well, lol. 5/11/2017 8:00:09 AM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
So after watching several seasons of this show, I have to wonder, how do mafia types communicate these days now that we don't have pay phones? 5/18/2017 2:06:52 PM |
cptinsano All American 11993 Posts user info edit post |
Burners 5/18/2017 2:15:21 PM |
GoldieO All American 1801 Posts user info edit post |
WhatsApp. 5/18/2017 3:31:44 PM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
I think the Season 2 finale "funhouse" is my favorite episode. There are other great ones (Whitecaps, Pine barrens, etc)but this one gets me in the Jimmies.
5/18/2017 3:43:21 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
Watching the episode now where everybody gets capped. The tension in the train store was awful. 5/30/2017 11:20:59 PM |
GrimReap3r All American 2732 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "This is my all-time favorite show. Yes, even above The Wire." |
5/30/2017 11:32:46 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
I also find it thoroughly awesome that Silvio is Steven Van Zandt from the E Street Band, and his wife IRL played his wife in the show. 5/31/2017 12:09:15 AM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
Paulie Walnuts was a real life gangster and had a stipulation that he wouldn't be portrayed as a rat at any point during the show. 5/31/2017 9:25:43 AM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Yes, even above The Wire" |
Sir!!!! You can't be a white male between the ages of 22-40 and not say The Wire is the greatest work of art ever produced!
You're a real piece of shit.5/31/2017 10:01:29 AM |
Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
I have seen neither this show or The Wire but they are both on my list to watch at some point 5/31/2017 11:22:09 AM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
5/31/2017 1:53:29 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39220 Posts user info edit post |
just finished the series for the first time
Team Mad Men 4 eva 4/12/2019 12:10:32 AM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
How did you feel about that ending?
It sounds like GoT may have something similar coming. 4/12/2019 8:26:16 AM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39220 Posts user info edit post |
it was the only thing I knew about going in, so I was prepared for it
it was fitting and I think he was about to get hit 4/12/2019 11:33:33 AM |
bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
I was a huge fan of the first few seasons. Went off the rails for me a little bit towards the end. Probably my third favorite TV drama of all time after West Wing and The Wire. 4/12/2019 2:24:53 PM |
Novicane All American 15414 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "it was fitting and I think he was about to get hit
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if you look good, you'll notice the guy walking into the bathroom clearly has a gun tucked into the back of his shirt.4/14/2019 7:19:17 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148321 Posts user info edit post |
"clearly," huh? 4/14/2019 6:42:15 PM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
Just finished another re-watch.
I've been listening to Kevin Morby's "Baltimore County Line" a lot lately and the line "I'm a soldier, Adriana" gets me every time. 4/15/2019 9:40:13 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148321 Posts user info edit post |
7/2/2021 10:35:05 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
Kinda sad David Chase is cashing in on the nostalgia craze.
That being said, Gandolfini's son is a near dead-wringer for a young Tony. I'll watch. 7/5/2021 10:46:55 PM |
TragicNature All American 11804 Posts user info edit post |
David Chase is a genius! I've been re-watching this series on repeat for the past 8 months.
Season 1 Episode 6 - Pax Saprano - Tony's 2nd Dream Sequence
Tony is in his home bathroom when he hears the shower next to the toilet. He glances over to see the figure of a naked woman through the frosted glass doors. The shower stops, the shower door opens, and he sees Dr. Melfi.
Is this Lorraine Bracco IRL or a stand in? 9/17/2021 10:41:36 AM |
Dynasty2004 Bawls 5850 Posts user info edit post |
Can confirm its her 9/17/2021 11:19:38 AM |
TragicNature All American 11804 Posts user info edit post |
Lorraine Bracco thiccc!
Liking the theme music in Season 3 E1: Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood. Brilliantly executed mashup of Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" and The Police's "Every Breath You Take."
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rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
So I watched The Many Saints of Newark, and while I enjoyed seeing the younger versions of some of the characters, overall I was pretty disappointed. This was billed as an origin story for Tony Soprano, and all it really did was just show him hanging out with his uncle for a bit. I was expecting a Tony Soprano breaking bad, and the movie was NOT that. 10/13/2021 4:48:29 PM |
stevedude hello 4763 Posts user info edit post |
I, too, just finished watching this all the way through for the first time. 12/3/2021 1:06:16 PM |
TragicNature All American 11804 Posts user info edit post |
"She's no fuckin' maid, let me tell you."
[Edited on May 4, 2022 at 4:08 AM. Reason : ooof] 5/4/2022 4:03:10 AM |
emnsk All American 2760 Posts user info edit post |
Just finished season 1 10/29/2023 11:32:46 PM |
FroshKiller All American 51908 Posts user info edit post |
I just rewatched seasons 1-5 for the first time since they premiered and season 6 for the first time. This is a phenomenal show, but I totally get why people hated the finale. I didn't hate it, but it also didn't quite work for me. There's something heightened about it. 10/30/2023 7:06:39 AM |
emnsk All American 2760 Posts user info edit post |
I find the therapist to be very attractive ngl 10/30/2023 6:11:23 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148321 Posts user info edit post |
Dr Melfi is smooth, like a mandolin 10/30/2023 6:40:18 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
Younger generations just don’t know the importance of this show when they watch it for the first time.
This show blew minds. I know that’s hard to believe given the vast amount of prestige TV that came afterwards, but this was the first show to offer up the kind of writing, acting and production values typically seen in movies.
I didn’t watch it when it came out, but we had HBO in the dorms so I should have. 10/31/2023 8:28:28 AM |
emnsk All American 2760 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm like King Midas in reverse, everything I touch turns to shit" |
10/31/2023 9:51:00 PM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
Finale was perfect if you ask me. 11/2/2023 9:22:05 AM |
PaulISdead All American 8746 Posts user info edit post |
I think they did Adriana's demise dirty 11/6/2023 7:39:13 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22995 Posts user info edit post |
How so? She was married into the mafia, had been around them for years. She knew the risks and what would happen if she was found out. I guarantee you Tony would've done the same to his wife. 11/7/2023 7:44:07 AM |
PaulISdead All American 8746 Posts user info edit post |
I think the fact the FBI was waiting for her to come back while she was being murdered, not using it as a sting 11/7/2023 8:54:17 AM |
PaulISdead All American 8746 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8A6aPFL/ 11/8/2023 6:26:49 AM |
emnsk All American 2760 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^^agree 1/25/2024 11:40:03 AM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4367 Posts user info edit post |
I am reminded of Louis the whatever's finance minister...he built this chateau — Nicole and I saw it when we went to Paris — it even outshone Versailles, where the king lived. In the end, Louis clapped him in irons 2/7/2024 6:01:56 PM |