I think I have an idea of what the "other stuff" is.
Television The Sopranos
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You're better starting off with The Wire and The Sopranos first
Altered Carbon (feckin' love the whole atmosphere of this) at the mo, and the The Wire probably.
You'll not be disappointed when you get watching The Wire.
Junior, Tony and Chris, three sensitive souls...
Season 5 was fecking brilliant.
Season 5 was fecking brilliant.
Christaphurrrr was the bar boy who Pesci shot in the foot and the reference was him shooting the guy in the foot in the Bakery. I forget the 2nd reference I was referring to but I have a feeling it was Dr Melfi maybe discussing the movie 'Goodfellas' at dinner with her family? Whatever it was it was in the same episode as the Bakery scene.
I just started season 6 again today, this show is perfect.
The downfall of Johnny Sac makes me sad. One of my favourite characters.
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It's just a shame Vincent Curatola is an absolute lunatic
Is he?
Yeah if you have a good scroll through his Twitter feed he's a bit unhinged
think I'll leave it. I love how in the show he appears at first glance to be this cool as a cucumber guy with all his nice clothes etc but as soon as you scratch the surface he's a maniac, losing all volume control.
I noticed after the third or fourth viewing that while Johnny Sack saw himself as this super smooth, classy, and above all dignified operator - he pissed Tony off at one point by claiming it was undignified to keep meeting under the GW Bridge - they kept portraying him in the most undignified light - e.g. sitting on the toilet with his trousers around his ankles having a smoke, picking his nose, the whole joke saga with his wife, the humiliation he suffered at his daughter's wedding, and finally the horrible, slow death by cancer.
One of the few scenes in the show with a bit of moral clarity:
Best final season and episode ever. So sad when you get to the end.
Starting again from the beginning right now
Best final season and episode ever. So sad when you get to the end.
Does anyone still doubt what the fade to black out ending mean't?
Not to my knowledge, seems pretty obvious what happened all things considered.
What a great fecking scene this is
5 years ago today James Gandolfini passed away
1989 interview with Tony Sirico:
I watched that some while ago. It was quite interesting.
One of Tony Soprano's most memorable lines for me is "'remember when' is the lowest form of conversation". Me and my pals always reminisce about stories starting with "remember when".
Also, if you're interested in a theory about why Tony is so dismissive of the photo of Johnny Boy and Junior in that scene, have a read of this if you have the time - it's a theory that hatred for his father is what drives many if not all of Tony's major actions as the show approaches the end:
Tony's Vicarious Patricide
Tony's Vicarious Patricide
So apparently 'Moltisanti' translates as 'many saints', so I guess Chris' Dad Dickie Moltisanti is gonna have a fair sized role in this prequel.
You all need to check out /r/thesopranos
Everyone just replies to every thread with apt quotes from the show. It's marvellous.
Everyone just replies to every thread with apt quotes from the show. It's marvellous.
Weirdest dream...
Probably the best tv show I've ever seen.
Can never hear that last song again without thinking about it.
Can never hear that last song again without thinking about it.
Good isn't it?
I read a thread that casually said that the actor who played the character that slept with Carmella was gay and it was full of
I dunno, fecking slander you ask me.
I had a good chuckle
The Wire takes most of S1 to get in to but then you are hooked. Really brilliant TV
Best final season and episode ever. So sad when you get to the end.
Worst ending ever. Utterly infuriating cop out.
Shaddup or you will sleep with the fishes.
I'm amazed how many people needed the ending explained to them.
It was the perfect ending for the perfect show
Far from obvious. There are 2 main theories 1) the cut to black = a hit or b) the intense music etc = a realisation that life is permanent nervous time.
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It was an utter cop out.
And there are 2 equally popular and plausible explanations.
A cop out from what?
The writers suddenly got writers block after 6 seasons?
The writers suddenly got writers block after 6 seasons?
Loved the series - top 5 tv of all time - but I hated the ending. The direction was nowhere near the quality we had come to expect. Almost as if they had handed the directorial reins over to a teenaged fan. The music and stupid camera work at the end was film school standard at best.
From an actual end or if they wanted to leave us not knowing just do it with some decent direction and camera work. I don't know if the director got nervous or ???? as the standard of direction was chalk and cheese compared to the usual standard.
Sorry if its been posted already if not this is wonderfully addictive. An hour and a quarter of all the murders season 1 - 6 Do not watch for major spoilers for fecks sake if you've not seen it all.