THE Sopranos thread

[RedKnight]

16 minutes ago, Chris said:

 

I finally got around to starting The West Wing the other week.

 

I struggled with how cute the dialogue was. Then I saw in the credits "Aaron Sorkin" 

 

Absolutely abhor his writing; it's as if Tarantino wasn't trying to write great dialogue, but just tried to show off how intelligent/funny he is. Seen him on a few chat shows as well, Colbert et al, and he's every bit the smug twat you'd imagine him to be.

 

The Newsroom was one of the smuggest pieces of TV I've ever come across. I still now can't come to terms with how smug it was.

[Bobby Hundreds]

8 minutes ago, RedKnight said:

 

The Newsroom was one of the smuggest pieces of TV I've ever come across. I still now can't come to terms with how smug it was.

Definitely it was like the generation from Dawson Creek all grown up and still annoying fuckers 

[RedKnight]

6 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Definitely it was like the generation from Dawson Creek all grown up and still annoying fuckers 

Anyone who thought it was good is either insufferably smug themselves or has poor taste.

[littletedwest]

8 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Have you seen The Shield? It's part or that holy trinity to my mind.

The shield is great but it falls significantly behind those two. I preferred mad men, so my top 3 would be sopranos, the wire then mad men

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Chris said:

 

I finally got around to starting The West Wing the other week.

 

I struggled with how cute the dialogue was. Then I saw in the credits "Aaron Sorkin" 

 

Absolutely abhor his writing; it's as if Tarantino wasn't trying to write great dialogue, but just tried to show off how intelligent/funny he is. Seen him on a few chat shows as well, Colbert et al, and he's every bit the smug twat you'd imagine him to be.

The West Wing was fantastic. A bit twee,yes,but brilliantly written and acted.

[Jairzinho]

Tried getting into West Wing, couldn't. Might try again. Newsroom was fucking awful. As others have said, it was just buried deep inside its own arse.

[Torvald Utne]

What did the blind man say as he walked past the fish market?

 

Good Morning Ladies!

 

 

[Captain Turdseye]

11 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Have you seen The Shield? It's part or that holy trinity to my mind.

Nonsense. The Shield is watchable, sure, fun yes, but there’s absolutely no way it’s in that elite bracket. 

[Section_31]

3 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Nonsense. The Shield is watchable, sure, fun yes, but there’s absolutely no way it’s in that elite bracket. 

I should throw you down the stairs and plant Jimmy Saville on you for this kind of patter.

[Captain Turdseye]

3 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I should throw you down the stairs and plant Jimmy Saville on you for this kind of patter.

You’re better than this, man. How the fuck can Vic Mackey stand on the same pedestal as Tony Soprano or Avon Barksdale? He can’t, it’s as simple as that. Mackey ain’t even up there with Walter White or Jon Snow. 

[Section_31]

2 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

You’re better than this, man. How the fuck can Vic Mackey stand on the same pedestal as Tony Soprano or Avon Barksdale? He can’t, it’s as simple as that. Mackey ain’t even up there with Walter White or Jon Snow. 

It's an ensemble situation, Chiklis, Goggins, Pounder, Whittaker in the same scene is as good as acting gets.

[Captain Turdseye]

1 minute ago, Section_31 said:

It's an ensemble situation, Chiklis, Goggins, Pounder, Whittaker in the same scene is as good as acting gets.

Bollocks. 
 

I’ve said my piece. 

[Tony Moanero]

3 hours ago, littletedwest said:

The shield is great but it falls significantly behind those two. I preferred mad men, so my top 3 would be sopranos, the wire then mad men

Mad Men is excellent. The Fugitive is the best American television series of all time, though.

[Remmie]

21 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Mad Men is excellent. The Fugitive is the best American television series of all time, though.

Couldn't get into mad men at all, just seemed like a overtly stylised fantasy world of what life allegedly used to be like with zero likeable characters. I also found the constant smoking annoying. 

 

Also, the Fugitive is a film mate starring Woody Harrelson Ford and the guy with the bionic cock. 

 

Runs

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Couldn't get into mad men at all, just seemed like a overtly stylised fantasy world of what life allegedly used to be like with zero likeable characters. I also found the constant smoking annoying. 

 

Also, the Fugitive is a film mate starring Woody Harrelson Ford and the guy with the bionic cock. 

 

Runs

I tried watching Mad Men three times and I just didn't get into it either. There must be something about it that I'm missing as it's highly rated but it seemed like a live action cartoon.

[Remmie]

6 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

I tried watching Mad Men three times and I just didn't get into it either. There must be something about it that I'm missing as it's highly rated but it seemed like a live action cartoon.

I think people like the lifestyle of hard drinking, wealth and ye olde womanising. 

[Guest]

56 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I think people like the lifestyle of hard drinking, wealth and ye olde womanising. 

Is that what the programme was about? I didn't get that from it. I might try again one day when I have nothing else to do. But there's always paint drying somewhere. 

[Chris]

6 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

The West Wing was fantastic. A bit twee,yes,but brilliantly written and acted.

I've only done one episode and can't see myself going back for more. It just really rubbed me the wrong way immediately. 

[Chris]

4 hours ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

I tried watching Mad Men three times and I just didn't get into it either. There must be something about it that I'm missing as it's highly rated but it seemed like a live action cartoon.

Mad Men was the epitome of style over substance. You could skip a whole season and miss nothing. 

[Curly]

Mad men was great for falling asleep to. Watchable, but slow and generally quiet, so didn’t suck you in so you’d stay awake binge watching and wouldn’t wake you up with guns or music popping off.

 

The first 2 series of House of Cards were great, then it started to tail off drastically.

[VladimirIlyich]

4 hours ago, Chris said:

I've only done one episode and can't see myself going back for more. It just really rubbed me the wrong way immediately. 

I binned it off after the first series but went back to it and I was glad I did.

[littletedwest]

53 minutes ago, belarus said:

Mad men was great for falling asleep to. Watchable, but slow and generally quiet, so didn’t suck you in so you’d stay awake binge watching and wouldn’t wake you up with guns or music popping off.

 

The first 2 series of House of Cards were great, then it started to tail off drastically.

House of cards was OK bit British version was miles better though

[cochyn]

Mad Men (like Entourage) was great recession TV: We went onto it after enduring Deadwood (who wants that grimness when you've had a shit day at work again and your job's on the line)? Mad Men by contrast was bright, beautiful caricatures drinking smoking and fornicating which was just the ticket to lift the recessionary gloom. 

 

Ironically I've rewatched both and put Deadwood streets ahead of Mad Men.  Reckon it would have endured in brighter economic times when people can stomach some grit in their choice of entertainment.

[Curly]

1 hour ago, littletedwest said:

House of cards was OK bit British version was miles better though

Will give it a blast mate.

 

Im currently watching Breaking Bad for the 3rd time. When I say watching it, I mean I’ve got it on when I’m cooking, exercising or falling asleep.

[Section_31]

Wasn't a fan of either Mad Men or West Wing, both well made and can see the appeal, just not my bag. West Wing is like CSI I reckon in terms of its lack of realism, a sort of anti-Wire. 

 

"There are Cubans in those boats who want a better life and by God I say we help them."

 

"You and me Senator are opposite peas in opposite pods, yet I respect you. Matthew Chapter 4 vs AIDS said beseech unto me my Republican brothers. And by God that's just what we'll do. 

 

I bet the White House, even before and after Trump, is basically just an office with people trying to figure out the photocopier and knock off early.