THE Sopranos thread

[snez1]

It's like a hotel at Captain Teebs.

[Chris]

Hammy knows.

 

Hammy knows dick. It's like walking onto the FF as a Villa fan and telling everyone that Villa are greater than Liverpool. The Wire blows balls.

[hamstrung]

The Wire = Aston Villa?

 

That could well be the worst analogy ever.

 

Anyway - just passing on a recommendation to RL. I love them both.

[Scott_M]

There's no stigmata these days.

 

A Don doesn't wear shorts.

[Tocky Mo]

The Wire has no place being mentioned in the company of The Sopranos, The Shield, Homicide - Life on the Streets or NYPD Blue. The Wire is lame and has an English bloke as a lead with a cod CA accent. Muthafucka! 'Lost' is shite too. The End.

[Section_31]

The Wire has no place being mentioned in the company of The Sopranos, The Shield, Homicide - Life on the Streets or NYPD Blue. The Wire is lame and has an English bloke as a lead with a cod CA accent. Muthafucka! 'Lost' is shite too. The End.

 

How can the Wire be shitter than Homicide? It's like saying the T-1000 is shitter than the T800.

[Ged B]

I love the scene when Tony go's to his Dad's old girlfriends and see's the picture of his dog. Tony's face is fucking priceless.

 

Or the start of his dream in 'the test dream', when Carmine is next to him in bed....'I miss my Violet'... 'what violin?'.

 

 

Best programme ever made.

[snez1]

I love the scene when Tony go's to his Dad's old girlfriends and see's the picture of his dog. Tony's face is fucking priceless.

 

Or the start of his dream in 'the test dream', when Carmine is next to him in bed....'I miss my Violet'... 'what violin?'.

 

 

Best programme ever made.

 

"OH THIS IS MY FUCKIN DOG!"

 

"Where's Meadow?"

"Jackie Jr took her to the city to see Aida"

"I EAT HER?!"

[Ged B]

I think i've seen every single episode about three time's and still don't get tired of them.

 

I re-watched season four recently as i remember thinking it wasn't that great at the time due to all the Carmella stuff. But re-watching it made me realise just how well written the whole series was.

How we slowly see Carmela become more and more distanced from Tony and how the Furio thing plays in the middle of that. The end of the episode when Furio leaves is fucking brilliant. There's a shot of Carmella in bed and as her and Tony finish talking Annie Lennox's Little bird start's up before the credit's roll.

[BENIRL]

I never really got into the Sopranos, is it supposed to be a dark comedy or is it supposed to mirror the modern day mob in the States? Or a bit of both?

[Scott_M]

I think i've seen every single episode about three time's and still don't get tired of them.

 

I re-watched season four recently as i remember thinking it wasn't that great at the time due to all the Carmella stuff. But re-watching it made me realise just how well written the whole series was.

How we slowly see Carmela become more and more distanced from Tony and how the Furio thing plays in the middle of that. The end of the episode when Furio leaves is fucking brilliant. There's a shot of Carmella in bed and as her and Tony finish talking Annie Lennox's Little bird start's up before the credit's roll.

 

Word. Just finished season 4 myself. It's brilliant. The scenes with Tony & Carmella going at each other in the last couple of episodes are some strong stuff.

 

Quite painful to watch if you've been through that experience.

[Ged B]

I never really got into the Sopranos, is it supposed to be a dark comedy or is it supposed to mirror the modern day mob in the States? Or a bit of both?

 

It's both and more.

[Ged B]

Word. Just finished season 4 myself. It's brilliant. The scenes with Tony & Carmella going at each other in the last couple of episodes are some strong stuff.

Quite painful to watch if you've been through that experience.

 

 

Yep. The quality of acting from both of them in the final episode (Whitecaps) is fucking immense.

[grazywalker]

I am half way through series 3 and have to admit I find it a bit boring .

[Section_31]

I never really got into the Sopranos, is it supposed to be a dark comedy or is it supposed to mirror the modern day mob in the States? Or a bit of both?

 

Both really, I've read a few things that say it's a pretty accurate depiction of how the mob works, but the early seasons especially are very funny in places. It lost a lot of its humour in the later seasons, and lost some of its appeal IMO for that reason.

[grazywalker]

I am half way through series 3 and have to admit I find it a bit boring .

 

Ok .Let me add to this . I loved 1 & 2 but 3 just seems to plod along .Maybe the 2nd half will get better. I hope so .

[snez1]

Ok .Let me add to this . I loved 1 & 2 but 3 just seems to plod along .Maybe the 2nd half will get better. I hope so .

 

Ralphie makes season 3.

 

Best bad guy ever.

[Ged B]

Ok .Let me add to this . I loved 1 & 2 but 3 just seems to plod along .Maybe the 2nd half will get better. I hope so .

 

It does get better.

The last one in the series is so-so but the two before that (Amour Fou and Pine Barrens) are some of the very best.

[Redder Lurtz]

It does get better.

The last one in the series is so-so but the two before that (Amour Fou and Pine Barrens) are some of the very best.

 

Possibly the best ever episode for me.

[Mendoza]

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[Redder Lurtz]

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[Scott_M]

Ok .Let me add to this . I loved 1 & 2 but 3 just seems to plod along .Maybe the 2nd half will get better. I hope so .

 

Clearing that up saved you a Neg.

 

The 3rd season starts slowly. The reason why is Nancy Marchland (sp) who plays Olivia actually died between seasons 2 & 3.

 

The 3rd season was written about was she / wasn't she going to testify against Tony in court.

 

Obviousley needed to re-write a lot of the season because of it.

 

If you watch the last scene Tony has with Olivia, it's all super imposed from clips of her in previous seasons and looks a bit shit.

 

It does get better and gets back to the heights of the previous 2 seasons at the end.

 

As others have said, Pine Barrens and more Ralphie are amoungst the shows best moments.

[Scott_M]

Has nobody else noticed how in Season 1, Jackie Aprile and then Junior are only 'acting boss' and that the real boss, Di Maio, is in prison.

 

It's never mentioned for more than a handful of times in Season 1 and then never again.

 

It was mentioned the boss was elderly, but there was never any mention of him dying in prison.

 

I've thought of these dozens of times but never thought to post it before.

 

Seems odd it was just forgotten about.

[Section_31]

Has nobody else noticed how in Season 1, Jackie Aprile and then Junior are only 'acting boss' and that the real boss, Di Maio, is in prison.

 

It's never mentioned for more than a handful of times in Season 1 and then never again.

 

It was mentioned the boss was elderly, but there was never any mention of him dying in prison.

 

I've thought of these dozens of times but never thought to post it before.

 

Seems odd it was just forgotten about.

 

I earned a cigar on The Sopranos Tour for pointing out the name of Tony's family was actually the DiMeo crime family.

 

I always thought it was being held back as a future plot point, that maybe the real boss would get out of the nick and start some shit but it never happened - unfortunately IMO.

 

To be honest I felt that was part of Seaosn 5 which was wasted, they let all these old gangsters out and with the exception of Phil, shit never really got real.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Season two has everything.

 

Just watched the whole of it again over two days.

 

I now have Soprano's fatigue.