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☞ Official SOPRANOS Thread (2 Viewers)
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
I wonder where Harpo's eating his Sunday dinner.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Gun to my head, I would say Season 2 was the best. I love the charm of Season 1 as we get to know all of the characters and Livia at her best, and 5 is nearly as good as both as well, but 2 is just impossible to beat.
Capella
Footballguy
I agree. I would rank them.
2
1
5
3
6-2
4
6-1
other than the first half of season 6 it’s all awesome.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I think I agree with that exact ranking!
4 is odd in that it has some amazing episodes (Whitecaps, Whoever Did This, The Weight) and then some very weak ones (Calling All Cars, Christopher,
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
paulie- Amazing thing about snakes is that they reproduce spontaneously.
tony soprano- What do you mean?
paulie- They have both male and female sex organs. That’s why somebody you don’t trust you call a snake. How can you trust a guy who can literally go #### themselves?
tony soprano- Don’t you think that expression would’ve come from the Adam and Eve story? When the snake tempted Eve to bite the apple?
pauli- Hey, snakes were ####### themselves long before Adam and Eve showed up, T.
tony soprano- What do you mean?
paulie- They have both male and female sex organs. That’s why somebody you don’t trust you call a snake. How can you trust a guy who can literally go #### themselves?
tony soprano- Don’t you think that expression would’ve come from the Adam and Eve story? When the snake tempted Eve to bite the apple?
pauli- Hey, snakes were ####### themselves long before Adam and Eve showed up, T.
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Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Tony: I'm not going to be like Mickey Mazucco. That poor ##### only had five minutes to run. He ended up in some rat infested motel down in Elvis country.
Furio: What is that?
Paulie: Anywhere there are no Jews or Italians.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Major
Footballguy
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Hot Diggity Dog
Footballguy
"Why would that be?"
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Not sure I'll ever tire of re-watching this series.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Come fight me in real life.Capella said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I love Mad Men. Sopranos still better.Capella said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
I love Mad Men too, a large part of my job revolves around Madison Avenue ad agencies, but I still give the nod to Sopranos.
I'm with @Penguin, rewatching for the first time in prob 7-8 years and just finished season 1. I believe season 2 is all about ##### and being an informant IIRC, which was excellent watching - I'm looking forward to that.
Off the top of my head, I wasn't a huge fan of the Vito gay stuff and Furio/Carmella stuff. Outside of that, I also found the Adrianna as an informant the most ridiculous of all things - what did they threaten to charge her with, jaywalking? She turns on everyone for what reason again?
For 70 hours of excellent viewing, those hiccups are minimal.
I'm with @Penguin, rewatching for the first time in prob 7-8 years and just finished season 1. I believe season 2 is all about ##### and being an informant IIRC, which was excellent watching - I'm looking forward to that.
Off the top of my head, I wasn't a huge fan of the Vito gay stuff and Furio/Carmella stuff. Outside of that, I also found the Adrianna as an informant the most ridiculous of all things - what did they threaten to charge her with, jaywalking? She turns on everyone for what reason again?
For 70 hours of excellent viewing, those hiccups are minimal.
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JoeSteeler
Footballguy
actually they are putting together a prequel
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/30/soprano/
Looks like a good cast so far...
Michael Gandolfini, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
the arrest threat was based on her cocaine possession and intent to distribute, of which the FBI agent said she had her on tape, and would get her 25 years.
They also threatened her that once Tony found out she brought an undercover FBI agent into his house, that she would be killed (which actually was not a threat in the end).
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I've probably watched the bulk of it that many times. Yikes.
Yep. Not sure how anyone who watched the show could have missed all of that.
Bonfire
Footballguy
I'm sure I'm not the only one who does similar, but on the last rewatch I immediately FF when certain characters/story lines came up. Sure I'm not getting "the director's vision" but I have to sat I enjoyed it more vs slugging through parts I always find dull.
Really if its not about Tony or full on mob stuff I skip it over, enjoyed this method a lot for a review.
Really if its not about Tony or full on mob stuff I skip it over, enjoyed this method a lot for a review.
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Just finished season 2, sometimes I FF a little with the Carmella, Meadow, AJ, Melfi, Livia scenes.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
As someone who grew up in NJ, I'll say that the intro to this show is the most authentic (especially for the era) intro to any show possible.
From exiting the Lincoln Tunnel, to wrapping around when you exit, grabbing your ticket when you get on the NJ Turnpike (pre EZ Pass days), the "Drive Safely" thing on the refinery by Exit 13... It's just amazing how excellent they captured the reality/authenticity - if you're not from around here, it would be hard to understand, but I can assure you, they nailed it.
Prob go on a Sopranos bender every 5-7 years - top 3 show of all-time, IMO.
When I was younger, I thought the ending was stupid, but as I've gotten older, I've realized it's ####### brilliant.
From exiting the Lincoln Tunnel, to wrapping around when you exit, grabbing your ticket when you get on the NJ Turnpike (pre EZ Pass days), the "Drive Safely" thing on the refinery by Exit 13... It's just amazing how excellent they captured the reality/authenticity - if you're not from around here, it would be hard to understand, but I can assure you, they nailed it.
Prob go on a Sopranos bender every 5-7 years - top 3 show of all-time, IMO.
When I was younger, I thought the ending was stupid, but as I've gotten older, I've realized it's ####### brilliant.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
That is kind of missing the point of the show, then. I know some just wanted the mob stuff all the time, but the balance they struck was perfect.
OrtonToOlsen
Footballguy
It WAS the point of the show then it just became a drag.
Not to mention that at the end of the show it was all tossed out the window when Melfi realized that Tony was a sociopath and their talks weren't really therapeutic.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Season 5, after AJ spends the night in a hotel in the city, this scene might be one of the funniest in the show.
Tony enters the house, AJ walking down the stairs:
AJ: Oh, hey dad, I was just taking out the trash, it's garbage day tomorrow.
Tony (looking weirdly at AJ): What's different about you?
Carmella (making an angry face and raising her voice): He has no eyebrows, Tony!
If you have some sort of sexual proclivity with that teacher, now is the time to tell us! What went on over there, poppers and weird sex!!
https://youtu.be/XS7mjqqhrBQ?t=116
Tony enters the house, AJ walking down the stairs:
AJ: Oh, hey dad, I was just taking out the trash, it's garbage day tomorrow.
Tony (looking weirdly at AJ): What's different about you?
Carmella (making an angry face and raising her voice): He has no eyebrows, Tony!
If you have some sort of sexual proclivity with that teacher, now is the time to tell us! What went on over there, poppers and weird sex!!
https://youtu.be/XS7mjqqhrBQ?t=116
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Incredible scene. I love when Tony gets all "don't get dramatic" with mopey body language when Carmela says that AJ can go live with him, and as soon as AJ goes, "great, good," Tony in the blink of an eye turns back into stern dad and yells, "shut up," with a finger point.Season 5, after AJ spends the night in a hotel in the city, this scene might be one of the funniest in the show.
Tony enters the house, AJ walking down the stairs:
AJ: Oh, hey dad, I was just taking out the trash, it's garbage day tomorrow.
Tony (looking weirdly at AJ): What's different about you?
Carmella (making an angry face and raising her voice): He has no eyebrows, Tony!
If you have some sort of sexual proclivity with that teacher, now is the time to tell us! What went on over there, poppers and weird sex!!
https://youtu.be/XS7mjqqhrBQ?t=116
Capella
Footballguy
So this has been bothering me since I saw it a few weeks ago — season 4, Paulie and Chris shoot a waiter at the seafood place in AC. Now I get that Paulie said nobody knows us down there, but COME ON. A table full of notorious gangsters and then a dead waiter who ran their table and nobody puts it together?
Thought it was one of the more unrealistic scenes on the show.
Thought it was one of the more unrealistic scenes on the show.
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fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Saw this a week ago, thought the exact same thing.
Prob my least favorite plot line of the entire show.
Penguin
Footballguy
I was just talking to a friend about that scene last nightSeason 5, after AJ spends the night in a hotel in the city, this scene might be one of the funniest in the show.
Tony enters the house, AJ walking down the stairs:
AJ: Oh, hey dad, I was just taking out the trash, it's garbage day tomorrow.
Tony (looking weirdly at AJ): What's different about you?
Carmella (making an angry face and raising her voice): He has no eyebrows, Tony!
If you have some sort of sexual proclivity with that teacher, now is the time to tell us! What went on over there, poppers and weird sex!!
https://youtu.be/XS7mjqqhrBQ?t=116
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Have you heard the news?
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Major
Footballguy
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
I've been saying this to my kid so long I forgot it came from the Sopranos. My daughter could have a new hairstyle, new clothes, carrying something and I'll always drop the, "what's different about you?"
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Hey, I don't even let anyone wag their finger in my face.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
there is really nothing better than livia. sees larry boy barese at the wedding season 1:
"Are you still seeing your other women, Lorenzo?"
"Are you still seeing your other women, Lorenzo?"
