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☞ Official SOPRANOS Thread (3 Viewers)

Ghost Rider said:
Regarding Jackie being the boss, he was only the acting boss, and they never said how long he had been in charge. Plus, Tony always spent his money like it was going out of style; remember Hesh talking to his girlfriend late in the series about how Tony always spends, spends, spends. Hell, Paulie earned well enough to probably own a house similar to Tony's, but he never did. It probably helped that he didn't have a wife who loved to spend, too. :lol: :lol:
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In most real life situations mob stories bosses/underbosses live pretty modest lives. Carlos Marcello lived in a very modest, ranch style, suburban type home in the New Orleans suburbs yet he was at one time noted to be the biggest private landowner in all of Southeast Louisiana, maybe the whole state.

 
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SaintsInDome2006 said:
Ghost Rider said:
Regarding Jackie being the boss, he was only the acting boss, and they never said how long he had been in charge. Plus, Tony always spent his money like it was going out of style; remember Hesh talking to his girlfriend late in the series about how Tony always spends, spends, spends. Hell, Paulie earned well enough to probably own a house similar to Tony's, but he never did. It probably helped that he didn't have a wife who loved to spend, too. :lol: :lol:
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In most real life situations mob stories bosses/underbosses live pretty modest lives. Carlos Marcello lived in a very modest, ranch style, suburban type home in the New Orleans suburbs yet he was at one time noted to be the biggest private landowner in all of Southeast Louisiana, maybe the whole state.
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Yup. Carlo Gambino was king of the jungle for 20 years and had a modest walk up. Even Gotti who did everything wrong, kept his smallish house in Queens.

 
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Raider Nation said:
I always meant to ask this. Chris and Tony B. are driving.

Tony B. - "They used to call me Ichabod Crane."Chris - "Who?"

Tony B. - "Some very sorry people; that's who."
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"They" are Uncle Pat and his late wife, but WTH does that mean in reference to Tony B.?
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You sure? I always took it as guys from around the neighborhood.
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Yea, I think that is kind of obvious. Kids from the neighborhood made fun of him, and he exacted revenge one way or another.

 
I totally read that wrong then.

I took "Some very sorry people" as "some very sorry people".... not "some people who were sorry they made fun of me."

Now it makes more sense.

 
Hot Diggity Dog said:
Raider Nation said:
I always meant to ask this. Chris and Tony B. are driving.

Tony B. - "They used to call me Ichabod Crane."

Chris - "Who?"

Tony B. - "Some very sorry people; that's who."
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"They" are Uncle Pat and his late wife, but WTH does that mean in reference to Tony B.?
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I took it to mean that someone heard the nick name and used it, and ended up sorry they did.
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Yep, I always thought that implication was more than obvious. C'mon, RN, you're slipping. :lol:

 
More annoying woman with brief cameo?

The woman who tells Carmela that she doesn't just play the market, she wins or the cheering soccer mother who causes Janice to get into a fight?

 
XFinity has all the seasons on-demand for free. Verizon had the better HD options but nothing for free on-demand. I'm digging this.

I've still only seen season 6 once, so I'm looking at season 5 again first. :thumbup:

 
One of the most underrated points of brilliance of this show is the command of the English language Little Carmine demonstrates. :lmao:

 
"The fundamental question is, will I be as effective as a boss like my dad was? And I will be, even more so, but until I am, it's going to be hard to verify that I think I'll be more effective."

 
They made Carmine Jr. too stupid to be believable. I can't see him realistically being considered to head up a NY family, regardless of who his father was. On the other hand, Gotti wasn't exactly a brain surgeon.

 
Raider Nation said:
They made Carmine Jr. too stupid to be believable. I can't see him realistically being considered to head up a NY family, regardless of who his father was. On the other hand, Gotti wasn't exactly a brain surgeon.
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Not sure about that. Some of the real mob bosses were pretty ####### stupid too. See Tony "Ducks" Corallo.

 
Raider Nation said:
They made Carmine Jr. too stupid to be believable. I can't see him realistically being considered to head up a NY family, regardless of who his father was. On the other hand, Gotti wasn't exactly a brain surgeon.
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I somewhat agree, though honestly, he was never really going to be the boss, IIRC. he was basically being used by people who thought they could take advantage of his name.

 
The Tony Soprano character is the most well-developed sociopath character in TV/Movie history?

Who is 2nd? I mean this character really is in its' own tier amirght?

 
This might be old news for some in this thread, but the Mrs and I just watched the pilot episode of the netflix series, Lilyhammer, starring Steven Van Zandt as a former mobster turned informant who requests to go into witness protection in Lilyhammer, Norway. Pilot was very good, Van Zandt plays the same Silvio kind of character and very well. It gets very good ratings and is in it's 3rd season I think.

If you need a new kinda-Sopranos in your life, check it out.

 
Doctor Detroit said:
Raider Nation said:
Doctor Detroit said:
The Tony Soprano character is the most well-developed sociopath character in TV/Movie history?

Who is 2nd? I mean this character really is in its' own tier amirght?
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Sorry, you don't get a do-over.
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Your notebook is officially better than mine Sir. :bowtie:
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It's not the same question, IMO. RN's question was who fit the profile best. I take DD's question as which character have we learned the most about

Dexter is certainly right up there. As horrible as it became in its later years, the question of what Dexter was, if he had any capacity for empathy at all, was fascinating. In terms of a character study of an essentially vicious, horrible person who you actually root for and displays emotions, the first few seasons of Dexter are as intriguing as The Sopranos.

The question of Tony's true nature (and Gandolfini's acting skills), are the primary reason that I love this show. The same with Dexter, Breaking Bad and to some extent Mad Men.

 
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