Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I actually thought Buscemi was underused a bit in his role. His character was never worthy of being really liked or really hated, I thought. To each their own, though.Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
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I actually thought Buscemi was underused a bit in his role. His character was never worthy of being really liked or really hated, I thought. To each their own, though.
zamboni
Footballguy
I meant to post the same thing. He's been noticeably absent this season - it could be an issue with John Ventamiglia (sp?) or he's just not an important character anymore, but I also expect him to make an appearance before the show ends.
koby925
Footballguy
Tony getting him a "pro" to impersonate a nurse when Jackie was sick = GBRighetti said:haven't seen the early episodes in a while. I hardly remember the character at all...Leeroy Jenkins said:He died from cancer Season 1. That's when Junior/Tony took over NJ family.Righetti said:N.Y. Shreks said:Makes you wish there would have been a Jackie Sr. character.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
according to the list in the first post, he is in the finale
Please See Mine
Footballguy
The list in the first post also says that Christopher gets an offer from the West Coast.
riverrat
Footballguy
So have you got the $450,000 check ready, or is HBO gonna have to add attorney fees to the suit? If what you say is true, you are probably already in breach of the confidentiality contract. I, however, think this is
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dickey moe
Fingerpicker
John Mamula
Moderator
Capella
Footballguy
John Mamula
Moderator
under the shirt over the bra = 100% pure playa
PatsWillWin
Footballguy
:reported:*
* - to HBO
* - to HBO
pricklypete
Footballguy
I think RN posted it earlier in this thread.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I did, and I don't have time to skim 34 pages right now.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
fixedWant to get over a hot brunette mommy? Hook up with another one.
It's not like AJ and Chris were all that tight.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
He literally HAD to go. I mentioned earlier in this thread that I heard David Chase speaking about this. He loved Buschemi and had planned on keeping him around, but he wrote himself into a corner. One of the "technical advisors" (read: wiseguys) on the show in whom Chase confides informed him that what Tony B. did - shooting at Phil and Billy, killing the latter - would never be tolerated. He had to be kilt.chet said:
Oh, I thought you meant the next 2 episodes. Not sure if there is a movie planned or not. many are speculating it since that's where the big $$$ is. I do remember during season 5 they were considering making another season after 6. For this to happen, they wouldn't be able to kill off too many of the main characters.Finless said:Is there a movie slated?stopFinless said:
No crap we haven't seen the last of Phil Leotardo, he is the head of freaking NY, and plays an integral role in the last 2 episodes.
videoguy505
Footballguy
Yes. In the movie, Phil Leotardo and the crew break into some shmuck's bedroom while he's out of town and steal $75 and a bucket of loose change.Finless said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Y'all need to check this out. It's a long discussion about the Tony and Vic characters from The Sopranos and The Shield. Really interesting, with lots of spoilers:
(from the Onion AV Club)
Crosstalk: The Sopranos and The Shield: What's in store for TV's greatest anti-heroes?
(from the Onion AV Club)
Crosstalk: The Sopranos and The Shield: What's in store for TV's greatest anti-heroes?
jaybear2006
Footballguy
just do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
Capella
Footballguy
uh-huhjust do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
jaybear2006
Footballguy
it has sucked the past 3 to 4 years. I watch to get a laugh at the writing and plotsuh-huhjust do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
Marc Levin
Hangs out with Oscar Zeta Acosta
Marc Levin
Hangs out with Oscar Zeta Acosta
Then I can see why it sucks FOR YOU. And, you simply don't "get" the show.For your criteria, seasons 1-3 are all that matters.it has sucked the past 3 to 4 years. I watch to get a laugh at the writing and plotsuh-huhjust do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
The writing has been superb this year and in S-5, and the plots in Seasons 4, 5, and 6b are off the charts compared to the relatively simplistic plots of S1-3.
The show just isn't for you - and that's OK.
Capella
Footballguy
uh-huhit has sucked the past 3 to 4 years. I watch to get a laugh at the writing and plotsuh-huhjust do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
yetiknight
Footballguy
But he is using irresistable bait. Plus, every time I read his posts I imagine that little puppet is speaking.
it has sucked the past 3 to 4 years. I watch to get a laugh at the writing and plotsuh-huhjust do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
just boring
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
TexanFan02
Footballguy
Mama, we all go to hell...
Mama, we're all going to die...
Mama, we're all going to die...
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JMon348
Footballguy
i got you cap,uh-huhit has sucked the past 3 to 4 years. I watch to get a laugh at the writing and plotsuh-huhjust do not see how this season is the best, i think it is the worst. it just sucksprobably will have, in three weeks.So has season 6 surpassed all the other seasons as being the best?
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Anyone hear Tim Van Patten (director of many Sopranos episodes) on Jim Rome's show today? Pretty cool interview. The idea for the "Pine Barrens" episode came out of Van Patten's dad driving the kids to Atlantic City when they were young, and the dad telling them about people going into the Pine Barrens and never coming out... talking about devils in New Jersey -- and I don't mean the hockey team.
So Rome asks him "Did you and your dad get lost and eat ketchup packets?"
ETA the episodes he directed:
* episode 1.08 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
* episode 2.04 "Commendatori"
* episode 2.05 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* episode 2.11 "House Arrest"
* episode 3.02 "Proshai, Livushka
* episode 3.07 "Second Opinion"
* episode 3.11 "Amour Fou"
* episode 4.03 "Christopher"
* episode 4.09 "Whoever Did This
* episode 4.11 "Calling All Cars"
* episode 5.01 "Two Tonys"
* episode 5.09 "Unidentified Black Males"
* episode 5.12 "Long Term Parking"
* episode 6.01 "Members Only"
* episode 6.06 "Live Free or Die"
* episode 6.08 "Johnny Cakes"
* episode 6.11 "Cold Stones"
* episode 6.13 "Soprano Home Movies"
* episode 6.16 "Chasing It"
* episode 6.19 "The Second Coming"
So Rome asks him "Did you and your dad get lost and eat ketchup packets?"
ETA the episodes he directed:
* episode 1.08 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
* episode 2.04 "Commendatori"
* episode 2.05 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* episode 2.11 "House Arrest"
* episode 3.02 "Proshai, Livushka
* episode 3.07 "Second Opinion"
* episode 3.11 "Amour Fou"
* episode 4.03 "Christopher"
* episode 4.09 "Whoever Did This
* episode 4.11 "Calling All Cars"
* episode 5.01 "Two Tonys"
* episode 5.09 "Unidentified Black Males"
* episode 5.12 "Long Term Parking"
* episode 6.01 "Members Only"
* episode 6.06 "Live Free or Die"
* episode 6.08 "Johnny Cakes"
* episode 6.11 "Cold Stones"
* episode 6.13 "Soprano Home Movies"
* episode 6.16 "Chasing It"
* episode 6.19 "The Second Coming"
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Shrek
Having a great season
Good variation in these episodes. Amour Fou, Whoever Did This, and Long Term Parking are off the charts good IMO, but Commendatori, Unidentified Black Males and Christopher aren't far behind.Anyone hear Tim Van Patten (director of many Sopranos episodes) on Jim Rome's show today? Pretty cool interview. The idea for the "Pine Barrens" episode came out of Van Patten's dad driving the kids to Atlantic City when they were young, and the dad telling them about people going into the Pine Barrens and never coming out... talking about devils in New Jersey -- and I don't mean the hockey team.So Rome asks him "Did you and your dad get lost and eat ketchup packets?"
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Really? Christopher?IMO, that is THE worst episode in the show's run. The whole Columbus Day propaganda they force-fed us was almost impossible to sit through. To this day, it's the one episode I rarely re-watch.N.Y. Shreks said:Good variation in these episodes. Amour Fou, Whoever Did This, and Long Term Parking are off the charts good IMO, but Commendatori, Unidentified Black Males and Christopher aren't far behind.RAIDERNATION said:Anyone hear Tim Van Patten (director of many Sopranos episodes) on Jim Rome's show today? Pretty cool interview. The idea for the "Pine Barrens" episode came out of Van Patten's dad driving the kids to Atlantic City when they were young, and the dad telling them about people going into the Pine Barrens and never coming out... talking about devils in New Jersey -- and I don't mean the hockey team.
So Rome asks him "Did you and your dad get lost and eat ketchup packets?"
ETA the episodes he directed:
* episode 1.08 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
* episode 2.04 "Commendatori"
* episode 2.05 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* episode 2.11 "House Arrest"
* episode 3.02 "Proshai, Livushka
* episode 3.07 "Second Opinion"
* episode 3.11 "Amour Fou"
* episode 4.03 "Christopher"
* episode 4.09 "Whoever Did This
* episode 4.11 "Calling All Cars"
* episode 5.01 "Two Tonys"
* episode 5.09 "Unidentified Black Males"
* episode 5.12 "Long Term Parking"
* episode 6.01 "Members Only"
* episode 6.06 "Live Free or Die"
* episode 6.08 "Johnny Cakes"
* episode 6.11 "Cold Stones"
* episode 6.13 "Soprano Home Movies"
* episode 6.16 "Chasing It"
* episode 6.19 "The Second Coming"
Not that any of it was Salami's fault, for the record. He didn't write that crap.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Rome asked him, but didn't expect an answer. Good thing, since he didn't get one.TVP also directed the episode where Chris died, and he said that someone on the set got caught taking pictures of Chris sitting in the car after Tony killed him. Van Patten said they confronted the person and "took care of him." Rome then asked if they "took CARE of him" Sopranos-style... LOL.
I got the impression they just took the camera.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
In addition to his excellent directing skills (and of course as his Emmy worthy role of Salami) he was once married to one of the most underrated 80's teen movie hotties: Betsy Russell.I think she was naked in every film she was in. Remember her Lady Godiva act in Private School? The sponge bath scene in Tomboy.RAIDERNATION said:
ETA: RAIDERNATION's correction of Salami's lineage.
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Shrek
Having a great season
I personally enjoyed seeing Silvio and Patsy getting all worked up. But to each his own.Really? Christopher?IMO, that is THE worst episode in the show's run. The whole Columbus Day propaganda they force-fed us was almost impossible to sit through. To this day, it's the one episode I rarely re-watch.N.Y. Shreks said:Good variation in these episodes. Amour Fou, Whoever Did This, and Long Term Parking are off the charts good IMO, but Commendatori, Unidentified Black Males and Christopher aren't far behind.RAIDERNATION said:Anyone hear Tim Van Patten (director of many Sopranos episodes) on Jim Rome's show today? Pretty cool interview. The idea for the "Pine Barrens" episode came out of Van Patten's dad driving the kids to Atlantic City when they were young, and the dad telling them about people going into the Pine Barrens and never coming out... talking about devils in New Jersey -- and I don't mean the hockey team.
So Rome asks him "Did you and your dad get lost and eat ketchup packets?"
ETA the episodes he directed:
* episode 1.08 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
* episode 2.04 "Commendatori"
* episode 2.05 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* episode 2.11 "House Arrest"
* episode 3.02 "Proshai, Livushka
* episode 3.07 "Second Opinion"
* episode 3.11 "Amour Fou"
* episode 4.03 "Christopher"
* episode 4.09 "Whoever Did This
* episode 4.11 "Calling All Cars"
* episode 5.01 "Two Tonys"
* episode 5.09 "Unidentified Black Males"
* episode 5.12 "Long Term Parking"
* episode 6.01 "Members Only"
* episode 6.06 "Live Free or Die"
* episode 6.08 "Johnny Cakes"
* episode 6.11 "Cold Stones"
* episode 6.13 "Soprano Home Movies"
* episode 6.16 "Chasing It"
* episode 6.19 "The Second Coming"
Not that any of it was Salami's fault, for the record. He didn't write that crap.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
**** Van Patten is not Tim's father.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Happened to be looking at the credits for "Goodfellas" at IMDB.com, and saw this:
Joseph R. Gannascoli ... Guy who walks downstairs at Paulie's house (uncredited)
Joe Gannascoli is Vito, for those who don't know. I never noticed him in GF before,
but I believe he was thin in 1990, so why would I? I'll have to check the DVD in a bit.
Joseph R. Gannascoli ... Guy who walks downstairs at Paulie's house (uncredited)
Joe Gannascoli is Vito, for those who don't know. I never noticed him in GF before,
but I believe he was thin in 1990, so why would I? I'll have to check the DVD in a bit.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
I missed that one badly. I'd always assumed....
imdb has them as half-brothers. Being thirty years apart in age seems to suggest that their old man was getting around.
