Author Topic: The Sopranos  (Read 16125 times)

Petey

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2007, 04:42:26 PM »
It was awesome, as was last season, I think. 
For me, there's been no drop off in the writing and acting, and the rest of the production values continue to get better and better.
The lake scenes last night gave me chills they were so beautiful.




word on the street is, those lake scenes were filmed in my county near where i live.

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Dorvid Barnas

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2007, 09:42:57 AM »
word on the street is, those lake scenes were filmed in my county near where i live.
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"I don't want you going in that lake without me knowing about it!" Janice Soprano

buffcoat

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« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2007, 12:14:14 PM »
Hey, Dorvid, which S&W bit does your signature quote come from?
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

Dorvid Barnas

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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2007, 01:07:53 PM »
Hey, Dorvid, which S&W bit does your signature quote come from?

Tom gets screwed by Perry Farrell.  Top 5 "Tom gets pissed" moments for sure.
July 31, 2001 - gets awesome around the 2:42:45 mark.


Eric

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2007, 07:04:45 PM »
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If you skip a season I think you'll kick yourself when the well runs dry. Savour every moment.

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The Sopranos is the rarest of shows that truly rewards a completist approach. Skipping any episodes will, however slightly, detract from the overall experience.  Why spend extra time catching up on plot points when there's so much more to enjoy?

THIS is why I come here for advice before my parents. I was treating it like some chore when it's really something I enjoy and should continue to, with it ending soon. Good points.

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Watch every single episode of The Wire before the last season begins in a few months.
Even more so than the Sopranos, The Wire requires a start-to-finish approach that pays off enormously for those that have paid attention.
Long-form, baby! 

I got season 1 for Christmas. I think I'm 7 or so episodes in...the end came up fast. I thought I had more time. I had been ignoring it because of my commitment to "The Sopranos". Gee, this is a sad sad glance into my life...

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Damn.  2007 will be the year that HBO loses its two best shows since Larry Sanders and Kids in the Hall.
I'd cancel my subscription if not for my excitement about Flight of the Conchords.

Isn't "Curb your Enthusiasm" ending too? This could be the golden age of HBO we're witnessing....we'll be telling our grandchildren about it.

Jouster

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« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2007, 07:48:42 PM »
Isn't "Curb your Enthusiasm" ending too? This could be the golden age of HBO we're witnessing....we'll be telling our grandchildren about it.
Larry David is pretty tight-lipped, but Jeff Garlin swears it's the final season, so yes, it looks like it (he also said it'll start airing in September).

KickTheBobo

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« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2007, 08:45:54 PM »
I was really glad to see Domenic Chianese, Jr. finally get some face time on the show (he made the "he must be fu**ing some sheep" comment).

FINALE PREDICTION: AJ will kill his own dad after Tony bangs Blancha. It'll be a whole Oedipal passing the torch type deal.

Chris L

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« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2007, 10:13:34 PM »
Woah, so I finally scored a w over my cable trouble and caught the first 2 episodes of "season 6B" and I'm back on board the Sopranos love train.  I thought last year started out great - count me in the extreme minority that liked the "Kevin Finnerty" dream stuff  - but devolved into the same old repetitive, filler storylines.   The "gay Vito" stuff could've been interesting but felt botched to me; they catch him in a leather bar? Bullshit.   Really liked this week's ep though and the weird song over the credits. 

Oh, and "Who knows where ideas come from? Isaac Newton invented gravity after some asshole hit him on the head with an apple."

John Junk

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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2007, 11:19:05 PM »
Isn't "Curb your Enthusiasm" ending too?

That show is still on???

Pete from Boston [and NJ]

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2007, 06:56:42 PM »
Damn.  2007 will be the year that HBO loses its two best shows since Larry Sanders and Kids in the Hall.

God, I'm living in the Larry Sanders show.  We just elected a governor here in Mass who, when defensive (a lot of the time lately -- he's new), sounds just like Gary Shandling, who did a lot of similar flustered/annoyed work as Larry Sanders.

Not the best example, but put it on and listen without watching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71O4PePxVf8&mode=related&search=

The TV commercials made me do double-takes more than once.


Dorvid Barnas

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2007, 12:46:25 AM »
Wouldn't it be great if every past Fred Willard role could be retroactively re-cast and given to Ray Abruzzo? (Carmine Lupertazzi Jr.)
That'd be my 50th use of a time machine.




Sarah

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2007, 03:07:24 PM »
Because I'm a compulsive lunatic, I just looked up "Lincoln Logs" online, having made a note to myself to do so after watching the latest episode.  And I think it's pretty funny (though I derived some odd comfort from the proof that I am not alone in my nuttiness) that the first several hits all related to posts on various Sopranos message boards, where mystification about these peculiar sandwiches abounds.  Many people were very disturbed at the idea of Carmela assembling such a nasty little sandwich.  And not a one observed that she was specifically preparing something to appeal to her poor little son, and so it was reasonable that she chose some yucky childhood comfort food that would appeal to his depressed tastebuds.

And speaking of AJ, anyone else out there disappointed that he failed?  I actually cheered when I saw what he was doing.  Should've known he screw it up.

This is what I'd like to wee in the final episode:  All the characters gather together at a restaurant for some massive celebration.  At the height of the festivities, someone fire-bombs the joint.  In the last shot, we'll see them all writhing in agony, their worthless bodies engulfed in flames, their mouths contorted as they scream various labored malapropisms at each other.

P.S.  Why can't I use the spoilers feature, Jason?

Chris L

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« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2007, 03:31:50 PM »
AJ is so pathetic now he's not even worth hating.  I'm enjoying that whole storyline as dark comedy. 

In the last shot, we'll see them all writhing in agony, their worthless bodies engulfed in flames, their mouths contorted as they scream various labored malapropisms at each other.

Perhaps a malapropism-laden version of The Second Coming, in honor of this week's episode ("What kind of poem is that to teach college students?")?

Turning and turning in the widening gyro
The Falklands cannot hear the Falklander


Well, it's a start anyway...

Laurie

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Re: The Sopranos
« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2007, 11:39:34 PM »
WTF, I say. I guess David Chase didn't know how to end it, so he went with that.

WOW! Meadow's really bad at parallel parking. I'm bitin' my nails here!

Jason

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« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2007, 11:55:27 PM »
I liked it and I say he knew exactly how to end it.