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Post by Viced on Jun 29, 2021 22:49:31 GMT
Finally made it to Holsten's today.
Ordered some onion rings for the table... they were fucking immaculate.
RIP Tony.
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Post by quetee on Jun 29, 2021 23:42:59 GMT
I need to do a rewatch. Hearing the theme song at the end of the trailer got to me. Haha.
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Post by notacrook on Aug 30, 2021 14:48:24 GMT
Pretty much the one thing that's been getting me through having covid and isolating last few days has been once again renewing my re-watch of The Sopranos with my brother. Just finished season 5, which as many have said is very possibly the show's greatest stretch of episodes (toss-up between it and S3). Only one episode even slightly drops the ball - "Camelot", and even that's far from bad - otherwise it's pure brilliance from top to bottom. The back half in particular is just awe-inspiring to behold. "Long Term Parking" and "All Due Respect" is as devastasting a one-two punch as I remembered, but I'd completely forgotten how wonderfully bizarre, trippy and cryptic "The Test Dream" was - I wanna go back and watch that 20-min dream sequence over and over, dissecting every little bit.
I just adore this show so much.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Aug 30, 2021 14:55:42 GMT
Pretty much the one thing that's been getting me through having covid and isolating last few days has been once again renewing my re-watch of The Sopranos with my brother. Just finished season 5, which as many have said is very possibly the show's greatest stretch of episodes (toss-up between it and S3). Only one episode even slightly drops the ball - "Camelot", and even that's far from bad - otherwise it's pure brilliance from top to bottom. The back half in particular is just awe-inspiring to behold. "Long Term Parking" and "All Due Respect" is as devastasting a one-two punch as I remembered, but I'd completely forgotten how wonderfully bizarre, trippy and cryptic "The Test Dream" was - I wanna go back and watch that 20-min dream sequence over and over, dissecting every little bit. I just adore this show so much. Those final five of Season 5 are peak television, and not just peak Sopranos.
Hope you get over covid soon.
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Post by notacrook on Aug 30, 2021 15:02:05 GMT
Pretty much the one thing that's been getting me through having covid and isolating last few days has been once again renewing my re-watch of The Sopranos with my brother. Just finished season 5, which as many have said is very possibly the show's greatest stretch of episodes (toss-up between it and S3). Only one episode even slightly drops the ball - "Camelot", and even that's far from bad - otherwise it's pure brilliance from top to bottom. The back half in particular is just awe-inspiring to behold. "Long Term Parking" and "All Due Respect" is as devastasting a one-two punch as I remembered, but I'd completely forgotten how wonderfully bizarre, trippy and cryptic "The Test Dream" was - I wanna go back and watch that 20-min dream sequence over and over, dissecting every little bit. I just adore this show so much. Those final five of Season 5 are peak television, and not just peak Sopranos.
Hope you get over covid soon.
I'd throw in "Marco Polo" and make it 6, but otherwise absolutely . Cheers man, think I'm over the worst of it now at least.
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Post by havok2 on Sept 7, 2021 2:15:58 GMT
On a second thought after first watching it, Join the Club may be the series' best
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Post by havok2 on Sept 7, 2021 2:18:57 GMT
Pretty much the one thing that's been getting me through having covid and isolating last few days has been once again renewing my re-watch of The Sopranos with my brother. Just finished season 5, which as many have said is very possibly the show's greatest stretch of episodes (toss-up between it and S3). Only one episode even slightly drops the ball - "Camelot", and even that's far from bad - otherwise it's pure brilliance from top to bottom. The back half in particular is just awe-inspiring to behold. "Long Term Parking" and "All Due Respect" is as devastasting a one-two punch as I remembered, but I'd completely forgotten how wonderfully bizarre, trippy and cryptic "The Test Dream" was - I wanna go back and watch that 20-min dream sequence over and over, dissecting every little bit. I just adore this show so much. I honestly should write a dissertation defending In Camelot. I consider it to be underrated
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Post by Viced on Sept 13, 2021 0:16:28 GMT
happy 70th to the man who was born handsome instead of rich... Joe Pantoliano!
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Sept 13, 2021 0:25:06 GMT
happy 70th to the man who was born handsome instead of rich... Joe Pantoliano! THEY DIDN'T HAVE FLAT TOPS IN ANCIENT ROME!!
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 13, 2021 3:36:19 GMT
Started watching this for the first time last summer but only managed to get through Season 1 at the time because I got too busy and then wanted to catch up on other things........ but I finally got around to Season 2 this past week. I'm enjoying it so far, but not really loving it yet. I thought S1 was quite good, but was more mixed on S2. I suppose the main thing that made S2 feel like a step down from the first imo was that it didn't seem like the stakes were as high overall - I thought Junior and Livia were compelling antagonists in S1, and while I don't mind that they take more of a backseat in S2 (though, like Mattsby, I'm also curious why Tony forgave Junior so easily) I guess I was expecting there to be more of an intense conflict between Tony and Richie. We're shown how dangerous Richie is early on, and there's eventually the threat of Richie planning on taking out Tony, but I was sort of wanting things to escalate more and come to a head.... but instead he's just shot by Janice in an unrelated incident, which is a satisfying twist in a way, but I was hoping there would be.... more? Also there were a lot of subplots I didn't really care about like Christopher's movie script/acting class/affair with Amy, the goomah thread, Meadow applying to college, and some of the stuff involving Paulie... even the main thread with Pussy and his downfall felt a little too familiar and inevitable in its arc for me to be fully invested. The most interesting storyline to me by far was the one with Robert Patrick's character, which packed more of an emotional punch for me than the one with Pussy. I also appreciated how this season probes Melfi's psychology more, and Bracco's scenes with Bogdanovich are great. And as others have mentioned, I like how Carmela is fleshed out more here and how her hypocrisy is revealed at times. Trying not to spoil myself, I skimmed this thread just to see what people's rankings of the seasons were, and it seems like 3, 5, and 6B are the consensus favorites, so I'm really looking forward to watching those.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Oct 9, 2021 19:48:15 GMT
Finished season 3 – quite good, definitely better than season 2, and probably the best one so far, though aside from some great individual episodes and moments (Pine Barrens, Employee of the Month, etc.), it’s still not wowing me yet overall. And as great of an episode as Pine Barrens is, I think it exemplifies my main issue with the show at this point... the really compelling stuff often sits right next to material that I struggle to care that much about, so the overall effect is somewhat weakened – like cutting back and forth to Meadow instead of staying with Paulie and Christopher the whole time during their purgatorial plight. Overall, I’m just left wanting more of the aspects that I love... like Joey Pants, who is electric whenever he’s onscreen. I was also slightly disappointed that Melfi’s trauma was dropped and not further developed throughout the season. And like the second season, I think I was wanting there to be more of a cumulative buildup of conflict that culminated in a more satisfying climax in the finale or near the end. I know we get things like Tony ending his relationship with Gloria and Jackie Aprile Jr’s death, but those both felt like foregone conclusions to me, especially with the latter storyline being kind of a repeat of what happened with Matt and Sean in the previous season. Some scattered notes: - Burt fucking Young - Christopher is more interesting this season, though him adjusting to being a made man was another thing I was wanting more of - Speaking of Christopher, him being high and spouting nonsense after Janice asks everyone to talk about their memories of Livia had me rolling - I wasn’t super invested in the Pussy storyline in the previous season, but the Santa episode with flashbacks of him was affecting, and I loved the cruel twist of fate having Meadow gift Tony the Big Mouth Billy Bass. - Melfi linking Tony’s attraction to Gloria (and unstable women in general) with his mother was sort of on-the-nose psychoanalysis, but the pinpointing of the source of his panic attacks was interesting – the flashbacks to his father at the butcher, the weird sexualization of violence with his parents dancing/cutting the meat, and the effect on him as a kid. - Great final scene with Junior singing, highlighting not only the hypocrisy of the spectacle, but the way in which the “ungrateful heart” theme applies across different characters throughout the season (Tony, Ralphie, Artie, Gloria) - Really wanted Meadow to be hit by a car as she stormed out of the wake into the street My goal was to get through the whole series before the release of Many Saints of Newark... that obviously didn’t happen.
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Post by Nikan on Dec 27, 2021 10:42:26 GMT
Never saw these until today lol:
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Dec 28, 2021 11:11:56 GMT
I really need to revisit the show that forever changed television again. I do know that season 3 was my favorite.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jan 7, 2022 18:57:42 GMT
"So after all is said and done ... after all the complaining and the crying and the fucking bullshit ... is this all there is?"What happens between the day you realize you're going to die and the day you die. Just a staggering piece of tragic existentialism. Yes, it's got bloody mob violence, charming characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue - the real masterstroke of The Sopranos is that it's a deeply incisive, often harrowing investigation of cycles of violence, the burden (and beauty) of family, our deeply effed-up relationships with media (wanting to live life like a movie character because otherwise you're confronted with the terrifying abyss at the center of existence and a futile search for meaning), and how all of these things coalesce to form a sense of selfhood that feels entirely out of our control while constantly falling into the trap of the very human behavior of neglecting all avenues for self-improvement (and the improvement of others). At the center of it all a man who blindly idolizes some mythical notion of "the strong silent type," when he himself just can't shut the hell up. Seriously, I could go on all day praising the aspects of the series that always get praised: the captivating mob storytelling; the brilliant cast of characters; the performances (jesus fucking christ). To me, what sets The Sopranos apart from all other TV, from most pieces of media in general, is that it is one of the most heartbreaking and realistic portrayals of mental illness, addiction, abuse (physical and emotional), etc. that I've ever seen ... and succeeds so well because it always keeps the drama firmly planted in the day-to-day lives of its characters. This is a show that will abruptly cut from the brutal murder of an important character to business as usual at the strip club ... because in The Sopranos everything is business as usual, from the most unthinkable tragedies to the most mundane routines of everyday life. It's so trite to narrow this show's (or any piece of art's) message to "Life goes on" - it is so, so much more than that, overwhelmingly so that you couldn't put it all into words - but the way the series is always informed by that mindset, episode after episode, is exactly what makes it hit so damn hand. Moments of epiphany and catharsis are rare, and when they do happen, they're not the end all be all; they are fleeting, and the next morning will be business as usual. The end isn't a dramatic moment of profound emotional clarity, it never will be. The only thing that's an end is the sudden cut to black. It took me about seven months (!!) to get through this rewatch. After consuming the first four seasons like a madman in the summer, I slowed down when I was back in school for the fall and watched one or two a week ... until finally coming to the end last night. Part of me thinks I subconsciously prolonged it on purpose; this is the kind of thing you never want to end, and it only gets better. I couldn't be happier (I mean, that doesn't even begin to describe it; this is one of those pieces of art that genuinely, genuinely makes my life feel significantly more fulfilled than it did without it?) that I finally revisited the series in its entirety after ... well, being far too young the first time I tried it. Not only was I able to appreciate it properly, but everything I pegged as a serious "flaw" the first time improved for me considerably: specifically, everything with the kids (in particular AJ, whose arc is the tragic heart and soul of the entire damn show) and Season 6A (leave aside the Vito subplot and this stands with any other stretch of the show; especially Johnny Cakes, The Ride, Kaisha are all underrated, really great episodes). In other words ... me after not being able to appreciate this as a teen and somehow stupidly thinking this was overrated for far too many years: I'm not gonna rank the seasons because ... I basically think it just gets better with each season. Maybe Season 5 is the best overall, and maybe you have to just outright ignore the Vito stuff to sincerely put Season 6 that high (I would just rank it as one rather than do A/B separately) ... but, basically, I think it starts masterful and only gets more and more "holy shit" brilliant as it goes along right to the final stretch of five episodes which maybe feel as close as American media has come to Shakespearean tragedy or whatever. But ... I'll do a very personal list of top 10 episodes ... (even if I could more accurately do this with the older seasons fresher in mind): 1. The Strong, Silent Type (4x10) 2. Funhouse (2x13) 3. Whitecaps (4x13) 4. Join the Club (6x02) 5. Whoever Did This (4x09) 6. The Test Dream (5x11) 7. Irregular Around the Margins (5x05) 8. The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti (1x08) 9. Walk Like a Man (6x17)* 10. Kennedy and Heidi (6x18)* *Really these two spots are a five-way tie between 6x17-6x21 ... but I am slightly partial to the first two installments of that brilliant stretch ... but I will day that 6x18 and 6x19 back-to-back is probably the most devastating one-two punch of episodes of TV out there ... I think I was crying for two hours straight ... I'm not exaggerating. Some honorable mentions (indulge me): I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano, D-Girl, From Where to Eternity, Amour Fou, Army of One, Where's Johnny, Unidentified Black Males ... in addition to the obvious Pine Barrens, Long Term Parking, etc. ... and damn near every other episode of this show. Seriously, you'd only need one hand to count the truly "weak" episodes of this show ... and even then, there's none that are completely without merit ... not many other shows you could truly say that about, I don't think. Anyway ... that's all for me for now ...
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Post by Archie on Feb 14, 2022 16:24:26 GMT
I ugly cried, idgaf.
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Post by Viced on Feb 14, 2022 16:46:22 GMT
Chills from the start… instantly misty when AJ showed up… actual tears when they hugged.
I was not prepared for that at all. Can’t believe a fucking Chevy ad was more emotionally involving Sopranos content than the prequel film which shall not be named.
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Post by Drish on Feb 14, 2022 17:16:48 GMT
Omg!!!
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Post by ibbi on Jun 10, 2022 16:25:53 GMT
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Post by Viced on Jul 9, 2022 0:21:41 GMT
Rest easy, legend. Thank you for one of the funniest, most formidable, and especially most authentic performances in television history. http://instagr.am/p/CfxLJWSuaYb
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Post by stephen on Jul 9, 2022 0:24:48 GMT
Rest easy, legend. Thank you for one of the funniest, most formidable, and especially most authentic performances in television history. To say nothing of his appearance in one of my favorite cutaway jokes:
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Post by stephen on Mar 1, 2023 1:56:44 GMT
Found myself rewatching episodes and I gotta say, I don't think we give Vincent Curatola enough credit for making Johnny Sack such a fantastic character. No one goes from 0 to 60 quite like him. I once saw a YouTube comment that said that Johnny Sack smokes each individual cigarette like he harbors a deep hatred for it, and that's spot fucking on.
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