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Haha. I like how they included Valery but left out Mikey Palmice.
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Just started watching this a few weeks ago for the first time, I'm now at the beginning of season 2. Season 1 was so rad, the only episode I didn't like was that one about the rapper.
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| # ? Jul 15, 2010 04:54 |
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Rewatching season one right now, gotta love the attention to detail in Denial, Anger, Acceptance. Most shows would deal with the subplot with Meadow and Hunter wanting speed with them getting it and it's never mentioned again. Instead, they get the speed, and in the final sequence, you can see them twitching and sweating the whole time. Just one of those things I never noticed the first time around
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| # ? Jul 16, 2010 17:38 |
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Phew, took me a few weeks but I finally got through the entire series for the second time. I wish I would've know who Sepinwall was when it aired live- I like his writeup of the finale: http://blog.nj.com/alltv/2007/06/so..._in_americ.html
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| # ? Jul 16, 2010 21:41 |
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My wife always refused to watch this show, saying she hated or just didn't care about mob stuff. Three weeks ago when we had nothing else to do, I started playing the pilot and told her if she hated it we could stop there. Long story short, tonight we finish up season 4 A Violence Gang posted:I basically agree, I think Chase's comments after the finale indicated that was what we were intended to understand, even though I don't think it makes any difference thematically whether Tony died in the diner or spent the rest of his probably short life looking over his shoulder for whoever he'd pissed off that week. And that's why I think it's such a cool ending. Pretty much, which is I've never understood why anyone wasted time arguing about if he died or not. The series finale ends pretty much the way the first season did; with a failed attempt on Tony's life and indictments about to come down. The life Tony chose has been spent waiting for the other shoe to drop, and that's the entire point of the last scene...it doesn't matter whether he's clipped half a second after the cut to black, or if he's clipped three years later, or if he gets indicted, or if he winds up dying of a stroke during breakfast at a golf course twenty years later.
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| # ? Jul 31, 2010 19:43 |
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Perdido posted:Haha. I like how they included Valery but left out Mikey Palmice. Haha.I like how they skipped Ralphie's stripper girlfriend Tracy but included his/Tony's race horse
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| # ? Jul 31, 2010 23:31 |
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Because she was a who-ore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_87pRe1MUwE
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 02:29 |
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"Let me ask you a question... you think Ralph's a little... weird about women?" "I don't know, Ton', I mean, he beat one to death, just for uh... I forget, what was it again?"
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 02:51 |
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Ishamael posted:Awesome. Fuuuuuck. Well, time to dust of the DVDs.
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| # ? Aug 1, 2010 11:52 |
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I just finished watching all these for the first time, what an amazing show. That ending though; what a mind gently caress. The one small part that really made me laugh was Paulie talking about taking acid one time and he saw laser beams coming out of Junior's eyes. Only Paulie can tell them like that. The saddest part? No more Sopranos  I don't think I was miss a show like this ever again.
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I've been going through my first time rewatching the show since it first aired. I'm watching the Season 3 premiere now, and I just had to post about how awesome the Peter Gunn Theme/I'll Be Watching You mashup was. I also have realized I don't really remember much about seasons 3-6 part 1 at all. I knew the first season was mostly Tony vs Junior and his Mom. Season 2 was Richie Aprile/Janice/Pussy's wire tap stuff. But rewatching Season 2, it kind of seemed a little less focused and all over the place. Not that that was a really bad thing. It just slightly felt like Pussy getting caught happened really fast and out of nowhere. Tony knowing because of his fever dreams was just kind of weird. But as for what else happens? I just remember the vague big arcs like Adrianna turning witness, Tony's cousin (Steve Buscemi), Ralph (Joey Pantoliano), Vito frolicking in NH with a fireman. I'm glad to not really remember too much in detail, since it's going to be kind of like watching it for the first time 
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| # ? Aug 18, 2010 17:43 |
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Pet Rock Band posted:I also have realized I don't really remember much about seasons 3-6 part 1 at all. I knew the first season was mostly Tony vs Junior and his Mom. Season 2 was Richie Aprile/Janice/Pussy's wire tap stuff. But rewatching Season 2, it kind of seemed a little less focused and all over the place. Not that that was a really bad thing. It just slightly felt like Pussy getting caught happened really fast and out of nowhere. Tony knowing because of his fever dreams was just kind of weird. Tony knew because of Pussy's behaviour, particularly him going on the lam at the end of Season 1. His subconscious just wouldn't let him deceive himself about it any more. At least that's how I interpret it. The same thing happens again in Season 5 when Tony can't face up to wacking his cousin and he has a dream where he has to confront the reality of the situation.
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| # ? Aug 18, 2010 18:10 |
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Pet Rock Band posted:I also have realized I don't really remember much about seasons 3-6 part 1 at all. I remembered up through season 5 pretty well but the thing that I'd forgotten the most was the humor. From the finale, when Tony distracts AJ from the Army by getting him a job working on a movie Little Carmine's company was doing: Tony: "It's about this detective who gets sucked into the Internet through his, uh, data port, and he has to solve the murders of some virtual prostitutes." Carmela: "I read it and it is scary!" That and Gloria calling on Annette Benning when she raises her hand in the crowd segment of "The Test Dream" killed me.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 00:04 |
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Any ideas why there wasn't more closure with Silvio at the end ?
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 12:02 |
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Fozaldo posted:Any ideas why there wasn't more closure with Silvio at the end ? Because there was a lot of closure to everyone else's?
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 16:27 |
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Fozaldo posted:Any ideas why there wasn't more closure with Silvio at the end ? Because....they didn't want to do that?
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 16:49 |
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Fozaldo posted:Any ideas why there wasn't more closure with Silvio at the end ? Just when he thought he was out of the coma...Chase PULLLLLLLED him BACK IN.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 16:56 |
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Silvio was hosed at the end.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 17:05 |
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Just when he thought he was out of the coma...Chase PULLLLLLLED him BACK IN. Ha good one, I had forgotten all about that. It just struck me as odd that they left us hanging, maybe it was to give the impression that there was more to follow making the ending even more of shock. There were quite a few loose ends; the Russian and Tony's skin cancer seemed to get forgotten quickly too.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 17:18 |
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Leyburn posted:Silvio was hosed at the end. Yeah, that's what I got out of it. Didn't they say that he was unlikely to recover?
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 17:28 |
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I thought the worst character ending was Johnny Sack. He gets and dies from cancer within the course of 1 episode. Uh ok. Edit: \/\/ Yeah you're right. I shouldnt have said worst meaning it was bad. Just way too abrupt. zVxTeflon fucked around with this message at Aug 19, 2010 around 23:29 |
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zVxTeflon posted:I thought the worst character ending was Johnny Sack. He gets and dies from cancer within the course of 1 episode. Uh ok. Even if it was quickly done and over with, they portrayed it really well if you ask me.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 22:45 |
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So Much of 6A and 6B (Why can't it just be 6 and 7?) is either rushed or dragged out too long.
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| # ? Aug 22, 2010 06:20 |
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Pet Rock Band posted:I've been going through my first time rewatching the show since it first aired. I'm watching the Season 3 premiere now, and I just had to post about how awesome the Peter Gunn Theme/I'll Be Watching You mashup was. That's one of my top TV episodes of all time.
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| # ? Aug 22, 2010 11:42 |
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Well, just finished the finale, I thought it was great. There really isn't that much ambiguity there; Tony is definitely shot. There's just too much symbolism and symmetry going on in the finale for that not to be the case. The final season dragged at parts, but I really liked Tony's complete moral degradation throughout the whole thing, and it's important to note that as his family joins him at the table it symbolizes their corruption/lassitude as well. I think Meadow's difficulty parking is a metaphor for her own moral struggles, but then end she marries the son of a gangster and plans to become a lawyer to help mobsters like her father.
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| # ? Aug 29, 2010 19:39 |
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Volvagia posted:Well, just finished the finale, I thought it was great. There really isn't that much ambiguity there; Tony is definitely shot. Well I guess you've got it all sewn up then!
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 01:56 |
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Volvagia posted:Well, just finished the finale, I thought it was great. There really isn't that much ambiguity there; Tony is definitely shot. Wrap it up boys, Volvagia has just solved the case
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 02:15 |
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Volvagia posted:Well, just finished the finale, I thought it was great. There really isn't that much ambiguity there; Tony is definitely shot. There's just too much symbolism and symmetry going on in the finale for that not to be the case. The final season dragged at parts, but I really liked Tony's complete moral degradation throughout the whole thing, and it's important to note that as his family joins him at the table it symbolizes their corruption/lassitude as well. I think Meadow's difficulty parking is a metaphor for her own moral struggles, but then end she marries the son of a gangster and plans to become a lawyer to help mobsters like her father. Can I suggest you go back and watch the show again, you clearly missed ... umm ... the plot.
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I'm pretty sure Meadow not being able to park relates to the fact that she's 25, a Columbia grad, had a chance to go to either Med or Law school etc, but is still incapable of actually doing anything. She's marrying a connected man and will follow in the footsteps of Carm
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 04:08 |
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All I'm saying is, Tony looks up every time he sees the bell, and it cuts to his POV. The cut to black is lined up right with when we expect a POV shot. It seems pretty clear just based on that...but yeah, you're right, it could be any number of outcomes. To me personally though, there's too much that lines up too well, for one, Phil being taken out in a parallel murder from behind, in front of his family, earlier. (also yeah I realize this whole thing has probably been discussed to death by now but hey I just finished the show for the first time so cut me some slack huh) Volvagia fucked around with this message at Aug 30, 2010 around 04:55 |
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Ungratek posted:I'm pretty sure Meadow not being able to park relates to the fact that she's 25, a Columbia grad, had a chance to go to either Med or Law school etc, but is still incapable of actually doing anything. She's marrying a connected man and will follow in the footsteps of Carm If the Sopranos is a tragedy (and I really believe it is) perhaps the saddest fact of all is that while their parents tried desperately hard to avoid it, both AJ and Meadow will end up exactly the same as them.
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:If the Sopranos is a tragedy (and I really believe it is) perhaps the saddest fact of all is that while their parents tried desperately hard to avoid it, both AJ and Meadow will end up exactly the same as them. Actually I find it pretty funny that AJ is turning out exactly like Little Carmine 
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 06:50 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYNXo-jUBo Season 6I Opener. The song forecasts a lot. Ray being a rat. The word death is mentioned and shows a Train and then Bobby. Meadow is called Guardian Angel and 3rd one out. Is Meadow being late what allows Tony to get whacked? quote:The ancient Egyptians postulated Seven Souls.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 06:52 |
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quote:Janice, the Secret Name. This corresponds to my Director. He directs the film of your life from conception to death. This remind me how disappointed I was that we never got to see any of Janice's work as a "video artist". Probably because like everything Janice ever said, it was presumably bullshit, but still I think we could all benefit from Lady Kerouac or: Packing for the Highway to a Woman's Self-Esteem.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 07:08 |
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Ungratek posted:I'm pretty sure Meadow not being able to park relates to the fact that she's 25, a Columbia grad, had a chance to go to either Med or Law school etc, but is still incapable of actually doing anything. She's marrying a connected man and will follow in the footsteps of Carm Wait, what? Meadow isn't going to end up anything like Carm. Meadow has the means to be completely self-sufficient and is engaged to someone who is in a legitimate line of work, whereas Carm was completely dependant on her criminal husband. And AJ obviously isn't going to follow in Tony's footsteps, I don't see how that would even be possible. Edit: That Meadow ends up involved with the son of a mobster I think has more to do with the fact that it is a lot easier for her to be in a relationship with someone who has the same family background as herself. Leyburn fucked around with this message at Aug 30, 2010 around 18:09 |
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In fact, I think it is probably the biggest victory for Tony and Carm that they actually do raise two fairly normal, if spoilt and self absorbed, children who are likely to escape the cycle of violence that Tony himself was born into, and that Carmela opted into.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 18:16 |
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Volvagia posted:It all seems so clear now!
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 18:26 |
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I like how everyone is giving this guy poo poo for daring to have an opinion on a contentious issue. (btw he's right)
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| # ? Aug 30, 2010 18:29 |
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Leyburn posted:I like how everyone is giving this guy poo poo for daring to have an opinion on a contentious issue. Well clearly he's right, there's no ambiguity!
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I do agree that it is ambiguous since they don't actually show it happen, but I still think he is right.. We all know your stance on the finale Ishmael, but folk are still allowed to discuss it I hope.
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