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tomapot posted:Tony's Escalade is up for auction: If I had a spare $5k I would totally put down a bid.
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Oct 31, 2015 00:40
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Does it have Chris' dead body in it?
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Oct 31, 2015 04:54
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I'd hate to see the Carfax report on it.
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Oct 31, 2015 04:59
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I guess we know how Lithuania feels about the show, they've put a 5 meter tall statue of Tony at a train station in Vilnius.
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Nov 1, 2015 23:19
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kippa posted:I guess we know how Lithuania feels about the show, they've put a 5 meter tall statue of Tony at a train station in Vilnius. I have so many questions
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Nov 1, 2015 23:38
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Phil Leotardo really did look like the Shah of Iran. 
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That was a great example of the hilariously petty grudges the people with power harboured about each other. I finished the whole thing - watched the last episode last night. I don't know if it was because I was watching as an adult, or watching with different expectations, but the show was very different from how I remembered it and the final episode especially so. I picked up on a lot things that I didn't notice the first time around. I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but did anyone notice the noise towards the end of this scene? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF8gTLqlLSw (around 0:33) 
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Nov 2, 2015 13:47
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How Capicola Became Gabagool: The NJ Italian Accent Explained Madon'!
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So what's the consensus on series 6 these days? I remember a lot of people hating it in years gone by, but I'm nearing the end of part 1 in my rewatch and the only part of it that's stuck out as particularly bad is the Cleaver subplot (especially the Ben Kingsley bit). Everything else is A grade.
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Steve2911 posted:So what's the consensus on series 6 these days? I remember a lot of people hating it in years gone by, but I'm nearing the end of part 1 in my rewatch and the only part of it that's stuck out as particularly bad is the Cleaver subplot (especially the Ben Kingsley bit). Everything else is A grade. Season 6 part 1 is probably my least favourite season, which is a very relative measure given I'm talking about my favourite series. I didn't care for how much it leaned on Vito's plotline, not because I didn't find it interesting to see Tony's common sense come up against bigoted mob codes of masculinity, but because it didn't seem like the writers could stand to treat the character very seriously - whether it be the countless gay jokes or the fatalistic once-a-mobster-always-a-mobster plot beats that were better covered already - and to be frank Joe Gannascoli was not enough of an actor to carry that much material single handed. These might not be popular opinions but I will defend the Cleaver stuff and especially the wonderfully self-deprecating Ben Kingsley cameo as funnier and better integrated to existing character arcs than any of the previous plots where the guys engage with Mafia / Italian-American media image, even if I'm not really a fan of how overly self-aware and self-reflexive that stuff is (also no way would real-world Kingsley turn Cleaver down without enquiring about the fee). I will also insist that the Artie episode was easily the best material offered to a maligned character and a remarkably funny and endearing sendoff. The Ride (around the street fair) and Mr. and Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request (around Johnny Sack's daughter's wedding) are straight up two of the best episodes of the entire series, even given the hoary jokes about deaf old relatives in the latter. Part 2 I don't really think of as the same season but is a total home run, other than the overstated / non sequitur plotting and direction of Chasing It. I could not be happier about how much of it is Tony contemplating the murder of his closest friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcp8rN-YqLw
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Nov 9, 2015 22:42
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GimpChimp posted:Season 6 part 1 is probably my least favourite season, which is a very relative measure given I'm talking about my favourite series. I didn't care for how much it leaned on Vito's plotline, not because I didn't find it interesting to see Tony's common sense come up against bigoted mob codes of masculinity, but because it didn't seem like the writers could stand to treat the character very seriously - whether it be the countless gay jokes or the fatalistic once-a-mobster-always-a-mobster plot beats that were better covered already - and to be frank Joe Gannascoli was not enough of an actor to carry that much material single handed. I liked the Cleaver stuff as it was a capstone on Christopher and Tony's relationship, and how "gone" Christopher was. I am pretty sure Cleaver made the killing of Christopher easier as he know how he really felt about him.
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bobkatt013 posted:I liked the Cleaver stuff as it was a capstone on Christopher and Tony's relationship, and how "gone" Christopher was. I am pretty sure Cleaver made the killing of Christopher easier as he know how he really felt about him. Oh definitely, I thought turning the Cleaver screening into the emotional nadir of their relationship was an inspired piece of writing, but I can only credit part 1 with the setup for that, not the payoff.
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After rewatching the Sopranos and Burn Notice I realize how awful both leading characters really are. But I think atleast Tony accepts what he is. Also what happened to the rewatch thread? joebuddah fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Nov 10, 2015 |
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Nov 10, 2015 00:12
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joebuddah posted:After rewatching the Sopranos and Burn Notice I realize how awful both leading characters really are. But I think atleast Tony accepts what he is. I think the guy running it wanted it to be spoiler free? An admirable goal but a little unlikely to garner a lot of reaction, sadly.
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6 is still my least favorite. 6A had too much coma and "johnny cakes"  6B had too much AJ
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zVxTeflon posted:too much "johnny cakes" Literally not possible
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Nov 10, 2015 09:43
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Johnny Cakes and his associated cake stories get like 15 minutes of screen time. And it's delicious.
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Nov 10, 2015 21:40
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How come I'm not makin' fuckin' pots in Peru?
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Nov 17, 2015 21:41
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Tony did a lot of dumb stuff, but one of his smartest moves was when he sent Patsy to threaten Gloria. It showed a really great understanding of her psyche and was both smart and effective. "It won't be cinematic."
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Ishamael posted:and was both smart and effective. I guess that's effective in a way.
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Ishamael posted:Tony did a lot of dumb stuff, but one of his smartest moves was when he sent Patsy to threaten Gloria. It showed a really great understanding of her psyche and was both smart and effective. I like moments like that on the show. I think it portrays how mobsters threaten people pretty well. Why leave a horse head in a guy's bed when you can have someone like Eugene Pontecorvo show up at a convenience store and have a nice friendly chat with a juror on Junior's trial (who happens to be with his kid)? I mean, what's the guy gonna say to the cops? "Well, he said he was glad I was a juror and then he bought me candy." haljordan fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Nov 20, 2015 |
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Nov 18, 2015 23:33
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"I was at a bar and the guy said he would kill himself!"
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Nov 18, 2015 23:35
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Steve2911 posted:I mean... She did almost immediately kill herself. I didn't say it was KIND, just effective. She never contacted him again, after all.
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Nov 19, 2015 15:06
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What, you're gonna tell me you never pondered that? The back thing with Notre Dame?
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Nov 20, 2015 03:54
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How long was Phil hiding in the motel closet? I wonder if he enjoyed himself in there.
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Nov 21, 2015 14:09
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Steve2911 posted:How long was Phil hiding in the motel closet? I wonder if he enjoyed himself in there. It's probably fair to say that Phil had been in the closet for years at that point.
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PerilPastry posted:It's probably fair to say that Phil had been in the closet for years at that point. http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=IeL8EYtbVw0&p=n#/196;199
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Nov 22, 2015 01:28
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Cole posted:If I had a spare $5k I would totally put down a bid. Not even close, it went for almost $120,000 http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2015/11/tony_soprano_cadillac_escalade_auction_the_soprano_2.html#incart_river_home
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tomapot posted:Not even close, it went for almost $120,000 The minimum bid was $5k the day I clicked it. That's pretty impressive.
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Cole posted:The minimum bid was $5k the day I clicked it. That's pretty impressive. Sorry I missed that part. Wonder who bought it, if I'll see that driven around Nutley or one of the other Tony-ish towns around here.
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So is there some particular thematic reason cancer comes up so often through the life of the show? Or is it just meant to be a coincidence? Jackie, Junior, Tony, John, Bobby's dad and Paulie all get or have a brush with it. There's probably a few more that I've forgotten, but gently caress that's a lot of people in one (admittedly huge) social circle to get it. EDIT: Also having passed the Cleaver premier, it's still a drat silly subplot. The conflict it creates with Tony is great, but it's a sort of camp self-parody that feels really out of place in the show. I know it's not the most unrealistic thing in the world, but it sticks out like a sore thumb. It also takes Carmella and Meadow's self-inflicted ignorance and shines a pretty huge light on it with no effect. I still don't see how people can hate Johnny Cakes but not have a problem with this. EDIT EDIT: Also is it actually a thing in America for news pundits to discuss and speculate about who's going to take over a mafia family? Is it all pretty much public knowledge? stev fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Nov 22, 2015 |
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Nov 22, 2015 18:02
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the terrible diet + constant smoking seems reason enough
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Steve2911 posted:So is there some particular thematic reason cancer comes up so often through the life of the show? Or is it just meant to be a coincidence? It definitely has been before, in the Gotti days in particular
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Nov 23, 2015 03:17
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The mafia corrupts society, cancer corrupts your body.
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That and I think David Chase got a kick out of killing gangsters off with such a mundane, unglamorous method.
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Steve2911 posted:So is there some particular thematic reason cancer comes up so often through the life of the show? Or is it just meant to be a coincidence? It's all that charcoal- broiled meat you people ate.
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Nov 23, 2015 14:01
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Bonzo posted:It's all that charcoal- broiled meat you people ate. No one told us 'till the 80s!
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Steve2911 posted:So is there some particular thematic reason cancer comes up so often through the life of the show? Or is it just meant to be a coincidence? Gangsters mentally prepare themselves for the idea of a sudden, violent death. The idea that you could slowly wither away and die and be unable to stop it is very unnerving for a culture that romanticises themselves as soldiers. It's something that's also brought up on The Wire. It's especially relevant for an organisation that is mostly middle-aged or older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Fv-nJCfrk I think Johnny Sack's cancer might also be a reference to how John Gotti died of throat cancer in prison, looking like a husk of his former self.
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