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EDIT: Follow along and read the excellent writeups by Jerusalem for each episode of the show. A great way to look back at the show and catch some stuff you may have missed. Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6.1 | Season 6.2 Season 6.2: Soprano Home Movies | Stage 5 | Remember When | Chasing It | Walk Like a Man | Kennedy and Heidi | The Second Coming | The Blue Comet | Made in America | The Final Scene Thanks Jerusalem! ----  Well slap a hoo-ah and call me old-as-poo poo, the Sopranos premiered 20 years ago. The old retrospective thread fell into the archive many years ago, so here is a new place to discuss and appreciate the best show of all time. So before this degenerates into a dumb argument about the final shot, let's reminisce.  --------- Let's take a look back at 1999. Top movie of 1999 - The Phantom Menace Top song of 1999 - "Believe" by Cher (really?) Top book of 1999 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Some stats: Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average - 11,497 Average Cost of new house - $131,750.00 Average Income per year - $40,810.00 Average Monthly Rent - $645.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas - $1.22 Average cost of new car - $21,050.00 US Postage Stamp - 33 cents 1 LB of Bacon - $2.59 Loaf of Bread - $1.49 Dozen Eggs - 89 cents  Also in 1999, we met Tony Soprano, arguably the most interesting TV character of all time. James Gandolfini gave this character a depth that is unmatched, and even watching his performance 2 decades later it is electric. Here are some cool retrospective pieces to watch and read: Edie Falco and David Chase on the 20th Anniversary of The Sopranos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ies2g5po8-M A long 46-minute video interview with almost all the surviving main cast (no Ade, but otherwise I think it's most of them). I think Paulie had a stroke, sadly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSUFaSVPCRQ Sepinwall and Zoller-Seitz interview David Chase about the anniversary (has some videos too): https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/exclusive-excerpt-sopranos-sessions-david-chase-interview-774981/ A look back at James Gandolfini from his fellow actors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ_XzlIvgEQ And the recently-discovered alternate ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EwUG2nSLdw#t=17s  Don't be a jerk my friend! 
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My favorite Sopranos memory is of the crew going to Italy and Paulie being so confused about why the food is so different haha
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Jan 16, 2019 19:39
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Best Sopranos moment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7bN1wtmBL4 Basebf555 posted:My favorite Sopranos memory is of the crew going to Italy and Paulie being so confused about why the food is so different haha It was great because it revealed them for what they were: A glorified crew and Italian rednecks.
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Jan 16, 2019 19:41
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Basebf555 posted:My favorite Sopranos memory is of the crew going to Italy and Paulie being so confused about why the food is so different haha Pasta with grape-ies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eHk4RiIso
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Jan 16, 2019 19:46
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Jose Oquendo posted:Best Sopranos moment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbldmqXrVg I prefer this version, it's funnier in the full context where his sister's just kinda sitting there sullenly and Tony's flipping out.
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Jan 16, 2019 19:55
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https://twitter.com/sopranosnocnxt/status/1084826551949025280?s=19
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I remember every blowjob I ever got.
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Jan 16, 2019 21:43
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Honestly I feel like Bobby was maybe the most tragic character in the show aside from I guess Adriana. He really was cut out for a different kind of life but it seemed like he could never really extricate himself once he hooked up with Janice.
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Ishamael posted:Sepinwall and Zoller-Seitz interview David Chase about the anniversary (has some videos too): Worth pointing out that this is an excerpt from a new book, The Sopranos Sessions, which has a ton of conversations with Chase as well as new recaps of every episode and further discussion. I got it and have rewatched the first season while reading through and it’s well worth it for any fans of the show.
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Basebf555 posted:My favorite Sopranos memory is of the crew going to Italy and Paulie being so confused about why the food is so different haha Paulie taking Tony aside moments after Tony just got invited to the house of the big Boss/Don, in order to tell him,"Hey T, I'm going back to the hotel to take a poo poo!"
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Jose Oquendo posted:Best Sopranos moment? Nah it's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVIwepliNeo I think I need another rewatch of this soon.
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Escobarbarian posted:Worth pointing out that this is an excerpt from a new book, The Sopranos Sessions, which has a ton of conversations with Chase as well as new recaps of every episode and further discussion. I got it and have rewatched the first season while reading through and it’s well worth it for any fans of the show. I checked out this book on Amazon and holy poo poo this review, I think this guy should just write his own book: 1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't get past page 60. posted:I pre-ordered this book and put down what I was in the middle of reading when it arrived. Now I'm putting this book down and going back to what I was reading before it arrived. When I finish that I'll pick this back up and restart at page 327, "The David Chase Sessions."
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Steve2911 posted:Nah it's: You are 100% correct on this.
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Jan 17, 2019 12:37
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Steve Shirripa (Bobby Bacala) talking about the anniversary on CNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU81aKm0sEk EDIT: Breaking News: Bacala likes Billions and Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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Shirripa looks really good, more or less the same as he looked in the show. It's always bittersweet to think about how great The Sopranos was because of Gandolfini's death, nice to see some of the cast members still doing well.
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How long was it from the pilot was shot until a full season was ordered? Wasn't it like 4-5 years?
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OldTennisCourt posted:I remember every blowjob I ever got. How long did it take the guy to cum?
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He was gay, Gary Cooper?
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evobatman posted:How long was it from the pilot was shot until a full season was ordered? Wasn't it like 4-5 years? The pilot was ordered in mid-1997 and the first season went to air in January '99, so it wasn't all that long, especially by Sopranos output standards.
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evobatman posted:How long was it from the pilot was shot until a full season was ordered? Wasn't it like 4-5 years? Enough time for Meadow to get a new nose
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Collection of jokes from the Sopranos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIgosHvo3r4
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Jan 24, 2019 19:25
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nobody talking about the prequel movie with Gandolfini's kid as Tony?
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Jan 24, 2019 22:09
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He played the useless dropout son in season 2 of the Deuce who takes a liking to the hookers at his dad's massage parlor - he didn't really stand out to me but it was a pretty limited role so hopefully it isn't just gimmick casting.
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I’m pretty confused about the prequel, it made more sense when it was a spinoff film about Chris’ dad with minimal Sopranos references, but then it was set in the 60s, when Tony was about 4 years old, so having a teenage young Tony doesn’t seem to fit at all.
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Jan 24, 2019 22:38
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Maybe his role'll just be at the end or in some sort of framing story?
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I'm just not entirely sure what the point of a prequel would be. So much of the enjoyment of the series came from the characters and the performances. I'm not sure what could be gained from a story about teen Paulie or Chris' dad. Like, it could be good - but I feel like they could've just made any New Joisey gangster story set in the 60s. Kinda reminds me of when they made a prequel to Only Fools and Horses and zero people cared. stev fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Jan 25, 2019 |
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i think the real question we all want to ask is how much more insufferably woke would meadow be if the sopranos started in 2019
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https://twitter.com/bown/status/1088768119361945600?s=21 can’t make this poo poo up.
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Me and my roommate just finished season 5 and now I'm hoping the prequel has young versions of Tony Blundetto, Ralphie, and Jackie Sr. gently caress, if they can find someone who can play a young Robert Loggia, we could get to see Jackie and Tony take down Feech LaMana's poker game, that could be pretty dope.
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What's the story about how generous Gandolfini was to the cast? Something about only him getting a huge cut of the DVD revenues, none of the other cast got that, and he wrote massive checks to each member of the main cast to make up for it?
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Saw all the retrospectives coming out awhile ago and decided to dust off the old Blu Ray collection. There are so many great lines in the series ( the sacred and the propane still makes me laugh at least once a week)but one I must have missed was in the pilot. When Scorsese was walking into the night club someone yells out “ Kundun! I liked it!” That and Paulie’s Car horn being The Godfather theme. I know it gets billed as drama but you could honestly call it a comedy. God drat what a good show this was.
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Eau de MacGowan posted:i think the real question we all want to ask is how much more insufferably woke would meadow be if the sopranos started in 2019 Please don't ask that question. I lost steam halfway through my 3rd re-watch but this thread is amping me up to go back and finish. Gandolfini always had the look of a lion searching for a meal, tremendous acting. Odd that this was his first big role.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:When Scorsese was walking into the night club someone yells out “ Kundun! I liked it!” Christopher's the one who yells that to Scorsese, it's pretty great. Watching Season 5 and Season 6 back to back, I never noticed the visual callback between AJ's long hair and Tony's long hair when he was around that age (there's a real quick flashback in S5 of Tony and Tony B. when they were kids and both were long haired rockers like AJ).
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Me and my roommate were cracking up when we realized both Buster and Gob Bluth showed up in the Sopranos at some point.   And while watching the last episodes of S5, the scene with Carmella and Angie having dinner made me realize the actress who played Angie (Richie's gf who he cheats on with Karen Allen) was Despie in the Wanderers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lw0G8iiSQk ruddiger fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Feb 9, 2019 |
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ruddiger posted:Me and my roommate were cracking up when we realized both Buster and Gob Bluth showed up in the Sopranos at some point. Oh I remembered GOB but not Buster. Also, Lin Manuel Miranda was in the one where Paulie and Tony go on the road trip:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrRk5YNAh00
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Who ate all the gabagoo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqE7ZxH7BJE
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Just finished season 2 of probably my 5th rewatch. Goddamn, Funhouse is just an amazing hour of television. The music, the fever dreams, Pussy’s execution, and tons of fart sound effects!
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Long Term Parking Ade: Matoush has cleaned up his act. he's really religious now, prays several times a day, and sends all his money to his brother FBI: In Pakistan. Ade: He runs a prep school for boys or something. What? Like that entire exchange the whole terrorism subtext is just hanging there while she's pleading about how nice he is and how it was an accident when this guy cleans up a murder like a pro.
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Adriana's mental and physical collapse under the stress and tension of being an FBI informant is really amazing, and her final couple of scenes on the show are among the most gutwrenching there is. I gotta admit I straight up brought into her fantasy about driving away which made the sudden cut back to reality all the more horrifying.
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