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BiggerBoat posted:The show is masterful at getting you to love and root for complete assholes. These guys are murderers, thieves, con men, liars and extortionists but half the time I still manage to sympathize with them or succumb to their charms. Then they do something horrible and I hate their loving guts. That's the brilliant thing about the series, really. Chase never lets you forget they're awful people. To compare it to a much, much lesser organized crime show in Sons of Anarchy, SoA's showrunner Kurt Sutter entirely lets himself get carried away with the whole 'noble outlaw' stuff and putting biker culture on a pedestal. "W-w-we're with the Sons of Anarchy!"
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Apr 4, 2021 14:44
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Was it this thread that gave us “You’re either a “She was abusive to the staaaaaff!” person or a “Motherfuckin’ goddamn orange peel beef!” person”? i was for a long time a SWATTS guy, but on my latest rewatch it was Paulie's "OOF, MADONN!! HE LOOKS TERRIBLE!" immediately after Maedo says "The main thing, when people come to sit with Dad, the doctors want positive talk."
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Apr 4, 2021 14:51
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Matt Zerella posted:Have you heard the good news? We met at Thanksgiving?
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Apr 4, 2021 15:35
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Pope Corky the IX posted:We met at Thanksgiving? *shrugs in my leather jacket and turtleneck*
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Apr 4, 2021 16:05
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Christopher: “even with computers, how could they possibly know that”
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Apr 4, 2021 16:53
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What I'm tryin' to say is....
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Apr 4, 2021 16:53
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Vichan posted:What I'm tryin' to say is.... Adriana giving him an adoring little pat after he trails off, as if to say,"Well said babe, you really nailed it there" always kills me  Edit: Well look at that, I rewatched it and she doesn't, I was positive she did but she just stares waiting like everybody else, which is ALSO funny just not quite the way I remembered. Oh well, there's nothing for it, time to rewatch the entire show all over again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdP7f4_YL8I Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Apr 5, 2021 |
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Apr 5, 2021 00:49
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Hesh's face is an acting masterclass in that scene
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Apr 5, 2021 01:18
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Really is one of the best scenes in the show, Carmela even references it during his intervention.
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Apr 5, 2021 01:48
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Sil nodding to himself trying to follow the logic is also fantastic.
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Apr 5, 2021 02:33
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Miss Lonelyhearts posted:Really is one of the best scenes in the show, Carmela even references it during his intervention. my mudda's wake!
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Apr 5, 2021 04:00
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Ainsley McTree posted:Hesh's face is an acting masterclass in that scene Hesh is a great character because he's the only - what's the word? "Associate"? - who has absolutely no delusions about their business and indicates with little gestures that these people are all kidding themselves. Even for being a motherfucker himself, he knows better than any of them that the whole "code" is crapola. I think ultimately my favorite thing in this show is the little stuff. I love how when the mob dudes are explaining things to some square, they always do that finger wagging thing and they all have their own style. Tony usually does a little tick-tock motion with his finger, Paulie does the devil horns, and Sil gives an almost grandmotherly tut-tut. It's great.
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Apr 5, 2021 04:26
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phasmid posted:Hesh is a great character because he's the only - what's the word? "Associate"? - who has absolutely no delusions about their business and indicates with little gestures that these people are all kidding themselves. Even for being a motherfucker himself, he knows better than any of them that the whole "code" is crapola. As you go through the show I can't think of a single hanger on or criminal associate that didn't end up being hurt or hosed with as a consequence of their interactions with the mob or even just because someone was having a bad day.
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Apr 5, 2021 09:38
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pentyne posted:As you go through the show I can't think of a single hanger on or criminal associate that didn't end up being hurt or hosed with as a consequence of their interactions with the mob or even just because someone was having a bad day. I dunno, the maid's husband got a sweet jacket out of it!
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Apr 5, 2021 10:11
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Max Kurschner claimed in his biography that being an associate and a free agent was better than being a made guy, since while you're not protected by your status, you also don't have a status which makes people liable to gently caress with you, and you're kicking up money on a case-by-case basis, and in some cases not at all.
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Apr 5, 2021 11:46
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Kemper Boyd posted:Max Kurschner claimed in his biography that being an associate and a free agent was better than being a made guy, since while you're not protected by your status, you also don't have a status which makes people liable to gently caress with you, and you're kicking up money on a case-by-case basis, and in some cases not at all. I can 100% believe that. Security through obscurity and that
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Apr 5, 2021 12:02
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Just found out that the guy who played Hernan also played Lucky Luciano in Boardwalk Empire. 
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Apr 5, 2021 12:17
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Vichan posted:Just found out that the guy who played Hernan also played Lucky Luciano in Boardwalk Empire. What the gently caress? The dude who fingerbanged the underage girl's cousin on the ski-lift? 
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Apr 5, 2021 13:18
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Didn't he also flip a car and paralyze someone? Hernan was a remarkable piece of poo poo, and that's saying something on this show.
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Apr 5, 2021 14:00
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PerilPastry posted:I dunno, the maid's husband got a sweet jacket out of it! Doesn't hold a candle to the grant he got from Lodz to do autonomous research though
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Apr 5, 2021 14:25
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Francis Scott Key gently caress his whore of a mother
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Apr 5, 2021 14:31
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pentyne posted:As you go through the show I can't think of a single hanger on or criminal associate that didn't end up being hurt or hosed with as a consequence of their interactions with the mob or even just because someone was having a bad day. Brian the Financial Advisor managed to get away with a couple nice suits and a pretty sweet drill!
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Apr 5, 2021 14:48
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And a watch. I love that Tony suddenly remembers what happened to the drill years later after insisting that it must have been Carmela giving his tools away.
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Apr 5, 2021 14:50
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Yeah, like a $30k watch at that. I prefer A. Lange & Sohne over Patek Philippe personally, but to each their own. I don't own either, but one day....one day.
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Apr 5, 2021 14:57
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Why buy a watch when you can just stand outside for a while and measure your shadow?
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Apr 5, 2021 15:01
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Because then you need to walk around with a ruler and that just looks silly. Here's a computer generated interpretation: Just ridiculous looking.
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Apr 5, 2021 15:28
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Didn't he also flip a car and paralyze someone? Hernan was a remarkable piece of poo poo, and that's saying something on this show. I mean, just being a Motown music producer in the 60's is enough to classify him as that.
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Apr 5, 2021 16:00
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You're talking about Hesh, I'm talking about Hernan.
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Apr 5, 2021 16:22
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Solice Kirsk posted:Brian the Financial Advisor managed to get away with a couple nice suits and a pretty sweet drill! He ends up with Carm's lovely spec house so not really.
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Apr 5, 2021 20:40
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Ungratek posted:He ends up with Carm's lovely spec house so not really. I completely forgot about that. She was forced to unload it on Brian and his family because she wouldn’t have been able to sell it otherwise. It’s one of the few times I thought Tony was justified in what he said to her, though he did it in an awful way.
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Apr 5, 2021 21:23
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I completely forgot about that. She was forced to unload it on Brian and his family because she wouldn’t have been able to sell it otherwise. It’s one of the few times I thought Tony was justified in what he said to her, though he did it in an awful way. Love that fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6GbPBUVnk "I'd ask for my piece but wait, there's nothing!"
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Apr 5, 2021 21:40
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Brians house collapses crushing his family. *Tiny guy with puffy jacket turns around* "oh shiit!!"
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Apr 6, 2021 01:48
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He can use the drill to fix the house! Problem. Solved.
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Apr 6, 2021 04:50
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Thanks to this show I was able to explain NFTs as a pump and dump scam and what that exactly meant.
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Apr 6, 2021 21:18
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Dawgstar posted:Thanks to this show I was able to explain NFTs as a pump and dump scam and what that exactly meant. You're supposed to push NFTs! (throws coffee in your face)
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Apr 6, 2021 21:21
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https://twitter.com/sopranoscaps/status/1379576466761916417?s=20 so many cameos
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Apr 7, 2021 00:34
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Vichan posted:Love that fight. That's a great fight, but I still think the Whitecaps Furio fight is the best. They always played with innuendos and doublespeak but the moments where they dropped the curtain and Tony got serious with his family about being in the mafia were always outstanding in terms of both writing and acting.
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Apr 7, 2021 00:41
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All his talks/arguments with Meadow were really well done. I mean, everything was really well done but those scenes with his kids always came out fantastic. Like when he apologized to AJ with a pizza or when Meadow caught him drinking alone. What a fantastic actor that man was. I can't wait to see his son play his father's character. I hope he knocks it out of the park.
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Apr 7, 2021 04:57
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Listen to Mr. Big Tough Mob Boss. Oh, Meadow, no. Oh, child.
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