yeah i gotta watch the whole thing again.
― scott seward, Friday, 21 June 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
fun fact about the guy who played richie:
"In 1977 his voice was heard in the cult animated film WIZARDS, as the robot assassin Necron 99."
― scott seward, Friday, 21 June 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link
i don't remember him from mean streets but i haven't seen mean streets in almost 30 years.
― scott seward, Friday, 21 June 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
Holsten's restaurant in Bloomfield, New Jersey put a "Reserved" sign on the table where Gandolfini and his on-screen family filmed the final scene of HBO's "The Sopranos," which was both heralded and lambasted for the way it abruptly ended the award-winning drama.
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/james-gandolfini-holstens-reserved-sopranos-table.jpg
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2013/06/james-gandolfinis-tribute-at-holstens---reserved-table-from-sopranos-finale.html
― oh, the humanities (onimo), Friday, 21 June 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
on being a large icon
http://gawker.com/the-fatness-of-james-gandolfini-inspiring-iconic-and-519198685
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 June 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
i have a copy of Not Fade AWay to watch this weekend
thanks thread!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 June 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
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i know that david proval worked a lot between mean streets and the sopranos but i've still only seen him in those two roles, iirc. he was great in the sopranos, absolutely nailed it.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 21 June 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 June 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
Watching the first episode. It's cute how Gandolfini's accent isn't perfect yet.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
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he's insanely good. "i'm old schooooool"
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
yeah there are some funny kinks you can see them feeling their way through in the first few episodes
― the Spanish Porky's (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
the voiceover is kind of weird
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
they also dialed back on the wildly unprofessional stuff Melfi does
― the Spanish Porky's (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Edith Bunker spoke and acted differently in the early AITF episodes too.
NY tabloids really classin' it up re his dinner in Rome: TONY'S LAST BINGE etc.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
Technology and trends that became most recently obsolete (laserdiscs, portable CD players, Skeet Ulrich) age worse than really old stuff.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 June 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
my skeet ulrich works fine
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Friday, 21 June 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, June 21, 2013 5:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is true, but watching it again sorta conveys the leap into more cinematic storytelling it was making at the time - think this is pronounced as Tony goes over to his mother's. just how much is going on throughout the episode, & the kind of panoramic patience it dedicates to each thread, still feels very exemplary & fresh, i think.
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Friday, 21 June 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
"Just another crazy day in the Sopranos household. Fuhgeddaboutit!"
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Friday, 21 June 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jun/26/james-gandolfini-sopranos-david-chase/print
― Šite New Answers (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
Stay classy, Jeffrey Wells
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 June 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
so is David Chase Italian, and is that his real name?
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2013 06:43 (ten years ago) link
born David DeCesare
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 28 June 2013 06:48 (ten years ago) link
why do people pay attention to jeffrey wells
― Gukbe, Friday, 28 June 2013 06:56 (ten years ago) link
Years ago, I used to read Wells. Then it/he got so unpleasant I totally stopped and in fact forgot he even existed. It took this to remind me he was still alive. What a dick.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 June 2013 12:40 (ten years ago) link
haha that wells piece gets really good in the comments section when matt soller zeitz mentions that the funeral was actually open to the public
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Friday, 28 June 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Ha also the quotes from other non-invitees, fans who just walked in.
I saw the crowd on 110th St. yesterday and asked a cop what was going on. "They're having a funeral for Tony Soprano."
― Hadrian VIII, Friday, 28 June 2013 13:14 (ten years ago) link
No doubt that shithead wells is sticking to his guns, claiming that if he was not invited then technically he was crashing.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 June 2013 13:15 (ten years ago) link
JW's blog is usu a good read if he's being a particularly shitbrained asshole, cuz over half his reg commenters roast him.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
it is definitely compelling
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Friday, 28 June 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
last film is now out, a Lehane-based crimer w/ Tom Hardy
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-drop
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 September 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
I hope nothing happens to the dog in that movie.
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 22 September 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link
spoiler alert
the dog survives and is fine the whole time
the movie which i will only refer to as "tom hardy with a puppy" was a reasonably decent way to spend a tuesday night.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 03:22 (nine years ago) link
saw tom hardy with a puppy on a plane and really enjoyed it. feel like i "get" tom hardy now.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 25 January 2015 07:15 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I'll ever get Tom Hardy.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link
Lovely memories here.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/06/james-gandolfini-the-sopranos-remembered
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 June 2023 17:37 (ten months ago) link
so good - that falco story w the icecream is <3
i’m gonna re-restart my sopranos rewatch, i never finished it last time i rewatched
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 June 2023 18:02 (ten months ago) link