Apparently Weiner's film is awful too. At least Terence Winter has Wolf of Wall Street and, uh, the 50 Cent movie
― Number None, Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
I just started watching this from Ep 1 for the first time and it's amazing and I love it.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Saturday, May 3, 2014 11:59 AM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
don't read anything in this thread.
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
Weiner's film is bad? :(
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 3 May 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
And yeah that ws just a "I too am freshly watching an iconic recent TV show" post, bt it does have some relevance
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 3 May 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
"is it awful? my friend gave it to me."
Awful is way harsh, the Chase and Weiner chapters are quite illuminating, the Burns/Simon chapters are dull and worthy, kind of like watching Treme.
― under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Saturday, 3 May 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
What film did weiner make?
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 3 May 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
many overpriced ones sold exclusively in seedy storefronts iirc
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 May 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
You Are Here, a lame comedy with Owen Wilsen, across the board bad reviews so far.
― under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Saturday, 3 May 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
haha he made a comedy? yeah i could see that not working
― balls, Saturday, 3 May 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
rewatched the pilot this morning on Season 1 library discs. Now, um, the next 12 eps before it's due Saturday.
Gandolfini looks trim by later standards. :/
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
it IS v funny btw -- the goon and the lawyer taking the deadbeat for a walk over the Paterson Falls bridge... Carmela's priest giving Gordon Willis a shoutout for the Godfathers...
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
what prompted you to finally get around to this
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Of the cable shows ppl hype, this is the oldest and most likely to appeal to me (born & bred in NNJ).
Also I taped the first 3-4 seasons when I had HBO and just never watched the tapes.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
you can totally watch Season 1 in 3 days. I have faith in you.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
and see four Mizoguchi films and Pissed Jeans?
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
you can allow yourself toilet breaks
― mikelovestfu (wins), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
Jealous of Morbs for getting to experience this for the first time
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 6 June 2014 13:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah, this aint happening right now. Do you think i've even opened my Ford at Fox box, or the Rossellini-Bergman set I got at Christmas? noooope.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 June 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
maybe I will watch the first season again for you
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 June 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
MORBZ
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 7 June 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Thru 4 episodes, the therapy scenes are my least favorite. Too "on the nose." also Lorraine Bracco's diction/line readings are weird.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
It moves beyond that format more in later seasons
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
i would imagine so
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Yeah that becomes less of a focus
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
i like that this series makes room in its cast for the two least famous members of the main foursome from 'mean streets'. though proval has a huge role as opposed to richard romanus' minor appearances.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
i need to rewatch this ASAP. my wife has only seen a few episodes here and there, and the last half of season 6. i wonder if i'd like it more, maybe the relatively dead episodes that pop up in the middle of the series (season 3 has a few iirc?) wouldn't bother me as much.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
I figure Morbz would at least appreciate kindred spirit nancy marchand
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
you strike me as more of a depressed panicky old lady
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 June 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
I am watching this for the first time. Is one of the kids that chases Tony in the flashback scene at the fair the same actor who would go on to play Wallace from the Wire? I liked the Mehlfi family therapist, then realized that he also had a bit part in season 4 of The Wire.
― sarahell, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
yes
― Number None, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
Bodie is in the second episode
― Number None, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
i pretty much know all the final-season resolutions and think it's kind of YV-hilarious that they didnt take care of Christopher in the fourth episode of the first year.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 June 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
TV-hilarious that is
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 June 2014 02:22 (nine years ago) link
wtf r u even talking abt man get ahold of yrself
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 June 2014 02:29 (nine years ago) link
Chrissie's character arc is so great and sad
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 June 2014 02:38 (nine years ago) link
spoilers!
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:00 (nine years ago) link
that's like doing spoilers for Psycho at this point
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
lol I know. It truly was a spoiler, which is amazing, but I'm not actually mad.
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link
I am almost through season 5. Started 2 or 3 weeks ago.
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:31 (nine years ago) link
Season 5 has been a drag. Just had a good dream episode though.
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
I feel like this will never match season 2 level good again
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:34 (nine years ago) link
haha i love season 2 but alot of ppl were kinda disappointed by it at the time. richie aprile definitely my fave tony antagonist though.
― balls, Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:54 (nine years ago) link
"I'm OLD SCHOOL, Janice!"
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 8 June 2014 04:31 (nine years ago) link
Richie vs tony was great!
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 8 June 2014 04:57 (nine years ago) link
I look fwd to the deepening of Christopher's character then, as you can't have tragedy centered on pure vermin.
I can give Chase a pass for making Tony a WC Fields fan, but "I screened The Bank Dick last night"? Tony Sotosyn!
The ellipses are crafty in some of the episodes, like you don't know what made Livia's Jamaican maid stomp out -- well you do, but you don't hear it. (Also savvy bcz even tho Ma is clearly a gorgon, the direct evidence is elided in this case.) Also you don't see the Hasidic guy whose father-in-law wants him zotzed beg for his testicles in the basement of the meat store.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
"Irregular Around The Margins" (Season 5) is my favorite episode of any. One storyline, no subplots, who knows if Chrissy will get out alive.
― did click through tho on the money (Eazy), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah, season 5 became good in the end. That was a good ep. Everyone seemed to be off doing their own thing for the beginning and middle though.
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
all of the abuse was just tough to sit through. The cover art kinda says it all.
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
they're all vermin to varying degrees but aspects of his character come to the fore that make him more sympathetic, esp when set in contrast with some of the others
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
yeah, he's not just a ziggy
― sufi john paxson (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link