the one aspect of this show that is perfect/fully formed right out the gate is Livia and her relationship to Tony. She really anchors the first season.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 25 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
great story, jed
ask what she thinks of Paulie
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 January 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
the show has enabled to answer "Sopranos country" when asked where i'm from
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 January 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
I'll ask her after she's watched the Pine Barrens episode!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 25 January 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
I’ve been enjoying watching this concurrently with seemingly half of twitter
the sopranos is early costco-core, fruit bowl-wave, mcmansion gothic— Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) January 23, 2019
― flopson, Saturday, 26 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
sounds like ppl not from exotic New Jersey, alright
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 January 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
i think s01e10 'a hit is a hit' where Adriana becomes a music manager for shitty grunge band is the first dud episode yet
― flopson, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 08:45 (five years ago) link
there's clumsy stuff in that episode but there are a couple things I like: 1) Adriana's delusional devotion to such a ridiculously shitty band, and 2) the way the conflict with Massive Genius gets resolved; once he and Hesh both see this is just gonna be settled in court w lawyers they're like "eh, whatever"
― legislative fanboy halfwit (Οὖτις), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
lol at Christopher throwing a bag of coke at the band and beating the shit out of one of them to get them back in the booth
― flopson, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
how bad the band sucks is pretty funny
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
why dont carm and tony ever smash? edie falco is smoking hot
― flopson, Saturday, 9 February 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
they have a bad relationship
― lag∞n, Sunday, 10 February 2019 04:28 (five years ago) link
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 10 February 2019 07:20 (five years ago) link
There is definitely some tony carm action in the show iirc, although obv not nearly as much as there is tony grunting over 20yo actionSpeaking of smoking hot tho, damn @ the ep with Alicia Witt (which I had no memory of until I rewatched some of the series last year)
― gray say nah to me (wins), Sunday, 10 February 2019 10:10 (five years ago) link
nice. looking forward to it
― flopson, Sunday, 10 February 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
(the tony carm action)
last episode i watched ended with them eating pasta in silence, i was like dude stroke her air c'mon
― flopson, Sunday, 10 February 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
I've been very gradually working my way through this since sometime last year, for the first time as well. Almost through S1. Seems like a lot of people I know are either watching or rewatching rn for some reason. Maybe because the current smorgasboard of options is nonetheless lacking a single knockout show.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 February 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
― flopson, Saturday, February 9, 2019 5:12 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Saturday, February 9, 2019 11:28 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This has crossed my mind watching too -- at times they seem like they are communicative and affectionate, and both seem to have libido. Marriage doesn't seem bad enough to be sexless for some reason. One of the minor dissonances of the show for me.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
is it supposed to be an implied conservative italian catholic thing? Madonna/whore complex? I think there are actually references to that maybe in the therapy sessions, though not specifically about Carmella?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 February 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
nice Hurtings watching this too :)
i think everyone (re)watching has to do with it being 20th anniversary and David chase saying he’s gonna make a prequel series or movie
― flopson, Monday, 11 February 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
Just saw the ep with this scene. So good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5iKt8YpkmM
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 February 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
hm im like 5 eps ahead of you and now im sensitive about spoilers.. ill try to be considerate
Richie Aprile is freaking me out, Tony can’t kill him soon enough
― flopson, Monday, 11 February 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
the s2 episode where they go to italy is also kind of a dud imo
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 04:21 (five years ago) link
Yeah
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 06:35 (five years ago) link
David Chase commented on it in a recent interview,How they were out of their element in Italy
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 07:27 (five years ago) link
melfi: sounds to me like anthony jr may have stumbled onto existentialismtony: fuckin' internet
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 09:41 (five years ago) link
just started S4 of my re-watch, some entertaining stuff thus far with Ralphie Cifaretto.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:10 (five years ago) link
my fave bit of that season is when Tony goes to Paulie's house and realises he has not only rescued the portrait of him and Pie-O-My, but he has also had a Napoleon hat painted onto his head.
― calzino, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:20 (five years ago) link
all the stuff with Pie-O-My is a rich vein of comedy, looking forward to reliving that
― Neil S, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 10:24 (five years ago) link
It's so weird how OLD the tech looks in this show already. The stock brokerage filled with those old-ass PCs looked like the 1970s to me.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
Like it might as well have been, I mean. Prob because when I was growing up watching movies, 70s tech was about as old as the tech in Sopranos S2 is now.
the really bad s1 ep is the super self conscious one abt racism against Italians
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
the italy one has some nice moments paulie feeling like a total alien then getting back and saying he felt at home, christopher skipping activities to get high
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
xp yeah that one is a little ham-fisted, but it also develops Melfi's character imo
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:59 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
isn’t this he same episode as the grunge band one, the tony plot is him getting invited to play golf w his neighbour but all they do is ask him about the mafia?
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
lol I definitely watched all of those in the same whiskey-fueled binge, but can't remember whether they're all actually the same episode
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
i feel like there was a lot of meta stuff w/the Italian thing, lots of it w/Richard Romanus' character (Melfi's ex-husband.) Another key role for one of the main foursome from Mean Streets along w/David Proval, too.
― omar little, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
The one that stands out is the episode where Sil gets all pissy about people protesting Columbus Day. About as much like the Sopranos as those cupcake ads in the back of the comic book were like Spiderman.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
Bet I could Control F and find myself saying the same thing way back in the Two Thousand Whatever the Fuck, but I don't care.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
s2e9 finally some tony carm action
― flopson, Thursday, 14 February 2019 08:30 (five years ago) link
Lol s2e1 the writers are working hard to get him back to the therapist. “Tony, when are you going back to therapy?!”
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 16 February 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
I've seen so many Sopranos screenshots lately, this one made me do a double-take:
https://i.imgur.com/9nB7ESy.jpg
"Yeah, Carm. These movies are really something. Listen, I gotta go meet Sil..."
But not as big of a double-take as I did with this one:
https://i.imgur.com/P3zEA9r.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 17 February 2019 01:49 (five years ago) link
hahaha otm abt Fargo
― flopson, Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:32 (five years ago) link
wow had to double-take that shot
― k3vin k., Sunday, 17 February 2019 04:39 (five years ago) link
"I'll tell you one thing.. one suicide is bad enough .. but two? They can both go fuck themselves"
― calzino, Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
thought this was good
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-tribute-to-edie-falco-as-carmela-soprano
― Heez, Monday, 18 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
xp Paul Dano as AJ's "cool" friend in that episode too!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 08:31 (five years ago) link
young Clint Boon via New Jersey is a hell of a look, speaking of which Tom Hingley is playing at the rugby club in my local park next month!
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 08:53 (five years ago) link
he was definitely going for a Roger McGuinn c. 1965 look but it came off like one of those guys on the Oasis/Primal Scream thread
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 09:04 (five years ago) link