Interesting points that I'll mull over...Agree that they lost Meadow's character towards the end; she became more and more conventional. (I found it moving, though, when she told A.J. that as Italians, he was always going to be the favoured child; her resignation there--and A.J. seemingly not knowing what to make of her words--was perfect.)
I bought a critical book on The Sopranos a few years ago, I ought to read that right now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 02:34 (four years ago) link
See I read that as Meadow tossing another chip on her pile of self-pity, ignoring her massive privilege and advantage. The family is full of people doing that, probably the most penetrating social criticism the show made.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link
and - duh - I forgot that the talisman of the final series is the "Ojibwe saying" pinned by the writers to Tony's hospital notice board, "Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky." It gets half a dozen callbacks from there to the end, as Tony misapplies it to people he wants to put down.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 05:00 (four years ago) link
(I think Ade's story her last season was about as tragic and moving as television gets.)
agreed on this. we watched the series for the first time last year, and from the minute she started working as an informant you just feel, "Jeez, well, there's only one way this ends."
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 07:53 (four years ago) link
The music was better than I remembered. The end of that one episode, where Carmela learns of Meadow's engagement, starts crying, looks out at Tony floating in the pool, and Bobby Darin's "If I Were a Carpenter" starts up, that was almost as good as "Both Sides Now" in Mad Men.
Christopher getting high at the fairground while Fred Neil's "Dolphins" plays is one of the most moving parts of the series, I think
― Neil S, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 08:53 (four years ago) link
The closing tracks were always spot on...John Cooper Clarke's "Evidently Chickentown" portending the forthcoming gang war during the christening scene, and Van Morrison's "Glad Tidings" hopping in after Tony Uncle Bobby guns down Tony Uncle Johnny, that jaunty bass line signaling a strange sense of relief/closure...also "This Magic Moment" when Bobby meets up with his family at the lake house, his life having irrevocably changed...
― henry s, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 11:47 (four years ago) link
"It Was A Very Good Year" opening Season 2 also an all-timer
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 13:51 (four years ago) link
"Evidently Chickentown" for me was the show's greatest musical moment (didn't know it at all previously). "Dolphins" was great too. Other favourites: Cream's "I Feel Free," R.L. Burnside's "Shuck Dub," "White Rabbit," "If I Were a Carpenter," a few others.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Tindersticks' Tiny Tears will always be my favourite.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
not the subtlest needledrop but I always appreciated them cutting the Tindersticks what I assume was a pretty fat check for the prominent use of "Tiny Tears"
xp!
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
Love the live version of The Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" at the end of "Cold Cuts." So connected to Tony's pathologies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haWOLGAHppc
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
"Living On A Thin Line" by the Kinks was prominently featured in one episode ("University", maybe?) Was played three times, which puts it up there with "Tiny Tears" in the Sopranos pantheon. Least-likely stripper song ever. Also, was surprised to hear "Wood Cabin" by Saint Etienne playing in the background when Jimmy the rat was whacked in Season One.
― henry s, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 11:26 (four years ago) link
(xpost) Yeah, "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" was great. Don't think I ever hated Tony as much as his pointless baiting/escalation at that dinner table.
I wasn't sure what I was hearing--it definitely sounded like Ray Davies, yet it didn't sound like a 1966 B-side (I don't think I actually have the song). I thought I might have been hearing a cover version from the last decade or so. A live version explains that.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
I can remember getting excited hearing a Murk track in the Bada Bing once, although felt it was possibly unlikely to have actually been played in a real strip club? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrE2Iq39qJ0
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
No, but Janice would be. https://t.co/RWQDQhq023— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) April 6, 2021
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Definitely! Also Kevin Garvey Sr. from The Leftovers, Scott Glenn's character. Maybe Paul Kinsey from Mad Men, or Aidan Macallan from House of Cards--there's a whole list there.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
Kenneth from Mad Men imo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
Janice for suuuuuure tho
paulie would definitely "have questions"
― Clay, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:10 (three years ago) link
Except for his brief meltdown with those Chevy guys, I always thought Ken Cosgrove was pretty grounded, VG.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
idk he seemed like a kook to me lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
What would ever give you that idea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nDsLx98SI
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
AJ seems like safe bet
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
AJ is going to be infamous for the rest of his life because he was goaded into entering the capitol and someone got a photo of him pooping on AOC's shoes
― joygoat, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link
Good morning! I investigated Furio's luxurious silk shirts on The Sopranos. Feast your senses: https://t.co/cCfJfIxnc6— Gabriella Paiella (@GMPaiella) April 8, 2021
Includes a link to an Artnet story about the Furio actor discovering that he owns a $10 million painting.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Thursday, 8 April 2021 23:20 (three years ago) link
a real life webistics https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/100-million-new-jersey-deli-linked-to-shell-company-e-waste.html
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Monday, 26 April 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
who's their Matthew Bevilacqua
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
Instead of a prequel movie, I want a series about Janice’s life post-Tony getting whacked.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
it's gonna involve q
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 07:18 (three years ago) link
and a viral video of her doing some sort of horrible racist shit / getting kicked out for not wearing a mask / hassling a group of kids / yelling DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? / some combination of all the above
― joygoat, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 13:18 (three years ago) link
Trailer out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHa95iy2lF0
― Alba, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
starring a de-aged John Cusack. bold.
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
I really don't understand how Gandolfini's son is playing Tony. The kid is 19 this year, the series established Tony's birthdate as 1959/60, and the movie takes place in the turbulent Newark of the '60s.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:24 PM
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
Looks terrible
― bruce spr!ngisH3r3 on broadway (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
― pplains, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 10:39 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes.
― bruce spr!ngisH3r3 on broadway (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, June 29, 2021 10:44 AM (twenty-five seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
at least they have ray liotta in there playing himself
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
CHANTIX!
yikes that looks embarrassingly self-parodic. Has Vera Farmiga fallen into the most bizarre niche of typecasting?
Gandolfini's son already laughably tried to play a teenager in The Deuce—I didn't know who he was at first so was deeply confused why they didn't just cast an actual teen actor. He was more convincing when they let him play a sleazy douchebag stock broker in the third season, but he's...not his dad
― rob, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
Movie will probably be fine; the trailer rots. It looks like they gave young Tony some AJ qualities, which is probably the way to go.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
***LOUD DRUM SOUND***
― burnt hombre (stevie), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
***SHITTY MUSIC***
Vital pic.twitter.com/bLZLMGTeVe— 🔊💚 IT WAS BASS, MIDS, TOPS ALL ALONG 💚 🔊 (@joemuggs) June 29, 2021
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
awful trailer and lack of due care to a fictional world timeline aside... I'm still actually quite looking forward to watching this shite!
― calzino, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
looks like a lame origin story but i gotta think thats just the trailer, i trust dave chase
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
^
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
I trusted milch too but the Deadwood movie was mostly forgettable
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
Tbf, Milch was not at his best when they were making that.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
Nic Pizzolatto revealed in December 2018 that he had helped Milch write the screenplay ... Milch, whose Alzheimer's diagnosis was made public in April 2019, took a hands-off approach to the production of the film; he relied on director Daniel Minahan and co-executive producer/writer Regina Corrado to see to the details.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
yeah also i think apples vs oranges it may have been forgettable but it wasnt straight up bad which is the concern here
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
I thought the revive was going to be this, which is quite the look.
Young Paulie Walnuts on the beach is everything pic.twitter.com/48iOd6VG49— Darren Richman (@darrenrichman) June 28, 2021
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link