yes, i believe that was the point behind dom's comment. xp
― s1ocki, Sunday, 14 December 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
not really recalling 'filler' eps of 'the sopranos'.
it wasn't trying to do a tight, 19th-century-novel, everything-connects narrative.
the only ep i can remember not liking was the one where mike figgis was all like, "I know, let's use handheld cameras!"
― the cream of some young guy (special guest stars mark bronson), Sunday, 14 December 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
last two seasons had loads - or it was just more like two thirds of an episode on many occasions was aimless and achingly obscure. obv there were great ones too - i really enjoyed the last half of the final season.
― Kramer vs Balearic (blueski), Sunday, 14 December 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
was that the inexplicable "tony's gambling problem" episode? xp
― s1ocki, Sunday, 14 December 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
to be fair, there was stuff i never really liked on the sopranos--anything having to do with the entertainment industry or christopher's movie or that shit. but it hardly dinged the show as a whole.
― s1ocki, Sunday, 14 December 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 15 December 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, a landslide... didn't expect the margin to be this big. But then again, I'm 1/16th Sopranos vote...
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 15 December 2008 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.morganleahrecords.com/wallpaper/other/fuck%20yeah%201600x1200.png
― J0rban Sarggest (some dude), Monday, 15 December 2008 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
holy turnout
― kuntrie/hardrock-tributes (goole), Monday, 15 December 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
we did it jen, we stole his base
daaamn
― so i said let me HOOS the beats and steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 15 December 2008 00:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm calling for a
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/pki0004l.jpg
― Go Go Padgett Binoculars (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Monday, 15 December 2008 00:17 (fifteen years ago) link
whaddayagonnado
― the cream of some young guy (special guest stars mark bronson), Monday, 15 December 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
anything having to do with the entertainment industry or christopher's movie or that shit
ben kingsley episode was lols but i guess it was sort of ill-fitting
― Kramer vs Balearic (blueski), Monday, 15 December 2008 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
WOAH
― Matt DC, Monday, 15 December 2008 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
As someone who to feel that The Sopranos is a well-assembled but ultimately pointless and awful and insanely overrated show, I would like to applaud fifty-eight seventy-thirds of you for your judgment.
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Let's pretend I deliberately omitted the word "tends" from that out of sheer Sopranos-hatred
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i cant really judge anyone for voting for the wire, it's a great show and horses for courses, but man is nabisco ever off tm right here.
― s1ocki, Monday, 15 December 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
That's right, s1ocki, just sit there and let me CHALLOPS you
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
well-assembled but ultimately pointless and awful and insanely overrated show
wasn't gonna say it (at least not unless it won), but yeah.
― Mankini Bay (some dude), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
this shit is fucking ridiculous
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 15 December 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
You are all awful people.
― Go Go Padgett Binoculars (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
― s1ocki
for some reason i misread his comment but it is a good point
― soup kitchen electro (omar little), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't ask anyone to agree with me that The Sopranos was alarmingly dumb/awful, I just kinda want to wave that opinion in people's faces to make them vexed and indignant. It's like contrarianism, except there's no shred of pretending involved.
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone needs to try the ketchup with the relish.
― Go Go Padgett Binoculars (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
― Go Go Padgett Binoculars
lol
― craig sager (eman), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no an idiot on the internet has a stupid opinion: how vexing.
― special guest stars mark bronson, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
really cannot believe the turnout here, or the margin.
― kuntrie/hardrock-tributes (goole), Monday, 15 December 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I could never get into The Sopranos. I watched the first five episodes and then just never bothered to go back. It didn't seem bad, I just didn't connect with it.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 15 December 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
nabisco's just flaunting his otm all-star status these days... careful dude, we can take that away just as fast
― s1ocki, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
playing with fire: master and commander: oh how I enjoyed this movie
― caek, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
more like tldr all-star status.
― special guest stars mark bronson, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
take the high road dude
― s1ocki, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, caek, I was just thinking about that thread: Sopranos and that movie are totally two things I will stubbornly/smugly go on forever refusing to believe can possibly be considered good.
^ We all need such things, it's just fundamentally healthy
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
somebody's got a case of the mondays
― kuntrie/hardrock-tributes (goole), Monday, 15 December 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
To be fair, I think The Sopranos is for sure way better than Master & Commander (though I think that about a lot of things)
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/196970_nabisco_footballers/nabisco.gif
― craig sager (eman), Monday, 15 December 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"The More You Eat Cookies"
― nabisco, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
on the cookies
― s1ocki, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted for the Wire, btw, but I haven't seen Sopranos, so you maybe want to discount that.
― caek, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
nice, just 75 more to go
― s1ocki, Monday, 15 December 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean 85
if you give a nabs a cookie, he'll ask for some milk
― so i said let me HOOS the beats and steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 15 December 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i've still only seen The Wire s01e01
― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Monday, 15 December 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
dont you mean The_Wire_s01e01.torrent
― ohhhh we pop champagne (deej), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure if I had only seen one episode of each my opinion would be exactly the same. It's simple enough to say I have far more of a connection with the themes and characters in The Wire than I'll ever have with anybody in The Sopranos. If my life was a little different maybe I'd get the Sopranos as much as I do The Wire, but I doubt it. I don't care how cool Dad's job is, it's still a show about Dad. Dad shows are boring.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted for The Wire, but felt conflicted doing so. Not that I'm a streetwise fellow, but The Wire seemed to have an uncanny verisimilitude which transcended not only the medium of television, but most contemporary fiction period. Ah, but for delicious storytelling and characterization, The Sopranos set the bar so high for pretenders to the throne that this past decade has been a joy to behold in terms of TV drama. And I would've voted Tony, if not for seasons 4 & 5 derailing the series somewhat before the brilliant final run. FWIW, I know I've extolled its merits on other threads, but even as a (slightly) inferior stepchild of these shows overall, The Shield selectively combined the most effective elements of each series to bow out in the best final run I've ever seen.
― Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 08:32 (fifteen years ago) link
pillbox i was gonna stomp on this jagger-ish "transcended not only the medium of television, but most contemporary fiction period" bs but then saw you're a shield man so we cool.
― special guest stars mark bronson, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 08:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Final season of The Shield > Final season of The Wire
― Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 08:57 (fifteen years ago) link