It's kind of interesting that I keep reading the sentiment that the show was only truly great for season 1 and went downhill from there. I loved it pretty much the whole way through. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
It's kind of interesting that I keep reading the sentiment that the show was only truly great for season 1 and went downhill from there. I loved it pretty much the whole way through.
Like I said before, the biggest two issues were that the best characters kept getting killed off without good replacements and the fact that the show started to feel repetitive. The basic concept of a guy dealing with panic attacks due to family problems (both "families") is great but it ran it's course. First Tony has a panic attack due to the geese in his pond migrating which is cool. But then he starts having panic attacks about deli meat. You're retreading the same ground in a very silly way while treating it as a very serious situation. And we also had handful of plots where a new mob guy shows up, causes Tony problems for a season and gets whacked in that year's final episode. It's a fine plot, but they went to the well too many times.
Edit: Am I wrong or was the "Don't Stop Believing" ending intended to drum up enthusiasm for a feature film follow-up back in the day? [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
It's kind of interesting that I keep reading the sentiment that the show was only truly great for season 1 and went downhill from there. I loved it pretty much the whole way through.
Agreed.
It slowed down a bit after Tony went into a coma and I think the last two seasons could have been condensed into one, but that's really nitpicking at an otherwise amazing 86 episode run.
Sopranos is a top ten tv series of all time. [Reply]
I was a little late to The Sopranos and when I was binging it I had endless dreams that I was a target of a mob hit.
It's a seminal drama that ended on an uneven note. I've been waiting for this iteration for awhile and it'll be interesting to see how it ends up and whether there are any spinoffs.
And Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) is my neighbor. Absolutely lovely and charming woman. And in real life she's friends with Janice Soprano (Aidia Turturro) who regularly watches her place, dogs, kids, etc.
Such good vibes when I think about that show and its cast. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
I was a little late to The Sopranos and when I was binging it I had endless dreams that I was a target of a mob hit.
It's a seminal drama that ended on an uneven note. I've been waiting for this iteration for awhile and it'll be interesting to see how it ends up and whether there are any spinoffs.
And Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) is my neighbor. Absolutely lovely and charming woman. And in real life she's friends with Janice Soprano (Aidia Turturro) who regularly watches her place, dogs, kids, etc.
Such good vibes when I think about that show and its cast.
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
I was a little late to The Sopranos and when I was binging it I had endless dreams that I was a target of a mob hit.
It's a seminal drama that ended on an uneven note. I've been waiting for this iteration for awhile and it'll be interesting to see how it ends up and whether there are any spinoffs.
And Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) is my neighbor. Absolutely lovely and charming woman. And in real life she's friends with Janice Soprano (Aidia Turturro) who regularly watches her place, dogs, kids, etc.
Such good vibes when I think about that show and its cast.
Man, she has gotten startlingly thin. Anyone catch her on the most recent What We Do in the Shadows? [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
I was a little late to The Sopranos and when I was binging it I had endless dreams that I was a target of a mob hit.
It's a seminal drama that ended on an uneven note. I've been waiting for this iteration for awhile and it'll be interesting to see how it ends up and whether there are any spinoffs.
And Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) is my neighbor. Absolutely lovely and charming woman. And in real life she's friends with Janice Soprano (Aidia Turturro) who regularly watches her place, dogs, kids, etc.
Such good vibes when I think about that show and its cast.
I'm a huge Sopranos fan, so I'm getting in the weeds a bit here:
One of the more interesting things I've seen is how seemingly "disconnected" Edie Falco and James Gandolfini were in real life. Every interview I've seen with her, especially those after his death, Edie's relationship with James seems waaaay different than what I would have expected, given their on-screen chemistry. Just goes to show you how talented she is as an actress. [Reply]
Originally Posted by SuperChief:
I'm a huge Sopranos fan, so I'm getting in the weeds a bit here:
One of the more interesting things I've seen is how seemingly "disconnected" Edie Falco and James Gandolfini were in real life. Every interview I've seen with her, especially those after his death, Edie's relationship with James seems waaaay different than what I would have expected, given their on-screen chemistry. Just goes to show you how talented she is as an actress.
He mentioned in an interview years ago that he loved her a lot. I mean he went completely Gaga for her and said “he just loves that woman.” [Reply]
Originally Posted by SuperChief:
I'm a huge Sopranos fan, so I'm getting in the weeds a bit here:
One of the more interesting things I've seen is how seemingly "disconnected" Edie Falco and James Gandolfini were in real life. Every interview I've seen with her, especially those after his death, Edie's relationship with James seems waaaay different than what I would have expected, given their on-screen chemistry. Just goes to show you how talented she is as an actress.
Edie used to drink a lot but then got sober and had difficulty interacting with the rest of the cast because they were pretty hard-charging in that respect. I imagine that's a large part of it.
I only learned the above through googling when we were getting gifts for our neighbors and had planned for champagne but switched to a nice floral arrangement instead!
