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The Sopranos - Rewatch - Spoilers
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:17 pm
I haven't been able to find a new show I am interested in so Boom! Time for my first rewatch of the Sopranos.
I watched the initial run but I haven't rewatched any of the episodes or at least not that I remember.
Tore through about 7 episodes yesterday between football games.
I really didn't like the Pilot. Some of the acting was turrible and dear god, the person in charge of the score / soundtrack should have been fired. The first half of the episode the score was horrible and distractingly bad. Then someone must have told the guy to stop, because the score went away.
I'm not sure how much time occurred between the Pilot and the 2nd episode but some of the actors drastically improved in that time frame.
Also looks like Tony started his weight gain regimen.
I'm a tad nervous about the rewatch. Not sure I can take a marathon of Livia and dear god make it stop Janice.
I plan to rewatch the whole series unless I find a new series to distract me.
I watched the initial run but I haven't rewatched any of the episodes or at least not that I remember.
Tore through about 7 episodes yesterday between football games.
I really didn't like the Pilot. Some of the acting was turrible and dear god, the person in charge of the score / soundtrack should have been fired. The first half of the episode the score was horrible and distractingly bad. Then someone must have told the guy to stop, because the score went away.
I'm not sure how much time occurred between the Pilot and the 2nd episode but some of the actors drastically improved in that time frame.
Also looks like Tony started his weight gain regimen.
I'm a tad nervous about the rewatch. Not sure I can take a marathon of Livia and dear god make it stop Janice.
I plan to rewatch the whole series unless I find a new series to distract me.
This post was edited on 1/13/14 at 12:21 pm
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Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:20 pm to TigerMyth36
I'm about to do the same thing.
I tried a couple years ago but we bought a new house and moved and I never got back to it.
I tried a couple years ago but we bought a new house and moved and I never got back to it.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:28 pm to TigerMyth36
I rewatched it once 2-3 years agoand then started a second rewatch in 2013 but fell off somewhere in season 4. May get back on in S4 and go from there.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:35 pm to TigerMyth36
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The Sopranos
GOAT
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Rewatch
Gonna give it my 2nd rewatch sometime this year. It's been 3-4 years since my first one
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:37 pm to TigerMyth36
Funny because The Sopranos is one of my favorite shows of all time but I totally agree with you on how bad the pilot was. When I tell people to watch the show I always tell them they have to get past the first few episodes then settle in.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 2:37 pm to TigerMyth36
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Tore through about 7 episodes yesterday between football games.
How did that work? I think I watched football from noon to midnight. I've been wanting to rewatch it too. Maybe after the superbowl.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 2:55 pm to TigerMyth36
I thought the first couple of episodes were very strong. Everything was in place with Tony and Carm. And his mother was such a horrible, great character.
I'm about to finish the second season. I started watching the series during the third season and doubled back and caught up. I'm surprised how much I remember about the show. But Uncle Junior is a lot meaner and tougher than I originally thought (I think my initial impression was that he was comic relief -- the senile old guy -- but he actually was a hard old bastard)
I'm about to finish the second season. I started watching the series during the third season and doubled back and caught up. I'm surprised how much I remember about the show. But Uncle Junior is a lot meaner and tougher than I originally thought (I think my initial impression was that he was comic relief -- the senile old guy -- but he actually was a hard old bastard)
Posted on 1/2/14 at 3:03 pm to TigerMyth36
Where's the best place to rewatch?? Not on Netflix.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 5:38 pm to JDat
HBO Go has 'em all.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:15 pm to TigerMyth36
Have you seen the wire, OP?
Posted on 1/3/14 at 12:19 pm to Nonetheless
quote:Yes.
Have you seen the wire
I forgot how much Christopher annoyed me and I am just in the beginning of the second season.
I am really not sure I can marathon the full show. I don't really like any of the characters and I know it only gets worse. Shut up Meadow!
Posted on 1/4/14 at 1:02 pm to Jwodie
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Funny because The Sopranos is one of my favorite shows of all time but I totally agree with you on how bad the pilot was. When I tell people to watch the show I always tell them they have to get past the first few episodes then settle in.
it's funny this is brought up, i was bored the other night and watched the pilot as well and was thinking to myself this hasn't aged very well at all, and is borderline corny.
the sopranos is my 2nd fav tv show of all time.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:01 pm to TigerMyth36
Still bothers me that in Season 1 in the donut shop scene (where Christopher shoots the worker in the foot for making him wait too long in line), the customer that Christopher kicks out of the store is Vito Spatafore, who is a made guy in Tony's crew. Yet they don't even know each other???
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:04 pm to northLAgoomba
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Still bothers me that in Season 1 in the donut shop scene (where Christopher shoots the worker in the foot for making him wait too long in line), the customer that Christopher kicks out of the store is Vito Spatafore, who is a made guy in Tony's crew. Yet they don't even know each other???
That scene is also a hilarious parody of a scene from Goodfellas. The first season is hard for me to get through rewatching it though
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:06 pm to northLAgoomba
Ha! Funny you mention that. I was thinking about that just a few minutes ago. I thought that was the guy who got caught in the gay club.
IMDB has him listed as bakery customer so he didn't have the Vito gig yet.
IMDB has him listed as bakery customer so he didn't have the Vito gig yet.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:09 pm to TigerMyth36
i watched the last few seasons live and then borrowed it from a friend and started it over
it seemed like the first season was going for a black (slapstick in some places) comedy angle when i started the series
i HATED season 1
it seemed like the first season was going for a black (slapstick in some places) comedy angle when i started the series
i HATED season 1
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:19 pm to SlowFlowPro
It was so bizarre, but I love this scene (cops interviewing pizza maker): LINK
Rewatched the series earlier this year. The last two seasons were better than I remember (was really disappointed the first time), but I still think the series is a bit below some of HBO's other great shows/Breaking Bad/Mad Men.
Rewatched the series earlier this year. The last two seasons were better than I remember (was really disappointed the first time), but I still think the series is a bit below some of HBO's other great shows/Breaking Bad/Mad Men.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:54 pm to TigerMyth36
I'm watching it for the first time right now. Just finished the third episode of season 2. I'm aware of the risks in this thread for spoilers, but I'm pretty careful.
I loved season 1. In fact, I loved the pilot. Maybe it was because I wasn't sure what to expect, but I thought the opening scene was money and the set up of characters and storyline was flawless.
There are two things that bother me about the show, but I can easily get over.
#1 The acting. Even into season 2, there's some really bad acting. It's gotten better than season 1, but the therapist had some high school-worthy deliveries towards the end of season 1.
#2 Some of the events are beyond believable. Like how does Christopher shoot a guy in the foot after telling another person to leave and not be investigated by the police? Or Christopher beating the shite out of a big black guy guarding his corner?
But then I tell myself that this show is romanticized. It's a show about the Italian mafia in New Jersey told through the eyes and ears of the Italian mafia in New Jersey. Being raised in an Italian home, I know Italians glamorize and romanticize everything beyond believability, so the issues I have with the events transform from issues to perfection.
I loved season 1. In fact, I loved the pilot. Maybe it was because I wasn't sure what to expect, but I thought the opening scene was money and the set up of characters and storyline was flawless.
There are two things that bother me about the show, but I can easily get over.
#1 The acting. Even into season 2, there's some really bad acting. It's gotten better than season 1, but the therapist had some high school-worthy deliveries towards the end of season 1.
#2 Some of the events are beyond believable. Like how does Christopher shoot a guy in the foot after telling another person to leave and not be investigated by the police? Or Christopher beating the shite out of a big black guy guarding his corner?
But then I tell myself that this show is romanticized. It's a show about the Italian mafia in New Jersey told through the eyes and ears of the Italian mafia in New Jersey. Being raised in an Italian home, I know Italians glamorize and romanticize everything beyond believability, so the issues I have with the events transform from issues to perfection.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:59 pm to StringedInstruments
YEp, It's kinda funny how careless they are with murders. Like leaving fingerprints and cigarette butts at murder scenes.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 3:08 pm to StringedInstruments
#1. The acting definitely gets better as the seasons progress.
#2. Shooting the guy in the foot bugged me too. At minimum he should have told the kid to keep quiet or his friends would be back to finish the job.
The black dude knew Chris was part on Tony's gang so he knew to just take the whuppin or something much worse would happen.
I just finished episode #2 from season 2 and an even weaker plot was Richie smashing Beansy in the head and beating the crap out of him in front of 30 witnesses.
You just have to suspend disbelief from time to time.
Not nearly as bad as OZ where inmates were always walking about dark corridors unsupervised anytime they needed a murder or rape.
Oh and shooting the kid in the foot was probably a shout out to Goodfellas since Christopher was Spider in Goodfellas and he got shot in the foot.
#2. Shooting the guy in the foot bugged me too. At minimum he should have told the kid to keep quiet or his friends would be back to finish the job.
The black dude knew Chris was part on Tony's gang so he knew to just take the whuppin or something much worse would happen.
I just finished episode #2 from season 2 and an even weaker plot was Richie smashing Beansy in the head and beating the crap out of him in front of 30 witnesses.
You just have to suspend disbelief from time to time.
Not nearly as bad as OZ where inmates were always walking about dark corridors unsupervised anytime they needed a murder or rape.
Oh and shooting the kid in the foot was probably a shout out to Goodfellas since Christopher was Spider in Goodfellas and he got shot in the foot.
This post was edited on 1/4/14 at 3:09 pm
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