The Sopranos-the greatest TV show ever?

JimmyV

What if...The Punisher gunned down Members Only Guy on his way into Holsten's?

F Me In The Brain

xavier mcdaniel said:

F Me In The Brain said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

on an unrelated note, I found out the guy who played Johnny Boy Soprano is a seventh cousin of mine, so that's kind of cool.

That is pretty cool.  I dont even know how a 7th cousin would be connected....

He has some great roles to his credit, imo.

Frank Castle / The Punisher &  Shane / TWD -- those two, especially, were awesome. 

I was told my grandfather was a cousin of his grandfather as Jon Bernthal's mother was the sister of my dad's grandfather. 

I love this sort of thing but it makes my brain hurt.      My sister is all into that sort of tracing for our family.

My paternal grandmother was supposedly related to royalty in Italy, which of course stopped meaning anything when she immigrated to the US in the 1920s. (If it even meant anything before) 

When she had dementia on her way out of this life she used to tell us all about this.  Was hilarious to hear.  Lots of my supposed family connections.  She also thought I was her son, my father, so I used to play along with that.

That woman would have been good as The Punisher.

Instead of punishing criminals in Hells Kitchen, she would have punished pastries from the Village.

xavier mcdaniel

F Me In The Brain said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

F Me In The Brain said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

on an unrelated note, I found out the guy who played Johnny Boy Soprano is a seventh cousin of mine, so that's kind of cool.

That is pretty cool.  I dont even know how a 7th cousin would be connected....

He has some great roles to his credit, imo.

Frank Castle / The Punisher &  Shane / TWD -- those two, especially, were awesome. 

I was told my grandfather was a cousin of his grandfather as Jon Bernthal's mother was the sister of my dad's grandfather. 

I love this sort of thing but it makes my brain hurt.      My sister is all into that sort of tracing for our family.

My paternal grandmother was supposedly related to royalty in Italy, which of course stopped meaning anything when she immigrated to the US in the 1920s. (If it even meant anything before) 

When she had dementia on her way out of this life she used to tell us all about this.  Was hilarious to hear.  Lots of my supposed family connections.  She also thought I was her son, my father, so I used to play along with that.

That woman would have been good as The Punisher.

Instead of punishing criminals in Hells Kitchen, she would have punished pastries from the Village.

Ha, it's like that scene in Spaceballs when Dark Helmet says the Lone Star, I was your father's brother's, uncle's former roommate.

Gern Blansten

The Juggler said:

Yeah the main thing I liked in the movie was all the Sopranos callbacks/references. I liked how Junior was portrayed. I forget his name, but he's a good actor and been in a lot of decent shows/films. Thought he got his mannerisms down good.

The plot was just so all over the place. That is what didn't do it for me. 

yeah it was ok....I expected more of young Tony

definitely worth watching though

hedonist

I finally finished the whole series!

Watching the movie this weekend.

hedonist

We watched.

My husband: “THAT’S how it ends? That’s where it should’ve started.”

I thought it was good but really hope there’s a sequel. I wanted to more of Tony’s rise. Not to mention the cop thing being addressed, when Christopher shot that dude after Tony showed him. 

xavier mcdaniel

hedonist said:

We watched.

My husband: “THAT’S how it ends? That’s where it should’ve started.”

I thought it was good but really hope there’s a sequel. I wanted to more of Tony’s rise. Not to mention the cop thing being addressed, when Christopher shot that dude after Tony showed him. 

I thought the movie left open other stories to be explored maybe in a prequel series or a sequel. There's a whole other story to how Tony goes from that scene in the end of the movie to being the boss with things such as the unrest of 83 which gets mentioned a few times in the Sopranos.

Gern Blansten

xavier mcdaniel said:

hedonist said:

We watched.

My husband: “THAT’S how it ends? That’s where it should’ve started.”

I thought it was good but really hope there’s a sequel. I wanted to more of Tony’s rise. Not to mention the cop thing being addressed, when Christopher shot that dude after Tony showed him. 

I thought the movie left open other stories to be explored maybe in a prequel series or a sequel. There's a whole other story to how Tony goes from that scene in the end of the movie to being the boss with things such as the unrest of 83 which gets mentioned a few times in the Sopranos.

true...very likely that HBO is going to capitalize on that storyline 

goldrush

RIP Paulie Walnuts

CROJAM95

Rip

nrver will forget the scene where he steals from his moms friend & whacks her 🤣

nicknyr15

CROJAM95 said:

Rip

nrver will forget the scene where he steals from his moms friend & whacks her 🤣

His speech to Chris during the intervention scene is one of the best scenes ever. 

xavier mcdaniel

We just passed the 25th anniversary and I'm in the midst of my latest rewatch

The Juggler

Me too Xavier. Are you binging it on the regular HBO channel this week? I think tonight is the first half of season 7. 

F Me In The Brain

I spot watched again recently.  Find it fun to pick a season and then an episode. No reading the blurb or the title, just doing it at random.

xavier mcdaniel

The Juggler said:

Me too Xavier. Are you binging it on the regular HBO channel this week? I think tonight is the first half of season 7. 

The Juggler said:

Me too Xavier. Are you binging it on the regular HBO channel this week? I think tonight is the first half of season 7. 

I started it on Max a few weeks ago but have flipping back between the episodes on regular HBO especially if it's a better scene on one episode etc.

Gern Blansten

I've been watching some each night as it airs. Probably just need to rewatch the last season

xavier mcdaniel

After each episode I read the summary on Sopranos Autopsy. and check out the locations on https://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom

Gern Blansten

I caught the final 20 minutes of the last episode last night....kind of forgot how abruptly it ended

I also can't believe it's been 16 years

The Juggler

Gern Blansten said:

I caught the final 20 minutes of the last episode last night....kind of forgot how abruptly it ended

I also can't believe it's been 16 years

I still get goosebumps and feel a little sad leading up that scene. I don't want it to end again!

Gern Blansten

The Juggler said:

Gern Blansten said:

I caught the final 20 minutes of the last episode last night....kind of forgot how abruptly it ended

I also can't believe it's been 16 years

I still get goosebumps and feel a little sad leading up that scene. I don't want it to end again!

yeah I remember the first time we saw it...I kept expecting someone to start blasting a shotgun or something

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom

The booth from Holstens sold today on eBay. 

xavier mcdaniel

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom said:

The booth from Holstens sold today on eBay. 

I sat in that booth in my only trip there in 2022.

HughFreakingDillon

goldrush said:

RIP Paulie Walnuts

okay, still never having watched the show, this name finally makes sense to me. an Italian woman I work with calls me this (my real first name is Paul). she always said it in a mobster type accent, but thought maybe it was a generic nickname. didn't know it was an actual character. 

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom

I was really enjoying watching Silvio Dante on stage with PJ last night when all of a sudden the music stopped and everything went black. 

xavier mcdaniel

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom said:

I was really enjoying watching Silvio Dante on stage with PJ last night when all of a sudden the music stopped and everything went black. 

literally I was thinking this the whole time and the scene where Valery complains with an expletive about having to pay Silvio 5,000 in Pine Barrens.

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom

xavier mcdaniel said:

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom said:

I was really enjoying watching Silvio Dante on stage with PJ last night when all of a sudden the music stopped and everything went black. 

literally I was thinking this the whole time and the scene where Valery complains with an expletive about having to pay Silvio 5,000 in Pine Barrens.

Ha! I was thinking of the episode when Tony has food poisoning and in one of his fever dreams Silvio says “Our true enemy, has yet, to reveal himself.”

The Juggler

Sopranos documentary is out soon. Can't wait for that.