The Sopranos-the greatest TV show ever?

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,680
    edited December 2018
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    To me Sopranos is the best.
    Breaking Bad I loved but I found it too sad and distressing. 
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,855
    The Sopranos is a meandering waste of time after season 2.   
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,597
    edited December 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
    Common misconception. It's more psychology/family dynamic stuff than mob stuff. A lot of people who expected it be like those movies all the time were often disappointed by all the other psychoanalysis stuff that was going on...
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,306
    Loved Sopranos.  Game of Thrones now sits upon the iron throne and is the best HBO series to date 
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    The Juggler said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
    Common misconception. It's more psychology/family dynamic stuff than mob stuff. A lot of people who expected it be like those movies all the time were often disappointed by all the other psychoanalysis stuff that was going on...
    Yup.  "Waste management" was but a part of the series - and those parts were really well done, as well as the others.

    At least watch the thing before mistakenly branding it!
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,597
    hedonist said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
    Common misconception. It's more psychology/family dynamic stuff than mob stuff. A lot of people who expected it be like those movies all the time were often disappointed by all the other psychoanalysis stuff that was going on...
    Yup.  "Waste management" was but a part of the series - and those parts were really well done, as well as the others.

    At least watch the thing before mistakenly branding it!
    Tony's dream sequences got a bit long winded at times....but, man, were they trippy
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
     If I could suspend your posting privileges I would.  Hating The Godfather?????

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    The Sopranos - it started it all.  Is there a Breaking Bad if the Sopranos was not a huge hit for cable?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    The Juggler said:
    hedonist said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
    Common misconception. It's more psychology/family dynamic stuff than mob stuff. A lot of people who expected it be like those movies all the time were often disappointed by all the other psychoanalysis stuff that was going on...
    Yup.  "Waste management" was but a part of the series - and those parts were really well done, as well as the others.

    At least watch the thing before mistakenly branding it!
    Tony's dream sequences got a bit long winded at times....but, man, were they trippy
    True, but even those episodes had these beautiful and interesting moments like the surgery light, seeing Livia, the traveling and identity concepts...
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    LOST IS THE BEST SHOW EVER ,SECOND IS THE LEFTOVERS..
    SOPRANOS,BREAKING BAD AND THE WIRE IN TOP 10
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,597
    dimitrispearljam said:
    LOST IS THE BEST SHOW EVER ,SECOND IS THE LEFTOVERS..
    SOPRANOS,BREAKING BAD AND THE WIRE IN TOP 10
    This is an incorrect post. 
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    The Juggler said:
    dimitrispearljam said:
    LOST IS THE BEST SHOW EVER ,SECOND IS THE LEFTOVERS..
    SOPRANOS,BREAKING BAD AND THE WIRE IN TOP 10
    This is an incorrect post. 
    BUT IT'S IN ALL CAPS =)

    I liked The Leftovers very much, but that wasn't even in the Sopranos league.

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,680
    The Juggler said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    The Juggler said:
    PJ Soul---forget any of those other shows you mentioned. Watch The Wire and The Sopranos immediately.

    Also--The Newsroom is garbage after the first season anyway!
    I do plan on watching The Wire for sure. The Sporanos? Well... I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually. If it's on Netflix or Amazon Prime. ;) It just seems like a LOT of fucking mob stuff man. Too much for me I think. I love Goodfellas and Casino as much as anyone, but the Italian mobster theme isn't generally my cup of tea. I even hate The Godfather. Can't get through it. Never seen the ending.
    Common misconception. It's more psychology/family dynamic stuff than mob stuff. A lot of people who expected it be like those movies all the time were often disappointed by all the other psychoanalysis stuff that was going on...
    No, as I said, I did catch and a handful of episodes when it was originally airing. I understand what the deal is with the show. It just didn't get me particularly interested.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,289
    Mr. Ed?

    the original "stable genius."
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    dimitrispearljam said:
    LOST IS THE BEST SHOW EVER ,SECOND IS THE LEFTOVERS..
    SOPRANOS,BREAKING BAD AND THE WIRE IN TOP 10
    Why now don't you stop shouting?
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    MayDay10 said:
    The Sopranos is a meandering waste of time after season 2.   
    No way. It gets better and better.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    This looks cool: https://mailchi.mp/ifccenter.com/sopranos-film-festival-12212018?e=a2cc9d61ad

    And they're screening my favorite episode with a Three Stooges short.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,480
    dimitrispearljam said:
    LOST IS THE BEST SHOW EVER ,SECOND IS THE LEFTOVERS..
    SOPRANOS,BREAKING BAD AND THE WIRE IN TOP 10
    HAHA. i came to this thread wondering if you were going to post about Lost, dimi. haha. Lost was amazing for one season. I then spent several more wednesdays of my life getting angry at the tv. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,480
    never watched a single ep of Sopranos. mostly because I didn't ever have HBO, and couldn't be bothered to download it all. 

    But Breaking Bad is the best series I've seen. 
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