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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:


    Yeah, I want to do that. The woman hasn't see it all the way through, so we are planning on doing that, just watching too much right now. Maybe this winter. Vito and the seperation were annoying.


    Yeah definitely do it when you get the chance. The wife didn't want to watch it with me so I've been watching on the ipad on the HBO Go app and on demand sometimes. Crazy that this show started in 1999....funny to see some of the out-dated stuff, but still damn good. What a bunch of beauties in that crew....Paulie fucking cracks me up.

    Yeah one of the out-dated things that really stood out to me was Meadow showing AJ the mob website. I'm pretty sure it was Netscape!
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,907
    the 1st few seasons are fantastic. the only thing I dislike in those 1st few seasons is tony's mother. she just annoys me and her voice just grates on my nerves.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    pjhawks wrote:
    the 1st few seasons are fantastic. the only thing I dislike in those 1st few seasons is tony's mother. she just annoys me and her voice just grates on my nerves.

    really? have we ever agreed on anything? :lol:

    livia, i'm not going to say "made that show," but that character was played sooooooooo well. most anyone with old italian grandmom or great grandmom could relate, not to the wanting to kill her son, but to the weird idiosyncrasies she exhibited: she doesn't drive after dark, she's suspicious of the mailman, she's constantly complaining nobody comes to see her, constantly wanting to feed people, not trusting her "retirement community" etc etc etc.......plus her character was SOOO vital to tony. everything always came back to her even up to the last season.

    part of the show died when she passed away.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    The Juggler wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    the 1st few seasons are fantastic. the only thing I dislike in those 1st few seasons is tony's mother. she just annoys me and her voice just grates on my nerves.

    really? have we ever agreed on anything? :lol:

    livia, i'm not going to say "made that show," but that character was played sooooooooo well. most anyone with old italian grandmom or great grandmom could relate, not to the wanting to kill her son, but to the weird idiosyncrasies she exhibited: she doesn't drive after dark, she's suspicious of the mailman, she's constantly complaining nobody comes to see her, constantly wanting to feed people, not trusting her "retirement community" etc etc etc.......plus her character was SOOO vital to tony. everything always came back to her even up to the last season.

    part of the show died when she passed away.

    I used to agree with pjhawks and found her annoying, but I really appreciate her now. I laughed out loud when Tony went to see her and brought her macaroons (I think?) and she said, "Leave some out for the lunatics." Juggler is right about her being vital and the actress was amazing. RIP.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    rrivers wrote:

    I used to agree with pjhawks and found her annoying, but I really appreciate her now. I laughed out loud when Tony went to see her and brought her macaroons (I think?) and she said, "Leave some out for the lunatics." Juggler is right about her being vital and the actress was amazing. RIP.


    I used to feel the same way too. But since I've been re-watching it, she is one of the best characters on the show. Like Juggler said, I think the show lost a lot when Nancy Marchand passed away.
  • PJFAN13
    PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    Indifference71 wrote:
    rrivers wrote:

    I used to agree with pjhawks and found her annoying, but I really appreciate her now. I laughed out loud when Tony went to see her and brought her macaroons (I think?) and she said, "Leave some out for the lunatics." Juggler is right about her being vital and the actress was amazing. RIP.

    I used to feel the same way too. But since I've been re-watching it, she is one of the best characters on the show. Like Juggler said, I think the show lost a lot when Nancy Marchand passed away.

    George Clooney, don't get in the fuckin' middle of this!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed5BfnNXqqA

    SHE'S SMILIN' LOOK AT THE FUCKIN SMILE ON HER FACE...

    Livia Soprano = a cold mean woman. Part of Tony's depression stems from her. Remember when she told Artie about the fire? Plotted with Junior to have T whacked? With Dr.Melfi, T only remembered his mom laughing once when his dad fell down the stairs..he even said she wore him down to a nub...
    She was annoying alright...showed you how awesome Marchand played that character...imagine what could have been had she not passed away...Barely 20 something episodes, and that actress made everyone glad she wasn't their "mudda"...

    One thing I noticed, and it may be a reach, but after re-watching season 6 lately, when T has the dream and is going towards entering the house, the woman at the door looks awfully close to an exact silhouette of Livia. Apparently she was written based on David Chase's own mom...
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    rrivers wrote:

    I used to agree with pjhawks and found her annoying, but I really appreciate her now. I laughed out loud when Tony went to see her and brought her macaroons (I think?) and she said, "Leave some out for the lunatics." Juggler is right about her being vital and the actress was amazing. RIP.

    I used to feel the same way too. But since I've been re-watching it, she is one of the best characters on the show. Like Juggler said, I think the show lost a lot when Nancy Marchand passed away.

    George Clooney, don't get in the fuckin' middle of this!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed5BfnNXqqA

    SHE'S SMILIN' LOOK AT THE FUCKIN SMILE ON HER FACE...

    .

    fucking awesome....
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    rrivers wrote:

    I used to agree with pjhawks and found her annoying, but I really appreciate her now. I laughed out loud when Tony went to see her and brought her macaroons (I think?) and she said, "Leave some out for the lunatics." Juggler is right about her being vital and the actress was amazing. RIP.

    I used to feel the same way too. But since I've been re-watching it, she is one of the best characters on the show. Like Juggler said, I think the show lost a lot when Nancy Marchand passed away.

    George Clooney, don't get in the fuckin' middle of this!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed5BfnNXqqA

    SHE'S SMILIN' LOOK AT THE FUCKIN SMILE ON HER FACE...

    Livia Soprano = a cold mean woman. Part of Tony's depression stems from her. Remember when she told Artie about the fire? Plotted with Junior to have T whacked? With Dr.Melfi, T only remembered his mom laughing once when his dad fell down the stairs..he even said she wore him down to a nub...
    She was annoying alright...showed you how awesome Marchand played that character...imagine what could have been had she not passed away...Barely 20 something episodes, and that actress made everyone glad she wasn't their "mudda"...

    One thing I noticed, and it may be a reach, but after re-watching season 6 lately, when T has the dream and is going towards entering the house, the woman at the door looks awfully close to an exact silhouette of Livia. Apparently she was written based on David Chase's own mom...

    Yeah I always assumed the silhouette in the house was supposed to be Livia.

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  • The Juggler
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    Test Dream episode is on tonight....fucking trippy
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  • goldrush
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    My all time favourite TV show. Nothing else even comes close in my opinion. The characters, relationships, story arcs... everything. It's like modern day Shakespeare :)
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,430
    The Juggler wrote:
    Test Dream episode is on tonight....fucking trippy

    That's from season five? That's one of the few episodes I didn't like and I loved season five.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    The Juggler wrote:
    Test Dream episode is on tonight....fucking trippy

    Is that the one where Tony dreams he's a regular guy? A salesman, or something? His acting in that episode is truly great.
  • The Juggler
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    Byrnzie wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    Test Dream episode is on tonight....fucking trippy

    Is that the one where Tony dreams he's a regular guy? A salesman, or something? His acting in that episode is truly great.

    no, but agreed.

    you are thinking of the dream from when he was in the coma. this one was towards the end of season 5 when he was staying at the plaza in ny. the one with annette benning in it. it lasts almost the entire episode and it ends up convincing him that he has to get rid of tony b.
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  • rrivers
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    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    Test Dream episode is on tonight....fucking trippy

    That's from season five? That's one of the few episodes I didn't like and I loved season five.

    I didn't really care for the episode when it aired, but watching it again in the context of the whole show I enjoyed it more. I think it was more of when I first saw it I was bummed they were using a whole episode for a dream sequence when there were so few episodes per season.

    I agree, there has been some great TV over the last decade plus, but this show is still my favorite.
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,224
    RIP:


  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,907
    cutz said:
    RIP:


    RIP.  My favorite character on the show.  
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    The stuff with his mother and her “friends” was hilarious. 

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