This was definitely my favorite. I just watched it again recently.
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August 26, 2017, 09:51 AM
jhe888
Best show ever.
I love the ending. It is just like life - you don't know what will happen or how things will turn out. I love the unresolved future.
Some think they can "prove" what happens in the diner, but you can't. There is no way to know, unambiguously, what took place. And that is another reason why the end was brilliant. Each viewer can see it how they like.
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August 27, 2017, 08:09 AM
Batty67
I watched The Sopranos off an on. Does it seem "dated" now? Try The Wire. Best TV drama ever, but alas, feels dated.
August 27, 2017, 07:43 PM
Veeper
I've never seen it. How has it aged? Obviously it's still worth checking out, based on the posts here.
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August 27, 2017, 07:59 PM
ZSMICHAEL
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I've never seen it. How has it aged? Obviously it's still worth checking out, based on the posts here
He must be a young guy.LOL They used pay phones and landlines. Series like this are timeless. It is like saying The Godfather has aged.
August 27, 2017, 08:47 PM
sig77
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Originally posted by YooperSigs: The Sopranos was one of the best ever on TV. And the soundtrack was great!
Agree, absolutely loved sopranos.
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August 27, 2017, 08:52 PM
Black92LX
Likely the greatest series of all time. The thing I still wonder about till this very day. What happened to the freaking Russian? That was so set up for him to return and during the series often found myself wondering when he would show back up.
As for comparing it to Breaking Bad, not even close I thought BB was complete crap.
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August 27, 2017, 09:29 PM
YellowJacket
I like The Wire better, fwiw. I've watched it a couple of times through. But a lot of the things that are great about The Wire, the Sopranos has too. They share some common themes. Sopranos can't match character for character though, imo.
Breaking Bad, to me, is not even in the same conversation as these two.
Both The Wire and Sopranos are dated but the themes are eternal. I watched The Wire much later than it aired as well.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
August 27, 2017, 10:14 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by Black92LX:
As for comparing it to Breaking Bad, not even close I thought BB was complete crap.
"Opinions vary"
In my book, BB is pretty much on par with The Sopranos, with the writing in BB being superior, IMHO. The Wire was OK , but I only watched most of seasons 1-2. I might revisit the series later on.
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August 30, 2017, 10:40 AM
YellowJacket
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Originally posted by Dead_Eye: So.... do you think Tony got killed at the end?
It doesn't matter. It changes nothing, for me, knowing whether he is dead or not.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
August 30, 2017, 12:28 PM
SBrooks
Supposedly the reason there is a blackout and he doesn't hear the bell ring when meadow comes in is because he gets shot from behind by the guy who went to the bathroom.
That guy came in with numbnuts, the son, and therefore didn't get as much scrutiny by Tony as some of the others did when they came in...
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August 30, 2017, 05:47 PM
NavyGuy
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Originally posted by Dead_Eye: So.... do you think Tony got killed at the end?
There was a conversion when Tony and Bobby were talking on the boat at the lake, where they discussed what happens when you die and bobby said everything goes black.
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“At the end, you probably don’t hear anything, everything just goes black,” Bobby says while they sit fishing in a small boat on a lake.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
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January 07, 2025, 06:34 PM
Ronin1069
My son told me he started watching the Sopranos last week, he knows nothing about the ending other than there's a controversial scene where the screen goes black.
I'm a little jealous that he gets to experience that series for the first time; I made him promise to call me whenever something monumental happens so we could talk about it.
He asked me how will I know what's monumental? I said "trust me, you'll know".
After this series, he plans to do The Wire. #ProudDad
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January 08, 2025, 06:47 AM
liner
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Originally posted by SBrooks: I have all the season's in box sets on dvd. I'm currently watching it through for about the fourth time I guess. I wait a few years in between, so I can forget parts of it...
Needless to say I really like the series. There are a few dud episodes, but overall - a great piece of work.
Tony's mother really makes me cringe and get angry. She's a horrible person for sure. AJ get's tiring. Seems like he never does try to grow up or do anything - just drifts through life being a douchebag.
Lot's of good women that Tony ends up meeting over the years. The dental student in the neighbor's yard; The italian mob boss; the woman he takes peyote with; the crazy car sales lady; couple of russian chicks
Enjoy all the hits/whacks. Like Adrianna getting drug out of the car by her hair...Tony's cousin the massage therapist at the cabin...Janice accidently blowing Richy's brains out..Old man with asthma or cancer killing mustang sally or whoever and then driving off with blood everywhere...
Sarah Shahi played the Peyote girl, beautiful woman!
January 08, 2025, 07:36 AM
P250UA5
We never had HBO, so I've never watched it, but this has always been on my watchlist if it ever popped up elsewhere.
Is it still HBO only? Be nice if they put it elsewhere like BoB & the Pacific.
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January 08, 2025, 08:13 AM
urbanwarrior238
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Originally posted by P250UA5: We never had HBO, so I've never watched it, but this has always been on my watchlist if it ever popped up elsewhere.
Is it still HBO only? Be nice if they put it elsewhere like BoB & the Pacific.
Check your library. We get CD's on all kinds of shows/series
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January 08, 2025, 08:33 AM
Black92LX
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Originally posted by P250UA5: We never had HBO, so I've never watched it, but this has always been on my watchlist if it ever popped up elsewhere.
Is it still HBO only? Be nice if they put it elsewhere like BoB & the Pacific.
It streams on Max (which is kind of HBO these days) The complete series can be had on disc for like $30 and is well worth it even if just to watch it once.
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