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Post by bostonmike on Mar 12, 2007 13:13:58 GMT -6
Ok, so when does the 2007 season begin? I have down for 4/8 but I'm not so sure. on April 8, 2007 several big things are going on. The 07 Masters will likely be decided that day. the last of the Soprano's run will begin that night the 4th season of entourage will also begin i will leave for hedonism. thank god for dvr.
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Post by jo on Mar 12, 2007 19:12:46 GMT -6
Better clear my calendar for April 8th........oh, wait, I forgot I have no life and the only things on my calendar are watching Sopranos and Entourage!
Bought the latest Vanity Fair yesterday, Galdolfini & Chase are on the cover, Annie Leibovitz shot pics of the cast (alive and dead) and there's an interview with David Chase..........haven't read it yet, I'm saving it, almost savouring the moment I will sit down and read it..........yep, once again, proving I have no life!
Jo (woke up this morning, got myself a gun..........................)
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Post by viperess on Mar 12, 2007 20:32:09 GMT -6
I'm still too cheap to get HBO and with the show running on A&E, I still don't have time to keep up! Crap...gonna have to bite the bullet and buy the DVD's... DD
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Post by DreAmy on Mar 13, 2007 13:20:49 GMT -6
"Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this."
-- Tony Soprano
Can't wait for the new season. Hope the end doesn't suck like this last season, I was so dissappointed, the ending better be some major blowout.
No life, Amy
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Post by jo on Mar 14, 2007 13:53:53 GMT -6
Read the Vanity Fair article last night ~ it just reiterates how The Sopranos changed TV and made HBO. The best show in the history of television............ I just can't wait for April 8th!!
Jo
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Post by jo on Apr 2, 2007 11:00:32 GMT -6
Only 6 more sleeps....................I've already warned my brother, at whose house we've having Easter dinner on Sunday, that he better be serving a very early meal so we can get going in time. I love my family and all, but ya gotta have priorities in life!!
JO
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Post by bostonmike on Apr 2, 2007 11:27:30 GMT -6
i agree with you jo.....the sopranos are amazing, but last season was a very bitter pill to swallow. i hope the last 9 episodes are up to the task of the early seasons. i cant sit through another season like last year.
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Post by Lady Irie on Apr 7, 2007 8:10:08 GMT -6
The New York Times just featured an article on the guys who created "The 7 Minute Sopranos", which is a compilation of snippets of the entire 77 hours of Soprano episodes reduced to 7 minutes, and 36 seconds of highlights, and uploaded it to You Tube. It took a mere 100 hours of editing to create. Apparently David Chase has seen it, likes it, and unlike other companies who have forced videos off the site because of copyright issues, it appears the executive producer can see it's value, and insists the video stay. Considering the season opening is tomorrow - smart people! Enjoy!
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Post by edie2u on Apr 7, 2007 12:56:03 GMT -6
Cool Renee! I missed a lot of last season as I shut off all the premium channels! The Soprano's were about the only thing I ever watched on them. I'm bummed I don't have HBO anymore! (If only DirecTV had HBO On Demand.
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Post by jo on Apr 7, 2007 14:59:11 GMT -6
Thanks Renee, I'll have to tell my brothers, they are both Sopranos freaks (much like their older sister!)
1 more sleep!!!!
Jo
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Apr 8, 2007 20:30:15 GMT -6
OK, just watched the 1st episode back-to-back with Entourage. I thought this was a pretty good 1st episode to set up the way Tony's going to get himself out of the business. Also, very dark turn the way he got back at Bobby for that fight by making him kill his first guy. Based on his reaction, Bobby clearly isn't cut out for this.
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Post by jo on Apr 9, 2007 5:49:28 GMT -6
This show is so much about family dynamics, with the mob as a backdrop. Last night's scenes of Tony's birthday, the drinking and game playing and remember-when conversations rang so true to me, this could have been any family getting drunk together over a special occasion and bringing up good and no so good memories.
I've read many time that David Chase has based Tony's family and childhood on his own. Poor David!!
Can't wait for the rest of the season, but I'm so sad to know it's the last one.
Jo
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Post by Lady Irie on Apr 9, 2007 8:29:46 GMT -6
I thought this was a pretty good 1st episode to set up the way Tony's going to get himself out of the business. Maybe so, but I find that just when you *think* you know what's going to happen, there is a twist, and something else presents itself. Bobby can't be the replacement - he doesn't have i coglioni.BTW, how was Entourage?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Apr 9, 2007 8:42:50 GMT -6
I agree -- looks like Tony will find his replacement by the process of elimination ... and it looks like both Bobby & Christopher have been eliminated.
Entourage wasn't bad -- Ari has been doing his usual underhanded tricks to try to win back his client and when Turtle blew his budget on a big birthday party for Vince, he turned businessman and instead made a profit on it by having the bash sponsored by Victoria's Secret, among other companies.
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Post by Lady Irie on Apr 9, 2007 9:02:57 GMT -6
I agree -- looks like Tony will find his replacement by the process of elimination ... and it looks like both Bobby & Christopher have been eliminated. Unless of course, Bobby's daughter drowns, which is about the only thing that would make him angry enough at the world to turn him into a cold blooded killer. Oh??? I thought this was a new show! I have to stop living this sheltered life up here in CT.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Apr 9, 2007 9:35:20 GMT -6
Unless of course, Bobby's daughter drowns, which is about the only thing that would make him angry enough at the world to turn him into a cold blooded killer. Ah, very clever of you, my Sunloving friend! And I don't suppose it would be beneath Janice to pull some kind of Munchausen by Proxy prank to get attention & sympathy, now would it? Oh??? I thought this was a new show! I have to stop living this sheltered life up here in CT. It was a new episode that started their new season (4th? Don't remember...lost track). If you have HBO On Demand, they may still have some old episodes from previous seasons running; it's also on DVD if you want to check it out.
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Post by Lady Irie on Apr 9, 2007 9:54:19 GMT -6
And I don't suppose it would be beneath Janice to pull some kind of Munchausen by Proxy prank to get attention & sympathy, now would it? Aye, but here's the rub. . .she's always wanted her husband to have a higher command in the family. If she obtained the status she's always sought, at what price will she have paid to obtain it? This time, her symptoms would be truly diagnosable. She'd better watch what she wishes for, or she just may get it!
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Apr 9, 2007 11:56:37 GMT -6
Good call! And we already know Sylvio doesn't want any part of it, either -- he crumbled under pressure last time he had to fill-in (ulcers, I think?).
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Post by Lady Irie on Apr 9, 2007 12:36:55 GMT -6
Very true, but on second thought, with all the evidence Sloppy Bobby left after his first hit, he'll be in jail before he's named boss, miss the funeral of his own daughter, and Tony will forever be enslaved to take care of his neurotic sister who will blame him for everything for the rest of his natural life. So the question could be, will there *ever* be a new boss or will the Soprano's just simply retire and move to Bobby's place on the lake in Upstate NY. He won't be needing it anymore.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Apr 9, 2007 13:03:07 GMT -6
Yeah, now that you bring it up, I thought it was a little artificial/contrived that Bobby dropped the gun the way he did when leaving. Perhaps that might explain his look & moment with his daughter at the end: he did that intentionally so he would be caught, thus preventing himself from getting further involved in those "family business" matters (and distance himself from Tony?). As he said earlier in that episode, his father didn't want that life for him ... yet that's exactly what it's turning out to be ...
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 13, 2007 20:01:15 GMT -6
OMFG!!! They killed Christopher! Disgraziata!
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Post by jo on May 14, 2007 5:16:39 GMT -6
about fucking time too, snivling, weak little drug addled freak that he was (RIP, Chrissie!)
I figured he was going to die in that accident, I just didn't see it coming that Tony would finish him off!!!!! I was speechless for about 5 minutes, and the first scene with Dr Melphi, where he's confessing until he wakes up................madon, I didn't dare breathe too loudly from that moment on. This one will be watched again on demand this week!
Jo (who misses the next 2 shows but is back in time for the finale! Thank God there's no show this Sunday or we would have missed the last one too. I'm gonna try to watch the two I miss on demand when we get back and before the last show. Or maybe they show it in Italy!!)
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 14, 2007 8:36:56 GMT -6
... I just didn't see it coming that Tony would finish him off!!!!! I was speechless for about 5 minutes ... I had the exact same reaction. When they do something like that and you react that way, that's how you know it was a well-written episode.
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Post by Lady Irie on May 14, 2007 12:14:26 GMT -6
OMG I was sooooo going to post here today on this to see your reactions! Was that one incredible episode or what? I actually brought my hands to my mouth to muffle a yell when that happened. Holy Shit! It will be interesting to see how the apparent guilt on this one is dealt!
Now did you all catch the funniest part of the show....when Tony was talking to his shrink he said he was "prostate with grief"? We just about fell on the floor laughing. I can't believe he said that with such a straight face. Would love to see the out takes on that scene.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 14, 2007 13:34:46 GMT -6
Not only did I notice that, but I also found it inconsistent that while he mispronounced that one, he managed to eke out the word "platitudes" correctly.
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Post by bostonmike on May 18, 2007 7:48:38 GMT -6
i was shocked too....i really thought philly leotardo was going to have chrissy killed. Or chris was going to attack tony, and lose his life that way. i never thought christopher would make it out of the series alive, but all in all i thought his death was more or less anticlimatic.
I wanted him to go out in a blaze of glory....that being said.....i do think it was a pretty damned good episode.
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Post by viperess on May 29, 2007 20:48:12 GMT -6
Okay you 'fawkin goons'... Lil Miss A&E repeat has a question.....and this has been bothering me. I think it was season two when Pussy was whacked.... How did Tony put together that Pussy had rolled? I've watched the previous episodes several times and the only one that seems to get Tony's attention is when Pussy is talking at dinner about the phone card scam. That is the ONLY TIME I saw any kind of suspicion on Tony's face. And as lame as it is watching it on A&E, if I miss an episode and don't catch the re-re-run....I'm fucking lost! DD
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Post by viperess on May 29, 2007 20:50:26 GMT -6
Please don't tell me he figured it out with the talking fish dream......
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on May 29, 2007 21:08:04 GMT -6
This was a looong time ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzy on this one -- nevertheless, I'll attempt to take a stab at answering. I believe that Tony correctly drew that conclusion based on Pussy's stories explaining his extended absence -- e.g., back surgery in Florida, a "gumar" who kept him preoccupied, etc. In Tony's mind, I believe they just didn't sound genuine, so he had cause to whack him. That said, if anyone has a better recollection on this, please jump in. I have all the DVD's from every season and I'd have to watch them again to get a better answer, but off the top of my head, this is the best I can do.
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Post by iggy on Jun 2, 2007 10:56:36 GMT -6
I believe one of Sil's contacts in the FBI tipped him off that Pussy was talking to the Feds, but Tony didn't want to believe it. Thats when Tony started paying attention to Pussies actions and had Paulie take him for a steam to see if he was wearing a wire.
What do you think will happen in the last 2 episodes? I think Sil and Tony find out Paulie has been talking to NY and playing both sides of the fence. I think Meadow gets whacked driving Tony's car, thus the mention of mistaken identity in the preview. I think Bobby gets whacked either playing with a train or buying one, thus the title of this weeks episode, Blue Comet, which was a train that ran in Jersey in the mid 1930's. I think Sil gets whacked in front of the bing. I think Uncle June is tired of living and kills himself. I think AJ whacks Phil for killing his sister. I think Carmela is killed in a struggle while an attempted whacking of Tony takes place. I think Tony, knowing his entire family is gone, kills AJ then kills himself.
If you are into the whole "its all been a dream" senario, the show ends with Aid calling out for Christopher, and he is shown typing the final page of his book, and it reads, "The Sopranos"
Iggy
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