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Post by Marv on Mar 28, 2019 21:40:54 GMT
And this piece of pure brilliance. Not just a cute take on chess, but neatly introduced you to D'Angelo, Bodie, and Wallace, but the Barksdale Organization and the system. Fucking amazing.
To me, the Holy Trinity of TV was The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. GOT might be there, if they end it well.
I never got into Breaking Bad. My roommate loved it so I saw the first season but never cared to watch it myself. I'm on Season 2 of Tge Sopranos. I'm in the middle of binge watching it, Brooklyn 99, and Fresh Off The Boat Ritchie Aprille is one of my favorite Sopranos characters. Hated Janice tho.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 28, 2019 21:42:34 GMT
And this piece of pure brilliance. Not just a cute take on chess, but neatly introduced you to D'Angelo, Bodie, and Wallace, but the Barksdale Organization and the system. Fucking amazing.
To me, the Holy Trinity of TV was The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. GOT might be there, if they end it well.
I never got into Breaking Bad. My roommate loved it so I saw the first season but never cared to watch it myself. I'm on Season 2 of Tge Sopranos. I'm in the middle of binge watching it, Brooklyn 99, and Fresh Off The Boat If took me awhile to get into Breaking Bad. Season One isn't the pinnacle. The show turned a large corner when Saul Goodman, Gus Fring and Mike Ermentraut were introduced.
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Post by Marv on Mar 28, 2019 21:44:00 GMT
I never got into Breaking Bad. My roommate loved it so I saw the first season but never cared to watch it myself. I'm on Season 2 of Tge Sopranos. I'm in the middle of binge watching it, Brooklyn 99, and Fresh Off The Boat If took me awhile to get into Breaking Bad. Season One isn't the pinnacle. The show turned a large corner when Saul Goodman, Gus Fring and Mike Ermentraut were introduced.
Agreed...particularly the latter two. It helped, with me at least, that the same time they were introduced Jesse got far less annoying. Early Jesse makes me wanna punch my tv.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 28, 2019 21:44:17 GMT
I never got into Breaking Bad. My roommate loved it so I saw the first season but never cared to watch it myself. I'm on Season 2 of Tge Sopranos. I'm in the middle of binge watching it, Brooklyn 99, and Fresh Off The Boat Ritchie Aprille is one of my favorite Sopranos characters. Hated Janice tho. Silvio Dante was my favorite. Loved it when he walloped Fat Dom with the Dustbuster.
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Post by Marv on Mar 28, 2019 21:47:00 GMT
Ritchie Aprille is one of my favorite Sopranos characters. Hated Janice tho. Silvio Dante was my favorite. Loved it when he walloped Fat Dom with the Dustbuster. Yea Sil and Paulie were my two favorite regulars. For very different reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 21:52:33 GMT
I never got into Breaking Bad. My roommate loved it so I saw the first season but never cared to watch it myself. I'm on Season 2 of Tge Sopranos. I'm in the middle of binge watching it, Brooklyn 99, and Fresh Off The Boat Ritchie Aprille is one of my favorite Sopranos characters. Hated Janice tho. So far I dont like Janice, the Psychiatrist, or the druggie nephew
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Post by Marv on Mar 28, 2019 21:55:56 GMT
Ritchie Aprille is one of my favorite Sopranos characters. Hated Janice tho. So far I dont like Janice, the Psychiatrist, or the druggie nephew Yea I didn't much care for those characters either...but i think, at least in the part of Janice and Christopher at times...you're meant to dislike them. They aggrivate our protagonist Tony more often than not and that shines through. I didn't hate Melfi (the psych) but on my rewatch those scenes tended to be my least favorite. Of the 3 pillars of the show, Tony's self reflection became my least favorite. His mob life and family life were more interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 22:03:22 GMT
So far I dont like Janice, the Psychiatrist, or the druggie nephew Yea I didn't much care for those characters either...but i think, at least in the part of Janice and Christopher at times...you're meant to dislike them. They aggrivate our protagonist Tony more often than not and that shines through. I didn't hate Melfi (the psych) but on my rewatch those scenes tended to be my least favorite. Of the 3 pillars of the show, Tony's self reflection became my least favorite. His mob life and family life were more interesting. I just find the Psychiatrist to be boring and find their scenes together boring. Also not much of a fan of Edie Falco yet either. Oh and Tony's mom. I fucking hate his mom.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Mar 28, 2019 22:22:03 GMT
I binge watched it a couple years ago. Was a pretty good show but it didn't live up to the hype imo. I kept hearing how it was this greatest show ever created so it was destined to never live up to that hype while I watched it. I think my favorite characters were Omar and Brodie. There was this one character though that I HATED! I dont remember her name but she showed up in later seasons and I could never understand what the fuck she was saying. She had this weird accent or way of talking idk if it was a speech impediment or a choice made by the actress but I just could never understand what she was saying and it drove me nuts. Must be Snoop. Think it was just a combination of the lingo and her gravelly voice. She was a cold cold bitch.
Actress who played Snoop, Felicia Pearson was a real life drug dealer in Baltimore. I think she killed someone. Took up acting to get off the streets. And she was friends with Michael K. Williams, the actor who played Omar.
Yes, when she was about 14 she shot a girl about a year older than herself, who had tried to hit her in the head with a baseball bat. Or something like that, there's an interview on YouTube where he recalls it. Last I heard she was busted for heroin a few years ago.
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Post by Marv on Mar 28, 2019 22:35:44 GMT
Snoop was badass...Chris was the man tho. Loved how business like Chris approached his job...which was mostly killing people. It never seemed personal with Chris. Except for that one guy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 22:55:19 GMT
I didn't even know that frank_sobotka was a guy from The Wire- I just always thought that was our friend on here and that was his selfie.
I own season 1 and gave the first ep a watch multiple times off of others advice - I just couldn't get invested in it.
maybe I wasn't giving it my full attention - or had too much beer.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Mar 28, 2019 23:01:27 GMT
I didn't even know that frank_sobotka was a guy from The Wire- I just always thought that was our friend on here and that was his selfie. I own season 1 and gave the first ep a watch multiple times off of others advice - I just couldn't get invested in it. maybe I wasn't giving it my full attention - or had too much beer. 1) You need to give it your FULL attention 2) It takes more than a single episode to get reeled in. It happens slowly and usually takes about 5 episodes according to most people. 3) Philly appears for a scene in the finale, and I think a port in Philly is used for a early or mid season 2 plot point. 4) They go to an Orioles game.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 28, 2019 23:06:35 GMT
I didn't even know that frank_sobotka was a guy from The Wire- I just always thought that was our friend on here and that was his selfie. I own season 1 and gave the first ep a watch multiple times off of others advice - I just couldn't get invested in it. maybe I wasn't giving it my full attention - or had too much beer. Frank started in season 2.
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Post by sdm3 on Mar 28, 2019 23:11:35 GMT
I didn't even know that frank_sobotka was a guy from The Wire- I just always thought that was our friend on here and that was his selfie. I own season 1 and gave the first ep a watch multiple times off of others advice - I just couldn't get invested in it. maybe I wasn't giving it my full attention - or had too much beer. Frank started in season 2. I feel like the board needs a "ZiggySobotka" to drive you nuts.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 29, 2019 1:01:53 GMT
Frank started in season 2. I feel like the board needs a "ZiggySobotka" to drive you nuts. Or The Greek
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 29, 2019 1:29:26 GMT
Frank started in season 2. I feel like the board needs a "ZiggySobotka" to drive you nuts.
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 29, 2019 2:06:24 GMT
I feel like the board needs a "ZiggySobotka" to drive you nuts.
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 29, 2019 2:16:19 GMT
After Breaking Bad, I am now rewatching this classic from 10-15 years ago (is it really that old?). Just finished watching the first 7 episodes and I'm completely hooked again (3rd viewing). The writing is phenomenal. All those stories, relationships, characters are totally believable and every cast member is nailing his/her part. I can't believe that I still have to meet Tommy Carcetti, Cutty who teaches the kids how to box, the blind bartender Butchie, Brother whatsisname, Mayor Royce, Senator Clay Davis, not to mention the dockers and the school kids, etc. etc., etc. Only 53 more episodes to go although I may skip season 5 which was a season too far. But then you don't get Slim Charles getting his revenge! Love how Simon gives Slim Charles the moral killing in The Deuce as well.
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Post by Marv on Mar 29, 2019 2:29:57 GMT
Slim Charles was a really cool secondary character that always seemed to adapt to each new circumstance gracefully and without making many waves or enemies. Always liked him.
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Post by poelzig on Mar 29, 2019 3:56:59 GMT
I binge watched it a couple years ago. Was a pretty good show but it didn't live up to the hype imo. I kept hearing how it was this greatest show ever created so it was destined to never live up to that hype while I watched it. I think my favorite characters were Omar and Brodie. There was this one character though that I HATED! I dont remember her name but she showed up in later seasons and I could never understand what the fuck she was saying. She had this weird accent or way of talking idk if it was a speech impediment or a choice made by the actress but I just could never understand what she was saying and it drove me nuts. Must be Snoop. Think it was just a combination of the lingo and her gravelly voice. She was a cold cold bitch.
Actress who played Snoop, Felicia Pearson was a real life drug dealer in Baltimore. I think she killed someone. Took up acting to get off the streets. And she was friends with Michael K. Williams, the actor who played Omar.
Yerp yerp
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