If U could be Tony Soprano...
 

I love the Sopranos. I've studied the show and it's characters. I've wondered how I would react as a character given the circumstances and similarities and I think I am: Carmella Soprano; ie--hiding machine guns, bloody body parts and leftover priests--so long as I get my manicure (FRENCH!) and jewels with a bit of Meadow (quasi-student, future Mob Boss) thown in.

You?

Tony, on a bad day.

I'm SO bummed I don't have cable/HBO anymore. Second to Six Feet Under, The Sopranos is the best show ever, and I"m going to miss it.

Hmmmm...I guess I have the heart of Adrianna (may she rest in peace), the self-destructiveness of Christopher, and the bad attitude of Junior. :)

(Reminded me to change my sig line back!)

Dude-definitely.

[quote=Shawnee123;308094]I guess I have the heart of Adrianna (may she rest in peace), the self-destructiveness of Christopher, [QUOTE/]

I said Stop Right There! (imagine Meatloaf and Karla going at it)

You don't havta do the H! The smack! The Lady! C'mon, Christopher! Buck up and make a clean kill for once!

;)

What may be surprising to most folks here is that I've never watched The Sopranos. Of course, I'm aware of the basic elements of the show, and on that basis, If I were Tony Soprano, I'd get all the people that I want whacked, whacked.

[quote=Brianna;308099
You don't havta do the H! The smack! The Lady! C'mon, Christopher! Buck up and make a clean kill for once!

;)[/QUOTE]

Heee...well I"m not quite on Christofuh (Ade's accent) level.

I love the episode where Paulie and Chrissy are trying to find that Russian in the woods. He had beaned Chris on the head with a shovel or something. Tony is on the cell with them asking "Did you retrieve the package?" Trying to be cryptic, of course.

"The package hit Chrissy with an implement" said Paulie.

My Girl.

I like to think I'm Silvio (played by Stevie Van Zandt). Anyone who can play guitar for Springsteen and help run a successful strip club/mob joint deserves a statue in his honor.

Everyone should check out Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson. It's a great book on how popular culture is actually training our brains and what not. He has a whole section about the Sopranos and comparing the 17 plot-lines per show to the 2 plot-lines you would find in an episode of M.A.S.H.

Hmm, now to get The Sopranos into classrooms...

The Sopranos is a favourite of mine, but I haven't watched it in a while. Shawnee- have you any idea what series that quote came from? I love Paulie and am laughing out loud at work- I'm sure people think I'm nuts....

I don't think I'm actually like anyone in the show- but I would LOVE to be Tony.

You can rent the series.

That excerpt is from the episode Pine Barrens from season 3.

thanks, I can't wait to get it out on dvd.:corn:

I've never seen a single episode myself.

I stayed in a hotel once, and saw maybe ten minutes of one episode. Seemed OK, but since I didn't know what was going on, I just turned the channel to VH1 or something.

I watched it for a while, mostly because it is supposed to take place near where I grew up in New Jersey and it was fun to see the same places i used to go.
But for me to like a show, there has to be a character I like that is actually a good person. The Sopranos is all bad guys and gals.

Great acting though.

Melfi is good.

Would you take requests? *G*

I suppose it would have been better than Charles in Charge.

Same here.

I always catch the good HBO series a couple years later, when they get syndicated on basic cable. For example, I have just now gotten to see what all the hubbub over "Six Feet Under" was about, because they finally got old enough to replay on Bravo.

I was a 6'U fanatic. I watched it religiously from start to finish. The finale was the best episode of television I have ever seen: great writing, great acting. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious.

I caught onto the Sopranos sometime through the first season, then became hooked. I love Adrianna, Christopher, Paulie, Junior...so many characters you love to hate or hate to love!

I guarantee if you start with the first season DVD of either show, and you have any kind of interest in quality TV at all, you will be hooked!

Sopranos and Six Feet Under are great, but the best show on HBO is The Wire. Long-form stories, multiple threads, engaging, realistic characters, and cutting social commentary.

I have to join the Never Watched Club I'm afraid.

Someone else can tell me who I am :)

Haven't seen it either. I think I'm starting to turn into my parents :worried:

I seem to do one HBO series at a time. Oz, certainly, which I liked enough to buy on DVD, and have anxiously awaited each season's release. If I knew enough people that really liked it, I'd have an Oz party, but what would you serve for that? Scalloped potatoes, white bread, and anal lube? So, I'll just pass on the party idea and watch them quietly on my own, in solitary, so to speak.

I also watch Rome, and ended up liking Big Love much more than I expected.

I liked Oz, too.

When I had Showtime I really liked Weeds.

One of, if not the best Series ever. I have the Soprano´s 1-6 on DVD and eagerly awaiting for the 7th Serie to be available on DVD as well. Here in EU everything is showed 1-2 years later, so I purchased it from the US.

It's a phenomen how we got to like sociopaths like Tony, Junior or Paulie, maybe because the series is about people, not about complicated plots.

Madly in love with Adrianna. A heavenly body and a good heart. My heart cried when she got whacked by Silvio.

Besides Tony, I liked Johnny Sack and never seen borderliners like Janice and Livia. The only sane person around seems to be Meadow.

Stopped after season three...

i watched the first series, but felt the same as Sheldonrs : just couldnt get attached to such a bunch of dickheads.
Six Feet Under, on the other hand, was masterful! Again, ive only seen the first series. Should i watch further? sequels, trilogies, etc. seem to do no favours.

This show only got better and better...culminating in the most well written finale of any show ever ever on TV. You must see them all!

I was a big fan of Claire, and identified a little too much with Brenda! :eek: