Letters to the Editor
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just another archie bunker
what is there to like about this ethnic oaf. he is fat, he speaks and acts like a punk, his wife is silly, etc. the buddies are all varieties of ugly old men. what is the attraction. they kill, they swear... i dont understand the love for this series. maybe i will watch but i am ready to switch as well. dont include me in the 'we' here. i am more than happy to see the end of this series.
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I Liked the First Season
I don't think The Sopranos ever recovered from the fact that it was originally concieved as a movie script, and so the first season had incredible plot/character arcs that really took them all through to their various resolutions, and a delicious ambiguous ending.
The second season felt like a rehash, particularly those first episodes where every one had to reintroduced the "you hear the crazy news? Tony's seeing a shrink" business. And, of course there's no way Melfi would continue seeing him after his violent outburst in her office near the end of the first season. But since that interaction is the schtick of the show, dramatic sense was thrown to the winds. Plus we got essentially a rehash of the first season's plot, with Sis replacing Mom. At that point I stopped watching.
I've never been an HBO subscriber. I rented the first two seasons in quick succession, I think about the time the third season was set to air. If I did get premium channels, I'd probably tune in to find out how things end up. But I'm not sitting here anxiously awaiting the DVD release.
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Wadda ya know, we missed the whole thing
My wife and I sat down this evening to watch Olbermann and heard the news that this is it for the Sopranos. Ten seasons. My my.
And to think, neither of us ever saw a single episode. Not even one. Not even a part of one.
It must not have been all that important.
Ptttht!
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I really tried to like this show.
So I watched a few sequential episodes from a few seasons. It's not that I don't get it; I get it. I just don't like it. I know we humans are complex and contradictory. I just don't see how we Liberals can dislike the Bush regime and then get romanced by a Mafia family's story. Thugs is thugs. Give me something on PBS any day over this.
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Heart of darkness
I have watched episodes of The Sopranos that literally disturbed my sleep. The characters evoke strong feelings, mainly disgust, antipathy, and grudging affection. But Adriana getting whacked put me over the edge. Tony is a spiteful, brutish piece of work. His sentimental self-delusion show a stunted intellect, his anxiety comes from the latent knowledge that he is a bad, bad man. There is only one way for this to end, and that is with Tony dead or in jail for several lifetimes.
Did I mention that I love this show?
P.S.: love everything The Hav writes. Bring on the whoring sea donkerellas!
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Put it to rest already
A magnificent first season, a very good second sean...then it fell off the table. Its been boring and contrived smarmy ever since. I've tried thinking maybe it will find its footing again, but each season just gets worse. And for its big swan song this first show was terrible. It went nowhere, and the whole concept just seemed gassed.
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Everything I Need To Know I Didn't Learn from The Sopranos
Why watch a show about a bunch of morally bankrupt, selfish, muderous sociopaths (and those who enable them)? Because these are fascinating characters to watch. To WATCH, not to see as role models or admire or take notes from. None of the people populating the world of the Sopranos are to be admired, and if anyone needs to see this series as a morality play, consider it as one example after another of what not to do.
It's smart, it's visceral and it's damn funny, too, thanks to David Chase, his brilliant cast, writers, directors, and the whole crew. As a fan from the beginning, the first two episodes of this final set have thrilled me, and I look forward to seeing how it all plays out, hopefully with several very severe comeuppances.
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Everything I Need To Know I Didn't Learn from The Sopranos
Why watch a show about a bunch of morally bankrupt, selfish, murderous sociopaths (and those who enable them)? Because these are fascinating characters to watch. To WATCH, not to see as role models or admire or take notes from. None of the people populating the world of the Sopranos are to be admired, and if anyone needs to see this series as a morality play, consider it as one example after another of what not to do.
It's smart, it's visceral and it's damn funny, too, thanks to David Chase, his brilliant cast, writers, directors, and the whole crew. As a fan from the beginning, the first two episodes of this final set have thrilled me, and I look forward to seeing how it all plays out, hopefully with several very severe comeuppances.