Just finished the first season - The Sopranos (1999) Discussion

[–] ebhaynz (3732) 3 years ago

You're never too late for a series like The Sopranos. The first 5 seasons are excellent so you've got 52 episodes of high quality television(more like 1 hour movies) to watch.

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[–] CaptainCrozier (617) 3 years ago

The first 5 seasons are excellent so you've got 52 episodes of high quality television(more like 1 hour movies) to watch.

Without spoiling anything, can you tell me what is wrong--in your opinion--with the final season?

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[–] ebhaynz (3732) 3 years ago

A pretty big dropoff in quality..it was quite obvious they ran out of ideas. Yes, there are still some iconic scenes but they are few and far between. The same thing happened to OZ, another one of my all time favorite shows.

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[–] KingsRule (983) 2 years ago

Season 6 was great and I'm not alone in thinking so.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

You're not alone but you are wrong nevertheless.

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[–] Boromir (10099) 3 years ago

If I am you, I'm not approaching The Sopranos board until I finish all the seasons.

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[–] millsey72 (10666) 2 years ago

Yes because its a shame other users are not thoughtful of others and post spoilers without warning

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[–] DMT (4442) 2 years ago

to be fair this show is a quarter of a century old

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[–] millsey72 (10666) 2 years ago

Anything less than 50 years old, spoilers should never be posted without warning

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[–] DMT (4442) 2 years ago

yeah I guess spoilers should always have a warning

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[–] millsey72 (10666) 2 years ago

Yes they should. The other day I went to watch the original King Kong movie for the first time but was already full aware that the ape was was going to die from falling from the Empire State Building. I just couldn't enjoy it

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[–] DMT (4442) 2 years ago

heyyyy!! Spoiler Alert!!!

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[–] strntz (12736) 2 years ago

IKR?? The bastard!!!!

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[–] millsey72 (10666) 2 years ago

This is not the King Kong board so its ok

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[–] Micke632 (15) 3 years ago

If you liked first season , you will love the rest

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[–] degray9 (1126) 3 years ago

Season 2 is where things start getting crazy.

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[–] Information-Police (4895) 2 years ago

I never watched it until covid lock-down. We never were HBO subscribers. Plus I was kind of tired of mafia shows, thinking it had all been done. Everyone told me this was different but I didn't believe them. It really was!

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[–] strntz (12736) 2 years ago

I'm not a mob/mafia fan. At all. I haven't seen half the lauded mob movies that have been made or only seen bits of them. Most of the ones I have seen I've only seen once.

But I am a big fan of story telling. I loved the Sopranos during its run and I love the The Godfather I and II.

While I found The Sopranos *very* uneven in writing, overall, it was great story telling.

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[–] KingsRule (983) 2 years ago

What do you mean it was very uneven in writing?

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[–] strntz (12736) 2 years ago

It's been years since I've seen it (first run on HBO) and haven't seen it since, so I can't point out specific episodes if that's what you're asking. My recollection was that some shows were great and others simply weren't, and I think that's more obvious to people like me who didn't binge stream it but watched it as each episode was released. With a week between episodes, the stinkers stood out more than they would if they were in the middle of a six hour view.

I mean, the last episode was a train wreck although I hesitate to say that for fear of starting another final episode war (which I won't respond to).

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[–] ADBruno1985 (3547) 2 years ago

Go ahead and order the whole series. Like any show, there are peaks and valleys, but if you liked Season 1, the quality never dips enough where you'll lose interest.

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