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[Dueling Banjos]

Idc how many times I see it the sopranos series finale just sucks.

Didnt really wrap up anything but maybe thats the point Tony dies and the show is over

It sucks but it's sort of brilliant, to this day we're wondering.....there is no into the sunset with Sopranos...and just like the conversation between Tony and Bobby in the boat:

'you probably don't even hear it, when it happens'

 

[LSCII]

Idc how many times I see it the sopranos series finale just sucks.

Didnt really wrap up anything but maybe thats the point Tony dies and the show is over

Yeah that’s pretty much the point. David Chase specifically recreated the scene in the restaurant where Stevie Van Zandts character was right next to a dude who got whacked for the finale right before it faded to black. The entire purpose was to show people Tony got whacked without showing it. It just went black which was a metaphor. So many people either hated it or missed it completely

 

[LSCII]

It sucks but it's sort of brilliant, to this day we're wondering.....there is no into the sunset with Sopranos...and just like the conversation between Tony and Bobby in the boat:

'you probably don't even hear it, when it happens'

There’s no wondering because David Chase has confirmed that Tony got whacked at the end.

 

[TD Charlie]

I haven’t but will definitely check it out. What streamer or channel is it on?

Wednesday is a lot of fun. They did a great job with casting but also updating the story for today. I mean crap, it’s Tim Burton and he directed most of the episodes as well. It definitely has his fingerprints all over it.

I think I'm 5 or 6 episodes deep on Wednesday and I'm enjoying it much more than anticipated. Still, I can't help but feel as though the controversy on the dance night scene was manufactured to drum up interest and keep sucking in new viewers. Also, the scene wasn't even that good! It is extremely out of character

 

[LSCII]

I think I'm 5 or 6 episodes deep on Wednesday and I'm enjoying it much more than anticipated. Still, I can't help but feel as though the controversy on the dance night scene was manufactured to drum up interest and keep sucking in new viewers. Also, the scene wasn't even that good! It is extremely out of character

Yeah, I had to be told by my daughter about the whole covid thing because I wasn't following the show or even aware of it until we started watching it. Definitely enjoying it a lot more than I expected to though. The bartender from Boogie Nights has Gomez down cold and Zeta Jones is great as Morticia.

 

[BruinDust]

It sucks but it's sort of brilliant, to this day we're wondering.....there is no into the sunset with Sopranos...and just like the conversation between Tony and Bobby in the boat:

'you probably don't even hear it, when it happens'

I remember watching it as it aired. There was a group of us in the room. While I don't despise the finale, I absolutely hated the little pause between the screen going black and the credits rolling. I wish they had gone immediately to the credits. Because the reaction in the room for the first few seconds was one of "did our cable/signal just go out?" which I think would of been avoided had they just gone immediately to the credit roll.

 

[Dueling Banjos]

There’s no wondering because David Chase has confirmed that Tony got whacked at the end.

Yeah makes sense, i was pretty sure he got whacked...now i see Chase confirmed it recently...or it was his cable that went out

 

[LSCII]

Yeah makes sense, i was pretty sure he got whacked...now i see Chase confirmed it recently...or it was his cable that went out

He’d been hinting at it for years and clearly was surprised a lot of people didn’t realize it. I think it’s also interesting that most people wanted him to live, given that he really wasn’t a good guy.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Yup @LSCII @Dueling Banjos the bobby scene forshadowed it

 

[GordonHowe]

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

I just plowed through Barry on HBO. Good show, takes some interesting turns.
I am absolutely LOVING Better Things on FX/Hulu. Pamela Adlon is fantastic.

Now that I’m off for the holidays I have time for some shows. The Crown, Emily in Paris, White Lotus.

I will watch Winning Time on HBO when it returns. It’s not even very good but I watch it anyway. I am impatient for the return of Succession!

 

[McGarnagle]

I just plowed through Barry on HBO. Good show, takes some interesting turns.
I am absolutely LOVING Better Things on FX/Hulu. Pamela Adlon is fantastic.

Now that I’m off for the holidays I have time for some shows. The Crown, Emily in Paris, White Lotus.

I will watch Winning Time on HBO when it returns. It’s not even very good but I watch it anyway. I am impatient for the return of Succession!

Agreed. I loved Winning Time, even if it's historically inaccurate and makes Red Auerbach out to be a villain, it's just fascinating and well produced.

 

[GordonHowe]

I just plowed through Barry on HBO. Good show, takes some interesting turns.
I am absolutely LOVING Better Things on FX/Hulu. Pamela Adlon is fantastic.

Now that I’m off for the holidays I have time for some shows. The Crown, Emily in Paris, White Lotus.

I will watch Winning Time on HBO when it returns. It’s not even very good but I watch it anyway. I am impatient for the return of Succession!

Seasons 1-3 please. Though I appreciated David Ogden Stiers much later

The Nanny. No, it was not a guilty pleasure

Black Adder,

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Excellent show!

 

[Dueling Banjos]

Excellent show!
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Interesting, thanks.

I see one of the writers is Terence Winter (Sopranos, Boardwalk)

 

[Fenway]

I busted a gut laughing at this

 

[Terrier]

Thousands of delays across US after FAA system failure grounds flights

Hundreds of flights across the US were grounded early Wednesday due to a nationwide computer outage.

nypost.com

 

[Terrier]

In-N-Out Burger to plant first flag in the East — but you have to go to this state

In-N-Out Burger is finally coming east of the Mississippi River. The popular California-based burger chain, which has been concentrated primarily in the West since its founding more than 70 years a…

nypost.com

 

[GordonHowe]

Im a big fan of Marvel. I grew up buying the comics all the way back to the mid 60s.

I did, too. When I was a kid in the 70s.

I also watched the animated Marvel superhero series from 1966... in the early 70s. Monday was Captain America, Tuesday, the Hulk, Wednesday, Iron Man, Thursday, Submariner (which I didn't watch because he was the dud of the group), and Friday, Thor.



These, along with the Spiderman animated episodes, campy mid 60s "live action" Batman, Land of the Giants, and more all aired on Detroit's UHF channel 20. And I watched them all religiously, as well as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Laurel and Hardy shorts, The Three Stooges, and The Odd Couple, all of which aired on Windsor's channel 9.

All of these shows came on, naturally, after school. So did the ABC affiliate's 4 O'Clock Movie, Sir Graves Ghastly and The Goul (sic).

At night, it was The Rookies, SWAT, Baretta, The Rockford Files, Columbo, Kojack, Happy Days, What's Happening, The Brady Bunch, Chico and the Man, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, MASH, The Night Stalker, Night Gallery, etcetera.

Those were the days, ladies and germs. Those were the days.

 

[Blowfish]

Watched the Black Bird series ... very well done! Based on true events.

 

[McGarnagle]

That 90s Show might be the worst thing I've watched in a long time. Of all the uninspired reboots of nostalgic TV shows over the past few years, this might be the lowest of the lows. A cheap cash grab that has no originality to its premise, makes zero sense in chronology, and just relies on the stars of the original show to make cameos here and there so the studio audience can just shout WOOOOOO.


I watched one episode and have no intention of watching any more. To be somewhat fair at least Red Foreman still makes me laugh. But everything else is bad, especially the new group of kids.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

 

[RoccoF14]

Watched Madoff-Monster of Wall Street on Netflix last weekend. 4 part documentary that does a really good job painting the picture of his rise and fall and how his scheme worked. Fascinating stuff.

Also does a good job hammering the SEC for their failure to catch this sooner.....

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

NCIS: Los Angeles ending 14 yr run on CBS/Paramount in May 2023;

Deadline

Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News

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[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Incredible