The Sopranos

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:

How is this a pussified version of the mob? What the fuck are you talking about?[/quote]

Did you not see how they totally threw away the Johnny Sack character? They were priming a whole NY v. Soprano family war at the end of Season 5 and the beginning of Season 6 when Johnny Sack finds out his was the only name on the indictment.

Then that whole meltdown in jail came out of left field. He was the most ice-cold sinister mofo in the whole show in the past two seasons and they write him off like a bitch. I figure it was to bring up the Philly Leotardo angle.

Personally I’m all about Philly - but you didn’t have to put Johnny Sack out like a bitch - we’ll see what they do with his character - but it looks like he’s out of the picture for now.

What the fuck was up with that Fat Vito was a fag angle? That went absolutely nowhere.

It did lead to the death of one of Philly’s crew - and a potential war -

but then - Philly has a coronary and Tony talks to him about making peace. That’s Tony fearing his own mortality and coming from a position of weakness. Will Philly use that against him or heed his words? We’ll see.

Artie Bucco and the dude from Doogie Howser? Nowhere.

The dream sequences that took up all of 3 episodes? Existential angst bullshit that added nothing to the show except for the last 5 minutes of the season finale.

Basically too much emphasis on the secondary characters and not enough Tony - the show went astray.

It’s like they were filling up space to stretch it out for 20 episodes. They could have done all that garbage in 4 episodes if they felt like it.
So are they going to war or not? Is Tony going to whack Christopher when he finds out he’s a smackhead?

The pacing of Season 6 was way,way, way too drawn out. And thus it made for boring television - nothing like the compelling shit you had in the glory years of the Sopranos (Seasons 1-4).

That’s what I mean by “pussified” - in the cliff’s notes existential philosophy and psychobabble way.

Right now “The Shield” is the better show IMHO.

peace

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I just came across this. Its from July.

Gandolfini injured; ‘Sopranos’ delayed
Series’ final episodes now likely to start in March

Thursday, July 13, 2006(18:35 GMT)

PASADENA, California (AP) – Fans of “The Sopranos” will have to wait a bit longer for the mob drama’s final chapter.

Because of “unexpected” knee surgery for series star James Gandolfini, the concluding episodes that were expected to begin in January will be delayed about two months, HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht said.

The surgery alone would have pushed the season start back just a few weeks, but that would have put “The Sopranos” up against the football playoffs and the Super Bowl, Albrecht told a television critics’ gathering Wednesday.

A specific air date for the Sunday-night series has yet to be determined but it’s likely to be in early March 2007, he said.

A call to HBO about Gandolfini’s surgery was not immediately returned Thursday. The actor, who plays mob boss Tony Soprano, was in a traffic accident in New York recently. A collision with a taxi knocked him off his scooter but he reportedly was able to walk away.

Albrecht joked Wednesday how much mayhem the last eight episodes from series creator David Chase could contain.

“I know you’re all hoping that people die,” he told the Television Critics Association, noting some have complained “that not enough people are dying and getting whacked in the show.”

He promised the audience won’t be disappointed in the conclusion.

“I know the story lines for the final eight, and I am absolutely positively certain that when the curtain comes down on ‘Sopranos,’ the vast, vast, vast majority of people will say it’s one of the great things of all time.”

Viewers of the HBO series have been a patient lot. When “The Sopranos” returned last March, it was after a hiatus that was just three months shy of two years.

Albrecht denied that ratings fell for the just-concluded season, saying “the reverse is actually true.”

“When you take into account the cumulative audience, not just from all the plays (repeat airings), but from HBO on Demand, there were more people watching last season than the season before,” he said.

Albrecht also said that HBO will be offering debuts of its original series on HBO on Demand six days before they air on the HBO channel.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/13/tv.sopranos.ap/index.html

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Noooooooooo! I love the Sopranos, and I only started watching it in July, and now I have seen all 6 seasons. By far the best TV show I have ever seen, and I was really looking forward to the final season. March 2007 seems like ages when you watch 6 seasons back to back.