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IcyPeas

(21,747 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 04:43 PM Jan 2019

The Sopranos is being repeated this week on HBO

starting at noon til midnight. I didn't mean to watch it again, but I am hooked all over again.

It is still as good as it was.

Technology has changed since the beginning.

They have big screen TVs, but no flat screen TVs.

The "internet" gets mentioned a few times.

They have cell phones, but no smartphones or even cameras. (when they went to their daughter's graduation they had a camera. nowadays there would be a hundred smartphones taking videos.

World Trade Centers were still there....

and now I miss Tony Soprano all over again (James Gandolfini)

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hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
1. I have access to Comcast's HBO on demand and have already watched GOT (twice) and
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 04:45 PM
Jan 2019

re-watched Deadwood now that it seems they are really going to release a film sequel.

Maybe Soprano's will be my next "rerun"...

hibbing

(10,076 posts)
2. I was late to it
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 04:49 PM
Jan 2019

Never had HBO while it was on, then eventually got it after the series had ended and binged it, loved it.

Peace

hibbing

(10,076 posts)
7. Hey, I remember them! hahah
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 05:42 PM
Jan 2019

If you have twitter there is an account "The Last Blockbuster" they don't post much, but it is usually pretty funny. Did you rack up any late fees, can't imagine how many DVDs that was!

Peace

hibbing

(10,076 posts)
12. Wow!
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:50 PM
Jan 2019

Hahaha, that's funny. Amazing how time flies, now I'm trying to think when the heck dvds even came out.

Be kind, rewind.

Peace

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
4. "The Sopranos" is arguably the best series of all time...
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 04:52 PM
Jan 2019

...with the possible exception of "The Wire", followed by "Breaking Bad" (definitely the best opening scene ever!) and "Game of Thrones".

Just my .02....

IcyPeas

(21,747 posts)
5. I agree with you....
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 05:02 PM
Jan 2019

and I think it all started thanks to HBO and the Sopranos. It really was ground breaking at it's time.

Loved the Wire too and BB and GoT.

So many great actors too.

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
6. You're absolutely right, "The Sopranos" was the ground-breaker...
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 05:32 PM
Jan 2019

...because it took pure genius to get the American public to root for a sociopathic criminal. Without "The Sopranos" there would never have been a "Breaking Bad" or "Dexter"...

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red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
10. I used to think The Sopranos was the best series of all time, then I saw Breaking Bad,
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:33 PM
Jan 2019

so now I have to say that they both are equally outstanding!

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
13. "Dexter" could have been the best of all time if they listened to me
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:09 PM
Jan 2019

back in 2007 and filmed an episode of Dick Cheney being dismembered in Dexter's garage and then dumped in plastic bags off his boat in Biscayne Bay.

Nobody has any imagination anymore.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
11. I love The Sopranos, and have seen every episode, many times.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:36 PM
Jan 2019

I bought the complete series, all six seasons, and play them frequently.

(Only character I just can't stand is Dr. Milfi)

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