Sopranos Coming Back September 15.
May 14, 2002 9:14 AM Subscribe
Sopranos Coming Back September 15. Season 4 will be airing only a month after Season 3 comes out on DVD. Finally! More Sopranos news than Robert Iler getting pinched for being stupid.
i just wanna know #1 when Band of Brothers is comming out on DVD and #2 when 6 Feet Under is starting again
posted by Qambient at 9:24 AM on May 14, 2002
posted by Qambient at 9:24 AM on May 14, 2002
Qambient-6 Feet Under has already started and is probably more than halfway through its current season.
On another note, too bad it's so godawful now...talk about a sophomore slump. Each episode is more soap opera-ish than the last.
posted by momus at 9:42 AM on May 14, 2002
On another note, too bad it's so godawful now...talk about a sophomore slump. Each episode is more soap opera-ish than the last.
posted by momus at 9:42 AM on May 14, 2002
Qambient, according to this, "The [Band of Brothers] DVD and VHS release is set for Fall 2002 in a special Box Set."
posted by yerfatma at 9:44 AM on May 14, 2002
posted by yerfatma at 9:44 AM on May 14, 2002
Oh man I wanna smooch you for giving us this info rev...thanks!
I was so anti-TV until I got stuck in a hotel room last summer and saw my first episode of the Sopranos(the one where Ralph beats the girl to death). Not only did I order cable for the first time when I got home, but I spent $150 to buy the first two seasons on DVD so I could catch up. I am so hooked!
First I hope Ralphie gets it good and I hope its a woman that does him in. Secondly I hope Dr. Melfi and Gloria get in a catfight over Tony and kill each other. And last I hope Tony totally falls in love with me and takes me back to the old country. :)
Qambient ... I don't know about Band of Brothers but Six Feet Under is the only other show that could take me away from the Sopranos.
Except maybe The Osbournes.
Have a great day everybody! Skips off....happily.
posted by oh posey at 9:53 AM on May 14, 2002
I was so anti-TV until I got stuck in a hotel room last summer and saw my first episode of the Sopranos(the one where Ralph beats the girl to death). Not only did I order cable for the first time when I got home, but I spent $150 to buy the first two seasons on DVD so I could catch up. I am so hooked!
First I hope Ralphie gets it good and I hope its a woman that does him in. Secondly I hope Dr. Melfi and Gloria get in a catfight over Tony and kill each other. And last I hope Tony totally falls in love with me and takes me back to the old country. :)
Qambient ... I don't know about Band of Brothers but Six Feet Under is the only other show that could take me away from the Sopranos.
Except maybe The Osbournes.
Have a great day everybody! Skips off....happily.
posted by oh posey at 9:53 AM on May 14, 2002
i just finished watching season one this weekend....and started season two yesterday....
Ahhhh..... 26 hours of the Sopranos.... Life is good.
posted by Espoo2 at 9:54 AM on May 14, 2002
Ahhhh..... 26 hours of the Sopranos.... Life is good.
posted by Espoo2 at 9:54 AM on May 14, 2002
Six Feet Under is getting a little odd lately. I for one couldn't care less about Brenda and/or Billy but they seem to be obsessing about it.
Personally I'd like to see more of Frederico and Keith. It wouldn't hurt if they put Ruth on some sort of medication either.
posted by revbrian at 9:59 AM on May 14, 2002
Personally I'd like to see more of Frederico and Keith. It wouldn't hurt if they put Ruth on some sort of medication either.
posted by revbrian at 9:59 AM on May 14, 2002
Sorry, Posey. I'm married, so no smooching. But I will be happy if you end up with James Gandolphini, because my wife lusts after him, as well. You'd be doing me a favor. As for Six Feet Under, Great first season, hit-or-miss second season. Brenda should get hit by a truck. Or a piano. Or a huge box of "Charlotte, Light and Dark" books.
posted by rev- at 10:02 AM on May 14, 2002
posted by rev- at 10:02 AM on May 14, 2002
I dislike Sopranos for the same reason I disliked The Godfather. Glorifying organized crime and treating criminals like heroes is not my idea of entertainment. Godfather's still in the Top Ten, and TV Guide recently reported that The Sopranos are among the top fifty television series of all time. I bow to the ignorance of humanity.
posted by ZachsMind at 10:29 AM on May 14, 2002
posted by ZachsMind at 10:29 AM on May 14, 2002
I bow to the ignorance of humanity.
FROM THE DESK OF ZACHSMIND
To: The world
You are ignorant.
[It should be noted that the rest of the world failed to care what Zachs thought.]
In the spirit of belaboring the obvious, the antihero has a storied past in literature and art, not that anyone has to like it. But it's pretty stupid to pick up the "ignorant" brush and start tarring because one doesn't like a freaking TV show.
posted by Skot at 10:39 AM on May 14, 2002
FROM THE DESK OF ZACHSMIND
To: The world
You are ignorant.
[It should be noted that the rest of the world failed to care what Zachs thought.]
In the spirit of belaboring the obvious, the antihero has a storied past in literature and art, not that anyone has to like it. But it's pretty stupid to pick up the "ignorant" brush and start tarring because one doesn't like a freaking TV show.
posted by Skot at 10:39 AM on May 14, 2002
"The Sopranos" is really just "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" with violence. The show hops you up on rock music and ultra-violence, and while your adrenalin is pumping, they switch to some domestic scene, and you soak up the script's banal observations thinking that they are somehow more profound than -- I dunno -- "Drew Carey". Sheer manipulation. Believe me, if every so often, a character on "Malcom in the Middle" had his or her head blown off, or was raped or brutally beaten when you weren't expecting it, you'd think that show was pretty profound too.
posted by Faze at 10:53 AM on May 14, 2002
posted by Faze at 10:53 AM on May 14, 2002
"I bow to the ignorance of humanity"...Zachman, if you are offended by The Sopranos, a good counterpoint is on tonight, called The Shield, a real family values cop show based on the true heroics of the ramparts division of the LAPD.
Last sunday's repeat of 'The Pine Barrens' episode on the Sopranos far outstrips anything for comedy I've ever seen, and yes, Brenda and Billy *must die*.
posted by Mack Twain at 10:58 AM on May 14, 2002
Last sunday's repeat of 'The Pine Barrens' episode on the Sopranos far outstrips anything for comedy I've ever seen, and yes, Brenda and Billy *must die*.
posted by Mack Twain at 10:58 AM on May 14, 2002
I still enjoy 6'_, but it has gotten a bit melodramatic of late. I mean, a brain tumor, fer chrissakes...a story line straight out of General Hospital.
More dead people!
posted by groundhog at 11:11 AM on May 14, 2002
More dead people!
posted by groundhog at 11:11 AM on May 14, 2002
"He was an interior decorator. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakian."
"I bow to the ignorance of humanity"
The world does an encore.
posted by adampsyche at 11:14 AM on May 14, 2002
"I bow to the ignorance of humanity"
The world does an encore.
posted by adampsyche at 11:14 AM on May 14, 2002
Make that "Czechoslovakians."
posted by adampsyche at 11:15 AM on May 14, 2002
posted by adampsyche at 11:15 AM on May 14, 2002
Rev... a platonic smooch never hurt anybody. :)
Its not James Gandolfini I personally lust for...its the character of Tony Soprano therefore unattainable which makes him an even greater fantasy.
I think overall the second season of Six Feet Under has been good except for one or two weak episodes. Maybe Brenda is a little less cool now than she was but you had to see it coming from the foundation they laid for her character in the first season. Plus Nate has turned into a real yawner so who can blame her?
Hey now... everything we do to occupy our "ignorant hopeless human life" from television to movies to music to Metafilter is merely brain fodder anyway. I'm real happy we don't all like the same things otherwise what would we have to type about to people we don't know?
posted by oh posey at 11:19 AM on May 14, 2002
Its not James Gandolfini I personally lust for...its the character of Tony Soprano therefore unattainable which makes him an even greater fantasy.
I think overall the second season of Six Feet Under has been good except for one or two weak episodes. Maybe Brenda is a little less cool now than she was but you had to see it coming from the foundation they laid for her character in the first season. Plus Nate has turned into a real yawner so who can blame her?
Hey now... everything we do to occupy our "ignorant hopeless human life" from television to movies to music to Metafilter is merely brain fodder anyway. I'm real happy we don't all like the same things otherwise what would we have to type about to people we don't know?
posted by oh posey at 11:19 AM on May 14, 2002
C'mon, the Sopranos is pure id escapism! You imagine yourself as part of the crew - still you, but with the social governors taken off, the governors that keep you from beating the crap out of people that cut you off on the highway, that keep you from filling your head full of coke and vodka and picking up a trio of hookers, that keep you from blasting away at your enemies with your trusty 9 mil. And all with a cool soundtrack!
In general, it's best not to try and read too much into some shows. Just sit back, crack a Bud and let this dab of dystopiac fantasy wash over you, even if TV critics all over the nation get all breathless about its greater meaning, etc, ad nauseum.
posted by UncleFes at 11:24 AM on May 14, 2002
In general, it's best not to try and read too much into some shows. Just sit back, crack a Bud and let this dab of dystopiac fantasy wash over you, even if TV critics all over the nation get all breathless about its greater meaning, etc, ad nauseum.
posted by UncleFes at 11:24 AM on May 14, 2002
oh goodie, i was so missing the weekly opportunity to hear some dumbass violent mook swear as he pummells some big-hair desperate broad who simultaneously shows her tits and makes a pathetically misguided personal decision 8-)
the critics are insane to think the sopranos is chock full of brilliant acting and original scripting, but it's damn fun to watch an episode once in a while. the pine barrens ep absolutely takes the cake hehe.
posted by t r a c y at 11:38 AM on May 14, 2002
the critics are insane to think the sopranos is chock full of brilliant acting and original scripting, but it's damn fun to watch an episode once in a while. the pine barrens ep absolutely takes the cake hehe.
posted by t r a c y at 11:38 AM on May 14, 2002
...the governors that keep you from beating the crap out of people that cut you off on the highway, that keep you from filling your head full of coke and vodka and picking up a trio of hookers, that keep you from blasting away at your enemies with your trusty 9 mill...
Governors?
posted by luser at 11:51 AM on May 14, 2002
Governors?
posted by luser at 11:51 AM on May 14, 2002
For a while I was willing to trust that they were going somewhere interesting with Brenda, but every time she fucks another guy as a way of escaping from her problems is starting to make her and the show a little bit more boring.
I'm in love with Claire, though.
posted by bingo at 11:57 AM on May 14, 2002
I'm in love with Claire, though.
posted by bingo at 11:57 AM on May 14, 2002
Governors?
Like what they put on race car engines if you want to drive on the street, something to keep the motor from going over a certain RPM and/or speed. "That which governs."
posted by UncleFes at 12:27 PM on May 14, 2002
Like what they put on race car engines if you want to drive on the street, something to keep the motor from going over a certain RPM and/or speed. "That which governs."
posted by UncleFes at 12:27 PM on May 14, 2002
"Governors?"...Like, back in the seventies: "Why is Linda Rondstad singing slow songs? Because she has a Governor on her".
posted by Mack Twain at 12:46 PM on May 14, 2002
posted by Mack Twain at 12:46 PM on May 14, 2002
Myself, I'm looking forward to July's new Season 5 of Sex and the City, but its only going to be eight episodes, because somebody just had to go and get pregnant. But at least Season 3 will be coming to DVD soon.
posted by benjh at 5:06 PM on May 14, 2002
posted by benjh at 5:06 PM on May 14, 2002
Does anyone find HBO using the song "Always on Sunday" to promote the Sunday lineup vaguely hysterical?
Sunday
Shot of Brenda the whore
Sunday
Shot of Vern Schillinger, notorious White supremacist and rapist
Sunday
Shot of Tony Soprano, murderer, racketeer etc.
It just cracks me up for some reason:)
Incidentally you can find the song here:
Tammany Hall
posted by tetsuo at 7:27 PM on May 14, 2002
Sunday
Shot of Brenda the whore
Sunday
Shot of Vern Schillinger, notorious White supremacist and rapist
Sunday
Shot of Tony Soprano, murderer, racketeer etc.
It just cracks me up for some reason:)
Incidentally you can find the song here:
Tammany Hall
posted by tetsuo at 7:27 PM on May 14, 2002
"Governors?"...Like, back in the seventies: "Why is Linda Rondstad singing slow songs? Because she has a Governor on her".
90% of Metafilter is not going to get that joke.
posted by ljromanoff at 7:36 PM on May 14, 2002
90% of Metafilter is not going to get that joke.
posted by ljromanoff at 7:36 PM on May 14, 2002
Are the 10% of us who do the unignorant who agree with Zachmind's assessment of the Sopranos? I sure hope so.
posted by Dreama at 8:38 PM on May 14, 2002
posted by Dreama at 8:38 PM on May 14, 2002
...the governors that keep you from beating the crap out of people that cut you off on the highway, that keep you from filling your head full of coke and vodka and picking up a trio of hookers, that keep you from blasting away at your enemies with your trusty 9 mill...
--- Governors?
Like what they put on race car engines if you want to drive on the street, something to keep the motor from going over a certain RPM and/or speed. "That which governs."
Yeah I got it, I was making a joke -- like, why are you assuming I have a governer to stop me from doing these things.
Hearing a joke explained just makes it that much more hilarious in my book. Too bad nobody's reading this thread anymore. I'm not wearing underwear!!!!!
posted by luser at 7:34 AM on May 16, 2002
--- Governors?
Like what they put on race car engines if you want to drive on the street, something to keep the motor from going over a certain RPM and/or speed. "That which governs."
Yeah I got it, I was making a joke -- like, why are you assuming I have a governer to stop me from doing these things.
Hearing a joke explained just makes it that much more hilarious in my book. Too bad nobody's reading this thread anymore. I'm not wearing underwear!!!!!
posted by luser at 7:34 AM on May 16, 2002
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