Oh, I know...Gandolfini was a really good guy from everything you hear.

Honestly feels like splitting hairs for me — I think all these shows are top tier programs. I definitely agree re: Breaking Bad since we’re throwing that in the mix.

I mean, for me, there wasn’t a single season in The Sopranos as good as S4 of The Wire or S5 of The Shield. Or even S5 of Breaking Bad for that matter. It never hit those heights for me. The cast, to me, was better across the board in The Shield than The Sopranos. I was never all that impressed by Gandy’s acting chops…

Wait...you don’t think The Shield has the same level of scope and atmosphere as The Sopranos?

By my very unscientific, anecdotal observation, I have noticed the folks I know who liked Tony the most — the people who thought he was a hero — “didn’t get”/disliked the ending the most, and in fact refuse to believe it was a death scene.

By my very unscientific, anecdotal observation, I have noticed the folks I know who liked Tony the most — the people who thought he was a hero — “didn’t get”/disliked the ending the most, and in fact refuse to believe it was a death scene.

The Sopranos was entertaining, but I wouldn’t call it brilliant.

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They really should have brought in Terence Winter instead to direct. Boardwalk Empire wasn’t as transcendent as Sopranos, but here’s a guy who understands how to write and shoot compelling mob stuff from different eras.

I watched the Sopranos regularly while it was on, but missed the last episode because I moved out of state that weekend. And I never had a chance to watch it, just got caught up with a new job, forgot, heard it was bad, no one wanted to watch it with me, etc. Finally saw it last month and.. I liked it! I appreciated th…

I’ve always thought The Sopranos as a series was overrated, though its impact on shows that followed was immense. Its peers (The Wire, The Shield) were better. I even thought Oz was overall a better series, though that is probably highly controversial.

He made Thor: The Dark World.  So, yeah, it’s been considered. 

Well he god the job because he worked on the show. There is an interview where Chase briefly expresses annoyance that Taylor didn’t want to listen to him like he used to on the show, because now he’s a big film director.

Taylor, who’s alternated high-profile HBO gigs with the big-budget franchise maintenance of Thor: The Dark World and Terminator Genisys

I think it’s actually Dickie’s wife Joanne who is related to her so Dickie has no blood relation that I know of 

I think they’re not even related at all, Chris is actually related to Carm, he’s her first cousin once removed. His mother was Carm’s first cousin 

He’s actually only related to him thru Carmella, who is Dickie’s cousin. 

I’m an American of German-Irish descent and we do the exact same thing.  Once you get into seconds and removeds and such everyone is just a cousin or uncle depending on whether they’re from your generation or your parents’

Well yeah, anyone who saw Terminator Genysis. 

Has anyone considered that directing films might not be Alan Taylor’s forte?