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.

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

[We see the aftermath of a horrible car crash from above, with a man standing next to the driver’s side window of a smashed-up SUV. We slowly move in and recognize Tony Soprano as he holds his hand over Christopher Moltisanti’s nose and mouth, and watches as Christopher suffocates.]

For some reason he narrates it face-down from Norma Desmond’s swimming pool.

It’s an age thing. Being Italian in my family I have many second cousins etc that I refer to as my nieces and nephews solely bc of age. 

The problem with Scorcese films in my opinion as a NYer who grew up with mob figures and friends of the mob in the 70s is that the movies always took itself too seriously. It was like Scorcese was being very careful not to insult the mob at a time when even Hollywood was under their thumb. The Sopranos lets down that…

In retrospect, releasing it as “David Chase’s Stupid Rock and Roll Movie” was probably a mistake.

Well yeah, anyone who saw Terminator Genysis. 

I can’t help but wonder if any form of Sopranos prequel would be able to work. A huge part of what made The Sopranos work so well was its milieu—the pitch-perfect representation of America in the late 90s/early 00s, the autumnal unease of it all. It worked because it mirrored the state of the Mafia, and threw its…

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

I’m not here to countenance reasonable opinions, just to make smart remarks.

We can’t all be El Camino.

Thank goodness you didn’t take the time to post the context of what he was posting there - from the article you linked about what he was posting - or people might realise how bad faith your argument here is.

this is a very reddit reply

Exactly.  I don’t think people will look at Batman the same way if they go through my old posts.

I hope no one knows who I am through my kinja account. The last thing my constituents need is more ammunition against their Prime Minister. 

Was excited to try the Jollibee in Queens after some great experiences with other cultures’ McDonald’s equivalents (Coco Ichibanya with their “curry” is the FUCKING BOMB). Tried the sweet spaghetti with sliced hot dogs because from what I’d read it’s the most Filipino-typical dish. Sadly, I most definitely wasn’t into…

I went from having no fucking idea what this place even is, to learning there’s one not 10 minutes from my office, in about 3 minutes. So there’s that.