Since May 2001 we have been without a new episode of the Sopranos.Well this all changes on Sunday September 15 when the Fourth Season of Tony and the gang gets underway with the first of thirteen new episodes.You need either HBO or The Movie Network to see them.Are there any other Soprano fans out there in TERB land????
The Sopranos'Fourth Season-This Sunday
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HUGE FAN!!! I got the 2nd season on DVD for Christmas - watched in twice. Last weekend I bought the 3rd season on DVD.I'm still watching. Sat night I will sit with my popcorn and watch 3 hours of it!!
HUGE FAN!!! I got the 2nd season on DVD for Christmas - watched in twice. Last weekend I bought the 3rd season on DVD.I'm still watching. Sat night I will sit with my popcorn and watch 3 hours of it!!
Sopranos' Fourth Season
It actually doesn't begin for some of us here in Canada on Sunday. If you get HBO on a satellite dish it does, but if you need to watch it on TMN the season's premiere is Tuesday, September 17. I know me, my popcorn and a cold drink will be parked in front of the television. God help any poor soul who tries to call me during the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It actually doesn't begin for some of us here in Canada on Sunday. If you get HBO on a satellite dish it does, but if you need to watch it on TMN the season's premiere is Tuesday, September 17. I know me, my popcorn and a cold drink will be parked in front of the television. God help any poor soul who tries to call me during the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who's Next Soprano to get Wacked
Here are the latest bookmaker odds on who in the Sopranos is most likely to get wacked.. Ralph Cifaretto (Ralphie) at 5/6,Uncle Junior at 8/5 (he could die of cancer),Furio Giunta (pony tailed hood) at 2/1,Paulie Walnuts at 3/1, Christopher Molisanti at 3/1 and finally Tony at 10/1..Stay tuned...Cathyp thanks for the update on when it starts in Toronto.I have HBO so I will hopefully get it on Sunday unless Direct fries my card....
Here are the latest bookmaker odds on who in the Sopranos is most likely to get wacked.. Ralph Cifaretto (Ralphie) at 5/6,Uncle Junior at 8/5 (he could die of cancer),Furio Giunta (pony tailed hood) at 2/1,Paulie Walnuts at 3/1, Christopher Molisanti at 3/1 and finally Tony at 10/1..Stay tuned...Cathyp thanks for the update on when it starts in Toronto.I have HBO so I will hopefully get it on Sunday unless Direct fries my card....
The Sopranos' Fourth Season
There was also an article in Time. The story lines include Meadow seeing a psychiatrist (although not clear if it's Dr. Melfi), Carmela fooling around behind Tony's back with one of his associates, Janice causing more commotion for little brother and Paulie Walnuts doing time for a gun charge and possibly aligning with Johnny Sack and one of the New York rival families. Speaking as a writer (and I was trained to write for television), I think whacking one of the crew would be too obvious. This show has made its success by not being obvious. I think someone in the personal family getting shot or killed because of their relationship with Tony or family would less predictable and more tragic. More of an emotional twister, too, if a totally innocent party were killed (like a child) simply because of their proximity to their father's crime family (hint, hint)... One of the important elements of the Sopranos' success as a t.v. series is that it resists the formulaic mob-style story line. Some of the characters are killers, but they're also husbands, fathers and men who wrestle with their consciences and need to be medicated for anxiety attacks. Just imagine the guilt and panic Tony would feel if A.J. or Meadow were hurt simply because he was their dad?
Glad to help Paragolfer. As for Tony Soprano calling, he'll have to wait until the show is done, just like everybody else. "Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in."
P.S. Season Five is in the works and then David Chase says he's calling it quits.
There was also an article in Time. The story lines include Meadow seeing a psychiatrist (although not clear if it's Dr. Melfi), Carmela fooling around behind Tony's back with one of his associates, Janice causing more commotion for little brother and Paulie Walnuts doing time for a gun charge and possibly aligning with Johnny Sack and one of the New York rival families. Speaking as a writer (and I was trained to write for television), I think whacking one of the crew would be too obvious. This show has made its success by not being obvious. I think someone in the personal family getting shot or killed because of their relationship with Tony or family would less predictable and more tragic. More of an emotional twister, too, if a totally innocent party were killed (like a child) simply because of their proximity to their father's crime family (hint, hint)... One of the important elements of the Sopranos' success as a t.v. series is that it resists the formulaic mob-style story line. Some of the characters are killers, but they're also husbands, fathers and men who wrestle with their consciences and need to be medicated for anxiety attacks. Just imagine the guilt and panic Tony would feel if A.J. or Meadow were hurt simply because he was their dad?
Glad to help Paragolfer. As for Tony Soprano calling, he'll have to wait until the show is done, just like everybody else. "Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in."
P.S. Season Five is in the works and then David Chase says he's calling it quits.
good ideas there........hey, I was watching "Untamed Heart" the other day and is it just me, or does Meadow Soprano, (can't remember the actress's name) really resemble Marisa tomei in her younger days? I found it uncanny actually......
The Sopranos' Fourth Season
Well, it's officially be done in the U.S. and now Canada. I watched the first episode and, in fact, taped it, too. I plan to rewatch it because I missed some dialogue arguing with my boyfriend to bring me tea that tasted like more than flavoured water! Here are my observations, as a consumer, avid Sopranos fan and a trained writer for television:
a. Lots of forshadowing that's pretty predictable - ie. Carmela "all things come to an end Tony", Tony to Dr. Melfi "there are only two ways out of this kind of thing for high profile guys like me - dead or the can". Lots of lead-ins to future possibilities.
b. In a way, the tone seemed a little flat but that may be reflective of the general mood of the plots (ie. times are tougher, leaner, people have to be more careful with income, etc.).
c. Tony's extra-curricular philandering (ie thinking with the little head instead of the big head) may lead him to a jail cell at the same time as Uncle Junior. While there is purportedly a law enforcement witness in his doctor's office (presumably the nurse he was flirting with), Tony was visibly attracted to the undercover F.B.I. Agent who has befriended Adrianna. Wouldn't that be a plot twister - Tony fools around with her, thereby compromising not only his crime family but his family family and at the same time the married, mother of a baby F.B.I. agent has to decide just how far she is prepared to go to snare Tony Soprano. Does sleeping with the suspect come with the badge? And how does her spouse, who is also a cop, react to this?
d. The Christopher heroin storyline and the killing of the cop who was the purported killer of his father has me a little baffled. Did Tony set him up and if so why? He alluded to the fact that it may not be true by telling the cop, even if you aren't or weren't you're still dead and yet at the same time he seems to truly believe he was guilty. The other thing that perplexes me is how could someone as sharp as Tony not realize Christopher is out of it particularly if he's grooming him to be his next-in-line? And on a much less significant note, why the hell is an earner like Christopher letting his mother live in a dump like that?
e. Janice and Ralphie (I predict) will have an affair that Rosalie finds out about and then commits suicide. What's with the retarded bangs Ralphie?
All in all, it was an okay season's opener although not quite as exciting as I'd hoped. The mentions of September 11 seemed a little forced, too.
C'est toute. Bada bing bada boom.
Well, it's officially be done in the U.S. and now Canada. I watched the first episode and, in fact, taped it, too. I plan to rewatch it because I missed some dialogue arguing with my boyfriend to bring me tea that tasted like more than flavoured water! Here are my observations, as a consumer, avid Sopranos fan and a trained writer for television:
a. Lots of forshadowing that's pretty predictable - ie. Carmela "all things come to an end Tony", Tony to Dr. Melfi "there are only two ways out of this kind of thing for high profile guys like me - dead or the can". Lots of lead-ins to future possibilities.
b. In a way, the tone seemed a little flat but that may be reflective of the general mood of the plots (ie. times are tougher, leaner, people have to be more careful with income, etc.).
c. Tony's extra-curricular philandering (ie thinking with the little head instead of the big head) may lead him to a jail cell at the same time as Uncle Junior. While there is purportedly a law enforcement witness in his doctor's office (presumably the nurse he was flirting with), Tony was visibly attracted to the undercover F.B.I. Agent who has befriended Adrianna. Wouldn't that be a plot twister - Tony fools around with her, thereby compromising not only his crime family but his family family and at the same time the married, mother of a baby F.B.I. agent has to decide just how far she is prepared to go to snare Tony Soprano. Does sleeping with the suspect come with the badge? And how does her spouse, who is also a cop, react to this?
d. The Christopher heroin storyline and the killing of the cop who was the purported killer of his father has me a little baffled. Did Tony set him up and if so why? He alluded to the fact that it may not be true by telling the cop, even if you aren't or weren't you're still dead and yet at the same time he seems to truly believe he was guilty. The other thing that perplexes me is how could someone as sharp as Tony not realize Christopher is out of it particularly if he's grooming him to be his next-in-line? And on a much less significant note, why the hell is an earner like Christopher letting his mother live in a dump like that?
e. Janice and Ralphie (I predict) will have an affair that Rosalie finds out about and then commits suicide. What's with the retarded bangs Ralphie?
All in all, it was an okay season's opener although not quite as exciting as I'd hoped. The mentions of September 11 seemed a little forced, too.
C'est toute. Bada bing bada boom.
G
GlavaMan
An entertaining season opener...
The 'it's a new world twist' provides for uncertainty among the characters. This URL shows us four 'shrinks' point of view.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070873&entry=2070874
I nearly split a gut laughing when I saw Ralphie passed out, buck naked on the couch with a flight attendents hat on!
The 'it's a new world twist' provides for uncertainty among the characters. This URL shows us four 'shrinks' point of view.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070873&entry=2070874
I nearly split a gut laughing when I saw Ralphie passed out, buck naked on the couch with a flight attendents hat on!
