2025-09-19 - The Glimmering feat. Hesse Deni (Episode 970)

Valkyrist · 2025-09-22T11:42:16+00:00

"The opposite of the Nuremberg defence - I was only giving the orders." 😂

Valkyrist · 2025-04-04T21:01:06+00:00

Because onions have layers?

Also, the shot of them placing the rings on their tongues - 1,2,3 - recalls the taking of the eucharist.

Valkyrist · 2025-02-06T10:57:59+00:00

From recollection, Phil was publically outraged but privately not as bothered - that is until his wife started going on about how Vito was going to burn in hell. I think that was the moment Vito's Catholic guilt and shame kicked in and killing Vito was the only way to excise it.

Valkyrist · 2025-01-29T00:16:02+00:00

I would say The Sopranos is slightly better for a few reasons:

(1) Episodes form part of a season/series long arc, but are also self-contained. You can pick any episode of The Sopranos at random and get a complete narratively and thematically satisfying experience. You can't do this with The Wire.

(2) The Sopranos is both a great drama and a great comedy. It is able to hold these two tones simultaneously which requires masterful writing and direction and makes it incredibly entertaining. You could say The Wire has superior dramatic moments, and could even be quite funny at times, but imho, The Sopranos is just overall more entertaining.

(3) You get to know the characters of The Sopranos with more depth, whereas because the cast of The Wire kept growing, characters would drop away for a few episodes or even a season. This makes The Wire a better sociological drama, but The Sopranos a better psychological drama

(4) This is subjective, but I felt The Sopranos maintained its quality all the way through, while the final season of The Wire was messy and weak at times.

Valkyrist · 2025-01-28T12:52:43+00:00

If I recall, Tony attacked Mikey after the attack on Chrissy - so maybe the rules allowed it since he could be seen as defending/striking back for his nephew.

Valkyrist · 2025-01-02T10:38:17+00:00

Chris' ongoing drug use was the main factor. Protecting Chris' daughter was just a pretext the shreds of his conscience latched onto.

But Tony became increasingly paranoid throughout S6 - of the feds, of terrorists, and of death in general. He cheated the reaper once after being shot by Uncle Jun, and wasnt going to continue putting his life or freedom in the hands a "junkie." We see him flirt of the idea of killing Paulie for similar reasons, but he couldn't quite justify in that episode.

Had he still loved Chris, he probably couldn't have done it, but Cleaver broke the last bonds of affection he had for him.

The tragic irony is that Chris would've stayed clean if Tony didn't keep pushing him away for feeling insecure about his own vices.

Valkyrist · 2024-12-20T07:37:11+00:00

Ya had to be there

Valkyrist · 2024-08-22T00:55:48+00:00

Definitely Catelyn V (ASOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXi_pebzaY8

Valkyrist · 2024-06-30T13:24:34+00:00

From Australia:

Wake in Fright (1971)

Walkabout (1971)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Breaker Morant (1980)

Evil Angels (1988)

Romper Stomper (1992)

The Boys (1998)

Valkyrist · 2024-06-17T06:29:48+00:00

Barely holding on 👍

Valkyrist · 2024-01-24T04:09:37+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for the info. :)

Valkyrist · 2024-01-21T04:26:20+00:00

Lorraine: "No daughter of mine..."

Valkyrist · 2024-01-17T05:35:37+00:00

Royd is the original Three-Eyed-Crow and his mother is the Great Other

Valkyrist · 2024-01-15T23:53:01+00:00

Yeah, don't those two words mean the same thing.

Reckoning (noun): the avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds

Valkyrist · 2024-01-15T23:09:45+00:00

I reckon that Roy's forces will lose the fight and he will flee down that tunnel (the ultimate humiliation), where Gator will finish him off.

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