Thread 215387678

You know who had an arc? Artie

>>215387678 (OP)
him beating the shit out of benny makes no sense
the show makes a point how artie is a loser but he somehow managed to beat up a gangster like benny? yeah benny might not be a gangser like paulie or christopher but he's still part of mafia

>>215387678 (OP)
I must be loyle to my big tiddied wife who doesn't respect me

>>215387678 (OP)
Meadow's arc left a little to be desired.

>>215387678 (OP)
What arc?
Non stop ass rape?

>>215387678 (OP)
meh he wasn't that interesting and he's just there. You never needed an arc for artie

>>215389369
kek

>>215389758
I feel bad for Artie. Then I remember I'm an incel who couldn't even get the hot ball-buster wife to want to cheat on.

>>215388699
this isn't some anime powerlevel stuff, artie seems decently fit and he just got lucky. also most of the gangsters aren't great fighters anyway, most of their "fights" are against people who can't fight back, or they are cheap shot sneak attacks

>>215387678 (OP)
Actually yes, and an actually positive one as well. Artie won.

>>215388699
What the other reply said. Also, Artie has a fuckload of repressed rage.
Even though he was on good terms with his wife, Artie was still pissed that Benny was fucking his hostess, and they were scamming his place.

>>215387678 (OP)
Too many spics in the kitchen though

>>215388699
>the show makes a point how artie is a loser but he somehow managed to beat up a gangster like benny?
Benny is a manlet and Artie actually works for a living. Do you think gangsters like Benny go around fighting people all day like Bruce Lee or something?

>>215388699
>him beating the shit out of benny makes no sense
It makes perfect sense. He's bigger than Benny, and he grew up friends with Tony who talks about getting into fights in high school. It's reasonable to assume Artie has been in some scraps. Add to this that Artie is naturally larger and works a more physical job. Of course he's going to make short work of some uppity manlet who typically coasts entirely on intimidation,

I skip all of his scenes

>>215391418
>Why does tony keep gaining weight? he barely eats anything!

>>215391418
pleb filtered

>>215387678 (OP)
That's why they called him Arcie

>>215391611
Indeed. Just like the brainlets who skip the therapy scenes; even though they are the whole point of the show in the early seasons.

what are the most skippable characters or types of scenes in sopranos ?

>>215391892
AJ

>>215388699
Benny is a dork. He was just a driver until he shot those two niggers. Phil also beats the shit out of him.

>>215387678 (OP)
I liked when he cooked that rabbit for that couple. It’s tough watching a good natured man get shit on all the time, I’m glad he was finally able to get back to who he was prior to losing his first restaurant

>>215391892
Most Livia scenes
Meadow
Vito except that one sequence where he's trying honest work
Hesh
All private Melfi scenes

>>215392027
>All private Melfi scenes
what about the... you know what

>>215392051
Ah yes the toodle-fucking-oo scene. Nah, that one is watchable

>>215392027
>Most Livia scenes
bait

>>215392165
I just don't think she was that good of an actress. Every scene's the same. But I guess it's an authentic portrayal of old cunts.

>>215392232
she reminds me so much of my (now dead) grandma it's crazy

>>215389369
Literally me, specially the hair part.

>>215389943
that wife was the real prize

>>215392090
kek

>>215391892
Whatever extra chromosome people find uncomfortable, I guess.

>>215392986
Yeah, her tits. But other than that. She's not very likable. Seems like constantly nagging bitch.

>>215392027
Hesh is jewkino though

>>215388699
Artie was a goddamn psycho who grew up with tiny getting into fights, he's only a "loser" in the sense he has no self respect and loses his shit all the time. Artie could probably fuck up most people

>>215388699
Getting the shit beaten out of him is the Benny special
https://youtu.be/40HPFGvZ4ro?t=277

>>215392836
Same, baldbro.
I'm a manlet bearded Gandolfini, with zero pussy.
>>215392986
Indeed. Oo-fah!
>>215393032
She's a ball-buster, but she really was looking out for Artie. She didn't want him going into business with Tony.
Strange how that plotline of Artie marketing Vesuvio sauces through Satriale's was just abandoned, it's basically why they separated.
Even her actress admitted she wished she'd had more tender scenes with Artie. Though the characters were separated for five years. They seemed to be getting along the best in that Martina episode, even though Artie was simping for the latter. Artie and Charmaine didn't have much screen time after that.

>>215392027
>Hesh
Frankly anon, if you got that type of covert anti-semitism, I'd like you to leave my thread.

>>215394490
Explain to me the appeal of this character then. He's just the typical Jewish businessman. And the one time they tried giving him a storyline it sucked.

>>215388780
Her tits weren't that big

>>215391892
Carmella

>>215394490
He’s just a character that adds plot to Tony’s gang. Another way to shoot scenes ect it’s generally nothing until the part Tony owes him money.

More like Arcie kek

>>215393032
She was literally never wrong

>>215394490
>ANTI-SEMITISM?!? FUCK JOO TOO, MY MAN!!!

>>215394684
>Jew character, one shot character; you two have been friends for years!

>>215394668
True but that still doesn't make her likable. This constant resting bitch face and the general attitude. True, Artie was a retard but then why the fuck didn't they separate earlier. Ah well, I guess they're Catholics.

>>215388699
Benny a chump.

>>215387678 (OP)
>"NONSTOP ASS RAPE!"
How very prophetic of him...

Why did she want Richie to murder Tony so bad?

>>215395202
She thought she could control Richie and when she realize she couldn’t she started blasting

>>215391892
the whole thing

>>215395202
She wanted to run the whole thing, cut off the head, do business with whats left, that typa thing

>>215389943
shes hot as fuck but I hate the madonna/woman boss look older italian women take when they get older. like they became ceo of some shit wine company.

>>215395457
>The Soprano residence, they feed anybody and everybody over there.
>And the way they do it is all fucked up.
AJ doesn't wash his hands. There's no antipasto or wine on the table.
>Janice...
>No Richie, either they're eating or not eating. And the Meadow thing..that girl harbors a mulignan.

Do chefs really get triggered about requests like "no salt"? Sick people need to eat too.

>>215392232
>Every scene's the same
Welcome to real life interaction with old women with NPD (even the young ones too, but at least the brain is probably active enough to at least create a different scenario every now and then to bitch about)

>>215391418
I normally play the show at 4.5x but I slow it down to 4x during his scenes because they're kinno.

>>215395202
What happened to her after the finale whatever the fuck

>>215394589
They weren't even real.

>>215388699
benny is a manlet, retard.

>>215387678 (OP)
non stop arc rape

did artie ever make a charcoal briquette?

>>215399453
It's not as if artie is a giant

AAAAHHHH JESUS FUCK MY HAND

>>215397602
This reminds me of that fucking New York goblin that was ranting about the trumpet guy kek

>>215395596
kek

>>215400580
>She must have crawled in the shock collar for warmth

artie is my favorite characterino

>>215400691
I outta shock collar you ya little prick!

>>215391418
>I skip all BLANK scenes
are there people actually like this? Why not just watch youtube clips if you’re going to skip so much of this show

Post em
https://tiermaker.com/create/the-sopranos-character-tier-list-55584

>>215401147
You can't put Phil there man, he's got some of the most iconic lines

>>215401147
>no Gino, Albert, or the Virgin Mary
awful list

>>215401147
>phil that low
>silvio that high
bait

I was shocked that Tony went so easy on Benny.

>>215392027
>Meadow
Imagine being this gay.

>>215400691
>>She must have crawled in the shock collar for warmth
kek

>>215401274
And he could turn into a house.

>>215401147
cry about it

>>215401377
If you hated Ralphie and Richie that much, then the actors did their jobs well.

>>215401287
Sil was great, man. Then again, so was Phil.

>>215401377
>Paulie
>not S tier
How much betrayal can one man take?

>>215391418
wow, you're a fag
this might be the funniest scene in the entire series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5XIGOlRQc8

>>215401377
>>215401147
Ralphie in any tier below A is a fucking crime.

>>215394727
I fucking love this show.

>>215394727
>Uncle X! Long time no see! Remember all those things we did, Uncle X? We were inseparable. Kids, come here. Remember Uncle X?
>I love you, Uncle X!!

>>215395202
All jokes and memes aside, can we admit that she did kinda have an earthy quality? She seems like she'd be a comfy fuck.

>>215395596
>I hate the madonna/woman boss look older italian women take when they get older
This sounds very gay.

>>215402145
Now THIS is some shit taste anon

>>215397232
Have you never dropped into a Bear thread?

>>215388811
Damn

>>215402295
>mfw little Timmy at table 4 asks for extra dipping sauce for his chicken nuggies

>>215391905
THERE'S NO COBS IN MY COBWEBS

Did he deserve it?

>>215402413
In a general sense, yes, every mobster in the show was irredeemable and a scumbag
In the mob context, yes, several times
In the show's context from a non mob pov? Much less than tony, and the context where tony killed him was yet another case of tony being an absolutely terrible person

>>215402413
That was for little Cosette you prick

>>215402773
SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL INNOCENT CREATURE

>>215402837
IT WAS A FUCKIN HORSE

>>215402872
A) she was a hoo war

>>215391892
most meadow and aj stuff
anything about melfi outside of therapy
vitos time in the gay utopia of new hampshire

>>215403273
>anything about melfi outside of therapy
Employee of the Month is one of the best episodes, and was an amazing character analysis of her. It also let the audience reflect on wanting to see the mob carry out violence. Easy top 5 episode

>>215403307
I should specify skippable on rewatch for my list*
it's a good episode but I don't tend to rewatch it.
once you know melfi, the message of the episode and how it goes it's a bit depressing to rewatch.
similarly for vito's new hampshire adventure it does have a purpose in showing how the mobster fuckups just can't cut it in the real world even in a practical paradise otherwise for them. but it's tedious when rewatching.

>>215403403
Fair enough. I’ve found on rewatches I tend to mostly enjoy the more comedic episodes like Commendatori and Pine Barrens

Streak.

>>215395202
She was basically Livia Jr.

>>215402242
I've always thought so, anon.
Also her clearly having no limits to please her man sexually counts for a lot.

>>215395596
I'm sorry, but this show made me addicted to Italian MILFs.
It fucking sucks I live nowhere near a guinea diaspora; just brown invaders. FML.

>>215397602
Legendary. I like how Charm looks like she's getting off. Ughn.

>>215394589
>>215398761
She's on record as saying they used bra inserts to enhance her bust.
I guess she got work done after the show.

>>215401305
Because protecting Artie is purely personal for Tony and everyone knew that.
Benny didn't violate Mafia rules. The boss just happened to be childhood friends with the civilian in question.
Had Artie and Tony not been buddies, Artie would have been beaten badly, or whacked.
Shit, Tony even gave Artie 'a pash for dat' when he fucking held him at gunpoint in S1.
Though it's sad to think what could have happened to Artie after the show, even if Benny 'only' muscled him financially.

>>215402015
>IF THE SHOE FITS.

>>215402174
>Well hello there, inseparable cousin who has never been mentioned before.

>>215391418
>hits too close to home, huh buddy?

>>215402295
I think JohnnyCakes was too skinny to constitute a bear. Though he was a top.
Sad that the guy an heroed IRL a couple of years after.

>>215395596
it’s nice when they just turn into sweet little old ladies sweeping the back porch and making pasta for their grandsons. that’s nice

>>215402413
Yes. He was back on drugs again despite the warning Tony gave him in S4, and he proved time and again that he was too weak.
Bobby had already replaced him as 'hair apparent' anyway.

Reminder that Paulie
>murdered an old lady for some pocket change
>shot a waiter after they left a lousy tip
>started a gang war because he wanted to suck up to another man
>constantly went behind Tony’s back and lied to him
>had the single most fragile ego of any character
And is still regarded as a loveable scamp

>>215404833
>Though it's sad to think what could have happened to Artie after the show, even if Benny 'only' muscled him financially.
I don't feel like benny does well after tony dies, his rise in the organization was due to his relationship with him and christofuh
he's either in jail due to the wave of arrests that presumably happen thanks to carlo flipping, in hiding to not be capped by new york, or with his brains on the losing side of jersey's infighting

>>215404935
he was gay, the metallica guy?

>>215405030
>NOOOO! Are you listenin' to me?!?

>>215405008
Very possibly. Likewise, it's possible he survives and becomes a capo at some point, given how decimated the leadership was over that dumb asbestos deal that Tony really should have taken, and not gone to war with NY over.
True, it has been constantly debated whether or not Benny was even a made guy. Or was made after Phil put him in hospital.
Both he and Little Paulie always seemed to catch beatings that suggested they were not made guys who'd be considered 'untouchable'.
As for Artie, maybe he got away with it, as it was 'water over the dam' and Benny would have other shit to worry about.

I know everyone hates Reddit, but there was some happenings in one of the Soprano shitpost subreddits that was pretty funny
>they start memeing about kirks assassination
>a bunch of assblasted republicans start seething hard about it
>this just causes even more shitposts, and even more seething
>eventually a bunch of leftists come over
>the subreddit then start shitting on them as well

>>215401147
>Bobby in S tier
Get the fuck outta here

>>215405304
To the victor belong the S tiers

>>215405001
Paulie lost a lot of standing after the Russian incident. Then the writers used him more for comic relief.
Tony talked of Paulie more fondly and respectfully before that. Even called him a tremendous earner in S2, I believe.
Then he got sick of him and barely restrained himself from whacking him in Florida, despite all the nostalgia he felt for the time he loved him.
Though Paulie was a titular underboss in S6, even NY knew he was small potatoes. Thereby he survived and probably became a puppet boss for NY.

BUCCO?!

>>215401147
Best list round bros

>>215405328
Why don’t you get the fuck outta here before I shove ya tier list up ya fuckin ass!

TFW we barely knew the biggest fuckin' crew in the family

>>215405369
>Johnny Sack
>C tier
Speak

>>215393146
>Benny: I'm on my way to the hospital
>Phil: Well, that's up to you.

>dude, what if I go sexually harass the daughter of the boss with huge anger issues lol what could go wrong
Name a stupider character

>>215405398
>Boo hoo my fat wife

>>215405997
>fat
She’s rubenesque

Trick or Treat

>>215406011
>He wants to fuck her ?

>>215405529
what is that loser from that glorified crew going to do, pistol whip him and curb stomp his teeth out?

>>215406145
>quote from man who was pistol whipped and had his teeth curb stomped

>>215401147
Phil did his twenty years like a man and that is how you treat him?

>>215406344
What the fuck was Chase thinking?!?

>>215406324
>*angrily butters bread in the background

>>215406375
sopranos is at heart a dark comedy, even at it's most bleak in season 6 there's a lot of funny moments

>>215388699
All the gangsters we see are unhealthy slobs and half of them are fat fucks. They spend most of their time sitting around doing nothing

The only advantage gangsters have is they are willing to go from nothing to extreme levels of violence. They aren’t inherently stronger or more dangerous than any other guy their age beyond that

Was artie almost involved in the mafia?

Whenever they talk about Tony as a child, they always say that Artie was actually the bad kid with a bad reputation way more than Tony. And if you wanna take the many saints of Newark seriously then artie literally stole an ice cream truck with Tony for fun

Seems like artie almost became a gangster but his dad made him stay straight and get into the restaurant business

>>215406579
propably, if he wanted to he could have tagged along with Tony and at some been integrated into the mob or gotten made or whatever, but not doing so was obviously the right choice

Do you think Paulie would have been a rat if Sirico hadn’t specified he wouldn’t be in his contract?

>>215406579
It does seem that Artie was a hellraiser in high school. But obviously was forced to go straight by his family.
Tony, with a mobbed up family, never had a chance to go straight. Hence the Kevin Finnerty fantasy.
As for that piece of shit prequel, as Pussy's bruddah says; We don't like to talk about it.

>>215406699
without question, his character is defined by the fact he only looks out for himself (and his mother to a lesser extent) and is willing to do anything necessary to do so.

>>215406699
Well they sacrificed Pussy for a rat story early on.
In a sense, Paulie was ratting when he was talking to Johnny Sack and being played like a child.
Perhaps Paulie was old school enough to take a pinch like a man, but he's also a childish fuck. Maybe he'd take the Eugene way out.

>>215406699
Character wise I don’t think he would. Dude has zero family outside of the mafia. He also seemed pretty fucking comfortable when he was in jail so he’s probably done a bunch of stretches

Much more likely he’d betray Tony by working with another family which he basically did anyway

>>215402242
Anon shes an ugly used up whore
ffs are you really that desperate that you put your dick inside the same hole as richies?

>>215402413
Just for what he did to Andriana, yes, he deserved it