I bought the second and third series pre-owned from someone on on CIX because a few people had said it was worth watching, but we've only just got round to buying series 1.
Oh, it's fab all right. I don't watch a great amount of telly these days but this is as close to "appointment tv" as it gets. And Lorraine Bracco is a babe, and James Gandolfini is intensely cool, kind of like Al Pacino only more down to earth. Even the soundtrack by Alabama 3 sounds great in the context. Americans make a lot of trashy television, no doubt about it, but when they get it right, they get it right with knobs on.
Never seen it..It started being on the box when I was missing more than I was watching, then I never played catch-up. I'll be a happy camper as long as CSI (and CSI Miami) keeps getting churned out!
I saw some of it when we had HBO. After 2 episodes, I decided that I hated it. Too much violence and male posturing and plot predictability. I also saw Oz and I liked that a little better, especially the chap who played the role of the plot chorus.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-07 05:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-07 05:51 am (UTC)Tim
(who doesn't do TV series and hasn't seen any Sopranos)
(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-07 09:08 am (UTC)Never seen it. I've ummed and arrrhed about the DVD's occasionally. I'll take your post as a recommendation then... [g]
(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-07 12:51 pm (UTC)Americans make a lot of trashy television, no doubt about it, but when they get it right, they get it right with knobs on.
Tez.
(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-07 02:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-07 03:27 pm (UTC)But that's just me.
(no subject)
Date: 2004-04-09 02:09 am (UTC)I dunno, these goomahs..