Thread: The Pilot Ep was weird

It's always interesting to wonder what sort of direction the show would have taken had Nancy Merchand not died and forced the writers to kill off Livia. She was such a huge part of the show from the very start. I agree. I also think she was the best character on the show (not my favorite character, though). I've watched a lot of interviews with David Chase, and from what I gather, he seems to believe that the three main characters...

Exactly Boogie. The scene was obviously in front of some suburban office building. A lot different than beat down happening in some tight-knit urban neighborhood or small blue-collar town.

Yes I know all of that, it was just a light hearted analysis. I'm just glad it changed over the course of time.

"As far as "realistic" goes- there's nothing remotely realistic about a powerful capo in 1999 driving on a sidewalk in broad daylight to hit a guy with a car and then beat him in front of an office building and loads of people." No, I know, I just meant the look. I'M AGAINST IT.

If you hit someone with a car after chasing them on a walkway in front of a dozen or so witnesses, then beat the person on the ground after the fact, it's out of the victims hands as to whether or not he/she wants to press charges at that point. That's aggravated assult (at the least), not simple battery. We buried him on a hill....overlookin' a little river, with pinecones all around.

The lighting was a bit more dramatic than the rest of the series, and they made one bad music choice, but I didn't see much of a difference that dramatic of a difference. Gandolfini hadn't honed in on his normal accent yet because they weren't sure if it would get picked up. He probably went to work on it a lot more when the show got picked up. AJ was like, 12, so of course he's gonna look a lot different. As for the Meadow...

Season 1 was the best.

I really like season one. Especially after a couple of viewings. It serves its purpose very well, and is very fair and realistic. Tug on my sideburns.

I am not one to get hooked easily on a series, and I was hooked after the first episode! Season I was not the BEST, but it was enough to get me involved, and to start caring about the characters!

I thought Season One had the best paced arc from beginning to end.