Rent the DVDs and check out Milch's interviews. Basically, he defends the language in two ways.
First, a lot of these guys were used to heading up livestock, wagon train, bull sleds, and those gutteral, sharp words were effective in keeping the muscle in line.
Bleeding into the second; This was a land on no laws. It was Indian territory by treaty and the Feds were casting a blind eye to them looting it, while offering them no formal protection. And the town was growing by leaps and bounds, a few hundred in the fall, 100,000 the next spring, 1/2 a mill the next year, mostly lawless, wanted, shifty types. And among all those strangers, all you had was your 'presence.' So everybody was a bunch of Tony Montana's, with their word and their balls, neither to be broken by nobody. And the notion spread that heaping on the obscenities told people you were not someone to be trifled with, without the necessity of killing someone or beating their balls off.

This wasn't the lonely prairie of Bonanza, where you could sip iced tea on the porch. It was an instant urban scene with lots of money to be made by being rougher, tougher, smarter and harder working than anyone else.

Your critique is a little like seeing "Do the Right Thing" and saying "that was nothing like the New York movies I remember like "Annie Hall.""

You're going to miss alot of references and back-story that happened before this season. And when I say "alot"...

The show, IMHO, is actually that good where it's worth spending $9 on a Netflix account, getting caught up and then watching the finale before joining in at this point if you really want to enjoy it.

It's a revolutionary piece of television, like Twin Peaks meets Goodfellas.

I think we've had this discussion before. You grew up in the generation that saw the west idealized in films, and that's become "reality" to you, despite the fact it's no more real than Star Trek.

I know you are correct.

Agreed, it is the worst writing I have witnessed on series since the beginning. It almost pissed me off I was so dissapointed.

Just out of curiosity, what aspects of the writing are you dissapointed about?

Tony didn’t talk him out of making films as much as he approached him with an ultimatum; 'pursue film or the family, you can't have both'. Christ-a-phuh agreed to pursue becoming a part of T’s crew with the understanding that he would leave film making behind him.

He’s essentially breaking an agreement which allowed him to become soldier and now capo.

Also, the film he wants to make, Saw meets Godfather II, “Butcher” (heh) has an undertone of what everyone thinks happened between T and Ade the night they got in the car accident.

Season 6
Epsiode 4


Here we go..................

Thought this was a good episode but what was with the rapper shooting , just a little silly IMHO

That was an iteresting episode. There wasn't so much action, but probably more to think about than any recent episdoes. There's allot of spiritualism and "meaning of life" issues and questions. Paulie seems ready to blow a gasket. I wonder if Tony will get religious?

When someone say's “meaning of life” I think it’s typically interpreted as “why are we here” and “what is our purpose”. Outside of Tony’s kinder and gentler look at the world I think the theme was more along the lines of conflict between who we are, how we got here and how that relates to Carmela accepting she's a mob wife, the kids now fully aware of who thier Dad is and T's upcoming (my guess) dilema of who he is, the damage he's done and how he drug the only people he loves into 'that' world.

Chase is laying on the symbolism and metaphors a little heavy. I love trying to dig through the above and put it into perspective but wow, too much to interpret.

That was hilarious when the TV hit the pavement and the old lady went by on her scooter oblivious to what just happened.

Chris rivaled his “but his apartment looked like shit” line with the “I don’t think that way” when he and T were having the philosophical debate.

I got nothing better at the moment, too tired.

Rappers are silly...It hought it was funny watching real G's listening to fake G's

My DVR cutoff the end of the show. What are the previews for next week?

How about the doctor.....I just found Jimmy Hoffa's body. Heh.

Paulie's crossed the line.....he's next to go...