Comments on: The Sopranos are Back http://blog.miloco.com/2006/02/the-sopranos-are-back.html Why do I have a Blog? When I find out, I'll tell you. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew Milo http://blog.miloco.com/2006/02/the-sopranos-are-back.html/comment-page-1#comment-109 Andrew Milo Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:23:45 +0000 http://www.miloco.myblogstorage.net/?p=79#comment-109 It doesn't get much into the battles at all, but rather talks mostly about the polictical intrigue, etc. surrounding some of them, like when Caesar finally destorys Pompeii's army, etc. It is also quite a foul mouthed, sometimes a bit more sexually explicit than one would have preferred, but they were indeed a hedonistic culture, so it may be fairly accurate. Anyway, again, as HBO has done many times, they do very well with the characters, and you do really end up caring what happens to these people. Certainly worth watching, in my opinion. It doesn’t get much into the battles at all, but rather talks mostly about the polictical intrigue, etc. surrounding some of them, like when Caesar finally destorys Pompeii’s army, etc.

It is also quite a foul mouthed, sometimes a bit more sexually explicit than one would have preferred, but they were indeed a hedonistic culture, so it may be fairly accurate.

Anyway, again, as HBO has done many times, they do very well with the characters, and you do really end up caring what happens to these people.

Certainly worth watching, in my opinion.

]]> By: Jason Lomberg http://blog.miloco.com/2006/02/the-sopranos-are-back.html/comment-page-1#comment-108 Jason Lomberg Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:13:27 +0000 http://www.miloco.myblogstorage.net/?p=79#comment-108 No, but I've been meaning to. Rome comes highly recommended from my favorite historian, Victor Davis Hanson. What is it like exactly? Does it cover any famous battles like Cannae or the Teutorberg Forest? No, but I’ve been meaning to. Rome comes highly recommended from my favorite historian, Victor Davis Hanson. What is it like exactly? Does it cover any famous battles like Cannae or the Teutorberg Forest?

]]> By: Andrew Milo http://blog.miloco.com/2006/02/the-sopranos-are-back.html/comment-page-1#comment-107 Andrew Milo Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:59:55 +0000 http://www.miloco.myblogstorage.net/?p=79#comment-107 True enough Jason, true enough... I wasn't so hooked on Deadwood for the exact reasons that you mention. Then I found out that it is based on a lot of historical stuff - characters are taken from actual town figures, as well as names and some of the plot. They scoured old newspapers and court records, personal diaries, etc. to come up with a lot of it. That piqued my interest long enough for me to start to appreciate some of the characters - I wanted to know what happened to them. The swearing does indeed get old, but I try to overlook that. Makes you wonder if things were indeed like that in the rough frontier - I don't know, but I do know some groups of people that still talk that way. Did you watch Rome at all? True enough Jason, true enough… I wasn’t so hooked on Deadwood for the exact reasons that you mention. Then I found out that it is based on a lot of historical stuff – characters are taken from actual town figures, as well as names and some of the plot. They scoured old newspapers and court records, personal diaries, etc. to come up with a lot of it.

That piqued my interest long enough for me to start to appreciate some of the characters – I wanted to know what happened to them. The swearing does indeed get old, but I try to overlook that. Makes you wonder if things were indeed like that in the rough frontier – I don’t know, but I do know some groups of people that still talk that way.

Did you watch Rome at all?

]]> By: Jason Lomberg http://blog.miloco.com/2006/02/the-sopranos-are-back.html/comment-page-1#comment-106 Jason Lomberg Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:09:04 +0000 http://www.miloco.myblogstorage.net/?p=79#comment-106 They're finally back, after what, like 2 years? In any case, it seemed that long. I can barely remember the last season. I watched the first few episodes of Deadwood, and wasn't too impressed. It seemed almost *too* dark for my tastes, with few, in any, redeeming characters. Also, the swearing seemed WAY over the top (and I'm not the first person to mention this, either- they drop the F-bomb like it's going out of style). They’re finally back, after what, like 2 years? In any case, it seemed that long. I can barely remember the last season.

I watched the first few episodes of Deadwood, and wasn’t too impressed. It seemed almost *too* dark for my tastes, with few, in any, redeeming characters. Also, the swearing seemed WAY over the top (and I’m not the first person to mention this, either- they drop the F-bomb like it’s going out of style).

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