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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:18 pm

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Would have to think about this. Right off the bat some names come to mind

Omar Little
Livia Soprano
Tyrione Lannister
Marty Funkhouser
Rust Cohle

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:22 pm

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It's like asking who the greatest basketball or hockey player of all time is. It's the boring answer but it's obviously Omar.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:23 pm

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Hank Kingsley. Whenever it would seem that his outward appearance of a lazy, venal, arrogant idiot was just to cover his emotional depth, weaknesses, and insecurities, it would turn out that he really was just the lazy, venal, arrogant idiot after all. Really just a fascinating character.

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Omar Little
Sen. Roger Furlong
Al Swearengen
Erlich Bachman
Simon Adebisi

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:23 pm

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FavreFan wrote:

It's like asking who the greatest basketball or hockey player of all time is. It's the boring answer but it's obviously Omar.

Oh, I dont think it's like that at all. You could make a case that Stringer, Bodie, or even Lester are just as good as Omar. And that's JUST The Wire.

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

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rogers park bryan

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:24 pm

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Curious Hair wrote:

Cant believe I missed Hank.

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Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:25 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

FavreFan wrote:

It's like asking who the greatest basketball or hockey player of all time is. It's the boring answer but it's obviously Omar.

You could make a case that LeBron > MJ or some other good hockey player > Gretzky but it won't be a terribly convincing case. Same idea here.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:26 pm

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Off the top of my head and in no particular order

Tyrion
Al Swearengen
Kenny Powers
Ari Gold
Nelson Van Alden
Jimmy McNulty
Omar

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rogers park bryan

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:28 pm

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Artie from Larry Sanders is in the conversation as well.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:29 pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:31 pm

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Simon Adebisi

Id go Schillenger or O'Reilly I think.

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Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:34 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Al Swearengen

Yup.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:34 pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:36 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

Would have been perfect but for the last episode where they had to CGI her back in.

Christopher is the dark horse for best Sopranos character. "She must have crawled under here for warmth."

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:37 pm

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Hannah Horvath

Marnie was the most interesting Girls character if, just for the sake of argument, you always had crushes on bitchy overachievers with rich parents.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:43 pm

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Tony. All you hipsters won't pick the easy choice.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:59 pm

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If we're going with "not named Tony Soprano," I'd say Uncle Junior.

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:59 pm

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Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

Would have been perfect but for the last episode where they had to CGI her back in.

Christopher is the dark horse for best Sopranos character. "She must have crawled under here for warmth."

On the Cuban Missile Crisis...

"That was real? I saw that movie. I thought it was bullshit."

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ZephMarshack

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:00 pm

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One of the female characters from The Newsroom.

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:03 pm

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America wrote:

Tony. All you hipsters won't pick the easy choice.

It's not hipster.

Livia, Junior, and Chris are all just as great. That's why the show was awesome.

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:03 pm

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Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:06 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

Would have been perfect but for the last episode where they had to CGI her back in.

Christopher is the dark horse for best Sopranos character. "She must have crawled under here for warmth."

On the Cuban Missile Crisis...

"That was real? I saw that movie. I thought it was bullshit."

I must be loyle to my capo.

"You were saying she had a nice ass!"
"I was TRYING to say something POSITIVE 'cause she's your friend."

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Molly Lambert wrote:

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:09 pm

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They say there's no two people on earth exactly the same. No two faces. No two sets of fingerprints. But do they know that for sure? Because they would have to get everybody together in one huge space. And obviously, that's not possible. Even with computers!

Christopher, if not the greatest character, is the greatest dumb character.

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:09 pm

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Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

Would have been perfect but for the last episode where they had to CGI her back in.

Christopher is the dark horse for best Sopranos character. "She must have crawled under here for warmth."

On the Cuban Missile Crisis...

"That was real? I saw that movie. I thought it was bullshit."

I must be loyle to my capo.

"You were saying she had a nice ass!"
"I was TRYING to say something POSITIVE 'cause she's your friend."

This thread is fuckin gold

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/co ... est_lines/

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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: Re: Greatest HBO Character of All Time

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:15 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

Would have been perfect but for the last episode where they had to CGI her back in.

Christopher is the dark horse for best Sopranos character. "She must have crawled under here for warmth."

On the Cuban Missile Crisis...

"That was real? I saw that movie. I thought it was bullshit."

I must be loyle to my capo.

"You were saying she had a nice ass!"
"I was TRYING to say something POSITIVE 'cause she's your friend."

This thread is fuckin gold

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/co ... est_lines/

One of my favs that's not on the list is when Christopher and Big Pussy go out to recover Emil's body by the bridge and Pussy finds him and asks if it's him, and Chris responds, "now it'd be some fucking coincidence if it wasn't."

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:18 pm

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Josh Fenderman
Len Gibbons
Kenzie Matthews
Burton Quim

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ZephMarshack

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:19 pm

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The show went off the rails and was always more style than substance anyway, but Rothstein from Boardwalk Empire deserves a mention IMO. I suppose Harrow would be the more popular incorrect pick from that show though, much like Omar and Tyrion are for theirs.

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rogers park bryan

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:19 pm

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Jaw Breaker wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

I might pick Livia. Short and sweet but perfection.

Would have been perfect but for the last episode where they had to CGI her back in.

Christopher is the dark horse for best Sopranos character. "She must have crawled under here for warmth."

On the Cuban Missile Crisis...

"That was real? I saw that movie. I thought it was bullshit."

I must be loyle to my capo.

"You were saying she had a nice ass!"
"I was TRYING to say something POSITIVE 'cause she's your friend."

This thread is fuckin gold

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/co ... est_lines/

One of my favs that's not on the list is when Christopher and Big Pussy go out to recover Emil's body by the bridge and Pussy finds him and asks if it's him, and Chris responds, "it'd be a pretty big fucking coincidence if it wasn't."

That's great.

Also this one...

'Tony' Soprano : Blood. You're gonna lead this family into the 21st Century.

Christopher Moltisanti : Well, Tony, technically we're already in the 21st Century...

[Tony looks at him, confused]

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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:42 pm

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