The Many Saints of Newark (don't bother, it sucks)

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The Argonaut wrote:One thing I always appreciated about The Sopranos is that it had a realistic opinion about Tony. For his world, Tony is impressive. Intelligent, a natural leader. But his world is populated almost entirely by losers and idiots. That's the only reason he's able to reach the (even still, modest) heights that he reaches, running a glorified crew in Jersey. The show made it clear that if Tony had been born into a different family or had somehow been able to stick to the straight and narrow, he would have grown up to be a very happy high school football coach.
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The Argonaut wrote:One thing I always appreciated about The Sopranos is that it had a realistic opinion about Tony. For his world, Tony is impressive. Intelligent, a natural leader. But his world is populated almost entirely by losers and idiots. That's the only reason he's able to reach the (even still, modest) heights that he reaches, running a glorified crew in Jersey. The show made it clear that if Tony had been born into a different family or had somehow been able to stick to the straight and narrow, he would have grown up to be a very happy high school football coach.
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Jorge wrote:Pretty sure they make a point of that in the show!!
Well, that’s true, but not so much in a physical sense as what was done here.
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Mecca wrote:
spike wrote:please no
Yeah, that bothered me enough. Time to actually be a mod.
Looks like I win this round
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Wow, I can't edit this post anymore?

What an abuse of power.
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JuanHamm wrote:Wow, I can't edit this post anymore?

What an abuse of power.
This is an absolutely indefensible move. The mods have gone too far.

Enough is enough. I am quitting RM. The mods have finally destroyed this place.
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what are you talking about? You can edit your post. Stop trying to drive argo away.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:what are you talking about? You can edit your post. Stop trying to drive argo away.
I can't edit the original post to put the (don't bother, it sucks) back in the title.
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:lol:

This fuckin' place. Fuhgeddaboudit.
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ban the mods
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Norris wrote:ban the mods
Sup?
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Mecca wrote:
Norris wrote:ban the mods
Sup?
this never would have happened if dev was in power
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JuanHamm wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:what are you talking about? You can edit your post. Stop trying to drive argo away.
I can't edit the original post to put the (don't bother, it sucks) back in the title.
I don't know why it was like that but I fixed it so you can edit now
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:what are you talking about? You can edit your post. Stop trying to drive argo away.
I can't edit the original post to put the (don't bother, it sucks) back in the title.
I don't know why it was like that but I fixed it so you can edit now

You're a good man.
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Re: The Many Saints of Newark (don't bother, it sucks)

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Unlike this stupid, pointless movie.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:what are you talking about? You can edit your post. Stop trying to drive argo away.
I can't edit the original post to put the (don't bother, it sucks) back in the title.
I don't know why it was like that but I fixed it so you can edit now
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Finally watched this.
Yeah, I agree with the consensus of the thread.
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