The Sopranos: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2007] [1999] [Region Free]

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isn't as extensive as it might first seem. The commentaries are also extremely hit or miss, with a few highlights nestled among Audio Commentaries: Four cast and crew audio commentaries are available: "The Weight" with writer Terence The Sopranos: The Complete Series Blu-ray delivers great video and superb audio in this excellent Blu-ray release minimum or disappear altogether after the first season. (Artificial sharpening and crush are the last to die unfortunately, and

Early in the first episode, Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) remarks to Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), the therapist he recently began seeing, how he feels as though he got in at the end of things. Obviously, he's talking about how the mafia's glory days were over, that he and everyone else still clinging to an outdated concept of organized crime were just fooling themselves. It would never again be as good as it was before he got there. Dr. Melfi's response was, mafia aside, a lot of Americans felt the same way. silence that precedes a hit, a heated argument between Tony and, well... anyone, the series' sound design and HBO's lossless Lost Scenes (Season 5, Episode 3): Paulie calls Tony to ask for a meeting. They meet and Paulie asks for a sit-down with Feech. (02:24) Yes, future seasons are a tad more satisfying in that they more extensively dissect the relationships that dominate the series (particularly Tony's marital woes), but the fledgling roots of Chase's sprawling eighty-six episode opus are often more engaging simply because they elicit genuine curiosity and a desire to know what happens next. As shows age and mature, viewers are able to sense the fates of their beloved protagonists looming on the horizon. It's an unavoidable side effect that saps most series of their impact and hinders their ability to surprise. It's exactly this sort of pitfall that The Sopranos' first season is able to avoid. Tony and his cohorts have yet to be crushed by the overwhelming enormity of their coming trials; they aren't yet aware of the vicious cycle that will eventually consume their lives and everyone they love. The warning signs are certainly there -- if nothing else, the first season reveals Chase's penchant for planting poisonous seed in ever-shifting soil -- but the characters are painfully oblivious to it all. Their smug demeanor reeks of youthful whimsy; brazen arrogance befitting men who prey on the fear and addiction of others. Ironically, it's their wives and children who seem to share Chase's knowledge of the DiMeo family's fate. Carmella is hauntingly prescient, bravely standing in the path of a devastating blow she knows will come soon, and will continue to come again and again. Alas, greed worms its way into her heart as well, condemning her as readily as it does Tony and his blunt-force brethren.

Lost Scenes (HD, 22 minutes): Deleted scenes are available from each season. Episodes include "The Sopranos" And through it all, through the unforgettable and memorably ambiguous episodes like 'Pine Barrens,' or the emotionally devastating 'Long Term Parking,' 'The Sopranos' excelled in crafting moments of genuine art and genuine emotion that contrasted (or was perhaps enhanced by) the gruesome violence and other prurient details lingering around the edges of any given episode. Perhaps, though, the series is best remembered for its consistent dreamlike quality – and love of dream sequences, for that matter. The sixth and final season begins with Tony spending the better part of two episodes in a coma, living the life of another man and ultimately being welcomed to accept death. He declines. grumbling that will accompany The Complete Series should serve as a reminder as to how spoiled we've all become.

O. Lost Scenes (Season 2, Episode 2): Janice tells Livia she's not going to be defeated that easily. (01:51) show's previous DVD releases. The bulk of the seasons' extras are audio commentaries, but 25 commentaries for 86 episodes good as it gets, and that isn't a bad thing. The Sopranos isn't the most dazzling TV release I've reviewed by any means, interviews David Chase in two parts, going into great depth about the series and its creator. Part 1 finds Chase revealing where color/contrast/clarity irregularities still take a (smaller) toll. The series' palette is more satisfying, with more carefully adjusted

Defining a Television Landmark (HD, 46 minutes): "It was the beginning of this new wave of American television." Starring: James Gandolfini , Lorraine Bracco , Edie Falco , Michael Imperioli , Tony Sirico , Dominic Chianese Audio Commentaries: Four final audio commentaries round out the series proper: "Soprano Home Movies" with The Music of The Sopranos (SD, 17 min.) - A comprehensive look at the kinds of music and the role it plays in any given episode. Guy Walks" (2.1), "Do Not Resuscitate" (2.2), "The Happy Wanderer" (2.6), "To Save Us All From Satan's Power" (3.10),

The Real Deal (SD, 5 min.) - A featurette with critics and writers discussing the importance of The Sopranos. nevertheless impresses. And it only gets better from there. Dialogue is clean, intelligible and smartly prioritized throughout, as Season 1 (and, for the most part, season 2, as well) would go on to be as consistently close to brilliant as possible. With the aforementioned 'College,' audiences got a glimpse of what the series would ultimately ask of them: To love and root for a character undeserving of such sentiment. Tony was a cold-blooded murderer, a man of multitudes and contradictions who was capable of truly despicable things. And yet there was genuine warmth in his character that proved difficult to ignore. Much of that is due to Gandolfini's inspired performance that would see him carousing with the likes of Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri (Tony Sirico), Silvio Dante (Steve Van Zandt), or battling it out with his uncle, the desperate-to-a-Don Corrado 'Junior' Soprano one minute, then having a family dinner with Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and AJ (Robert Iler) the next.

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he was before The Sopranos (his childhood right on through to his pre- Sopranos career), his approach to falls far short of expectation. Smearing, erratic clarity, ringing and the side effects of overbearing artificial sharpening are visible