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Unpopular opinion: I think Buscemi was perfectly casted. Feech, Richie and Phil are nothing but rage, they don't even pretend to be relaxed. They served time in prison, got out and went on a rampage because they felt entitled to it. Buscemi looks exactly the way Tony B is supposed to: a seemingly well-mannered dork who is actually a killer that tries to act like the past is the past, that he wants to move on but he's mad as hell with the world and he wants everything he thinks he deserves and he wants it right now. He acts like he's over it, but every time there's a slight inconvenience he'll lose it. Do you know who Mike Vining is? Take a look at him, Tony B is the mob equivalent of that guy. If he fully embraced how rotten he is right from the start, who knows what would've happened.
I agree. During my first watch through of series, I was pleasantly surprised to see him cast on the show. I do agree that his storyline was a bit rushed, and certain aspects made no sense. But how is that different than any other Sopranos characters? I was surprised to learn that many fans didn't like this character specifically.
@@I-Luv-2-HackPhil Leotardo looking at Billy Leotardo’s picture: “47 years old….he was just a kid. Me, I’m an old man.” It’s a running joke that Phil considered a 47 year old to be a kid.
It's ironic he doesn't look like a real mobster from Jersey because he's literally of Sicilian descent and born in Brooklyn. 100% chance someone he knows closely is mobbed up. He probably just never had the makings of a varsity Italian.
@basedmoonman9341 I found he looks exactly like many East Frisians look, including his big eyes and the stubby nose. But the thing about different teints in Europeans is that darker or lighter ones can skip a generation or even distribute unevenly among siblings. You see that with Italians, Spaniards and Romanians all the time. My uncle also looks like the Shah, but my mom looks like Carmela.
High IQ doesn't mean someone always acts hyper logically. I know plenty of smart guys who could do complex higher level math in their sleep but couldn't figure out how to microwave a frozen burrito.
I disagree completely. The fact that this guy is talked up as a big shot for half a season before he shows up as a goofy ass dork with bad social awareness who can't even hit a guy without getting his foot run over is perfectly in line with the show. One of the strongest thematic undercurrents in The Sopranos is the contrast between the glorified Goodfellas life they all think they lead and the mundane, goofy, shitty reality of it. Tony B exemplifies that.
It’s entirely because of Buscemi’s reputation as an actor….nobody wants to call out the character for what a disaster it was. The Feech/Blundetto arcs were ridiculous.
There's something off about people reveling in camaraderie and good cheer for years among their tightly knit group, yet also knowing that if called upon, they will be required to kill any of that group the leader says has to go. All while knowing that these are the guys, your very best friends, confessors, protectors, who will kill you without hesitation if ordered to do so. Add on top of that the prison years of being demeaned and deprived, the oddly high intelligence, the resentments, the regrets, the rage, the feelings of inferiority and you have a mercurial character that is about as predictable as the show depicts. The only thing unbelievable about Animal Blundetto is that he had such a smoking hot, kindly WASP girlfriend.
That's a great point. A lot of my past misdeeds got messed up hilariously 😂. Im not the same as I was before, but i cant help but laugh at how stupid I used to be.
I see your points. However it could be argued that Blundetto is like an opposite of Tony due to his time in prison, when Tony walks besides him at the party you see that he's fat, gregarious and well dressed because he's been basking in wealth for the last 15 years or so. Blundetto next to him is skinny and emaciated looking while wearing an outdated 80's style suit jacket. I think maybe the slight awkwardness of the character was on purpose and shows the toll that prison takes on a man's life.
one of my favorite twists in the show is actually realizing that davey was Bobby’s father. remember when tony said “but ur old man was the fuckin terminator”
I'm from NYC and Italian, moreover I know actual mobsters. He doesn't look, sound or act like a Mobster. He was miscast. You're clearly a nerd with no connections or life experience.
In fairness Michael Franzese looks far more like a Mob Boss as an after dinner speaker now than he ever did as a Mob Boss back in the day. Old photos of him 'in the life' make him look like University Maths Student
@@bigroaststyrone8135 nah, you gotta consider it in the context of what expectations mob films and the Sopranos, not actual real life, had already set for how these mafia characters should be. It'd be a different story if the Sopranos had been a realistic no-frills grimey depiction of the crimelife, but it was always the opposite "fugghetaboutit" "fugazi" Donnie Brasco Bronx Tale Hollywood portrayal instead
@@earlpipe9713 was it really? Hollywood and Americana saw guys like De Niro, Pacino and Liotta as gangsters. The tall dark handsome type, not fat old schlubs and skinny kids ala the Sopranos. Buscemi looks no more out of place in the Sopranos than Joe Pesci does in Casino imo
Hey Cinerantor, when you were talking about Tony B. staring at Meadow which I took to be as a platonic connection to his daughter the stare that you did show between him and Fin Detrolio was the one that needed analysis. Was he sizing him up, checking him out because he looks like Steve Perry or a little bit of both?😮
"You're crowding me" might be one of my top 3 lines from the show. Not because it's poignant or anything, but because it's one of the few times you genuinely know the character standing up against Tony might get away with saying it.
I like Animal Blundetto as a character. He should be glad that Tony killed him, because if he went to prison for Billy's murder, the inmates would treat him as a chomo.
But wasn’t he in prison already for like 15 years be for his character was introduced? Why the chomo for Billy’s murder? I legit am asking and not trolling. Did I miss something from the video?
Nah you're being very unfair with Blundetto. Not every character has to speak in Italian-American jargon, it's a stereotype and it's offensive! Buscemi is literally an Italian-American and doesn't speak like that irl. Also the idea that they changed Moltisanti is bs. Christopher was of the sensitive type since the beginning of the show, are you kidding? His most famous line of the regularness of life doesn't ring a bell? He was like that from the beginning to the end. Many things wrong with this video, even though I do enjoy your content.
You're being too kind imo. This guy is entitled to his shitty takes but he must be an absolute tool to put them in a vid entitled Why You're Wrong About x
@@pintolerance785 like Ralph telling Jackie jr that they had their own crew him Jackie sr tony and Silvio but in the movie Silvio looks like he’s older than paulie and was in the life while tony was still in hs
Tony B accepts the hit job, after turning it down, because he is jealous of Tony S's family life and money. This is made evident in "Marco Polo." Surprised you missed that, as it's obvious. He took it so he COULD f over Tony S, and it did. Sometimes you seem to have the makings of a varsity film critic...but you'd never make it.
The thing is, The Sopranos is such a good show overall that it works and you look over it. The Sopranos is full of inconsistencies that you can live with if you're a true fan. A lot of things don't add up perfectly and that is indeed since they created the show as they went along. Nancy Marchand died and they had to create a whole new direction for season 2 (using bad CGI). As Patsy said about Vito blowing the security guard: "I couldn't care less, basically"
This is like whenever someone brings up the portrayal of Silvio. Is the acting one dimensional in comparison to the other characters? I guess but he’s still one of my favourite characters and the whole shows so good I never noticed
“Real Fan” is a questionable term, you can point out bad writing and still enjoy the show. Dragon Ball is a prime example with it being without a doubt the most iconic and important Anime of all time yet having the absolute worst writing of its caliber rivaled only by late stage Shippuden.
@@maylabrown4584it’s bad writing to cast a Sicilian born New Yorker as a mobster bc of how he looks? How does a “mobster” look. If anything it’s more realistic
He’s of Italian descent and born and raised in Brooklyn New York. The fucker is as legit as it would get. Just because he’s not the stereotype for typical mob movies he’s suddenly a character of bad writing. Makes no sense.
Blundetto was an important character and required a competent actor. He's the ultimate character symbol in the show of the impossibility of becoming a citizen. You have to believe he can be a kinda normal guy, unlike the highly stylized mobsters around him. But the inner demon always shows itself, and Blundetto's was a particularly large demon that had been put away, building itself up. Made for awkward, unsure behavior during that battle. I didn't see this the first time around. Since then...I realize the brilliance of the portrayal and the character
He failed to whack Phil because he ran out of bullets. He stopped his quest for vengeance afterward because he had been identified killing a made man and now has to lamb chop it due to the penalty for an associate like Tony B killing a soldier in the Cosa Nostra. However, how someone with a high IQ only brought a revolver with six bullets to a hit and didn't bother to conceal his face is poor writing.
My personal theory was that he wanted Phill to see his face and wanted to burn his heart and make him witness his brother’s assassination. After all, Tony B’s nickname is the animal.
I think Tony B might have been a better character if he wanted to get right back into the game after getting out, but for whatever reason Tony S knocks him back, or gives him jobs that he feels are beneath him given the time he's served. Because of this he actually starts to drift away from the mob life and towards more legitimate work, using his 160 IQ and meeting a woman, even gaining a lead on his daughter. Tony watches Tony B actually achieve what he can't - happiness, and it drives him further down that sociopath hole.
@@mrd3016 you’re kind of a 🤡 either way coming at someone agreeing with you rather than the doofus making the video lol. My grammas from Bafia Sicily with whiter skin than him and a Afro boyo
Agree with pretty much all of this. Also consider that every aspect of Tony B's character was explored in a more satisfying way with other characters: Family member from Tony Soprano's past who he goes out if his way to protect and comes to resent? Christopher did it better. Old mob guy who gets out of jail and has to navigate how the world has changed? Richie and Feech did it better. Member of the Jersey crew who is used by New York to cause strife and conflict with the Sopranos? Paulie did it better. We're left with a character that lacks a strong identity and seems more like a device to set in motion the conflicts to come in season 6
It's not that weird that they wouldn't talk about him. After that much time inside he would be an after thought not a constant talking point. Life moves on without you
Not to mention that Tony S is disassociating from his role in having his cousin end up in prison because of why he wasn’t there to help with the job (it makes perfect sense why Tony S and his family wouldn’t talk about Tony B when the kids are young enough to not even know him before he gets out and Tony S has understandable reasons for not wanting to think about him.) Even not bringing him up with Melfi makes sense (not to mention that we don’t see every minute of every therapy session, so it could have easily happened off camera and was just not relevant enough to put into the final cut of the story). The daughter is a different story, although I think again, Tony S wants to ignore how he failed Tony B, so he would be reluctant to talk about B’s daughter unless absolutely necessary (like if Meadow brought her up). I think there are some reasonable points in this video, but this whole line of thinking is just, short-sighted.
He’s supposed to be a badass hitman but he botched every hit he did on screen. Getting spotted and having his foot ran over in one attempt and leaving one of his targets alive in the other.
I think Tony B would have worked better were he never fully in, and got popped by happenstance. Then when he came out he tries to go straight but the family mess always falls on him. He ends up getting killed by Tony almost as a sacrifice. This would fix why he’s never talked about. They just really weren’t that close.
14:20 "I still really like Tony Blundetto..." Haha really? Could have fooled me with this breakdown🤣🤣! (Takes nothing away from the quality of the breakdown- another top tier, thought-provoking analysis.)
I feel like it works because a big part of the show is nostalgia being fake. Tony worships older figures of his life out of a sense of endearment for what he thinks they used to be instead of for what they _actually_ are. And Tony B seems a big example of that.
Totally agree with this analysis. On top of that, I think that the main story line around Tony B was somehow similar to the one of Richie April and a bit lazy. A former team member comes back from prison, messes up and is killed at the end of the season. Looks very formatted and doesn't bring anything new to the show. The death of Adriana which is very close in time to Tony B's death in the show is much more shocking and fit much better in the story.
I just finished the show for the first time and it really peaked on Long Term Parking. I was actually invested in Adrianna and Christopher and the whole episode was perfectly eerie. The finale with Tony B's death just felt off. And that continued into Season 6 with other anticlimactic deaths from Chris to Bobby B
For the sake of accuracy, the television report on Junior's trial says that it's the first Soprano trial in 17 years, which introduces a way in for Tony B even if it doesn't name him specifically
David Chase f@@@ed up with this character, When Buscemi signed on, he was told that he would be around for two seasons, but Chase changed his mind and killed him off at the end of season 5. The problem is that they had to rush the storyline with him being done with the life to be like oh never mind, I want back in the life.
@@jameskozy7254 This is just my opinion, after 17 years locked up that is the feeling that they, show runners, David Chase, wanted. Someone who had ties, tried to cut them, wanted the money, didn’t know how to function and got his head blown off. It’s the scene in the car with what’s her name the crazy girl, the first time you see what Patsy really is, you never got a scene like that with Blundetto and that is the idea. I mean the dudes last name, Buscemi, he is Italian to the bone.
I actually totally agree with you - I always felt like the Blundetto character was “forced” for lack of a better word. It felt, to me, like Chase just said “We love Steve, he’s directed some great episodes, and we want to write him into the show. How can we do that?” And then they came up with the Blundetto character and shoehorned him into the existing plan for the plot.
As someone who spent some time on the peripheral of the Outfit in Chicago ( I said peripheral not involved or associated but same neighborhood) a lot of these guys were people you’d have no clue were who they were unless someone told you. Soft spoken, polite, easy to talk to and not very quote unquote “Italian” looking. I agree with you about the plot lines and story that didn’t make sense. However, in New York, Chicago and points in between there were plenty of guys who flew under the radar and didn’t look like much to deal with when in reality would bury you in a second. So yeah lots story wise didn’t work but the fact Blundetto didn’t much look like a hitter worked for me. This is just furthering a discussion not me contracting you to be a dick. I enjoy your channel and love your analysis .. best to you
The only thing about Tony B that I liked and what I think should have been more focused on was his resentment towards Tony S. Otherwise he doesn’t seem like a gangster and more importantly none of his motivations are believable. The hilariously weak friendship with Angelo that led ultimately to his own death after avenging Angelo’s was awful. And to be honest Steve Buscemi seemed bored with the role.
my only complaint on the sopranos is that they were constantly introducing new characters on E1 of a new season and always used the last episode to kill them off. every time a new character is introduced on E1 you just go “oh here’s another character they introduced just to kill”
I didn't really understand his character. They tried to portray him as more of a "square" guy who wanted to get straight coming out of the can who was worried about parole officers, etc to suddenly becoming basically a hired gun and taking out any made man that the Mayor of Munchkinland and Angelo wanted. It felt like the writing for him changed after he was already introduced. Maybe he or someone else decided he wasn't good for the show and changed his character to hasten his demise (and exit from the show?)
He was out of place the moment janice said, "That's the best picture they could find of him? He was a fox!" Either she was very high or they failed in casting. That animal (I can't even say his name) should've had a better role. Blundetto just feels forced in.
i think that line was written as a joke about the actor’s looks. but also, the other commenter is right about steve buscemi not always looking like a wet chicken. he even played a heart throb type character in the martin scorsese short *life lessons* in 1980.
I don't think this is a particularly convoversial opinion. I always felt the out of place Steve Buscemi's sudden introduction out of nowhere as Tony's close friend & cousin felt contrived, along with his entire character arc that seemed like an excuse by the writers to create a conflict between Jersey and New York. I always got the impression that this was more or less the general consensus.
You’re expecting too much logic from an unstable, impulsive sociopath. That’s the paradox of OC - they’re expected to follow rules, but if they were inclined to follow rules, they’d follow societal rules like not murdering people.
In society they're expected to follow rules that gain them nothing. In OC they're expected to follow rules to gain prestige among their community and monetary gain. I get your point though.
To be fair in the movie Fargo , the pros that described him to police called him “funny looking” . Everyone , even the actor himself knows he’s funny looking .
I’ll quote the great Steve Buscemi himself from his SNL monologue “ I’m the one you call when you’re looking for the creepy guy or the really really creepy guy”
Tony B related to the crew as a kid childhood friend when he got out of prison. A lot of people when they have a traumatic experiences stop maturing past that point. The show makes a point to show that when people would die they were instantly forgotten so it isn’t surprising that Tony B would be forgotten as soon as they knew he was going to do his time quietly. The plot angle of the old gangster getting out of jail ready to make up for lost time was covered by literally every other character that got out and they covered every age range.
Im glad im not the only one who always felt Blundetto was shoehorned into the show. I think it feels especially worst when established actors like John Favreau are part of the show as themselves, but an arguably more famous actor like Buscemi is a gangster. For a character I always felt was strangely added to the show was Benny Fazio. Sure he was more natural then the animal, but I truly couldn’t understand where this guy just enters from stage left and is now some trusted associate. Outside of the meme stuff, why was Benny allowed to get leeway for breaking protocol when he was running scams from Artie’s restaurant, when we all know that in earlier seasons Tony would’ve sent someone flying through a door or a desk for doing something so obviously stupid.
Actually the Feech La Manna story was confirmed to be short since its conception. Pure Kino explains it in his What Was the Problem with Feech La Manna video.
Am I the only one who kept saying “Shut the fuck up Donnie,” every time he was on the screen? I don’t hate him as Tony B., but that reaction is just ingrained into me now. 😂😂
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You defend this animal, even after he killed my 47 year old kid brudda Billy. Frankly, I'm ashamed and embarrassed you had to do this.
What happened there?
Is that F'N necessary!!!??
Whatever happened there
40 50 year old kids...
Phil.. don't do it to yourself...
Unpopular opinion: I think Buscemi was perfectly casted.
Feech, Richie and Phil are nothing but rage, they don't even pretend to be relaxed.
They served time in prison, got out and went on a rampage because they felt entitled to it.
Buscemi looks exactly the way Tony B is supposed to: a seemingly well-mannered dork who is actually a killer that tries to act like the past is the past, that he wants to move on but he's mad as hell with the world and he wants everything he thinks he deserves and he wants it right now. He acts like he's over it, but every time there's a slight inconvenience he'll lose it.
Do you know who Mike Vining is?
Take a look at him, Tony B is the mob equivalent of that guy.
If he fully embraced how rotten he is right from the start, who knows what would've happened.
Carl Jung ova here
@@goodyeoman4534😂😂😂
Facts.
@MundaneThingsBackwards I've seen a ton of people say he was a miscast.
I agree. During my first watch through of series, I was pleasantly surprised to see him cast on the show. I do agree that his storyline was a bit rushed, and certain aspects made no sense. But how is that different than any other Sopranos characters? I was surprised to learn that many fans didn't like this character specifically.
Dat animal Blundetto, I can't even say his name.
You know the wine makes you emotional.
Uncle Philly!
@@adam_94It's cause he's got an empty stomach!
Say hi to don ho!!!!
@@wmen48 Uncle Philly my ass!
“That notorious child killer” line had me rolling
Just a kid
@@drue_tube9357 Only 47
I don’t get it….
@@I-Luv-2-HackPhil Leotardo looking at Billy Leotardo’s picture: “47 years old….he was just a kid. Me, I’m an old man.”
It’s a running joke that Phil considered a 47 year old to be a kid.
@@StuUngarkid you never admit the existence of this thing!
It's ironic he doesn't look like a real mobster from Jersey because he's literally of Sicilian descent and born in Brooklyn. 100% chance someone he knows closely is mobbed up. He probably just never had the makings of a varsity Italian.
A few of the other guys were of Sicilian descent as well.
One of the palest Sicilians I ever seen
His mom is Western European. English and Dutch. He kind of looks like a north Italian.
Thumbs up for the varsity line
@basedmoonman9341 I found he looks exactly like many East Frisians look, including his big eyes and the stubby nose.
But the thing about different teints in Europeans is that darker or lighter ones can skip a generation or even distribute unevenly among siblings. You see that with Italians, Spaniards and Romanians all the time.
My uncle also looks like the Shah, but my mom looks like Carmela.
High IQ doesn't mean someone always acts hyper logically. I know plenty of smart guys who could do complex higher level math in their sleep but couldn't figure out how to microwave a frozen burrito.
Imagine in the future if there were whole generations like what you describe 🤔
I heard that on your last IQ test you scored: zeppelin.
SO true.
Lol that sounds like autism/savant syndrome
Yes, we're all human and everyone can be corrupted by emotion and circumstance
I disagree completely. The fact that this guy is talked up as a big shot for half a season before he shows up as a goofy ass dork with bad social awareness who can't even hit a guy without getting his foot run over is perfectly in line with the show. One of the strongest thematic undercurrents in The Sopranos is the contrast between the glorified Goodfellas life they all think they lead and the mundane, goofy, shitty reality of it. Tony B exemplifies that.
It’s entirely because of Buscemi’s reputation as an actor….nobody wants to call out the character for what a disaster it was. The Feech/Blundetto arcs were ridiculous.
There's something off about people reveling in camaraderie and good cheer for years among their tightly knit group, yet also knowing that if called upon, they will be required to kill any of that group the leader says has to go. All while knowing that these are the guys, your very best friends, confessors, protectors, who will kill you without hesitation if ordered to do so.
Add on top of that the prison years of being demeaned and deprived, the oddly high intelligence, the resentments, the regrets, the rage, the feelings of inferiority and you have a mercurial character that is about as predictable as the show depicts. The only thing unbelievable about Animal Blundetto is that he had such a smoking hot, kindly WASP girlfriend.
@@farmalmta >>All while knowing that these are the guys, your very best friends, confessors, protectors
X number of years in the can... for what? That's another through line
That's a great point. A lot of my past misdeeds got messed up hilariously 😂. Im not the same as I was before, but i cant help but laugh at how stupid I used to be.
1:18 - it's worth mentioning that at that time Billy was 47 years old, just a kid....
Yeah, it's sad when they go so young like that.
@@BattleAxe1345when they go!!!
Whatever happened there..
@@tomz5704 what ever happened there WHAT EVE HAPPENED THERE
Let me tell you a couple of 3 things
I see your points. However it could be argued that Blundetto is like an opposite of Tony due to his time in prison, when Tony walks besides him at the party you see that he's fat, gregarious and well dressed because he's been basking in wealth for the last 15 years or so. Blundetto next to him is skinny and emaciated looking while wearing an outdated 80's style suit jacket. I think maybe the slight awkwardness of the character was on purpose and shows the toll that prison takes on a man's life.
It was 1000% intentional
one of my favorite twists in the show is actually realizing that davey was Bobby’s father. remember when tony said “but ur old man was the fuckin terminator”
I see what u did there 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
His mum had a taste for liquid metal.
Ok come on lmao
Took me a second lol
Whenever Blundetto's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Blundetto?"
😂
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You know they say gangsters get busy? Well Tony B gets Bizzzz-Ayyyy!
It’s a totally outrageous paradigm
Easy there poochie
"He doesn't seem like a New York Italian mobster" - Some British guy who's never seen a criminal in his life.
Yeah lmao
Hahahahahaagahgahahaha jeepers
I'm from NYC and Italian, moreover I know actual mobsters.
He doesn't look, sound or act like a Mobster. He was miscast. You're clearly a nerd with no connections or life experience.
They drink tea so
"I'm angry in the RUclips comments" - Some Maga Weenie
In fairness Michael Franzese looks far more like a Mob Boss as an after dinner speaker now than he ever did as a Mob Boss back in the day. Old photos of him 'in the life' make him look like University Maths Student
Yep. A dork in a denim jacket much of the time. Or polo shirts and big nerdy glasses. He was pre-Med before he went Mob.
Yeah but Michael wasn’t a street guy so you’re kind of proving his point
Yeah people have a romantic notion that you need to “look” like a gangster, when in fact anybody can look like a gangster. Video is kinda dumb
@@bigroaststyrone8135 nah, you gotta consider it in the context of what expectations mob films and the Sopranos, not actual real life, had already set for how these mafia characters should be. It'd be a different story if the Sopranos had been a realistic no-frills grimey depiction of the crimelife, but it was always the opposite "fugghetaboutit" "fugazi" Donnie Brasco Bronx Tale Hollywood portrayal instead
@@earlpipe9713 was it really? Hollywood and Americana saw guys like De Niro, Pacino and Liotta as gangsters. The tall dark handsome type, not fat old schlubs and skinny kids ala the Sopranos. Buscemi looks no more out of place in the Sopranos than Joe Pesci does in Casino imo
He was an NYC firefighter. His accent is as real as it gets
Exactly cine ranter is way off. The dude is literally of Italian decent and born in Brooklyn wtf
@@hkmma6543 i cut him some slack cause he ain't from round here.
Yea he was off with the accent thing
And he’s dad is Italian (mom Irish)
@@thesupervisor3270 That like my father. His Dad's Italian.. Mom's Irish
“He’s convinced me, give me my dollar back”
Lol I love that scene
🫰just for the waitresses
Pass me the world's smallest violin
Hey! Leave the dollars there!
Tony B didnt have the makings of a varsity massage therapist
He had the makings of a fucking animal though, that Blundetto.
Jack Lalane
I think he did but not the makings of a varsity business partner
Small hands 🤣🤣
Hey Cinerantor, when you were talking about Tony B. staring at Meadow which I took to be as a platonic connection to his daughter the stare that you did show between him and Fin Detrolio was the one that needed analysis. Was he sizing him up, checking him out because he looks like Steve Perry or a little bit of both?😮
Way too many great quotes and story-lines involving Animal Blundetto for me to say he's the worst.
"You're crowding me" might be one of my top 3 lines from the show. Not because it's poignant or anything, but because it's one of the few times you genuinely know the character standing up against Tony might get away with saying it.
@@lilmoosicit also shows his facial expression change into a way more menacing look
Wes Calwell
@@lilmoosicwhen he says that it really comes across as a dangerous ex con, that's why, in principal, I disagree with Cineranter
Those are cards not candy bars, you can deal a few of those out
You know, I coulda called him Ichabod Crane, but I did-dent.
Oh fuck. Did-dent is my all time favorite sopranos quote 😂
Damn that's a good comment
I like Animal Blundetto as a character. He should be glad that Tony killed him, because if he went to prison for Billy's murder, the inmates would treat him as a chomo.
😂😂😂😂
You oughta know, sweetie.
@@goodyeoman4534hahahqhqh
I saw that coming !
But wasn’t he in prison already for like 15 years be for his character was introduced? Why the chomo for Billy’s murder? I legit am asking and not trolling. Did I miss something from the video?
@@bitethebook7650 He killed a 47 year old kid
Nah you're being very unfair with Blundetto. Not every character has to speak in Italian-American jargon, it's a stereotype and it's offensive! Buscemi is literally an Italian-American and doesn't speak like that irl. Also the idea that they changed Moltisanti is bs. Christopher was of the sensitive type since the beginning of the show, are you kidding? His most famous line of the regularness of life doesn't ring a bell? He was like that from the beginning to the end. Many things wrong with this video, even though I do enjoy your content.
I agree. I think that was kind of the whole point of him.
You're being too kind imo.
This guy is entitled to his shitty takes but he must be an absolute tool to put them in a vid entitled Why You're Wrong About x
Hold on, did you say Dr Milfy? 😂😂
Where’s the lie?
And?
You know her by a different name?
It's a nickname!
Don't cream yourself
Somehow tony b wasn’t even in the many saints of Newark even though him and tony soprano were so close they were practically like brothers
Didn’t even think about this until now, and it’s the least of that movie’s problems.
The Many Saints of Newark is not cannon. It completely destroys the shows timeline and has as many pot holes as the surface of the moon.
@@pintolerance785 like Ralph telling Jackie jr that they had their own crew him Jackie sr tony and Silvio but in the movie Silvio looks like he’s older than paulie and was in the life while tony was still in hs
Tony B accepts the hit job, after turning it down, because he is jealous of Tony S's family life and money. This is made evident in "Marco Polo." Surprised you missed that, as it's obvious. He took it so he COULD f over Tony S, and it did. Sometimes you seem to have the makings of a varsity film critic...but you'd never make it.
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No he didn't want to fuck over tony, he wanted money.
I really hate how they did Furio! I love his character and to have him fall in love with Carmella and write him off. Really pissed me off.
The whorehouse shakedown was my favorite scene for years lol
The storyline of him going for Carmella felt a bit off and it feels more odd every time I watch the series again,
@@_ii_i Woulda made more sense for him and Ro to hook up.
@@TheNotoriousMrDee haha yes and then they run away to Italy
Never made a lick of sense. He wouldn't have given a second look to Carmella.
Buscemi always gave me a Don Knotts vibe.
now I can never unsee that similarity, thanks, lol😂
Was looking like an older Bill Skarsgård
Barney Google, with the go-go-googly eyes
@@ray.shoesmith Calm down, Gyp.
Facts
The thing is, The Sopranos is such a good show overall that it works and you look over it. The Sopranos is full of inconsistencies that you can live with if you're a true fan. A lot of things don't add up perfectly and that is indeed since they created the show as they went along. Nancy Marchand died and they had to create a whole new direction for season 2 (using bad CGI).
As Patsy said about Vito blowing the security guard: "I couldn't care less, basically"
This is like whenever someone brings up the portrayal of Silvio. Is the acting one dimensional in comparison to the other characters? I guess but he’s still one of my favourite characters and the whole shows so good I never noticed
Yea? maybe you're a flambe
“Real Fan” is a questionable term, you can point out bad writing and still enjoy the show.
Dragon Ball is a prime example with it being without a doubt the most iconic and important Anime of all time yet having the absolute worst writing of its caliber rivaled only by late stage Shippuden.
Buscemi is literally of Sicilian descent and born and Brooklyn. Terrible fucking take from cineranter and everyone else.
@@maylabrown4584it’s bad writing to cast a Sicilian born New Yorker as a mobster bc of how he looks? How does a “mobster” look. If anything it’s more realistic
My estimation of Tony Blundetto as a character just fuckin plummeted
He’s of Italian descent and born and raised in Brooklyn New York. The fucker is as legit as it would get. Just because he’s not the stereotype for typical mob movies he’s suddenly a character of bad writing. Makes no sense.
It's fuckin coach turned into a pumpkin.
@@monkeydog8681but even Mr. Kim didn't cry
The first thing that comes to my mind when I see his actor in any other seriers is "mMmmMmmmMmmboy are you fat"
Blundetto was an important character and required a competent actor. He's the ultimate character symbol in the show of the impossibility of becoming a citizen. You have to believe he can be a kinda normal guy, unlike the highly stylized mobsters around him. But the inner demon always shows itself, and Blundetto's was a particularly large demon that had been put away, building itself up. Made for awkward, unsure behavior during that battle. I didn't see this the first time around. Since then...I realize the brilliance of the portrayal and the character
Give me one thousand eggs.
It's a fucken nickname!
His family name was Eggareli!
Fan theory: he’s Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs
Why couldn’t he have had a cool name, like Mr White?
@@rogerpattubebecause he wasn’t a teacher from Albuquerque
He failed to whack Phil because he ran out of bullets. He stopped his quest for vengeance afterward because he had been identified killing a made man and now has to lamb chop it due to the penalty for an associate like Tony B killing a soldier in the Cosa Nostra. However, how someone with a high IQ only brought a revolver with six bullets to a hit and didn't bother to conceal his face is poor writing.
It wasn’t a revolver
My personal theory was that he wanted Phill to see his face and wanted to burn his heart and make him witness his brother’s assassination. After all, Tony B’s nickname is the animal.
I think Tony B might have been a better character if he wanted to get right back into the game after getting out, but for whatever reason Tony S knocks him back, or gives him jobs that he feels are beneath him given the time he's served. Because of this he actually starts to drift away from the mob life and towards more legitimate work, using his 160 IQ and meeting a woman, even gaining a lead on his daughter. Tony watches Tony B actually achieve what he can't - happiness, and it drives him further down that sociopath hole.
Not gonna lie 1/4-1/3 of my Italian cousins kinda look like him 🤣 that’s a northern Italian look same as ralphie
Buscemi is Brooklyn Sicilian. So, wrong boyo.
@@mrd3016 you’re kind of a 🤡 either way coming at someone agreeing with you rather than the doofus making the video lol. My grammas from Bafia Sicily with whiter skin than him and a Afro boyo
@@mrd3016yeah but thats his father's family, he's English/Irish (cant remember) and Dutch on his mother's side.
@@mrd3016 White skin and blue eyes, classic Sicilian.
@@NotQuiteFirstblue or green eyes isn't that uncommon, but pink skin is
Agree with pretty much all of this. Also consider that every aspect of Tony B's character was explored in a more satisfying way with other characters:
Family member from Tony Soprano's past who he goes out if his way to protect and comes to resent? Christopher did it better.
Old mob guy who gets out of jail and has to navigate how the world has changed? Richie and Feech did it better.
Member of the Jersey crew who is used by New York to cause strife and conflict with the Sopranos? Paulie did it better.
We're left with a character that lacks a strong identity and seems more like a device to set in motion the conflicts to come in season 6
Fantastically put.
His jokes are undefeated besides the Slipper and dildo joke
Very good and unique points
Any flies on you, they’re payin’ rent. Outstanding insight.
Damn that’s a great point
It's not that weird that they wouldn't talk about him. After that much time inside he would be an after thought not a constant talking point. Life moves on without you
Not to mention that Tony S is disassociating from his role in having his cousin end up in prison because of why he wasn’t there to help with the job (it makes perfect sense why Tony S and his family wouldn’t talk about Tony B when the kids are young enough to not even know him before he gets out and Tony S has understandable reasons for not wanting to think about him.)
Even not bringing him up with Melfi makes sense (not to mention that we don’t see every minute of every therapy session, so it could have easily happened off camera and was just not relevant enough to put into the final cut of the story).
The daughter is a different story, although I think again, Tony S wants to ignore how he failed Tony B, so he would be reluctant to talk about B’s daughter unless absolutely necessary (like if Meadow brought her up).
I think there are some reasonable points in this video, but this whole line of thinking is just, short-sighted.
" Youre crowding me "
You don't make fun of me. Got it?
Alright fine. We'll see what we can do about opening up the books for you, getting you straightened out. It's long overdue.
He’s supposed to be a badass hitman but he botched every hit he did on screen. Getting spotted and having his foot ran over in one attempt and leaving one of his targets alive in the other.
The way you effortlessly blend in the sopranos memes is hilarious 😂😂😂
Agree, sacred and propane
"Fuckin weirdo you ask me" literally had me pissing my pants laughing 😂
I think Tony B would have worked better were he never fully in, and got popped by happenstance. Then when he came out he tries to go straight but the family mess always falls on him. He ends up getting killed by Tony almost as a sacrifice. This would fix why he’s never talked about. They just really weren’t that close.
Michael Madsen would’ve been a great Tony B.
I really want to see that, he'd actually feel like Tony's real cousin
His last name doesn't end with a vowel
That would’ve been dope
hes not as funny
Agree !
14:20 "I still really like Tony Blundetto..."
Haha really? Could have fooled me with this breakdown🤣🤣!
(Takes nothing away from the quality of the breakdown- another top tier, thought-provoking analysis.)
I agree. Felt like a guest star role and was surprised he lasted as long as he did. And the Meadow staring came off as creepy instead of mournful.
I was watching season five with a couple of friends and all of us thought the scene by the pool with him staring at her was really weird.
Michael madsen would've been perfect.
He looks like he could be related to Tony easily.
leave Mr. Blonde outta dis...
His last name doesn't end with a vowel
Uh no. He would have taken over the family immediately. And do you see Madsen giving massages?
@@matthewgabbard6415yeah, massages of death
I feel like it works because a big part of the show is nostalgia being fake. Tony worships older figures of his life out of a sense of endearment for what he thinks they used to be instead of for what they _actually_ are. And Tony B seems a big example of that.
Really good point how Blundetto was never set up in previous seasons in any way.
They did that for Feetch, would have worked well here.
What I think is crazy is once he decided to go back into the life he almost went straight to hitman work.
We know he can play a very convincing, and menacing gangster as he did in Boardwalk Empire. He just played Tony B the way they wrote it.
Exactly! People wouldn't see him as miscast if he wasn't in 54 Sandler movies lol,
Was good as Mr. SHUSH and Garland Green and BE of course 👍💯
You would think Tony would set him up a cash only parlor and everyone would win. He would be like another Artie Bucco
Totally agree with this analysis. On top of that, I think that the main story line around Tony B was somehow similar to the one of Richie April and a bit lazy. A former team member comes back from prison, messes up and is killed at the end of the season. Looks very formatted and doesn't bring anything new to the show. The death of Adriana which is very close in time to Tony B's death in the show is much more shocking and fit much better in the story.
I just finished the show for the first time and it really peaked on Long Term Parking. I was actually invested in Adrianna and Christopher and the whole episode was perfectly eerie. The finale with Tony B's death just felt off. And that continued into Season 6 with other anticlimactic deaths from Chris to Bobby B
For the sake of accuracy, the television report on Junior's trial says that it's the first Soprano trial in 17 years, which introduces a way in for Tony B even if it doesn't name him specifically
David Chase f@@@ed up with this character, When Buscemi signed on, he was told that he would be around for two seasons, but Chase changed his mind and killed him off at the end of season 5. The problem is that they had to rush the storyline with him being done with the life to be like oh never mind, I want back in the life.
Kristafahhs mother's box, not Tony's
You're tawkin to the box heah
@@thepuffin4050 barak Obama ova heah
@@PicaPauDiablo1ohhhhh !
Phil, Phil....it's the guy's muddar, it's his muddar.
I agree with 99% of your videos. But I could not disagree more here. I think Tony B was literally perfectly cast
“Notorious child killer” that was gold 🤣
gets handed the casino ($200k/yr) and still risks his life and his crew's respect for hit jobs? not believable
He doesn’t “look” right is how you know you’ve never seen real mobsters. They don’t all look like Vito.
Sure but you could say patsy parisi doesnt look like a mobster, but he doesnt have the same feeling as buscemi.
@@jameskozy7254 This is just my opinion, after 17 years locked up that is the feeling that they, show runners, David Chase, wanted. Someone who had ties, tried to cut them, wanted the money, didn’t know how to function and got his head blown off. It’s the scene in the car with what’s her name the crazy girl, the first time you see what Patsy really is, you never got a scene like that with Blundetto and that is the idea. I mean the dudes last name, Buscemi, he is Italian to the bone.
He plays the hell outta nucky
I actually totally agree with you - I always felt like the Blundetto character was “forced” for lack of a better word. It felt, to me, like Chase just said “We love Steve, he’s directed some great episodes, and we want to write him into the show. How can we do that?” And then they came up with the Blundetto character and shoehorned him into the existing plan for the plot.
Tony B telling Tony S “You’re crowding me” is prob my favorite scene of his.
"Well, the little guy.. he was kinda funny looking".
Oh yaah?
funny how ??
What do you expect? He was going crazy down there by the lake and needed some action…
He did 20 years in the can and he kept his mouth shut and in this house Tony Blundetto is a hero. End of story!
As someone who spent some time on the peripheral of the Outfit in Chicago ( I said peripheral not involved or associated but same neighborhood) a lot of these guys were people you’d have no clue were who they were unless someone told you. Soft spoken, polite, easy to talk to and not very quote unquote “Italian” looking. I agree with you about the plot lines and story that didn’t make sense. However, in New York, Chicago and points in between there were plenty of guys who flew under the radar and didn’t look like much to deal with when in reality would bury you in a second. So yeah lots story wise didn’t work but the fact Blundetto didn’t much look like a hitter worked for me. This is just furthering a discussion not me contracting you to be a dick. I enjoy your channel and love your analysis .. best to you
The only thing about Tony B that I liked and what I think should have been more focused on was his resentment towards Tony S. Otherwise he doesn’t seem like a gangster and more importantly none of his motivations are believable. The hilariously weak friendship with Angelo that led ultimately to his own death after avenging Angelo’s was awful. And to be honest Steve Buscemi seemed bored with the role.
my only complaint on the sopranos is that they were constantly introducing new characters on E1 of a new season and always used the last episode to kill them off. every time a new character is introduced on E1 you just go “oh here’s another character they introduced just to kill”
*Second to last episode. The last episode goes on like nothing happened the episode before.
I loved Tony B! Partly because Steve Buscemi is one of my favorite actors, but I also liked the character.
Worst character was Long John Silver. So much wasted potential after being the primary suspect in doing Joey Peeps
In the end… Steve just couldn’t fuckin sell it!
I think it's actually more realistic that he doesn't "look" the part. I hear and get everything said here and all the criticism but still.
Patsy didnt look the part but he still felt like a mobster. Blundetto doesn't
@@jameskozy7254 I've known people that look like Howdy Doody that would cut someone's throat with a smile.
thats right Chase felt the same way about Drea. She was great
Totally agree that his character was mishandled. A rare mistake for David chase.
If it wasn’t for that animal Blundetto we would have never seen Phil’s transformation into a house !
as a black man, Tony having a panic attack after seeing Uncle Ben in his cabinet was the funniest shit 😂😂
He didn't want him near Meadow.
I didn't really understand his character. They tried to portray him as more of a "square" guy who wanted to get straight coming out of the can who was worried about parole officers, etc to suddenly becoming basically a hired gun and taking out any made man that the Mayor of Munchkinland and Angelo wanted. It felt like the writing for him changed after he was already introduced. Maybe he or someone else decided he wasn't good for the show and changed his character to hasten his demise (and exit from the show?)
You just said what everyone was thinking.
David chase: “Bundetto being apart of the soprano glorified crew it wasn’t an offer. It’s my position. Are we done here?”
He was out of place the moment janice said, "That's the best picture they could find of him? He was a fox!" Either she was very high or they failed in casting. That animal (I can't even say his name) should've had a better role. Blundetto just feels forced in.
Look up pics of a young Steve Buscemi. He actually wasn't bad looking
There's guys in the can better looking than my cousin
i think that line was written as a joke about the actor’s looks.
but also, the other commenter is right about steve buscemi not always looking like a wet chicken. he even played a heart throb type character in the martin scorsese short *life lessons* in 1980.
@@michaeledwards6683 wet chicken.. 😝
What a video CR. I didnt realize how deep the rabbit hole goes in terms of Blundetto being a terrible character. This is just excellent analysis.
Cineranter dont put pinecones in the filter. What the hell's the matter with you?
I don't think this is a particularly convoversial opinion. I always felt the out of place Steve Buscemi's sudden introduction out of nowhere as Tony's close friend & cousin felt contrived, along with his entire character arc that seemed like an excuse by the writers to create a conflict between Jersey and New York. I always got the impression that this was more or less the general consensus.
You’re expecting too much logic from an unstable, impulsive sociopath. That’s the paradox of OC - they’re expected to follow rules, but if they were inclined to follow rules, they’d follow societal rules like not murdering people.
In society they're expected to follow rules that gain them nothing. In OC they're expected to follow rules to gain prestige among their community and monetary gain. I get your point though.
i think the oddness of tony b, not a typecast mobster, is what in my view makes the show realistic.
I love Steve Buscemi
"Hello fellow mobsters" - LOL. He'd be wearing a tee-shirt that said "organized crime gang".
Team Blundetto all the way
47 years old, he was just a kid.
@@phil-Leotardo.171Shah of Iran himself, I'll be damned.
@@phil-Leotardo.171 it was just his time Phil
Team animal 🦒 🦓 🦁
@@phil-Leotardo.171it's sad when they go young
To be fair in the movie Fargo , the pros that described him to police called him “funny looking” . Everyone , even the actor himself knows he’s funny looking .
Can you just imagine if Tony B was played by Micheal Madsen? The dynamic between him and Gandolfini would’ve been so interesting to see
They also kinda look alike and are big tough guys. It makes them being cousins growing up together more realistic.
Nonsense. Madsen can't shine Buscemi's box.
@@mrd3016 Buscemi is a dork. Not believable as a mafia hitter.
I dont' understand how the mayor munckin land tells tony he can work on his rep by doing the hit if the hit is going to be a secret?
This is what happens when Sopranos video essayist run out of things to yap about.
Yet your watched the video lol Go F yourself
I’ll quote the great Steve Buscemi himself from his SNL monologue “ I’m the one you call when you’re looking for the creepy guy or the really really creepy guy”
I disagree with most of this. He only added to the show I think.
Tony B related to the crew as a kid childhood friend when he got out of prison. A lot of people when they have a traumatic experiences stop maturing past that point.
The show makes a point to show that when people would die they were instantly forgotten so it isn’t surprising that Tony B would be forgotten as soon as they knew he was going to do his time quietly.
The plot angle of the old gangster getting out of jail ready to make up for lost time was covered by literally every other character that got out and they covered every age range.
You’re absolutely right! Madsen would’ve been so good in the role.
Mr. Pink did a good job too though.
Only seventeen fuckin' years in the can? I'm not impressed.
The least authentic Sopranos character
2:44
"Hello fellow mobsters."
Lol!
Im glad im not the only one who always felt Blundetto was shoehorned into the show. I think it feels especially worst when established actors like John Favreau are part of the show as themselves, but an arguably more famous actor like Buscemi is a gangster. For a character I always felt was strangely added to the show was Benny Fazio. Sure he was more natural then the animal, but I truly couldn’t understand where this guy just enters from stage left and is now some trusted associate. Outside of the meme stuff, why was Benny allowed to get leeway for breaking protocol when he was running scams from Artie’s restaurant, when we all know that in earlier seasons Tony would’ve sent someone flying through a door or a desk for doing something so obviously stupid.
Actually the Feech La Manna story was confirmed to be short since its conception. Pure Kino explains it in his What Was the Problem with Feech La Manna video.
Am I the only one who kept saying “Shut the fuck up Donnie,” every time he was on the screen? I don’t hate him as Tony B., but that reaction is just ingrained into me now. 😂😂
Or, you’re out of your element Donnie.