Loved all the Scorsese influences. The final song was used similarly in The Departed, the M60 showdown was pretty Taxi Driver and even Walt's confession to Skyler struck me as a little Henry Hill.
What sucks is that most of the actors from this show will go on and do jack_fucking_shit.
Yup. Just like The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under and The Shield. Or Seinfeld. Or even mega popular dreck like Friends.
Imperioli was in a few shows that got cancelled immediately. Falco had Nurse Jackie, I guess. Elba is the only one that really got traction after The Wire. Omar is only now really getting emphasis on Boardwalk. Krause got a show on ABC that got canned, Michael C Hall got the cancer and Dexter. Chiklis got 2 cancelled corny shows. Shane gets typecast as a creepy hick and lucked out at getting a great part on Justified.
Probably the only time Jesse, Gus, Mike and Hank will get to use their chops on this scale.