NewWaveChick1981
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:07 PM
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Tonight's Sopranos finale... SPOILERS... |
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David Chase has given the whole country blue balls. :grr: :mad:
Building up to the finale and leaving us hanging. That sucks.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:09 PM
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1. My theory is - Tony was killed by that guy at the bar |
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What we saw was Tony's last minute. Although I could be completely wrong.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:10 PM
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you have to buy the dvd to find out what happened.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:11 PM
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3. My son thought that Tony was killed and that's why it went black. The guy at the bar |
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wasn't the only possible one. There was the guy with the cap too.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:11 PM
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4. I believe David Chase is leaving it up to us each to decide what happens next. |
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Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 09:12 PM by mcscajun
And life goes on and on and on and on...
On the plus side, at least it wasn't all a dream sequence.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:14 PM
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5. Had to be the worst ending to a series I've ever seen because I expected so much more. It was like |
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expecting a gourmet Italizn meal, and having Chef Boyardi ravioli.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:18 PM
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6. And the Chef Boyardi was the political subplot. Seriously, the writer was allowing you to create |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:20 PM
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10. I think so too, each of us has to create our own ending. |
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maybe all of them were killed??????
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:21 PM
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12. The more I think about it, more I believe he was killed. My son's friend just called and |
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said he believed Tony's father was killed while having dinner out with the family. I don't recall that though.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:24 PM
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it's said Tony's dad had cancer. So I don't think that's the case.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:30 PM
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15. Thanks for that. I was doing a search because that didn't sound familiar to me at all |
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Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 09:31 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm
Everything I read said he died. Just died, not killed, murdered, hit etc.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:53 PM
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25. Johnny Soprano died of emphysema |
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:26 PM
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40. That was Robert Dinero's character in Analyze This. n/t |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:45 PM
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20. If I wanted to write my own ending, I would have. I paid to have HBO |
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so that I could enjoy what The Sopranos writers did. Which was nothing.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:47 PM
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21. Chase did write the ending. He is allowing you to create the future. |
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:00 PM
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Nothing against your opinion, I just don't agree.
I DO NOT WANT to create The Sopranos future!! I wanted a decent flipping ending.
Oh well. It was just a tv show.
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:02 PM
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31. And that too was part of Chase's message. |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:21 PM
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11. I have to agree, this was a terrible ending. I think he's leaving it open-ended so he can |
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have another whack at the series in movie form, even though he says that's not his intention.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:25 PM
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14. Have another whack! Funny! I heard some talking head say on Countdown that David |
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Chase doesn't feel the need to tie up loose ends.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:18 PM
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7. I thought it was awesome. |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:31 PM
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16. Just like life! :) eom |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:19 PM
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8. Four or more gunshots during the blackscreen would have been brilliant. |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:20 PM
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9. This reminds me of the episode of M*A*S*H* were Colonel Blake dies |
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Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 09:20 PM by Hardhead
My parents were SOOOOO pissed off. They never would watch it after that.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:34 PM
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17. "Our true enemy has yet to reveal himself." ??? No. |
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He revealed himself tonight, and his name is David Chase.
:grr: :grr: :mad: :mad: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: NOW I know why the rumors were that the ending would be "controversial".
Ugh.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:35 PM
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I like that I can fill in my own ending. My own personal ending has Tony surviving to maybe face the music in an indictment.
I've grown fond of these characters and I didn't want to see it end in a blood bath in front of Carmella and the kids.
They gave us enough gore with Phil's head being rolled over.
I liked that Tony was avoiding visiting Syl, and when he finally did he held his hand.
I liked seeing what a total chicken shit Paulie really is, and loved the whole symbolic back story with the cat.
I liked that Tony hijacked the appointment with AJ's therapist -- the look on Carmella's face was priceless.
There was so much that I loved about this last episode.
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:31 PM
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He spills his guts about seeing the Virgin Mary and Tony says, you waited to tell me? We could have made it a shrine, sold gallons of holy water. There was just enough hesitation to think Paulie might pull a gun and cap Tony. And then Paulie swallowed his anger and called Tony, my liege.
And then he took his perennial suntanning screen and put it under his chin and the cat sat down near him.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:44 PM
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19. Well, even though I didn't get to see it, I'm just glad it apparently wasn't the ending |
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I read about earlier today. Which thankfully contained some hugely fake spoilers in it. That ending sucked, y'all. Glad Chase apparently either never filmed or scrapped it.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:48 PM
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22. Hell, I'm still waiting for an ending to DEADWOOD |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:48 PM
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23. The license plate outside the restaurant |
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Looked like the same plate Phil's daughter was using when he got hit. My first thought was the guy at the bar was waiting for the daughter to arrive so he could kill Tony in front of his family ala Phil Leotardo.
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:48 PM
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24. The Antithesis of the Six Feet Under Ending |
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Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 09:49 PM by Ryano42
Which I believe is the most powerful ending ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1eFsJ1u4aYBravo David Chase...you will keep us wondering for a long time...
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:04 PM
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32. Best Series Finale In a While |
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Most productive at least :)
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:14 PM
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Six Feet Under dealt with life and death. It was natural for that show to focus on the end of life.
The Sopranos always walked a line w/ Tony. Was he the good guy he claimed to be or was he slime? That's for you to decide-it's always been for you to decide. And The Sopranos has always been about Tony. Everyone else took a distant second to him.
The ending is the same idea. Just like the decision you've made about Tony you now have to decide how this all ends. Does he live? Does he die? Does he die right there w/ his family? Is he imprisoned? Does he flee? Does he turn witness?
Who knows? Who cares? In real life nothing is black and white. Tony Soprano is not black or white. Why should the ending be tidy and cleared up?
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:54 PM
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no text needed.....
anyone who watced knows this
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:57 PM
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27. Question: When Tony first walked into the restaurant.... |
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Didn't he see himself sitting in the booth? Did I imagine that?
If so, does that mean the whole sequence with the family was a dream/heaven/after death kinda thing?
I'm trying really, really hard for some closure here...:banghead:
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:01 PM
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30. Ya know, for a sec I thought that too. |
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Then I thought OMG, maybe he really IS Kevin Finnerty and Tony Soprano was just a dream.
Frankly that would have been better than what we got....
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:16 PM
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37. Yeah, I saw that too. |
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I'm going to watch the west coast feed in 45 minutes, but I would swear when he first walked into the ice cream parlor he saw himself sitting at a table all by himself facing the door.
:shrug:
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:22 PM
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Then I just brushed it off as choppy cut to the next scene.
Hm...
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:25 PM
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39. I'm going to watch the west coast feed at midnight, I will watch for that nt |
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Sun Jun-10-07 09:58 PM
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I spent the last minute screaming at Meadow to keep fucking up her parallel parking. However, in a quick moment, without a lot of time to think about it, my husband and I (we've watched all episodes) agreed that it ended well! It's up to each fan's interpretation, hopes and dreams (the entire series was about Tony's worries, hopes and dreams).
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:05 PM
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33. Sounds like it ended as bad as The Gunslinger series by King. |
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:07 PM
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34. I loved the Agent Harris thing! |
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That seriously cracked me up. First, he tips off Tony on where Phil is, then he shouts out "they're gonna win this!!" when he finds out that Phil was whacked.
Funny shit! I've been wondering how Agent Harris would eventually play into things. That was awesome.
I'm still mourning the ending, however. And I'm getting a headache, I think from my HEART POUNDING the last couple of minutes of the show. I don't think I've ever been that tense/anxious watching a TV show before.
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:13 PM
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35. Agent Harris flipped! |
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And here I thought it would be Tony.
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:31 PM
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43. I enjoyed that look of betrayal he got |
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...for flipping from the female agent he was schtupping. She suspects him of cheating on their oath. Some loyalty!
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:27 PM
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41. The ending was obvious |
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If you turned up the volume a lot when the screen went blank, you could hear static. And a hum. Kind of like when you wake up after a...oh never mind.
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Sun Jun-10-07 10:45 PM
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44. Worst series finale of all time |
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David Chase has given the whole country the finger with both hands.
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