The Final Sopranos - "Made in America" - 06/10/07 (WARNING SPOILERS)
06-10-07, 09:58 PM
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It's like being really hungry, ordering a hamburger, and when they bring it out to the table it's just a empty bun with no meat. Then the cook comes out and says "hey it's art, dammit", and runs away laughing.
06-10-07, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by lotsofdvds
I wouldn't have had a problem with a non-ending. Hell I was EXPECTING a non-ending. But this wasn't even a non ending. It was a "What the hell? Freakin' Comcast! I can't believe the cable box... wait, what? It's over? That was the last shot? A jerky jump cut and then black for 30 seconds? I thought the cable went out."
06-10-07, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by gkleinman
Leading up to this HBO has been promoting that this was "The Last Episode of The Sopranos... EVER". So I doubt we'll see more. This is it folks, warts and all.
Oh well. I won't let 30 seconds of frustration spoil an 8 season series.
Oh well. I won't let 30 seconds of frustration spoil an 8 season series.
lol
06-10-07, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
And I still think you're confusing an understandable desire for closure of some kind with viewer laziness. Viewer laziness is watching The Simple Life. Asking for a little closure on a show that's been running for many years is a simple human desire.
06-10-07, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Indeed, just watched it again to check. The last thing Tony remembers before sacking out at the safe house was recalling that very conversation. The signs are all there.
He should have had brief flashbacks to those conversations during the episode. The type of viewers that watch the sopranos aren't likely to figure that all out, and it's not fair of him to expect it, it's arrogant.
06-10-07, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Keith6601
Damn, a friend just pointed out to me. Back when Tony and Bobby were talking in the boat, they talked about "what happens when you die?" and the response was "nothing, it just goes black."
06-10-07, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
I'm going to have to go with Neon Genesis Evangelion as having the best series finale ever.
. Not only was the ending deliberately ambigious, but the political spiel was a big turnoff, too. 
It's as if Mr. Chase saw the final few episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion and used its ideas to end the series.
06-10-07, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dadaluholla
It's like being really hungry, ordering a hamburger, and when they bring it out to the table it's just a empty bun with no meat. Then the cook comes out and says "hey it's art, dammit", and runs away laughing.
06-10-07, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by zombiezilla
I enjoyed it quite alot; my wife's on the "Fuck David Chase" side of the fence, though. She wasn't happy with the ending. If they never shoot another frame, I'm good with it; if we get another series, or a film.........
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06-10-07, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GeorgeP
I would say Carlo, but he already flipped to the feds.
Carmine Jr.?
Carmine Jr.?
06-10-07, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Look man, this isn't LOST. It's is ridiculous for Chase to think that anyone but us crazy fans are going to put all these pieces together to figure this out.
He should have had brief flashbacks to those conversations during the episode. The type of viewers that watch the sopranos aren't likely to figure that all out, and it's not fair of him to expect it, it's arrogant.
He should have had brief flashbacks to those conversations during the episode. The type of viewers that watch the sopranos aren't likely to figure that all out, and it's not fair of him to expect it, it's arrogant.
06-10-07, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RayChuang
The finale tonight made me want to . Not only was the ending deliberately ambigious, but the political spiel was a big turnoff, too. It's as if Mr. Chase saw the final few episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion and used its ideas to end the series.
. Not only was the ending deliberately ambigious, but the political spiel was a big turnoff, too. It's as if Mr. Chase saw the final few episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion and used its ideas to end the series.
06-10-07, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
That's how I took it. He identifies with Tony.
06-10-07, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mordred
I honestly didn't hate the ending, but I certainly didn't love it. I kind of like the ambiguity, but feel like there should have at least been some payoff.
06-10-07, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
And then, if you didn't just run out of the place complaining, you begin to realize that there is a nice steak under the bun instead.
06-10-07, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
To overestimate the intelligence of his audience? I'm one of his viewers and frankly, I like using my brain.
06-10-07, 10:04 PM
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I give the finale credit, I didn't think Tony was dying until someone mentioned it here. I just went back and watched the end of The Blue Comet they flash back to Bobby saying "you probably don't even hear it when it happens." It is pretty atypical for them to end without a song over the credits. I really do think that was Tony's death.
06-10-07, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lotsofdvds
Nope, the closest it gets to that is "you probably don't even hear it when it happens." That's it.
06-10-07, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by deadlax
I took it that, since he was watching footage of the Iraq War, it was sarcasm. His response basically solidified how the actions of a bunch of mafiosos were insignificant to his terrorism investigation. But that was just my interpretation.
06-10-07, 10:06 PM
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In the Godfather when Brando was hit he'd just picked up a bag full of oranges. When Uncle June put the hit out on Tony he was drinking orange juice right before the hit happened.
When Tony began peeling an orange in the safe house I was certain he was going to be shot.
That's all I got. Maybe I need some sleep.
When Tony began peeling an orange in the safe house I was certain he was going to be shot.
That's all I got. Maybe I need some sleep.
06-10-07, 10:06 PM
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But according to Season 6A, death is a cocktail party in a house Steve Buscemi invites you into.
EDIT: That "orange-peeling" scene was dead-on the same blocking used for Pacino in The Godfather Part II.
He does it when he tells Robert Duvall, "Tom, if history's proven anything, it's that you can kill anyone."
EDIT: That "orange-peeling" scene was dead-on the same blocking used for Pacino in The Godfather Part II.
He does it when he tells Robert Duvall, "Tom, if history's proven anything, it's that you can kill anyone."
06-10-07, 10:07 PM
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The more that I think about it, the more that I like the ending. I would have to agree with others that the Six Feet Under Finale is the best Series Finale ever. That Finale changed the way I thought about life for a while. I couldn't sleep as I was thinking about so many things. Eventually, I went back to my old ways and habits, but I thought about that finale for weeks.
06-10-07, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by MetalGator311
I give the finale credit, I didn't think Tony was dying until someone mentioned it here. I just went back and watched the end of The Blue Comet they flash back to Bobby saying "you probably don't even hear it when it happens." It is pretty atypical for them to end without a song over the credits. I really do think that was Tony's death.
