end of the Sopranos

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I dont know if anyone else follows this show, but it ended today...

It disapointed me, but how do you guys feel about the ending?

Will there be a movie?

[Lamington]

I don't know. On one hand I was disappointed, on the other I was interested in the possibilities of what could have happened. If it made me think, I suppose that is a good thing. Chase hasn't denied the possibility of a movie so who knows.

[Ebichuman]

I was a little disappointed, but not at all suprised they opted for something open ended. More closure would have been nice, but the way they seemed to cram alot into the last two episodes I wasn't expecting much. I did like the last couple minutes of the episode though, they keep you guessing right 'till the end. Phil's head getting squished was good too, ha!

Oh, and my guess is AJ will be the next head of the family.

[strategos]

I was expecting something to happend.
I was "Oh Sh*T", then the screen went black.
I was like, "NOO!" the cable is out.
Then O notice that it was a cliffhanger T.T
I was expecting that the guy that went to the Bathroom, was going to shoot Tony in the bacl while he was watching his daugther comming in.
But still it left for too many endings.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I think the fact that everything wasn't wrapped up neatly like a typical network Drama series was the perfect way for things to end. I don't see the ending as an abrupt ending to the series, but as an abrupt ejection of the viewer from the inside view of the Soprano Families life. The series is over, but their lives continue as if they were real. It's been quite a ride for the past 8 years and I don't think it would have done the show justice to have everything come to a complete and absolute end. This way the viewer doesn't have to suspend their disbelief and the series can remain one of the most realistic portrayals of family life in the history of Television. The series never once asked us to suspend our disbelief and that's what made it so great right to the end.

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Originally Posted by strategos

I was expecting something to happend.
I was "Oh Sh*T", then the screen went black.
I was like, "NOO!" the cable is out.
Then O notice that it was a cliffhanger T.T
I was expecting that the guy that went to the Bathroom, was going to shoot Tony in the bacl while he was watching his daugther comming in.
But still it left for too many endings.

Thats exactually what I thought! "OH NO THE SATALITE IS OUT!!"

As soon as "dont stop believing" was turned on, and the entire family was sitting down together I was convenced tony was going to get "whacked" There was the guy in the bathroom, and that guy in the USA hat.

I was glad that phil died though... I didn't like him.

And Sil is still in a coma...

[strategos]

But Phil was kill not once, not twice, but tripple combo killing ^^;
Shot in the Head + shoot in the heart+ his car smashing his head; is like Dang O_O.
I did miss some of the previous episodes. Did Tony nephew got killed =/? Is there ever going to be a rerun of this season?
The Cat part was awesome ^^;

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Originally Posted by strategos

But Phil was kill not once, not twice, but tripple combo killing ^^;
Shot in the Head + shoot in the heart+ his car smashing his head; is like Dang O_O.
I did miss some of the previous episodes. Did Tony nephew got killed =/? Is there ever going to be a rerun of this season?
The Cat part was awesome ^^;

That cat was pretty creepy.
Tony's nephew christopher is dead, tony killed him a few episodes back.

Anyways they have been replaying the soprano's on A&E from the beginning. So eventually they will get around to replaying this season.

[strategos]

But sometimes, on previous seasons, they rerun the season they just trasnmited.
I hope they do it.
Dang, I want to see why Tony killed him.
Probably was Tony on his Emo mode or something.
Or Christopher was actually going to the FBI O.O.
Why did I miss it T.T.

The Cat moved from place, when they moved christopher pictures :P.
LOL

[Vexx]

The running gag I've been hearing is that they "whacked the audience"

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Originally Posted by Vexx

The running gag I've been hearing is that they "whacked the audience"

thats actually pretty funny

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by strategos

But sometimes, on previous seasons, they rerun the season they just trasnmited.
I hope they do it.
Dang, I want to see why Tony killed him.
Probably was Tony on his Emo mode or something.
Or Christopher was actually going to the FBI O.O.
Why did I miss it T.T.

The Cat moved from place, when they moved christopher pictures :P.
LOL

For those who want to know:

Spoiler:

While Christopher was under the influence of drugs, he and Tony were in a car accident and Chris was injured very badly. The baby seat in the back where Chris' kid could have been was pierced by the debris and Tony was disgusted at Christopher's uselessness and drug addiction as well as the fact that he could very well have killed his child had she been in the backseat and this had happened, on top of looking like he was going to turn to the feds. When Christopher asked Tony to help him get out of the car, Tony instead flew into a rage and suffocated him by pinching his nostrils and letting him suffocate on his own blood, that he was coughing up as a result of his injuries from the accident.

[strategos]

O_O, OH MY!
So, I kind was close.
But still, I've never would have expected him to die.

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Originally Posted by strategos

O_O, OH MY!
So, I kind was close.
But still, I've never would have expected him to die.

They made it clear earlier on this season that christopher hated tony... So tony had no reason to keep him around.

It all goes to show you that although the characters on the soprano's can be easy to relate to at times (they have a crazy mother, their kids are lazy ect) tony soprano is still a cold hearted killer, and didn't hesitate to kill his nephew.

[kagetsu]

Originally Posted by strategos

I was expecting something to happend.
I was "Oh Sh*T", then the screen went black.
I was like, "NOO!" the cable is out.
Then O notice that it was a cliffhanger T.T
I was expecting that the guy that went to the Bathroom, was going to shoot Tony in the bacl while he was watching his daugther comming in.
But still it left for too many endings.

Early in the series tony likens getting whacked to a blank black screen.

Take the info as you will. Personally I like the outcome to be he lived and their going on with there lives, just like we are. But you shouldn't forget the past.

[Shadow Miko]

Haven't seen it but apparently it failed.

[Happy_Chip]

well...IMHO...

I recall some time ago, there was the episode where (pardon my faulty memory) Tony S's neighbor and his buddies are all jazzed up that Tony was a member of the mob, and Tony felt their viewing him and his life as fodder for entertainment as de-humanizing; his neighbor was not portrayed sympathetically.

To pay his neighbor back, Tony then takes a plain old box, fills it with sand, then tells his neighbor something to the effect, "I need you to hide this for me, but whatever you do, don't open it and don't tell anyone!" leaving his neighbor filled with excitement and fear, as he contemplated what must be inside.

That's the ending:

Perhaps the director is, like Tony Soprano, ultimately nausated by the public's fascination with all things mob-related and with Tony himself, someone who is a sociopath (2nd last episode).

So, the director gives the viewers a black box, and lets the viewer's fear and fascination imagine what is inside it, all the while laughing at you, since it's nothing.

Does this make sense?

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Originally Posted by Happy_Chip

well...IMHO...

I recall some time ago, there was the episode where (pardon my faulty memory) Tony S's neighbor and his buddies are all jazzed up that Tony was a member of the mob, and Tony felt their viewing him and his life as fodder for entertainment as de-humanizing; his neighbor was not portrayed sympathetically.

To pay his neighbor back, Tony then takes a plain old box, fills it with sand, then tells his neighbor something to the effect, "I need you to hide this for me, but whatever you do, don't open it and don't tell anyone!" leaving his neighbor filled with excitement and fear, as he contemplated what must be inside.

That's the ending:

Perhaps the director is, like Tony Soprano, ultimately nausated by the public's fascination with all things mob-related and with Tony himself, someone who is a sociopath (2nd last episode).

So, the director gives the viewers a black box, and lets the viewer's fear and fascination imagine what is inside it, all the while laughing at you, since it's nothing.

Does this make sense?

I understand what you are saying. Perhaps the director does think its funny to end such an epic televison show with a cliffhanger. Rather than the conclusion everyone was looking forward to, with bullets flying, he simply decided to leave the ending to the viewers imagination. Therfore forcing them to imagine what happened next. Similar to the neighboors guessing what was in the box.

Or maybe we are looking into this too much.

[Ahiru77]

I never heard of the Sopranos...so i thought it was a comedy or music show, then i watched Jay Leno and Conan, and they where all like "Why didnt anyone die"...i was thinking: Why is it that cool to see someone die in a comedy/music show??

Then i looked up the Sopranos and saw the whole gangsta thing....DAWHH So obvious....

[kagetsu]

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Fans of "The Sopranos" are seizing on clues suggesting the controversial blackout which abruptly ended the TV mob drama meant that Tony Soprano was rubbed out, and HBO said Thursday they may be on to something.

One clue in particular, a flashback in the penultimate episode to a conversation between Tony and his brother-in-law about death, gained credence as an HBO spokesman called it a "legitimate" hint and confirmed that series creator David Chase had a definite ending in mind.

"While he won't say to me 100 percent what it all means, he says some people who've guessed have come closer than others," HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer told Reuters after speaking to Chase.

"There are definitely things there that he intended for people to pick up on," Schaffer said.

The biggest hint, according to a consensus taking shape on the Web, is a scene from an earlier episode in which Tony and his brother-in-law, Bobby Bacala, muse about what it feels like to die.

"At the end, you probably don't hear anything, everything just goes black," Bobby says while they sit fishing in a small boat on a lake.

"I think that is one of the most legitimate things to look at," Schaffer said when asked about theories that the Bobby Bacala flashback was meant to foreshadow Tony's death.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...eut/index.html

I was close enough