The Sopranos finale...thoughts?

[John_fromNY]

Well what did you all think of the series ending finale? I thought it had and left much to be desired.. Basically it was a poor ending. Not like The Godfather at all... Don't get me wrong I like Steve Perry and Journey, but picking his song, "Don't Stop Believing? C'mon why is that? So that David Chase wants us to think there is more to this saga as a contination of some sort .. No!! - I say good riddance to him and his show... I think James Gandolfini and Edie Falco feel the same way as I do.

[stickyvicky]

I used to watch the sopranos when the series first started, but it got progressively more violent... by the 2nd or 3rd season, I couldn't watch it any more, 5 min into the show and someone was blown up, shot, stabbed or otherwise maimed... it hurt me to watch it, so I just quit. So now I have no idea what's going on in the series...

[Tony D.]

Chase did what he wanted to do - he recorded three endings but he used the wrong one in my opinion. He could have made it better by simply showing Meadow entering the ice cream shop (rather than just hearing the bell ring as she walked through the door). We saw the guy sitting at the bar and the other guys walk in. So when Tony looked up, a better ending would have been to show Meadow coming in and the guy at the bar staring Tony down. And then faded to black...

I thought HBO lost their signal and I was pissed! I couldn't believe I'd missed the last 30 seconds and didn't realize it was meant to be that way until I saw it on the news later. All these years, and this is all we get?

Still, violence aside, it was the best show I've ever seen on TV. Oh wait, that's right, it's not TV, it's HBO... :lol:

[John_fromNY]

Hey Tony, Answer me this... here's an Italian-American who doesn't keep his Italian name and roots alive... David Chase's real name is DeCaesare. What's up with that? ... And sad to say, because of that he's a real goomba...

That's new... I didn't know he had three alternate endings planned?

I thought something was wrong with my TV too.. that HBO lost the feed.

About The Sopranos, yes, I'll agree that it was a one of the most successful shows to ever come out of a cable network, winning Emmys, Golden Globes, even Director's and Writer's Guild awards, left and right, year after year ... But that was early on. When was that? James Gandolfini won back to back Best Actor Emmys, in 2000 and 2001 and again in 2003. And Edie Falco won the Best Actress Emmy in 2001 and 2003.

But like last year's entire season, which was really weak... just like that final disappointing series ending episode.

They compare it to The Godfather... but in terms of that... Francis Ford Coppola's premise of the Mario Puzo novel had finality to it.. Something that Chase just couldn't do ... In effect, Chase became a gavonne .... you do know what that word means in Italian? Right... The best example of a gavonne would be John Cazale's character of ... I'm smart, I'm smart ... Fredo Corleone... yes, it does mean wimp, pansy ass...but its' real meaning is someone who allows his wife to sleep around with other guys and then chooses not to do anything about it...

Even Martin Scorsese's Good Fellas which was based on a true story - they pulled the Lufthansa heist at the JFK Airport in 1979 - had finality to it too. As they describe near the end what happened to Paul Sorvino's character and Robert DeNiro's character - they both end up in prison. Joe Pesci's character ends up dead. While Ray Liotta's character ends up in the witness protection bureau along with his wife, Lorraine Bracco's character.

Anyway, I heard that Mr. Chase wants to devote time to getting his feature film projects off the ground, now that The Sopranos has ended its run. Let's see how that goes.

So in the meantime, a word spoken by Johnny Depp's character in the movie of the same name, Donnie Brasco... about The Sopranos ... let's just... Forgetaboutit!!!

[Donor]

I did not get into the Sopranos, It looked to me like they were glorifying the mob.

[Tony D.]

Johnny, it was "fuggetaboutit" as told to me by an LA stripper who also happens to be a big fan of the Sopranos. I almost fuggot to get a lap dance from her because we spent so much time talking about the show, lol. I caught her up on nearly the entire season so she was ready for the finale last Sunday. I'm such a good guy huh? I was nice to her so she ground her ass on my crotch. Funny how people help each other isn't it? :lol:

I don't think the intent was to glorify the mob Donor. The intent was to show both sides of Tony, as a ruthless murderer and as a human being with problems just like everyone else. You know that the gangsters of the 30's here in Chicago were church-going family men. That's right, they'd whack a few people on Saturday night but they were in church on Sunday morning praying to God for success in their chosen "career". Talk about being in denial, LOL!

[John_fromNY]

Johnny, it was "fuggetaboutit" as told to me by an LA stripper who also happens to be a big fan of the Sopranos. I almost fuggot to get a lap dance from her because we spent so much time talking about the show, lol. I caught her up on nearly the entire season so she was ready for the finale last Sunday. I'm such a good guy huh? I was nice to her so she ground her ass on my crotch. Funny how people help each other isn't it? ...lol!!

I don't think the intent was to glorify the mob Donor. The intent was to show both sides of Tony, as a ruthless murderer and as a human being with problems just like everyone else. You know that the gangsters of the 30's here in Chicago were church-going family men. That's right, they'd whack a few people on Saturday night but they were in church on Sunday morning praying to God for success in their chosen "career". Talk about being in denial, LOL!

Thanks Tony for the proper spelling - I couldn't think of the right spelling I tried "faaggetaboutit" - no, too gay ... "forgetttaboutit" - no, too many "T's" ... I even went to IMDb and came up with "forgetaboutit"... but "fuggetaboutit" yeah, that's right... A big smile!!

Now try Rokkerr's Italian translation... yes, that's confusing?

I'm so glad your stripper friend put out... *wink, wink* ... but you still can't use your hands, right? ...

And yes, about gangters,... they say Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow couldn't rob banks in Iowa on Saturdays in the 1930's,.. on account of the Sabbath .. Then there are the stories about Al Capone, Charles Floyd, and George Nelson... other stories for another day ...and John Dillinger was a God fearing man, going to Church every Sunday morning... Interesting story about Dillinger and FBI Special Agents Samuel Cowley and Melvin Purvis ... as the FBI knew he was also an avid weekend movie/film buff and that he went to the movies on almost every Saturday night... so after leaving the threatre with Anna Sage, and Polly Hamilton on either arm on Sunday night after the 8 PM showing had just ended... However, he figured out what was happening as the agents moved in... so he started to run and they killed him in an alley way next to the movie house... after he tried to pull a pistol... The three FBI agents, shot him full of bullet holes!!

[Tony D.]

Stripper put out? Who told you that, lol? Touching - now there's a touchy subject, haha. Sometimes more touchy than other times... Me speaks in riddles to protect the guilty so fuggetaboutit ...