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post #91 of 104
6/13/07 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by ChicagoRon View Post
I did think the timing was great of how the screeen went black just as Steve Perry said "Don't Stop!"... as if they knew whole world wanted the show to go on forever.

Also note that through the jukebox metaphor, Tony made the choice of music -- he chose the soundtrack to the rest of his life. We are left with the feeling of paranoia that he must live with every day and Chase is left with plenty of new story lines for a feature film.
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post #92 of 104
6/13/07 at 7:24pm
Am I the only one that thinks there is not going to be a film?
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post #93 of 104
6/13/07 at 7:33pm
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Am I the only one that thinks there is not going to be a film?

I agree with you. I don't think Chase has any plans at all for a film.
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post #94 of 104
1/8/08 at 11:12pm
Okay,

So I got Season 6 for Christmas and finally finished it tonight.

It seems that they crammed a lot of stuff into the last season and killed a lot of people. Tony gets shot, Chris dies, Bobby dies, Sil might die, AJ almost dies. Aside from taking out a few leads I don't see much setting it apart from this season or that season.

Last episode was good. I liked the ending. When the song came on I got a little misty eyed. Obviously, the finale is ambigious, there is no getting around that. But, to argue in the case that "life goes on for them, but not for us" why would they have waited so long to off Tony if that was the case. Do it at the car, he had obviously been sitting there for a while before anyone else came in and as Tony said to Carm "they don't touch the family."

The title of the episode is Made in America and they were in a greasy spoon diner...the epitome of "America." Think of Hopper's Nighthawks where you have a few random people in a diner. That's what a diner is...it's all of the things in that last scene. The Grandpa taking some kids out after Little League, the family of 4 eating out, the 2 black hoodlums, the trucker, the Eastern European looking guy in the MO jacket.
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post #95 of 104
7/22/09 at 8:50am
Back from the dead...last 4 weeks I've watched every episode from season 1 -6. Best show on television. Really depicts Italian American life (if you can ignore the mafia bull shit) to a tee...third generation Americans struggling with their identity, mother issues, food issues, Italians being portrayed as mobsters by the media... fucking brilliant.

Anyone hear about a film yet? A colleague of mine is good friends with Michael Imperioli and his wife, but no news from her...
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post #96 of 104
7/22/09 at 11:57am
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Really depicts Italian American life (if you can ignore the mafia bull shit) to a tee...

no.
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post #97 of 104
7/22/09 at 12:03pm
battlestar did the same thing if you can forget the space bullshit. and six feet, if you can ignore the funeral home bs. or rescue me and the stupid firehouse.



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Back from the dead...last 4 weeks I've watched every episode from season 1 -6. Best show on television. Really depicts Italian American life (if you can ignore the mafia bull shit) to a tee...third generation Americans struggling with their identity, mother issues, food issues, Italians being portrayed as mobsters by the media... fucking brilliant.

Anyone hear about a film yet? A colleague of mine is good friends with Michael Imperioli and his wife, but no news from her...
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post #98 of 104
7/22/09 at 10:23pm
Funny that this thread popped up today. I was at the gym earlier and had a classic rock station on the walkman (I'm old school, FTW). A Journey song came on and I thought, as I often do when I hear them (and always when I hear "Don't Stop"), about that last episode. I always liked the way the first words "Just a small town girl" sync up with when Carm is shown walking through the door. Nice (but no doubt intentional) Oz/Floyd shout out.

I watched every episode when it was on HBO and have since rewatched the entire series via Tivo off A&E. Not a satisfying ending, but regardless of what Chase did he'd have pissed somebody (actually a lot of people) off so he went with his vision, as he did through the entire run, and left it up to the viewer to decide.

I seriously doubt that there will ever be a movie.
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post #99 of 104
7/23/09 at 9:15am
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I seriously doubt that there will ever be a movie.

Its too bad...

As far as Southern Italian's...so many are in denial from CENTURIES of being told their customs and traditions (and quirks) are wrong and immoral. Such bullshit. People who immigrated from places like Calabria, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Puglia, Sicily all fly the red white and green with such pride, and associate themselves with the likes of Columbus, daVinci, Michaelangelo...such bull shit...those people, and that culture have oppressed Southern Italians forever. All of the "delicious" and fancy cuisine is Florentine, as well as "quality" wines. Bullshit again, David Chase (an Italian btw) just has the balls to call it like it is. Fierce loyalty, family, and yes, even creative ways to make some $$ are all positive traits that Southern Italians have stitched into their moral fibre from ages of being put down. They are wonderful traits, not bad ones, as the mainstream American media and popular culture teach us.

Stand up and be proud.
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post #100 of 104
7/23/09 at 11:06am
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Its too bad...

As far as Southern Italian's...so many are in denial from CENTURIES of being told their customs and traditions (and quirks) are wrong and immoral. Such bullshit. People who immigrated from places like Calabria, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Puglia, Sicily all fly the red white and green with such pride, and associate themselves with the likes of Columbus, daVinci, Michaelangelo...such bull shit...those people, and that culture have oppressed Southern Italians forever. All of the "delicious" and fancy cuisine is Florentine, as well as "quality" wines. Bullshit again, David Chase (an Italian btw) just has the balls to call it like it is. Fierce loyalty, family, and yes, even creative ways to make some $$ are all positive traits that Southern Italians have stitched into their moral fibre from ages of being put down. They are wonderful traits, not bad ones, as the mainstream American media and popular culture teach us.

Stand up and be proud.
The South will rise again?
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post #101 of 104
7/23/09 at 12:35pm
Watched the whole series again after several years. The first three seasons were awesome as always, but the final three were better than I remember.

What a fabulous series. Great writing and character development. The ending was okay. Pretty impossible to finish the story up neatly. Would never please everyone.
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post #102 of 104
2/6/11 at 3:05am
I was reading the newest simmons mailbag and they mentioned this: http://masterofsopranos.wordpress.co...on-of-the-end/ it basically explains how tony was killed in the end. but damn it was really interesting stuff, they really brake it down LOST Fanatic style (taking every single symbolism from all seasons) to prove the theory that tony gets whacked. it actually brought back that feeling of reading a good essay in college where you can really tell the author knows his shit (even if its wrong you'll get swooped in). I only last saw the sopranos 3 years ago but going through the picture/youtube video explanations to the theories all encapsulated in that last episode... but the detail into the explanations really brings you back and fully remember and flesh out why things happened in certain ways. better yet it really helped me like that finale a lot more in retrospect. some really strong symbolisms that i totally missed upon watching that last episode: - how Tony, AJ, and Carmela all eat the onion rings like a communion wafer (they eat the larger onion rings whole), - the people in the diner and their symbolism's in tony's life, - and the shocking revelation of medow (what could be) and her whole role in the last episode/series. great stuff.
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post #103 of 104
2/6/11 at 2:52pm
/\\ Good reading. Convincing argument for Tony getting whacked.
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post #104 of 104
2/6/11 at 2:56pm
Tony Soprano was an awesome character. It's easy to see someone with his personality being a capo or a boss. Very charismatic and smart.
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