Re: The Sopranos

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You, sir, are an idiot.


Posted by: foolishmortal | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:31 AM
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I think the ending will be ambiguous, leaving the viewer to speculate as to whether the aliens really took him away in their spaceship or not.


Posted by: My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:32 AM
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That ending would be too reminiscent of the Godfather series. This series wants to be different.


Posted by: A. Chandler Moisen | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:33 AM
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Ogged's weird decision to start watching at the penultimate episode doesn't mean he's wrong. The laws of drama are on his side here,


Posted by: foolishmortal | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:36 AM
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I choose to live in a world in which 3 is a well-informed response to 2, and nothing anyone says can convince me to leave this world.


Posted by: My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:37 AM
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I say it ends with Gandolfini's character from "Surviving Christmas" waking up to find that it was all a dream. He relaxes and sighs for a second, and then starts chasing Ben Affleck down the street with a snow shovel.


Posted by: Cryptic Ned | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:38 AM
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OT: Looks like Bush has fallen off the wagon. Yes, it's "near beer," but that's not good for an alcoholic.

Someone please lock up the nuclear football.


Posted by: NCProsecutor | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:39 AM
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It ends with "scar".


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:43 AM
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The series should end with everyone dead but Dr. Melfi, who sorrowfully surveys the carnage.


Posted by: DaveB | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:50 AM
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7: He's being stupid - no change there then, but I think he's just posing for the photo-op. OTOH, it does sound like he may have woken up with a hangover this morning


Posted by: OneFatEnglishman | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:55 AM
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The key to to trying to figure the end of the Sopranos is to identifying the "rough beast". My money is on Phil Leotardo, but to have Tony killed by him or his agents would be too formulaic. Tony, as a tragic character, must be his own downfall, Now that Chris is gone, it must be AJ that kills him.


Posted by: foolishmortal | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 9:57 AM
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The only satisfactory way The Sopranos could possibly end would be for the Punisher, as written by Garth Ennis, to show up and massacre the New Jersey and New York mob families and their irredeemably corrupt barnacles (i.e., Whining Sister, Whining Wife, Whining Daughter and Whining Son).

Oddly, I feel the same way about the Baby Boomer generation whose frustrations and self-deceit the show allegorizes.


Posted by: Flippanter | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 10:00 AM
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Try to guess the end of the Sopranos is a fools game. The only possible ending that wouldn't be arguably derivative of some other mob story is an extended enigmatic dream sequence... Don't say I didn't warn you.


Posted by: Chris Conway | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 10:22 AM
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In any case, the ending should be similar to some Greek tragedy or other. I'm voting for the Medea.


Posted by: Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 10:54 AM
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The series should end with everyone dead but Dr. Melfi, who sorrowfully surveys the carnage.

And then Fortinbras comes along?


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 12:02 PM
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"Bosebud."

Bosebud? What the hell is 'Bosebud'?

"Bosebud."

fin


Posted by: Wrongshore | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 12:35 PM
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13 is right.

Also, expect ducks.


Posted by: Willy Voet | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 12:49 PM
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10: Is this posing for a photo-op?

Note: this photo accompanies the AP story here.


Posted by: NCProsecutor | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 12:59 PM
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I will laugh my ass off if turns out that all of the OMG, Bush is drinking again!!11!one! is true. Not that I expect it to make any difference one way or another, governance-wise.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 1:04 PM
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In this season of the Sopranos, Christopher is seen drinking a non-alcoholic beer. Later in the season, he is murdered by Tony after a car accident.

Prediction for the Sopranos final episode: Tony will drive to Washington and assassinate the President!


Posted by: unf | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 1:49 PM
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For those you wondering, yes, unf likes the big, hairy guys.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 1:51 PM
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17 is right about 13, and also about the ducks, I bet.

I have a deep forboding of impending catastrophe - not for Tony Soprano, but for the series. I'm having Seinfeld flashbacks, and I think whatever Chase does, he's going to screw it up.


Posted by: politicalfootball | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:07 PM
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Tony Soprano wakes up to find himself in bed with Suzanne Pleshette?


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:09 PM
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True enough, ogged. Bear in mind that you are merely medium-sized and hairy, which is why I don't like you.


Posted by: unf | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:14 PM
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So, if Ogged gets bigger, you'll post more? Everyone, forcefeed Ogged! Blog-gavage!


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:18 PM
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Tony turns to the camera, pauses, and says, "Fuck you, clown."


Posted by: Jesus McQueen | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:27 PM
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When I try to anticipate Sopranos developments, I never come up with something as good as the writers do. But here's the ending I'd write:

Paulie betrays Tony to Phil. Tony, however, wises up and kills Paulie (personally) and Phil (through proxies). However, Tony himself is crippled in the confrontation with Paulie, and is left wheelchair-bound, or at least with a permanent limp - metaphorically sharing the fate of his crippled criminal organization. Silvio recovers.


Posted by: politicalfootball | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:37 PM
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Tony is going to pass out (either dead or asleep, it will be left unclear) and a dream sequence will pass involving his mother, babies, and ducks. Tony will be left off the bus.


Posted by: Willy Voet | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:46 PM
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I don't think Paulie with betray Tony.


Posted by: Willy Voet | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 2:47 PM
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29: My memory is a little fuzzy on this, but back when Carmine Sr. was alive, Paulie was exploring his options with Johnny Sack in a way that struck me as showing his willingness to betray Tony.


Posted by: politicalfootball | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 3:13 PM
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Re: ducks: Tony drained the pool in the last episode,on account of the previous. AJ's innocence? It's a ceremony.


Posted by: foolishmortal | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 3:29 PM
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Unf is cleverly letting us know, through his email address in 20, that he isn't one of those furries who's satisfied by some dude in a costume: his ursine love has to be the real McCoy.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 3:47 PM
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his ursine love has to be the real McCoy.

George Washington?


Posted by: Tassled Loafered Leech | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 3:49 PM
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My forecast: No way Tony dies. If anyone, Leotardo dies, when Tony kills him with his bare fucking hands.

This show is ultimately about character development, not tragedy or plot lines. Tony getting killed would be 136% out of character (a fact already demonstrated).


Posted by: A. Chandler Moisen | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 8:43 PM
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Getting killed is something that happens to one, and thus is not really the sort of thing that is in or out of character.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 06- 8-07 8:44 PM
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getting killed happens to any one not named tony. No one named Tony gets killed.


Posted by: bryan | Link to this comment | 06- 9-07 1:54 AM
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"Getting killed is something that happens to one, and thus is not really the sort of thing that is in or out of character."

I think surviving is something somebody does. Tony is a survivor.

As alluded to above, he survived getting shot once already. In fact, if I recall correctly, there was a coma-dream-type scene suggesting he made a conscious decision not to die.


Posted by: A. Chandler Moisen | Link to this comment | 06- 9-07 11:53 AM
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No one named Tony gets killed.

Except, of course, Tony.

It would seem to me unlikely that Tony S would get away scot free.


Posted by: slolernr | Link to this comment | 06-10-07 4:22 PM
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