Full Version: The Sopranos Finale
Two days after The Sopranos final episode, there has been a lot of backlash over the ending (or non-ending) to the popular series. I am sure there is atleast one other Sopranos fan here, so I would like to know what they think of the finale? Personally? I, like millions of others, thought my cable went out at first. Then after realizing that was the intended ending was very mad. However, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. The final scene was extremely tense and had me on the edge of my seat. I really thought something big was going to happen and then the cut to black.
How I interpreted the scene was that we were for the first time feeling the same tension that Tony feels every second of every day. Every time that door opens and someone walks in, it could be the end. I also think that the cut to black had lots of significance...Tony was killed. If you remember when Tony was out on the lake with his brother-in-law discussing death, it was described exactly as it played out in the final scene, as a cut to black...nothingness. This scene was show in a flashback in the second to last episode which can only mean that it was foreshadowing Tony's end.
So what did you think? Was the ending brilliant or just lame?
How I interpreted the scene was that we were for the first time feeling the same tension that Tony feels every second of every day. Every time that door opens and someone walks in, it could be the end. I also think that the cut to black had lots of significance...Tony was killed. If you remember when Tony was out on the lake with his brother-in-law discussing death, it was described exactly as it played out in the final scene, as a cut to black...nothingness. This scene was show in a flashback in the second to last episode which can only mean that it was foreshadowing Tony's end.
So what did you think? Was the ending brilliant or just lame?
I'm more of a fan of The Shield than I am of The Sopranos. Plus, I dropped HBO years ago and kind of fell out of the habit of watching Tony and the family.
I'm going to out on a limb and suggest the relative lack of blood and guts in the finale may be a set-up for a Soprano's feature film. Why not?
I'm going to out on a limb and suggest the relative lack of blood and guts in the finale may be a set-up for a Soprano's feature film. Why not?
QUOTE(lederuvdapac @ Jun 12 2007, 07:45 PM) 
Two days after The Sopranos final episode, there has been a lot of backlash over the ending (or non-ending) to the popular series. I am sure there is atleast one other Sopranos fan here, so I would like to know what they think of the finale? Personally? I, like millions of others, thought my cable went out at first. Then after realizing that was the intended ending was very mad. However, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. The final scene was extremely tense and had me on the edge of my seat. I really thought something big was going to happen and then the cut to black.
How I interpreted the scene was that we were for the first time feeling the same tension that Tony feels every second of every day. Every time that door opens and someone walks in, it could be the end. I also think that the cut to black had lots of significance...Tony was killed. If you remember when Tony was out on the lake with his brother-in-law discussing death, it was described exactly as it played out in the final scene, as a cut to black...nothingness. This scene was show in a flashback in the second to last episode which can only mean that it was foreshadowing Tony's end.
So what did you think? Was the ending brilliant or just lame?
How I interpreted the scene was that we were for the first time feeling the same tension that Tony feels every second of every day. Every time that door opens and someone walks in, it could be the end. I also think that the cut to black had lots of significance...Tony was killed. If you remember when Tony was out on the lake with his brother-in-law discussing death, it was described exactly as it played out in the final scene, as a cut to black...nothingness. This scene was show in a flashback in the second to last episode which can only mean that it was foreshadowing Tony's end.
So what did you think? Was the ending brilliant or just lame?
Well it was either or...
Either we as Soprano's fans were wacked with Tony or Chase didn't have the guts to do the deed and tell us what happened.
Gandolfini probably wouldn't do a movie so I think it's over.
On the Howard Stern Show, who has follwed the show since it's inception, they suggested there were several endings... Black, Red, and Green. I tend to think that might be the case. I think Chase couldn't "pull the trigger."
QUOTE(BaphometsAdvocate @ Jun 12 2007, 08:31 PM)
QUOTE(lederuvdapac @ Jun 12 2007, 07:45 PM)
Two days after The Sopranos final episode, there has been a lot of backlash over the ending (or non-ending) to the popular series. I am sure there is atleast one other Sopranos fan here, so I would like to know what they think of the finale? Personally? I, like millions of others, thought my cable went out at first. Then after realizing that was the intended ending was very mad. However, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. The final scene was extremely tense and had me on the edge of my seat. I really thought something big was going to happen and then the cut to black.
How I interpreted the scene was that we were for the first time feeling the same tension that Tony feels every second of every day. Every time that door opens and someone walks in, it could be the end. I also think that the cut to black had lots of significance...Tony was killed. If you remember when Tony was out on the lake with his brother-in-law discussing death, it was described exactly as it played out in the final scene, as a cut to black...nothingness. This scene was show in a flashback in the second to last episode which can only mean that it was foreshadowing Tony's end.
So what did you think? Was the ending brilliant or just lame?
How I interpreted the scene was that we were for the first time feeling the same tension that Tony feels every second of every day. Every time that door opens and someone walks in, it could be the end. I also think that the cut to black had lots of significance...Tony was killed. If you remember when Tony was out on the lake with his brother-in-law discussing death, it was described exactly as it played out in the final scene, as a cut to black...nothingness. This scene was show in a flashback in the second to last episode which can only mean that it was foreshadowing Tony's end.
So what did you think? Was the ending brilliant or just lame?
Well it was either or...
Either we as Soprano's fans were wacked with Tony or Chase didn't have the guts to do the deed and tell us what happened.
Gandolfini probably wouldn't do a movie so I think it's over.
On the Howard Stern Show, who has follwed the show since it's inception, they suggested there were several endings... Black, Red, and Green. I tend to think that might be the case. I think Chase couldn't "pull the trigger."
While I too had heard there were 3 (or more) endings contemplated and filmed, I don't think it was so much Chase not being able to "pull the trigger" so much as it was his continued contempt for his audience.
I gave up on the Sopranos long ago with Chase's on again-off again "seasons" and other things that clearly said he just really didn't give a damn about this series or it's fans. Too bad, because as good as it was in the beginning, it could have been so much better.
What do I feel about the ending?
I think it lets you think.
Were they killed? or not?
I think they left like that because if they showed them killed you would not like the ending.
Not knowing lets you think either way.
What I didn't like was I thought the satellite went out and so did everyone else.
I thought that was not a good ending at all. Why make the fans of this show think there was something wrong with either their cable, dish etc.
There are so many good endings to good show and that I think was not a good one.
I think it lets you think.
Were they killed? or not?
I think they left like that because if they showed them killed you would not like the ending.
Not knowing lets you think either way.
What I didn't like was I thought the satellite went out and so did everyone else.
I thought that was not a good ending at all. Why make the fans of this show think there was something wrong with either their cable, dish etc.
There are so many good endings to good show and that I think was not a good one.
FUGHEDABOUDIT!!!!!
Tra la la la la! I can't hear you. Especially if I put my fingers in my ears like this... what's that you say? The final tranche of episodes don't air in the UK until September? I expect you don't want to spoil it....
Well, that would have been the case if I hadn't gone to the HBO website and read the episode guide for the final half of the last season. From reading that, I'm not sure whether it's genius, a cop-out, or just leaving the door open for a movie spin off.
Having been a big fan since episode 1 aired here in 1999(?) I think it pretty unlikely that such consistently top-notch telly would suddenly lapse into pap at the end. Maybe it's just that a series that has avoided television cliché from the very start has also avoided the cliché of a neat finale that wraps up all the loose ends, instead giving us something we can't immediately pat ourselves on the head for understanding?
Well, that would have been the case if I hadn't gone to the HBO website and read the episode guide for the final half of the last season. From reading that, I'm not sure whether it's genius, a cop-out, or just leaving the door open for a movie spin off.
Having been a big fan since episode 1 aired here in 1999(?) I think it pretty unlikely that such consistently top-notch telly would suddenly lapse into pap at the end. Maybe it's just that a series that has avoided television cliché from the very start has also avoided the cliché of a neat finale that wraps up all the loose ends, instead giving us something we can't immediately pat ourselves on the head for understanding?
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