My wife and I are excited about the upcoming season of Sopranos. We've been waiting for about 2 years for this next season. This show is addictive.
Originally, I missed the first few episodes of season one. I've never seen them. But HBO has been showing all of the Sopranos episodes in order lately. I started watching every episode, starting with season one, episode one about a month and a half ago. It's been great. I watch it every weekday night at 7pm. I'm picking up allot of stuff that I missed the first time around. Also, seeing the entire series from the beginning, in order, episode after episode is really making things more clear. There were some things that I was foggy about. There's such a long offseason between seasons that you can forget important details sometimes. The timing will be just right. I should finish the final episode just prior to March when the new season starts. I can't wait.
Discuss.......
After reading another Soprano's thread, the topic of SPOILERS came up. So I thought there should be some RULES about spoilers for this thread.
I would say that one should read and post at your own risk. We will bump this thread to the top after each episode and have a discussion of that episode. I don't know how you can have a discussion without revealing spoilers. I don't even know why they'd be considered spoilers if the episode has already aired and most of America has seen it. So, if you want to post a "spoiler warning" in your post, that's fine. But if you don't, no one should complain. If you haven't see the current episode, you should not read this thread until you have.
With that said, if you have some inside information about an upcoming episode that would be a spoiler, you SHOULD NOT post that on this thread. I can't imagine that happening, because the Soprano's producers gaurd their secrets like Fort Knox. But, if you know something about an upcoming episode, keep it to yourself until after the episode airs. This is really common sense stuff, but I thought it should be spelled out just to keep arguments to a minimum. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Swanman:
Knowing the awful writers, they probably needed to fill 30 seconds, so they added the Meadow parking scene and it really means nothing.
I think both of you are right. I think the show just loves playing with our heads. They wanted us to think the parking scene meant something just like the guy that walked in with AJ, the two black dudes, the redneck looking dude, and the Italian looking dude that sat at the counter and then went to the bathroom.
It's all designed to keep us hanging. Heck, I still wonder if Junior is just playing games. In a way, it's probably part of the reality of the show. Reality is fleeting and never ends up all neat and tidy. So why should story lines? However, I think the ending could have been more charitable after all the hanging they've left us doing throughout the run of the show. If Tony was killed I would like to have known for sure. [Reply]
David Chase is one jaded, mean, brilliant man. He just gave a big f-u to everyone that grew to love the criminals he portrayed into our living room on Sunday nights as well as to television in general.
I’m not disappointed because I really didn’t expect it to end any other way than my saying “WTF”.
There is no movie coming, no continuation of the The Sopranos (but you would watch if there was wouldn't you), that’s it. Thanks for coming and don’t forget to tip your waitress.
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I loved it
And using Phil’s head to save the kids…brilliant! [Reply]
My reaction immediately was that Tony was just shot by the guy who went to the bathroom. When we envision our deaths, we tend to think about how people will react to it, and we like to fantasize about that reaction. But the truth is, when we die, its just black nothingness. No reactions. No visions of Carmela crying and A.J. being covered in blood. Just silent black nothingness. That's just my opinion on the ending. [Reply]
I also thought that the last two episodes were filled with tension about Tony's possible death or arrest. And as you watch, you fear that these events will happen, and you think that if they do happen, they will be awful. I think what Chase was trying to show us is that we fear death so much, but in an odd way, death is more benign than our fears. You aren't just sitting around being dead and thinking about how awful that is. There's nothing.
Sorry, I just can't stop thinking about the episode.... [Reply]
Let me first say, I never watched the show until tonight.
The way he ended it left tons of possibilities.
If the show is from Tony's POV, the black likely symbolized that he was shot by the dude going into the bathroom. If he really said, you never see the bullet that kills you, that would tie into that.
If that's not the case, they left it open ended for a movie.
I think writing like this is genius. I know fans who have watched this show for years are pissed, but this is a great way to end a popular show because it keeps you wondering for hours, days or even weeks about what the hell just happened. [Reply]
