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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 11, 2007 17:59:35 GMT -5
Anyone else watch the show here?
WARNING: SPOILERS
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Post by Bruins GM on Jun 11, 2007 18:01:39 GMT -5
Yep.
You never hear it coming.
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 11, 2007 18:12:53 GMT -5
So do you think Tony died, or do you think the Audience died?
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Post by Bruins GM on Jun 11, 2007 19:41:51 GMT -5
So do you think Tony died, or do you think the Audience died? I think the audience's life was snuffed. The Soprano's lives continue on as always but for us, the viewers, our lives (with them) are finished. Just like getting capped execution style. You don't hear it coming. Instant black. Finito. There's no time to reminisce. There's no chance to say goodbye. No calling loved ones on your cell to say I love you.
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 11, 2007 20:56:47 GMT -5
That's what I'm coming to agree with as the message to the very end last night. Pulling from Bobby's and Tony's conversation on the lake when Bobby asked about death. I think that David Chase killed the audience. And just like you said, the Soprano's life will go on without us.
I think it's a tricky ending to pull off, and I don't know if they did. In retrospect I'm beginning to accept it a little more. But I think they might have gotten a little to smart for their own good in writing the show. With SO many "HOLY SHIT" Moments throughout that series, I kinda feel a tad let down that it didn't really end with one. Or at least tie up the series a little more cleaner. I think at the start of the writing, it might have sounded like a great idea, but I'm not sure it was pulled off as magnificently as everything else.
I still think it's one of the best shows that has ever existed, and will probably get back into re-watching every episode from the beginning again.
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Post by Bruins GM on Jun 11, 2007 22:24:24 GMT -5
I don't know . . . at first I was let down a bit. Then I looked back at that last 5 minutes of the show. That had to be the most intense 5 minutes of TV I've ever watched. I was sitting there watching every camera shot for some clue. Something or someone had to reveal what was about to happen next. Was the guy in the gray jacket a hit man? Were the two black dudes hired guns coming in to finish Tony off? Was Meadow's (who is smokin' hot BTW) lame attempts to parallel park going to cause her to miss the something tragic? Or was she going to be part of something tragic??
So much shit was being thrown at us (the viewers) that it was hard to process. I think that Chase was trying to show the viewers what 5 minutes in the life of Tony Soprano was really like. T has to process all those things every minute of his life. He has to make instant decisions about who is safe or who is going to pop him. Could you cope in his shoes? I don't know if I could.
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 11, 2007 22:39:04 GMT -5
I don't know . . . at first I was let down a bit. Then I looked back at that last 5 minutes of the show. That had to be the most intense 5 minutes of TV I've ever watched. I was sitting there watching every camera shot for some clue. Something or someone had to reveal what was about to happen next. Was the guy in the gray jacket a hit man? Were the two black dudes hired guns coming in to finish Tony off? Was Meadow's (who is smokin' hot BTW) lame attempts to parallel park going to cause her to miss the something tragic? Or was she going to be part of something tragic?? So much shit was being thrown at us (the viewers) that it was hard to process. I think that Chase was trying to show the viewers what 5 minutes in the life of Tony Soprano was really like. T has to process all those things every minute of his life. He has to make instant decisions about who is safe or who is going to pop him. Could you cope in his shoes? I don't know if I could. We're on the same page, I wholeheartedly agree. Everyone I know was on the verge of their seats. WAITING For something to happen, similar to what Tony has to go through. Keeping tabs on everything around him. Noticing when a waitress brings coffee to someone in the back corner or when someone gets up to go to the bathroom. I've watched it twice since last night, and I am starting to like it more and more. I wish there would've been another "HOLY SHIT" moment, but I'm starting to think I can live with this.
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