pokerjoe Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 James Gandoflini, RIP, has since passed but at the end of the Sopranos, TONY DID NOT GET WHACKED. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Sopranos-Finale-Did-Tony-Die-David-Chase-1086293.aspx We, the viewers, got whacked. The screen went black from our POV. It was never more complicated than that. Yet all the great violaters of Occam's Razor refused to listen. Best example of the hysteria: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Well, David Chase ought to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yisman Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 it's his choice but the ending doesn't make a lot of sense to me this way. What, they were killing the audience? Personally, I thought the way they ended the series was awful. Left everyone thinking their cable went out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Chase has said many times that it is all there for us to see. This strongly suggests Tony’s death since there is essentially no reason to look at the final scene “really carefully†if Tony lived as he is clearly alive the last time we see him. Members only guy must have got him from behind as he comes out of the bathroom. It's significant that Meadow was late or she would have been sitting on Tony's right. Something significant had to happen at that instant. What are scenarios that end this scene with Tony alive?? Can AJ shoot members only guy or can a family member come in the door to scare members only guy off the attempt? If Chase says Tony is still alive does he mean "figuratively" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRevolver Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Chase is such a jerk. After all these years, he throws this at us? Tony indeed died. If you go back a few episodes, when Bobby and him are out on the boat, Bobby is talking about death and says, “You probably don’t even hear it when it happens, right?†We didn't hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yisman Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Chase is such a jerk. After all these years, he throws this at us? Tony indeed died. If you go back a few episodes, when Bobby and him are out on the boat, Bobby is talking about death and says, “You probably don’t even hear it when it happens, right?†We didn't hear it. same thing I thought why would he leave it ambiguous for years and then decide now this is how it ended too late, buddy. Out of your hands, you can't make shit up years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yisman Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 from last year: http://freshpatrol.com/the-worst-tv-series-finales-ever-dexter-lost-the-sopranos/ It has been six years since The Sopranos gave us the biggest WTF moment in TV history. But as various critics look back and define the show’s legacy, the anticlimactic ending does not ultimately ruin it. The characters are still permanently imprinted into our memories, and the struggle between loyalty and morality is still very, very apparent. Many of the actors have gone on and done other things, using their respective roles in The Sopranos as a catapult into other Hollywood ventures. And more importantly, the show firmly stamped HBO as the network that carries the hottest and best shows on TV with the highest quality in production. With that being said, I can only imagine how Twitter would have reacted at the conclusion of the diner scene if it aired today. I am still upset that nothing happened, and the abrupt fade-to-black ending was just overkill and tacky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batemanpatrickl Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Too little, too late. I don't give a shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Dutchman Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Yeah, this is a fvck job by Chase. The ambiguity was great. Everyone was talking about it, now Chase takes the wind out...fvck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Have played cards with AJ (Robert Iler). That's it, I have no punch line, I'm just randomly name dropping. Nice kid, weak player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidkonggolf Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Watched the entire series off Netflix and was disappointed with that ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almost allright Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Walter White still kicking as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 How is WW possibly still alive? BTW, BB ending was everything Sopranos ending wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhunaten Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Members only guy must have got him from behind as he comes out of the bathroom. It's significant that Meadow was late or she would have been sitting on Tony's right. Exactly. He died. I can't recall if Members Only guy is shown exiting the restroom....in seemingly unimportant blurry background but exit he did and he shot Tony dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hustledouble Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Besides, even if we did get whacked, whoever whacked us was probably going to whack Tony, too, right? I mean we were on Tony's team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I still think he got whacked cant be a movie now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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