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- fober, on 10/11/2007, -6/+166***SPOILER***
http://www.wurst-wasser.net/Wurst-Wasser.net/Pictures/Wiki/Projects/blank.jpg - AceTracer, on 10/11/2007, -11/+109How often are people actually satisfied with a series ending? Sam never leaped home, Mulder never found his sister, Jerry ended up in jail.
If you're lucky, you get to see a ***** series ending, if you're not, you don't even get that much. That's television. - nights0223, on 10/11/2007, -14/+107"This ending was to smart for America!"
I find that extremely ironic and funny. - crazybrit, on 10/11/2007, -4/+87This was a terrible article, by the way - the headline makes it seem like it's about HBO's site getting crashed, but it's just some idiot bitching about how he didn't like the finale. Lame.
- illahtech, on 10/11/2007, -10/+71I thought it was a great ending. If you were expecting a neat little Hollywood wrap up where everything is just fine or Tony goes down in a blaze of gunfire then *that* would have been a cheesy ending.
A show like this requires one to read between the lines quite a bit. The whole point is that this isn't the 'end', it's just the end of the show. Their lives will go on. Dealing with the threat of death and everything falling apart at any instant is just life to these people - it's not a life changing event. As crazy as it seems to be hunted, people like Tony feel that way every day. - endgame, on 10/11/2007, -23/+83I thought the ending was disjointed & not very well done. Then I read this post in the Sopranos forum & BAM it all made sense to me. Now I think the ending was actually pretty crafty & cool.
THINK ABOUT THE ENDING (This ending was to smart for America!)
There is a split second in the diner which grants us all the clarity we need on the whole ending...
Tony is flipping through the jukebox looking for a song to play and he stops on one page. The camera cuts to a close up of this jukebox page for a split second. A seemingly meaningless frame but it explains everything about to happen.
The two songs shown in the frame are "Don't Stop Believing" and "Any Way You Want It" by Journey.
DON'T STOP BELIEVING ANY WAY YOU WANT IT.
The ending was a complete success, everyone is doing exactly what Chase intended, believing any way they want as to what the actually conclusion was....
Fantastic!
So, believe whatever you personally feel. That is the message. End the story the way you think it best in your mind. It's a parting gift from Mr. Chase and HBO to the years of loyal viewership. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -30/+81why do people get so upset at ambiguous endings?
it wouldn't hurt to use a little bit if your imagination. - Wonkanobi, on 10/11/2007, -10/+51A lot of you people are don't seem to truly understand The Sopranos. If you think about it, the ending was typical Sopranos. What happened to the Russian from Pine Barrens? Does Sil live? What the hell is going on with Paulie? Life is not always tidy and situations don't always fit into neat little boxes. The Sopranos is supposed to mimic life, not a be a predictable TV show.
I'm glad they didn't have some super melodramatic or raucous ending. Just like reality, they leave you guessing, with questions answered, and the somewhat uneasy feeling of never truly knowing what will happen next.
That being said, they didn't have to make it look like my cable went out. - danielxmorris, on 10/11/2007, -5/+36I honestly enjoyed the ending, it's the Sopranos, no episode I have seen (out of all of them) have ended dramatically (with perhaps Junior shooting Tony being an exception) - The ending was creative; let the fans decide what happened and argue for years to come. I liked the screen going black, every home in America standing up in anger as they think their televisions have died. It reminded me of Andy Kaufman.
I still would have liked to have seen the ducks again though. - rrrrob, on 10/11/2007, -5/+36The audience got wacked. It went black for us not Tony. Chase ended the show by killing it just like any other character in the show. We had to die for the show to end. That's my take anyway.
- zeiben, on 10/11/2007, -14/+43"You probably don't even hear it when it happens..."
- fotd42, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29Thought my cable fried too. Almost freaked out.
As for the ending, I liked it. They could have wrapped up the show in any number of ways, and you know what? They did. Will Tony die? Maybe. Will he go to prison? Possibly. Will that crazy Russian come back and get his revenge on Paulie? There's a chance. There were sooooo many stories that needed to be wrapped up, I don't see how they could have made the cookie cutter ending that those that are bitching wanted. Any way they ended it someone would have pissed and moaned about "shattered expectations" and how they are now going to cancel their HBO for some goddamned reason. Get over it. The show has always been about realism and there's nothing more realistic than the way it ended last night. Tony's always going to be watching that door, waiting to see if it's the guy who's gonna put him down. Uncle Junior exemplified Tony's life from here on out - some outcomes are worse than death. If Tony was whacked at the end, that would have been the real cop out. - jspegele, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21I think the ending was amazing. David Chase never wanted a neat little cliche wrap up. He wanted the show to "go out with a wimper" not a blaze of gunfire, and we were wrong to expect different (yes I include myself). The answer can be whatever you want. Personally, I think he was shot. Watch the scene again: the trucker enters, shot of Tony looking up, first person view of what Tony sees (the trucker entering); Carmela enters, shot of Tony looking up, first person view of what Tony sees (Carmela entering); AJ enters, shot of Tony looking up, first person view of what tony sees (AJ entering); Meadow enters, shot of Tony looking up, first person view of what Tony sees (black, "I bet you don't hear it when it happens.").
- godzillaWax, on 10/11/2007, -25/+45I wish people would stop ***** telling me to imagine the ending how I want it.
The way I wanted it was for HBO to ***** tell me it. - Dannychico, on 10/11/2007, -2/+22It surprises me that all you people who hated the episode were even fans of the show. You're the same people who have criticized it for years because "not enough happens." This show is not and has never been about the whackings or the mob wars. It's a family drama. Its best episodes have always been its meditative ones - yeah, even the dream episodes. This finale wasn't as good as Six Feet Under's, but it was a long way from being a colossal disappointment.
- kidmaninwar, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20I thought the hit on phil is gonna be one of the classics with time. Paulie is still loyal to tony, contradict to many believed, but overall it's a good ending, well shot.
- Malovech, on 10/11/2007, -5/+21This was a fantastic ending- as long as they don't do a movie. If all Chase was doing was setting up a movie then the ending is annoying. If he was tweaking our collective noses and upending expectations than it was one of the best TV endings I've ever seen.
- Skooma714, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18If you were at all concerned about losing hours of your life you wouldn't be watching the telescreen.
- Wonkanobi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17@ duhstupid
It's blatantly obvious that you have no true understanding of the show, or respect for the intelligent creativity that went into it. Have scouring the DVDs for the sex and violence. - feverjunk, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17You really can't compare Heroes and Nip/Tuck to The Sopranos ending. Those shows are still going on.
- sdub74, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16Anybody who cancels HBO based on this ending is retarded. HBO didn't write the show, David Chase wrote the show.
- ganjadude4391, on 10/11/2007, -16/+281 word
torrent - letuescarpe, on 10/11/2007, -5/+17My boyfriend and I were just talking about that line. For some people this ending could indicate that Tony was shot (maybe by that shifty-eyed guy who went into the bathroom as Meadow was trying to park)? But I am thinking that people are misinterpreting the meaning of "the end." I know that watching the last few minutes, I was waiting for something to happen. I was sure that Tony would get shot, Meadow would get killed crossing the street, AJ would... choke on an onion ring - I was sure that *something* would happen.
But instead, the screen went black and the credits passed in silence. So the end- the death of the show- occurred without me even hearing it when it happened.
It was beautiful. It was more than the average "there aren't enough deaths, and the dream sequence episode sucked" fans deserved or could comprehend. - Chubarama, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12I guess this is why American Idol is so popular - majority rules and the least interesting, most boring contestant wins.
Maybe if Chase had let us all vote Tony and Co. would have gone down in a brilliant slow-mo hail of bullets, exactly what the who's-gonna-get-whacked-next crowd has had such a hardon for since 1999. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12"Oh STFU, like you even subscribe."
- Yeah... more like "I'm gonna tell mom to cancel HBO". I've been planning on cancelling HBO after this episode, I was perfectly happy with this season of The Sopranos. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13I'm burying you for being a "Friends" fan
- dandonia, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11"Sam didn't leap home " I cant believe you just spoilt that for me
im on season 4 - DanSheldon, on 10/11/2007, -7/+18This is a very accurate description of what took place. The show, time after time, incited a feeling of anticipation and swelling conflict, yet rarely was any of this met and more rarely was this met with any type of satisfaction. This season was bizarre right from the start, because it was split into two sections. The "final episodes" where hyped and spread apart from the rest. But at no point did these episodes show any kind of connective tissue. Never did they seem any more special from any other episode that was seen. The constant feeling of being pushed towards something major and then having that something be dismissed or marginalized set up this expectation for everything that took place. Expectations of that sort do not make a good show and if anything makes it a burden to watch the show.
Creative ending or not, it was poorly presented. When more people are thinking their cable or tv broke, that's a good sign that you did not succeed at your goal. This broke the fourth wall, brought you out of the TV show and into your living room wondering if a cable came loose. - KanosWRX, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12I guess i am in the minority that actually liked the ending. it shows how tony lives his life, never knowing what will come up and him being with his family. It shows how tony is always looking out for someone to do something to him or his family. I think this is the perfect ending to the show. Sums up how this show was a show mainly about a mob boss, not a mob story like the departed where the boss dies all the time.
- dclowd9901, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10I think the problem with a lot of series finales in TV shows is that the audience is looking to the show to deliver an ultimate truth and conclusion that the show was supposed to bring them to, and, sadly, most shows aren't written with that ending truth in mind. So they usually end up just tying up loose ends, putting people together, and signing it off. I'm not sure any typical TV show could ever live up to the amount of pressure its audience puts on it to deliver something real and meaningful from its existence.
This is why I feel Battlestar Galactica's series finale may, indeed, disappoint its fans. When you're dealing with such subjects as faith and the human condition, how can you ever expect to conclude that story with a real sense of meaning? - handsoffme, on 10/11/2007, -4/+14oh for ***** sake
- incredibleskulk, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10I didn't love the ending but I have to respect Chase for doing something different and basically thumbing his nose at the whole audience. There was no way he could ever make a satisfying ending for everyone...so he ended it before there was any resolution. AJ says to try and remember the good times. Don't focus on the last episode, focus on the body of work. The whole episode was chock full of writing and Hollywood references and was one mcguffin after another. (Starting with the nod to the Godfather with Tony peeling an Orange...classic movie reference to impending doom.)
The series ends with tony constantly looking at the door to see who is coming...and thats what he has to deal with for the rest of his life.
The last scene was a display of artful editing and intensity and was totally riveting and exciting until the big void...
I felt totally unsatisfied...but I guess that was the whole point. Life is unsatisfying...if you want neat and tidy watch the disney channel. - Dubkiller, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10It's not the ending it's the JOURNEY.
- josegutz, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13@ fotd42
"Thought my cable fried too. Almost freaked out."
The cable went out because a bullet went through Tony's skull and ricocheted into your television... - Moosington, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Are you effing serious? I hate to break it to you genius, but HBO is a cable network, not a director, not a writer.......It is HBO original programming, I would hope you and a few others could realize that there are actually human beings behind these TV shows and not a network, which is actually just the vehicle when all is said and done.
- Phocion55, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10bit of an overreaction..........
- josegutz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Don't Stop...Belie ev ing....Hold on to those Feeeel AHHYYY YEINGSSS!!
- drmobutu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Alternate ending: Tony selects "Any Way You Want It", jumps up on the table and shouts: "Hey Everybody, we're all gonna get laid!
Roll credits, with the soundtrack crankin'... - troub, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8But Phil's guys were pissing him off by taking too long. That's what the phone conversation we saw was about.
You could make an argument that Phil outsourced the hit, as backup or extra insurance or whatever, which after his death was not rescinded. - HeatVision, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7No, it wasn't Robert Patrick. Check the credits.
- ddoggphx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Yes, we didn't even hear it or see it happen....life for the Sopranos went on, and we the audience, voyeurs into their lives from the start, just got whacked.
It's brilliant. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9No... the Seinfeld ending was horrible. This wasn't all that bad, and I think in a few years time the Sopranos ending will be remembered rather fondly...
- Zabuza2478, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11I'm an American Goddammit! I demand to be TOLD things.
- dhVyse, on 10/11/2007, -6/+13Oh STFU, like you even subscribe.
- SenorFrog21, on 10/11/2007, -3/+101. The description does not match the article.
2. HBO did not crash last night because everyone was outraged and wanted to give HBO a piece of their minds. It crashed because X million people all thought their cable boxes cratered at the same time and went to the website to see if they could find out what the hell was going on. - crazybrit, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8@acetracer:
One season finale I can think of that was pretty much perfect was the end of the original Office (the Christmas special). But yeah, lots of great shows had somewhat disappointing finales. Arrested Development, for instance - it was excellent, but they had to cram a season's worth of plot into the last few episodes because Fox canceled it. - uberchaoslord, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10I thought the ending of seinfeld was similar - and the people who hated it didn't really get it. The characters weren't changed by being thrown in jail - they walk down the hallway of the (seemingly co-ed jailhouse) still having the same conversations they always did, about nothing.
- HeatVision, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7The worst thing about the finale is that I can't get Journey out of my head.
"SHE'S JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL,
LIVIN' IN A LONELY WORLD..." - wheresjim, on 10/11/2007, -6/+12The guy in the Members Only jacket was credited as Mickey Leotardo (frank's nephew, son of the guy Tony's cousin Tony killed), if he did shoot Tony, it would be personal.
- grandpajesus, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9great ending.
i think if they had given us a full disclosure it would of ended up way too cliche.
the 6 feet under ending was good but even so i thought it was predictable. -
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