Okay, I'll confess, I like the Sopranos (the wildly popular HBO series) about Tony Soprano and his mafia family. I'll also admit that I've seen less than half of all the shows and look forward to one day watching the whole series. I don't get HBO and so my only opportunity to see the Sopranos has been when I'm on the road and, by chance, in a hotel at just the right time.
I even missed the Grand Finale.
But I haven't missed the hoopla. Sounds like most of the fans were miffed by the sudden ending that has now become a cultural "moment." You have to admit it did end wierd. Tony Soprano is in a diner with his wife as a Journey song plays in the background. The astute noticed a variety of "set up" situations, like the individual who slipped into the bathroom just prior to the "black out."
Most feel the ending was just a setup for a future movie.
Maybe.
But I don't think so.
What every Soprano afficionado "felt" was going to happen in that final scene was somebody was going to get "whacked" (killed). Many felt it would be Tony, the crime boss himself. But that didn't happen. As the sounds of "Don't Stop Believin'" set the scene, the picture just went "black."
BLACK. OVER AND OUT. FINITO.
Personally, I think it was brilliant. Probably the most brilliant ending in television history. I guarantee you in the future when "great television moments" are discussed that this one will be top five, maybe number one. It's definitely one of the best television endings, matching M*A*S*H or Bob Newhart, for sure. People will be talking about this one for a long time.
It just didn't make sense. The screen just going "black" leaves so many possibilities.
But that's it. In a scene where ANYONE could possibly be "whacked" the most unbelievable person WAS "killed." Yes, you heard me. There was a murder in the finale.
Not Tony. Nor anyone else on the show.
The one "whacked" was the television viewer. In a most brilliant and fantastic moment in television history, it was the viewer who was murdered in that diner watching in on Tony enjoy his meal.
Which makes a lot of sense. After all, the Sopranos have a lot of secrets. Too many secrets. Who knows more about the Sopranos than the Soprano audience? Who would make Tony more paranoid than somebody who's been following him for the past several years?
Somebody...like YOU?
Oh yeah, somebody got "whacked" on the Sopranos and Tony is having the last laugh. You can't get that close to a crime boss for that long before he feels the heat. The fans got the bullet. The blackout was YOU being killed.
Bang, you're dead. You should have known better.
Blackout.
"Don't stop believin...."
I even missed the Grand Finale.
But I haven't missed the hoopla. Sounds like most of the fans were miffed by the sudden ending that has now become a cultural "moment." You have to admit it did end wierd. Tony Soprano is in a diner with his wife as a Journey song plays in the background. The astute noticed a variety of "set up" situations, like the individual who slipped into the bathroom just prior to the "black out."
Most feel the ending was just a setup for a future movie.
Maybe.
But I don't think so.
What every Soprano afficionado "felt" was going to happen in that final scene was somebody was going to get "whacked" (killed). Many felt it would be Tony, the crime boss himself. But that didn't happen. As the sounds of "Don't Stop Believin'" set the scene, the picture just went "black."
BLACK. OVER AND OUT. FINITO.
Personally, I think it was brilliant. Probably the most brilliant ending in television history. I guarantee you in the future when "great television moments" are discussed that this one will be top five, maybe number one. It's definitely one of the best television endings, matching M*A*S*H or Bob Newhart, for sure. People will be talking about this one for a long time.
It just didn't make sense. The screen just going "black" leaves so many possibilities.
But that's it. In a scene where ANYONE could possibly be "whacked" the most unbelievable person WAS "killed." Yes, you heard me. There was a murder in the finale.
Not Tony. Nor anyone else on the show.
The one "whacked" was the television viewer. In a most brilliant and fantastic moment in television history, it was the viewer who was murdered in that diner watching in on Tony enjoy his meal.
Which makes a lot of sense. After all, the Sopranos have a lot of secrets. Too many secrets. Who knows more about the Sopranos than the Soprano audience? Who would make Tony more paranoid than somebody who's been following him for the past several years?
Somebody...like YOU?
Oh yeah, somebody got "whacked" on the Sopranos and Tony is having the last laugh. You can't get that close to a crime boss for that long before he feels the heat. The fans got the bullet. The blackout was YOU being killed.
Bang, you're dead. You should have known better.
Blackout.
"Don't stop believin...."
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