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HBO had a short tribute to Gandolfini before showing last night's episode. It was very sad! We should all watch The Sopranos in remembrance of JG. |
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ronuds 21,781 posts
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Ziz0u 11,006 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI'm watching it .gif)
Started last night with my gf who hasn't seen it.
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ronuds 21,781 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI envy her seeing it for the first time!
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Ziz0u 11,006 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMe too.
Even from the first episode, seeing him clutch at his chest when he blacks out was very morbid.
It's very interesting seeing such universal praise for him. Strange in this day and age of celebrity death jokes that for the most part, people are sad to lose him rather than taking a dig about say, his weight (I don't think he was that bloody big anyway).
Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson etc weren't so lucky. -
ronuds 21,781 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMaybe because he died naturally rather than in the ways Ledger and Jackson did? Look at someone like John Candy, who everyone seems to remember fondly.
And obviously Jackson had the whole other thing hanging over his head as well, so he was doomed to be ridiculed.
The Sopranos had a huge following, and Tony seemed to be universally loved as a character. The praise surprises me as well, but more because he didn't really do much outside of the show. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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roz123 7,104 posts
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Registered 13 years agoronuds wrote:
I read that ultimate cunt Bill O'Reilly from Fox News USA was having a pop at him for turning a criminal into a good guy
Maybe because he died naturally rather than in the ways Ledger and Jackson did? Look at someone like John Candy, who everyone seems to remember fondly.
And obviously Jackson had the whole other thing hanging over his head as well, so he was doomed to be ridiculed.
The Sopranos had a huge following, and Tony seemed to be universally loved as a character. The praise surprises me as well, but more because he didn't really do much outside of the show.
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ronuds 21,781 posts
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chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoPersonally I found Sopranos to be a bit underwhelming on the whole, but the ending was genius. -
AcidSnake 8,461 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI though it did mean death? It had been set up in an earlier episode where Tony and (I don't remember who the other one was) go fishing and they talk about death and someone says it probably just cuts to black all of a sudden... -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI thought it was more ambiguous than that, but will now have to re-watch all episodes just to pick up on that hint! -
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twelveways 7,131 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI can't remember the scene that clearly but I do seem to remember that almost everyone in the restaurant in the final scene was someone that he had pissed off in one way or another. -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYeah, there's a blatant set up in the fishing scene, there's heavy referencing that scene in Godfather where a bloke gets shot in a restaurant, and there's a pattern to the changes in point of view in the scene where the point where it turns black is where you would expect to have Tony's point of view.
He's dead.
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Ziz0u 11,006 posts
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Registered 12 years agoAnfony wants to see da brains hit the screen 300 styleeeee! -
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Agreed!
I like an open ending so I personally read it both ways. I think it was the perfect ending to be and it took some balls to finish the show in that way. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoEither way, it was fantastic telly. -
AcidSnake 8,461 posts
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twelveways 7,131 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThe guy that killed him is wearing the same jacket as the guy that killed Sil.
We are not supposed to know who sanctioned it because he doesn't know, he's a mob boss, he probably had people lining up to whack him.
Who's to say it had to have been sanctioned anyway? It could have been a revenge thing or just someone trying to make their bones.
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glaeken 12,070 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHe is dead. There is a great analysis of that scene I read (which I am sure was linked in this thread somewhere) and I cannot fault it. The way the shots switch the shot that should come when we get blackness is Tony looking at Meadow coming in the door.
The conversation on the fishing boat is with Bobby. Interestingly Bobby most certainly does not get the lights out and know nothing about it death. I would actually say that scene is so blatant signposting for the end it actually comes across as pretty unsubtle as it's a flash back to the weekend away with Bobby and Janice that has no real reason to be included.
As to who sanctioned it maybe people were not as happy about Phil Leotardo's death as they made out. Maybe a clean sweep was thought to be the best solution. Who knows. It's not that important ultimately as there are plenty of reasons someone might have wanted Tony dead.
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AcidSnake 8,461 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBobby was Junior's helper wasn't he?
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@AcidSnake That is what he started as but towards the end he ended up becoming more important in Tony's crew.
He get's hit in the toy shop buying a new toy train for reference.
@anthonypappa It's the logical conclusion of the scene. It ends with a black screen because it's Tony's story and once he is dead well there is no more telling Tony's story.
Edited by glaeken at 11:25:49 28-06-2013
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Started last night with my gf who hasn't seen it.
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