Vaj wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote: > >> >> How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's >> last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. > > > We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satellite > feed. I even rewound it on the DVR to see if there was a glitch. Some > are saying it's to allow room for a movie or various alternate endings > will appear of the Sopranos final season DVD. > > I would've been upset though if the guys in the restaurant had harmed > Meadow or the rest of his family. Up until the end I was wondering if > they were going to wind up in the witness protection program. > > And how come Leotardo's thugs didn't think to follow them back to the > safe house from the hospital? > > Pretty lame ending. I need closure! Now I'll have to go into therapy. The clue to the ending was in Tony visiting Junior in the mental hospital. He saw how he could possibly wind up plus it reminds the audience that not all mafia chiefs wind up whacked. According to karma if it wasn't his time then he wouldn't get whacked no matter how many attempts were made. Joe Bannano (whose son I met once) lived to be 97.
Sometimes I wonder how much Barry Gifford who wrote "Wild at Heart" and "Lost Highway" both films by David Lynch inspired "The Sopranos." Gifford, who I met once in Berkeley, wrote a book about his father who was a mafia boss. Good show. Let it rest in peace. I'm very happy with this trend to do shorter series with a planned ending. "John from Cincinnati" for instance is a 10 episode series with an ending. In the old days there were much fewer shows vying for your attention. Now audiences get frustrated as things drag on and writers get bored trying to come up for something for "season 9 of blah, blah, blah" just because it is making some investors money. For those like me not much interested in surfing "John from Cincinnati" is more about the people and little about surfing. The first episode is character development and back stories for them. Excellently written, acted and directed. Speaking of surfing how many here remember the TM teacher for recluses, Bill (something -- Powers maybe -- sorry Bill if you're lurking here)? He was a surfer who had an accident, an OBE and wound up wheelchair bound due to a spinal injury. Good guy. I could see Bill fitting right in with the folks on "John from Cincinnati." :)
