Well I'm back but totally unprepared. We arrived home around 8pm Monday night.
Our motel didn't have provided Internet access except for dial-up. Since I don't have any AOL accounts or anything like that ( friends don't let friends do AOL ) I missed a few days. Sorry for that.
I'll be back on track by tomorrow after I've sorted through all the bills sitting on my desk at home.
Since we had to leave unexpectedly, a few of them are getting quite ripe. One thing I managed to do after putting the kids to bed is watch the anxiously anticipated finale of The Sopranos. What a let down. Seriously, I am as disappointed as I could possibly be. After being a loyal fan for so many years to be fed a crappy finale like that? I wanted drama. I wanted excitement. Granted, I was surprised . . . surprised in the same way that a sixteen year old kid is surprised when he is given an empty key chain for his birthday without the accompanying keys and car.
The season finale was entirely absent of any real creativity. If the finale was surprising at all, that's where it is . . . the fact that the episode was nothing more than fluff. I must admit, however, that Arnie predicted it right:
Since we had to leave unexpectedly, a few of them are getting quite ripe. One thing I managed to do after putting the kids to bed is watch the anxiously anticipated finale of The Sopranos. What a let down. Seriously, I am as disappointed as I could possibly be. After being a loyal fan for so many years to be fed a crappy finale like that? I wanted drama. I wanted excitement. Granted, I was surprised . . . surprised in the same way that a sixteen year old kid is surprised when he is given an empty key chain for his birthday without the accompanying keys and car.
The season finale was entirely absent of any real creativity. If the finale was surprising at all, that's where it is . . . the fact that the episode was nothing more than fluff. I must admit, however, that Arnie predicted it right:
Likely Scenario: We have a very poorly written final, leaving many unanswered questions and lots of hope for either the return of the series or a big time movie deal.Hats off you you, Arnie, because I actually thought there would be something of substance. As far as your justification goes - that The Sopranos has become too much of a franchise to give it up - I must admit that you are probably spot on here. What's more is that it really irritates me that David Chase would do that. I could dwell on what's to come for The Sopranos, but I won't bother with it.
I agree a total let down...I bet they'll make a movie now...
M.
I didn't like it at first, but the more I think about it, the more I liked it. When the cameras turned onto Tony and the crew, they were already living their lives. It somehow seems...I don't know...fitting? That when the cameras turned off of T and the gang, they were still living their lives. Life goes on. I don't feel gypped out of any unresolved issues. It seems that AJs problems are working out, Phil got offed (and squished). There is peace between New York and New Jersey again.
However, for a more 'final' alternate ending, there is a great clip at the YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EwUG2nSLdw
I just wanted someone to get whacked besides Phil...
Does that say something about me???
I wish I would have been wrong :-(
I wanted a something BIG - after thinking about, the way it ended was probably true to the story (or at least the one I watched over the past couple seasons) but I wanted a Good Fellas - Joe Pesci "you think I'm funny, I make you laugh" - type of ending. I mean, the week before was more exciting - people getting all worked up, guns drawn - Carmilla possibly breaking a NJ nail.
But in the end, the series ended with a mere whisper. But BMW and Lexus got some good plugs at the end - so I guess that's a bonus.
- AM