I MISS THE SOPRANOS! I know that everyone hated the ending to the series (okay not everyone but a good number excluding myself), but it probably was one of the best pieces of television I have seen in a while. It’s a show I could never become bored with. The violence, the family struggle, and the mental health problems made it an experience I will always remember. One that can never be repeated no matter how hard anyone tries.
Which brings me to m subject point of why hasn’t there been another mafia show created to replace The Sopranos. With the amount of stories that actually exist about the Italian Mafia and the imagination of a talented writer, I’m sure that a series could be created that would satiate my appetite. If my memory serves me right the last mob television show before The Sopranos was a show called Wiseguy which aired in the late 80s, which if you think about it is actually kind of depressing. Like Dunkin Donuts, America runs on violence, and the mob sometimes is the epitome of violence, at least within the American psyche. Movies itself are inundated with the subject of the mob (two of the greatest movies of all time are The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II). America loves the subject of the Italian mafia and it puzzles me why it is not another common subject of television. Someday my wish may be granted and I will be granted the presence of another great mob show but until then, bring on prepubescent teens and their slapstick antics (NOT!)
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I too miss The Sopranos. I also loved the ending, it was the only way to end it because, we realize in this scene, this is tony's life. He never knows whether he'll be killed or not. So this final scene shows us when he is out in public he always has this unsettling feeling of not knowing what is going to happen. This final scene really had more suspense than most shows or films.
ReplyDeleteI am not really what to say about this, because I truthfully have only seen one episode of the Sopranos... the final one. Everyone made such a big deal about it, so I sort of got myself into that one but unfortunately it was the last one. I do wish that I had listened to the hype a bit more before the end of the show, but I feel for you in spirit because I too have lost shows that I really loved in the past. I guess the possibilities of movies in the works might help to heal the pain just a bit for all the die hard fans out there. Let It Be Known.
ReplyDeleteAh the Sopranos. Another show that passed me by. I just identified 24 and LOST in Mike's blog. Sigh. I have a lot of TV to watch this summer!
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