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I always took the ending to be a snapshot into what Tony experienced every day for the rest of his life, no matter how long that would be. He will be in a state of constant paranoia, not knowing if the person walking through the door is an assassin of an FBI agent serving him a life ruining warrant. And there's nothing he can do about it. It doesn't really matter if in that last shot he's dead or not, that heart stopping anxiety is what matters. Though it is a major case of cinematic blue balls.
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Yeah, I understand why people think he died, but I figured that the surprise black screen was almost like the TV cord being pulled out of the wall. The characters continue to live their lives, however our ability to watch them is cut off.
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Sep 10, 2017 13:15
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Either he's dead or in jail. Ton'y hosed one way or the other.
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Sep 10, 2017 16:37
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It's 10 years later now so yeah, he's long gone.
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Sep 10, 2017 18:50
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Tony got wacked off
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Malcolm Excellent posted:Tony got wacked off No his gf killed herself
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Sep 11, 2017 01:45
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Steve2911 posted:It's 10 years later now so yeah, he's long gone. I think David Chase said that "He's still out there" after James Gandolfini died
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Sep 11, 2017 14:08
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It's too bad The Drop came out after Enough Said, because that would have been a great movie to go out on
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Agreed! Enough Said is great, and Gandolfini is amazing in a more sensitive role.
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So when Chris puts on the Departed soundtrack and says how awesome it is, was that a really odd/specific bit of product placement, or was it an excuse to play Comfortably Numb during that scene (which Chris probably wouldn't have done otherwise)?
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none of the odd or specific product placement, of which there was a lot, was paid edit: this isn't as right as I thought it was. none were paid but other considerations were often provided. The Walrus fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Sep 11, 2017 |
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"It's a Porsche Cayenne." "I thought about one of those, but the 'vette was more me."
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Solice Kirsk posted:"It's a Porsche Cayenne." "Like the pepper!"
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Sep 11, 2017 21:43
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Frank Vincent died.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYFdceIGBPI 
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Steve2911 posted:Frank Vincent died. drat, we're gonna win this thing! 
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Sep 14, 2017 11:55
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He's eating grilled cheese off the rad-ee-ator in heaven now.
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Sep 14, 2017 13:36
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Ralphie's kid plays the dumbest game in the world
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Sep 14, 2017 20:11
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That clip ends before one of those teens pukes.
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Jose posted:Ralphie's kid plays the dumbest game in the world I bust a gut laughing at that every time- the horrific danger of the game clashes so much with the Lord of the Rings stuff
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It also cracks me up because early into Ralphie's time on the show, he whacks that poor bouncer at the Bada-Bing in the face while re-enacting a scene from Gladiator. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess.
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The best Ralph moment is when Silvio slaps Tracee outside his house and his reaction is laughter, or maybe when Paulie says that he doesn't believe Tony's verdict and he says "Why not, last year you believed there was a flying saucer over East Rutherford"
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Ralphie's a great character. Joe Pantoliano did an interview with Gilbert Gottfried's podcast and a lot of Ralphie character is stuff he pulled from his hosed up childhood. It's worth tracking down and listening to.
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tapine posted:The best Ralph moment is when Silvio slaps Tracee outside his house and his reaction is laughter, or maybe when Paulie says that he doesn't believe Tony's verdict and he says "Why not, last year you believed there was a flying saucer over East Rutherford" THEY DIDN'T HAVE FLAT TOPS IN ANCIENT ROME !!!
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Professor Shark posted:I think David Chase said that "He's still out there" after James Gandolfini died The same thing could be said of Jimmy Hoffa
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Jerusalem posted:It also cracks me up because early into Ralphie's time on the show, he whacks that poor bouncer at the Bada-Bing in the face while re-enacting a scene from Gladiator. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess. Holy crap, I hadn't connected those two scenes. Speaking of the bouncer, I liked the last episode he was in- when Tony beat him up for the last time and he quit. The tension that he might go to the feds and consequences to Tony's anger was great Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Sep 16, 2017 |
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"You think that poo poo grows on trees!?" "Ice? No Tone...i dont"
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banned from Starbucks posted:"You think that poo poo grows on trees!?" lmao. my gf is watching right now for the first time and on a rewatch the thing I forgot most is how flat out hilarious this show is. I probably laugh out loud more times per episode than most comedies.
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Yeah, I just recently rewatched that episode where AJ and his dumb friends smash up the school. The scene where the cops go and talk to the pizza guys and the rapid-fire Dragnet-style dialogue is loving hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utTAphB1y4Y&t=7s Plus of course, there will always be,"loving QUEERS! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻"
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She was abusive to the staff
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Professor Shark posted:Yeah, I understand why people think he died, but I figured that the surprise black screen was almost like the TV cord being pulled out of the wall. Meadow finally parallel parks her car, comes across the street, and enters the restaurant. All the ducks have returned home, full circle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbamjdyw5M
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What the gently caress? Why is this his song?
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Man the pilot was really ahead of its time.
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The Walrus posted:lmao. my gf is watching right now for the first time and on a rewatch the thing I forgot most is how flat out hilarious this show is. I probably laugh out loud more times per episode than most comedies. For my money the Sopranos is hands-down the funniest television show ever made that isn't actually a comedy.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:For my money the Sopranos is hands-down the funniest television show ever made that isn't actually a comedy. Poor George https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkxmstBuB24
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Jerusalem posted:I'm actually talking more about the technical aspects - their transitions and cuts feel kinda primitive and there is still a bit of a sense that audiences used to network drama weren't going to get basic subtleties (like the parallels between Meadow and Tracee) so they would ram it down their throats. To be fair, that's still a problem a lot of dramas have nowadays and sometimes it feels justified that people just aren't going to get things unless it's laid out explicitly. Oh man. I just finished a rewatch and I was telling this to anyone who would listen. The montage in Mr. Ruggerio’s Neighborhood w the FBI is soooooooooo bad. It just comes off as clumsy in comparison to montage’s from Breaking Bad. A lot of the shots are just boring network TV shots and whatnot. It gets somewhat better in later seasons, but it’s clear that it was the first of its kind. I walked away from this rewatch more conflicted about Carm than ever. It’s clear that she’s been uneasy w Tony’s lifestyle for awhile when the series starts, and then it just spirals and she stands there and takes it.
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah, I just recently rewatched that episode where AJ and his dumb friends smash up the school. The scene where the cops go and talk to the pizza guys and the rapid-fire Dragnet-style dialogue is loving hilarious. And one of the friends is Lady Gaga
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The ending is great. Meadow took so long parking because she's a law abiding citizen not an rear end in a top hat like her family, and if she did park like an rear end and make it in she would be in the crossfire of Tony's execution. The editing alone makes it very clear, we see a reaction shot of Tony hearing the door open, cut to Tony's POV, this is done like 5 times. Then the last time, we hear Meadow enter, cut to Tony's POV and it's just blackness. That was initially to last like 20 minutes. Add in all the heavy foreshadowing of when you die you don't hear the shot, its just over and you're just dead and there's nothing else. Tony is dead. Deal with it.
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