On the other hand, if James Gandolfini had woken up next to Bob Newhart...
Honey, I had the strangest dream...
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2007 8:57:49 am PDT #937 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
amych - Jun 11, 2007 8:59:31 am PDT #938 of 7329
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
On the other hand, if James Gandolfini had woken up next to Bob Newhart...
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
pause for breath
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!
etc
AHAHAHA!!!!
wheeze
-t - Jun 11, 2007 9:09:41 am PDT #939 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Does this mean Tony Soprano is just a funky moose?
You know, I think it does.
erikaj - Jun 11, 2007 9:18:54 am PDT #940 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
"Oh this is fuckin' great." You guys are funny. Still sad about being HBO-less.
erikaj - Jun 11, 2007 9:25:12 am PDT #941 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Sausage and peppers: So I'm disregarding about a billion posts in Bureau to come in here and do this, but Natter is like a rapid, and this is kind of a "testosteroney" question for Bitches so: How would you characterize the way "Rescue Me" writes about September 11? (Y'all know I love being an outlaw, don't you?)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2007 9:31:25 am PDT #942 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And I still say the best ending would have been Tony S. nibbled to death by ducks.
erikaj - Jun 11, 2007 9:34:17 am PDT #943 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
As much I'd hate to see Tony die, that would have a certain symnetry, Frank. As well as being funny as hell and disappointing to the bonehead whacking junkies.
Glamcookie - Jun 11, 2007 11:14:01 am PDT #944 of 7329
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
If they were going to leave it unresolved (which I have no problem with), I think last week's ep would have been better. Tony in the safe house going to sleep with his gun is better than all the head games Chase was playing on us last night.
Kristen - Jun 11, 2007 11:55:37 am PDT #945 of 7329
DavidS - Jun 11, 2007 2:43:51 pm PDT #946 of 7329
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Don't know if you all caught the music clue but Chase tipped his hand from the first scene.
The song that's playing when Tony wakes up is the Vanilla Fudge version of "You Keep Me Hanging On." And they go back to it at least twice more in the ep. (Other music: the original version of "Denise" rather than the Blondie cover, Bob Dylan and the Funky Moose.)
Anyway, he did keep us hanging on.
I liked it. I watched the first four seasons then drifted away. Came back for these last ones, starting with Christopher's death.
The agent that tipped Tony is another corrupted character. Did you see the look he got from the female FBI agent when she figured he'd given the tip that would get Phil whacked? So many great looks.
My favorite was the look on Carm's face when Tony started to turn the session with A.J.'s therapist into "I never could please my mother."
But the look on both of the Soprano parents while A.J. kept up one whackaloon career path after another was priceless. Oh and the scene with Uncle Jun had some Looks Of Merit too.
Lot of people seem to think the fade to black indicates the bullet entering Tony's head. I don't think so. I think the story just goes on, and he probably goes to jail and A.J. stays a spoiled rich kid, and Meadow conveniently compartmentalizes her life as she learned from Carm and so on.
eta: Back to musical clues. I think "Don't Stop Believing" refers to the way all the characters live in denial and rationalization. They believe they're (somehow) good people. But they're not. Meadow's do-goodism is just as bad as Carmela's bad faith.