Sopranos Ends Abruptly, Fans Not Thrilled
(CBS4) MIAMI It was one of the most anticipated TV shows in a long time but it wasn't exactly the rub-out, knock-out, to die for ending fans had expected from "The Sopranos."
Executive producer David Chase cut to black just after Tony Soprano looked up at who-knows-what, while eating dinner with his family at a restaurant..
Some fans grabbed the remote and shouted at the TV, wondering if their TV’s had been rubbed out. Then they demanded to know whether the HBO series ends after eight-and-a-half years with Tony dead or alive.
South Florida Sopranos fan Cheryl Feinman told CBS4’S Jorge Estevez she thought she missed something. “I was waiting. I couldn't believe it was over. I was like what happened?”
Other fans felt the same way. “My TV just went blank. I didn’t know what to think,” said Sopranos fan Gail Williams.
With millions expecting the cable classic to go out in blaze of mafia bullets, it ended in a way few if anyone expected and left fans with more questions than answers.
Sopranos fan Lino Rulli said “I devoted 7 years of my life and they don’t even close it for me. You got to be kidding me.”
But TV analysts say no one should really be all that surprised with the ending. The Sopranos creator David Chase has never been one to tie up loose ends during the 8 year run of the program and the decision to let Tony live is typical, even if some fans were disappointed.
“I want to see more violence. I want to see more people dead,” said Sopranos fan Matt Vastano.
South Florida fan Thomas Sanon-Jules didn’t mind the ending. He loved the anticipation. "That was the suspense. You see the guy looking at him and you see the guy walking into the restroom and the girl was parking the car so you don't know what was going to happen and all of the sudden the screen goes blank."
At a cast screening at HBO headquarters in New York and at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood Sunday night, stars of the show had nothing but praise for the program and their experiences.
Lorraine Bracco who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi told CBS 4 News, "I will miss my boys so much! I've loved them for a whole decade, it's been incredible."
"The personal experience that I'm taking away from this exceeds everything else. I've got friends for life," said Jamie Lynn Seigler who played Tony’s daughter Meadow Soprano.
Dominic Chianese, who played Uncle Junior said he felt audiences may be disappointed at the end at first and they may be left wanting more but he felt it was an ending he was happy with.
There were so many story lines left unresolved there's already speculation that we haven’t seen the last of James Gandolfini and the rest of his crew.
Can anyone say Hollywood big screen, here they come?
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(CBS4) MIAMI It was one of the most anticipated TV shows in a long time but it wasn't exactly the rub-out, knock-out, to die for ending fans had expected from "The Sopranos."
Executive producer David Chase cut to black just after Tony Soprano looked up at who-knows-what, while eating dinner with his family at a restaurant..
Some fans grabbed the remote and shouted at the TV, wondering if their TV’s had been rubbed out. Then they demanded to know whether the HBO series ends after eight-and-a-half years with Tony dead or alive.
South Florida Sopranos fan Cheryl Feinman told CBS4’S Jorge Estevez she thought she missed something. “I was waiting. I couldn't believe it was over. I was like what happened?”
Other fans felt the same way. “My TV just went blank. I didn’t know what to think,” said Sopranos fan Gail Williams.
With millions expecting the cable classic to go out in blaze of mafia bullets, it ended in a way few if anyone expected and left fans with more questions than answers.
Sopranos fan Lino Rulli said “I devoted 7 years of my life and they don’t even close it for me. You got to be kidding me.”
But TV analysts say no one should really be all that surprised with the ending. The Sopranos creator David Chase has never been one to tie up loose ends during the 8 year run of the program and the decision to let Tony live is typical, even if some fans were disappointed.
“I want to see more violence. I want to see more people dead,” said Sopranos fan Matt Vastano.
South Florida fan Thomas Sanon-Jules didn’t mind the ending. He loved the anticipation. "That was the suspense. You see the guy looking at him and you see the guy walking into the restroom and the girl was parking the car so you don't know what was going to happen and all of the sudden the screen goes blank."
At a cast screening at HBO headquarters in New York and at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood Sunday night, stars of the show had nothing but praise for the program and their experiences.
Lorraine Bracco who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi told CBS 4 News, "I will miss my boys so much! I've loved them for a whole decade, it's been incredible."
"The personal experience that I'm taking away from this exceeds everything else. I've got friends for life," said Jamie Lynn Seigler who played Tony’s daughter Meadow Soprano.
Dominic Chianese, who played Uncle Junior said he felt audiences may be disappointed at the end at first and they may be left wanting more but he felt it was an ending he was happy with.
There were so many story lines left unresolved there's already speculation that we haven’t seen the last of James Gandolfini and the rest of his crew.
Can anyone say Hollywood big screen, here they come?
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I thought the ending was typical David Chase and I thought it was perfect. I think we will now see a movie down the road, or at least that's what he wants us to think. I bet Chrissy, Sil, Bobby, and Phil are bummed their characters got killed. No chance for a big payday at box office if it ever happens.
Sopranos Finale Crashes HBO Web Site in Outrage
The much anticipated 86th episode of the Sopranos finale aired Sunday night on HBO with a large thud. Fans were very disappointed by the ending and went online to express their outrage. According to numerous reports the volume of hate traffic to the HBO web site brought the site down for a significant period of time.
Many critics and fans had been hopeful that this ending would satisfy the need for a proper farewell to a pop icon and one of the most successful television series on record. David Chase wrote and directed the final episode where the final scene featured Tony (James Gandolfini), his wife, Carmela (Edie Falco), and son, A.J. (Robert Iler), in a restaurant where they were about to be joined by the last member of their family, daughter Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), when the screen went black and the credits started to roll.
The sequence was marked by Soprano’s style tension. Tony told his wife of his possible indictment while glaring at four different customers as possible hit men sent to end his life. No resolution was offered to the scene or to many of the story lines that have brought the series to this final conclusion. Viewers looking for closure did not find it on HBO last night. Maybe this is the introduction to a movie.
While the finale is the story here, the interesting point is that the ongoing convergence of television and online media have reached new levels. Fans absorb the content of a show like the Sopranos on one medium and then immediately utilize the web as their voice to express points of view. Audiences see the web and television as symbiotic and the response to the Sopranos show simply reinforces how the two are becoming very interdependant.
http://www.adotas.com/2007/06/sopranos-finale-crashes-hbo-web-site-in-outrage/
The much anticipated 86th episode of the Sopranos finale aired Sunday night on HBO with a large thud. Fans were very disappointed by the ending and went online to express their outrage. According to numerous reports the volume of hate traffic to the HBO web site brought the site down for a significant period of time.
Many critics and fans had been hopeful that this ending would satisfy the need for a proper farewell to a pop icon and one of the most successful television series on record. David Chase wrote and directed the final episode where the final scene featured Tony (James Gandolfini), his wife, Carmela (Edie Falco), and son, A.J. (Robert Iler), in a restaurant where they were about to be joined by the last member of their family, daughter Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), when the screen went black and the credits started to roll.
The sequence was marked by Soprano’s style tension. Tony told his wife of his possible indictment while glaring at four different customers as possible hit men sent to end his life. No resolution was offered to the scene or to many of the story lines that have brought the series to this final conclusion. Viewers looking for closure did not find it on HBO last night. Maybe this is the introduction to a movie.
While the finale is the story here, the interesting point is that the ongoing convergence of television and online media have reached new levels. Fans absorb the content of a show like the Sopranos on one medium and then immediately utilize the web as their voice to express points of view. Audiences see the web and television as symbiotic and the response to the Sopranos show simply reinforces how the two are becoming very interdependant.
http://www.adotas.com/2007/06/sopranos-finale-crashes-hbo-web-site-in-outrage/
Right, if they are over...stay tuned.
I agree with you that the episodes and some of the last seasons weren't as good...( I personally think they're worst season is still better than anything else on TV) I like deadwood and The Wire too.
Its the love/hate thing with plenty of speculation..but everybody has an opinion.
I agree with Max, The ending blew. They should have at least been some finality it to the story. Its like reading a 600 page novel and the climactic last page is ripped out..
Chase just said "Screw you" to the fans that made him what he is....I feel cheated
Chase just said "Screw you" to the fans that made him what he is....I feel cheated
This was too popular of a series for Hollywood not to make more money out of it. I smell a sequel in the air..Sopranos: The Movie..They kept just enough of the key characters alive for the audience to want more..I have a feeling this one isn't over...And if it is, screw it. I just as soon see a series end with a few loose ends to the usual nice and neat packaged ending..
While frustrating as hell and disappointing, it was also genius. EVERYONE is talking about it, people speculating and reading into everything from the music, AJ quoting an old piece of wisdom from Tony, the people in the restaurant looking like other characters from the show (Janice, Gene Portocorvo), the black screen and Bobby flashback from last week. Also leaves open the possibility for another season or movie should the actors decide they want another run.
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