Before I get started... Is it good, folks?

Or am I going to be disappointed a la the ending to The Sopranos?

:anti-italian-action:

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The Sopranos couldn't have ended in any other way. If Tony lived it's just a ripoff of The Godfather but without a real consequence for his actions like Michael's daughter dying. If Tony died, there's too much character development across 6 seasons for it to be anything other than melodramatic or underwhelming. Ambiguity keeps the best parts of both outcomes while avoiding the pitfalls of a scene spelling out the answer.

    • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah I love the Sopranos ending and I hate how popular the "no its not ambiguous actually" reading has become. Like thinking he died is valid and there's strong support for that reading but also it's so obviously supposed to be ambiguous lol. And for me personally, the last few episodes did such a good job painting what remained of Tony's life as a psychological wasteland that it's more interesting and thematically powerful to imagine him living in that empty and hollowed out world.