an interesting time to read about what people think about a masterpiece in progress...
$Zero
masterpiece in progress...
is right before the masterpiece is finished:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.sopranos/topics
(there's several weeks of discussion there)
...unless it turns out that it wasn't really a masterpiece in progress
after all.
still, either way, it *is* an interesting time to read what people
think.
because the series itself definitely had its numerous moments of high
art.
so the zillions of fans of the show wonder...
will there be a movie?
will it have to be a prequel?
will the actors be typecast for the rest of their careers?
...
meanwhile, as far as the story goes, the audience is at the mercy of
the writers.
and for the next three weeks, theories will abound.
everyone has a different opinion.
a different expectation.
millions of viewers awaiting the writers' choices.
it's the kind of thing that can only happen in modern times.
this is the television generation.
who killed Laura Palmer?
who shot JR?
who is the newest American Idol?
but this time, we find out without obvious commercial interruptions.
it's not TV... it's HBO.
and then we have a whole new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm to look
forward to.
oh well, two shows out of hundreds is a pretty good start.
and let's not forget The Daily Show and a few others.
perhaps the idiot box isn't a complete waste of time, but it's pretty
close.
so much potential.
and yet, so much crap.
i mean, just the possible documentaries alone.
how can the standards be so low?
500 channels and 99% of them are nothing but 24 hours a day's worth of
virtual uselessness.
and then there's the internet.
whoa.
worse percentages than the idiot box.
how can this be?
...
well, here's hoping for better.
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$Zero
[...]
> because the series itself definitely had its
> numerous moments of high art.
[after giving Tony a machine gun as a birthday present,
Tony makes some sort of comment about how handy it
would be for deer hunting. Bobby tells Tony that he
no longer uses a gun, prefering a bow and arrow]
"it's more sporting that way."
-- Bobby Bacala
[episode: Soprano Home Movies]
[during a monopoly game which is played with customized
rules, Tony rudely insults his sister (Bobby's wife)
and Bobby makes an observation]
"you Sopranos...
you go too far"
-- Bobby Bacala
[episode: Soprano Home Movies]
[after Bobby severely kicked Tony's ass during a violent brawl,
(which erupted when Tony jokingly ignored Bobby's warning that
he not insult Bobby's wife again) Tony spookingly wakes a
worried Bobby in the middle of the night, only to declare...]
"you beat me fair and square"
-- Tony Soprano
[episode: Soprano Home Movies]
[the next day, longtime niceguy Bobby-the-virgin is
ordered to make his first hit, thus greatly burdening
Bobby with what he's avoided for all those years.
after Bobby accepts the assignment, Tony quips...]
"no bows and arrows, now"
-- Tony Soprano
[episode: Soprano Home Movies]
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$Zero
(was: Re: an interesting time to read about what
people think about a masterpiece in progress...)
after tonight's much anticipated Soprano's finale, which i'm sure will
be masterpiece material, it would be interesting to create a whole
other season which consisted of nothing other than alternate versions
of the series finale.
kinda like exploring multiple parallel universes.
that would be way more true to life than anything else that they could
possibly come up with tonight.
free will -- and being at the mercy of various random circumstances.
it would be a truly fascinating way to end such a great series.
likewise, it would be majorly disappointing.
and annoying.
isn't that strange?
the way that we'd rather have something we may dislike rather than
view the world as it truly is.
anyway, remember that one Wayne's World movie with the multiple
endings?
now THAT was funny.
near the end of the flick, Wayne looks into the camera and asks Garth
aloud which kind of ending they should do -- and they proceed to
cinematically show each suggestion respectively.
the sad ending.
the happy ending.
etc.
they totally tear down the obligatory suspension of disbelief with
amusing results.
there was a brilliant Monty Python's Flying Circus offering that did
the same thing.
throughout the episode, Eric Idle, buying an ant for a pet, had been
thru consumer hell in some department store (as well as at home during
a buyer's remorse segment) and near the end of the show the general
manager of one of the stores (Terry Jones, i think) -- who Eric was
finally able to get to complain to -- offered him various options for
different endings.
as Terry (the manager) mentioned each possibility, it instantly began
to play out.
"fade to black?"
[scene begins to quickly dim]
then, it instantly reverted back to the brightly lit customer (Eric)
declining that particular option.
"chase scene?"
[a mob of department store employees burst out from a back room and
chase a now frantic Eric Idle from one chaotic floor to another]
swap right back to Eric at the counter calmly nodding no, yet again.
so the manager mentions yet another cliche ending.
and on and on and on.
hilariously done.
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$Zero
(was: gabagool -- The Soprano's Finale -- 25+ versions)
here's a beat:
John Swift: The Last Sopranos Finale Review Ever
http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2007/06/last-sopranos-finale-review-ever.html
"advertising signs
that con you
into thinking
you're the one...
that can do...
what's never been done...
that can win...
what's never been won...
meantime life... outside...
goes on... all around you."
-- Bob Dylan
[song: "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"]
http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/
-$Zero...
$Zero
> Sopranos Finale Essays (Greatest Hits -- Part I)
>
> (was: gabagool -- The Soprano's Finale -- 25+ versions)
>
> here's a beaut:
>
> John Swift: The Last Sopranos Finale Review
http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2007/06/last-sopranos-finale-review-ever.html
The Fat Lady Sang (but she was a Soprano!)
"enjoy the music"
-- Tony Soprano
[suggestion made in the second scene
of The Sopranos series finale]
$Zero
> On Jun 15, 10:55 pm, $Zero <z...@whooooooosh.com> wrote:
>
> > Sopranos Finale Essays (Greatest Hits -- Part I)
>
> > (was: gabagool -- The Soprano's Finale -- 25+ versions)
>
> > here's a beaut:
>
> > John Swift: The Last Sopranos Finale Review
http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2007/06/last-sopranos-finale-review-ever.html
"i get it!"
-- Tony Soprano
[on the tail end of a peyote trip]
$Zero
> On Jun 15, 11:05 pm, $Zero <z...@whooooooosh.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 15, 10:55 pm, $Zero <z...@whooooooosh.com> wrote:
>
> > > Sopranos Finale Essays (Greatest Hits -- Part I)
>
> > > (was: gabagool -- The Soprano's Finale -- 25+ versions)
>
> > > here's a beaut:
>
> > > John Swift: The Last Sopranos Finale Review
>
>
> "i get it!"
> -- Tony Soprano
> [on the tail end of a peyote trip]
>
> > The Fat Lady Sang (but she was a Soprano!)
>
> > "enjoy the music"
> > -- Tony Soprano
> > [suggestion made in the second scene
> > of The Sopranos series finale]
>
> > > "advertising signs
> > > that con you
> > > into thinking
> > > you're the one...
> > > that can do...
> > > what's never been done...
> > > that can win...
> > > what's never been won...
> > > meantime life... outside...
> > > goes on... all around you."
> > > -- Bob Dylan
> > > [song: "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"]
> > >http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/
hey!
i think i just figured out what the title of the finale refers to.
"Made in America"!
hilariously amusing answer explained here:
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/434fc413beaf3d82
-$Zero...
$Zero
no more, Butchie. no more of this."
-- Phil Leotardo
[The Sopranos, episode: "Stage 5"
(Season 6, Episode 69)]
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2eqmph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_5_%28The_Sopranos_episode%29
as seen in this classic foreshadowing scene
(with some powerfully expressive closing music):
Coolest Sopranos ending ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DShC4GhVc
-$Zero...
Beethoven wrote the ninth deaf
http://groups.google.com/group/megablog/topics
$Zero
>
> "'Leotardo', that's _my_ fucking legacy.
> no more, Butchie. no more of this."
> -- Phil Leotardo
> [The Sopranos, episode: "Stage 5"
> (Season 6, Episode 69)]
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/2eqmph
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_5_%28The_Sopranos_episode%29
>
> as seen in this classic foreshadowing scene
> (with some powerfully expressive closing music):
>
> Coolest Sopranos ending ever
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DShC4GhVc
for more discussion on the meaning of the finale, see also:
an mw thread-drift on the Sopranos:
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/12fbcb8b6cee2ee4
(was: Re: for $Z: iPhone activation problems cause lots of headaches)
$Zero
$Zero
$Zero
Thread-drift from misc.writing
featuring: Kurt, Josh, & Hope
(was: Re: for $Z: iPhone activation problems cause lots of headaches)
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/12fbcb8b6cee2ee4
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/9c38a3de58e19baa
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/3cb976bb456ac8f6
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/37968e9743fb9c7c
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/b311b8f3a746bfd2
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e9f4b328705d7542
-$Zero...
The Fat Lady Sang (but she was a Soprano)
http://groups.google.com/group/megablog/msg/76bd4c318ebe15fb
$Zero
from misc.writing thread-drift
featuring: Kurt, Josh, Hope, & Towse
(was: Re: for $Z: iPhone activation problems cause lots of headaches)
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/12fbcb8b6cee2ee4
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/9c38a3de58e19baa
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/3cb976bb456ac8f6
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/37968e9743fb9c7c
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/b311b8f3a746bfd2
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e9f4b328705d7542
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/62805ee9b64c3352
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/28d7d510ddb13f93
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e439c7f50a445849
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/4b0fde52664af015
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/b5eebebbdd661e5a
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/6737f0c7b1deab03
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/d783efe5072abf28
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/7c5d5333d6dfdd3f
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/a7f94fe1a2d90c1c
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/4b166db525e5f13e
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/a1b2b7ca808970e2
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/b48f9b0aad3040af
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/0ba6b17248a7ab71
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/f6cfcc1a6dba502d
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/a8d770887286e3d6
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/f5026ef3da87310e
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/c844f99bc8096848
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http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/7a6d272a0bfa7ae5
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> Sopranos Finale Essays (Greatest Hits -- Part III)
>
> from misc.writing thread-drift
>
> featuring: Kurt, Josh, Hope, & Towse
>
> (was: Re: for $Z: iPhone activation problems cause lots of headaches)
Tony Soprano is dead. Everybody has figured that out except you.
Maybe if you would get a job instead of posting megablogs every day,
your reasoning skills would vastly improve from dealing with reality
instead of thinking you're special and somehow exempt.
---
Chris
The slave has but one master; the man of ambition has as many as there
are people who helped him get his fortune.-- Jean de la Bruyere
$Zero
> On Jul 3, 3:03?pm, $Zero <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sopranos Finale Essays (Greatest Hits -- Part III)
>
> > from misc.writing thread-drift
>
> > featuring: Kurt, Josh, Hope, & Towse
>
> > (was: Re: for $Z: iPhone activation problems cause lots of headaches)
>
> Tony Soprano is dead.
um... Tony Soprano is a fictional character.
duh.
> Everybody has figured that out except you.
FOITN
BTW: that means Fans of Irony Take Note.
you do know what irony is, don't you?
> Maybe if you would get a job instead of posting megablogs every day,
> your reasoning skills would vastly improve from dealing with reality
> instead of thinking you're special and somehow exempt.
you act like making megablogs is easy.
and just to clue you in a bit, nobody is exempt from the realities of
life.
see how that works?
and my resoning abilities are exceptional.
for instance:
IF three plus three equals five
AND two plus two equals three plus three
AND three is greater than two (by one)
THEN the statement:
two plus two equals five
is:
a] True
b] False
c] Unable to Determine
d] Logical Cognitive Dissonance/y?
and you must show your work.
i'll bet you get the answer wrong.
$10,000 too rich for you?
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