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Alright. Let's finally have....the discussion.

🕑 Added 2021-06-29 23:37:11 +0000 UTC

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Deepfocuslens

The ending is perhaps the greatest ending in the history of television for me. And the show is by far my favorite show.

Jestergambit

I should probably watch The Sopranos, I've never really watched it. I heard about the ending and it turned me off a bit.

Jim Barnes

At least in this case it’s a prequel, so he probably doesn’t feel he is messing up anything with the Sopranos. Not like trying to do a sequel now and all of the sudden AJ actually wants to be in the mob or something

Deepfocuslens

I think Jim makes an excellent point about Hollywood and the nature of it for sure. But at the same time, knowing David Chase and the rebel that he is, it doesn't seem in character with who he is.

Bennett Oliver

Even if Jim Barnes is right (and I think he is) about David Chase not being able to get anything greenlit other than this film because of its value as an IP, I still can’t believe that the man who ended his series with such an audacious cut to black would steer so readily into convention.

Ryan

thats a good point Jim. if its not a superhero movie, Disney property or some other type of spectacle-film, its going straight to VOD nowadays.

Tony Moro

So..........2 and 1/2 hours of fat Italians eating lots of pasta and choking dudes from the backseat? 😬🤷🏻‍♂️

Deepfocuslens

I agree fully. But for me...my expectations were always low.

Deepfocuslens

Haha yeah. I was not a fan of this casting decision. And it appeared nearly exactly as I suspected.

Deepfocuslens

yep

Jim Barnes

I think it speaks to the movie business right now. This is probably the only movie David Chase could get made — existing intellectual property with a built-in audience.

Ryan

I'm still curious why this movie is being made. Doesn't look or feel like Sopranos. Looks like it will be a fairly average mafia movie.

Jim Barnes

I’ll definitely see the movie, but the trailer doesn’t “feel” like The Sopranos. Like Bennett said, looks like standard mob movie stuff, kid getting caught up in the life, etc.

Stephen

I pretty much agree with everything Bennett said here. It didn't really alleviate my concerns with the casting. I can already tell the makeup with Farmiga is gonna be distracting.

Bennett Oliver

I just got really apprehensive about the movie. The real appeal of The Sopranos—what made it better than, say, Boardwalk Empire—was that it was more than a crime drama. It was an examination of modern American life through the consciousness of a man who happened to be a mobster. This movie, at least how the trailer presents it, looks like your standard gangster thriller, with the macho posturing and the shootings and the tough guys threatening other tough guys with nothing of the show’s complexity. Hopefully it’s just the packaging, but I’ve got lowered expectations now.