Originally posted by dontomasso:
Originally posted by AppleOnYa:
[b] If Sonny remained alive then there would've been NO GFII, because he would've run the Corleone Family into the ground before Michael ever had the chance to touch it.
One of the main underlying themes of The Godfather was that Sonny, the eldest son and heir apparent, HAD to die so that the Family would ultimately end up under the guidance of the youngest and least likely son.
Apple
Tom was going to fight the war to the bitter end regardless of the consequences. Tessio would have betrayed the family, and Clemenza just might have gone along with Tessio.
Tom would either jump ship or be shoved off for always trying to patch things up and the Corleone family would have been a distant memory. [/b]You mean Sonny would have faught the war to the end?
Here is my question though, Mike settled all family business by killing the 4/5 heads of the other families, but that was partly Sonny's idea as well (or was it mostly Sonny's I don't remember) so what did Mike do that was any different than what Sonny would have done since neither of them were carrying out the hits.
Would he have still ran it into the ground without any real competition in NY?
Also, no one hear can tell me they wouldn't have loved to see Sonny instead of Mike with Moe Green in Vegas
