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Re: Sopranos Movie
[Re: pizzaboy]
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06/19/07 10:36 AM
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I'd like to see how his sister Barbara ended up "normal." Funny because my wife and I were talking exactly about that last night. My theory is that she was the sister who "ran" away, before it was too late for herself, from the family to persue a normal life. Probably a "let me get the fuck out of here before I wind up like my sister and my brother." She probably only made her appearances at family funerals, weddings, the big "I have to be there" events. I thought that I spotted her for a quick second at Bobby's wake/funeral. Janis probably stood around a little longer than her and by the time she decided to take off, it was too late because she was already affected by her mother and that kind of an upbringing. And we all know about Tony.
Don Cardi  Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Sopranos Movie
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06/19/07 10:40 AM
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It's funny, if you look at the birth order. 1st child: Janice - A horrible human being 2nd child: Tony - A better person but still a criminal. At least he has a conscience. 3rd child: Barbara - Seemingly the best of the lot. They seem to get progressively better. I'm the oldest in my family. I guess that doesn't bode well for me. 
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Re: Sopranos Movie
[Re: Raymondo Corleone]
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06/19/07 12:38 PM
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Tony Love
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, MASH, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Star Wars, Stargate, Highlander, Planet of the Apes, and Le Femme Nikita all spring to mind. I do believe MASH was originally a movie before television sitcom (and I don't think it was that bad of a movie or television sitcom). Star Wars was a movie first too. It's success lead to the inevitable urge to make television shows out of it. I love(d) the Sopranos, but I seriously hope Chase decides against making a movie. If he decides to go the route of making a movie, I hope he will at least have enough decency to make it a prequel to the HBO series.
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Re: Sopranos Movie
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06/20/07 04:47 AM
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, MASH, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Star Wars, Stargate, Highlander, Planet of the Apes, and Le Femme Nikita all spring to mind. I do believe MASH was originally a movie before television sitcom (and I don't think it was that bad of a movie or television sitcom). Star Wars was a movie first too. It's succeed lead to the inevitable urge to make television shows out of it. They were all movies before becoming TV series 
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Re: Sopranos Movie
[Re: Capo de La Cosa Nostra]
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06/20/07 02:33 PM
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I could be real cynical and say Chase left an open ending in case his career in a year's time is looking grim and he can always revisit it.
If he did, if he were to make a film of this, and have Tony in it (which would be essential), then it defeats the entire purpose of that ambiguous ending, the whole tone of that final scene. Unless the purpose of that scene was commercial and not aesthetic.
For the record, The Sopranos shouldn't be brought to a cinema. The structuring of films rarely sits well with TV-to-film spinoffs. And I think it would be somehow demeaning to television as a medium, as if the whole show was a platform, a basis, to work our way up to a film. Notice how many TV shows are made into films, but how many films are made into TV shows? Exactly: not many. That's not because Film is in anyway "better" than TV, but I think a lot of people treat it so. Like, if there's a film made of it, it is somehow more immortal.
TV and Film sometimes overlap, but they are fundamentally different media, and I think we should sustain some sort of integrity for the uniqueness of both. I disagree. I think a movie adaptation of The Sopranos could work and could be good. I think Chase left enough out there for a movie to be made. HBO/Time Warner would pony up the money anyway, a Sopranos movie would be a hit and would make them a lot of money.
"When my time comes, tell me, will I stand up?"
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Re: Sopranos Movie
[Re: BDuff]
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06/22/07 10:36 AM
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I disagree. I think a movie adaptation of The Sopranos could work and could be good.
I think Chase left enough out there for a movie to be made. HBO/Time Warner would pony up the money anyway, a Sopranos movie would be a hit and would make them a lot of money.
We all know that it doesnt matter how much he "left enough out there" that you wont be seeing much of anything in the movie. Alot of people are expecting to see the continuation of the diner scene... when it will probably be something like.... you dont even see his trial, he has beat all counts against him and he is buying a new car or something. That Chase for ya... keep on chasin'
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Re: Sopranos Movie
[Re: ScarFather]
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06/22/07 12:38 PM
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I disagree. I think a movie adaptation of The Sopranos could work and could be good.
I think Chase left enough out there for a movie to be made. HBO/Time Warner would pony up the money anyway, a Sopranos movie would be a hit and would make them a lot of money.
You're probably right... We all know that it doesnt matter how much he "left enough out there" that you wont be seeing much of anything in the movie. Alot of people are expecting to see the continuation of the diner scene... when it will probably be something like.... you dont even see his trial, he has beat all counts against him and he is buying a new car or something. That Chase for ya... keep on chasin'
"When my time comes, tell me, will I stand up?"
Paulie "Walnuts" Gaultiere - The Sopranos
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