Monday, June 11, 2007

Fade to Black


I generally hate to bring sense into this blog and i have never allowed another's thoughts to be published on this page; however, a member of my fantasy league posted a very informative "essay" on the Sopranos. It is filled with great information...

"Wasn't sure if you guys picked up on this but the guy at the bar wa sNikki Leotardo. (this is in the credits) The same actor played him in the first part of season 6 during a brief sit down concerning the future of Vito. He is the nephew of Phil. Phil's brother Nikki Senior was killed in 1976 in a car accident.Also, the trucker was the brother of the guy who was robbed by Christopher in Season 2. Remember the DVD players? The trucker had to identify the body. The boy scouts were in the train store where Bobby got shot, and the last crew to walk in (the blackguys) were the ones who tried to kill Tony and only clipped him in the ear (I think season 2)So there were three people in the restaurant who had reason to kill Tony and then it just ends. It's the situation Tony has created for himself. At any moment it could be family or an enemy walking threw the door. The hard cut to black was the end of Tony. In the beginning of the season when he was talking to Bobby about getting whacked he said, "They say, you never hear it coming, and then it all goes black." And that's exactly what happened. But who did it?"Meadow was spared also, and I guess we are supposed to be happy about that, because she would have been sitting between the shooter and tonyIN retrospect, very well done.

2 comments:

MLK said...

If he's talking about the guy who walks into the bathroom, in the credits he is "Man in Member's Only jacket".

Aja and Evan said...

my take...

it went to black, because in a way regardless of what happens, Tony is already dead. He has just lost his two best friends, will be sent to jail shortly and can't live a second without watching his back. That on top of the fact that he kinda has no soul, thus he is dead, metaphorically speaking.

Plus I wanted him to enjoy what looked like it would have been a very tasty diner meal at Holtens.

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