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can someone explain to me why making on topic, but not mainstream headline related points is frowned upon even when concern, sadness, and empathy are expressed elsewhere by the same person?

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12-15-2012 , 02:41 PM

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nath

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Originally Posted by Triumph36

anyone parsing anything david chase said post-sopranos, unless he explicitly explains the meaning of the ending, is losing the argument

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'it's all there' is the showrunner equivalent of 'we're just taking it one game at a time'

if Sepinwall is right, why did he have to alter the quote to make it fit his POV? I don't think it matters much either way, but Alan's views on the ending always read like someone who made up his mind when the show aired and doesn't want to reconsider.

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12-15-2012 , 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pudge714

The Sopranos is one of the great pieces of TV and media in general, that the final scene has been reduced to a puzzle in disclosure because people demand closure is a little depressing to me. The irony of the quote above is that I think that Chase was attempting to curb extra-textual analysis and suggesting that one view the piece of art as it is, but it has the opposite effect where people think Chase is giving hidden clues. Chase has always been inscrutable in interviews and has shown contempt for a lot of The Sopranos audience the idea that he would give some secret clue in an interview seems out of character.

I would agree with this.

People get hung up on "what happened". I always just loved how the ending of Tony Soprano's story was presented to the audience.

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12-15-2012 , 02:44 PM

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underrated challenge moment was when CT saved his boy David and demolished Shane in the elimination

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12-15-2012 , 02:49 PM

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"Looks good? You bet it does. Block it. Amanda Knox...is no more."

lol love that

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12-15-2012 , 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by nath

well yeah, but so has the guy with the 20k work essay about it, ldo

in any case, yeah i'm not sure why so many ppl seem to be hung up about the ending, it's better without a definitive one imo

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12-15-2012 , 02:58 PM

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dkgojackets

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Originally Posted by Steroid Boy

underrated challenge moment was when CT saved his boy David and demolished Shane in the elimination

oh man that was back in the first Inferno

also shows how far the challenges have come in terms of intensity of competition

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12-15-2012 , 03:02 PM

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i think part of what makes the video so good is that he picked the single most AIDS infested thread imaginable and the single worst forum imaginable for the illustrations

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12-15-2012 , 03:04 PM

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don't watch that show, but i remember Simmons linking this a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX2ylo6C0Ck

pretty impressive, lol

Last edited by 72off; 12-15-2012 at 03:06 PM. Reason: oh wait, is this the #1 thing on that top-10 list there?

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12-15-2012 , 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverman

i think part of what makes the video so good is that he picked the single most AIDS infested thread imaginable and the single worst forum imaginable for the illustrations

agree and I feel comfortable saying this even though I dont think I have ever opened the Amanda Know thread and my whole exposure to the story is the title being on the front page of OOT for way too long.

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12-15-2012 , 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by nath

Of course he made up his mind when the show aired. Who doesn't do that? Okay so the Sopranos had a lot of dreams and I don't know how to parse all of them, but in 'waking life' did the Sopranos ever play around with flash forwards, or deliberately misleading the audience into thinking something had happened when it hadn't? No. My feelings may change about how a lot of things relate on the show, but most of the action of the show happened on screen, and was easy to interpret - why should that change for the final scene?

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12-15-2012 , 03:53 PM

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Pretty indifferent to Julie the crazy Mormon but her trying to kill Veronica by unhooking her harness was legendary and belongs on the list if not higher.

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12-15-2012 , 04:34 PM

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I drive by the house that Julie's cast lived in all the time, always makes me laugh how much **** she got in at BYU for doing The Real World

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12-15-2012 , 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 72off

don't watch that show, but i remember Simmons linking this a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX2ylo6C0Ck

pretty impressive, lol

Lol yeah that's the stuff. Gonna have to look for that inferno clip. I was like 14 when all these older ones aired

That harness thing was nuts. Veronica was ****ting herself. She posed for playboy too was nice

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12-15-2012 , 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nath

Let me ask you something, what do you think David Chase's intent was with the last scene?

probably to have people still discussing what 2 minutes of a television show meant 5 years after it aired

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12-15-2012 , 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tuq

Pretty indifferent to Julie the crazy Mormon but her trying to kill Veronica by unhooking her harness was legendary and belongs on the list if not higher.

i dont even remember that. have to brush up on my history

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12-15-2012 , 05:49 PM

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g-bebe

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gun and politics discussion:

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12-15-2012 , 06:01 PM

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hilarious old school moment was in the battle of sexes when the guys were clueless on how to solve the puzzle and girls breezed right through it, but didnt knock it down so the guys copied it and crushed the rest of the way

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12-15-2012 , 06:25 PM

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Hmm that threesome I mentioned doesn't hold up upon rewatch. But when I was sixteen or so it was the nuts.

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12-15-2012 , 07:04 PM

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Eltbus

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leroy vs wes was pretty good elimination as well. abe has had a few good ones too.

i can't find this inferno clip and it's making me angry.

just watched the weight for me exile again. confirmed top 10. landon is an animal.

Last edited by Eltbus; 12-15-2012 at 07:12 PM.

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12-15-2012 , 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Eltbus

i can't find this inferno clip and it's making me angry.

took me less than 5 seconds

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12-15-2012 , 07:13 PM

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you're far better at the internet than i am though.

Last edited by Eltbus; 12-15-2012 at 07:13 PM. Reason: <3 ty

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12-15-2012 , 07:18 PM

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what a great line

"I'm just not confident in david eating cookies and milk"

also a nice look at abram before he tattooed himself and smeared poop in a jail cell

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12-15-2012 , 07:23 PM

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"CT, we're not going to be able to see your 6-pack after all these cookies"

CT: It's all good. You won't be able to see Shane after all these cookies