spuranos.
Two quick predictions. (two prequictions?)
ravioli. i havent made any sports predictions in a while. well, here's one: spurs in five.
dont get me wrong; i hate the spurs (theyre a bunch of whiners, and whether or not they would have gotten past the suns in the conference semis anyway, they certainly didnt deserve to get past them the way they did, with the egregious suspensions of stoudemire and diaw).
and i love lebron. how can you not?
but playing one on five is not gonna work against the savvy spurs. and lebron doesnt have a mid-range game; all his baskets are either long-range bombs or dunks, and tim duncan is gonna stand in the way of the latter. so if the lebombs arent hitting, the cavs are in trouble. they might hit for one game, or even two, but that's not enough. and cleveland's supporting cast has looked better than it really is, playing against a weak eastern conference.
in my lifetime, when one team has seemed a prohibitive favorite, the nba finals have always played out pretty much as youd expect, with the lone exception of the pistons stomping the lakers in '04. that was a pleasant surprise. this series wont be.
ill root for the cavs, but id bet on the spurs. if i gambled. which i dont.
tortellini. how will the sopranos end? well, i'll tell you how it wont end.
neither aj nor meadow are taking over, in any capacity. the sopranos has formed a holy trinity of pop culture mafia opuses - with the godfather and goodfellas - and its not gonna end like either of those, for the sake of separation. aj and med, the children who were never supposed to enter the family bidness, entering the family bidness, would be too similar to michael corleone taking the reins in the godfather. so that's out.
similarly, tony isnt going into witness protection. that's how goodfellas ends - with henry hill 'flipping' - so that's out.
and i dont think tony's gonna be killed by phil leotardo, or even paulie walnuts. such endings would be too typical.
assuming tony is gonna be whacked, the only scenarios that make sense are for tony to be killed by carmela or janice. i harken back to the original ads for the show, from the first season. they said: If one family doesn't kill him.... the other one will.
the core of the show has always been the delicate balancing act tony has to maneuver between his mob family and his real family. the most fitting end would be the latter somehow being the cause of his demise. i think all the mob machinations in the last few episodes have been red herrings.
sure, tony might live, but i have no prediction for that scenario.
(and ok, these werent that quick.)
ravioli. i havent made any sports predictions in a while. well, here's one: spurs in five.
dont get me wrong; i hate the spurs (theyre a bunch of whiners, and whether or not they would have gotten past the suns in the conference semis anyway, they certainly didnt deserve to get past them the way they did, with the egregious suspensions of stoudemire and diaw).
and i love lebron. how can you not?
but playing one on five is not gonna work against the savvy spurs. and lebron doesnt have a mid-range game; all his baskets are either long-range bombs or dunks, and tim duncan is gonna stand in the way of the latter. so if the lebombs arent hitting, the cavs are in trouble. they might hit for one game, or even two, but that's not enough. and cleveland's supporting cast has looked better than it really is, playing against a weak eastern conference.
in my lifetime, when one team has seemed a prohibitive favorite, the nba finals have always played out pretty much as youd expect, with the lone exception of the pistons stomping the lakers in '04. that was a pleasant surprise. this series wont be.
ill root for the cavs, but id bet on the spurs. if i gambled. which i dont.
tortellini. how will the sopranos end? well, i'll tell you how it wont end.
neither aj nor meadow are taking over, in any capacity. the sopranos has formed a holy trinity of pop culture mafia opuses - with the godfather and goodfellas - and its not gonna end like either of those, for the sake of separation. aj and med, the children who were never supposed to enter the family bidness, entering the family bidness, would be too similar to michael corleone taking the reins in the godfather. so that's out.
similarly, tony isnt going into witness protection. that's how goodfellas ends - with henry hill 'flipping' - so that's out.
and i dont think tony's gonna be killed by phil leotardo, or even paulie walnuts. such endings would be too typical.
assuming tony is gonna be whacked, the only scenarios that make sense are for tony to be killed by carmela or janice. i harken back to the original ads for the show, from the first season. they said: If one family doesn't kill him.... the other one will.
the core of the show has always been the delicate balancing act tony has to maneuver between his mob family and his real family. the most fitting end would be the latter somehow being the cause of his demise. i think all the mob machinations in the last few episodes have been red herrings.
sure, tony might live, but i have no prediction for that scenario.
(and ok, these werent that quick.)
posted by Colby | 9:01 AM
2 Comments:
so basically, anything might happen BESIDES x, y, and z. thorough. i can do a similar analysis.
in the final episode,tony won't undergo treatment for tunnel vision, meadow won't join the peace corp and bobby won't come back from the dead. but maybe, carmella will serve coffee.
I don't think david chase's only intention is to do what other mafioso stories don't. or to be unpredictable. in fact, i'd say on a macro level the series is pretty predictable. mob guys lie, cheat, steal and kill until they are imprisoned or killed themselves. roll credits.
my prediction is carm or janice kill tony. you're diced.
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