Release Date:
10/23/2007
For those of you looking for answers, look elsewhere. (If you hate your money, you can try the upcoming book HBO wants you to buy where David Chase "finally breaks his silence"). Are you kidding us? HBO's already milked their biggest franchise to the last drop by splitting up the last season into two parts and charging more that $50 per collection. But, hey, it's The Sopranos! They get away with everything, especially since the show has coasted since Season Three. The same way a religious zealot can see the Pope on a piece of toast, die-hard fans only see what they want to. But guys like us see the hypocrisy. So while David Chase uses the excuse that life doesn't always provide answers, he's willing to run over a guy's head with a car to close out that story line. But as for the fate of the guy we've been following for all these years, keeping in mind they'd take up to 18 months between seasons? Who knows? That's up to you, ya mook! As far as extras, Chase offers no insight except a featurette about the show's music. He leaves it up to everyone else through commentaries to put their own spin on things, which is the same stuff we've heard before. Even the final episodes, the infamous holy-shit-my-DVR-broke-and-now-I-don't-know-the-ending "Made in America" doesn't have a commentary. So the same people who already paid for HBO all these years will shell out $55 to learn nothing else. But, as Chase would say, it's his vision and his art. Unless he's shooting someone in the face. Then it's good TV
Um, we mean HBO.