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It's just stupid for him to still be so evasive about this. I've been certain that Tony died since I read this explanation of the ending:
https://masterofsopranos.wordpress.com/the-sopranos-definitive-explanation-of-the-end/
I know, I think he was hoping to milk it but for Gandolfini to die.
shareI feel the opposite. I'd rather him not confirm he died or survived, as his confirmation makes it that much more definitive, and part of what has made this ending so good is that it's left open-ended and thus has led to all the speculation and debate on it all these years, even if you are strongly for him dying or not. I by the way, have always been for the former.
shareIf it wasn't shown on the screen, then he didn't die. It was only implied that he might have. Gandolfini, however, really did, at a much too young age.
shareI don't think it matters anymore. He's gone back and forth on this so often just to keep us guessing that each 'revelation' has less weight. Thank goodness it's an issue with only two options or we'd get even more of a run-around. I normally don't care for the 'make up your own ending' resolution, but that really is the best option here. To me, I've always thought Tony died. But it doesn't matter, because now that the actor is gone too, they either have to recast, or show him at a different age anyway. Either of those feels like a pale and forced imitation. I feel it's better for the character's legacy that he's dead.
shareUntil you see the body, and even then you can never assume anyone is dead in a movie, it's all nonsense ... and that goes double for these cheap gangster movies that someone can pick up later and wring some more bucks off in a sequel the suckers will pay more money for.
shareIt's only canon if it happened on screen, doesn't matter what they say after the fact.
shareThat's quite a strict approach. For example, do you doubt that Adriana was killed by Silvio?
shareI'm not connected to the show and my opinions represent only me. If I say Tony is dead or alive, no one will assume it's canon. Obviously the intention was that Tony died, and I believe he died, but it wasn't shown on screen. The art is the art, Chase left it open to interpretation.
shareIt was far less ambiguous to me anyway that Silvio killed Ade compared to Tony's "death", but they could have easily brought the actress back in the same role and come up with a fine plot to explain it.
Perhaps Sil might take pity in a moment of weakness and turn her over to the agents Sil was working with (hang on now). See, the federales had a rap on Sil that would have stuck so Sil was ready to roll on Tony. The series ended before that story board could be finished so that plot never made it to the screen.
I have to agree with McQ; if it didn't happen on screen, it's not canon.
"If it didn't happen on screen it's not canon". Are you kidding?? Then what was Silvio firing at; squirrels? That's exactly what Van Zandt responded with when some viewers were stupidly trying to posit that conspiracy theory.
And no Adriana surviving would not have worked and it would have massively cheated the audience.
Are you kidding??
Why would he fire his gun over her head just to scare her while also having a change of heart and turning her into the FBI? That doesn't make sense.
If he had an unseen change of heart it would render all mute the day dream of Adriana escaping, Silvio pulling her hair and dragging her out of the car, shooting her, no sign of Adriana at the FBI office later, Tony and Christopher's grief, and the deterioration of their relationship. It would be on par with Dallas. It would render the entire gut wrenching set up and the clear as day indication that Ade was murdered worthless.
The writers clearly had Ade die. It's a major part of the series arc. Just because something is unseen didn't mean it never happened. It's like saying that an off-screen wedding never happened.That's an odd position. One must take note of the reality of a story and what the writers are conveying.
The set up was obvious. I've never blamed Chase for being pissed off at some fans that can't appreciate what the cut to black signifies. As if a cut to black has never been used to signify death before. As if there wasn't a flashback where death is described in the same manner.
Hopefully this seemingly legitimate reveal from the above article will put the matter to bed. But that's hoping too much since so many people need to manufacture their own realities.
Personally I always thought it was his death ...
Even if David chase said he lived in my mind he was shot at that diner
This doesn’t really confirm anything. He ended up being evasive.
I think we will never know what really happen.
Now that Gandolfini is dead, it doesn't really matter anymore.
With him still alive, there was always the chance they could have done a sequel movie and no one would be pissed. The only evidence people use to support his demise is the sequence of editing shots, but that's nowhere near conclusive. No one would have compared this to the Dallas debacle.