--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > THEN HERE'S A SUGGESTION, TOOTS, SEE THE ACTUAL SHOW AND > > > > GET YOUR OWN OPINION ABOUT IT. > > > > > > Why? What I'm interested in is the viewer reaction > > > to the show. If I'd been interested in the show > > > itself, I'd have watched it. > > > > Yeah, Shemp...get a clue. It's just like enlightenment. > > Why experience it when you can read about it or hear > > someone talk about it on videotape? It's so much easier > > that way -- you get to sound knowledgeable AND you get > > to keep your self. > > You mean, like this? > > "I didn't see it, and haven't been following the > series closely, but I just finished reading an > article in which the creator of the series said > that he ended the series that way on purpose, > to *avoid* the 'closure' that many people wanted. > > "They wanted Tony to 'get what was coming to him' > because he was a 'bad guy.' They wanted similar > fates to befall all of the people in the series > that they wanted to 'bag' as good or bad, black > or white. The creator of the series wanted to > *mess* with that, and, I hear, did." > > <horselaugh>
I don't want to interrupt your horse imitation, but it's not quite the same. I've seen over half of the episodes of the series, and had just watched a twenty-minute Net film of the highlights of the final episode, *in addition to* having just read the interview with the series' creator. By the way, have you seen Apocalypto yet? :-)