Word on the internets is that not one but two Sopranos films are going to be made. It leaves me wondering whatever happened to bowing out gracefully? Why must every semi-successful formula be beaten merciless into the ground?

Do we really need a Sopranos movie? Much less two of them?

Call me crazy, but the last couple of seasons were not spectacular. They started recycling themes from previous seasons. The central arch in Season 5 revolves around Tony having to kill his favorite cousin, who has recently been released from prison. This is more or less the central theme from the 2nd season where Tony is coming to grips with the fact that he needs to murder Big Pussy, who is like a brother to him. The big differences being that in the second season it was new and it worked because it had been building for two seasons. In the 5th season it wasn’t so original and it really didn’t work. All of sudden there is this new character who is supposed to be family and loved, but has never been mentioned before in a scene or flashback. All he really does is cause trouble for everyone and you really look forward to him getting killed, which I admit was done in style. However if you compare that to the build up in the Big Pussy arc, you can’t tell me that the show didn’t fall the fuck off.

So what dynamics are left to explore in this character? What loose ends are there to be tied, whether or not he died in the final episode? No thanks, I’m not that bored for entertainment.