Anyone watch Breaking Bad?

Smokey

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This is really exciting. Like you said, BB is written in such a marvelous way...it keeps gettin bigger, and deeper, and better!!! I freakin love this thing...Like One Piece. It starts fine...gets interesting....then FREAKIN EPIC!
Everybody is capable of thinking about a good story and start writing it...but then in order to please fans...or because they run off with smart ideas, it gets all shitty and meh...ruining all the good things of the start because now you know, that that epicness, is gone---and it was like pointless...since leading to nowhere.
With breaking bad everything makes sense...it has all these subtle quotes from itself...and it tells a complete story of growth, transformation and decay!! Like Mr.White said in the first season.
Brilliant, just brilliant.
 
lwien

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Stu

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Poor marksmanship for sure.

Lwien, you actually counted them? :rofl:

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yeah that shoot out got a lil Tomb Raider movie-ish (thousands of rounds fired, no one ever shot).

I think in general I was turned off by the whole "lets get a confession to every crime for the past 5 years in 1 frantic phone-call, and get the location of the money AND get the white power gang to learn the location too" ... a tiny bit too convenient.
 
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Hexi said:
I think in general I was turned off by the whole "lets get a confession to every crime for the past 5 years in 1 frantic phone-call, and get the location of the money AND get the white power gang to learn the location too" ... a tiny bit too convenient.
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Personally I think it made sense. Walt was panicking and was trying frantically to stop Jessie, though he should not have said the things over the phone, he felt his money was worth the risk. He would've done anything. Walt was foolish to trust that Jessie wouldn't be working with the DEA, but that is understandable. Also then calling the gang seems like an obvious move. Plus it was only a little over a year in BB time, and wasn't every crime by a longshot. A shit load sure has gone down in a relatively short amount of time. :peace:

No excuse for the ridiculous inaccuracy and unrealistic magazine sizes though.
 
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aesthyrian

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I love Breaking Bad, but so far these past few episodes have not compelled me in anyway, almost to the point that I don't care anymore what happens to Walt, Jessie, hell anyone. It almost seems like the writers are just coming up with shit at the last second to fill gaps, not finish a story.

I'm starting to feel like they should have ended after season 4.

I'm the minority here, correct?
 
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Hexi

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aesthyrian said:
I love Breaking Bad, but so far these past few episodes have not compelled me in anyway, almost to the point that I don't care anymore what happens to Walt, Jessie, hell anyone. It almost seems like the writers are just coming up with shit at the last second to fill gaps, not finish a story.

I'm starting to feel like they should have ended after season 4.

I'm the minority here, correct?
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It's the classic curse of a great serialized TV drama. Check my mention of the Grantland article, basically the old method was TV shows ended whenever the suits decided, so most long running shows really didn't get an "ending" season, or even episode that was all that well thought out.
e.g. MASH had a "salute" final episode, not really a wrap up
St. Elsewhere had a "gimmick" final episode, totally ruined the series + started a TV trope meme.

The start is almost always better than the wrap up, Gilligan's Island, Sopranos, Deadwood, Star Wars, Star Trek....

Breaking bad actually had a planned final season and ending episodes. The end is never as cool as the climb up, the fact that the final season of BB is this good, flaws and all is both amazing, and unusual.

TBPH I would have been fine if it ended after season 2. I thought as cool as the Gus season was, it was the most unrealistic one and set up everything for this final season which is all about tying everything together.

So whatever you don't like about these final episodes (cramming in Walter Jr. when he was mostly missing before this, Landry and the White Power possee conveniently showing up whenever needed, the heist train robbery etc...) blame it on the Gus season.

Now all that nitpicking aside, the first of the "final" episodes of BB was also the highest rated episode they ever had. So even tho fans prefer other seasons (I'm big into season 2, most prefer season 3) it's doing well in the ratings.
 
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aesthyrian said:
I love Breaking Bad, but so far these past few episodes have not compelled me in anyway, almost to the point that I don't care anymore what happens to Walt, Jessie, hell anyone. It almost seems like the writers are just coming up with shit at the last second to fill gaps, not finish a story.

I'm starting to feel like they should have ended after season 4.

I'm the minority here, correct?
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Just my own theory, but I don't think we are meant to really like anyone (except the kids, who are innocent in all this) Both Walter & Hank are selfishly steam rolling anyone in the path of their ultimate goals. The wives are just as scheming.

And Jesse is just being an idiot. After all he went through, he should of just taken the money, vanished and done some good with it for others, if he is so tormented. He is a hypocrite... I mean, WTF did he think the drugs he was making were doing to people? And if I recall correctly, isn't he the reason his GF got back into drugs and died? Real angel.
 
steiner666

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This whole (half)season has been so intense, the first couple eps of it almost uncomfortably so at times! You know it's an incredible show when you find yourself THIS interested/empathetic towards the characters and anxious about whats going to happen to them. As I always say, some of the best writing ever and SUPERB character development, holy shit!

... it might also partially be the whole 4+ years of watching and wondering how this all is going to end for Walt (the character who - despite becoming almost a completely different person - i still find myself liking and relating to the most) that makes it so crazy suspenseful for me. I haven't anticipated new episodes this bad the whole series, and that says a lot, cause this ones definitely been gripping right from the start. I'll be sad to see it end, but it deserves to end with a bang (which it seems to be) at its peak, rather than to be slowly milked to death like american tv shows tend to be once they get popular.
 
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steiner666 said:
This whole (half)season has been so intense, the first couple eps of it almost uncomfortably so at times! You know it's an incredible show when you find yourself THIS interested/empathetic towards the characters and anxious about whats going to happen to them. As I always say, some of the best writing ever and SUPERB character development, holy shit!

... it might also partially be the whole 4+ years of watching and wondering how this all is going to end for Walt (the character who - despite becoming almost a completely different person - i still find myself liking and relating to the most) that makes it so crazy suspenseful for me. I haven't anticipated new episodes this bad the whole series, and that says a lot, cause this ones definitely been gripping right from the start. I'll be sad to see it end, but it deserves to end with a bang (which it seems to be) at its peak, rather than to be slowly milked to death like american tv shows tend to be once they get popular.
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Completely agree with you. When the last episode ended...I found myself shaking on the sofa.
Freaking intense. Yeah maybe a little bit exagerated or quick, but I don't want to be picky. I love this, I can't wait till my next dose of BrBa....I think I'm going to be depressed once it ends D: I guess for me, it ruined all the other shows, this will be my new standard to measure quality tv shows. Sky high standards, bitches!
 
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aesthyrian said:
I love Breaking Bad, but so far these past few episodes have not compelled me in anyway, almost to the point that I don't care anymore what happens to Walt, Jessie, hell anyone. It almost seems like the writers are just coming up with shit at the last second to fill gaps, not finish a story.

I'm starting to feel like they should have ended after season 4.

I'm the minority here, correct?
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Not in my humble opinion you aren't, I feel exactly the same way . . . :nod:
 
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Hexi

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Kind of weird that they green lit that Saul show, it could be hilarious or it could be a disaster like the Kramer Show or Joey.

But people are already daydreaming about how Mike and Jesse and Gus characters could be on that show... I'm thinking if they are , at all, it would be as 1 off guest spots not regulars.
 
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lwien

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Yeah, that's just one of the things that Breaking Bad did so well. The show really got you buying into the characters. I don't think that there is one character on the show that I just took for granted for you either loved, hated, feared, amused or just had empathy for every single one of them and for some of them you had all of the above going on at once.

I miss Mike and Gus and the comic lines given to Saul are just plain genius.
 
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I think the spin-off series will revolve around Saul's departure from the legal scene and his return to his original name / hair. And it will go something like this:


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aesthyrian

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This Saul show could be really awesome espcailly if it takes place before we were introduced to him( which it might have to if he dies this season) then we would see how he got involved with Mike, Gus and the rest like Hexi said.

But honestly, it's Bob Odenkirk. I'm sold.

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I don't think that there is one character on the show that I just took for granted for you either loved, hated, feared, amused or just had empathy for every single one of them and for some of them you had all of the above going on at once.
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Even Marie?

Come on...

She only exist so that the costume designers can use more shades of purple. That's how boring/pointless she is, the thing that stands out most about her is the color of her clothes. Also, so Hank has something to lose, I guess.
 
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