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Originally Posted by Bob
see, this is frustrating to me, because i don't think it's a good reason to dismiss the show.
if breaking bad were a chemistry documentary, i'd say "sure, it's a bad show, it gets a lot of the science wrong and you shouldn't watch it" but it's not. the science isn't important, it isn't about the science, it's about the characters and their relationship with each other.
the hydrofluoric acid scene isn't supposed to be interesting because of the science facts it teaches you about chemistry, it's supposed to be interesting because of the things it teaches you about the characters. it shows how walt likes to take control of situations, and how jesse's hasty, lazy, and dismissive, and how he chooses to ignore walt's careful instructions and just dumps him in the bathtub. then we see the consequences of that choice, and how the characters grow as a result.
maybe the chemistry's wrong. who cares. it's a drama, not a documentary. i know art is open to interpretation and whatever but just...rggg, dismissing it because of scientific inaccuracies is almost definitely the wrong way to watch it, that bugs the hell out of me
if you dislike it because you don't think the characters behave realistically, and that takes you out of it, then that's fine; i would respectfully disagree with you on that point but respect your opinion about it all the same.
but the science, the science isn't important, it isn't the point, i would urge you not to worry about that or let it get in the way of your potential enjoyment of a fictional show
if i can have a law degree and still enjoy law & order SVU then there's no reason you can't suspend your disbelief for breaking bad  |
I don't know why it has to be frustrating for you that I find the show annoying. I have enjoyed certain things about the show, but overall I get irritated by the inaccuracies. I'm not sitting there trying to find inaccuracies, they just present themselves and are distracting.
SVU isn't really held up on a pedestal like Breaking Bad is, so watching is a different experience. Breaking Bad wants people to take it seriously, and I just don't. I don't like it. That doesn't make me stupid. And it doesn't make people who like it stupid, it's just different taste.
Let's see if I can explain another way...it's like when I was a kid, and playing Barbies. My friends would often want to have the dolls talk and do things, but I wasn't into that, I spent hours working on setting up their houses, or making clothes for them. I like details, I don't care as much about relationships and talking and blah blah whatever. So, to apply that to my adult interests: when I watch tv, I'm watching everything...the clothes, the hairstyles, the lighting, the music...character's faces, their body shapes, the cars they drive...and the physicality and practicality of a scene. And how it all relates to the truth of that scene. I find Breaking Bad to be lacking truth in a big enough way that I don't enjoy watching it. I'd rather watch something else*, or not watch t.v.
*Like, The Wire! I really do love The Wire, and it has some dumb things about it (Prez is a really bad teacher and the straight female characters are lame, etc.), but it has more truth and heft to the drama. Also it's funny sometimes.
anyway who cares