Breaking Bad

MCAadROCKMiKEd7 · #1 04-15-2012, 10:15 AM

How many of you watch it?

Randetica · #2 04-15-2012, 10:28 AM

it's quite awesome and bryan cranston is one fantastic actor

Adam · #3 04-15-2012, 01:19 PM

You should do this as a poll or everyone has to reply. But I watch it. I'm sure a thread already exists for it somewhere but when is it back?

yeahwho · #4 04-15-2012, 01:36 PM

There was a scene where Mike takes Jesse to the middle of the desert to dig up some collection cash, it lasted perhaps 3 minutes but involved multiple camera scenes of which no less than a half a dozen editing techniques were applied plus... a helicopter shot of the car ride, an ahead and behind view of the car ride, multiple side shots of the car ride then once they arrive at the collection site the crew employed no less than 4 angles of the barren desert locale with crane shots and added 360 degree rail shots along with the zoom up rail shots.

I felt within that 3 minutes I was in the desert with a hitman, you get involved.

The integrity of the cinematography alone blows my mind. The music is always top notch and these guys are ace actors with brilliant writers.

I love Breaking Bad, it's insanely detail oriented.

Bob · #5 04-15-2012, 02:23 PM

i don't like the actress who plays skylar though. she kind of has this smacking noise in her voice when she talks that i can't not notice. plus she looks really similar to a horrible roommate i used to have so there's that

i guess none of these things are her fault really but still

Randetica · #6 04-15-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob

i don't like the actress who plays skylar though. she kind of has this smacking noise in her voice when she talks that i can't not notice. plus she looks really similar to a horrible roommate i used to have so there's that

i guess none of these things are her fault really but still

good thing i get to see the german dubbed version then
shes still not my favorite actress either

yeahwho · #7 04-15-2012, 02:54 PM

I like it better than Game of Thrones... which I never knew was co-written by a 13 year old, check it out

http://gawker.com/5902076/snl-explai...ame-of-thrones

Randetica · #8 04-15-2012, 03:31 PM

im starting to believe that walt jr and jimmy of south park are the same person

NicRN77 · #9 04-15-2012, 04:17 PM

I've been watching from the beginning. great show. like Adam said, pretty sure there's a thread about this show already.

silence7 · #10 04-15-2012, 07:34 PM

Best show on TV since the Sopranos. Granted, I only have basic cable and watched all the episodes of Sopranos on DVD.

As stated above by yeahwho, cinematography is amazing, and I always have this feeling like this could actually happen to somebody..

Adam · #11 04-16-2012, 05:14 AM

EDIT: sorta a sopranos spoiler

Think it'll end like the sopranos?

Walt: "Jesse, with a little tweak this blue meth can be used to cure cancer. It might kill the test patient so I'm going to have to try it on myself"
Jesse: "Mr White, I don't think that is such a bitchin' idea..."

**CUTS TO BLACK**

Burnout18 · #12 04-16-2012, 05:23 PM

Hey, I just finished watching the entire series of The Wire and my god that was totally better than the sopranos, it was the best TV series I have ever seen.

How does BB stack up against the wire?? Similar with the world surrounding the drug culture, or am I way off?

yeahwho · #13 04-16-2012, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Burnout18

Hey, I just finished watching the entire series of The Wire and my god that was totally better than the sopranos, it was the best TV series I have ever seen.

How does BB stack up against the wire?? Similar with the world surrounding the drug culture, or am I way off?

The Wire is the best TV series I've ever seen too. I remember watching the first episode thinking to myself why should I care anything about the denizens of inner city Baltimore housing projects?

Within two months I finished all 5 seasons of the Wire completely immersed.

Breaking Bad doesn't have quite the same level of all encompassing social commentary, but it is just as addictive in another way and I started out watching it with an identical question to myself, why should I care anything about the motives and reasons of the crystal meth culture?

Because it's the places I don't go that usually effect me much more than I readily understand.

Breaking Bad is not quite as believable as the Wire but equal, maybe even more intense than the Wire.

Bob · #14 04-16-2012, 07:19 PM

breaking bad is much more of a story about the characters and the consequences of their actions than about drug or inner city culture, i feel...still amazing, just different

one thing i keep thinking about re: breaking bad (and i feel like i've typed this before, probably in that other breaking bad thread we keep alluding to) is that pretty much every bad thing that happens to walt and his family in the show stems from his decision to shoot down his (ex-)friends' charity when they offered to pay for his chemo.

they were like "we'll pay for it, no questions ask" and walt said basically "fuck you backstabbing jerks, i'm too proud for your money, i'm gonna sell drugs and lie to my family"

and then everything else happens. walt is kind of a cunt, really

but cunts make such interesting protagonists sometimes

silence7 · #15 04-16-2012, 08:14 PM

Check out the websites if you haven't already..

http://www.savewalterwhite.com

http://www.bettercallsaul.com

Randetica · #16 04-17-2012, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by silence7

Check out the websites if you haven't already..

http://www.savewalterwhite.com

http://www.bettercallsaul.com

hah sick

CKYGabe · #17 04-19-2012, 12:23 PM

it's pretty badass, I live in Albuquerque, and get the opportunity to see people from the show hanging out around town. Steven Michael Quezada (Agent Gomez on the show) is a local here, grew up here and is using his Breaking Bad popularity to benefit the community.

Cranston does a lot of volunteering as well.

The show is great, I've seen all the episodes at this point and it's probably one of the most well written great shows I've ever seen

alleyezonme6198 · #18 04-20-2012, 11:07 PM

Great show and I think there was a beastie boys song on one of the episodes, it was an instrumental and I'm pretty sure it was a season finale but don't quote me on it.

Adam · #19 04-21-2012, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by alleyezonme6198

Great show and I think there was a beastie boys song on one of the episodes, it was an instrumental and I'm pretty sure it was a season finale but don't quote me on it.

Oh yeah, there was. Shambala I think.

MCAadROCKMiKEd7 · #20 04-25-2012, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by silence7

Check out the websites if you haven't already..

http://www.savewalterwhite.com

http://www.bettercallsaul.com

Thats so awesome i've never seen those before hahaha.

Yeah Bryan Cranston is an amazing actor, my boyfriend and I watched an episode of malcom in the middle after watching seasons 1-3 of breaking bad in a row on netflix (first time we had even seen it, i havent even gotten to see season 4 yet!) and it was bizarre hahaha.

I read that season 5 comes out in may but im 1 season behind now im not sure when they will put season 4 on netflix until then i have to wait to watch the new season :/

What season did they use Shambala in? I didnt even realize that.

Burnout18 · #21 04-25-2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by yeahwho

The Wire is the best TV series I've ever seen too. I remember watching the first episode thinking to myself why should I care anything about the denizens of inner city Baltimore housing projects?

Within two months I finished all 5 seasons of the Wire completely immersed.

Breaking Bad is not quite as believable as the Wire but equal, maybe even more intense than the Wire.

Wow I was the same way, I was completely obsessed with it. The wire was just so intriguing. Refreshing new story arcs every season kept it fresh too.

abbott · #22 04-30-2012, 11:59 AM

so I just got invited to the Breaking Bad Golf tournament in ABQ, not sure who will be there, but the invite came from one of the camera guys/gripp or something like that.

MCAadROCKMiKEd7 · #23 04-30-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Randetica

im starting to believe that walt jr and jimmy of south park are the same person

Oh my god that is so fucking hilarious. As John C Reily said in step brothers to Will Ferrell "last time I laughed that hard I almost fell off my dinosaur".

abbott · #24 05-02-2012, 08:10 AM

So I think Bob's point is right on here. People have choices and sometimes choose unwisely. Should of taken the help and not become a drug dealer... seems hate lead to the decision and that seems to never work out for me.