it's pure escapism. And it's bloody amazing.
Television Breaking Bad
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Bang on.
Some fans of this show come across as incredibly sensitive of any criticisms towards it.
The show goes to great lengths to show a realistic portrayal of the chemistry and science around cooking meth. It goes to great lengths to emphasize Walt's attention to detail.
It doesn't give as much detail to the policing side of things, despite Hank being pretty central to the plot. However that's done to show Walt's ruthlessness and how he's willing to sacrifice and betray anyone in his ultimate goal.
Within its own far fetched idea of good guy "breaking bad" it creates some pretty relatable and believable scenarios. But will often ignore the rules of its own universe to advance the plot. Walt blowing up Gus and him walking away, Mike surviving multiple rounds being shot into a van, various times Jesse is beaten to near death, the ending. That doesn't make the show inherently bad, just pulls the viewer out of the narrative somewhat as it goes against the rules they've created.
That fair enough. I wouldn't use hyperbole such as amazing but it is very good.
Honestly the way some defend the smallest criticisms of the show you'd think I was likening it to fecking Emmerdale.
This is the weirdest one for me that always stuck out. It doesn't affect the plot at all but it seemed unnecessary based on how the show is the rest of the time.
I loved it, it's a lot of fun, the main characters are not particularly full of depth and are probably more Tony Montana than deep meaningful character studies. I suspect you'll like Better Call Saul more though. I think it's superior and possibly my fav series.
Yeah don't disagree with any of that. I do think that Breaking Bad had some pacing issues - in part due to the writers' strike, which I believe forced them to compress a lot of the first two seasons (though ultimately as you say that might have been a better pace for the show).
Oh I don't disagree at all. I don't think filler is necessarily a bad thing if it serves the immersion of the world or character development. I just think Sopranos has more of it than Breaking Bad.
It was actually me wanting to start Saul that lead to me re-watching. During that rewatch I found out my missus had never seen Sopranos so I bought the blu ray to educate her ass. Now our evenings are spent watching Sopranos and BB has fallen by the wayside.
Have just started a re-watch of this, with the recontextualisation of Better Call Saul in mind. Plus the new missus has never seen it but has always wanted to so that's given me an excuse.
Don't understand anyone who says Season 1 is slow. I'm three episodes in and he's killed two people already...
Don't understand anyone who says Season 1 is slow. I'm three episodes in and he's killed two people already...
I rewatched it recently too with the "recontextulisation" (no wonder you found a new missus with such a vocabulary)
I like the idea that the two dead bodies are buried under that lab (from the end of BCS) the whole time Walt is cooking in there
I’ve always found that a ridiculous notion.
Also thinly veiled way of telling us you have a new girlfriend.
Me three, I almost never rewatch anything. I don't have the patience. But when a carrot like Better Call Saul was dangled I quite enjoyed the re-viewing. Need to get a new missus though, still running with the old one. 
I would say a spoiler to those who haven’t seen the ending - but it won’t make sense if you haven’t. This shot of Malacia is amazing.
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I saw that the creator said he's done with the BB universe for now (understandable after almost 15 years of it, including 2 series and a film) but that he might come back to it one day in the future
Obvious route to go with any reboot in the future would be with Jesse being the lead, running out of money and needing to cook again, leading to him breaking bad naturally.
Would people watch that? Or is it best left as it is now?
I just feel we haven't seen the end of Jesse and Saul's stories yet.
Obvious route to go with any reboot in the future would be with Jesse being the lead, running out of money and needing to cook again, leading to him breaking bad naturally.
Would people watch that? Or is it best left as it is now?
I just feel we haven't seen the end of Jesse and Saul's stories yet.
I kind of hope the BB universe is finished as I think they've done all they can. The only story that appeals to me would be a young Gus Fring but obviously not played by Giancarlo Esposito.
I want to see what VG can do with other stories.
The spin off we really need next is the adventures of Badger and Skinny Pete.
25-30 minute sitcom
And including creating the Star Trek episode Badger pitched when off his head on meth.25-30 minute sitcom
Can't believe they've sold out
I don't know why that's a thing but it made me realise how well written that confession is, and how believable it would have been
Just finished watching the whole show again as I had watched BCS and then El Camino earlier. A rewatch was very much required after those. I hate rewatching anything but I couldn't turn this off. Incredible writing, absolute top notch. Saul even
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foreshadowing himself being a Cinnabon manager in Omaha within the month
The connection to Lalo is so good too. From one throw away line in BB when they take Saul out to the desert when he’s first introduced, to a major key character in BCS.Just finished watching the whole show again as I had watched BCS and then El Camino earlier. A rewatch was very much required after those. I hate rewatching anything but I couldn't turn this off. Incredible writing, absolute top notch. Saul even.foreshadowing himself being a Cinnabon manager in Omaha within the month
Absolutely. Attention to detail and creative use of continuity. Vince is the man!
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Isaac "Hank" Schrader.
Classic
The joke.
I am. What is the joke?
In relation to mine, a poster on here was talking about Hank's death and referred to him as "Isaac 'Hank' Schrader". He thought Isaac Schrader was Hank's actual name and that Hank was just a nickname. He was confusing "ASAC" (Assistant Special Agent in Charge) with Isaac. It's gone down in Caf folklore.
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Currently on a rewatch of this. Just upto season 4. GOAT show.
So helium is an inert gas that rises in Earth's atmosphere. So when Walter hands over a bag of 'helium' and not meth, then it just rises up. It's the same element that makes balloons fly away as well.
Oh I watched the video half cut off. I didn’t realise it floated away. And I was waiting for squeaky voices