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Reply #175 on: August 28, 2012, 02:29:02 PM

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Reply #176 on: August 28, 2012, 08:49:10 PM


Edit: Ok why are they only showing 8 of the 16 final episodes now and waiting to show the next 8 until next fucking summer? WTF?

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Reply #177 on: August 28, 2012, 09:18:24 PM

They had to do that to accommodate shooting schedules and AMC also wanted to stretch it out.

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Reply #178 on: August 30, 2012, 11:59:34 AM

Guess who

Here's another one.
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Reply #179 on: August 30, 2012, 05:08:00 PM

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Reply #180 on: August 30, 2012, 05:12:01 PM

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Reply #181 on: September 01, 2012, 11:24:46 AM

Yes it is, he does the same jaw thing too. I think I read in the Reddit thread I found this in that the actress who plays Skyler was nine at the time of this shooting.
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Reply #182 on: September 02, 2012, 09:28:22 PM


"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

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Reply #183 on: September 03, 2012, 01:56:21 PM


"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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Reply #184 on: September 03, 2012, 04:54:24 PM

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Reply #185 on: September 03, 2012, 05:03:57 PM

This show just punches you in the face with awesome over and over again.

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Reply #186 on: September 03, 2012, 10:26:44 PM

This show just punches you in the face with awesome over and over again.

Yep.


Pure awesome.
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Reply #187 on: September 04, 2012, 02:59:57 PM


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Reply #188 on: September 04, 2012, 03:11:49 PM


"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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Reply #189 on: September 04, 2012, 05:36:13 PM

^ Most definitely. 
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Reply #190 on: September 05, 2012, 08:08:21 AM

Ahhh, ok. I had totally forgotten about that. I was thinking he was referring to something Gus wrote.

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Reply #191 on: May 23, 2013, 08:36:59 AM

A real life case of sort of Breaking Bad:


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It seemed ripped from the script of a “Breaking Bad” episode, but the case of Stephen W. Doran — a math and English tutor diagnosed with stage 3 cancer who now stands accused of trafficking crystal meth — is all too real.

“This isn’t a television show. This is serious business,” Suffolk district attorney spokesman Jake Wark said, referring to the hit AMC series in which a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with stage 3 cancer turns to dealing crystal meth.

A lawyer for Doran, a former Democratic state representative from 1980 to 1994 who once chaired the Legislature’s Ethics Committee, told a judge at Doran’s West Roxbury District Court arraignment yesterday that his client has been receiving chemotherapy for the past 11 months.

“His life is on the line here literally. This is a man who is being treated for stage 3 cancer at Mass. General Hospital,” attorney Vincent Murray said of Doran, 57, of Dorchester, who was arrested as he left the Match Charter Middle School in Jamaica Plain with what police said was an express parcel containing 480 grams of crystal meth.


More here:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/05/ex_state_rep_s_drug_case_recalls_tv_s_breaking_bad

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Reply #192 on: May 26, 2013, 09:15:47 AM

I'm in the process of catching up on this show since it starts again soon.  I only ever got to see the first season.  I love this show SO much.  I think even more than the first season of Dexter.

Gruesomely funny!

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Reply #193 on: July 29, 2013, 02:54:33 PM

So, I finally have a smart TV in my bedroom and started watching this show today. Got through the first episode and 1/2 before I was interrupted by life. Can't wait to get back to it. I am feeling eerily sympatico with ol' Walt. I wonder how long that will last.

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Reply #194 on: July 29, 2013, 02:56:15 PM

Somewhere around season 2-3 you start to recognize that this has gone beyond "I need money to save my life" into full-on ego trip. He's much less sympathetic a character these days, but he is goddamn riveting to watch.

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Reply #195 on: July 29, 2013, 02:58:42 PM

The first season's the only one where you feel any sympathy for him at all.

And they just keep hammering home how much of it he does to himself.

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Reply #196 on: July 30, 2013, 07:52:34 AM

So, I finally have a smart TV in my bedroom and started watching this show today. Got through the first episode and 1/2 before I was interrupted by life. Can't wait to get back to it. I am feeling eerily sympatico with ol' Walt. I wonder how long that will last.

It's so worth the time to catch up.  I was late to the Breaking Bad party, too, and it almost immediately became my favourite show.  Can't wait for the final episodes this August.  Also, I really love my tiny little smart TV, too. 

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Reply #197 on: July 30, 2013, 09:00:55 AM

The whole getting rid of Emilio sequence was goddamned horrifying. Jesus.

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Reply #198 on: July 30, 2013, 02:01:08 PM

When is the new season due?

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Reply #199 on: July 30, 2013, 07:05:15 PM

I think it starts on 11 August.

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Reply #200 on: July 30, 2013, 09:29:43 PM

The whole getting rid of Emilio sequence was goddamned horrifying. Jesus.

Luckily the gore factor is reduced after that episode.  Until, well, that'll have to be a surprise.   Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

I'm watching the seasons again and I forgot how utterly fucking great the writing is by the middle of season 2. 
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Reply #201 on: July 31, 2013, 12:00:00 AM

Been rewatching all the seasons, mostly due to Mrs. Naum repeatedly streaming episodes on both big screen and on iPad in bedroom and they just play the whole season through. So looking forward to the final 8 episodes -- this is absolutely the best television fare and it'll be sad when it is finally over. In just like the ancient Greek tragedies, I suspect Mr. White is going to get his existential comeuppance. Question will be how many he takes down with him.

Even re-viewing, the shows are still tense viewing, even after you know how it is going to unfold. The writing and acting (never imagined the silly dentist on Seinfeld was such a acting monster) is excellent.

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Reply #202 on: July 31, 2013, 03:41:32 AM

I'm actually very glad it's ending, and ending due to deliberate decision rather than cancellation by the network. It means the story will be a complete, contained whole, rather than doing a slow tailing off into mediocrity or just an abrupt stop (a la Deadwood).

It also means I'll finally be able to purchase the entire thing in one go on Bluray :)

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Reply #203 on: July 31, 2013, 05:34:31 AM

I'm actually very glad it's ending, and ending due to deliberate decision rather than cancellation by the network. It means the story will be a complete, contained whole, rather than doing a slow tailing off into mediocrity or just an abrupt stop (a la Deadwood).

It also means I'll finally be able to purchase the entire thing in one go on Bluray :)

More shows need to end on their own accord for this very reason.  Just saw this in an article:

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Cranston, who plays Walter White, told Zap2it that their highly-anticipated ending is “very appropriate,” adding that “You watch this — there’s no apologies. [Creator] Vince [Gilligan] was able to write to the ending that he wanted, and we’re very pleased with that.”

Gilligan was also interviewed and also feels very satisfied with the ending. “If we didn’t get it right it was nobody’s fault but ours,” he said. “So the big thought that kept going through my mind was let’s make this as good as we can make it. Let’s just bust our asses and make it as satisfying as possible.”
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Reply #204 on: July 31, 2013, 06:24:29 AM

Cut to Black.

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Reply #205 on: July 31, 2013, 06:38:23 AM

Cut to Black.

Such a sellout ending makes me regret watching the thing. Almost as bad as Lost.

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Reply #206 on: July 31, 2013, 06:49:18 AM

No, Lost was the very Keystone of utter bollocks.

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Reply #207 on: July 31, 2013, 08:57:21 AM

Cut to Black.


I bet Steve Perry and the boys are reaping the benefits of that one.

Finished the first season. It is very good, but god it is just unrelenting. It really needs some lighthearted laughs every now and then. Also Anna Gunn needs to get naked.

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Reply #208 on: July 31, 2013, 09:00:18 AM

It doesn't get any better.

Also, she really does.

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Reply #209 on: July 31, 2013, 09:23:10 AM

Thirded.

And no, it never gets any better or less tense. There are things you will laugh at and then think "Holy shit, that's fucking terrible" but you can't help laughing about it. I always said watching the show was like pulling a scab. It's an uncomfortable experience that once you start, you just can't stop.

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