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Breaking Bad. What a crap of a show!! (Finished it STILL CRAP)
June 29, 2017, 02:57 AM
MRBTXBreaking Bad. What a crap of a show!! (Finished it STILL CRAP)
After BB I got into Game of Thrones. I told the wife, hey you ought to check out GOT's. She says, I'm not into that dungeons and dragons stuff, as she watches The Good Wife. I say, give it a chance, watch a couple episodes. So she does; her and the daughter got hooked on it.
So, my .02c, let the characters develop, you may end up liking Hank (and Mike) more than any of them.
June 29, 2017, 09:33 AM
NavyGuyquote:
Originally posted by DoctorSolo:
Tjust watch Walt quit his job at the car wash season 1. Solid gold, especially if you ever watched Malcom in the Middle.
Cranston really seems to enjoy parading around in his tighty whities and grabbing his crotch.

I guess a lot of folks don't get that the series is intentionally somewhat cartoonish. We all know a lot of what is depicted would never happen in real life, but the way it is presented allows for a connection to real life and real emotions even if done over the top. Characters like Hank and his klepto wife are purposely overly annoying.
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parabellumThe series really starts to smooth out around episode 67.

June 29, 2017, 11:02 AM
tomgunquote:
Originally posted by NavyGuy:
I guess a lot of folks don't get that the series is intentionally somewhat cartoonish. We all know a lot of what is depicted would never happen in real life, but the way it is presented allows for a connection to real life and real emotions even if done over the top. Characters like Hank and his klepto wife are purposely overly annoying.
This is true. At first my wife kept saying this is like half a comedy. I kept saying it's supposed to be.
June 29, 2017, 11:55 AM
LS1 GTOIt took the wife and I three or four attempts to get past the first couple episodes. Once we did, there was some binge watching until the final few episodes.
The last episode we just looked at each other and asked how do we get that lost time of our lives back?
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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June 29, 2017, 12:07 PM
Lord Vaalicquote:
Originally posted by Dead_Eye:
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Originally posted by Veeper:
I never made it out of the first season.
"Walter, you were an inspiration to me and a huge part of the smarts behind my company. I'd love to offer you a super lucrative job and cover your medical expenses."
"No. I'll do it on my broke-ass own."
Oh FFS. Fuck this noise.
If you kept watching you'd find out why he feels so strongly about not taking their money.
Not only would you realize why he doesn't like them, but you are missing the bigger point. Walt is an asshole, with a raging ego under the surface of his quiet science teacher persona. That is the show, his transformation into Heisenberg, aka Evil Walt. He is a supreme dick, and you are seeing flashes of that early
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urbanwarrior238quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
The series really starts to smooth out around episode 67.
So you admit you watched it!!

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June 30, 2017, 09:46 AM
parabellumNo, I'm just going with the flow.
"I tried to watch it. It sucks"
"Oh, you just need to give it a couple of seasons"
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June 30, 2017, 10:52 AM
CoolRich59Para, are there any TV series that you like?
I really enjoy your views and insights on movies (especially noir), and am now wondering what shows, if any, you'd recommend.
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June 30, 2017, 08:53 PM
dave7378Great show. Definitely an acquired taste. Better Call Saul is off to a great start as well.
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June 30, 2017, 09:26 PM
H&K-GuyI keep petering out at episode 3 or 4. Doesn't hold my attention. But I'm thinking I should hunker down in my boonker and give the whole thing another spin. After all, it can't really get
worse than the first few episodes, can it?
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June 30, 2017, 09:41 PM
parabellumquote:
Originally posted by CoolRich59:
Para, are there any TV series that you like?
Sure, lots of them, too many to name, but in the past few years:
Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, the first season of
True Detective.
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June 30, 2017, 10:06 PM
CoolRich59quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
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Originally posted by CoolRich59:
Para, are there any TV series that you like?
Sure, lots of them, too many to name, but in the past few years:
Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, the first season of
True Detective.
Thanks Para. I have not seen Deadwood, but enjoyed Boardwalk Empire and the first season of True Detective as well.
(Sorry for the thread drift Black92LX).
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June 30, 2017, 11:15 PM
46and2quote:
Originally posted by Dusty78:
A lot of times I skip stuff that people love for no good reason. I never watched Lost, Breaking Bad, any of the Harry Potter stuff, no Lord of the rings for me, Game of whatever...nope. I find a lot of people on earth to be morons so that means a lot of morons like that stuff...there is my rationale
I have a moron aversion the likes of which cannot even be measured, and a streak of not liking typically popular shit that the most hipster hipsters the world has ever known only wish they could have. I *am* too cool for school/etc sometimes, and don't give a shit what anyone thinks of it, so suffice it to say - I understand.
Once in a while, however, such an attitude will equate to missing out on some truly outstanding and interesting things. And as far as film and TV goes, GoT, BB, and the like are some of the best dramatic works that've ever been filmed, by twenty country miles.
Try some of them out sometime, you might be surprised.
July 01, 2017, 06:57 PM
Dead_Eyequote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Not only would you realize why he doesn't like them, but you are missing the bigger point. Walt is an asshole, with a raging ego under the surface of his quiet science teacher persona. That is the show, his transformation into Heisenberg, aka Evil Walt. He is a supreme dick, and you are seeing flashes of that early
I would have to respectfully disagree. Walt Sr. was a good guy but he does have an ego problem. He got dealt a shitty hand with the cancer and it motivated him to do whatever it took so long as he could accomplish his goal of providing financial security to his family AND only doing it without accepting help from others (however, the offer from his college buddies is more than that as we know). If Walt never got cancer, he'd continue being a good person and the idea of cooking meth would be 100% out of the question even though money is tight and life didn't turn out the way he wanted.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Walt Jr. is one of my favorite characters because his character and integrity doesn't change throughout the series and he is the only proof that his parents were once loving, decent and honorable people.
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July 02, 2017, 02:37 AM
Black92LXDone with season 2, still sucks.
Though have to say there has been a scene where I actually liked Hank. The tequila scene he surprised me.
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July 02, 2017, 02:49 AM
Dead_Eyequote:
Originally posted by Black92LX:
Done with season 2, still sucks.
Though have to say there has been a scene where I actually liked Hank. The tequila scene he surprised me.
Hank can rub some viewers the wrong way but he is a good guy and is actually quite intelligent. He says one of the best one liners in the final season and it is the most impactful description of Walt Sr, I'll leave it at that.
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July 02, 2017, 06:12 AM
Broadsidequote:
Originally posted by Black92LX:
Good night. I finally get around to watching this as people have raved about it since it's inception and what crap this show is. Granted it is not so terrible that I won't finish the series now that I have started but it is really failing to keep my attention.
Possibly my biggest problem is it is just so flat depressing being that it is built around a character with terminal cancer. No real way to make that enjoyable in my mind really.
Then on top of that I can't stand any of the characters they all seem a bit cartoonish to me. Hank and his wife really annoy me. Jessie just seems like such a goober, Walter Jr. not really sure the deal with that, Walters wife just seems kind of bland, and Walter I guess he is the most life like outside of the cancer issues reminds me much of my freshman biology teach sweaters and all though he did not have a mustache or glasses.
Then the things I don't get are the inside of their house appears to be stuck in the 80s yet the backyard pool area seems very nice and modern.
He drives a Pontiac Aztec quite possibly the worst vehicle known to man and she drives an early 80s Grand Wagoneer is freaking pristine condition that someone would really give a bunch of money for in that shape. Just does not seem to flow to me.
Maybe folks just hyped it up so much. Heard some many people say it is the best show since the Sopranos. Not even close.
My wife and I started watching Braking Bad after the series had ended. We enjoyed it. But it gets darker (depressing) as the series goes on.
We also enjoy Better Call Saul. But that is a very different show.
With that said, Black, if I had the reaction that you above, I would quit watching and never look back. Life is just too short to waste it watching TV you don't like.
July 02, 2017, 02:53 PM
SIG228I made it through maybe two episodes and couldn't take any more.
July 02, 2017, 03:25 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
would have to respectfully disagree. Walt Sr. was a good guy but he does have an ego problem. He got dealt a shitty hand with the cancer and it motivated him to do whatever it took so long as he could accomplish his goal of providing financial security to his family AND only doing it without accepting help from others (however, the offer from his college buddies is more than that as we know). If Walt never got cancer, he'd continue being a good person and the idea of cooking meth would be 100% out of the question even though money is tight and life didn't turn out the way he wanted.
I disagree with your disagreement. That is a common misconception that a life circumstance such as a cancer diagnosis turns people into criminals. Simply does not happen. Walt was a piece of shit all along. JMHO