Breaking Bad

[whitehall]

Dude, I think prose and theater above the 5th grade level is just too much for you.

The point of the show was that they were "anti heroes". Everyone watching knew the world would be a better place, if they dropped dead immediately.

One interesting effect of such clever writing is to make you root for evil people, in spite of yourself. It's entertaining to lose that control, when watching fiction.

But this is clearly all far too nuanced for you. Stick to comic books, son.

"The world would be a better place". I rest my case.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

"The world would be a better place". I rest my case.

You actually just undermined your own, bizarre take. You just pointed out that the viewers did not find their behavior acceptable. Oops.

 

[Flopper]

Yes !! Yes
It just gets more and more intense !!
When you finish , you have BCS

What pray tell is BCS?
Building Control System, Banking Communication, Standard Bar Code Sorter, Business Career Service, Body condition scoring, Black culture syndrome, Background Condition Screening, : Bachelor of Computer Science, Breast-Conserving Surgery, Bowl Championship Series,.... Ok I give up.

Why do people use abbreviations that are not going to be clear to all readers? I use to managed a group of very technical people who just loved to use acronyms and abbreviations which saved time and their coworkers understood. I suppose they thought the readers of their document would do some research and decode their writing. However, what really happens is when a writer uses acronyms and abbreviations unknown to a reader, the writing is usually ignore.

 

[gipper]

What pray tell is BCS?
Building Control System, Banking Communication, Standard Bar Code Sorter, Business Career Service, Body condition scoring, Black culture syndrome, Background Condition Screening, : Bachelor of Computer Science, Breast-Conserving Surgery, Bowl Championship Series,.... Ok I give up.

Why do people use abbreviations that are not going to be clear to all readers? I use to managed a group of very technical people who just loved to use acronyms and abbreviations which saved time and their coworkers understood. I suppose they thought the readers of their document would do some research and decode their writing. However, what really happens is when a writer uses acronyms and abbreviations unknown to a reader, the writing is usually ignore.

Better Call Saul.

 

[Quasar44]

What pray tell is BCS?
Building Control System, Banking Communication, Standard Bar Code Sorter, Business Career Service, Body condition scoring, Black culture syndrome, Background Condition Screening, : Bachelor of Computer Science, Breast-Conserving Surgery, Bowl Championship Series,.... Ok I give up.

Why do people use abbreviations that are not going to be clear to all readers? I use to managed a group of very technical people who just loved to use acronyms and abbreviations which saved time and their coworkers understood. I suppose they thought the readers of their document would do some research and decode their writing. However, what really happens is when a writer uses acronyms and abbreviations unknown to a reader, the writing is usually ignore.

Better Call Saul
The prequel that wraps up in a few months.

Yes, its very good but not as good as BB
BCS is slow the first 2 seasons then really picks up.

Its good

 

[Quasar44]

If you love BB then you HAVE TO SEE BCS

You get all the origins of Saul Goodman and Mike

 

[Flopper]

Mayhem, murder and drug dealing is acceptable when it is sanitized by the Hollywood elite. Stick a simple thing like a confederate flag into the mix and the series would have been toast. That's life in the politically (if not morally) correct fantasy world of pop culture.

Stick a simple thing like a confederate flag into the mix and you would have a distraction to the storyline that was created.

 

[Flopper]

Dude, I think prose and theater above the 5th grade level is just too much for you.

The point of the show was that they were "anti heroes". Everyone watching knew the world would be a better place, if they dropped dead immediately.

One interesting effect of such clever writing is to make you root for evil people, in spite of yourself. It's entertaining to lose that control, when watching fiction.

But this is clearly all far too nuanced for you. Stick to comic books, son.

It was the same with the Sopranos. You knew that they were criminals, murders, and thieves but they were also people with families. They were people who did good things, who loved and were loved, who lived by a code of honor and loyalty. We are so accustom to seeing good guys and bad guys as the ones wearing the white hats and blacks we forget that there are a lot of grey hats.
"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us."
James Truslow Adams

 

[Flopper]

Better Call Saul
The prequel that wraps up in a few months.

Yes, its very good but not as good as BB
BCS is slow the first 2 seasons then really picks up.

Its good

It you say so

 

[petro]

If you love BB then you HAVE TO SEE BCS

You get all the origins of Saul Goodman and Mike

Mike's story and the building of the meth lab was interesting.
Mike is my favorite no nonsense character.

 

[whitehall]

You actually just undermined your own, bizarre take. You just pointed out that the viewers did not find their behavior acceptable. Oops.

Let it go fart fun.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

It was the same with the Sopranos.

Yes.

It was the same with the Sopranos. You knew that they were criminals, murders, and thieves but they were also people with families. They were people who did good things, who loved and were loved, who lived by a code of honor and loyalty. We are so accustom to seeing good guys and bad guys as the ones wearing the white hats and blacks we forget that there are a lot of grey hats.
"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us."
James Truslow Adams

And it isn't just mindless bubble gum chewing. Who among us has NOT watched the anti-heroes and puzzled through when, exactly, we, ourselves, might behave similarly?

"I'm no Walter White. But he had to defend himself. It was him or them."

And then we have to ask ourselves if we are making explanations or excuses. Yes, what happened in the 60 seconds wrapping around an event might, itself, appear to justify and excuse the actions of a person, regardless of the morality or history of that person. But, context can matter. What led to the situation in the first place?

This same, moral question faces our courts. We often err on the side of caution and consider only the "wraparound 60 seconds", in our justice system.

Enter -- for example -- anti-heroes Rittenhouse and Zimmerman. Enter the Killdozer guy. Yes, that is a matter of perspective, I know. That's part and parcel of my point..

I have no intent to make this political. I'm just throwing the ideas out there.

 

[Flopper]

Yes.

And it isn't just mindless bubble gum chewing. Who among us has NOT watched the anti-heroes and puzzled through when, exactly, we, ourselves, might behave similarly?

"I'm no Walter White. But he had to defend himself. It was him or them."

And then we have to ask ourselves if we are making explanations or excuses. Yes, what happened in the 60 seconds wrapping around an event might, itself, appear to justify and excuse the actions of a person, regardless of the morality or history of that person. But, context can matter. What led to the situation in the first place?

This same, moral question faces our courts. We often err on the side of caution and consider only the "wraparound 60 seconds", in our justice system.

Enter -- for example -- anti-heroes Rittenhouse and Zimmerman. Enter the Killdozer guy. Yes, that is a matter of perspective, I know. That's part and parcel of my point..

I have no intent to make this political. I'm just throwing the ideas out there.

Good Post

 

[gipper]

Good Post

That’s a first.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

That’s a first.

Still sore over you troofers being laughed out of the room and relegated to the loony bin of history? Dude, that's not my fault.

 

[g5000]

Well, finally I did it. I started watching this series to find out why so many people, including my teenage grandkids think it's so great. Here's what it's all about.

Mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can't get much worse. His salary barely makes ends meet, a situation not likely to improve once his pregnant wife gives birth, and their teenage son is battling cerebral palsy. But Walter is dumbstruck when he learns he has terminal cancer. Realizing that his illness probably will ruin his family financially, Walter makes a desperate bid to earn as much money as he can in the time he has left by turning an old RV into a meth lab on wheels.

It's been said many times that it is one of the best TV series ever made. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 96 with an audience score of 97.
Awards:

Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama
2014
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2014, 2013 · Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Moira Walley-Beckett, ...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2014 · Jesse Plemons, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, ...
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2014, 2010, 2009, ... · Bryan Cranston
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2014, 2013 · Anna Gunn
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
2014, 2013 · Bryan Cranston
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2014, 2012, 2010 · Aaron Paul
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
2014 · Bryan Cranston
Satellite Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
2014 · Aaron Paul
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series
2013, 2012 · Bryan Cranston
Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Series, Drama/Genre
2014, 2010, 2009, ... · Bryan Cranston
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2014, 2012 · Aaron Paul, Giancarlo Esposito
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
2014 · Moira Walley-Beckett
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
2014, 2013 · Vince Gilligan, Rian Johnson
Producers Guild of America Award - Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Drama
2015, 2014 · Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Moira Walley-Beckett, ...
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama Series
2014, 2013, 2012 · Vince Gilligan, Moira Walley-Beckett, Peter Gould, ...
NME Award for Best TV Series
2014
TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
2009 · Bryan Cranston
Satellite Award for Best Television Series, Drama
2014, 2010, 2009 · AMC
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series
2014, 2013
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
2014, 2013, 2009, ... · Skip MacDonald, Kelley Dixon, Lynne Willingham
TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama
2012, 2010
British Academy Television International Award
2014 · Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Sam Catlin, ...
TCA Award for Program of the Year
2014, 2013
People's Choice Award for Favorite Series We Miss Most
2014
Peabody Award
2014, 2009 · Sony Pictures Television
PEN USA Literary Award for a Teleplay
2009 · George Mastras
Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
2011
Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series - Google Search

My opinion is that it is well worth watching if you like series like the Sopranos where the good guys are really the bad guys or maybe the bad guys or really the good guys. Anyway, I have never watched a show that is as consistently genuine and engaging as Breaking Bad. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest shows ever. Unlike so many shows it doesn't depend on cliff hangers to keep it's audience. The character development is so good, that you'll come back because you want know more about them and you want to see how the story unfolds.

One warning is the there are some pretty bloody scenes. And some say it glorifies drug dealing, however I disagree on this point. The show is much about why people are into drugs, from the central character who does bad things for some very good reasons to hapless young people who simply have nothing else in their lives, to those whose lives have been destroyed by drugs, to those that are so evil they don't deserve to live.

It's available on Netflix, Prime Video, VUDU, Redbox., Vudu Movie & TV Store or Apple TV on your Roku device.

It is one of the best series ever made. And the nuances behind the gradual evolution of Walter White from milquetoast to cold-blooded drug lord is incredibly well done.

And I like how Jesse Pinkman calls him "Mr. White" throughout the series. Jesse is always the student, and Walter is always the teacher.

I think you would like the HBO series The Wire. That's my favorite series of all time. Some of the actors in the show were actual gangbangers and cops.

 

[miketx]

Walter White's wife has big hooters! I wonder why they didn't use Heisenberg compensators on him?

 

[Sunni Man]

My favorite characters in Breaking Bad are the mute, enigmatic Salamanca twins and their wheelchair bound bell ringing uncle Hector "Tio" Salamanca.
Also thought the DEA brother-in law Hank was a fascinating character you couldn't help but like.
Of course Gustavo "Gus" Fring the laconic owner of Los Pollos fast food chicken restaurant and super villain bad ass was an awesome character.
But I wish they'd have killed off Jesse Pinkman early in the series. The guy who played him was a terrible actor, and the character just wasn't believable on any level.

 

[gipper]

My favorite characters in Breaking Bad are the enigmatic mute Salamanca twins and their wheelchair bound bell ringing uncle Hector "Tio" Salamanca.
Also thought the DEA brother-in law Hank was a fascinating character you couldn't help but like.
Of course Gustavo "Gus" Fring the laconic owner of Los Pollo fast food chicken restaurant and super villain bad ass was an awesome character.
But I wish they'd have killed off Jesse Pinkman early in the series. The guy who played him was a terrible actor, and the character just wasn't believable on any level.

I agree with that, except about Jesse. The actor did a fantastic job. He’s done well after BB staring in several series.

 

[BothWings]

Yeah, having your kids watch shows which attempt to glamorize drugs and make heroes of drug dealers is wonderful. We need to have meth-use validated so future generations will become desensitized to it and maybe even try it and find it easier to justify it because some fake charismatic character on TV did it. It makes me fucking sick. I don't care how clever and creative the writers are. Lots of people who do bad things are clever and creative.