09-03-2012, 06:35 PM | #1 |
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Breaking Bad
So I've found another show to start watching, and I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it.
Superb acting, writing, and pretty emotionally involving. At times the show feels a bit slice of life, but it's almost entirely, as far as I can tell, purposeful to connect the viewer with the characters more emotionally to view them more as people they know and less as scripted characters in a TV show. Anyhow, I'm only on the third episode of the second season and this is a lot more than I bargained for. The show can be pretty hard to watch at times, too. Anyone else watch it?
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09-03-2012, 07:40 PM | #2 |
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You are way behind lol.
After they put it up on Netflix, I practically watched every episode one after the other. The show is insanely good. Semi-spoiler but I'll still keep it vague: Spoiler: show Hell, this show transformed Malcolm's dad from this bumbling fool into freaking Scarface. He's won like 4 or 5 Emmy's for his performance on this show. And he's even getting enough recognition to be in movies! And not as a bumbling idiot! |
09-07-2012, 06:20 PM | #3 |
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I'm on S05E02 right now and holy shit, you were not kidding.
This show is incredibly dark and a bit depressing to watch. I thought it was dark in the first season, but this is... an entirely different beast. Thoughts below: Spoiler: show
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09-07-2012, 08:34 PM | #4 |
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I actually really like Jesse's character the most. He's always a good counter to Walt from beginning to now but in a strange way.
Spoiler for others who may have not caught up. Spoiler: show Also, I do like Mike a shit ton too. Especially when he's with his granddaughter. All of those moments are great. |
01-30-2013, 06:07 PM | #8 |
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Honestly, Walt starts off as a total bumbling fool. He's doing his criminal activities because he sees no other option to get out of his situation. Slowly over time, he keeps committing to it and drops slowly more into the dark. Jesse on the other hand...
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01-30-2013, 06:18 PM | #9 |
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I LOVE THIS SHOW
I will make a more detailed post at a later time, but to give you all a brief idea....
I first started watching this show last summer, a friend got me into it. We watched the first two episodes of season one. A month later, untill around Christmas, I watched all the way to the end of season 4. So the first half of season 5 during the last days of 2012. EPIC show. It took a while to grow on me. It was "entertaining", and then "fun to watch". Somewhere around Season 4 it became one of my all-time favorites. |
01-30-2013, 07:21 PM | #10 |
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Interesting that it took you that long. I guess it doesn't take much to impress me.
>Loki Yeah I'm seeing how they're changing already. I'm limiting myself to at most 1 episode a day, so I can't wait until tomorrow!
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01-31-2013, 12:40 AM | #12 |
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I watched Season 2 Episode 10 today, which suddenly made me like the show 100x more. Before, I thought it was a pretty good show, but this seems to be the turning point for me.
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01-31-2013, 12:44 AM | #13 |
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I actually watched all of season 4 in one day because they put it on Netflix the same day season 5 was airing and I HAD TO SEE IT ALL BEFORE THE NEW EPISODE.
There's actually a lot of great turning points for the show. I don't want to spoil anything and I also don't know which episode Season 2 Ep 10 is EXACTLY, but there's a lot of great character development throughout the series. There's a few lulls now and then, but the who always knows how to do something explosive to make up for it. |
01-31-2013, 03:00 PM | #14 |
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zactly what happened to me (dont know if it was that exact epsisode, but)
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01-31-2013, 03:01 PM | #15 |
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BTW, you can find all the gag/reels bonus stuff-webisodes on youtube (only the first two seasons had the webisodes, and wikipedia can list them all out for you if you think you missed one)
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Mid to end of S2 was what sealed the deal for me on how much I love the show. Breaking Bad is one show that really just gets better and better as it progresses. I've been following some of the light-spoiler happenings from the actors as the wrap up shooting, some pretty interesting things are said and shared on their twitters...
I wish S5-II would hurry up and get here
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Haven't looked at the rest of the thread because I haven't started watching yet. My girlfriend and I are going to try to get caught up on the show because we both want to watch it really badly. I might post thoughts along the way. Only ever heard great things about this show, so hopefully I'll be impressed by it.
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02-05-2013, 10:26 PM | #20 |
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GET OFF UPNETWORK AND START WATCHING ALREADY!!!!
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02-18-2013, 08:13 PM | #22 |
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Not yet. You didn't finish season 4.
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02-18-2013, 09:32 PM | #23 |
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This makes me want to do a UPN series finale stream some how when it happens.
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02-18-2013, 09:38 PM | #24 |
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Oh yeah update: I watched the pilot episode. It was pretty good, definitely wants to make me watch more. However, it wasn't the HOLY SHIT BEST SHOW EVAR show that I was getting absolutely hyped for. Still going to watch, going to see if it gets me hooked but the first episode didn't do that for me.
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02-18-2013, 09:40 PM | #25 |
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The first episode is definitely good and it's easily the best hook for a new series I've seen in a mature show in a long time, but it's not the BESTEST SHOW EVER (yet). It's a lot of what follows that makes the show so amazing.
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