Posted on 10/10/2017 12:40:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Millions of people around the world over know the Northeast Heights home as the one owned by teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White in the AMC show "Breaking Bad," but it's not. It belongs to real humans.
After years of taking vandalisms, trespassing and general rudeness in stride, the real-life homeowners have said enough, it's off limits. For Joanne Quintana, it's been a pretty ridiculous four years.
"We feel like we can't leave because when we, do something happens and that's ridiculous," she said.
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Quintana's mom owns the house. Watch what goes down in her neighborhood every single day and you'd think Walter White really lives here. Paul Siddell, visiting from Tuscon, Ariz, said he was pretty into it.
"This is almost like this stuff really happened in these houses," he said.
On a weekly basis, Quintana said she loses count of how many people come to the house. Over the first Balloon Fiesta weekend, she estimates it climbed into the hundreds. In 15 minutes, a KOB news crew counted nearly 10 tourists.
They can get nasty. Some even steal rocks from the landscaping as souvenirs.
"They feel the need to tell us to close our garage, get out of the picture, you know -- tell us what to do on our own property," Quintana said.
After a particularly messy weekend, the free show is over. Quintana is installing a 6-foot high wrought iron fence. It wasn't exactly an easy decision; it's one that feels like a punishment.
That fence should be completed soon, but Quintana said people have already tried to climb around the construction to get a picture.
"We don't want to gate ourselves in," Quintana said. "We're the ones who's being locked up. We did nothing wrong."
At a UNM area duplex used as Jesse Pinkman's apartment, the renter deals with it as well. Every weekend, she has at least three or four people up here trying to take a selfie at her front door. Weckiai Rannila said it's annoying at worst, but she applauds Quintana's fence.
She said if it ever got bad, she'd break too.
Frank Sandoval runs Breaking Bad RV Tours. He's become almost a private police force, shooing people from properties.
"We hear about it on a daily basis, so much so that we've gone up on the roof to pull pizza's down," he said.
Hate Chranston. Didn’t know he was a douche until AFTER BrBa.
BrBa is the best series ever made.
>>Well than you must not live in the real world.<<
No, it means I found it boring.
I grew up in a poor barrio suburb in the 70s. I didn’t see any meth labs through.
One of those gorgeous twin engine airplanes?
Boring episode = Fly caught in lab, right..?
TOTALLY STUPID EPISODE..!
Wowzers.
That’s the way it was with me — hooked. My son, an intelligent fellow in his mid-40s, told me I had to watch it, that it was very well done and gripping.
So I did. It was a perfect storm of writing casting, cinematography, pathos, action, intrigue, panic-mode, bizarre behavior, and the like.
After I saw all episodes, I tried to assess which characters I actually “liked” in the whole thing, and came to realize that I really didn’t “like” any of them. Then I said, “well, maybe Agent Gomez (he was kinda funny, upstanding, good cop, sidekick); but his character was not too well developed, on purpose, I think.” Then I thought, “well, maybe Saul Goodman; and, after all is said and done, I think he’s the guy — crooked, yes; opportunistic, yes; venal, absolutely; but bar none the finest caricature of a lawyer since My Cousin Vinny.” Saul was completely consistent, within his own peculiar confines; and he was the only one.
So, I watched the whole series again, and I still feel that way; and I was thoroughly entertained the 2nd time around.
BTW, the sequel, “Better Call Saul”, is equally endearing. That Bob Odenkirk is just a downright funny guy, almost in the Art Carney mode.
Yup.
Try watching it again. Greatest show in TV history.
>>Try watching it again. Greatest show in TV history.<<
Will something change after 5 eps (I think it was season 3?)? It isn’t like I didn’t give it a pretty good showing.
I mean that seriously, not sarcastically.
Way too many.
I’ve walked by the house. I feel sorry for them.
But then again,
“Monday” makes some good points....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3593715/posts?page=15#15
They can always sell if they hate it there.
>>Idiot! Turn it into a BB museum! She could easily make $1 million per year. Can I buy it? Damn...<<
A good — a GREAT — idea.
Suggest you get to gettin’ and be their agent.
FAST!
I liked the show, and saw all of it. I had no idea regarding the name of that stupid looking car. A real Aztec is a beautiful airplane. That sad thing is an imposter.
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“Why is he still here in America?”
Well, HE’S here - all of his cash is in Canada or offshore somewhere. It’s what LibTards do! ;)
Thanks for steering me away from the show. I was tempted, but there are much better things to watch via Acorn TV and independently produced things, IMHO.
We watched, ‘Justified’ (on DVD) all last winter and both Beau and I were OBSESSED. We now have two kittens named, ‘Boyd & Eva,’ LOL!
Yeah, Justified is one of the few shows I can watch with my GF, aside from Game of Thrones or Walking Dead lol. I never watched it when it came out in 2 seasons. Some guy just told me it’s not really a lefty show so we tried it.
It’s kind of like McDonald’s and Walmart. People here (and elsewhere) say they can’t stand the places, they suck, they’re terrible.
...and of course they go shopping/eating there once they’re convinced no one is looking.
I HATE that characteristic of people.
Say my name.
I might do, ‘Walking Dead.’ A few friends really like it.
‘GOT’ just looks too violent for me (she says as she watched EVERY second of ‘Justified’ when EVERY bullet/killing WAS justified) because of all the incest and killing babies and chit. *SHRUG* I have the books, just haven’t gotten to them, yet.
Your GF would probably like ‘Highlander.’ You would, too. It’s pretty much soft core porn, LOL! I have a friend who is in her late 60’s who is addicted to it. I LOVE to tease her about all the ‘naughty bits.’ *SMIRK*
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