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Breaking Bad (no longer live) Thread
vanity | 9.29.13 | vladimir998

Posted on 09/29/2013 7:16:26 PM PDT by vladimir998

So what did you think (if you watched the show)?


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To: discostu

I did like the part where he confronted him with the tiny knife and Walt said “If that’s the way we’re going to go, you’re going to need a much bigger knife”


161 posted on 09/30/2013 2:09:52 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: zeestephen

he was taking about the 80 million he stole from him


162 posted on 09/30/2013 2:15:02 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: dead

they never got to go further with the whole “Todd loves Lydia” part of the plot- I could not see where that was going to lead, and they never really finished that off

we don’t get to see Lydia suffer enough either- she should have been screaming psycho wailing at the end

That’s why this should have been a 2 hour final episode.


163 posted on 09/30/2013 2:29:43 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: Mr. K
The whole Todd and Lydia thing was just to show how creepy and psychotic Todd was. He was having some one-way romance in his weird little head, while Lydia just viewed him as some half-dim creepy employee who was clueless but very dangerous. She knew he was into her and kind of just played along enough to keep him producing.

The fact that Todd had a "Lydia" song as his ringtone was just evidence what a weird little freak he was. The fact that it was "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Groucho Marx was just perfect for the absurdist humor of the show, like Walt posing Skinny Pete and Badger as world-class assassins who would track the rich couple down to Amsterdam or Paris if they didn't do what he said.

I liked that the ending was crammed together and not dragged out. It kept with the hyper pacing of the whole show. Last week was too quiet and slow. This week kept everything slamming along. Even a conversation with Skylar couldn't slow down the pace of this episode.

164 posted on 09/30/2013 2:46:44 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Mr. K

It gave me an excuse to break format and play it today.


165 posted on 09/30/2013 4:07:57 PM PDT by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: dennisw

Loved Jesse getting to kill Todd. I felt some affection for almost every character in the show-—even Gus-—but Todd was a psychopath who deserved everything he got.


166 posted on 09/30/2013 4:22:26 PM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; RinaseaofDs

Last week, creator Vince Gilligan offered a one-word tease about the finale: “woodworking.” Long-time Breaking Bad fans will remember one of Jesse’s more eloquent moments at his addiction support group, when he told a story about building a wooden box in a vocational-tech class – one of the few times he really did apply himself — spending countless hours cutting, sanding and lacquering until it was “perfect.”

After initially claiming that he gave the box to his mother, he walks back the lie a few moments later: “You know, I didn’t give the box to my mom. I traded it for an ounce of weed.” Tragic, but that’s Jesse.


167 posted on 09/30/2013 4:30:05 PM PDT by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: RabidBartender

Conan had the BB cast on, and they said the ending was Walt went into witness protection, moved to California, married a woman named Lois, had three sons named Malcolm, Dewey and Francis and his name was Hal! (The plot of the Malcolm In The MIddle series, Hal was played by Bryan Cranston.)

It was funny...

Ed


168 posted on 09/30/2013 4:31:42 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: vladimir998

I loved it...I’m just confused as to how Walt got shot, since he was on the ground holding Jesse down as the M-60 shot everybody.

Ed


169 posted on 09/30/2013 4:33:30 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: cripplecreek

I sure was hoping Jonathan Banks would win the Emmy. He was cheated out of one for Wiseguy and, I think, cheated out of one for BB.

Ed


170 posted on 09/30/2013 4:38:17 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: bleach

I remember that now. Thanks.


171 posted on 09/30/2013 4:40:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Religious faith in government is far crazier than religious faith in God.)
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To: Mr. K
Heisenberg was still in there, somewhere.
172 posted on 09/30/2013 4:40:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Religious faith in government is far crazier than religious faith in God.)
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To: Mr. K

How many caught the ever so slight nod?


173 posted on 09/30/2013 5:00:32 PM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: Sir_Ed

I was reading that Aaron Paul said that Banks should be the one to win an Emmy. The man is a real pro.


174 posted on 09/30/2013 5:01:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The woodworking quote is about Jesse who is stuck cooking but is daydreaming of being free and making a wooden box project with his hands...

I think it was meant to show how messed up in his mind he was by that point, being held captive in chains and forced to cook- he was escaping into his own mind


175 posted on 09/30/2013 5:02:18 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: bmwcyle

when Walt broke into the grey-matter couples house my heart was actually beating wondering what was going to happen!!!


176 posted on 09/30/2013 5:03:20 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: LS

Yeah, Todd was a classic emotionless sociopath. The kid played it well.

Perfect choice of music for the closing scene as well.


177 posted on 09/30/2013 5:04:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: x
Here's hoping Gilligan & crew find something really new and exciting to amaze us with in the future.

In a way the series was just a modern adaptation of a very old tragedy like the story of King Midas. Even the name of the final season Ozymandius is a reference to getting everything you want and being left with nothing but devastation and a crumbling monument.

Granted the show was not for kids but we do need more like it in society.
178 posted on 09/30/2013 5:14:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

<< “I liked the vertical beam that they put between Skyler and Walt in the middle of the frame. It emphasized how separate they were at that point.” >>

I did too.

Over this entire series, I never saw them say “I love you” to each other, which was sad. (Maybe I just missed it?) And i thought their final scene could have shown a little more emotional attachment, especially since they both knew it was their last goodbye. She knew he was protecting her; I just thought she should have at least thanked him for it.

That vertical beam was probably used in the scene so Walt could “suddenly appear” out of nowhere, but like you said, it was great symbolism.


179 posted on 09/30/2013 5:22:22 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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To: Nita Nupress

” I just thought she should have at least thanked him for it.”

You’re kidding-—after all the lying? No way.

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180 posted on 09/30/2013 5:24:59 PM PDT by Mears (Liberalism is the art ot being easily offended.)
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