wow, a lot happens in the space of one episode.
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 March 2009 04:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
tuco cracks me up when does that "tight-tight-TIGHT"
― eman, Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
n e more leaks yet?
― eman, Sunday, 22 March 2009 23:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
naw its prob the typical case where they sent the 1st 3 out to reviewers and well have to just wait for the rest to air - tho there is a torrent on demoniod of the 1st season ripped from dvd that claims to be [UNRATED.UNCUT.NEW.MATERIAL] - might check it out
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 22 March 2009 23:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
Tuco's grandfather is now officially my new favorite television character. That bell = pure genius. And in general, I think that the subtle details and quirks of the characters is the best thing about this show, at once kind of Lynchian and realistic-seeming (which would seem impossible, but they pull it off somehow).
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Monday, 23 March 2009 00:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
Tio means uncle.
― Thrills as Cheap as Gas (Oilyrags), Monday, 23 March 2009 00:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
Thank you for the clarification.
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Monday, 23 March 2009 02:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
Haha, I know right? What a game-changing revelation that must have been for you!
― Thrills as Cheap as Gas (Oilyrags), Monday, 23 March 2009 12:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
you can see the pitch:
"it's american beauty meets grand theft auto!"
but somehow despite this it is pretty good! and certainly unusual for a tv show
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
from ep 1 -
"why are you doing this?"
"well - why do you do it?"
"money.. mainly"
"there you go"
"wait wait hold up. this isn't normal. it's weird! if you're crazy, or depressed or something.. i need to know! that affects me!!"
--
this last sentence from "the cap'n" has got me hooked - he's a real character suddenly instead of a stereotype - this show is going to rule
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 22:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
im at the last ep of the first series and am very impressed by this show.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 22:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
2nd season just gets better and better IMO. This is def my current favorite show.
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 22:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
"i thought we were going to coldstone creamery"
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
COIN FLIP IS SACRED
the guy who plays the brother in law has his whole thing down cold
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
season 2 is next level
― Dr. Phil, Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
tuco's burritos looked gross. it was just chopped steak in a tortilla. no pico, no nothin'.
― Duderonomy 1:69-420 (iiiijjjj), Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
jesus christ this show!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
s1e03 is an amazing, amazing episode
i have even started feeling for the overbearing mom!
this show has nothing to do with "falling down" at all btw
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
even the dickhead brothher-in-law is kind of Good People underneath it all - am i just a huge softie??
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anybody watch the 'minisodes'? Also, what's a minisode as opposed to a webisode?
― Vincent and Julio Gallo (Oilyrags), Thursday, 16 April 2009 00:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
don't know what those are?
i don't buy it as a masculine transgressive fantasy, at least not through s1e03. all the aggressive types are either idiots or villains or both. so far it seems a lot about families actually.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 01:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
^^ MTF is applicable to last season, I believe, but yeah, Dr. Phil OTM, we're on to the next level here.
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Thursday, 16 April 2009 01:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
o big tracer 3 episodes in an hes an expert
anyway just watched the most recent ep and this shit has gone from dark to dire - still v good - not as much fun tho - enjoyed walt all full of himself for successfully lying to his wifes face while making his ex look bad - btw that was a nice touch that he left her - totally assumed it was the other way
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 03:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
i am a huge expert on those three episodes and do hereby challenge all comers to an interpretive duel
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 07:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
I cd go a coldstone creamery right about now
― the most naturally gifted poster of his generation (cozwn), Thursday, 16 April 2009 09:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
i cd go 4 some crank
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Thursday, 16 April 2009 09:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
Didn't get round to watching this for some time, mostly because the whole "cancer" premise put me off, but after two episodes - it's really good! not sure if i prefer it to mad men, but it's interesting since in the latter the characters are all intrinsically bad heroes whereas in breaking bad they're all good villains.
― the next grozart, Thursday, 16 April 2009 10:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
hmmm compelling thesis
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 13:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
dea brother in law was on last nites lost
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
each of these seasons is actually a miniseries, isn't it.
it's just not called that.
i can't imagine not starting at the beginning.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
no one has yet noted that there will be a season three -
Just four episodes into Breaking Bad's second season, burgeoning cable network AMC has greenlit a third cycle of the award-winning drama series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show -- which stars Bryan Cranston as a high school chemistry teacher-turned-drug dealer -- nabbed 1.7 million viewers in its season premiere, a 21 percent increase over the first season's debut and a startling 42 percent bump over the first season's viewership average. Bad was awarded the revered Peabody award just yesterday, and star Cranston took home the Emmy for best actor in a drama series last fall.http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/04/breaking-bad-am.html
http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/04/breaking-bad-am.html
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 18 April 2009 01:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
how does this show differ from 'weeds'?
― Michael B, Saturday, 18 April 2009 14:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
1 - it's an hour
2 - it's not fucking terrible
― Vincent and Julio Gallo (Oilyrags), Saturday, 18 April 2009 14:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
i dunno, i've never seen weeds. everything about this show is terrific. they take a fairly outrageous premise and work through all of its implications, on an almost minute-by-minute basis. there are some vicarious thrills for sure but man, the lead character is having anything but a good time.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 18 April 2009 14:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
the thing i like most is how differently you come to see many of the characters - how you get to see all these different sides of them that you hadn't suspected at first, and even reevaluate your own initial reactions to them
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 18 April 2009 14:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've been working on my Jesse voice impression over the last week, mostly in the car. It's coming along pretty well. Basically it's shouting, with some hoarseness, but like you have a mild cold too. The trick is to balance the appropriate proportions of those three key elements.
― Duderonomy 1:69-420 (iiiijjjj), Monday, 20 April 2009 00:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
damn. this episode is violent
― Isiah Dumbass (Dr. Phil), Monday, 20 April 2009 02:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
Haven't we seen the old boobytrapped tortoise baited with a severed head trick a million times before?
― Vincent and Julio Gallo (Oilyrags), Monday, 20 April 2009 02:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
lol?
― Isiah Dumbass (Dr. Phil), Monday, 20 April 2009 03:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
wtf @ bob odenkirk joining the cast !?!
― Isiah Dumbass (Dr. Phil), Monday, 20 April 2009 03:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
That was some quasicronenberg shit right there.
uh, the turtle, not odenkirk
― Vincent and Julio Gallo (Oilyrags), Monday, 20 April 2009 03:03 (4 years ago) Permalink
i guess the song at the beginning was a narcocorrido?
― Isiah Dumbass (Dr. Phil), Monday, 20 April 2009 03:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
from the gilmore girls to jessie's girlfriend. this show is awesome.
― keythkeythkeyth, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
omg the narcocorrido was an amzing move - best ep yet - loved how everyone kept repeating crushed his head w/an atm as if it made any sense at all - looking forward to odenkirk
― ice cr?m, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
brother in law way over his head is a sweet development - as is delving into the mexican madness - v timely
― ice cr?m, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
This show just keeps getting better. It is my current favorite & is threatening to edge into my all-time A-list. The dysfunctional tweaker family was waaaaaaaay too well done. I literally felt compelled to (and did) take a shower after last week's episode. Trejo turtle-bomb was def A+++
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Monday, 20 April 2009 21:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
"he's not on pot any more"
"oh please! pot and chemotherapy go together like.. like apple pie, and.. and chevrolet!!"
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 21:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
that last episode (with the narcocorrido and the turtle-bomb) was the first one I've ever seen. my friend convinced me to watch it and tried to give me a quick overview of the plot so far, but... nothing could have prepared me for that.
(I liked it, tho)
― I'm the head soul brother in the US. Where to now? (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 23:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
almost caught up..
loose ends:
HUGO
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
sometimes they're right. especially in the ridiculous case of Breaking Bad!
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 May 2013 17:30 (4 days ago) Permalink
(not accounting for the other, more sane decisions Walt could've made lol)
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 May 2013 17:31 (4 days ago) Permalink
i almost gave up on watching in s2 b/c of skyler early characterization as a harpy etc. some of the moments with her have stood out to me ever since as some of the worst in the series - singing happy birthday to ted, for instance. really? she's going to humiliate herself like that in front of the entire office? she's not stupid!
idk, if skyler's been such an awful shrew that he just couldn't wait to die and/or cook meth to get away from her, why didn't he just get a divorce prior to this
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 19 May 2013 18:44 (4 days ago) Permalink
Are there any honest-to-God nice characters on TV that you still find interesting?SpongeBob SquarePants is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It’s because he has passion. He has a passion for chasing jellyfish. I’m very glad people love Breaking Bad, but the harder character to write is the good character that’s as interesting and as engaging as the bad guy. My hat is off to the SpongeBob showrunners. It’s like how Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backward and in high heels. That’s kind of the struggle you face when you’re writing the good guy now instead of a bad guy.
― utilizing my famously feline agility to seek managerial succor (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 May 2013 19:26 (4 days ago) Permalink
Yeah, that quote's been around ever since there was a Ginger Rogers.
― What makes a man shart fire? (WilliamC), Sunday, 19 May 2013 19:56 (4 days ago) Permalink
new to me!
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:12 (4 days ago) Permalink
"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
- matthew weiner
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:49 (4 days ago) Permalink
"the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - chuck lorre
― balls, Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:36 (4 days ago) Permalink
"i'm sure the ginger rogers quote isn't original with him" - forksclovetofu
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:39 (4 days ago) Permalink
"Tippecanoe and Tyler, too, BITCH!"
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:39 (4 days ago) Permalink
"who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the armenians?" - jj abrams
― balls, Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:42 (4 days ago) Permalink
"Tina you fat lard, come get some dinner." - Ike Turner
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Monday, 20 May 2013 01:37 (3 days ago) Permalink
I immediately disliked Skyler until I thought about her situation - a husband that has let life beat him down and seems to beg to be disrespected, a son with cp, little or no money, a surprise baby on the way. It seems natural to me that she would attempt to control everything because who else is going to?And I'm talking pre- meth and pre-cancer here. That said, I have no doubt sleeping with Ted was revenge. She clearly doesn't like him very much. I can't remember... did skylar know about the meth when she started working at beneke or was she still assuming he was having an affair?
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Monday, 20 May 2013 02:13 (3 days ago) Permalink
IIRC sleeping with Ted happened very soon after Skyler made Walt spill the beans on his meth cooking. Like in the next episode or something. So it was clearly implied to be revenge on Walt for what he had done.
― Tuomas, Monday, 20 May 2013 09:07 (3 days ago) Permalink
"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork." - Bob Marley
― pplains, Monday, 20 May 2013 14:57 (3 days ago) Permalink