Shall we anticipate the FIFTH SEASON of the AMC series "Breaking Bad"? I think I may.

^^^ So good.

I'm with Eric re: crushing on Jesse

That gif made me grin. I loved the enthusiasm, plus you know, the magnet was his idea! Of course he's pumped!

Yeah, loved that reaction so much, but, tbh, what was going through my head through that whole scene was, "fuckin' magnets, how do they work?'.

Just a really great 45 seconds or so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUh8ZSCS9mQ

Haaa jvc! me, too!

So walt turns 51 in a few weeks = exactly barack obama's age?

50 is starting to sound freakin awesome

My wife and I have a long-standing discussion about why men love magnets, prompted by watching the exclusively male fascination over a tub full of "natural volcanic magnetic rock" at an airport gift store in Costa Rica. Like, every dude that passed by, whether "he" was a guy in business attire or an eco-hippy or a 5 year-old kid would stop and play with the magnets, while women seemed resolutely uninterested in them. Anyway, this episode kind of made our point for us. I still think magnets are great.

maybe guys are made of metal

we wear it on the end of our pricks.

why are you lookin' at me??

(and then they look at mike after hearing "plate in the head." such a great scene.)

sunny gave me a couple of bullet-shaped magnets that when you throw them into the air at the same time, they rub against each other and make this loud cicada noise.

Dudes in the office love them, but then, so did my daughter.

I think what adamrl was trying to say is that all men are 5-years-old.

Magnets are magic

We need to determine how our society has failed this stereotypical female such that she is not interested in the simple pleasures of magnets

I think women are basically afraid to enjoy magnets. Yeah I said it

these r hella fun

http://i.imgur.com/PoRNv.png

shh don't tell anyone but I secretly love magnets

Just don't let your parents know and you'll be fine

iirc that Buckyballs toy is the first result in a Youtube search for "most boring video ever" for some reason! ==> description obviously written by a woman. (Gonna buy someday)

if u ever do any kind of drug and those buckyballs are around, let me tell you folks, you're gonna be playing with them all night.

trippin buckyballs

I was joking

― iatee, Monday, July 16, 2012 10:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Haha, damn, good shit.

I say this with all respect, and do not mean to start any kind of flaming, but Jesse is the show's most human character but a long way.

― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:54 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

walt is the most human! people talked upthread about how mike is likable and loyal and professional, and walt's none of those things - which is what makes him so compelling. walt's bitterness/pettiness/cruelty are so recognizably human, he's such a great character! and i mean mike's fun to watch but you dont care about his inner life or anything. hes just a fun character like saul goodman (saul's cooler though)

jesse, i get why people like him, he's a hunky brooding bad bwoi or whatever, im not really attached to him. i hope he dies i guess

anyway dug this ep a lot, hospital scene was brutal, dont find waltavo fring totally convincing yet but i still like where things are headed. hope we get a heapin helpin of hank soon

ive said this a bunch of times on these threads but i like jesse cause hes such a common type of contemporary guy thats really under represented in popular entertainment and they just nail him

totally. he also completely undermines the "hunky brooding bad bwoi" thing with his constant state of hapless put-upon-ness

ive said this a bunch of times on these threads but i like jesse cause hes such a common type of contemporary guy thats really under represented in popular entertainment and they just nail him

― lag∞n, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yeah i agree with that, tho i was mad they had him dressing less scumbaggy in season 4

Very true, he seems much realer than pretty much any other portrayal of a 20-something dude. Every other guy that age on tv is a super genius or detective or superhero or ultra-nerd or glamorous comedic foil to a leading woman.

yeah I don't have the walt white hate at all, because all of his flaws are totally recognisable, he's so fucking human it's scary. Which is probably why there's so much hate - pretending that he's now inhabiting some Other persona, naw way. He's us. That arrogance that power brings, the hubris...that's just the batman cape he's wearing over top of still being regular old Walter White deep down. The realization that he can *claim* some of the power he never knew he wanted...that's a powerful opiate and anyone who thinks that isn't a really human quality is kinda deluding themselves, I think.

u don't really want Jesse to die, canks...u can't mean that ;_;

i dont know why everyone has to hate characters on this show or any other tv show, to me its a really weird way to interact with art

agreed Veeger

yeah i agree with that, tho i was mad they had him dressing less scumbaggy in season 4

― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:30 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally, his look was key, i guess theyre trying to say he matured a little

u don't really want Jesse to die, canks...u can't mean that ;_;

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:32 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

only to see anguished fan reactions! i like jesse hes funny and cool, i just mean i hear people talking about how they want the show to end with him cleaning up and going to art school or something and im like, what show do you think this is.

i dont know why everyone has to hate characters on this show or any other tv show, to me its a really weird way to interact with art

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:32 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

couldnt u say the same about loving characters in a show. *taps pen against chin thoughtfully*

Very true, he seems much realer than pretty much any other portrayal of a 20-something dude. Every other guy that age on tv is a super genius or detective or superhero or ultra-nerd or glamorous comedic foil to a leading woman.

― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:30 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

even like the apatow schlubby man children are a million times more together and sophisticated than jesse

I know this was way upthread now, but when some dude mentioned seeing square quotes around Jesse's "bitch" and stuff, I wanted to mention that I totally knew people who did talk like that irl! Like they'd put weird emphasis on swear words.

i just mean i hear people talking about how they want the show to end with him cleaning up and going to art school or something and im like, what show do you think this is.

is this like when I said he will end up a high school chemistry teacher? lol

but he'll hate it, it will be like his purgatory

I tend to go in for character hatred on corny lightweight shows, because it passes the time. But stuff like this, or The Wire, the fun is not really knowing who the 'bad guy' is...the joy of shows like this is knowing that everyone has it in them to be an evil motherfucker if they're pushed hard enough.

couldnt u say the same about loving characters in a show. *taps pen against chin thoughtfully*

― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:36 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its different, i love *watching* characters in shows whose actions are completely freakin' deplorable. i dont get the hand-wringing rush to judge these fictional characters in a violent show about drug dealers.

feel like hating characters is often an attempt to achieve emotional distance from the show because really you love them a root for them even tho they r horrible

the apatow schlubby man children

these assholes are all addressing the same "deep questions" of life, like love and marriage and babies and other horseshit

jesse pinkman is just living, here, no deep concerns beyond what happens right now. he's pretty much wandered into two relationships, been offered this meth stuff, and has some free will about his activities but 90% of it is suggested by others

in other words, he's the common man

im more moved specific culture of his character personally

like how he wore the huge clothes long after they were out of style and showed his girlfriend all the lil super heroes he drew

tbf he's a dude in the southwest, there are some weird styles down that way

everywhere has these guys

literally every town in america

jnco forever