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

otm re: GTA affect
they should hire the writers

gta should hire bb writers or vice-versa

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-bryan-cranston-347082?page=show

But the suits had trouble envisioning Fox's suburban dad as their star and threw out film-star names including John Cusack and Matthew Broderick (both passed). "We all still had the image of Bryan shaving his body in Malcolm in the Middle. We were like, 'Really? Isn't there anybody else?' "

lol john cusack

my reaction to finding out that BB was originally set in riverside, CA: of course it was. i can picture that show so easily

The Malcolm in the Middle thing is a big reason why I resisted watching BB for awhile. I hated that show.

its basically the same show

It's amazing how wrong that would be.

And how right Brian Cranston is. Like, I can't even imagine how it could have been anyone else, like it's a scientific law that BC is Walter White.

xp LOL slocki

How wrong John Cusack would be, that is.

i mean the fact that walter white is the same guy who played square-jawed all-american wacky dad just makes it tha tmuch better

i always thought Cranston really carried that show and was responsible for it being watchable at all

i never watched it, always seemed really antic and annoying in a way i couldnt handle

it's a bit annoying. the parents really held the show together and brought a little gravity to it, though.

his only goal is to "make the audience feel something on a visceral level."

"I want moments of showmanship," he continues. "Moments that take your breath away."

i think this is a good way of summing up the show's m.o. and basically think it's artistically valid but that it also kind of feeds into the feeling of them sometimes just swinging so hard for that OMG WTF internet peanut gallery buzz

i rewatched s4 during the leadup to the season premier, and the cran-man really did some amazing work in that season. that guys just insane-o good

yeah season 4 of malcolm is really when he went all in

hahahaha

[btw i tried to post "hahaha" and it told me i was trying to post a duplicate message, lol]

nice.

i think this is a good way of summing up the show's m.o. and basically think it's artistically valid but that it also kind of feeds into the feeling of them sometimes just swinging so hard for that OMG WTF internet peanut gallery buzz

i dunno, i think the story-telling is too well crafted for it to ever feel forced. "swinging so hard for that OMG WTF" makes me think of Lost. mostly BB just hits the bullseye of the OMG WTF and frequently because they've written themselves into a corner and then bust their way out after you're left not knowing how they can do that. (fairly sure gilligan has talked about this approach before)

yeah that was the Season 3 M.O. specifically

definitely, imo that streak of cliffhangers at the end of s3 is the most thrilling tv drama i've ever seen. all these shows have their own strengths and weaknesses but nobody touches BB for how economically it's used the alloted time from week to week, s4 was a bit more loose but i don't expect them to ever top s3.

ya lost was way more "let's wow the audience now and worry about how it makes sense later"

those bastards wrote the book on that. bb can be fanciful at times but only as part of an overall tone of the show imo, eg the plane crash or something.

I even thought the plane crash basically made sense w.r.t the show's themes.

agreed, it has done a good job of setting out the rules.

hated the plane crash but i already know i'm not in the bb cult like y'all so it's whatever

^^ i stopped watching the last episode of season 2 because the plane crash seemed so dumb. but yeah i know i'm in the minority

it was pretty dumb but willing to forgive.

I hated the plane crash initially, but what they did afterwards with it was so good that I've come to retroactively like it

why do u guys hate plane crashes so much

Walt's speech at the high school would not have happened without the plane crash and breaking bad would not have been as good without that speech

No, the plane crash kinda made me go whaaa? too.

Yeah, I get the metaphor, and in a way, I appreciate how the show has treated it since. Walt's responsible for all those plane crash/meth victims. And now, those victims are just a punchline to one of Saul's TV commercials. But narratively speaking, it didn't ring true.

i don't i hated the coincidence/jutxtaposition of the airplane crash falling into Walt's pool with the junkie GF's dad being an air traffic controller

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxposts GTA should hire bb writers natch

Yeah, I didn't start watching BB until the middle of Season 4's on-air run, so I was way behind. I really hated that plane crash too, it was a little much. But, thankfully, I stayed with it and Season 3 renewed my faith.

- "Hey, Don! You feeling better?"
- "Oh, you know. One day at a time."

*puts on air traffic control headphones*

I mean, c'mon.

only thing i didnt like abt the plane crash was all the fake out flash forwards w/the stuffed animals and forensic teams at walts house

- "Hey, Don! You feeling better?"
- "Oh, you know. One day at a time."

*pushes button that starts Magic Mountain ride*

- "Hey, Don! You feeling better?"
- "Oh, you know. One day at a time."

*designs plans for Tacoma-Narrows Bridge*

only thing i didnt like abt the plane crash was all the fake out flash forwards w/the stuffed animals and forensic teams at walts house

^^^i spent all the previous episodes thinking "cool, the feds are gonna bust walt at his house, that will be interesting to see how it plays out, hmm, yes." instead it was all,

- "Hey, Don! You feeling better?"
- "Oh, you know. One day at a time."

*puts on air traffic control headphones*

hated the plane crash but i already know i'm not in the bb cult like y'all so it's whatever

― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:54 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah i mean Suits is just objectively a better show

- "Hey, Don! You feeling better?"
- "Oh, you know. One day at a time."

*designs plans for Tacoma-Narrows Bridge*

― pplains, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:05 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

Jesus, let's just pretend we didn't bring up the plane crash and move on.

S2 was the only one the writers mapped out from beginning to end, right?

And that's strange because the plane crash seems the most improvised of the season finales.

Just goes to show, making it up as you go along > making a plan ... which is the theme of the show too, kinda.

hated the plane crash but i already know i'm not in the bb cult like y'all so it's whatever
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:54 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

do u really gotta be this way dude

why not just use the word 'fanboy' or wtv