Breaking Bad

[marcel]

Anybody watching that?
Season 1 was great.
But season 2 now.. wow, just wow. this is pure genius.

for anybody not knowing about it: it's esentially about a chemistry-teacher who after finding out that he's terminally ill decides to cook and sell some crystal meth to leave his family some money after he'll be gone.
and if you think that already sounds crazy you don't know half of it. just brilliant.

[marcel]

No one?
You people act like you've never seen a severed human head on a tortoise before!

[emef]

jesus... calm down

i was downloading series 1 based on your recommendation
but now i think i'll delete it unwatched just to spite you

[love_tempo]

It's great. Didn't realise season 2 was out.

[bob]

I liked it, although maybe a bit too similar to weeds in plot...

[marcel]

Originally Posted by emef

jesus... calm down

i was downloading series 1 based on your recommendation
but now i think i'll delete it unwatched just to spite you

I was taking the piss with a reference to a scene from s2 .

[marcel]

Originally Posted by bob

I liked it, although maybe a bit too similar to weeds in plot...

you think? the premise is similar but breaking bad goes in quite a different direction then weeds. it's also way darker.

[penciLneck]

It's great, think I enjoyed the first series best before it started developing too much, felt a bit more rough and ready. A couple of nice bits in the second one though, stolen ATM crack house acid.

...the severed head tortoise taxi was pretty impressive.

[spoon]

i've been meaning to start watching it since someone recommended it over on the tv thread—probably marcel. it looks great and i love that guy who played the dad in malcolm in the middle. fuck it i'll grab the first season now.

[emef]

Originally Posted by marcel

I was taking the piss with a reference to a scene from s2 .

i was joking too, sadly i had no secret reference to er... reference

[marcel]

Originally Posted by penciLneck

. A couple of nice bits in the second one though, stolen ATM crack house acid.

...the severed head tortoise taxi was pretty impressive.

hehe, yeah. and what about tucos uncle? ding. dingding. ding.

and this season has the best opening-sequences I've probably ever seen.

[AVX23]

I watched s1 and thought it got pretty dull which was really dissapointing as I think it's a very brave and inventive piece of television and in places pretty entertaining.

But the subject matter in terms of his cancer makes it quite uncomfortable watching for me, I wouldn't wish it any different but for me It's really just not what I want to see, so I probably subconsiensly got put off by that and it's been dragging it all down for me.

[thepigjockey]

Yeah bitch! Magnets ohhh!

[V Knid esq]

I tried Series 1, thought it was a bit cartoonish - certainly not the "as good as the Sopranos" blockbuster a lot of people claimed - and drifted off after 4 or 5 episodes... Still I did enjoy it, will try again some time.

[bitconductor]

CARNT' WATE FOR TONITE AAAARGH

Love this show, and am massively looking forward to watching the new episode tonight.
It's totally up there with Sops, The Wire and Treme in terms of the writing and acting (and the cinematography). Different to all the above though.
Some of my fave aspects are: WW's Wallabies, "bitch", Marie in purple, HANK, Skinny P, the name 'Skylar', Saul's Bluetooth, etc etc
Good TV.

[thembuzz]

Originally Posted by V Knid esq

I tried Series 1, thought it was a bit cartoonish - certainly not the "as good as the Sopranos" blockbuster a lot of people claimed - and drifted off after 4 or 5 episodes... Still I did enjoy it, will try again some time.

i started watching it about a month ago. already halfway through season 3. definitely try again. from season 2 it starts to evolve into something a lot darker and more subtle. i think it's better than the sopranos

[bitconductor]

Originally Posted by thepigjockey

Yeah bitch! Magnets ohhh!

!!!!

[Orang Utan]

Originally Posted by bitconductor

CARNT' WATE FOR TONITE AAAARGH

Love this show, and am massively looking forward to watching the new episode tonight.
It's totally up there with Sops, The Wire and Treme in terms of the writing and acting (and the cinematography). Different to all the above though.
Some of my fave aspects are: WW's Wallabies, "bitch", Marie in purple, HANK, Skinny P, the name 'Skylar', Saul's Bluetooth, etc etc
Good TV.

It was on last night! Great start to the series!

[bitconductor]

Originally Posted by Orang Utan

It was on last night! Great start to the series!

I know! Had to wait for it to be uploaded so I could do the illegal d/l.
Intrigued to see where the start bit fits in. Walt seemed kinda... gone.

"it's the universal symbol for 'keys'"

[kams]

Originally Posted by V Knid esq

thought it was a bit cartoonish

[Hectic Cum Balthazar]

hehehe

[V Knid esq]

Yeah exactly, it's as if the Sopranos was called "WALNUTS!"

Everyone says it gets better though.

[dan gulberry]

The last season of Breaking Bad was totally thrilling, really built well towards its climax.
It is cartoony though - sometimes I wish they'd talk more believably, and that the tone was less 'action-suspense', music and all. But I guess that's what makes it effective as a TV show. I'm still watching, anyway.

The Sopranos comparison is half-arsed.

[Orang Utan]

I understand the cartoonish thing. To me though, it's like a Coen brothers TV series.

[bitconductor]

It's got its own style, remember the Mexican ballad of Heisenberg bit, and the eyeball falling from the sky? Highly stylized, and original.
Agree, we don't need to be comparing everything as better or worse than The Sopranos but its the benchmark for rigorous plot/ acting/ design/ cinematography.
Imagine doing this with books. They're all different. Shame there aren't more excellent tv dramas but they're expensive as fuck.

[love_tempo]

The new series has had the best start yet. It started as a good show and it's been getting better with every season. I like the way the wife has started to become tainted too Who knows, maybe the son or Hank will turn out to be the evilest in the end.

Not many people have seen it, but Brotherhood was a very good show that kept the quality high until the end. Not many TV series manage that, Deadwood being one of the only other series I can think of.

[komakid]

Never checked it out. Maybe it is time.

[thembuzz]

yeah, deadwood was brilliant. shame it was cut short

[komakid]

The Wire was the soooo cool. At least for me. All five seasons were just great.

This scene!

[love_tempo]

I was always glad Deadwood ended on a high tbh. Most shows run out of ideas before being put out of their misery.

Here's the best of the best character in Deadwood, E.B. Farnum, sleaziest man in the west

'damp palms run in my fambly'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ_3Ngaw4yc