Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
06-17-12, 11:54 PM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
It occured to me that I watched 40 hours of Breaking Bad last week. I feel like I need to readjust to civilization after taking in that much at once.
And everyone on that show needs to have a talk about answering their damn cell phones. How many times do people leave voicemails over three seasons? 100? 200?
06-18-12, 09:41 AM
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Yeah, I've been going back and reading some of the threads as I watch them. Just read the 4x08 "Hermanos" thread last night after watching it. I got a chuckle out of the Gus possibly being gay talk and that no one saw that coming. 
I assumed he was gay pretty much from the get go. Don't want to spoil it for anyone, but everyone who's seen it should know the flashback sequence I'm referring to.
I assumed he was gay pretty much from the get go. Don't want to spoil it for anyone, but everyone who's seen it should know the flashback sequence I'm referring to.Spoiler:
06-18-12, 08:08 PM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
So, I bought season one and two of this on BD last year...watched it...didn't care for it. I tried. I'm almost positive I gave up with two eps left on season.
Now, last night, I caught those two episodes late-night on AMC...I'm back on board. I need to catch up with this show immediately. Will be borrowing them ASAP.
Now, last night, I caught those two episodes late-night on AMC...I'm back on board. I need to catch up with this show immediately. Will be borrowing them ASAP.
06-18-12, 10:33 PM
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So, I bought season one and two of this on BD last year...watched it...didn't care for it. I tried. I'm almost positive I gave up with two eps left on season.
Now, last night, I caught those two episodes late-night on AMC...I'm back on board. I need to catch up with this show immediately. Will be borrowing them ASAP.
Now, last night, I caught those two episodes late-night on AMC...I'm back on board. I need to catch up with this show immediately. Will be borrowing them ASAP.
06-24-12, 06:40 PM
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06-24-12, 08:57 PM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
Yea. You could say that. The show gets action packed and all-around badass in Season 4. Before that, there's a lot of intensity, but nothing really adventerous. All the stuff with the cartels and Gus really brings teh epic.
06-24-12, 09:23 PM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
I finished up season 4 last week myself. Fantastic beginning to end. I loved the final scene when it played out, but after sitting on it for a week, I feel it was kinda hokey.
06-25-12, 01:55 AM
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I shared my thoughts on Season 1 and Season 2. Finished season 3 tonight, and thought it was the best season so far. Was a little peeved about the ending, since I was expecting some sort of conclusion like there was in season 1 and 2. Can't wait to start season 4.
I mentioned after viewing season 2, I'd personally had this show as the 6th or 7th best show currently on TV, but after season 3, I'd put it around 4th or 5th.
I mentioned after viewing season 2, I'd personally had this show as the 6th or 7th best show currently on TV, but after season 3, I'd put it around 4th or 5th.
06-25-12, 02:54 PM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
I don't know what's better. Watching an episode and let it grow on you, for a couple of days at least. Or marathoning the series, watching an episode after an episode.
What do you think is best for Breaking Bad?
But yeah, if you have the dvd/blu set is really hard to watch an episode and wait a couple of days for the next one.
What do you think is best for Breaking Bad?
But yeah, if you have the dvd/blu set is really hard to watch an episode and wait a couple of days for the next one.
06-28-12, 02:40 PM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
Hey I didn't ask the original question! The show had me hooked literally two minutes into the pilot! But season 4 took it from "pretty damn good show" to "possibly the best television I've ever seen."
06-28-12, 09:35 PM
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BB is simply a great show.
06-28-12, 09:40 PM
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Well you know how some people are. You have your doubters, haters, people that love to say 'it's overrated' just to be saying it.. Can't please everybody.
06-29-12, 03:14 AM
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I prefer marathoning with any show but I gotta say I felt season 3 suffered that way. For some reason it seemed to really drag in places - more than when I watched it week to week.
06-29-12, 07:30 AM
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I hated the first half of season 3 when I burned through the BDs. It probably would have been better week-to-week.
06-29-12, 09:43 AM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
Shit, I bumped an old Breaking Bad thread and didn't even see this one on the first page. Well, yeah, it gets better, dolphinboy, if you even still care.
07-06-12, 03:57 AM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
Just finished season 4 and it has been exhausting (in a good way), now I can finally take a break before next week's season premiere. I agree that this show may suffer from marathoning it compared to watching it on a weekly basis, especially since the show has a "slow-burn" approach for each season. It's a great show, but I still have Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Justified ahead of it. It's crazy to think how much Walt has evolved since the beginning, but unlike other anti-heroes I rooted for (Tony Soprano, Vic Mackey, Dexter, etc), I do want Walt to fail in the end.
Also I really enjoyed reading the episode threads with the constant misspelling of
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Also I really enjoyed reading the episode threads with the constant misspelling of
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07-06-12, 07:46 AM
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Re: Does Breaking Bad ever get good?
I was thinking more a "I'm a badass motherfucker" vibe.
07-06-12, 07:51 AM
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Well, yeah, that too. I just don't want him to meet a grisly fate or end up in jail. I still think he's not near as gone as Walt and is capable of being a respectable human being.
07-06-12, 04:01 PM
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07-06-12, 04:06 PM
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I'm on the fence on wanting Walt to pay the price for his misdeeds. I was firmly on the "I want him to live and get away with it" until the end of Season 4. Now, I don't know.
07-06-12, 05:05 PM
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07-06-12, 06:19 PM
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I have a feeling that this show is going to end with Walt getting away with everything but some other universal disaster happening to him.