it was especially odd given that that he refused to collect the original 125 on its own, but was making the guy pay 250k instead of 248,200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
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it was especially odd given that that he refused to collect the original 125 on its own, but was making the guy pay 250k instead of 248,200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
I found myself in show paralysis last night and spent about 15 minutes scrolling through Hulu, Prime, Netflix and couldn't decide on anything.
Decided to re-watch BB. So good. I'm looking forward to being able to binge it instead of waiting a year in between seasons.
Then cap it off with El Camino.
I was in the same boat and watched a couple season 3 episodes while deciding. But it was too good and I had to re-watch the whole thing again.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursforSix
I think they could've made it a good running series once Walt got into "the empire business"; but clearly certain people wanted to wrap it up. Possibly Giligan as an artist wanted it to not be drawn out; and possibly Cranston wanted to move on. Aaron Paul was still young and would've stayed on that gravy train, tbh.
Spoiler Alert.
In El Camino, I thought the part where Jesse wouldn't take out Todd when he had the gun was just some shit for a story line. I really didn't think that was true to the character whatsoever.
It's because he needed access to Todd's place. He knew he had stashed money there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
Possibly. If I rewatch it, I'll have to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reck
So I finally watched this (quarantine making me catch up with all must see screen fiction). The show it's obviously great but pretty much everyone agrees on this, so, what's the fun of bringing that up?
Instead, what I want to point out, is that I'm not sure all that on screen crying by baby Holly White doesn't fall under the category of child abuse, tbh. There's one scene in particular where she looked straight up scarred for life terrified, tbh.
Nah, they had already gone to Todd's apartment, he knew the adress and he knew the money was on the books at that time. He could have easily killed Todd, take the car, drive to his house, grab the money and get the fuck out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reck
The problem is, Jesse was all kinds of fucked up at that point. He was scared and not all there mentally. Heck, he might have even developed a mild case of stockholm syndrome. After being in that cage for so long, going out, dressing up, seeing the sun, getting some air must have felt great for him and he was scared to fuck that up. If he tried to kill Todd and he failed, the backlash would have been 10 times tougher than what he had been through up to that point.
Also, I disagree with Spurtacular saying that the scene didn't stay true to Jesse's character. How many times did we see Jesse struggling to shoot or kill someone? He didn't do it to Walt after their relationship was beying repair, he didn't do it to Gus, heck he didn't even do it to those guys that killed his girlfriend's little brother despite showing up in front of them with a gun.
The only time he killed somebody, up to that point, was to save someone else's life, and after doing it, he was never the same.
^ Yeah that scene didn't really ring true for me either. In fact the entire El Camino movie (already said this earlier) was unnecessary IMO. It just felt like a "let's get the gang all back together and have some fun" type of thing. Jesse's escape left a little ambiguous was just fine.
gifted child actor tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
5 seasons, plus a movie, plus a spin-off, bitch!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stringer_Bell
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Originally Posted by spurraider21
GOAT baby scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_lCmnfw8uUQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
I no longer remember what all I said. But Jessie knew Todd was a psychopath who had killed the kid. He would've been thinking daily of ways to kill him if nothing else. The hesitation would not have been there. The Stockholm Syndrome was a terrible calculation by Vince Gil.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Of course it was. Gus' mild manmerisms always screamed gay even before his "friend" was presented.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fpoonsie
I think the finale could have been better if, instead of catching an unlikely bullet and dying, Walt would have just been caught by the police (actually, he just turns himself in by pacefully waiting in the lab; maybe even after making one last batch). Cut to 6 months later, Walt dying on a hospital bed from cancer and his family (with a full blown walking, talking Holly) finally forgiving him and giving him a loving sendoff.
I think it would have been better for a couple of reasons:
1st) it gives Walt an unlikely, yet completely realistic and plausible, "happy" ending of sorts. He could even make clear that he never trully killed Hank.
2nd) it ends how it all started, with cancer. Not with some random ass, cliche bullet.
Regarding the fly epidose (sorry, I'm late to all the BB parties) it entertained me, but only because it kept me hooked expecting something that never happened: I was anxiously rooting for Walt to not fuck something up in the lab. The way the episode was going it was obvious that was the only way for something trully relevant to happen. But it didn't end up happening.
So, yeah, at the end of the day, even though the episode was entertainig for me, I have to side with the people that put that episode among the bottom half of the bunch. I mean, the episode was literally planned to be a money saving filler. They themselves acknowledged this fact. People saying it was "genius" or giving it more importance than it really has are probably too busy admiring themselves in the mirror, while they suck on their own genitals, to realize that that episode could be erased from the face of the Earth and not a signle thing from the show would be missing.
"Oh, but the fly is a beatiful kafkaesque representation of Walt's immense guilt, which prompted him to blah, blah, blah".
Get the fuck out with that shit. We didn't need a fly to realize any of the shit we already figured out on other episodes. The episode it's fine for what it is: a budget leveling bottle episode, but to try to pretend like it's one of the best in the show and a piece of art is some douchey pretentious bullshit.
It was a budget episode. Some people call it brilliant; I don't tend to see it that way. But w/o it we wouldn't have this classic line:Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg-_vSWjPOU
I didn't like it would have sufficed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Gus’s mannerisms are that of an uptight neat freak. I think he does what he has to. He exploits the people he needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
Did it with Max (although I think this one was legit friendship) Gale and that German dude that owns the fried chicken joint franchise.
You should watch Better Caul Saul, tbh. He could still be gay, but nothing on camera can actually confirm that.
But I did like it. I just wanted to call out all the pretentious douchebags, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by leemajors
he was off his chemo, hair growing. dude was probably close to death anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by DAF86
i also wasn't a big fan of The Fly, though a delirious Walt talking about Jane was pretty good
I saw a really good video on The Fly. Ironically, I don't remember if it was a stand-alone video or part of a larger (season) review; and I'm not finding it
So, this will have to suffice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGZuDYSa-A