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Breaking Bad coming back
- Thread starter rstellar13
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Meh, it got too ridiculous to be good television around half way into the third season. You can only escalate a dangerous situation so many times before the audience starts laughing at the absurdity of everything.
I know absurdity was a central point of Breaking Bad from the getgo, but it grew to obscure everything else too quickly. It would have been a great two or even three season-long series.
I know absurdity was a central point of Breaking Bad from the getgo, but it grew to obscure everything else too quickly. It would have been a great two or even three season-long series.
Yeah! They should have GTFO by the end of the third season; that was my point.
You didn't think the 4th season was that good? I thought the finale was epic. It's one of my all time favorite TV deaths.
Season 5 is my least favorite, but it's not that bad. I think it's necessary though to show where Walter's mind is at. He's drunk with power at this point.
...and I meant you GTFO for having that opinion..jokingly of course
Absolutely.
Never seen any of Breaking Bad, but this applies to every serialized TV show I've ever watched with any regularity, especially those where outlaws and their lives are the main theme. They all reach a point where the story line can no longer be accepted no matter how hard we try to suspend disbelief.
I followed the Sopranos for two seasons but couldn't get in to it after that. I'd watch it on occasion but I didn't try to follow the plot lines.
To put a positive spin on my otherwise downer comment, at least they're finalizing it now to give the show some narrative shape and proper closure. It's so popular, they could have milked it for years to come at an even greater cost to quality.
Also, I wouldn't be grumpy about the gradual failure of the series to keep me sucked in if it weren't great in so many ways to begin with.
Also, I wouldn't be grumpy about the gradual failure of the series to keep me sucked in if it weren't great in so many ways to begin with.
But when Hank saw the Walt Whitman book with Walters thing in it, how could this not be amazing? But I do agree it did get over the top
I feel about the same. I'm not really interested in it any more. I will watch it just so that I am not completely without conversation points with everyday folk (I don't watch sports) but I'm not really hyped up about it or anything.
No doubt, it has been over-the-top...but I love it & I was a come-lately to the series (only watched it when it became available on Netflix/Amazon...no commercials...watched 4 seasons in about 3 weeks time; it's the only way to go).
Something else cool-
The music. Whoever is in charge of picking some of these tunes...kudos.
How 'bout that crazy **** that Gail Boetticher was diggin' on?
Gus had some nice Jazz tuneage playin' in his crib.
How about "Uh" by Fujiya & Miyagi?
(Jesse attempting to cook while Badger played with the beakers)
The stuff from the '60s was on-point.
IIRC, these are Season_5 highlights (for me)-
The Monkees- "Going Down"
Tommy James & The Shondells- "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
The Peddlers- "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever"...which I thought was a new version done in a retro-vibe. Honestly, had never heard of The Peddlers before Breaking Bad. Turns out they were a very cool '60s trio. Their bassist does a great job copping an upright vibe on his electric bass.
Something else cool-
The music. Whoever is in charge of picking some of these tunes...kudos.
How 'bout that crazy **** that Gail Boetticher was diggin' on?
Gus had some nice Jazz tuneage playin' in his crib.
How about "Uh" by Fujiya & Miyagi?
(Jesse attempting to cook while Badger played with the beakers)
The stuff from the '60s was on-point.
IIRC, these are Season_5 highlights (for me)-
The Monkees- "Going Down"
Tommy James & The Shondells- "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
The Peddlers- "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever"...which I thought was a new version done in a retro-vibe. Honestly, had never heard of The Peddlers before Breaking Bad. Turns out they were a very cool '60s trio. Their bassist does a great job copping an upright vibe on his electric bass.
Funny, I didn't notice it until the episode where Jesse shoots the heroin for the first time. They show him floating while playing 'Enchanted'. I always thought that was a brilliant scene. They really work the music in well.
Breaking Bad had a commercial break 10 minutes into the show. Low Winter Sun had one 30 minutes into the show, of which I watched only because I wanted to see the preview for next week's BB. Seems fair.
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Someone on the BB audio team really likes to enhance the bass. If you have a good subwoofer, BB's playing of songs like Windy, Crystal Blue Persuasion, and On A Clear Day will make your sub work real hard. I actually think they're enhancing the original bass track via synth.
