The "I Just Watched..." Thread

[arjue]

I still don't think there's been a show that has pushed its characters as far as Breaking Bad does. You have to push through some tiresome stuff to get there but it pays off in the last season or 2. Ozymandias is still one of the best episodes of TV ever made IMO.

[Drewbacca]

I've always wondered if this show is rewatchable and I'm 100% betting it's not. I keep saying, Better Call Saul is the better of the two.

I re-watched, once. It was great the second time. I don't know what these hipsters are about.

They built arcs and gave incredible payoffs at the climaxes of them. TV at the time didn't really pack that much punch (most shows still don't, even the cable ones).

[Satsuki]

Yo, straight up... it's not watchable at all. I tried so hard to understand what the big deal was, and the best I could do is "vicarious suburban danger porn"

It makes people who have never been dangerous feel dangerous? I don't know. You're the sociology major. You tell me!

lol. I think it's our current culture's obsession with the anti-hero, which is kind of a backlash to the typical Hero Myth as outlined by Joseph Campbell. But yeah, more or less, it allows us to play out our fantasies via transposing secret desires and shit.

[Fe 26]

[kingoffighters]

I finally managed to watch Blade Runner (Final Cut) without falling asleep. It did take 2 nights though and one 3-min rewind. Love the visuals and the themes, and seems pretty clear to me that Deckard is a replicant. I just can't help but thinking laces out though every time I see Sean Young.

[Drewbacca]

lol. I think it's our current culture's obsession with the anti-hero, which is kind of a backlash to the typical Hero Myth as outlined by Joseph Campbell. But yeah, more or less, it allows us to play out our fantasies via transposing secret desires and shit.

It's no surprise the anti-hero is so popular. It allows anyone to be the hero without any of discipline, sacrifice, or work the standard "burdened by greatness" hero has to go through. Those themes go well with modern living.

I like it because anti-hero stories are free to embrace the faults of heroes as people and not symbols. Better, more novel and interesting characters come from that idea IMO.

[Vasteel]

Yo, straight up... it's not watchable at all. I tried so hard to understand what the big deal was, and the best I could do is "vicarious suburban danger porn"

It makes people who have never been dangerous feel dangerous? I don't know. You're the sociology major. You tell me!

This is EXACTLY how I feel about it. Like everyone around me was (and still does) go on and on about how great it is and I just can't see what anyone sees in it.

I can tell you that none of those people around me that do love it so have ever been to a trap house or know what hotrailing is.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

What.
The.
Fuck.

[Rumpy]

He's been a mess for a long time.

[Fe 26]

It's no surprise the anti-hero is so popular. It allows anyone to be the hero without any of discipline, sacrifice, or work the standard "burdened by greatness" hero has to go through. Those themes go well with modern living.

I like it because anti-hero stories are free to embrace the faults of heroes as people and not symbols. Better, more novel and interesting characters come from that idea IMO.

I think anti-heros are more modern in that they are often post modern. Their sense of good is personal and they do not adhere to a greater good, which may be fake in the context of the story. I think this may also be part of why batman is more popular than superman now. It isn't that either character is less believable. Its less believable that the the world around superman is just. What would Superman do in a world of Nixans and Trumps?