Breaking Bad

[Doc Holliday]

Yeah, with a muzzle velocity of 2,800 fps, it wouldn't have even been able to pierce the side of the car.

[Chux]

Olly Moss has some awesome art up for 24 Hours. $60 for the set, $12 for a random one.

http://ollymoss.bigcartel.com

[Chux]

I want the Heisenberg Money Rain.

[dave is ok]

I bought two randoms, hope I get anything in the bottom row.

[The_Meach]

See you, Meth Cowboy.

Well played.

I burned thru the final 3 eps yesterday. I actually liked the final ep b/c it was cathartic (and with a show like this, which is so insanely dark/depressing, you really need a little bit of hope - also explains my theory of why Saul gets introduced for a little levity).

They could have easily gone the nihilistic Scarface approach (which they did in the sense that Walt kills EVERYONE) but Jesse getting out HAD to happen so that we can walk away feeling some hope.

The final ep was a bit out of character in that everything gets wrapped up but I forgive it b/c:

1) Walt constantly caught every break throughout the series so you could argue they're being consistent; and
2) No dangling threads.

Overall, a good show with tremendous acting, really good pacing (the cliffhanger of To'jihillee or whatever when the shootout gets started), and storytelling that had an end goal in mind.

Still like Shield better but glad I broke down and watched it.

[The_Meach]

Like I said, he's a complex character. Showing him dying in a cabin alone doesn't acknowledge his intelligence, showing his family destitute and Jesse in servitude doesn't acknowledge his humanity, showing the neo-nazis attending the Todd-Lydia wedding on a yacht made up of blue meth money doesn't acknowledge his ego.

I don't believe Walt HAS any humanity. He likes to think (and even more often TALKS about) he's got some humanity but he doesn't. At all.

Even Tony Montana had some kind of code (refused to kill kids). Walt was pure ego.

What kind of didn't ring true about this "super realistic" show was that he pretty much acts as a sociopath but we're never given any background of him acting that way prior to the cancer. He's shown as prideful, and maybe selfish, and emotionally poor (destitute?) but he's not shown to be sociopathic. Which isn't really how sociopaths work. Shit starts coming up earlier in life in manipulating others, acting controlling, damaging other things, etc.

For me, Walt is 100% a piece of shit and completely unredeemable. Which makes him a nice juxtaposition to Jesse who is/was redeemable.

[Drewbacca]

I liked Jesse but he was unquestionably a little bitch.

[The_Meach]

B/c he wasn't as ruthless as Walt/Gus/Todd?

[YellerDog]

I want a whole spinoff series that's just Jesse doing carpentry.

[Nick]

Jesse's woodworking dream reminded me of the pear sketch from Kids in the Hall. But then again, most of life reminds me of the pear sketch from Kids in the Hall.