Breaking Bad

KrazyMofo24
KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
edited October 2013 in Music & Movies
Not sure if anyone else watches this show. I began watching it two months ago, and already finished both seasons. It's now one of my favorite shows definitely recommend it. Season 3 is starting in two weeks.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    Agreed, amazing show. Bryan Cranston does a fantastic job.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited March 2010
    I started watching it at the beginning but fell off halfway through season 2 because of when it was scheduled to be on and the fact that I had house stuff to be taking care of. I've been meaning to go rent the DVD's or find the shows somewhere to catch up.

    It is a very good show though.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited March 2010
    Intense, insane, extraordinarily entertaining television. In my top 4 series of all time. Deadwood, The Sopranos, Dexter, Breaking Bad.
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  • POIDOG
    POIDOG Posts: 391
    edited March 2010
    Yes, IMHO, one of the best. "You're not the Boss of me now" Dad moves to the dark side of life :cool:
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited March 2010
    I like it. The girlfriend - hot.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    nguyendot wrote: »
    I like it. The girlfriend - hot.

    Um... are you all caught up on the series?
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited March 2010
    Great show!
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited March 2010
    Excellent show. Waiting anxiously for this, more Mad Men and some Deadliest Catch.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited March 2010
    OK! I'm all caught up! Marathon on AMC tonight! Now I know what's going on! Can't wait until Sunday!
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited March 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    OK! I'm all caught up! Marathon on AMC tonight! Now I know what's going on! Can't wait until Sunday!

    I just re-read your initial post. I should have mentioned that all of season 2 has been on demand. For at least Time Warner and FIOS that's how I watched the second season. Looking forward to Sunday.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    It's pretty pointless to watch new eps if you haven't watched all the old eps. It's a character driven show and you really need the character history for it to all work.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited March 2010
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Intense, insane, extraordinarily entertaining television. In my top 4 series of all time. Deadwood, The Sopranos, Dexter, Breaking Bad.

    Wow, it just hit me how little TV I watch. I've never even heard of any of these. :eek::eek:

    Chris
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    You've never heard of the Sopranos?

    That has nothing to do with "not watching TV", that's more like "living in a hole in the ground."
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited March 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's pretty pointless to watch new eps if you haven't watched all the old eps. It's a character driven show and you really need the character history for it to all work.

    Comcast on Demand has all of Season 2 til 3/21
    I'm all caught up :D
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited March 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Chris do you have cable?

    I watched my dad rot in front of the TV smoking 4-5 packs of cigs a day. It's all he did. When I was a kid I vowed not to let that happen to me.

    I watch sports (hi def cable) and movies on my blu-ray. Other than that, I try to keep away from the darn thing! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Chris
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited March 2010
    I love it! I have been watching since the beginning. Haven't missed an episode!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited March 2010
    KrazyMofo24 wrote: »
    I just re-read your initial post. I should have mentioned that all of season 2 has been on demand. For at least Time Warner and FIOS that's how I watched the second season. Looking forward to Sunday.

    That would be great but I refuse to give Comcrap more money than I have to and therefore do not have digital cable thus no on-demand. FiOS is not available at my house right now either. So none of that helps me.

    For me, I hit the torrent servers and watch the episodes there or grab them on re-runs. But last season, the show was on during Dirty Jobs and/or Deadliest Catch and I'm sorry but Mike Rowe (he's my hero) and the boys up in Dutch Harbor win out every time.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2010
    The good thing about shows like Dirty Jobs is that they are re-run a lot, so if they conflict with another show you can just catch them some other time :)
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited March 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Wow, ok, sorry to hear that.

    I watch a lot of TV, mostly fiction & Sci-Fi

    Yeah - I found it's far healthier to sit in front of the computer all day and drink beer :rolleyes::rolleyes: :D:D

    Chris
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,198
    edited March 2010
    Watched the Marathon over the weekend on AMC and then watched the season opener last night. I'm hooked!

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2010
    Anybody still following this? I missed the first half on Sunday and caught the second half on the encore real late. Finally saw the first half last night. This is, hands down, the best show on TV right now. Just when I think the story is going to peter out, the writers run out, give you a purple nurple of a twist and shout "Stick that in your eye and smoke it!" and then I gotta watch next week.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    Absolutely incredible on every level. Writing, acting, cinematography.... I could watch each episode a dozen times and still catch something new and incredible every time.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2010
    I can't believe Hank offed the Cousins in a supermarket parking lot! I hope his character isn't dead. He's gonna piss off an entire cartel before he's done.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,198
    edited May 2010
    Love this show!!
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    I can't believe Hank offed the Cousins in a supermarket parking lot! I hope his character isn't dead. He's gonna piss off an entire cartel before he's done.

    That entire scene was one of the most tense scenes I've ever sat through. I definitely thought Hank was a goner (Breaking Bad doesn't seem like the type of show that would flinch at killing off a main character).
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2010
    No, it doesn't. They already did. I thought that Pinkman's girlfriend was going to end up a "partner" but they offed her with a drug overdose and made it so that mild-mannered Mr. White who couldn't bring himself to waste a drug dealer who was trying to waste him just hours before watched Pinkman's GF die, choking on her own vomit, and did nothing.

    Hardcore, man.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,198
    edited May 2010
    Breaking Bad is as gritty as the first 3-4 seasons of the Shield. The later seasons of the Shield were great too, but the early character developement was just as awesome as Breaking Bad. The Shield is one of my all time favorite TV drama's and BB is following suit.

    H9
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited May 2010
    I am really liking this series! There have been very few series that has me glued to the TV and this is one of them.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited May 2010
    OK, I saw a preview of the series last night while watching Terminator on AMC. The "Cousin" who had his legs and pelvis smashed by the SUV was dragging his legless self down the hallway. At least that is what I thought it was. Anybody else see this preview?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    I specifically avoid previews for any show I'm interested in. At worst they give away too much, and at best they're misleading. The creators of the show are RARELY if ever involved in what makes it into the previews and I've seen previews give aawy MAJOR plot points that I would have much preferred to have been exposed to through the course of the narrative rather than beforehand.
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