Better Call Saul
May 2nd, 2017 at 8:20:27 PM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 | Anyone else notice Gus is driving the same Volvo wagon Walter affixed the GPS tracker to in Breaking Bad? |
May 3rd, 2017 at 3:00:46 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Just binged this season last night. Totally noticed that, though in BB they mentioned it was 10 years old. The show does details right, like I think I mentioned, in Season 1 his daughter in law's car has PA State and Emission inspection stickers on it. You have to be from PA to notice, I did in a second. Same Mexican doc that later patched Mike up as well it appeared. The President is a fink. |
May 9th, 2017 at 6:28:13 AM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12372 | I loved last night's episode. Michael McKean (Chuck) deserves an Emmy. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
May 9th, 2017 at 8:28:27 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Actually I was feeling that this Weirdo Chuck was getting a bit tiresome but it was a good "Caine Mutiny" type thing at the bar hearing. |
May 9th, 2017 at 11:23:48 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I was done with him by the middle of season 2. It's what the writers did in BB, stretching out the series with meaningless side stories about the sister in law shoplifting, or the 'who gives a damn' affair Skyler had. The Chuck story should have ended 12 episodes ago. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 9th, 2017 at 11:41:03 AM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12372 |
I think you should give up on the show. It's clearly not for you. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
May 9th, 2017 at 11:49:38 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You have to take the good with the bad. Whole sections of BB were mind numbingly boring, like the all the scenes with the drugged out friends of Jesse. They just went on and on and on. Or the episode where Walt is trying to kill a fly. That one is best in FF, you miss nothing by seeing it in real time. Watching TV is an art. Or you can sit there with your mouth hanging open, unblinking, thinking everything you see is relevant to the core story. It's not, it's stretchhhhhhhed to add more commercials and more episodes so they can get enough to go into syndication. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 9th, 2017 at 12:12:39 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12372 |
I always hated that episode with the fly. But there are lots of people who loved it.... I'll never understand why. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
May 9th, 2017 at 12:19:10 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | I think it was indeed overly long but it did represent realism and that is a value of and in itself. You inhale meth fumes or you 'test' your product too much and you start doing things like that. |
May 9th, 2017 at 12:34:10 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
But you can show that in a segment, you don't kill most of an episode with it. Vince Gilligan is a master at inane BS that has nothing to do with anything. You can lose every scene with Skylers sister in BB and the series would lose nothing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |