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Feb 16, 2016 19:05
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Some day I'll watch Breaking Bad. Some day long in the future when I'm really depressed and want to watch something really intense that bums me out. In the meantime, would it be a terrible idea to watch Better Call Saul without having seen BB?
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Feb 16, 2016 21:07
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feedmyleg posted:In the meantime, would it be a terrible idea to watch Better Call Saul without having seen BB? Yeah. General rule - Don't watch/play/read prequels first.
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Feb 16, 2016 21:09
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BCS is barely a prequel. It's practically its own thing. Maybe when the later seasons come in I will change my tune but at the moment it's so far off it doesn't matter.
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Feb 16, 2016 21:12
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Steve2911 posted:It's back already? That snuck up. Guess I'll have to read a Wiki summary or something to refresh myself on season 1 rather than my customary rewatch. I only just realized it had premiered when I refreshed my podcasts and a new episode of BCS Insider started downloading.
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Feb 16, 2016 21:12
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Sober posted:BCS is barely a prequel. It's practically its own thing. Maybe when the later seasons come in I will change my tune but at the moment it's so far off it doesn't matter. Honestly it's so much better than Breaking Bad I wish it wasn't related at all. I'm dreading it catching up to that show.
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Feb 16, 2016 21:24
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I was surprised to find that Vinyl didn't have a thread so I made one. Come on in and answer my one question, and let's talk about this program together. Edit: OH YEAH shout out to sector_corrector, totally stole your comment for the show's thread title timp fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Feb 16, 2016 21:25
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PriorMarcus posted:Honestly it's so much better than Breaking Bad I wish it wasn't related at all. I'm dreading it catching up to that show. I wouldn't go anywhere near this far yet but it's definitely more my kind of show and I could see it surpassing it if it gets as intense but in its own way
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Feb 16, 2016 21:35
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feedmyleg posted:Some day I'll watch Breaking Bad. Some day long in the future when I'm really depressed and want to watch something really intense that bums me out. It won't make much difference to you. That said, if the tone of BrBa was what turned you off, well, BCS doesn't seem to be going in a lighter direction.
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Feb 16, 2016 21:49
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feedmyleg posted:Some day I'll watch Breaking Bad. Some day long in the future when I'm really depressed and want to watch something really intense that bums me out. I have a friend who hasn't been able to get into Breaking Bad but is really enjoying Better Call Saul. It makes a lot of easter egg references to BB but as a standalone show I'm sure BCS still works.
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Feb 16, 2016 21:52
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I'm sure it would work. I personally would still say watch BB first but it's definitely not totally egregious to start with Saul. The stuff you actively wouldn't understand is very little.
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Feb 16, 2016 22:15
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PriorMarcus posted:Honestly it's so much better than Breaking Bad I wish it wasn't related at all. I'm dreading it catching up to that show. You're such a drama queen.
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Feb 16, 2016 22:20
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If you're putting off BB because it's intense and depressing then Better Call Saul is even worse for that.
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Feb 16, 2016 22:59
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PriorMarcus posted:Honestly it's so much better than Breaking Bad I wish it wasn't related at all. I'm dreading it catching up to that show. Oofah doofah what a bad post!
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Feb 16, 2016 23:28
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One of the best parts about BCS is that it doesn't actually lean too hard on Breaking Bad references outside of maybe the very first episode. I mean I still recommend you watch Breaking Bad because it's a great show, but it totally stands on its own.
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Feb 17, 2016 00:10
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Breaking Bad is great but has a lot of boring scenes where nothing happens like eating breakfast.
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Feb 17, 2016 00:53
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I liked the last two seasons of Breaking Bad, the rest was honestly incredible dull. I watched it only to get the set up for the final seasons. Season 4 and 5 completely change the horrible pacing in seasons 1, 2, and 3. I love Bryan Cranston and I love Bob Odenkirk which is what got me through BB, but I really can't watch most shows that progress at turtle-like speeds. Edit: completely agree with the above. I didn't want to watch the Pancake king ask about breakfast for the fiftieth loving time.
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Feb 17, 2016 00:57
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Season 3 of Broad City starts tomorrow night.
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Feb 17, 2016 01:31
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I'm not gonna compare the two shows in their entireties because BCS is still pretty new and that would be pointless But BCS season 1 is probably better than BB season 1.
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Feb 17, 2016 01:45
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Gonz posted:Season 3 of Broad City starts tomorrow night. Woohoo! Abie and Illana are also on the latest of Maron's podcasts. Ravane posted:I liked the last two seasons of Breaking Bad, the rest was honestly incredible dull. I watched it only to get the set up for the final seasons. Season 4 and 5 completely change the horrible pacing in seasons 1, 2, and 3. What is with the tiny attention spans that people have these days? It seems that if there isn't at least a character death or explosion every 6 minutes people complain about being bored. Season 1 is short as hell and tight to boot. Season 2 had some crazy intense episodes and the slower parts really helped establish the transformation of lead characters. Season 3 has a cracking pace with some of the most tense episodes of the entire series.
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Feb 17, 2016 01:57
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Live event TV has definitely gone too far as The Simpsons is planning a "live segment" in a May episode.
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Feb 17, 2016 02:25
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xcore posted:What is with the tiny attention spans that people have these days? It seems that if there isn't at least a character death or explosion every 6 minutes people complain about being bored. Season 2 was the plane right? That season largely dragged rear end. The Fly also sucked tremendous piles of flaming radioactive poo poo. Otherwise BrBa is some of the best TV ever made.
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Feb 17, 2016 02:31
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muscles like this? posted:Live event TV has definitely gone too far as The Simpsons is planning a "live segment" in a May episode. But it's a terrible strain on the animators wrists
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Feb 17, 2016 02:52
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IRQ posted:Season 2 was the plane right? That season largely dragged rear end. Fly was good though?
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Feb 17, 2016 02:57
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Yeah, Fly was a quintessential Breaking Bad episode.
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Feb 17, 2016 02:59
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Yeah, Fly was loving amazing.
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Feb 17, 2016 03:21
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People might think Season two dragged at the time, but when viewed as a whole it's really good. It just takes a while to get the pieces into place, much like Boardwalk Empire, but when it all comes together and viewed as a whole it's good. The obvious rebuttal to that is "but Boardwalk Empire WAS boring at times. This type of storytelling is bad for a TV show that airs week to week". But you know what other TV did that? The first season of Better Call Saul and now people are raving about it.
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Feb 17, 2016 03:27
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It's been like a page since a guy said he hadn't watched BB yet, maybe it would be a common courtesy to not openly discuss the plotlines and events of entire seasons
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Feb 17, 2016 03:32
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Fly was the first episode of Breaking Bad I ever saw because AMC was airing reruns one night. It was loving captivating. It made me go back and watch the whole series from the beginning and I fell in love with it. But Fly is like the best episode I could've seen out of order because it was a hell of a showcase of the series' amazing cinematography and darkly comedic tone, as well as establishing those characters for me almost immediately without being super spoilery and making me feel like I didn't need to see what came before that episode.
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Feb 17, 2016 03:38
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Sleeveless posted:It's been like a page since a guy said he hadn't watched BB yet, maybe it would be a common courtesy to not openly discuss the plotlines and events of entire seasons Nobody has said literally anything substantive about the content of the show other than that one season might have something to do with a plane crash. Oh also they talk about breakfast a lot. loving spoilers dude!
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Feb 17, 2016 03:47
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Sleeveless posted:It's been like a page since a guy said he hadn't watched BB yet, maybe it would be a common courtesy to not openly discuss the plotlines and events of entire seasons  Unless you meant to post this in the Better Call Saul thread, in which case haha wow.
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Feb 17, 2016 03:48
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I wonder what ever happened to the guy that directed Fly...
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Feb 17, 2016 04:24
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Wow people think BCS is less dull than BB? BCS had a whole episode dedicated to deciding whether or not to go into elder care.
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Feb 17, 2016 04:40
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xcore posted:The obvious rebuttal to that is "but Boardwalk Empire WAS boring at times. This type of storytelling is bad for a TV show that airs week to week". But you know what other TV did that? The first season of Better Call Saul and now people are raving about it. I didn't find any of the first season of Better Call Saul dull. The premier of season 2 didn't bowl me over tho
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Feb 17, 2016 04:56
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This season of X-Files is amazing, it's somehow managed to have both one of the best episodes the show has ever had and one of the worst episodes the show has ever had. All within two episodes of each other.
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Feb 17, 2016 06:20
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Shageletic posted:Is the british version worth watching? I liked the first five minutes of it, with the speechifying. Seemed more my speed than the stupid fantasy of what I've seen from the American version. Definitely worth watching, yes. Urquhart is a bastard but you're not supposed to like him, which is better than the weird escapist fantasy of Kevin Spacey imho
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Feb 17, 2016 07:04
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feedmyleg posted:Some day I'll watch Breaking Bad. Some day long in the future when I'm really depressed and want to watch something really intense that bums me out. nope, go ahead Rageaholic Monkey posted:Fly was the first episode of Breaking Bad I ever saw because AMC was airing reruns one night. It was loving captivating. It made me go back and watch the whole series from the beginning and I fell in love with it. But Fly is like the best episode I could've seen out of order because it was a hell of a showcase of the series' amazing cinematography and darkly comedic tone, as well as establishing those characters for me almost immediately without being super spoilery and making me feel like I didn't need to see what came before that episode. and then he went on to direct looper. good guy
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Feb 17, 2016 07:05
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Brick is still my favourite thing Rian Johnson ever directed after Ozymandias. You all should watch Brick.
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Feb 17, 2016 07:10
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Escobarbarian posted:Brick is still my favourite thing Rian Johnson ever directed after Ozymandias. You all should watch Brick. This post is 100% truth.
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Feb 17, 2016 07:10
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Escobarbarian posted:Brick is still my favourite thing Rian Johnson ever directed after Ozymandias. You all should watch Brick.
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Feb 17, 2016 07:13
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