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The discussion that Breaking Bad sparked about Skylar's role is the single most interesting thing that came of BB. Considering Skylar to be a villain is telling of being an idiot on a very fundamental level. It is somehow a really common take for people to side with Hank, the guy who killed Jesse's girlfriend for no real reason, because people have brains that makes the concept of a wife who isn't totally subservient to her murderous, drug-peddling husband, out to be "equally bad" to a psychopath who chose to kill people because of hurt pride.
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Skyler is a lovely wife and bad person op
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Apr 1, 2017 18:35
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Grandmother of Five posted:The discussion that Breaking Bad sparked about Skylar's role is the single most interesting thing that came of BB. Considering Skylar to be a villain is telling of being an idiot on a very fundamental level. It is somehow a really common take for people to side with Hank, the guy who killed Jesse's girlfriend for no real reason, because people have brains that makes the concept of a wife who isn't totally subservient to her murderous, drug-peddling husband, out to be "equally bad" to a psychopath who chose to kill people because of hurt pride. She is not the villain. Breaking Bad does not really have a villain. But she is a trash wife.
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Apr 1, 2017 18:37
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Walt was not the villain. He was the protagonist. Therefore Skyler was the villain. Also, the best part of the series was when they made Jesse watch his gf get shot then made him a slave.
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Apr 1, 2017 18:37
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better call saul is a better show
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Apr 1, 2017 18:38
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that special where those creatures (the gentlemen) came that took everyones voices in town and cut peoples hearts out. at the end when they destroyed the box holding everyones voices walt screamed until the gentlemens heads exploded
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Apr 1, 2017 18:38
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How dare a wife resist her husband's bull headed resistance to treatment and ill intentioned descent into drug manufacturing and murder. Skyler did nothing wrong (except loving Ted)
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Apr 1, 2017 18:38
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i believe that was also the episode where saul informed hank that he was "special" and of course in later seasons hank became a full-blown witch
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Apr 1, 2017 18:41
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my bat mitzvah ROCKED posted:better call saul is a better show It's the ambien of cable TV.
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Apr 1, 2017 18:43
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I mixed up the names of Hank & Walter, but I remember something good about the series. Movies & television aren't imo very good at doing character-driven story-telling, because presenting a character's thought or internal dialogue visually is pretty hard, and comes across extremely stilted with voiceovers and w/e. As visual mediums, movies and television is much better suitied towards plot-drive story-telling than litterature, HOWEBER, when Walter threw the pizza on the roof was pretty good.
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Apr 1, 2017 18:45
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Toadvine posted:How dare a wife resist her husband's bull headed resistance to treatment and ill intentioned descent into drug manufacturing and murder. This but unironically Breaking Bad is about a gay drug dealer and a straight drug dealer and terrible women
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Grandmother of Five posted:I mixed up the names of Hank & Walter, but I remember something good about the series. Movies & television aren't imo very good at doing character-driven story-telling, because presenting a character's thought or internal dialogue visually is pretty hard, and comes across extremely stilted with voiceovers and w/e. As visual mediums, movies and television is much better suitied towards plot-drive story-telling than litterature, HOWEBER, when Walter threw the pizza on the roof was pretty good. These are some worthwhile points, the change in the characters making things feel real is what makes BB a very good TV show mainly
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Apr 1, 2017 18:47
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the episode where they went lollapalooza is so dated now especially with walt and hank gushing about getting to see stone temple pilots live
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Apr 1, 2017 18:52
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well when you're watching the show you're like "he can't keep getting away with it" but he just keeps on getting away with it. you wanna tune in just to see if he ever stops getting away with it, and also to see the many different ways he gets away with it.
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Apr 1, 2017 18:54
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Walt was a danger and a menace to everyone around him. He got Hank killed for chrissakes! For what? So he could feel a touch of the powerful life. Walt is the protagonist and the villain of his story.
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Apr 1, 2017 18:54
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the crossover episode where brisco county jr was hunting for walt was just bad
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Apr 1, 2017 18:56
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Although Walt Jr stole the show and my heart 
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Apr 1, 2017 18:56
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Toadvine posted:Walt was a danger and a menace to everyone around him. He got Hank killed for chrissakes! For what? So he could feel a touch of the powerful life. Walt is the protagonist and the villain of his story. gently caress Hank too btw
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Apr 1, 2017 18:59
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the show kind of left a lot of loose ends but david lynch pretty well finished walter whites story with the movie
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Apr 1, 2017 19:00
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Shows great, Skylar is still a bitch, Jesse rules.
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Apr 1, 2017 19:01
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In the next universe over Skylar gets killed before she has a baby and Walt lives a great life until the cancer comes back and gets him. The last scene is Legs closing a floorsafe in the home that is full of money and a picture of his dad.
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Apr 1, 2017 19:02
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Knight posted:Better Call Saul is a good spinoff, maybe they should do another one with Walt's wife, whatever her name was. Interesting fact: she is never referred to by name through the entire series. However, the script does refer to her as "That loving Bitch"
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Apr 1, 2017 19:03
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there is barely a single good lisa episode in all of breaking bad
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Apr 1, 2017 19:04
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Hank still gets killed in the desert but it's because Walt realizes he's a piece of poo poo too
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Apr 1, 2017 19:04
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agreed a bit but its still a great show all said and done season 1 very good season 2 also good the middle is lots of filler but some decent stuff in there just pick it up at the last season and especially the second half when walt has to tie up all the loose ends for one of the better endings in TV dramas i also like how there is so much onscreen violence but since its AMC they cant say the f*ck word lol
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Apr 1, 2017 19:08
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Gus Fring Did Nothing Wrong
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Apr 1, 2017 19:09
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im a tough drug dealer just chopping heads but ill get killed right before i say the f word on screen because of im not on HBO
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Apr 1, 2017 19:10
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if you like weird not by the numbers cool shows about crime then please watch True Detective i think its my favorite show up there with Twin Peaks and The Wire
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Apr 1, 2017 19:11
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breaking bad is so good that you have to wonder if george r r martin thinks it stands up to his original work
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Apr 1, 2017 19:13
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Grandmother of Five posted:Hank, the guy who killed Jesse's girlfriend for no real reason Um what. Jesse's first girlfriend overdosed (and Walt let her die) and Jesse's second girlfriend got killed by nazis. What the gently caress are you talking about EDIT: oops I missed this Grandmother of Five posted:I mixed up the names of Hank & Walter Izzhov fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Apr 1, 2017 |
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Apr 1, 2017 19:16
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Toadvine posted:(except loving Ted) Bullshit. She did not want to be in a relationship with Walt any more and Walt was using their situation to hold her hostage. She had every right to gently caress Ted
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Apr 1, 2017 19:17
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Izzhov posted:Bullshit. She did not want to be in a relationship with Walt any more and Walt was using their situation to hold her hostage. She had every right to gently caress Ted lol that's not how it works
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Apr 1, 2017 19:19
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Walter White drove Q to despair and his eventual death. You can't ignore the significance of that.
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Apr 1, 2017 19:22
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Sheep-Goats posted:lol that's not how it works It actually is. You can't have a relationship between two people if both parties don't consent. Skylar at that point in the show did not consent to her relationship with Walter
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Apr 1, 2017 19:23
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like if two people are in a relationship and person A was like "I want to break up" and person B was like "no you don't LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" and then person A was like "since we aren't in a relationship any more I hosed Ted" and person B was like "OMG YOU CHEATING BICTH HOW COULD YOU" That is literally, word for word, what happens in this show. That was me quoting the script
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Apr 1, 2017 19:26
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Its a dumb show written for stupid people, OP.
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Apr 1, 2017 19:29
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I'm not the biggest fan of skyler because she's single handedly responsible for weighing down se2-3 by getting into the same exact argument with Walt over and over. The contrast between Walt and Jesse's breakneck antics and the grinding misery of home life is neat I guess but it did take away from my enjoyment of the show.
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Apr 1, 2017 19:30
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The only stupid ones are the ones who think Skyler is bad when in fact she's good. If any of you broke brain/home goons had a strong female influence like Skyler in your life well let's just say you wouldn't feel the need to post on SA
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Apr 1, 2017 19:32
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It's a good show but s3-5 had a lot of filler that could have been condensed.
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Well OP, people are idiots, easily wooed by a fun premise and great acting and a well-written script where richly developed characters navigate plots full of consequence and pathos. Yawn. Wake me when they make it into an anime.
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