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Breaking Bad

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  • GPIA7RGPIA7R Registered User regular
    Having listened to that Spoilery Cranston interview, I am now fairly sure the final shot of Season 4 will be:
    The Ricin cigarette, in Walt's house.
    That's certainly how he made it sound in the interview. I can't think of any other "object" that has significance right now.

    Not sure about "external shot"... I was thinking the camera in the kitchen/living room, zooming in slowly to the bedroom, with the cig on the nightstand maybe.

  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    it could definitely be the necklace

  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    Larlar wrote:
    It blows my mind how different from Gus Giancarlo Esposito is in an interview.

    I mean, it's not like Bryan Cranston is a lot like Walt, either. But seeing Giancarlo Esposito in an interview is like looking at and listening to a complete stranger. My mind futilely tries to gap the disparity by simply making me very uncomfortable until I stop watching.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA3oxE4X5w8

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Ahahaha oh my goodness what

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    "NO GUS DON'T KILL HIM"

    bahahaha

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited October 2011
    ukiyo e wrote:
    Larlar wrote:

    Ugh, half a week to go to find out for sure.

    It just seems too convoluted for this show.
    I agree.

    Even given how far Walt has gone, it seems really far fetched that he would poison an innocent kid just to get a shot at Gus.

    Also, I doubt they would deliberately have all that slight of hand crap that would deliberately be made hard to notice unless you rewatch something over and over just to catch it.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited October 2011
    I think it fits just fine. Not that I'm sure it's going to happen. I guess I don't see anything wrong with it as a theory.
    We also don't know for sure Brock's been poisoned with ricin, for one. Walt just needed the ricin to disappear to plant the seed in Jesse. And we all know Walt does whatever needs to be done to protect himself and his family.

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  • ukiyo eukiyo e Registered User regular
    Larlar wrote:
    I think it fits just fine. Not that I'm sure it's going to happen. I guess I don't see anything wrong with it as a theory.
    We also don't know for sure Brock's been poisoned with ricin, for one. Walt just needed the ricin to disappear to plant the seed in Jesse. And we all know Walt does whatever needs to be done to protect himself and his family.
    I think my biggest gripe with it is that it ruins the entire arc of the season. Walt has been powerless since the first episode. We have watched him fret and squirm in this situation that is completely out of his control. Since he is a control freak to begin with that added so much tension to what was happening. The ending to Crawl Space was so good because it was the height of Walt being powerless. He was so out of options that he just starts laughing maniacally. We see that continue in End Times when his only choice to protect his family is to send them to the DEA, and then he just sits in his house waiting to die. That culminates in the scene with Jesse when he pulls the gun to his forehead, and then after that tension breaks Walt finds some confidence again because he got his partner back. I find it hard to believe that somehow he suddenly became empowered, hatched some insane plan that relies on all sorts of lucky breaks to fall into place in a 12 hour period, and then puts on the best acting job of his life to fool Jesse. Besides a few moments of brilliance, the entire series has relished in the fact that he lacks a poker face and is terrible at hiding things. If they morph Walt from a bumbling, self absorbed, wannabe mastermind into a master schemer and playmaker in one episode using events that happened off camera I will be very dissapointed.

    ... and after typing that all out I have realized that I drank way too much coffee this morning.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    ukiyo e wrote:
    Larlar wrote:
    I think it fits just fine. Not that I'm sure it's going to happen. I guess I don't see anything wrong with it as a theory.
    We also don't know for sure Brock's been poisoned with ricin, for one. Walt just needed the ricin to disappear to plant the seed in Jesse. And we all know Walt does whatever needs to be done to protect himself and his family.
    I think my biggest gripe with it is that it ruins the entire arc of the season. Walt has been powerless since the first episode. We have watched him fret and squirm in this situation that is completely out of his control. Since he is a control freak to begin with that added so much tension to what was happening. The ending to Crawl Space was so good because it was the height of Walt being powerless. He was so out of options that he just starts laughing maniacally. We see that continue in End Times when his only choice to protect his family is to send them to the DEA, and then he just sits in his house waiting to die. That culminates in the scene with Jesse when he pulls the gun to his forehead, and then after that tension breaks Walt finds some confidence again because he got his partner back. I find it hard to believe that somehow he suddenly became empowered, hatched some insane plan that relies on all sorts of lucky breaks to fall into place in a 12 hour period, and then puts on the best acting job of his life to fool Jesse. Besides a few moments of brilliance, the entire series has relished in the fact that he lacks a poker face and is terrible at hiding things. If they morph Walt from a bumbling, self absorbed, wannabe mastermind into a master schemer and playmaker in one episode using events that happened off camera I will be very dissapointed.

    ... and after typing that all out I have realized that I drank way too much coffee this morning.
    Does he really lack a poker face, though? Let's go all the way to Season 1's literal poker game and the bluff he pulled off. It's not like that scene was extraneous. That may actually be one of the most significant scenes in all four seasons of this show.

    Yes, he couldn't keep the stack of lies over lies from toppling onto Skyler, but he also lives with her and every change in his behavior is immediately noticed. He did a pretty outstanding job of putting one over on Mike last season, and we both know Mike isn't someone who's easily fooled. He's kept Hank at bay now for god knows how long, who also has a gift for sniffing out bullshit (though I'm constantly wondering if Hank actually does secretly suspect something).

    We also know that when Walt is pressed against a wall with no way out he becomes his most dangerous and his most brilliant. It's not about finding empowerment, it's about having no other options.

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  • ukiyo eukiyo e Registered User regular
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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    I'm...getting dizzy.

    You win.

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  • ukiyo eukiyo e Registered User regular
    Eventually it stops spinning, just keep watching.

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Larlar wrote:
    Walt and Gus reconcile their differences just in time to escort one another to the Batman convention.
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    Oh brilliant
  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    I just saw Walt's confrontation with Tuco.

    Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    onion AV club has done a really interesting string of interviews this past week

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    I just saw Walt's confrontation with Tuco.

    Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

    how about that opening scene

  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2011
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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Skull Man wrote:
    I just saw Walt's confrontation with Tuco.

    Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit.

    how about that opening scene

    It was incredible

    I love this show

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    it really just gets better BFL

    it doesn't seem like it could, but it does

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    It is just so good

    "nobody gets shot at taco cabeza!"

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    edited October 2011
    aw man
    do I have to watch it too
    BFL is gonna make me watch it

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    i thought you already knew what happened through osmosis

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    oh he does

    I'll make him watch it anyway

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    good

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    Antimatter wrote:
    i thought you already knew what happened through osmosis

    by osmosis do you mean wikipedia

    because if so

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    NO

    don't spoil the show

    watch it genetically identical fraternal unit

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    too late

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    I didn't know it was on Netflix and assumed I'd never watch it

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    aw fucking hell BB

    watch the damn show anyway

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    basically, yeah.

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    if it helps, I only remember two spoilers

    One is major, I don't think the other is

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    doesn't matter

    watch it

    also as long as you don't know what happens during the confrontation with Tuco, you still have some surprises.

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    fiiiiiiiiiiine

  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    i just rewatched the patdown scene from last week a bunch to see if i agreed with the people who think there was a switch there. i just don't see it at all. the guard puts his hand in his pocket hastily afterward, sure, but there is no possible way he got cigarettes into jesse's pocket considering he clearly has nothing in his hands when he starts and he keeps his hands on jesse pretty much the whole time the patdown is going on. i dunno.

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    also this has most certainly been posted here before, but whatever:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fkc5r2lFZs

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    I am ten minutes in

    and I would like to say

    go to hell, chad

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Chad?

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    the dick from walt's class

    also this is amazing

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    oh yeah, him

    I knew you would like it

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