I thought it was excellent. Watched the whole thing in 10 days. I don't usually get too attached to tv shows but this got to me 
I couldn't stand so many characters
I couldn't stand so many charactersTelevision Breaking Bad
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Breaking Bads greatness is that it brought the The Wire in the king fans, and Prison Break who can't comprehend character development and too much intelligent dialogue fans together as one somehow.
I wouldn't have it top 10, but it done something special bringing everyone together in the final season. So I've got to give it that.
I wouldn't have it top 10, but it done something special bringing everyone together in the final season. So I've got to give it that.
I thought it was excellent. Watched the whole thing in 10 days. I don't usually get too attached to tv shows but this got to me
10 days? Pretty insane time to get through it all, but then I did watch seasons 4 and 5A within a few days. I tend to watch one episode a day on average of stuff when I first get into it, and then am racing through it towards the end.
On my holiday from uni, my parents and sister were in America so had the house to myself. It was pretty hectic, when I was in my house it's pretty much all I did. Just about all I've watched on my tv apart from the news for the last week or so
Really? I though it was annoyingly close to that (Jesse survives and completes his transformation, Walt gets his peace of mind, Skylar gets off the hook and iirc they even get to keep a lot of money, bad guys all die).
And while it was without question a great show I think it's way overhyped - afaik there were even a lot of pathetic people who downvoted the wire on imdb to get BB into the top spot.
Agreed. Great entertainment but not great drama - far too many convenient coincidences (almost deus ex machina) to make it great but thoroughly entertaining nonetheless.
I don't think you can enjoy BB now as much as someone that watched it week by week. There are so many little things you will miss because it seems to be designed as a show that requires it's audience to fully absorb the little nuances to fully appreciate it.
Still prefer GoT.
This thread was brilliant. What with cider and nahealia arguing about plot holes and this gem
Funniest post in the Entertainment forum!
Funniest post in the Entertainment forum!
There he is, there's Isaac.
I think the writers have butchered it too much. It's great, but I would rate BB higher.
This thread was brilliant. What with cider and nahealia arguing about plot holes and this gem
Funniest post in the Entertainment forum!
damn. This will haunt me forever.I must have coughed up a lung when i first read that. Was in stitches.
The only episode of anything on IMDb that has 10/10. 12 of the top 20 highest rated episodes in TV history are Breaking Bad on there, including each of the top 4.
You wouldn't have this in the top 10 ever? Come on. It's certainly top 5 without question and then it comes down to individual taste.
People also over analyse and obsess about all sorts of stupid things that mean nothing when theyre watching it weekly. And you notice plot holes. I prefered watching the first 3 series on a binge than the last two week by week.
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I watched the first four and a half on binge and then the last half week by week which worked out well for me. Especially season 4 ending, I remember having four episodes left and watched the first, then had to watch the follow up, and then thought, need to watch the next and by that time it was 2am and thought feck it, cant save the finale for later and ended up sleeping at 3am based on it. Season 4 goes down as my fav and s2 as the weakest, but overall I didnt mind s2 cos it was watched so quickly by me.
Id have it in my top 5 shows ever (along with Wire, Shield, GoT and Spartacus) ...so far.
Id have it in my top 5 shows ever (along with Wire, Shield, GoT and Spartacus) ...so far.
To be fair, while BB's got some superb episodes, 12 in the top 20 is probably a bit too much, especially when you consider the number of great shows in recent years that all have a number of fantastic episodes.
This is an elaborate hoax, surely?
http://nationalreport.net/vince-gilligan-announces-breaking-bad-season-6/
http://nationalreport.net/vince-gilligan-announces-breaking-bad-season-6/
Please don't.
It's a hoax. Wouldn't say it's elaborate
Writing an article, fabricating (lengthy) quotes, forging scripts... I would say it's elaborate enough.
I've just started watching this. The DVDs are cheap at the local shop.
I feel I need to watch this again soon.
Cleaned up at the Emmy's last night. Personally I thought True Detective was better than the final eight episodes, but the hype train is all over BB so it was always going to win, I guess.
Time to start watching this again.
This or prison break? I've seen all 5 series of BB and it'd be hard to beat, but I've heard great things about prison break too.
If you're going to watch prison break then stop after season one and tell yourself it got cancelled.
that's like a choice between banging Scarlett Johannson or sandpaper.
In fact, just watch Dexter, but skip the first four seasons, they're crap.
Yeah, I've heard about this as well... seasons 2-4 are let downs ey?
Definitely the latter.
First few episodes of season two are OK, then it goes downhill rapidly and never looks back.
They didn't forge a script, the faked two pages and placed them on a stack of black sheets.
Besides, with Breaking Bad as big as it is this would be everywhere if it were true.
Great re-cap.
Dude is trying to update it to include the final 8 episodes but keeps running into issues with Youtube apparently.
Dude is trying to update it to include the final 8 episodes but keeps running into issues with Youtube apparently.
Hmm... the video might help.
BB, GOT, The Wire, House of Cards, Sherlock, Fargo...Easy Top 6
Except you don't have The Sopranos which is superior to them all. Except maybe The Wire.
I only watched an episode of Prison Break so I'm probably not best placed to judge, but that episode was shite enough that I just started watching Oz again instead. So if you haven't seen Oz, I recommend you watch that. Fantastic show that came around before this golden era of TV drama, but its aged pretty well imo.