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[GasClown]

AWESOME!!!

http://au.ign.com/ar...etter-call-saul

[GasClown]

Anyone watched Better Call Saul yet?

[WalrusKing]

Watched the first Season last afternoon/night.

Was good, like the 2 eps where they showed the end then how it built up to it they were done well.
It seems very well-rounded, i can see if it continues like this why it got all that praise.

Think I'll let the 5eps a week record then watch them in one go on the weekends.

[Aromaci]

Enjoy it. To be able to watch it for the first time. Lucky you.

[GasClown]

Won't give anything away - enjoy it as Aro said... it only gets better.

[WalrusKing]

Finished Season 2 today.

Good, really good.

Had a few slower eps though to be expected with it getting an extra 5 eps over season 1. Still it managed to avoid the feeling that 'this ep' is a season filler, which a few shows I'm watching now don't managed to do at all(Walking Dead, The 100) and have eps  that you go, "that could've been condensed to 10 minutes", so that really adds to Breaking Bad's quality for me that no eps like that have popped up.

I think the thing I love most is its anticipation building through flash forwards and just the normal telling of events. I feel they use the flash forwards so well to get you wondering how it builds up to that and what happens and without over using it. Seeing how the season ending fell into place, and seeing how the previous events and actions caused it to happen was cool.

So far I'm liking Hank the best as a character, he's not how I would've guessed he would be at first glance.
I would've guessed he would be the hard ass brother in law that would rib on Walt all the time and not be such a family man you know your typical cop brother in law that shows like to do.
Interesting to see that Walt is taking to the lifestyle easier than Jesse as well.

Now to wait 2 and a bit weeks till I can watch all of Season 3 over a few days, with all the intrigue the show presents I don't want to have to wait in between eps.

[GasClown]

WalrusKing, on 18 March 2015 - 11:16 AM, said:

that really adds to Breaking Bad's quality for me that no eps like that have popped up.

You'll find it's like that right to the very end. Some great writing throughout. It does fall a little flat, maybe two or three episodes through the entire season (in comparison to the high quality of the rest of them) but otherwise, solid as. Good to hear you're enjoying it.

[WalrusKing]

Finished season 3.

Those first 9 eps for me were so interesting and just packed with intrigue to see what happens, just all great.
Then episode 10: Fly appeared and yeah don't know if I missed the point of it or it is one of those few eps you mentioned falling flat but it would be the first episode that has just had me going why is this taking so long.

The last few eps were good building up to the end being which was triggered by something the season before, I liked that, shows how everything pieces together and that ending its just the kinda show that I'm not entirely certain which way its gone.

[Aromaci]

The fly was symbolic of what Walt is going through in his life. It could also be seen as a metaphor concerning the big decision Walt made in an earlier episode and his struggle with it.

[WalrusKing]

^Not surprised I missed it always miss things like that.

Felt this season wasn't as face paced as season 3 in terms of things happening per episode more I guess slow build up to the big conclusion that had been building over the past few seasons. Plus this is the first season where I didn't feel there was a half way point like the other seasons, the whole season fell together as one overarching storyline.
Saul is good have enjoyed his addition to the show, hope he sticks around.

Spoilers for Season 4

Spoiler

I'll try to write this in order as I viewed the eps rather then just my view on after seeing it all since it changed after watching it all because of revelations.

The episode where Brock gets poisoned was my first but where I really got thinking, On one hand it made sense for Gus to use the one thing standing in the way of killing Walt, Jesse to kill Walt.  My complaint with that was it made little sense the way he went about it. As we see through the season with Gus he is clever, plans things out well, this plan of poisoning Brock didn't make sense to me at the time if felt a mistep by the writers.
The plan hinged on Jesse being so blinded by rage that he wouldn't see reason and kill Walt straight away but as we know he didn't, really anyone knowing Jesse would realise that he wouldn't straight away and Walt used reason which apart from like Jesse, Gus getting the Ricen made sense. Why would Walt do it, and now Gus has lost his cook on a plan that had a high probability of failing.

One thing I didn't like was the Gus death scene fell they tried a bit hard to make it seem like he survived, if the toned the injuries down I might have been able to believe since its a show he would make it that far but it was just a bit too much for me to suspend disbelief I think it is.

Then those last few scene I just felt brilliance from them that like Jesse I had been played. Loved it all falling into place and realising that what actually happened made so much sense but the writers did enough to convince and lead me away from it to the path they wanted and to keep me on that path and that was that Gus did it and it was just a bit of poor writing.

Walt was just like Gus, clever, plans things out and over the seasons as gotten better and more comfortable making hard decisions.

And it all made sense as to why Walt would do it in that final scene showing the plant,

• he was loosing Jesse, and that would bring him back to him,
  
• as I thought to begin with it made no sense for Gus to risk turning Jesse on him,
  
• someone that knew Jesse would know that he wouldn't pull the trigger straight away just like Walt would know and as such could risk enraging Jesse knowing he could talk him down.
  
• There was no real way Gus could get or know of the Ricen but this could be overshadowed at the time with other facts
  
• Walt has no issues putting others at risk in a him or me situation, unsurprisingly of course.

Really enjoyed the ending, good season I enjoyed I its my favourite season ending so far.

Still maintained its quality for me, no clue what going to happen in season 5, I guess a few eps to deal with the aftermath then no clue.

[WalrusKing]

Finished the rest of the Series off on the weekend.
Had a bit of a shock at the end of season 5 when it went from s5 e8 to s6 sp1, thought Foxtel missed half a season, but as it turns out they spilt the season. That wait would've sucked.

Good series can see why its so highly rated. For me I think two things made it enjoyable.
1. Its ability to make me want to watch the next episode straight away so often not only because of how the episode ended but also because it wasn't so predictable that I could guess with certainty what would happen next.
2. The characters and how they were wrote, they all felt real to me and not like they were put there ot written to fulfil a certain stereotype or cliche.

Glad I watched really apart from one ep(The Fly) was thoroughly enjoyed throughout.

Spoilers for the series.

Spoiler

That start to season 5 was cool, already gets your mind running that something goes wrong big time and also shows the time progression of the series but I felt that this future spot also took a bit away from the series since it took some of the tension out of later episode a bit knowing that Walt wasn't going to get caught.

That season 5 cliffhanger was so good entirely because it was so unexpected I had completely forgotten about that book and just sets up the final season.

Over s5/6 I noticed a swap in the two main characters I started to like Jesse where as before I never much cared for him felt him whiney and Walt I just couldn't excuse his actions any longer and started to hate him as such watching it all fall apart around him was entertaining. Loved that Jesse finally realised it was Walt and again out of no where I didn't realise what he just realised at first it was so out of no where but what the little act in lifting that weed set into motion was massive.

It was a downer when Hank and Gomez died and I was glad that in the end they did get their bodies found they were really on the top side of good/well meaning characters in a series were alot of the main characters are criminals.

I think the ending was good, Walt didn't get a full redemption which I liked he didn't deserve one but I liked him dying in the one place he had become truly happy.
The ending wasn't the best of the series mainly because it was the most predicable as to what was going to happen, still enjoyable watching the white supremacists get done in.

In the end I liked that it didn't just have some magic and make everything alight, I don't think any of it ended that well for anyone really.

[GasClown]

WalrusKing, on 18 May 2015 - 04:05 PM, said:

Finished the rest of the Series off on the weekend.
Had a bit of a shock at the end of season 5 when it went from s5 e8 to s6 sp1, thought Foxtel missed half a season, but as it turns out they spilt the season. That wait would've sucked.

Good series can see why its so highly rated. For me I think two things made it enjoyable.
1. Its ability to make me want to watch the next episode straight away so often not only because of how the episode ended but also because it wasn't so predictable that I could guess with certainty what would happen next.
2. The characters and how they were wrote, they all felt real to me and not like they were put there ot written to fulfil a certain stereotype or cliche.

Glad I watched really apart from one ep(The Fly) was thoroughly enjoyed throughout.

Spoilers for the series.

Spoiler

That start to season 5 was cool, already gets your mind running that something goes wrong big time and also shows the time progression of the series but I felt that this future spot also took a bit away from the series since it took some of the tension out of later episode a bit knowing that Walt wasn't going to get caught.

That season 5 cliffhanger was so good entirely because it was so unexpected I had completely forgotten about that book and just sets up the final season.

Over s5/6 I noticed a swap in the two main characters I started to like Jesse where as before I never much cared for him felt him whiney and Walt I just couldn't excuse his actions any longer and started to hate him as such watching it all fall apart around him was entertaining. Loved that Jesse finally realised it was Walt and again out of no where I didn't realise what he just realised at first it was so out of no where but what the little act in lifting that weed set into motion was massive.

It was a downer when Hank and Gomez died and I was glad that in the end they did get their bodies found they were really on the top side of good/well meaning characters in a series were alot of the main characters are criminals.

I think the ending was good, Walt didn't get a full redemption which I liked he didn't deserve one but I liked him dying in the one place he had become truly happy.
The ending wasn't the best of the series mainly because it was the most predicable as to what was going to happen, still enjoyable watching the white supremacists get done in.

In the end I liked that it didn't just have some magic and make everything alight, I don't think any of it ended that well for anyone really.

Good to hear you enjoyed it mate. Have you ever watched the remake of Battlestar Galactica?

[WalrusKing]

^I watched the first season, it was back when I was at the mercy of time TV schedules so was hard to keep up with anything that was heavily story related miss a few eps or just not notice when a season starts and I'd just drop out.

I do enjoy sci-fi, like stargate alot, don't have the time problems with Foxtel now but still constricted by what they show. Maybe one day I will get good enough internet for me to be comfortable to pay for a streaming service.

[GasClown]

WalrusKing, on 19 May 2015 - 02:51 AM, said:

^I watched the first season, it was back when I was at the mercy of time TV schedules so was hard to keep up with anything that was heavily story related miss a few eps or just not notice when a season starts and I'd just drop out.

I do enjoy sci-fi, like stargate alot, don't have the time problems with Foxtel now but still constricted by what they show. Maybe one day I will get good enough internet for me to be comfortable to pay for a streaming service.

Definitely if you get the chance - watch it.

[straussy240]

Indeed BSG is totally worth it

so say we all!!

[GasClown]

straussy240, on 19 May 2015 - 05:27 AM, said:

so say we all!!

So say we all mutha fracker!