Breaking Bad - sell it to me (and without spoilers)
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I've never seen an episode of Breaking Bad. *gasp* Now that you're over your shock....
I was always aware of Breaking Bad but the show's popularity seemed to come out of nowhere during it's final season. The way people raved on about it towards the end I couldn't help but feel I was missing out on something amazing. I still have not seen any of the episodes but am contemplating doing so...
So for the BB fans what is so good about the show? And is it one of those shows where the first few seasons are crap? Because I really don't have the patience for that, thanks.
I was always aware of Breaking Bad but the show's popularity seemed to come out of nowhere during it's final season. The way people raved on about it towards the end I couldn't help but feel I was missing out on something amazing. I still have not seen any of the episodes but am contemplating doing so...
So for the BB fans what is so good about the show? And is it one of those shows where the first few seasons are crap? Because I really don't have the patience for that, thanks.
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So I watched..... and within a week had gotten through the first 3 seasons. There are moments it is slow, but it is always building to something.
The development of the Walter White character is maybe some of the greatest character development in TV history. You get to see him starting off, low down the chain and see him progress and grow to what he is in the end (won't spoil)
It also provides some of the best moments you will see on a TV show. No season is crap, but it does get steadily better as it goes along. Some of season 3 & 4 is just mind blowing.
Sit down, watch it and enjoy.
The first few seasons are the set up and about the people and why they have chosen to do things. They are crammed full of interesting stuff, some very black comedy and some action.
But this is very much a show where the characters develop and grow with every new situation they find themselves in. And along with the character's growth there is also a growth in the darkness, the violence the spectacle and the black comedy; which is evem funnier the more the situation gets worse.
Don't see it as season 1,2,3,4 and 5, see it as the complete story of Walter White and a storyline you just couldn't imagine. It gives you everything. It is complete. It gives you the ending that you deserve for watching it.
This is real OMG! No they didn't! Oh God they have! TV that goes downhill all the way as it gets darker and darker. (That's a positive in this show: the worse it gets for the characters, the greater TV it is for the viewer)
It's is also simple to understand TV without being simplistic: There are no arcing mysteries to work out, no why did they return from the grave/are they aliens/what is the mysterious time travelling island all about? This is real life, one of action and consequences.
Give it a go! See what in total fact you are missing out on. Go check out Mr White and ride his rollercoaster into the pits of hell and back in time to make Junior's breakfast.
The first 5 episodes of Season 1 aren't full of interesting stuff, they're quite boring. Things start to get interesting at the end of episode 5 IIRC.
Ran out of time, so haven't seen past the first episode of season 2, which was very good...
I'd give it more than three, the first season gets better as it goes along...
I've watched the first three and I have enjoyed them but it hasn't grabbed me in a way that The Wire or The Sopranoes did. I think maybe the problem is that it was hyped to be brilliant so maybe I was expecting brilliance from the get go. Many shows grow to brilliance, if that makes sense, I'll stick with it a little more because people who like the shows I do, rave about this one so I suspect I will like it.
Define what you call interesting. For many people it was/is interesting from the start, others want their fix of action and don't do character set-up.
It's an age thing.
I'd say what hooked me was that it's about an ordinary shlub who gets involved in crime and of course he doesn't know how it works and has to confront huge moral dillemas . but it's also very funny in a black-comedy way , a bit like a Coen bros. movie .
but basically it clashes a very ordinary domestic life against the world of criminality . Plus of course he's dying from cancer .
also - the other main character Jesse Pinkman who is a small time meth dealer is just such a likeable kid , who actually has more conscience than all the others, his relationship with Walt is the backbone of the show , and the things they go thru ... well you'll see .
It's unpredictable. A good mix of drama, some black humour and shocks.
Same. I watched the first one not expecting to like it, but even with the way the first episode started I was hooked to see what happened.
Sometimes though it can be confusing, but it all becomes clear again. I also enjoy getting the background to some storylines.
I just watched the final two episodes today and I am gutted thats its over. It will be one on my rewatch list in about a year.
My 16 year old son badgered me to watched the show in the first place and in the end, both me and his dad were hooked on the blue:D. The acting is first class and its a well written show which confuses at times, but it all becomes clear in the end.
I've generally don't have an issue with slow moving shows or character development, just the first few episodes of Breaking Bad for some reason...
Hardly the most catching, must-see description for a show.
I have no interest in drugs, gangsters and find people that are terminally ill in films/tv too depressing.
Watched the 1st couple of episodes and 10 days later had watched all 5 seasons.
That's my sell
Haha!!! I read your first few lines and thought you were an idiot.
Read the rest and you are a genius!!
S3 onwards is quite simply the finest TV produced in recent years. I'm usually the first to say if something is overrated, but I seriously doubt anyone could watch Breaking Bad in its entirety and not rank it amongst their top 5 favourite shows of all time.
Why don't you just watch it. Most of us who watched it and appreciated it didn't need spoonfeeding into watching it.
Bad points - rather predictable, constant weird shaky cam, slow paced
That's a fair assessment. It's definitely worth sticking with. Don't expect some seat of your pants thrill ride yet though, let the story and characters develop and it all comes together nicely.
I saw it recommended on here quite a while before I started watching it. The image on imdb put me off. Walt looked like a thug. A shaven headed thug. I really didn't think it would be for me. What a surprise!!
I'm sorry, but people who expect to be absolutely sold on a show after just the first episode when the whole thing spans about 5 seasons drive me potty. Stop being so demanding and critical, and watch it properly instead of demanding to be 100% entertained on your own terms from the opening episode.