tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post333275042964098929..comments2024-03-19T05:50:19.572-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Breaking Bad, "No Mas": Say hi to the bad guyAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-60005170484704990592010-07-20T22:55:10.822-04:002010-07-20T22:55:10.822-04:00alan- something that i found so interesting (sorry...alan- something that i found so interesting (sorry if this has already been said) is the scene with walt cutting the crust off his sandwich and obviously remembering krazy-8 and his experience. there were just spots all over the place in this episode with walt's past crimes creeping into his life. another great moment for me was the one in the hotel room with him holding the eyeball of the teddy bear- as if he could not escape the weight of what he had caused.Tylernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39776454635448485182010-04-19T14:53:40.545-04:002010-04-19T14:53:40.545-04:00I disagree with everyone saying that Jesse has emb...I disagree with everyone saying that Jesse has embraced being a bad guy and will live up to it. That's not at all what's happening. He's accepted that he's done bad things, and he feels like a bad guy right now, but as the counselor said, acceptance is the first step toward change. The way I see it, Breaking Bad will turn a good guy into a bad guy (Walt) and a bad guy into a good guy (Jesse). Jesse saying "I'm the bad guy" is a big step in that change.Lem_Fliggityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535608734858978195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20727659302443280192010-03-28T09:33:54.129-04:002010-03-28T09:33:54.129-04:00Love the show. Been watching it since day one. Lov...Love the show. Been watching it since day one. Loved the season three opener. High profile drug lords who still crawl on their hands and knees in their $6000 suits And $7000 boots to reAch the shrine. Very cool that even guys lime that respect someone or the idea of a god or saint. <br /><br />What's with the silver skulls on the boots? Is there a meaniing to that or just that they look cool?<br /><br />Oh yeah and i'm getting really tired of Skyler. She's so bitchy and boring And all that time wasted on her and her affair with her boss or whatever that was... Who cares. Get rid of her. Walk jr can help package the meth or something haha. <br /><br />So anyways the mexicans are prob coming to either kill walter becAuse of tuco or they are there to kidnap him to force him to cook for them. What about gus at Pollos? You think that might be a setup thinking that walt might be working for the DEA after Gus saw walts pic in the police station by hanks office??? Interesting to see whAt happensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-9558522674215303352010-03-28T05:13:56.542-04:002010-03-28T05:13:56.542-04:00I'm a Canadian who doesn't get Rogers so I...I'm a Canadian who doesn't get Rogers so I put off Breaking Bad until last week when I got both seasons on Blu ray. If you're one who doesn't like to suffer through waiting each week to find out what happens next maybe the DVD's are the way to go but I guess I'm fine with agonizing over each week's episode and what will happen next. I place this series right up there with Mad Men as some of the best TV has to offer. <br /><br />Season three started with that crawling man who I felt real dread for as I thought he was trying to get away from something and that scene is paid off with one of the last scenes of the episode where the truck driver is the crawing man who IS crawling for his life. <br /><br />Walter is this character who breaks bad after years of not getting the life he thinks he deserves. His cancer allowed him to slip conventions and allow him to consider the manufacture of drugs as a way to pay for his family his treatment. I wasn't surprised that he saved the burning money as I don't believe he can ever return to that timid teacher who everyone takes for granted. He has tasted real power for the first time and that is just as much his drug of choice as the money is. His speech to the kids in the school puts on display his way of thinking his way out of guilt and responsibility for his actions. I'm sure they just thought he was rambling on and was off because of his illness. <br /><br />As a crook Walter has bumbled through to a way to make money and he doesn't know the life he is trying to make a place for himself in. I'm wondering when he will back hand Hank and walk away with no explanations. I'm sure Hank would chalk it up to stress. <br /><br />Love the series can't wait for episode 3.02.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235495530302299763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31610807903122438252010-03-23T17:51:17.599-04:002010-03-23T17:51:17.599-04:00Were the local newscasters actual local personalit...<i>Were the local newscasters actual local personalities from the NM area or just actors?</i><br /><br />I live in Albuquerque. The newscasters in this episode were not real local newscasters. <br /><br />However, the TV station letters (KOB) referenced are real, and the Albuquerque Journal is the local paper, with exactly the same layout and fonts as seen in the show.<br /><br />During the newscast section of the show, as I was watching it in my Albuquerque living room, several times I had to remind myself that it wasn't a real local newscast. They put a black box around the newscast picture, but otherwise it looked like a news broadcast. They kept saying "here in Albuquerque" and "here on KOBTV", etc.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12292956401118814775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67496297283619695412010-03-23T16:35:24.501-04:002010-03-23T16:35:24.501-04:00What I meant by "blackmail" was: if, say...What I meant by "blackmail" was: if, say, Skyler doesn't totally ignore Walt's new earnings that she knows he has, if she asks for all marital assets - the house, bank account, etc - she would be not only recognizing that he has other sources of income, which she knows to be illegal, but counting on him to acquiesce in these demands of hers on pain of her giving him up to the authorities. <br /><br />It's not very far from what she already told him: "I won't tell Hank, or the kids, or anyone, if you give me a divorce." That's a sort of blackmail.berkowit28https://www.blogger.com/profile/08194317697552106140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-71522089469967856072010-03-23T15:51:26.082-04:002010-03-23T15:51:26.082-04:001st off all the people asking about what the crawl...1st off all the people asking about what the crawling was need to stop. Its annoying, obviously its a death worship thing. <br /><br />2nd. Jesse and Walt are not done cooking, I like the idea that the cousins are coming to kill Walt but end up killing Hank, or better yet, Skyler as she is the only 1 besides Gus and Saul who knows whats up. I think if Skyler is killed, nobody would be sad. At least i wouldnt, i mean, Walt is trying to get his paper up so his kids can go to college, have clothes, food, etc. Hes not doing this just to have extra loot laying around, he is about to check out! I hate skyler for this, my wife's mother was left w a mountain of debt after her husband died. But I digress...<br /><br />Jesse - Love his down w being the bad guy, hes good with it, and Walt is good w cookin meth, Jesse is the dealer, he is the supplier, it works. I think we will see Jesse impress Walt and bring them closer. I hope we see more Gus. <br /><br />Hank - Looks fatter somehow, dude needs to lose weight, and he does look like Black Francis from the pixies (google search) I want to see him catch the Cousins in a gun battle, but that is too much like Tuco. <br /><br />Cousins - whats up w them? kinda lame about the whole "so bad ass they dont need to speak" angle, but I liked when the kid noticed the skull on their boot he signed his own death certificate. Why are they called the Cousins? Cousins of who, Tuco? I get they are from the cartel. Loved the goat symbolism which nobody picked up on as the goat being the Mexican symbol of satan.<br /><br />Skyler - hope she gets capped<br /><br />Flynn - loves his daddy more now that his mom is being mean to him, dad has got CANCER! Mom, on the surface seems mean. <br /><br />Saul - wheres he at? He will be a motivator to get Walt back in the game. Maybe we will see him as his divorce lawyer? Divorce counsel?<br /><br />Gus - that gangster is not done yet.Adam the Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479487605626348699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11449294122956597372010-03-23T12:41:09.108-04:002010-03-23T12:41:09.108-04:00I didn't occur to me until afterwards just how...I didn't occur to me until afterwards just how Mephistophelian Walt looks with the new goatee (which actually had its debut in the final ep. of season 2, the first time we see him after he watched Jane die). <br /><br />The physical transformation of Walt is a sneakily expressive element of the show.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333507216854729574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-48569282964613856472010-03-23T09:57:22.562-04:002010-03-23T09:57:22.562-04:00"Automatic A." Hysterical. (The comment ..."Automatic A." Hysterical. (The comment from the student who thinks they all deserve A's for the tragedy because that's what they give a student when his or her dorm roommate kills commits suicide). This show is so disturbingly funny.<br /><br />The crawling tradition is very real. I once visited a shrine in Mexico where people were crawling distances to it in direct proportion to how big a miracle they were praying for. Some arrived with bloody hands and knees. <br /><br />Oh, and David Lynch called. He wants some of his weird, moody and disturbing imagery back. (But this show doesn't seem to need any equally weird music to back it up).Hollywoodaholichttp://www.hollywoodaholic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13873189649862570262010-03-23T07:45:56.760-04:002010-03-23T07:45:56.760-04:00I was a bit bothered in the school assembly scene...<i>I was a bit bothered in the school assembly scene, just because it seemed like there were only ten or so staff members - I couldn't see any obvious adults in the seats, so it seemed like the whole faculty was on the court, and that's really not enough teachers for that many students.</i><br /><br />I noticed teachers at the bottoms of all the stairs on the upper levelsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684742278197721865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2741561420985791152010-03-23T06:21:42.143-04:002010-03-23T06:21:42.143-04:00I'm surprised by the number of people puzzled ...I'm surprised by the number of people puzzled by the opening, simply because (as someone with absolutely no knowledge of Mexican religions) I thought it was fairly self-explanatory. They're crawling to what is clearly a shrine, so one assumes that the crawling is a part of their worship or ceremony. The shrine has a statue of a skeletal figure, so presumably it's some kind of death figure or god. And the guys had a picture of Heisenberg, so one can assume that they are seeking assistance in their mission to kill Walt. In fact, I was impressed with how clearly they communicated that, and without dialogue at that, given my complete lack of familiarity with what I now learn is called Santa Muerte.<br /><br />I was a bit bothered in the school assembly scene, just because it seemed like there were only ten or so staff members - I couldn't see any obvious adults in the seats, so it seemed like the whole faculty was on the court, and that's really not enough teachers for that many students.<br />That said, Walt's speech was exceptional. The thing I liked was that everything he was saying was absolutely right - it could have been so much worse, we'll move on - but it was so wrong in the context.<br /><br />The other thing I liked was that it almost at times seemed to be a rebuttal to those people that criticised the 737 last season as being too remote from Walt. In that scene where Walt was coming up for reasons why Jesse wasn't responsible - collision alarms failed, 1960s technology, it's the Government's fault - it's that distance that allows Walt to say "It's not my fault", blind to the fact that none of this would have happened had Walt not started cooking meth.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196372589248892579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64654626922891215532010-03-23T02:57:17.054-04:002010-03-23T02:57:17.054-04:00(just for Skyler's BIL to prove his impartiali...(just for Skyler's BIL to prove his impartiality... sorry.)cgeyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40426327679394299132010-03-23T02:55:33.494-04:002010-03-23T02:55:33.494-04:00First, I think the Cousins aren't coming just ...First, I think the Cousins aren't coming just to kill Walt; they'll be used as muscle to back Frings' three-month deal. Like someone said above, $3 million's too little money for the amount of cooking Walt can do on his own -- I bet he'll be forced to reveal his I.P., on pain of his family's death. They can pay him after that, or kill him, but he won't have a future as an Alpha male, after that. He'll live the "your money or your wife" question, and we'll be on the edge of our seats seeing him think it over.<br /><br />As for Skyler, well, every dime Walt spent on the house after he started business could make the house part of an asset forfeiture -- he's already tainted her life so much that she could be thrown in jail just for Walt to prove his impartiality (viz. DAMAGES' sister dilemma, this week). Skyler, if she really wanted to break free, should have insisted on knowing nothing, go through the divorce telling Walt she wants to know as little as possible, then pack up and make a new life. Even that one sentence -- "No, methamphetamines" -- makes her involved. She can't dance around with this, and she can't ask anyone for advice.cgeyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25980600458223601702010-03-23T00:26:03.120-04:002010-03-23T00:26:03.120-04:00"Did Tuco or Tortuga mention "the cousin..."Did Tuco or Tortuga mention "the cousins" or something?"<br /><br />I believe people generally accept that "The Cousins" are related to "Tio" which is Spanish for uncle. However, I've also heard it said Tuco was explicitly waiting for his cousins / the cousins; I haven't re-checked the line myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-3901016524652820202010-03-22T23:48:39.179-04:002010-03-22T23:48:39.179-04:00Gracias for all the analysis of the Cousins walkin...Gracias for all the analysis of the Cousins walking away from the exploding coyote truck but, in my humble opinion, it was awesomely beautiful. <br /><br />To those who would call a flagrant cliché foul, I can only counter by pointing out that techniques achieve cliché status in entertainment only when they become time tested proven audience pleasers. In show business, whatever other “goals” are desired, pleasing the attentive eyeballs is an essential factor. Sparkly works. It’s why glitter is still in makeup and sequins continue to adorn costumes. More to the point, it why billions of people still turn out to watch fireworks even if the big sky filling, night illuminating, big orange burning fireball is the same as from the last Fourth of July. This is not to say that some incarnations of pyrotechnics are weaker than others but this scene, in the immortal words of Leelo, was one magnificent Big Badda Boom!!!.Mark Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-4927403903017447552010-03-22T23:42:59.010-04:002010-03-22T23:42:59.010-04:00"If you go back to the first few eps of seaso..."If you go back to the first few eps of season 2, the name given to the mysterious strangers is kind of spoilery."<br /><br />I'd like to know what this means. Did Tuco or Tortuga mention "the cousins" or something?digammahttp://digamma.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-60907145885396032212010-03-22T22:39:00.688-04:002010-03-22T22:39:00.688-04:00"To begin with, is she going to take her divo..."To begin with, is she going to take her divorce lawyer's advice and ask for her share of *all* his money - i.e. his ill-begotten drug-manufacturer cash? Surely not, it's (partly) why she's leaving him. Then again...she might claim all the rest, meaning she is blackmailin him, and so it goes..."<br /><br />Things didn't end too well for the last woman who threatened to blackmail Walt.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611496391285522019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18730121929510693322010-03-22T22:33:48.885-04:002010-03-22T22:33:48.885-04:00"Assuming that Skyler continues living with h..."Assuming that Skyler continues living with her sister and Hank"<br /><br />Skylar is not living with her sister and Hank, she is living in her and Walter's home. Walter moved out and is living in an apartment.PanAm53noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39447375808769388362010-03-22T21:57:42.313-04:002010-03-22T21:57:42.313-04:00Hank's comment about the heavy bag irked me. A...<i>Hank's comment about the heavy bag irked me. A half million dollars in $100s only weighs around 10 lbs.</i><br /><br />It was probably all still soaked from being in the pool.<br /><br />Most of the scenes with the Cousins just didn't seem right to me. I loved the rest of the episode. Hopefully I'll grow to like the Cousins.RichChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110952693839144718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-23317925419657091532010-03-22T20:56:20.666-04:002010-03-22T20:56:20.666-04:00Anonymous: I use the word "punitive" all...Anonymous: I use the word "punitive" all the time...should I be worried about myself?Cinemaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742365356939303431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-84323053519145160782010-03-22T20:16:18.370-04:002010-03-22T20:16:18.370-04:00Because Walt the character is well written he is c...Because Walt the character is well written he is complicated. Hence, it's at once true he went into drug dealing for his family and then found the lure of it's success addictive. Its feeding his dreams unfulfilled. Now he continues to ignore the obvious reason at to why he continues to be in the drug and trade. He deludes himself with the original reason he got into it. There's no reason to believe he didn't go into drug dealing for any other reason. Show me where it's hinted at that he did? <br /><br />I'm not denying he's an egomaniac and that his actions are innocent or even justified. I'm simply saying his original intent was to watch out for his family and not because of anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-79547642994230283022010-03-22T18:49:50.375-04:002010-03-22T18:49:50.375-04:00Just a little thing, but I haven't seen it men...Just a little thing, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. When Skyler confronts Walt with the divorce papers, he says "you're punishing me. This is punitive!" At first I thought nobody in real life would say "punitive" in that situation. Then I thought, no, that's <i>exactly</i> the kind of thing Walt would say---he really is that kind of person. Donna Bowman, in her AV Club review, said something to the effect of Walt trying to control through his use of language. I think that's right on, and his use of "punitive" in that scene is a great example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-42936429913458441062010-03-22T17:28:31.521-04:002010-03-22T17:28:31.521-04:00The scene where Hank was helping Walt move out of ...The scene where Hank was helping Walt move out of the house and he was just chatting so incessantly reminded me of how a speed freak might talk when they're high. I don't know if I'm reading too much into that or not, but that would put a new wrinkle into the dynamic between Walt and Hank, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32605486606047853062010-03-22T16:11:39.493-04:002010-03-22T16:11:39.493-04:00Love the show. Season 3 is off to great start. But...Love the show. Season 3 is off to great start. But I hate Hank! He is so annoying. Why doesn't he ever shut up? He seriously needs to not talk so incessantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-78392929795253676652010-03-22T15:42:10.660-04:002010-03-22T15:42:10.660-04:00If you're in Canada on Rogers, you can watch &...If you're in Canada on Rogers, you can watch "Breaking Bad" in HD if you don't mind waiting 'til Monday morning, when it shows up free on demand. Just an FYI for Canuck fans of the show--it really is a different animal in HiDef.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.com