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tarzan groupie |
Breaking Bad - Now with extra spoiler tags and whining |
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I'm all kinds of excited for this show, starting Sunday, I believe.Here's the main site, and a trailer: http://www.breakingbad.com/trailer.html http://www.amctv.com/orig...reakingbad/Description:A high-school chemistry teacher learns he's dying, so he takes up a new career as a meth producer in hopes of earning enough money to take care of his family. Cast: Bryan Cranston - Walter WhiteAnna Gunn - Skyler WhiteAaron Paul - Jesse PinkmanDean Norris - Hank SchraderBetsy Brandt - Marie SchraderRJ Mitte - Walter White Jr. TV Guide Review: A high-school chemistry teacher learns he's dying, so he takes up a new career as a meth producer in hopes of earning enough money to take care of his family. Is there a more fearless actor than Bryan Cranston? We know him best as a comedian, going to extremes to appear ridiculous as Malcolm in the Middle's harried Hal. But that nutty dad had it easy compared to Walt White, the milquetoast-turned-maker of crystal meth played by Cranston in AMC's bold, bizarre Breaking Bad. This show is Weeds with a death wish. "I am awake," Walt declares, not long after a diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer turns this sad-sack chemistry teacher into a criminal collaborator. He uses his mad lab skills to cook up meth in an RV, the better to provide for his family (including a pregnant wife and a teenaged son with cerebral palsy) when he's gone. Cranstonexposes himself fully, and brilliantly, in this demanding role, and not just because he spends an awful lot of time in his tighty-whities in order to protect his clothes from toxic meth fumes. (Boxers would have been less funny, and also less sad.) He mood-swings from humiliation and despair through fear, self-loathing and ultimately to a newfound assertiveness, always engaging our sympathies with raw authenticity. Breaking Baddoesn't glamorize his detour into the drug trade or minimize the danger. (His boorish brother-in-law is a DEA agent.) Walt's partner in crime is a lazy, profane dope, a failed former student. Their misadventures lead to deadly complications, and we're never allowed to forget how hard it is to kill, or to dispose of the dead. Grisly and wacky, suspenseful and sorrowful, this darkly compelling cautionary fable of very abnormal chemistry is infused with a Coen Brothers-like flavor of macabre humor. Following the breakthrough success of Mad Men, AMC is breaking bad itself, angling to be cable's next FX. So far, so startling. Breaking Bad airs Sundays, 10 pm/ET, on AMC.
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll be checking on it.
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albert is a BAD KITTY |
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that shit was fucking hilarious.
i tried to get into "weeds". it wasn't there for me. i guess terminal cancer and meth are more my style. two paws up! |
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This doesn't sound like my kind of show but if Bryan Cranston is in it, it must be the best show I'm not watching.
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It was pretty damn good
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ProbstFan123 |
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Between football and The Amazing Race, I missed this one.
But based on the good reviews, and Bryan Cranston, I will definitely check it out. |
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This was great!
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Yes, It was great, with the potential to only get better as the cast gets into their groove.
It is soooo Weeds, but like getting fucked up the ass and having a gun held to your head while watching it. |
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albert is a BAD KITTY |
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nah, don't watch this. you are not smart enough. it will only confuse you. you do not need those "scratch marks" on your head as you try to
comprehend...
the funniest quote from the pilot... hey? what you do to them? that, plus the presence of bryan cranston in tighty whiteys all night long will surely upset you... stay away, my peeps, my buds... stay away! |
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Kitten Gloves |
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Oh dear, that wasn't for me, was it, Albert?
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albert is a BAD KITTY |
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well shit,
oh hell no kitten... my post was just a tease to get my other fine brothers and sisters to watch this outstanding show. as soon as i saw the "like getting fucked up the ass and having a gun held to your head" post, i said to myself, "hummm... i guess kitten is in the house and watching..." |
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This was great. Cranston is awesome. Kind of reminded me of the movie Falling Down. |
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tarzan groupie |
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I loved it, too. The cast was superb (especially Cranston and his wife). The DEA brother-in-law should be very interesting, and, I suppose, our
"villian" of the show.
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maxxfisher |
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Loved the dis-interested hand job scene. PRICELESS!!!
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PAPAYOKE |
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Nice to see another Deadwood alum (Bullock's wife) on this show. I loved the pilot.
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ProbstFan123 |
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I downloaded the pilot. I'm going to watch it later tonight.
AMC is putting together a strong lineup, with Mad Men and Breaking Bad. All of the good scripted shows are migrating to cable, while the big networks are focusing more and more on reality TV. |
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McWolcott |
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This show was brilliant from start to finish, one thing, why was it censored? Was it originally slated for a different channel or something?
Love seeing Anna Gunn looking as gorgeous as she really is! |
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shiza h minelli |
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LOVED this show! Very rarely is a show so good from start to finish....
I was weary because the concept seemed so close to weeds, but it really blew it out of the water.... Maybe because it's a full hour or maybe because dark brooding kick-ass Bryan Cranston is a god... |
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McWolcott |
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Weary or leery?? I don't understand. You were tired because you thought it might be like Weeds or apprehensive(leery)?? Or did you mean wary?
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shiza h minelli |
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McWolcott wrote: ahh, yes... I was tired.... so tired... because I'm retarded and typed weary when I meant leery.... being retarded makes me very tired, I mean weary you see..... so, yes, in correction... I was leery as it seemed like a cheap weeds rip-off... but was more than pleasantly surprised at the end result... |
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Just wanted to add I love it too. I've always thought Bryan Cranston was a great actor - I loved what he said about getting the part, something along the
line of William Macy must have been busy. It was great when he kicked the crap out of the kid in the clothing store and his son starts smiling. Him
finally getting it up in the end was hilarious too. Actually there were a lot of great moments. Great show.
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