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Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:09 pm
by Genevieve
hugh wrote:well I'm still not buying it, I really think the writers fucked it up right there.
This was probably conceived before the pilot of the show was even shot. You don't have to like it, but I don't think it was some 'LOL ADD SUSPENSE TO DRAW OUT THE SHOW' type of thing. The show was never intended to jump the shark. Todd said it himself 'you thought of everything!', cue to Walt's self-satisfied grin. Walt DIDN'T think of everything though, including something as SIMPLE as the possinility of there being witnesses, let alone Todd shooting the damn witness.
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:16 pm
by hugh
Genevieve wrote:hugh wrote:well I'm still not buying it, I really think the writers fucked it up right there.
This was probably conceived before the pilot of the show was even shot. You don't have to like it, but I don't think it was some 'LOL ADD SUSPENSE TO DRAW OUT THE SHOW' type of thing. The show was never intended to jump the shark. Todd said it himself 'you thought of everything!', cue to Walt's self-satisfied grin. Walt DIDN'T think of everything though, including something as SIMPLE as the possinility of there being witnesses, let alone Todd shooting the damn witness.
I dunno, Breaking Bad is the kind of show with a storyline that sort of forces you to suspend disbelief to get into it in the first place. The last thing it needs to do is remind the viewer of this.
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:17 pm
by BLAHBLAHJAH
Any fans interested in a pencil Walter White? Choose a size and I'll give a [discounted] price.

Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:35 pm
by yoowan
i recently read a book about psychopathy which mentioned the bob hare psychopath check list, the PCL-R
watching breaking bad today, i realised how much of a complete and utter psycopath walt is in terms of personality (not really in case history)
- -Glibness/superficial charm
yes
-Grandiose sense of self-worth
yes
-Pathological lying
yes
-Cunning/manipulative
yes
-Lack of remorse or guilt
yes
-Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
yes
-Callousness; lack of empathy
yes
-Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
yes
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:21 pm
by RandomEyez
yoowan wrote:i recently read a book about psychopathy which mentioned the bob hare psychopath check list, the PCL-R
watching breaking bad today, i realised how much of a complete and utter psycopath walt is in terms of personality (not really in case history)
- -Glibness/superficial charm
yes
-Grandiose sense of self-worth
yes
-Pathological lying
yes
-Cunning/manipulative
yes
-Lack of remorse or guilt
yes
-Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
yes
-Callousness; lack of empathy
yes
-Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
yes
The Psychopath Test i'm guessing???
I've just finished that book and i'm psychopath-spotting all the time now. Great fun, until I realised my girlfriend might be one
But keeping it on topic, Walt definitely ticks all the boxes. Lost all empathy towards him along time ago as these traits became more and more obvious. Who is he really doing all this for now? He's a tnuc. A clever one, but still a tnuc.
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:21 pm
by yoowan
yeah!! jon ronson is the man
walt is doing it for himself and thinks that skylar will be impressed with his new meth operation, reuniting the family
-Grandiose sense of self-worth
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:32 pm
by hugh
BLAHBLAHJAH wrote:Any fans interested in a pencil Walter White? Choose a size and I'll give a [discounted] price.

did you draw that? It's really good!

Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:25 pm
by noam
yoowan wrote:i recently read a book about psychopathy which mentioned the bob hare psychopath check list, the PCL-R
watching breaking bad today, i realised how much of a complete and utter psycopath walt is in terms of personality (not really in case history)
- -Glibness/superficial charm
yes
-Grandiose sense of self-worth
yes
-Pathological lying
yes
-Cunning/manipulative
yes
-Lack of remorse or guilt
yes
-Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
yes
-Callousness; lack of empathy
yes
-Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
yes
Heisenberg, Yes. Walt, No.
the show progresses as Walt and Heisenberg become one person, and ultimately, if there is ever a downfall it is when the two become each other and cracks in both show through the altar ego's
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:50 am
by kentnz
Genevieve wrote: The show was never intended to jump the shark.
I recon it was heading that way in season 3 but the writers have sorted it out since then.
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:00 am
by pkay
Walt plants hat Hank gets penned as heisenberg
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:04 am
by Mammoth
pkay wrote:Walt plants hat Hank gets penned as heisenberg
Yes

Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:09 am
by pkay
Mammoth wrote:pkay wrote:Walt plants hat Hank gets penned as heisenberg
Yes

Would so love this
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:01 am
by Mammoth
pkay wrote:Mammoth wrote:pkay wrote:Walt plants hat Hank gets penned as heisenberg
Yes

Would so love this
I was just thinking about in the early episodes all the pictures of Walter with the hat on in Mexico. Hank could easily be a bald guy in a hat
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:04 am
by noam
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:04 am
by noam
Mammoth wrote:pkay wrote:Mammoth wrote:pkay wrote:Walt plants hat Hank gets penned as heisenberg
Yes

Would so love this
I was just thinking about in the early episodes all the pictures of Walter with the hat on in Mexico. Hank could easily be a bald guy in a hat
so how does anyone in the DEA know anything at all about what Heisenberg looks like...??
or is it anythin to do with the Cartels which have been strangely quiet, tho i spose most of em were killed off
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:48 pm
by Lystric
^^^all the stuff about the hats.
Series Finale: Mike, Walt, Jesse. all bald, obviously, wearing hats and glasses. Hank doesn't know who to chase

Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:11 pm
by hugh
Hank doesn't know anything about chemistry theres surely no way he could be set up.
I can't see how any of this is going to end well though

Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:13 pm
by yoowan
Series finale: everyone in new mexico shaves their head and wears a hat after heisenberg blows up the dea's office
criticisms could arise from the fact that it's identical to v for vendetta but whatever
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:16 pm
by hugh
yoowan wrote:Series finale: everyone in new mexico shaves their head and wears a hat after heisenberg blows up the dea's office
criticisms could arise from the fact that it's identical to v for vendetta but whatever
swagswagswagswag
Re: BREAKING BAD!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:24 pm
by pkay
They say Heisenberg was a red Herring to distract from Hank
Thus why tuco brothers came after him and shot him