Breaking Bad

[Iceman]

How old was Walter Jr supposed to be?

 

[A Necessary Evil]

16 years of age, 17 (and probably 1/2) by the end of the show.

 

[Shifty]

Someone told me about Saul getting a show. He was a great character. Is it going to be a comedy?

Sounds like its going to be a dark comedy like the first season of Breaking Bad. The series will be an hour long and a prequel.

 

[Ramsay Snow]

It can be seen that way, I suppose, but (imo) it was (one of the first scenes) meant to show Walt's vanity / ego being tested, and letting it get the better of him.

Thanks. This makes a ton of sense.

And I know this is old and it was posted somewhere else too, but the shot of Walt's photo underneath that 'Wanted' sign in Season 2. Wow, that was a great shot!

 

[Shikamaru]

Oh, how I miss Breaking Bad. It's really been a great ride for me. Best television drama I've ever seen and one of the best stories I've ever come across in fiction. To an extent, it kinda hurt TV for me a bit since nothing else I saw is anywhere on the same level.

Here's a fun little comparison I feel like sharing. I'm a big Spider-Man fan and was pulling a Spider-Man marathon a couple of days back and noticed a few similarities between pre-Heisenberg Walter and pre-powers Peter Parker. In a weird way, Walter White can be considered an evil adult version of Peter Parker.

Most versions of the Spider-Man origin boil down to the following:

High school student Peter Parker. A genius but nerdy scientist. Has had bad luck throughout most of his life. Never really had people in his life who appreciated him enough or payed attention to him enough except for his aunt and uncle at home. Feels the world has given him nothing but crap since he was little and essentially hates his life (especially at school).

Then he gains his powers. As his powers develop, he begins have this "awake" feeling he hasn't had in a long time - a certain level of happiness that he feels has been missing from his life. He has a feeling of empowerment that he usually, in most incarnations, uses to stand up to people like Flash. Eventually he starts using his powers for personal gain (specifically money), both his spider powers and his genius-level intellect (by creating the webshooters). As he continues to get more and more wealth and popularity, a bit of ego emerges from him. When he first creates his webshooters in AF #15, he states "They laughed at me my whole life for being a bookworm but only a genius such as myself could invent these". Later he lets a burglar get away because, as he said himself, "I'm only looking out for Number One - Me!" What exactly saves Peter from continuing on that path? Uncle Ben's death and the lesson he learned from it.

Peter also worked as a high school science teacher for a period in the comics.

Now, that's not exactly the same character arc as Walt's. I wouldn't even say they're mostly similar. I also think Peter didn't even have 10% of the ego issues Walt had. However, I do think there is one thing they have in common. Both are brilliant men that whose lives have given them nothing but crap. Then both get a chance of rebelling against the status quo life has assigned to them and becoming wealthy and famous (although Peter gets that chance entirely by accident while Walt seeks it out himself and gains it in the process, though at the loss of his life, reputation, and family). Then in the end, one lives on as a superhero while the other became a supervillain and eventually led himself to his own downfall. I think there is a certain degree of similarities between them in that specific context.

edit: Walt also shaves his head to give himself confidence and to not recognize himself while he is doing all these horrible thing as Heisenberg, similar to how Peter gains a level of confidence and a chance to be someone else when he puts on the Spider-Man mask.

 

[Iceman]

16 years of age, 17 (and probably 1/2) by the end of the show.

How normal/abnormal would that scene be in a normal US home then of a dad giving his son of that age booze at a family party? I know it's very strict if you're out and underage.

Sounds like its going to be a dark comedy like the first season of Breaking Bad. The series will be an hour long and a prequel.

He was great comedy. His comedy didn't seem too dark though like much of Walt's in season 1.

 

[Bruce Malone]

How normal/abnormal would that scene be in a normal US home then of a dad giving his son of that age booze at a family party? I know it's very strict if you're out and underage.

Tequilla is pretty strong at any age let alone in your teen years so the scene played out pretty realistically to me. I could see a dad letting his son have maybe one shot supervised but when walt pushed it Hank's response would have probably been a lot of other peoples as well.

 

[Soapy]

In my experience I don't think it's necessarily uncommon for a parent to let a teenager have a drink here or there on the sly, but allowing them to drink excessively would definitely be frowned upon by most of society. Forcing them to do so would probably be grounds to get Child Protective Services involved.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Oh, how I miss Breaking Bad. It's really been a great ride for me. Best television drama I've ever seen and one of the best stories I've ever come across in fiction. To an extent, it kinda hurt TV for me a bit since nothing else I saw is anywhere on the same level.

Trying...not to be...

a debbie downer here....

 

[Piper Maru]

I wonder when Saul's spinoff is going to air?

 

[DrDoom]

Trying...not to be...

a debbie downer here....

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[JJJ's Ulcer]

Debbie Downer is one chick who needed some meth.

 

[Iceman]

Tequilla is pretty strong at any age let alone in your teen years so the scene played out pretty realistically to me. I could see a dad letting his son have maybe one shot supervised but when walt pushed it Hank's response would have probably been a lot of other peoples as well.

In my experience I don't think it's necessarily uncommon for a parent to let a teenager have a drink here or there on the sly, but allowing them to drink excessively would definitely be frowned upon by most of society. Forcing them to do so would probably be grounds to get Child Protective Services involved.

Sounds pretty similar to here then. I wasn't sure if US was more strict given how they are with underage drinking in public. And yeah I guess tequila is a bit more hardcore than other options! It's funny how this series manages to get you to sympathise with and often even take the side of the guy who is definitely in the wrong lol.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

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[Sawyer]

BB's George Mastras Gets Overall Deal With HBO, May Showrun Scorsese/Winters Rock 'N Roll Drama

Always good seeing BB folks getting work.

 

[Iceman]

What do people think of all the other cast members?

 

[Ramsay Snow]

They were good, I guess.

 

[Kane52630]

Remember when they said Cranston wore a monocle and a beret on set when he was directing one of the episodes?

 

[Bruce Malone]

So i'm guessing these behind the scenes photos are being leaked from the BB documentary on the new release?

 

[jmc]

I just want to share this with fellow fans. I've entered a local contest to design a poster in celebration of the up coming DVD release of the final season. Here's my entry.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Kane, just saw that on the Br Ba facebook page, it's hilarious.

JMC, that's awesome. I'd love to buy it if it were available.

 

[Shikamaru]

JMC, that's awesome

 

[jmc]

If I don't win I'll release the full hi-res file for people to print off themselves.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

 

[The Navigator]

That's pretty damn awesome, JMC.