Breaking Bad - Page 7

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 03:47 PM

yeah, you are totally right. the show is a piece of capitalism and it is basically a really really brilliant story about capitalism at its most extreme and savage. the whole show is about this product that is extra special and that causes people to go crazy, kill and die for.

but we live in that world and that system and the reality of BB is pretty close to the reality of the drug trade. which happens. you can say that we should censor any representations of this from our culture to make us feel better or you can say we need to brutally depict these truths to people.

of course there will be idiots who dont get that its a show, or rather, who think that because its a show its giving some sort of green light to these things. who think that because its just a show, you can dip your toes into that world and the consequences will be derealized in some way.

the best you can say for BB is that its a very high quality drama for your sick society to produce about itself.

if BB was blatantly saying that you can be like walt and become a heroic badass who gets away with it and fuck the consequences, then it would be idiotic. It's very clear not saying that, its closer to an examination of the possible avenues people can go down. The realism of the show is that these avenues end in death and chaos, which is always what happens in reality.

i mean, if there WERE walter whites who get into that business and get through it without losing anything, without getting killed, and maintain a sort of civility, then the show would be justified in depicting them. but there ain't.

the only people who benefit from the meth trade in the end are the rich people who have zero connection to it apart from having the profits funneled to them for them to launder or scrub. maybe saul and IRL rich people and the cia and i assume republican party politicians.

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 03:51 PM

you have to ask yourself - blue candy meth, if some mother said to her son - thats disgusting, dont eat that, thats sick that they would make a candy based on something so dangerous - is the son going to be like "you're totally right mom" - because im pretty sure thats what jesse's mom would have said and he'd have turned out the same.

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 04:08 PM

Want one more final finale hint? Here is a cryptic two-word tease, courtesy of Paul: “Massage chair.”

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 04:09 PM

also its pretty clear from the cast members use of the word "explosive" over and over again that walt is gonna blow him up some nazis!

!@#$%! · 09.29.2013, 04:52 PM

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No, but it glorifies some kind of "Robin Hood" approach to drug dealing. There is no honor or success in destroying your community. What made all the tweakers ugly? Right, the asshole selling them the meth

i can see that you're a college graduate.

you remind me of students writing "theory" papers about books they haven't actually read.

EVOLghost · 09.29.2013, 07:17 PM

I think I might watch this episode. and then you know....never watch it probably.

EVOLghost · 09.29.2013, 09:16 PM

That shit sucked.

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 09:17 PM

ENDING was great

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 09:18 PM

people are complaining but i dont know what more you want, story was concluded

!@#$%! · 09.29.2013, 09:39 PM

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ENDING was great

YES

i loved it.

and you were right about the song, ha haha.

you win a prize.

i'm a little sad now with that show gone. same feeling i get when i finish a good book (it's been ages since that's happened).

damn.

dead_battery · 09.29.2013, 09:50 PM

pony · 09.30.2013, 12:35 AM

quiet 5s

a 10 is speaking

LifeDistortion · 09.30.2013, 12:43 AM

Walter White swatted Dexter the fly with his homemade fly swatter.

louder · 09.30.2013, 01:38 AM

hahahaha that was amazing! mindblowing!!

EVOLghost · 09.30.2013, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by EVOLghost

That shit sucked.

I might want to add that this was the only episode of breaking bad I have ever seen.

dead_battery · 09.30.2013, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by pony

quiet 5s

a 10 is speaking

misdirection.

h8kurdt · 09.30.2013, 03:46 PM

Well...that was just brilliant.

I've not read anything about people complaining but I can't think what they've to complain about.

Daugas · 10.01.2013, 01:06 AM

It's a good ending.

Rob Instigator · 10.01.2013, 08:15 AM

hey, ain't no one forcing anyone to smoke meth.

Rob Instigator · 10.01.2013, 08:16 AM

awesome. saw it last night. Great ending. tense an crazy and full o killins

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dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	yeah, you are totally right. the show is a piece of capitalism and it is basically a really really brilliant story about capitalism at its most extreme and savage. the whole show is about this product that is extra special and that causes people to go crazy, kill and die for. but we live in that world and that system and the reality of BB is pretty close to the reality of the drug trade. which happens. you can say that we should censor any representations of this from our culture to make us feel better or you can say we need to brutally depict these truths to people. of course there will be idiots who dont get that its a show, or rather, who think that because its a show its giving some sort of green light to these things. who think that because its just a show, you can dip your toes into that world and the consequences will be derealized in some way. the best you can say for BB is that its a very high quality drama for your sick society to produce about itself. if BB was blatantly saying that you can be like walt and become a heroic badass who gets away with it and fuck the consequences, then it would be idiotic. It's very clear not saying that, its closer to an examination of the possible avenues people can go down. The realism of the show is that these avenues end in death and chaos, which is always what happens in reality. i mean, if there WERE walter whites who get into that business and get through it without losing anything, without getting killed, and maintain a sort of civility, then the show would be justified in depicting them. but there ain't. the only people who benefit from the meth trade in the end are the rich people who have zero connection to it apart from having the profits funneled to them for them to launder or scrub. maybe saul and IRL rich people and the cia and i assume republican party politicians.
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09.29.2013, 03:51 PM	#122
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	you have to ask yourself - blue candy meth, if some mother said to her son - thats disgusting, dont eat that, thats sick that they would make a candy based on something so dangerous - is the son going to be like "you're totally right mom" - because im pretty sure thats what jesse's mom would have said and he'd have turned out the same.
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09.29.2013, 04:08 PM	#123
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	Want one more final finale hint? Here is a cryptic two-word tease, courtesy of Paul: “Massage chair.”
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09.29.2013, 04:09 PM	#124
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	also its pretty clear from the cast members use of the word "explosive" over and over again that walt is gonna blow him up some nazis!
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09.29.2013, 07:17 PM	#126
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	I think I might watch this episode. and then you know....never watch it probably.
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09.29.2013, 09:16 PM	#127
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	That shit sucked.
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09.29.2013, 09:17 PM	#128
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	ENDING was great
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09.29.2013, 09:18 PM	#129
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928	people are complaining but i dont know what more you want, story was concluded
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09.29.2013, 09:50 PM	#131
dead_battery expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,928
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09.30.2013, 12:35 AM	#132
pony the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2013 Location: pony farm Posts: 1,061	quiet 5s a 10 is speaking
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09.30.2013, 12:43 AM	#133
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Walter White swatted Dexter the fly with his homemade fly swatter.
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09.30.2013, 01:38 AM	#134
louder invito al cielo Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,463	hahahaha that was amazing! mindblowing!!
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09.30.2013, 03:46 PM	#137
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Well...that was just brilliant. I've not read anything about people complaining but I can't think what they've to complain about. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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10.01.2013, 01:06 AM	#138
Daugas empty page Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 4	It's a good ending.
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10.01.2013, 08:15 AM	#139
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	hey, ain't no one forcing anyone to smoke meth. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.01.2013, 08:16 AM	#140
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	awesome. saw it last night. Great ending. tense an crazy and full o killins __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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