tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post611396168802168483..comments2023-08-07T10:12:10.151-05:00Comments on According to e...: I'm Not Ready for Breaking Bad's ReturnErika (aka "e")http://www.blogger.com/profile/17051946388926947935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-74742464376373915802013-08-30T00:01:00.262-05:002013-08-30T00:01:00.262-05:00This is cool!This is cool!Terryhttp://bestrowingmachinereviews.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-58986061752979943412013-08-27T04:45:22.282-05:002013-08-27T04:45:22.282-05:00I love everything about BB, however, it's the ...I love everything about BB, however, it's the writing that I like the best.<br />In the episode where they are stealing the meth from the train tanker is genius. <br />They are actually committing a crime so they can make meth, so they can sell it to drug addicts (I know it's a show). <br />But I found my self punching the air with Jesse when they pull it off, actually cheering out loud, then Todd shoots the kid. I'm still sat there with my fist in the air, then suddenly my jaw hits the ground. Amazing TV. <br />As for prediction, I'm not good at those ha ha<br /><br />I must agree though, with Liz, I'm pretty sure his family get killed somehow and he is going to get revenge possibly. <br /><br />There are so many possibilities and so little time left. <br /><br />Like I said before we don't get the latest episode until Monday, so I have to disconnect all social media from Sunday night onwards :-). <br />GARRY UKGARRY UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-76327757749583987052013-08-26T20:26:49.454-05:002013-08-26T20:26:49.454-05:00Yikes.
I can't stop thinking about BB. Althou...Yikes.<br /><br />I can't stop thinking about BB. Although I still believe, in keeping with the Chekov's gun theory, that Grey Matter will have to be addressed before this is all over, I came up with some new ideas about/possibilities for BB's ending.<br /><br />I began thinking about the Godfather movies -- how Don Corleone ends up alone (essentially)in the end, which essentially seems like the only way it COULD end. If we know that Walt's original reason for cooking meth was because he had a terminal cancer diagnosis and he wanted to leave his family with enough money to get by after his death -- to take care of them the only small way he could after he could no longer be physically present -- then the show can essentially only end one way: with Walt ending up alone, isolated, and NOT dying from the cancer. <br /><br />Why is this irony the "only way"? Because as the purveyor of psychological abuse, he has found ways to effectively isolate each of his victims, thereby allowing him to control them. So what might it look like if that control, that power he holds over them, collapsed and back-fired on him? <br /><br />I was asking myself about this as I watched Jesse hose down Walt's living room with gasoline. Since we know from the flash-forward scenes that the house does not burn down, then Jesse's attempt at retaliation, in this form, is unsuccessful. My mind ran wild, thinking about how unintended consequences keep plaguing Jesse (and others) throughout the series. At first I pictured Jesse going nuts and mowing down Skyler and the kids (because I really think they aren't going to make it out alive; part of my irony theory), but Jesse doesn't seem THAT cold blooded. But, what if his irrational actions cause the deaths of Walt's wife and kids? We know how much Jesse cares about kids, he wouldn't be able to live with himself. If Jesse then took his own life, he would also prevent Walt from getting his revenge, he would render Walt impotent, powerless in the wake of circumstances he couldn't control from the monster (Jesse) of his own making. I don't know if Jesse can become a martyr out of such an act, but it's one of the few things I could think of that might lead Walt to think HE (Walt) killed Skyler (and support the theory about Walt taking on habits of those he's killed: Mike's neat whiskey, Gus' towel under the knees when vomiting, the bacon arrangement on his Denny's breakfast in the flash-forward).<br /><br />I think of this as kind of a Hamlet-meets-King Lear theory, but if I step back to ask myself if I could be satisfied with this as at least a partial fate for Walt, I find that I could.<br /><br />*shrug*<br /><br />It doesn't solve ALL the loose ends, but it offers a partial resolution.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301790162951320851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-86152884371966650232013-08-26T18:25:15.471-05:002013-08-26T18:25:15.471-05:00Has anyone seen episode 11 of season five yet?
I ...Has anyone seen episode 11 of season five yet? <br />I cried when Walt hugged Jesse. GARRY UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-86333034814809579982013-08-18T22:53:51.360-05:002013-08-18T22:53:51.360-05:00Loved reading your predictions (couldn't belie...Loved reading your predictions (couldn't believe how you called it -- that Hank would "play sick" after discovering the copy of Leaves of Grass). <br /><br />Something that I think is so great about BB is its patience, it's willingness to "plant" an object, idea, action, etc. and let it sit (or fester, even) for several episodes or seasons. The show never talks down to its audience, so I have a great deal of faith about how they will wrap up the series. <br /><br />Using chemistry as a metaphor, the idea that EVERYTHING is interconnected, like through covalent bonds or fusion, and through these processes there are by products -- some intentional and some unintentional. So I keep thinking about how Walt's original catalyst for getting into the meth business was his cancer and his need to leave "a little something behind" for his wife and kids. All of that was laid out in the first couple of episodes of the series, but coming back to the issue of interconnectedness and details set aside for a future episode, I keep wondering if Gray Matter will play any role in these final few episodes. Walt's intellectual property rights to that company were bought out for a few thousand dollars and it seems like a lot of what he's done across these five seasons has been to prove something about who is the better/more gifted chemist. But it isn't enough to merely prove it to himself, he must be sure that his Gray Matter "friends" know it, too. I guess I just wonder if Gray Matter and his old girlfriend will have a role here at the end since they were sort of significant at the very beginning of the series and haven't been mentioned in some time.<br /><br />Walter White was never meant to be a hero, the under-dog that the audience should be rooting for. If people don't see that he's a ruthless anti-hero driven by greed and hubris then the show's morality tale has been lost in translation. Although I hope Jesse makes it through alive, I suspect that Skyler will not (and I'm OK with that, she has been complicit in too many crimes and has put her children at risk; I have no compassion for her). As for Walt, his end needs to highlight the futility of his existence and efforts -- by leaving nothing behind for his family, or for no family to leave it behind to. But then, I am also a HUGE fan of The Sopranos series finale. I'm not sure what that says about my analytical skills OR my not-so-mainstream opinions and tastes.Liz Kozeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-49315512307918323682013-08-12T11:32:46.216-05:002013-08-12T11:32:46.216-05:00Hello e,
I cannot believe I haven't been foll...Hello e,<br /><br />I cannot believe I haven't been following your BB blog. <br />I am a very late comer to BB, my friend (Who doesn't like LOST)recommended it to me which put me off.<br />After convincing me that I will love it, I bought the first DVD box set and I fell in love with this show.<br />SO I am used to being able to watch two or three sometimes even four episodes in a row and eventually caught up.<br />In the UK we get the new shows on NetFlix every Monday.<br />After watching episode 9 I wanted to watch episode 10. For the first time I have to wait an entire week, A WEEK, before the next episode!!<br />Anyway, it's great being able to read your blogs again, so many good memories of LOST. <br />Hopefully we can ride out these last few episodes together on el cabello sin nombre :-)<br />I hope little Desmondo is doing well.<br />Oh by the way this is Garry Brotha Miller.Garry UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-76331812599721335102013-08-09T14:15:13.564-05:002013-08-09T14:15:13.564-05:00You are correct -- I'll edit the post shortly....You are correct -- I'll edit the post shortly. Here's where the title comes from:<br /><br />The episode is titled after poem 271 of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, a book which is featured prominently in the series.<br />Erika (aka "e")https://www.blogger.com/profile/17051946388926947935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26412800.post-65975898717551420402013-08-09T14:06:47.891-05:002013-08-09T14:06:47.891-05:00Great stuff. One minor correction: I think the l...Great stuff. One minor correction: I think the last episode of the first half of the final season was "Gliding Over All" as opposed to "Gliding All Over." What does that mean? No idea!<br /><br />I just love the Crystal Blue Persuasion montage.Nicknoreply@blogger.com