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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 12:34 am
(August 21, 2016 at 8:21 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: I decided to go out of my comfort zone to watch it. I just finished the pilot episode, and I am hooked. I will finish the series.
The thing I don't understand about the series is that there's no goddamned swearing it at all. It's like it was fucking made in china or some shit! Imagine "Scarface" but without swearing, and that's what Breaking Bad is.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 1:02 am
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(August 25, 2016 at 12:34 am)Aractus Wrote: The thing I don't understand about the series is that there's no goddamned swearing it at all. It's like it was fucking made in china or some shit! Imagine "Scarface" but without swearing, and that's what Breaking Bad is.
Real art is accomplished without swearing, well, allow me to edit this.
A visual art piece that can be created without swearing in it and still be popular is amazing.
After all, artists swear all the time attempting to create their pieces.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 1:06 am
(August 21, 2016 at 8:21 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: I decided to go out of my comfort zone to watch it. I just finished the pilot episode, and I am hooked. I will finish the series.
It is indeed really really really really really really good.
I don't even watch TV normally, but watching this definitely gets the turtle stamp of approval.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 3:17 am
No swearing? I didn't even realise.
Those guys are good.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 3:19 am
(August 25, 2016 at 1:06 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It is indeed really really really really really really good.
I don't even watch TV normally, but watching this definitely gets the turtle stamp of approval.
It's OK, but how is it not a rip-off of Scarface without the swearing? I would actually say Scarface was better because the betrayal element was done much more realistically.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 3:28 am
(August 25, 2016 at 3:19 am)Aractus Wrote: (August 25, 2016 at 1:06 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It is indeed really really really really really really good.
I don't even watch TV normally, but watching this definitely gets the turtle stamp of approval.
It's OK, but how is it not a rip-off of Scarface without the swearing? I would actually say Scarface was better because the betrayal element was done much more realistically.
I don't know, maybe it is, but it's still damn entertaining and if it's a reinterpreted version of something else, that's hardly a new phenomenon and when done well, I don't have a problem with it - and Breaking Bad was excellent TV IMO and I'm a pretty tough room.
It's the other 99% of schlock that raises my ire.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 7:00 am
TBH I don't see how you can compare a movie with a TV series with 5 seasons. Hardly a "rip off".
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Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 7:19 am
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(August 25, 2016 at 3:17 am)Little lunch Wrote: No swearing? I didn't even realise.
Those guys are good.
Exactly! I remember thinking to myself, 'that's good writing when you can pull off a story on THIS subject matter without one F-word, and as a viewer I don't even notice!' Well...maybe Jesse makes up for it with, "bitch".
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Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 7:24 am
(August 25, 2016 at 3:19 am)Aractus Wrote: (August 25, 2016 at 1:06 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It is indeed really really really really really really good.
I don't even watch TV normally, but watching this definitely gets the turtle stamp of approval.
It's OK, but how is it not a rip-off of Scarface without the swearing? I would actually say Scarface was better because the betrayal element was done much more realistically.
I found Scarface underwhelming.
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RE: Breaking Bad. not so bad.
August 25, 2016 at 11:32 am
It certainly is.
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