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Emerging from the telly hole
Okay, so Breaking Bad just shot up to Second Favourite Thing On TV* (eclipsing even Fringe and Mad Men, though in fairness this may be because the latter hasn't aired in such a long time) with the fourth season.
You're now allowed to discuss spoilers on my LJ. In other news, I may soon have to produce a long ramble about why I like it so much. For now you just need to understand that it's one of those shows that makes me want to copy what I see on TV. I don't mean drug-dealing and murder; I mean I look at those shots and that editing and wrack my brain all day figuring out how to replicate it. TVTropes says they're using handheld cameras to film, which is making me confused.
Right, now I will need some new TV to watch, I guess. It's probably going to have to be the rest of The Wire.
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snarkitysnarks, who is a bad influence in so many respects, Breaking Bad: Friendship is Magic.
* First being Treme, though I think BrBa's cinematography is actually better and the acting about equal.
You're now allowed to discuss spoilers on my LJ. In other news, I may soon have to produce a long ramble about why I like it so much. For now you just need to understand that it's one of those shows that makes me want to copy what I see on TV. I don't mean drug-dealing and murder; I mean I look at those shots and that editing and wrack my brain all day figuring out how to replicate it. TVTropes says they're using handheld cameras to film, which is making me confused.
Right, now I will need some new TV to watch, I guess. It's probably going to have to be the rest of The Wire.
ETA: Mostly for
snarkitysnarks, who is a bad influence in so many respects, Breaking Bad: Friendship is Magic.
* First being Treme, though I think BrBa's cinematography is actually better and the acting about equal.
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He obviously crossed the moral event horizon some time ago and needs to die horribly in the season finale, though. It's great when a show gives the main character cancer and you end up kind of rooting for the cancer.
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Even that season 1 scene where he used different chemical sprays to give off nifty Bunsen burner flame colours during a chemistry class still had me half-expecting him to mutter "Bueller?" at some point.
Funnily enough, his being an overly-cerebral/subsequently shitty teacher who sucks at ~teaching to different learning styles~ suits Walt perfectly, as far as keeping to that theme of his being an ~over-qualified chemist~ who "fell back" on teaching. Some non-education professionals who later go into ed to teach subjects in their field are fucking awesome (I had a few when I was a kid), and others are, well, Walter White.
And yes, honestly, there were way too many moments throughout seasons 3 and 4 where I was rubbing my hands together and thinking "okay, THIS is where he gets shot, right?". I still havent decided if the day-and-night transformation of Walk is bleak, brilliant writing, or a touch of the writers "jumping the shark", or what. The fact that the show in its entirely is so brilliant makes it hard to tell, hah.
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Actually, I've come to REALLY re-appreciative the brilliance of the show just by slowly plowing through seasons 1 and 2 with by class. Going back and digesting season 1 Jesse and Walt is mind-blowing, esp. RIGHT after wrapping up season 4.
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