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.

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.

Awesome Occupy stories

Occupy Wall Street protesters occupy a building in Harlem and get the tenants heat and hot water.

If the movement is going to go somewhere real, this is it.

It may also be transforming gang tensions in Atlanta.

Exciting and amazing!

Hat tip: mzflux.