OT: Better Call Saul
Wow. The series started off kind of slow, but tonight's episode is one that this show will be remembered for.
I'd love to indulge you, but you might want to warn of spoilers if you want any responses other than "yup."
Guess I need to check the DVR tomorrow!
Even though it's been a little slow going, it's still been entertaining.
It was great, but it makes me wonder how well the title is going to fit the show. I'm betting there will basically be two lead actors for the rest of the series.
I'm ok with that.
That would be a feature, not a bug. At least half the best moments of the show have come from the interactions between Mike and Jimmy.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
Well, I'll believe that when Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul sign contracts.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:37 AM ^
Saul is what TV writers tend to call the show itself for short.
Agree.
I never actually watched the last season of Breaking Bad, and thought it was a very tired concept by the time I was stopped watching it.
Better Call Saul is much better, and I have thoroughly enjoyed every episode. Saul was my favorite Breaking Bad character anyways, so it makes more sense.
wow, worst post I've ever read on here and that's saying a lot.
BCS has been first rate and gaining steam. Walking Dead is getting worse though.
Line of the night for me was the Corleonesque "I know it was you" while 38 special was playing ( murder weapon listed in the spiral book).
March 10th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
That doesn't make a lot of sense. BCS would've been canceled because of its slow start if it weren't a spinoff, but BB wasn't a spinoff, started slowly, and wasn't canceled?
March 10th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
Agree with everything you wrote. Walking Dead just goes on an on and on. Kill walkers, boring dialog, kill more walkers, oh no here come some non-walkers to deal with, kill more walkers.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
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March 10th, 2015 at 12:09 AM ^
Misses Kettleman is unbelievably hot.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:14 AM ^
After watching that episode.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:25 AM ^
I hadn't thought of it in that context until you mentioned it just now, and I definitely agree.
Mike did have an awesome (and very typical Mike) set of last words in that scene though; "shut the fuck up and let me die in peace" definitely suits him and there are a lot worse places than that riverbank to die.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^
March 10th, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
As much as I liked Breaking Bad I haven't followed the other platforms talking about the show.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^
So true. I thought the same thing exactly re context of his death.
March 10th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
Mike and his son die for nothing. Very sad.
March 10th, 2015 at 12:26 AM ^
March 10th, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
Definitely agree with the OP there was a slow start until tonight.
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March 10th, 2015 at 12:39 AM ^
I think you mean Tuco.
Excellent episode. Jonathan Banks cried the day they shot the scene to kill Mike off. Its so great that the character is being revealed right now.
GodFather II and I references tonight. The line...from GFII and the hidden gak from GFI.
Vintage Gilligan.
March 10th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
even though it was called "five- 0" ( a reference to another great TV cop show?).
I thought the series started off well. The opening scenes with a very lonely, very despondent Saul working as a manager of a Cinnabon set the mood ... the ultimate fall; the lowest of lows.
All drama is ultimately about fall and redemption ... or in Saul's case, fall (early life as "Slipppin' Jimmy"), redemption (success as lawyer), then fall again (getting mixed up with Walter White). The first few episodes have established the foundation for his redemption story.
Great stuff. And I assert again that the lighting of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is what sets the show apart visually. They do remarkable things using the contrast between light and shadows to set scenes. Breathtaking cinematography.
To me BCS is not trying to be the sequel to BB. It's more like Coen brothers comedy than the ultra dark BB. Frazier didn't try to be Cheers and was excellent in its own way. BCS is excellent in its own way it , but definitely has wonderful writing and cinematography that made BB a classic.
March 10th, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
I've seen better cinematography in Hannibal and Person of Interest with regardds to lighting and setting the mood. Hannibal is maybe the best shot show I have ever seen.
March 10th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
Would definitely be in my top 5, but not as subtle. I think you really have to be a BB/BCS geek to like some of the foreshadowing/feeling conveyed by the cinematography. Interesting comparisons though.
Other great cinematography series somewhwere on my list: Mad Men, House of Cards, The Wire, Sopranos, and more old school Downton Abbey. I am rewatching the entire DA series and the second time can really appreciate the good cinematography. Like a good book, it can be enjoyable to see different things a second time around with different perspective. Never had the patience to do this when I was younger.
The 6-plus minute tracking shot at the end of Episode 4 of True Detective is incredible. Just incredible.
Thought this was a Suge Knight thread before clicking on it. He could use Saul right about now.
March 10th, 2015 at 11:14 AM ^
Even though I am not a huge fan of really anything on AMC, I do enjoy a few shows on that channel and they are very consistent in their quality. Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Mad Men, BCS, are all very well done and to an extent I like those shows, but I don't fawn over them or love them. They are just solid shows. The network in general is very consistent.
This was the best BCS episode to date by far...
Didn't read any of the posts as I'm watching tonight. Glad its a good one!
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