OT: "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story" dropped today
Watched this the moment it dropped fearing the worst. Every single damned time a studio tries to add to a work of art, like Breaking Bad, all they do is F it up and make me wish I never heard of the follow-up. (E.g. "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues")
In this case, however, I'm happy to say -- IMHO Vince Gilligan is a freaking genius. And Aaron Paul is incredible. And this franchise should live on forever if they can continue to tap the same talent and writing.
Curious of what others are saying...
October 11th, 2019 at 11:19 AM ^
Yeah, Bitch!
October 11th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
Thanks for the reminder. This sorta slipped under my radar so I'm looking forward to a taste what with Better Call Saul on hiatus this year.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
You're god damn right!
October 11th, 2019 at 11:21 AM ^
i thought Better call Saul was a good follow up to Breaking Bad
October 11th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Totally agree. But this is a direct extension of the Breaking Bad story. Holy ground as far as I'm concerned. All they could do was F it up, or at best be its equal. Happy to say it's the latter, IMO.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
it started slow, but once they developed the characters I liked it almost as much as Breaking Bad
October 11th, 2019 at 1:48 PM ^
I watched a season and sort of liked Better Call Saul, but stopped watching and never missed it. People say it is great.
October 11th, 2019 at 4:01 PM ^
It's fantastic. The storyline of (relatively) nice guy Jimmy McGill is such a different show from Breaking Bad that it actually helps to build suspense as you watch him slowly turn into dirtbag Saul Goodman. On the other hand, if you loved BB, the Mike Ehrmantraut storyline feels like you're right back in it again.
October 11th, 2019 at 6:00 PM ^
Hot take: Better Call Saul is even better than Breaking Bad. It's usually not as exciting the first time you see it, but rewatch an episode sometime and you can see how much more dense and refined BCS is.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
Can we say no spoilers?
October 11th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Am I watching it this weekend?
October 11th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
Sweet. Wife is going out of town so I am going to drink and binge watch this and Peaky Blinders (season 5) all weekend.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:35 AM ^
Love Peaky Blinders. Too many f'ing shows recommended to me so just getting around to watching this one. Wish I had earlier but now I have 5th season to watch too.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:45 AM ^
Anybody see Succession on HBO? Only 2 seasons, but pretty good. Will Ferrell is involved, so not lacking humor in this drama.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:05 PM ^
To be honest, I think of that show more as a dark comedy than drama.
October 11th, 2019 at 2:52 PM ^
Yeah, I agree, and I think Will Ferrell is just a producer. Sometimes that means he has a development deal and just added his name. Very good show though.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
PAY-kee BLOYN-derz
October 11th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
Peaky fookin blinders.
October 11th, 2019 at 5:47 PM ^
Exactly!!!
October 11th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
I had no clue until I read it on the edge of the internet this morning. Very pleasant surprise. The one review before yours that I read was very positive as well. Aaron Paul seems to not be a great actor, except when he plays Pinkman.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
pfff. nobody these days even knows what an el camino is....
October 11th, 2019 at 11:51 AM ^
Rancheros were 10x cooler
October 11th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
elitist.
October 11th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
I’ll take the Caballero all day over both;).....
October 11th, 2019 at 1:24 PM ^
what? no subaru brat?
October 11th, 2019 at 4:57 PM ^
Always liked Guy Caballero.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
That one looks fresh enough to roll Kilo G.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
i am so un-hip. now i have to google 'kilo g' and figure out what you just said.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
From Boyz-N-The-Hood by Eazy-E
October 11th, 2019 at 12:19 PM ^
funny song. i kind of like that rhode island red the dude is strumming on in the hammock.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
Didn't Bill Clinton talk about having an El Camino with astroturf bedliner when he was young? Wink wink. I think he referred to it as a "real southern thing"
October 11th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
My dad bought 1 of these in '76, & had it lettered for his company in blue. He was a patriot in every way.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
Awesome movie. Sucks Jesse dies. Really sad.
I haven't actually seen it.
October 11th, 2019 at 1:02 PM ^
Someone ruined the Avengers finale for me in the Detroit News comment section. I thought it happened again.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:56 AM ^
TMW the season has gone so badly that it's still OT season, halfway through, and no one bats an eyelash.
October 11th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
Thanks for the tip. Had no idea this was coming.
For that matter since we're on the subject I'll mention a couple of my recent favorites:
Mindhunters (2 seasons, Netflix)--About the early days ('60s/'70s era) of the FBI behavioral science unit and its method for profiling and catching serial killers. No blood or gore or violence. Just a great procedural mystery drama with excellent characters and writing.
Goliath (3 seasons, Amazon)--Billy Bob Thornton as a brilliant but fallen alcoholic lawyer who falls upon a huge case against a giant defense contractor that is represented by his former law firm. Billy Bob is intense and hilarious at the same time and William Hurt plays one creepy evil motherf*&!er. Still on first season but I see that Dennis Quaid is coming on for season 3.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
A few of my recent favorites:
Chernobyl. I'm not sure what is supposed to scare us more. The fact of nuclear power or the mendacity of the government regulators.
Deadwood The Movie. Maybe not everything I had hoped for but an excellent send off for TV's greatest show. And now David Milch has been lost to dementia. Who else could set Shakespeare in an 1876 Dakota mining camp? Not one motherfucking cocksucker besides Milch.
Sneaky Pete. No deep themes. Just a real fun watch. And I've always been a fan of Giovanni Ribisi.
Aside and OT to this OT. Just finished listening to season 2 of the Podcast Crimetown. About Detroit from the rise of Coleman Young to the fall of Kwame Kilpatrick. Kind of a trip down memory lane.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
Bunch of hoopleheads. The lot of them.
October 11th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
Mindhunter season 1 does not have blood or gore, but I don't know that it's not violent. It has very explicit discussions of violence -- and you have to listen to deranged wackadoodles taking pleasure in reliving the unspeakably violent acts that they did to people. I thought it was great (I'm in the criminal justice field), but it is not for the faint of heart.
October 12th, 2019 at 1:16 AM ^
Season 2 of Goliath is terrible. Don’t waste your time.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:26 PM ^
I'm still uncomfortable with the word dropped being used this way.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:27 PM ^
I'm a huge Breaking Bad fan, but I'm kinda nervous about the movie. Hopefully it is good but either way I don't think it will take anything away from the show. For what it's worth the reviews I've seen are mixed.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Is the guy from Malcolm in the Middle going to be in this movie?
October 11th, 2019 at 5:07 PM ^
Unfortunately, it seems that Frankie Muniz has suffered some memory loss issues, so he might not have been able to act in this movie. Besides he seems to be occupied with other business opportunities.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:44 PM ^
Excellent. My wife, 5 year old son, and one of the three year old twin girls are going on some sort of charity walk. This leaves me with the other three year old twin. Looks like we now have plans. I assume this is child friendly. She likes breaking things and has a naughty streak.
October 11th, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
Does he drop dong?
October 11th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^
An alright story, but didn't think it really added anything. I think Breaking Bad was perfect all the way though so the bar was set impossibly high. Watching through Breaking Bad again the the future I wouldn't watch this again to include it in the story.