I Have Just Seen... V -

OANST · #**781** 07-26-2012, 02:27 PM

Oh, yeah. It's really good. My favorite part was when THE MURDER TWINS killed an old, crippled woman so that they could steal her minivan with the wheel chair ramp. It did raise a few questions in my mind, though. Like, how does the cartel not have the means to afford a minivan? Or how did they get the old crippled bell ringer around before this? Or how many fucking supermarkets did they have to stake out before they found one with a minivan that has a ramp in the parking lot?

Mr. Bungle · #**782** 07-26-2012, 02:46 PM

Maybe they couldn't smuggle a minivan in from Mexico? I don't know.

I think if you can get past the little nitpicky details like that, it's a great show. I can tell because you love the Wire so much that every little escape from realism can be bothersome, and I understand that. Breaking Bad isn't meant to be 100% realistic all the time. It's a study of change: one mans journey from being a meek, modest and weak man to a ruthless drug dealer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Think of it more as if it were a graphic novel, or something like that.

OANST · #**783** 07-26-2012, 02:49 PM

I was also really impressed with Jesse's girlfriend's voice mail still working on her cell phone five months after she died.

I get what it is. I like a lot of aspects of the show. I just wish they had someone read their scripts for them before they went to production.

Mr. Bungle · #**784** 07-26-2012, 02:50 PM

It's not supposed to be five months, is it? I'm pretty sure at that point in the show, it had only been 5 months since Walt got cancer.

Dynamithix · #**785** 07-26-2012, 03:21 PM

I don't know why but I watched Cyberbully. It was bad, she couldn't even get the damn cap off.

OANST · #**786** 07-26-2012, 03:21 PM

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It's not supposed to be five months, is it? I'm pretty sure at that point in the show, it had only been 5 months since Walt got cancer.

Fuck no. It was five weeks between the time that she died, and the plane crash. Then Jesse went to rehab for a couple months.

Mac Sirloin · #**787** 07-26-2012, 03:27 PM

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I was also really impressed with Jesse's girlfriend's voice mail still working on her cell phone five months after she died.

As someone who worked for a mobile provider I can lazily say that this isn't unheard of or all that rare. If she wasn't on a contract then her Pay as You Go could have just had a policy of keeping the Voice Mail greeting on file for 6 months past the last payment, that's what mine does.

Also at which point do Paco and Taco murder the woman? I thought they just killed some old Mexican or Native woman and took the truck of that cop.

OANST · #**788** 07-26-2012, 03:32 PM

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As someone who worked for a mobile provider I can lazily say that this isn't unheard of

Also at which point do Paco and Taco murder the woman? I thought they just killed some old Mexican or Native woman.

Nope. This is right before their sit down with Gustavo where he asks them to wait to kill Walt. They approach an old woman in a motorized wheelchair in a supermarket parking lot as she's getting into her van, kill her off screen, and steal the van.

Mac Sirloin · #**789** 07-26-2012, 03:48 PM

If we're nitpiking I remember they never explicitly indicate that they killed her.

OANST · #**790** 07-26-2012, 03:54 PM

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If we're nitpiking I remember they never explicitly indicate that they killed her.

That's true, but I assume they weren't going to let her report the van stolen.

Sekto Springs · #**791** 07-26-2012, 03:55 PM

Mac is right.
They raped her, then killed her.

Mac Sirloin · #**792** 07-26-2012, 04:37 PM

Then ate her.

Then ate her again.

***Nate*** · #**793** 07-26-2012, 06:11 PM

Remember that this is the 'I Have Just Seen' thread. If you want an ongoing discussion of Breaking Bad, do it in its own thread.

Mac Sirloin · #**794** 07-27-2012, 05:47 AM

I'm going to see Batman today with a

girl

, really excited to explain all of the connections to the comic books to her. She'll LOVE that.

I've been watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Best show. It's on the season where Spike is introduced and he kills whatever that small child was supposed to represent. Perhaps small children? Last episode, KENDRA THE NOT RACIST CARICATURE VAMPIRE SLAYER was introduced and tried to behead a few folks with a hatchet, last we saw her and Buddy

Sorry, her and Buffy are duking it out in Angel's apartment. Then TO BE CONTINUED and it's Jersey Shore Pop Up Video, which is pretty much the best show.

MeechMunchie · #**795** 07-27-2012, 06:25 AM

I like the Nightwing thing at the end.

Varrok · #**796** 07-27-2012, 08:13 AM

Just watched through an episode of the ninth Simpsons' season, "Lisa's Sax". It was a first one written whole by Al Jean, and booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooy it sucked. No, really, it wasn't just average (as I expected it to be), it was a mix of boring and unfunny. Never smiled throughout the episode, not to mention laughing. Although, there were many moments when the characters said something, and about 5seconds later I realised that was supposed to be funny

EDIT: "The City Of New York vs. Homer Simpson" was fun though, just as Mr. Bungle said

Wings of Fire · #**797** 07-27-2012, 12:19 PM

I don't think the series got consistently terrible until a certain character was stupidly killed off.

MeechMunchie · #**798** 07-27-2012, 12:30 PM

I miss Bleeding Gums Murphy so much

Varrok · #**799** 07-27-2012, 12:36 PM

I miss Bleeding Gums Murphy a bit.

His death was unfair and unnecessary

Mr. Bungle · #**800** 07-27-2012, 12:40 PM

Are you gonna keep going? Cause it's pretty much more of the same, to be honest. Not necessarily bad, just really average. Especially compared to the previous seasons.

Varrok · #**801** 07-27-2012, 12:48 PM

I probably won't touch S10 much, but I'll give a few more chances to this one

Mac Sirloin · #**802** 07-27-2012, 02:01 PM

I posted this in the wrong thread.

On the other hand, I watched one of Russel Peter's standup routines with my niece. He's pretty funny. No Jim Gaffigan.

MeechMunchie · #**803** 07-27-2012, 04:26 PM

I just finished watching the Olympic opening ceremony. That was batshit insane, and a great deal better than I was expecting.

Also the Olympic Commitee president's surname is Roug or something French, but pronounced "Rog". Me and my brother found the idea of gathering large amounts of hulking physical competitors for the lighting of a giant fire under the gaze of someone called "Rog" very entertaining.

ALL HAIL ROG, MASTER OF OLYMPIA

Bullet Magnet · #**804** 07-27-2012, 04:36 PM

One of the Brazilian football squad is called Hulk.

The opening went off without a hitch. Except for the hitch.

Danny Boyle made us proud.

MeechMunchie · #**805** 07-27-2012, 04:38 PM

Oh, Danny Boyle...

... THE PIPES, THE PIPES ARE CALLING

Manco · #**806** 07-27-2012, 04:38 PM

Yeah, I remember seeing a preview of what the ceremony would be like (pastures and cottages) and being instantly turned off by how kitschy it looked.

But the actual ceremony was great; first thing they do was tear out all the grass and replace it with industrialisation while heavy drums get beat, then they threw in a healthy dose of comedy, and then the remembrance stuff. I thought the design for the cauldron was really smart and original and the decision to have seven young athletes light it (rather than just one famous name) was a nice touch.

And yeah, batshit insane throughout.

Bullet Magnet · #**807** 07-27-2012, 04:40 PM

There should have been more Doctor Who.

And god dammit Paul McCartney. They should have booked Elbow. They should have sang "One Day Like This".

Manco · #**808** 07-27-2012, 04:41 PM

There was some Bowie and Queen. That more than makes up for it.

Mr. Bungle · #**809** 07-27-2012, 04:43 PM

I got really excited when they played Pink Floyd. That was awesome.

Strike Witch · #**810** 07-28-2012, 01:49 AM

I completely missed the ceremony and can't find it online =(