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Breaking Bad - Season 5, Part 1 - Sundays on AMC

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Sadsic said:
are you sure?
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bout 90%

Cornballer said:
- Video from Cranston & Paul's photoshoot with Rolling Stone

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great pic lol
 
Check out this real life Breaking Bad story, look at the photo of all the cash this pharmaceutical guy had! He keeps the precursor flowing.
http://www.businessinsider.com/zhen...-for-las-vegas-sands-2012-8?utm_source=alerts

Unfortunately for Adelson, Zhenli was also suspected of being a key associate of the Sinaloa drug cartel, responsible for the import of key ingredients into Mexico. The DEA believes these ingredients were used for the mass manufacture of methamphetamine that was then smuggled into the United States.

Zhenli was the legal representative of Unimed Pharm Chem México, a company he founded in 1997. He became a Mexican citizen in 2002, but had been was born in Shanghai. His company had legally been allowed to import a limited amount of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products into Mexico, but he hit trouble in 2005 when Mexican authorities accused Zhenli and his associates of illicitly importing more than was allowed.

In 2007, Zhenli was arrested at P.J. Rice Bistro in Wheaton, Maryland. According to the Washington Post he and his wife had just ordered a meal of codfish and carrots when they were surrounded by DEA agents. He was indicted on a single count of conspiracy.

A raid of his home in the wealthy neighborhood of Mexico City produced what police described as "the largest single drug cash seizure the world has ever seen." Almost $207 million sat in the house in cash. Seven high-powered firearms were also in the house, the New York Times reported.

Zhenli has a different version of events. He argued that Mexico's labor secretary, Javier Lozano Alarcón, had threatened to kill him if he didn't agree to hide duffel bags stuffed with tens of millions of dollars in his house. Far from a fugitive, he had come to the United States in 2007 to seek political asylum.

This version of events has gained some support in Mexico. A poll from La Reforma magazine found that most Mexicans either believed Zhenli's version of events of thought none they had heard was true. Bumper stickers saying "I believe the Chinaman" began to appear in Mexico.
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daw840 said:
That was an awful opening.....maybe the first time I've ever said that about this show. Ever.
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Seriously. Am I missing something? Was there something that I missed? Some kind of parody or reference?

The episode was also heavy on the darkness, especially with Walt, and at times it just seemed incongruous with the dialogue and unnecessary.

Hank is also pretty boring to me. He's either portrayed as some confident super detective or we're rehashing the same El Paso anxieties as before.

Didn't like this episode much, but the Heisenberg references were great. And particularly the bandage on his head (wounded ego, I think).
 
What a really great episode. I've always found the family drama to be as compelling as the drug stuff so it's nice to see a lot of the former here. Pool scene was great. This was Gunn's finest hour for sure.

My only quibble is with Rian Johnson's heavy-handed direction. Could he have hammered the Walt-is-a-monster nail any harder if he tried? Felt out of step with the slightly more subtle depictions of their relationship in earlier episodes.

Still that was one fine hour of television.
 
Mifune said:
What a really great episode. I've always found the family drama to be as compelling as the drug stuff so it's nice to see a lot of the former here. Pool scene was great. This was Gunn's finest hour for sure.

My only quibble is with Rian Johnson's heavy-handed direction. Could he have hammered the Walt-is-a-monster nail any harder if he tried? Felt out of step with the slightly more subtle depictions of their relationship in earlier episodes.

Still that was one fine hour of television.
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I thought it was a good portrayal of how Walt is only reactively a monster rather than assertively one.
 
Battersea Power Station said:
Example?
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The lighting and framing of the bedroom scene, for instance. With the shadows and the way Walt seems to tower in the frame, it felt like it was engineered to make him look like an evil motherfucker.

Also the head shaving scene. If the dude in that scene isn't the villain, I don't know who is.

These are effective moments but the stylistic flourishes used to underscore what we already know (Walt is NOT the good guy) are laid on a bit too thick for me.
 
Mifune said:
The lighting and framing of the bedroom scene, for instance. With the shadows and the way Walt seems to tower in the frame, it felt like it was engineered to make him look like an evil motherfucker.

Also the head shaving scene. If the dude in that scene isn't the villain, I don't know who is.

These are effective moments but the stylistic flourishes used to underscore what we already know (Walt is NOT the good guy) are laid on a bit too thick for me.
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Sorry, I was asking for an example of the subtler portrayals of their more complicated relationship.
 
Socreges said:
Did people just like the style/music of the scene or was there something that I missed? I hated the part that you linked to.
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I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be at least a little tongue-in-cheek. I mean, I can't envision the cameraman doing the back-and-forth dolly thing with a straight face. It's a joke about how Walt sees himself and his life.
 
Socreges said:
Seriously. Am I missing something? Was there something that I missed? Some kind of parody or reference?

The episode was also heavy on the darkness, especially with Walt, and at times it just seemed incongruous with the dialogue and unnecessary.

Hank is also pretty boring to me. He's either portrayed as some confident super detective or we're rehashing the same El Paso anxieties as before.

Didn't like this episode much, but the Heisenberg references were great. And particularly the bandage on his head (wounded ego, I think).
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agreed... too much WUBUWBWUBWU
but it also shows that Walt is completely gonne!
 
pigeon said:
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be at least a little tongue-in-cheek. I mean, I can't envision the cameraman doing the back-and-forth dolly thing with a straight face. It's a joke about how Walt sees himself and his life.
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I like how no one is mentioning he's wearing his fuckin Heisenberg hat in front of his SON.

Think about what that says about where Walt is at right now.

I mean HOLY FUCK.
 
-Pyromaniac- said:
It just means he has fully embraced what he has become, rather than trying to hide it from the outside world.
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Dai101 said:
Exactly, he doesn't care anymore.
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Oh I get that for sure. And that he doesn't care about Skyler's approval. They weren't subtle about that at all (Heisenberg hat).

pigeon said:
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be at least a little tongue-in-cheek. I mean, I can't envision the cameraman doing the back-and-forth dolly thing with a straight face. It's a joke about how Walt sees himself and his life.
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Hey, I hope so. Didn't come across that way to me while I was watching. The show often tries over-the-top style for cool factor and it just seemed like the music/camerawork was an attempt in that vein.
 
Walt may be an asshole and scumbag but we all love him and root for him because he's 100x more interesting than skyler.
 
Socreges said:
Oh I get that for sure. And that he doesn't care about Skyler's approval. They weren't subtle about that at all (Heisenberg hat).

Hey, I hope so. Didn't come across that way to me while I was watching. The show often tries over-the-top style for cool factor and it just seemed like the music/camerawork was an attempt in that vein.
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It was definitely supposed to be ridiculous, because Walt is getting ridiculous. It's mocking his own hubris.

It's fair to say that Johnson laid it on thicker than usual though, perhaps a bit too thick.
 
Joe Shlabotnik said:
It was definitely supposed to be ridiculous, because Walt is getting ridiculous. It's mocking his own hubris.

It's fair to say that Johnson laid it on thicker than usual though, perhaps a bit too thick.
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Totally agreed that it was symbolism to reflect his hubris, but I do think the music choice and camerawork was an attempt at mixing style with that symbolism.
 
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