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Breaking Bad - Season 5 interim thread - the series concludes Summer 2013 on AMC

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Neverender

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Going through Season 3 again and just watched Fly. I don't know why people don't like that episode. The last 15 minutes are amazing. Just Walt and Jesse, what the show is all about.
 
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RatskyWatsky

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Univision Announces Adaptation of ‘Breaking Bad’ For Hispanic Market

“Metastasis” – Based on the critically acclaimed American series “Breaking Bad,” “Metastasis” is the story of a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling meth with a former student with the goal of securing his family’s financial future before he passes away. (Primetime – Sony)
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Darth Pinche

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BigAT said:
Is Giancarlo Esposito going to do all the voices? His Spanish is impeccable.
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big ander

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Cuban Legend said:
wtf. how can someone do this without any sort of copyright or legal issues?
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by it being approved? You're acting as if adaptation is a new thing. The Office has 8 versions internationally, Big Brother began in the Netherlands...format sales are how TV works internationally. Anyway, updated on that article:
UPDATE: According to Breaking Bad producer Sony TV, the studio has no closed deal with Univision for a Spanish-language adaptation. The studio had shot and shopped a Spanish-language Breaking Bad pilot for the U.S. and Latin American markets but has not decided what network(s) it would go with or whether it would proceed with the series at all.
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big ander said:
by it being approved? You're acting as if adaptation is a new thing. The Office has 8 versions internationally, Big Brother began in the Netherlands...format sales are how TV works internationally. Anyway, updated on that article:
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yeah I wasnt fully familiar with how adaptations worked like that... I thought they were just dubbing it or something.
 
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Cornballer

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Such an odd story even in the face of there being precedents, though a number of those are comedy and reality shows. Part of me wonders why you'd bother with a remake, but I'm also curious to see what they'd come up with.
 
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BigAT

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I feel like even if you copied Breaking Bad word for word, without Cranston, Paul, Gilligan, Slovis and numerous talented others, it wouldn't even come close to holding a candle to the original.

It's like tossing a camera and a mic to a film student and saying "Alright, make the Godfather".
 
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-Pyromaniac-

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ahahhahaa:

The most classic one was a few months ago when I was walking in London. I had just picked up a Gatorade at a little market and this guy screams out, ‘Gatorade me, bitch!’ and I turned and threw him the Gatorade. I went, ‘Yeah!’ threw it to him, and walked off. It was pretty great.”
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Glad to hear his favourite Bitch moment has yet to air.
 
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Spiegel

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BigAT said:
I was being sarcastic because I know everyone in here hates it. I have to say I'm very glad I'm not a native Spanish speaker in this case, he sounds fine to me!
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Ah, okay. Heh

Yeah, I'm a native spanish speaker and I couldn't understand him most of the time. Thank god for the english subtitles
 
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Cornballer

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- NY Mag: In Conversation: Vince Gilligan on the End of Breaking Bad

Long interview that covers a wide array of topics. I haven't given it a close read yet, but I don't think there's anything too spoilerish. In any case, please tag discussion as necessary.

EDIT: There are some spoilers for other shows in there, so read at your own risk.

EDIT2: Fascinating and wide-ranging interview front to back. Well worth a read. Lots of interesting, candid commentary from Gilligan.
 
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Frost_Ace

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One of the criticisms of Breaking Bad that keeps coming up is over the female characters. Skyler White is seen by some as this henpecking woman who stands in the way of all of Walt’s fun.
Man, I don’t see it that way at all. We’ve been at events and had all our actors up onstage, and people ask Anna Gunn, “Why is your character such a bitch?” And with the risk of painting with too broad a brush, I think the people who have these issues with the wives being too bitchy on Breaking Bad are misogynists, plain and simple.
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inm8num2

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It's amazing how despite how many awful things Walt has done, people vent their disgust at Skyler. Like she's the problem.

Skyler hasn't been perfect, but the rage with her is incomprehensible. I'm so glad whenever I read Vince call out the Skyler haters - Skylaters.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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inm8num2 said:
It's amazing how despite how many awful things Walt has done, people vent their disgust at Skyler. Like she's the problem.

Skyler hasn't been perfect, but the rage with her is incomprehensible. I'm so glad whenever I read Vince call out the Skyler haters - Skylaters.
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If you were to judge on the merits of the first few eps, or the first season, I think it would be reasonable. That's just one of the sparks for Walt to blow, though, and he takes it way further, much faster.
 
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Bobby Roberts

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I really dug that Skyler quote from Gilligan. A lot. It ends up reinforcing his view that the comments sections are totally pointless and asinine, more often than not.
 
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Shahadan

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The Skyler hate has always been a mystery to me. I don't get it. At worst I found her boring, especially her early scenes with Marie, but she never annoyed me and I quite like her to be honest.
She had mostly been acting like any strong person in her place would have.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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Shahadan said:
The Skyler hate has always been a mystery to me. I don't get it. At worst I found her boring, especially her early scenes with Marie, but she never annoyed me and I quite like her to be honest.
She had mostly been acting like any strong person in her place would have.
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In the early episodes, you can key into her relationship with Walt and the fact that she wears the pants and is somewhat undermining. If you identify with Early Walt, you could dislike her for that. But the truth is that they were both responsible for the state of their relationship.
 
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Cornballer

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- Fast Company: Bryan Cranston On How To Collaborate The “Breaking Bad” Way
From Fast Company’s Most Creative People issue: A talk with Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston on the importance of collaboration on the set of the acclaimed show.

For its 100 Most Creative People In Business issue, Fast Company spoke at length with Bryan Cranston, digging into how the actor created the indelible Walter White in Breaking Bad and how he’ll move beyond that groundbreaking role.

Cranston also talked about another critical element that made Breaking Bad work: collaboration between creator Vince Gilligan, the actors, and all the creative contributors to the show.
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Clevinger

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Cornballer said:
- THR: Univision and Sony Firm Up Plans for a 'Breaking Bad' Spanish-Language Remake
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Oh my. That's going to be a magnificent trainwreck. I'll be watching.

MightyHedgehog said:
Seems like Sony is behind it and it is their property to do what they want. If it's quality, I wouldn't mind watching the show reimagined through others.
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It's Univision. There's like a zero percent chance it will be quality.

Though there's a good chance it'll be in the so bad it's good territory.
 
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MightyHedgehog

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Clevinger said:
It's Univision. There's like a zero percent chance it will be quality.

Though there's a good chance it'll be in the so bad it's good territory.
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Okay, but I forgot to edit in the part where I add 'or it has lots of T&A and added action and violence'. Come on, Univision, deliver on one or lots of the other.
 
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Tenck

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So I've caught up all the way and just waiting for the second half of season 5. What a roller coaster ride. One of my all-time favorite shows.
 
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Servbot24

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I looooove this bit :)
"Everything gets summed up. All actions have consequences, and every action will be met with an even greater reaction. So something you saw in Season 3 and maybe forgot about may just resurface in Season 5."
 
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Frost_Ace

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Servbot24 said:
I looooove this bit :)
"Everything gets summed up. All actions have consequences, and every action will be met with an even greater reaction. So something you saw in Season 3 and maybe forgot about may just resurface in Season 5."
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Walt confessing to Jesse he killed Jane? :X
 
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