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- AMC Content: New Sundance Channel Series Writer’s Room to Spotlight Breaking BadBreaking Bad (THE WRITERS’ ROOM – Episode 1, Season 1) (Full Episode)

Great watch. Thnx.

 

[Mistle]

EDIT: No new clip, but apparently there's going to be some sort of a documentary about the making of the final season.

very cool to hear this!

 

[Aiii]

I laughed entirely too hard at Bryan Cranstons new Breaking Bad tattoo on that Writer's Room episode.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

All 4 of those shows those are "top notch". To say there's only room for 3 is rather arbitrary. And besides, BB is definitely better than MM.

I really like the surrealism of BB. It's like an urban legend that gets a little crazier with each retelling.

Read that again, I said BB was top notch.

I just find it a bit shallower than the three above it.

 

[Neverender]

Jesus fucking Christ, man. That "spoiler" is an incredibly vague, publicly released excerpt from a generic episode synopsis. It could mean any number of things, and is exactly the same as calling the synopsis of a movie a "spoiler".

This hyper-sensitive "I can't know anything about anything ahead of time" mind frame is ridiculous when you're in a discussion thread about that very topic. Implying that somebody should be banned for posting that is insane.

It's more about how he framed the spoiler in his post, it was obvious what the spoiler tag was about without even reading it.

 

[Cornballer]

- Warming Glow: Aaron Paul Once Played ‘Romeo’ On The Original ‘Beverly Hills 90210′

 

[Cornballer]

- NYT: Bad in the Bones - How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath

 

[IronRinn]

That Writer's Room thing sounds awesome. Love Jim Rash.

 

[VegaNine]

Are you a cold-blooded meth lord? Want to frighten your fellow kingpins? Good news!

Century-old hat makers, Goorin Bros., announces its collaboration with Breaking Bad to launch an exclusive collector’s edition hat and box set of the official Heisenberg hat. The official hat and box set includes a fine quality 100% American-made wool felt porkpie hat, a letterpress serial-numbered certificate of authenticity, custom interchangeable hat pins, Breaking Bad-themed butcher paper wrapping, and an American crafted round hat box.

Official Heisenberg Hat and Box Set: Breaking Bad Collector's Edition ($195, Limited Run of <2000)

 

[kehs]

Wow, you people sure are touchy about marked spoilers.

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

Wow, you people sure are touchy about marked spoilers.

The problem is when you can infer what the spoiler is without highlighting it.

 

[kehs]

The problem is when you can infer what the spoiler is without highlighting it.

It was a question.

 

[Servbot24]

It was a question.

Yes, but the question strongly inferred that a certain character would be coming back. Actually if you read the spoilered part it makes it less spoilery than the question itself.

 

[Cornballer]

- NY Mag: Rainn Wilson Played Walt in a Live Reading of Breaking Bad’s First Episode

Amusing bit:

Hearing Reitman read Gilligan’s even more colorful stage directions and scene descriptions — the stuff viewers never get to hear — was a bonus. When Walt was unable to hold an erection while a distracted Skyler gave him his birthday jerk-off, the script noted, “Apparently, there’s no mighty oak sprung from whence the lowly acorn lies.” The friends who showed up to his birthday were all “science nerds with large Adam’s apples.” And the montage of Walt cooking meth in the Winnebago for the first time was described as such: “For those of us who grew up watching The A-Team, this is that scene they'd always do where the A-Team builds a tank or a jet plane out of spare parts. Same feeling, same energy except here, our guys are making highly illegal drugs.” The evening was a welcome trip down memory lane heading into Breaking Bad’s final episodes. Remember when Walt worked part-time at the car wash Skyler would later buy to launder his money? Or that she’d once had fleeting aspirations to publish a collection of short stories? And apparently, we’d blocked out entirely Hank's beginnings as a singularly annoying buffoon. Because now, he's our hero.

 

[(mat)]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

 

[dave is ok]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

Nice catch.

 

[blame space]

drink dynamics in this show are next level. remember when Walt Jr. started drinking coffee.

 

[IronRinn]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

Ha, nice! Never would have noticed this.

 

[Dai101]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

This show. This fucking show.

 

[Alpende]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

Never noticed that. Good catch!

 

[BobTheFork]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

Funny, because I had Noticed the drinks with Ice and I thought it was part if a different thread. It's like when Crazy Ate wants his sandwhich without the crust and then you see Walt cutting the crust off his sandwhich's after that. Mike takes his drinks with Ice and later you see Walt doing the same.

 

[ezekial45]

- NY Mag: Rainn Wilson Played Walt in a Live Reading of Breaking Bad’s First Episode

Amusing bit:

This makes me even more upset that these Live Readings aren't available online. It's not fair!

 

[Cornballer]

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[VegaNine]

Funny, because I had Noticed the drinks with Ice and I thought it was part if a different thread. It's like when Crazy Ate wants his sandwhich without the crust and then you see Walt cutting the crust off his sandwhich's after that. Mike takes his drinks with Ice and later you see Walt doing the same.

Which leads us to the "Bacon Theory":

Have you noticed how Walt keeps mementos, often food characteristics, from the deaths he feels responsible for?

• He cuts the crust off his sandwiches, ala Krazy 8.
• He keeps the eyeball of the bear from the plane crash.
• He keeps the Leaves of Grass gift from Gale.
• He "uses kids," like Tomas's murderers.
• He affects the demeanor of Gus.
• He takes his drinks on the rocks, ala Mike.
• Spoiler

  And in the season 5 opener, he uses Skyler's maiden name and arranges his birthday bacon just the way she does.

 

[BobTheFork]

Which leads us to the "Bacon Theory":

I did noticed that last one before but I didn't want a possible spoiler.

This probably all means he's going to fuck Ted.

 

[Omzz]

Just a little tidbit I noticed while rewatching the series leading up to the next new episodes:

Every time Hank has gotten a drink for Walt, it's been wrong.

Gale makes Walt coffee. He says he drinks it black. Hank offers Walt a coffee and asks "Cream and sugar, right?" Walt agrees.

Walt is sitting at the bar with Mike and orders a drink with "no rocks." Walt is at Hank's. Hank offers Walt a drink, and asks, "Rocks, right?" Walt agrees.

This, to me, is a tiny way that Walt continues to make himself look weak in front of Hank, but strong in front of his "bad" coworkers. Drink the "unmanly" drinks as Walt. Drink the "manly" drinks as Heisenberg.

Just thought it was interesting.

Nice catch. Kinda makes me want to rewatch episodes to see things I've missed. So many layers to this show

 

[Macattk15]

Is AMC going to do a first half of Season 5 marathon sometime before the premiere of the latter half? My mom needs to get caught up and she's too computer illiterate to find it on a website ... and I live too far away to help her.

 

[Cornballer]

Is AMC going to do a first half of Season 5 marathon sometime before the premiere of the latter half? My mom needs to get caught up and she's too computer illiterate to find it on a website ... and I live too far away to help her.

I checked this morning, and I don't see it up on the schedule. They usually rerun the previous season before the new one starts, so keep your fingers crossed.

 

[VegaNine]

Is AMC going to do a first half of Season 5 marathon sometime before the premiere of the latter half? My mom needs to get caught up and she's too computer illiterate to find it on a website ... and I live too far away to help her.

They're marathoning the whole half-season on Aug. 11. It starts at 12:30 PM EST and runs straight into the premier.

 

[Cornballer]

They're marathoning the whole half-season on Aug. 11. It starts at 12:30 PM EST and runs straight into the premier.

Thanks for that. I couldn't find listings that far into the future, and I figured they'd air them eventually. It's a shame they aren't doing that marathon the previous weekend to give people a little more time, but I suppose the dvds are always an option.

 

[VegaNine]

Thanks for that. I couldn't find listings that far into the future, and I figured they'd air them eventually. It's a shame they aren't doing that marathon the previous weekend to give people a little more time, but I suppose the dvds are always an option.

Yeah, I have no idea why they're holding them hostage. The whole half-season was up on xFinity On Demand for months, but they took them down as soon as the promos started airing. I guess they want those DVD sales.

 

[Servbot24]

Well I'm sure not buying the DVDs until I can get the entirety of S5. And actually at that point I might just wait for whatever box set they put out.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Should be available on Netflix for the U.S. sometime.

 

[Cornballer]

I didn't finish my on demand rewatch of S5.1 before they pulled it, so I'll have to catch the last three via that marathon right before the new season starts.

 

[Cornballer]

Assorted recent art off of their tumblr:

Bonus gif:

 

[Servbot24]

Love that stencil.

 

[rekameohs]

Which leads us to the "Bacon Theory":

There's a better one for Gus. Gus drove a Volvo to hide in plain sight. Walt's New Hampshire car is a Volvo to hide in plain sight.

 

[Cornballer]

- AMC Content: Breaking Bad Cast and Creator Thrill Comic-Con Fans at Packed Panel

 

[Scuderia]

Re-watching S5.1 in preparation for the second half and there's an awesome bit in the second episode. The police boss is talking to Hank and Gomi...

"Fring brought sea bass. Every time I grill it now, I make a little foil pouch, just like he showed me. The whole night we were laughing, telling stories, drinking wine. And he’s somebody else completely. Right in front of me. Right under my nose."

...Then the camera focuses directly on Hank for a few seconds, then cuts to a different scene.

Also, i saw this in a random clothes shop yesterday, which is strange because the show isn't really well known over here...

Of course, i bought it straight away.

 

[VegaNine]

I actually just got excited at seeing Jesse with hair again.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Re-watching S5.1 in preparation for the second half and there's an awesome bit in the second episode. The police boss is talking to Hank and Gomi...



...Then the camera focuses directly on Hank for a few seconds, then cuts to a different scene.

Also, i saw this in a random clothes shop yesterday, which is strange because the show isn't really well known over here...


Of course, i bought it straight away.

I wouldn't have bought it just because they wrote Jessie instead of Jesse D:

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Re-watched Salud from Season 4 this evening, one of my favourites. I can't find the instrumental music played at the end credits anywhere, damn.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I laughed entirely too hard at Bryan Cranstons new Breaking Bad tattoo on that Writer's Room episode.

You just know he has a Malcom in the Middle tattoo on his butt.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

I've gotten two of my closest friends to watch this. I insisted.

Hopefully they enjoy it as much as I did.

I'll buy a complete series blu-ray box set at a high price.

 

[squidyj]

so, sundance is like the new amc owned by amc who doesn't want amc to be what amc used to be anymore....

 

[VegaNine]

Aaron Paul will be on Conan tonight. (11pm EST, TBS)

 

[Courage]

Aaron Paul will be on Conan tonight. (11pm EST, TBS)

Nice, he was on Leno last night but I can't stand that show.

 

[VegaNine]

Nice, he was on Leno last night but I can't stand that show.

Yeah, it was pretty bad. Leno had no clue about Aaron Paul or the show. I sat through it hoping for a new clip, but it never materialized.

Conan is a BB superfan though, and even hosted that roundtable a few moons back. My little pipe dream tonight is that they're saving that clip for Conan.

Spoiler

Yeah, right.

 

[Stat Flow]

oh god at the bacon theory. first time seeing that

 

[vatstep]

Well I'm sure not buying the DVDs until I can get the entirety of S5. And actually at that point I might just wait for whatever box set they put out.

You'll probably want to go this route. Seems like they're referring to the first eight episodes as "Season 5" and these last eight as "The Final Season," which leads me to believe that they'll just release them in a separate set altogether, with no combined release available... I'm not buying the first eight until I know what they're gonna do for sure, though.