Comment on Breaking: BAD
whiskybourbon@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Jesse is what killed it for me. He was tolerable and even decent in the first season but after that I just started to increasingly loathe him more and more until the point I couldn’t even stomach the idea of watching another episode. I loved everything else about the show too so it’s unfortunate.
For me it was Skyler, I know she’s not supposed to be likeable but that doesn’t excuse it for me.
I hate her character and she makes the show just unpleasant for me.
I did finish breaking bad though, about it being the best show of all time is not something I agree with. it’s alright
I hated Skyler the first time I watched it. The second time through, I felt a lot more sympathy for her character.
Nice, she’s been the reason I never attempted a rewatch. Maybe I should give it a try
I think Skyler is pretty universally disliked. I thought the kid was annoying too which pretty much undermines the whole premise of the show.
I didn’t mind the kid too much, I think it helps the plot becomes it becomes easier to see that for Walter it’s all about his ego
His kid also contrasts Jesse who’s basically the child Walter always wanted, witty and smart in ways Walter isn’t.
Same. His character just kept getting more and more annoying the whole time I watched.
Xenny@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Jesse’s supposed to get completely dipshit-headed but he has a complete redemption by the end in my opinion
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That was my problem with the show too.
Smart person decides to cook meth…
Step 1: Partner with complete dipshit
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit
It’s not hard to cook meth especially if you have a science background.
EVERYTHING in the show is there to make cooking meth harder because if it wasn’t hard it would be a completely boring story.
herrvogel@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The reason Smart Person needed to partner up with Complete Dipshit is because he needed Complete Dipshit’s underground connections to 1) acquire some controlled substances using less than legal methods, and 2) to sell what he’s cooked up. Jesse wasn’t there to help with manufacturing, he was there to help with logistics. Walter couldn’t have done those on his own because not even the best chemistry departments at the bestest universities teach you how to steal precursor drugs or cold call psychotic drug lords for exciting new business opportunities.
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
You’re telling me that it is a requirement to be a Complete Dipshit to have underground connections?
I get that is how the show sold it and I guess you believed it
There’s just no way for Walt to become Heizenberg without Complete Dipshit
Let’s just ignore the fact that the writer planned the Complete Dipshit to die a handful of episodes into the series
Again, EVERYTHING in the show is designed to make cooking/distributing meth challenging. They had to make Complete Dipshit useful because he “had” to be in the story.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 6 hours ago
My bro in christ no, the criminal meth distribution network is not easy