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Post by WullieFort on Oct 12, 2019 9:16:47 GMT
Anybody else watched this?
A few BBad stars appear in flashbacks. Walter, Mike, Todd, Jane but no Gus, Saul, Tuco, Don Salamanca, Hank and thankfully Walter Jnr or Skylar. Badger and Skinny Pete are welcome faces, as is Robert Forster.
The story is about Jesse's attempts to survive post Walter's rescue, with his name and face all over the media and the cops looking for him. It's a little slow in places (like BBad), and has some good action moments. I won't say more or I might spoil it but worth a watch.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Oct 12, 2019 13:37:11 GMT
Haven’t seen it yet but I want to. I just read that Robert Forster just passed away the other day from brain cancer. Sad news.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 12, 2019 15:47:22 GMT
An epilogue. The final season shortchanged Jesse so I was glad for more. 2 hours back in that world was great.
Also: man Jesse Plemons got fat.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 12, 2019 18:37:23 GMT
An epilogue. The final season shortchanged Jesse so I was glad for more. 2 hours back in that world was great. Also: man Jesse Plemons got fat. Did he get like Skyler fat? Or Katie fat from from Paranormal Activity?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 12, 2019 18:39:14 GMT
An epilogue. The final season shortchanged Jesse so I was glad for more. 2 hours back in that world was great. Also: man Jesse Plemons got fat. Did he get like Skyler fat? Or Katie fat from from Paranormal Activity? He was fat in Season 2 of Fargo
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 12, 2019 18:44:45 GMT
Did he get like Skyler fat? Or Katie fat from from Paranormal Activity? He was fat in Season 2 of Fargo
I loved Fargo - the movie And season 1 but didn't get to finish and haven't been able to catch up on the other season(s?) yet.
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Post by bluerisk on Oct 12, 2019 23:23:47 GMT
Jesse is the monster. I have always been a Heisenberg loyalist. I couldn't care less about this useless brat.
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Post by orlandogardner on Oct 12, 2019 23:46:30 GMT
It was, well, grand (in the very Irish sense of the word). Nothing near the quality of the best eps of BB and all seemed a bit too contrived. It was watchable enough but contained nowhere near enough good content to warrant its overlong 122 minute run time. I can't really see why they made it tbh.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 13, 2019 4:57:47 GMT
It was, well, grand (in the very Irish sense of the word). Nothing near the quality of the best eps of BB and all seemed a bit too contrived. It was watchable enough but contained nowhere near enough good content to warrant its overlong 122 minute run time. I can't really see why they made it tbh. That is pretty much what I thought too. I enjoyed it and it kept my attention throughout, but I am not sure what the point was.
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Post by Beardy McJewsenheimer ESQ on Oct 13, 2019 7:04:42 GMT
I enjoyed it. I didn't have my hopes up since there was no Bryan Cranston( except the one quick flashback scene. Funniest line in the movie when Jesse gives the dude a $5 and with perfect delivery Walt says "Wow, it's like I'm with Sinatra!") Also it's about one of my least favorite characters and quite possibly the dumbest, whiniest, bitchiest characters in TV history. But it was very good nonetheless and I loved all the cameos and Easter Eggs.
Disappointed we got a generally happy ending. Was hoping it would go in the other direction. But in my heart I know Jesse will eventually get a job on a King Crab fishing vessel, after wasting his hundreds of thousands of dollars on Meth, tweaked out hookers, and Funions. Because he fucks up almost everything he does he will fall overboard and get hypothermia and drown. But not before a crab Bruce Jenner's his ass.
Also, and I'm being serious here, when Todd was being all nice to Jesse and weird when he brought him to the appartament, did anyone else think for a bit "Uhhh...is he gonna fuck him???" Meth Damon is just really good when it comes to playing the role of a creep. I really didn't know what direction it was going until they walk into the room with the maid and Jesse is Jesse and acts like a little biiiiiiiiiiiitch. 8/10
I kinda hope they do another one with the same theme. This was about Jesse after Walts final night, maybe they can do one about Walts Family, what they go through and whatnot. Include some others like Huell and Kuby. Maybe even Brock. Would like to see his reacftion to getting a letter that says "Sorry I got your mildly hot mom killed, fatty!"
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 13, 2019 7:09:52 GMT
What about that gun duel scene? For a second I thought I was watching Justified instead of Breaking Bad.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 13, 2019 7:11:16 GMT
Also it's about one of my least favorite characters and quite possibly the dumbest, whiniest, bitchiest characters in TV history. Jesse or AJ Soprano: who's worse?
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Post by Beardy McJewsenheimer ESQ on Oct 13, 2019 7:50:31 GMT
Also it's about one of my least favorite characters and quite possibly the dumbest, whiniest, bitchiest characters in TV history. Jesse or AJ Soprano: who's worse? Ooooo, good one. Gotta go with AJ. Funny that you mention it, just two nights ago I couldn't sleep and was browsing Prime and watched the finale. Holy fuck is AJ annoying. It's hard to be the most disliked character by far on a show about murderers, including one that beats a pregnant woman to death and then kills a horsie. What a spoiled little shit, holy fuck nuggets! I don't know how that hot crazy bitch was about to fuck him before his car caught fire. That's just poor, unrealistic writing. I liked what they did though throughout the series, basically flipped the two kids. Remember, Meadow used to be the annoying spoiled twat while AJ was likable the first couple of seasons In the very near future we need to talk some Dexter. I've been re-watching it for couple of months now from beginning to end with my GF, she never saw it. Lately it's been a bit of a reprieve cause we were on season 7 but that's almost over and horrors await. I think I mentioned it but season 7 is actually pretty damn solid. It would be right up there with the first 4 if not for that stupid fucking Hannah. That whole storyline is so problematic. Anyway. I have a question. Be honest here. Did you figure out, and if so how early, that Edward James Olmos was dead the entire time. Cause I really didn't on my first viewing. But she figured it out like right away, the earliest possible time. When they're at the diner and the horny waitress just completely ignores him. She's all "That guy isn't real, is he?" So I'm wondering if I'm just dumb. This could be a situation because I prefer my GFs to be intellectually inferior. Makes me feel better about the small penis.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Oct 13, 2019 8:15:02 GMT
Jesse or AJ Soprano: who's worse? Ooooo, good one. Gotta go with AJ. Funny that you mention it, just two nights ago I couldn't sleep and was browsing Prime and watched the finale. Holy fuck is AJ annoying. It's hard to be the most disliked character by far on a show about murderers, including one that beats a pregnant woman to death and then kills a horsie. What a spoiled little shit, holy fuck nuggets! I don't know how that hot crazy bitch was about to fuck him before his car caught fire. That's just poor, unrealistic writing. I liked what they did though throughout the series, basically flipped the two kids. Remember, Meadow used to be the annoying spoiled twat while AJ was likable the first couple of seasons In the very near future we need to talk some Dexter. I've been re-watching it for couple of months now from beginning to end with my GF, she never saw it. Lately it's been a bit of a reprieve cause we were on season 7 but that's almost over and horrors await. I think I mentioned it but season 7 is actually pretty damn solid. It would be right up there with the first 4 if not for that stupid fucking Hannah. That whole storyline is so problematic. Anyway. I have a question. Be honest here. Did you figure out, and if so how early, that Edward James Olmos was dead the entire time. Cause I really didn't on my first viewing. But she figured it out like right away, the earliest possible time. When they're at the diner and the horny waitress just completely ignores him. She's all "That guy isn't real, is he?" So I'm wondering if I'm just dumb. This could be a situation because I prefer my GFs to be intellectually inferior. Makes me feel better about the small penis. Can't believe you actually have the stomach to rewatch the entirety of Dexter. First 4 seasons are great, the last season is one of the worst seasons of any show I've ever watched. And I've heard the praise for s7. Don't care for it, just as mediocre as 6 IMO. I think 5 should get that praise honestly.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 13, 2019 9:53:40 GMT
Jesse or AJ Soprano: who's worse? In the very near future we need to talk some Dexter. I've been re-watching it for couple of months now from beginning to end with my GF, she never saw it. Lately it's been a bit of a reprieve cause we were on season 7 but that's almost over and horrors await. I think I mentioned it but season 7 is actually pretty damn solid. It would be right up there with the first 4 if not for that stupid fucking Hannah. That whole storyline is so problematic. Anyway. I have a question. Be honest here. Did you figure out, and if so how early, that Edward James Olmos was dead the entire time. Cause I really didn't on my first viewing. But she figured it out like right away, the earliest possible time. When they're at the diner and the horny waitress just completely ignores him. She's all "That guy isn't real, is he?" So I'm wondering if I'm just dumb. This could be a situation because I prefer my GFs to be intellectually inferior. Makes me feel better about the small penis. I'm always up for a rant about good ol' Dex. It's actually a fairly significant show for me. We all know how Walter White underwent a metamorphosis over the course of Breaking Bad. sdm3 underwent a transformation over the course of Dexter from naive, optimistic "TV writers are professionals and know what they're doing! They always have a clear vision in mind and understand their characters!" type of TV fan to "TV writers are for the most part fucking idiots, we're lucky to get a single good episode before they shit all over their shows" cynical asshole TV fan. I know that the show changed hands after season 4, which is when the downturn truly began. Chip Johaneson (I can't remember how to spell his name and don't respect him enough to look it up) was running the show for season 5. After that I thought "okay, that season wasn't very good, but now look who's in charge! It's Scott Buck! He wrote some of the best episodes of the show, and for that matter some of the best episodes of Six Feet Under! Dexter is truly in good hands now!" How very wrong I was. I don't remember most of season 6 (I've mostly blocked it out of my memory) but as I recall I figured out the Edward James Olmos deal also by the time of that diner scene. I'm not trying to be a dick here but I thought they signposted that he was dead about as much as they could without having the waitress pass her hand through his head or something. Not a single character other than Colin Hanks (who gave a terrible performance) interacted with him, EVER. It got to a point where I actually thought "he CAN'T be dead! It's TOO obvious! THAT must be the real twist!" I underestimated the writers, of course. Writing this post reminded me of this fanboy on the Dexter boards (on the old imdb of course) who really LOATHED me because I would constantly point out how shitty the show was. Can't remember the username. Nighthawk or Nightboss or some dumb shit. Had a night in there, maybe. One of those "why don't you stop watching the show already if you hate it so much dickhead!!!" kind of fans. He even followed me onto other boards just to say stuff like "fuck you sdm!!! why don't you bitch about Dexter season 6 some more you piece of shit!!!" Maybe it was Scott Buck, who knows? Anyway, let me know what your GF thinks of season 8 when you get to rewatching it. I personally vowed never to watch it again. I'm slowly recovering from the experience of watching it but occasionally get flashbacks of Harrison falling off that fucking treadmill and morphing into a full grown stuntman with a blonde wig.
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 13, 2019 10:13:27 GMT
And I've heard the praise for s7. Don't care for it, just as mediocre as 6 IMO. I think 5 should get that praise honestly. There was some good stuff in season 5. It got a lot of flack at the time on the message boards. Especially Lumen. Oh boy, people HATED Lumen. I was mostly on the side of "this isn't that great, but maybe it'll get better." I lost hope after the finale when, what was it, Deb saw Dexter through a plastic curtain or something but couldn't make him out that clearly and anyway didn't WANT to know his identity because she agreed with killing the rape gang or some shit? That right there was a downright cowardly move on the part of the writers. Of course, if any of us knew at the time just how awful the show would get, we probably would have appreciated season 5 a whole lot more. As we now know, the REAL reason they didn't want Deb to discover Dexter just yet was because they weren't done pulling the whole "Deb falls in love with Dexter" shit out of their asses. Motherfuckers. Sorry, getting worked up again.
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Post by Beardy McJewsenheimer ESQ on Oct 13, 2019 11:28:16 GMT
Ooooo, good one. Gotta go with AJ. Funny that you mention it, just two nights ago I couldn't sleep and was browsing Prime and watched the finale. Holy fuck is AJ annoying. It's hard to be the most disliked character by far on a show about murderers, including one that beats a pregnant woman to death and then kills a horsie. What a spoiled little shit, holy fuck nuggets! I don't know how that hot crazy bitch was about to fuck him before his car caught fire. That's just poor, unrealistic writing. I liked what they did though throughout the series, basically flipped the two kids. Remember, Meadow used to be the annoying spoiled twat while AJ was likable the first couple of seasons In the very near future we need to talk some Dexter. I've been re-watching it for couple of months now from beginning to end with my GF, she never saw it. Lately it's been a bit of a reprieve cause we were on season 7 but that's almost over and horrors await. I think I mentioned it but season 7 is actually pretty damn solid. It would be right up there with the first 4 if not for that stupid fucking Hannah. That whole storyline is so problematic. Anyway. I have a question. Be honest here. Did you figure out, and if so how early, that Edward James Olmos was dead the entire time. Cause I really didn't on my first viewing. But she figured it out like right away, the earliest possible time. When they're at the diner and the horny waitress just completely ignores him. She's all "That guy isn't real, is he?" So I'm wondering if I'm just dumb. This could be a situation because I prefer my GFs to be intellectually inferior. Makes me feel better about the small penis. Can't believe you actually have the stomach to rewatch the entirety of Dexter. First 4 seasons are great, the last season is one of the worst seasons of any show I've ever watched. And I've heard the praise for s7. Don't care for it, just as mediocre as 6 IMO. I think 5 should get that praise honestly. Yeah, I know. I kinda have to though, not many options. I guess I could go to the bathroom a lot but she'll just pause it thinking she's being considerate and not realizing the human rights violations she's committing. You're right, season 8 really is that bad. And 6 ain't all that much better. 6 felt like I was watching a different show, certainly a different character. But I disagree about season 7. Even with the stupid Hannah storyline it's a solid season. Easily the best of the second half. If they had a different plotline to replace the hannah story, assuming it was good, I think it could have been as good as sk
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Post by Beardy McJewsenheimer ESQ on Oct 13, 2019 16:50:04 GMT
In the very near future we need to talk some Dexter. I've been re-watching it for couple of months now from beginning to end with my GF, she never saw it. Lately it's been a bit of a reprieve cause we were on season 7 but that's almost over and horrors await. I think I mentioned it but season 7 is actually pretty damn solid. It would be right up there with the first 4 if not for that stupid fucking Hannah. That whole storyline is so problematic. Anyway. I have a question. Be honest here. Did you figure out, and if so how early, that Edward James Olmos was dead the entire time. Cause I really didn't on my first viewing. But she figured it out like right away, the earliest possible time. When they're at the diner and the horny waitress just completely ignores him. She's all "That guy isn't real, is he?" So I'm wondering if I'm just dumb. This could be a situation because I prefer my GFs to be intellectually inferior. Makes me feel better about the small penis. I'm always up for a rant about good ol' Dex. It's actually a fairly significant show for me. We all know how Walter White underwent a metamorphosis over the course of Breaking Bad. sdm3 underwent a transformation over the course of Dexter from naive, optimistic "TV writers are professionals and know what they're doing! They always have a clear vision in mind and understand their characters!" type of TV fan to "TV writers are for the most part fucking idiots, we're lucky to get a single good episode before they shit all over their shows" cynical asshole TV fan. I know that the show changed hands after season 4, which is when the downturn truly began. Chip Johaneson (I can't remember how to spell his name and don't respect him enough to look it up) was running the show for season 5. After that I thought "okay, that season wasn't very good, but now look who's in charge! It's Scott Buck! He wrote some of the best episodes of the show, and for that matter some of the best episodes of Six Feet Under! Dexter is truly in good hands now!" How very wrong I was. I don't remember most of season 6 (I've mostly blocked it out of my memory) but as I recall I figured out the Edward James Olmos deal also by the time of that diner scene. I'm not trying to be a dick here but I thought they signposted that he was dead about as much as they could without having the waitress pass her hand through his head or something. Not a single character other than Colin Hanks (who gave a terrible performance) interacted with him, EVER. It got to a point where I actually thought "he CAN'T be dead! It's TOO obvious! THAT must be the real twist!" I underestimated the writers, of course. Writing this post reminded me of this fanboy on the Dexter boards (on the old imdb of course) who really LOATHED me because I would constantly point out how shitty the show was. Can't remember the username. Nighthawk or Nightboss or some dumb shit. Had a night in there, maybe. One of those "why don't you stop watching the show already if you hate it so much dickhead!!!" kind of fans. He even followed me onto other boards just to say stuff like "fuck you sdm!!! why don't you bitch about Dexter season 6 some more you piece of shit!!!" Maybe it was Scott Buck, who knows? Anyway, let me know what your GF thinks of season 8 when you get to rewatching it. I personally vowed never to watch it again. I'm slowly recovering from the experience of watching it but occasionally get flashbacks of Harrison falling off that fucking treadmill and morphing into a full grown stuntman with a blonde wig. I probably didn't make it clear and mispoke a bit. I figured this shit out eventually before the actual...uhhh...yeah, let's call it "Reveal". Admittedly, much later than I should have. The thing that sort of impressed me with her and made me wonder about you and others was that the Diner scene was their first scene like that, where they were in public. In fact I started putting it together in the very next scene. After he bones the waitress he goes into the kitchen and she's there tied up and she ONLY looks at him when Crater Face is right there. But I still didn't really think about it and failed to put it together. Hmmm, Evidently it's more common than i thought. Even if perhaps it's very noticeable that she doesn't look at him or acknowledge him(which it is) I still think it would be very difficult to guess right of the bat that it means he's not real. So well done, the both of ya. I guess I'll just get some crayons and color and pick my nose. And I'll let you know how she feels about season 8. Hell, if she likes it you can have her number, cause that's clearly a sign she's not long term material( In a 100% Bitch Move I typed that in fear looking over my shoulder) So far she's pretty on par with what I thought. Loved seasons 1-4. Liked 5 but thought it wasn't as good as 1-4. Did hate Lumen, at one point joking in a very Beardy-ish way by informing me that she's glad she was raped. Personally I thought, while better to look at, Hannah was much much more annoying and hateable and that her mere existence made Dexter's character unrecognizable Didn't like 6 and so far has 7 has been much better. Though unlike most people, two is her favorite season, not 4. She said she really liked Dexter and Doakes storyline and the whole manhunt thing.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 13, 2019 19:45:26 GMT
What about that gun duel scene? For a second I thought I was watching Justified instead of Breaking Bad. I thought I was watching The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Overall, pretty good. I did think some characters were shoehorned in, especially Walt. Like someone else said, not as good as a good BB ep, but entertaining. Spooky about Robert Forster. Like Charles Schulz dying on the very day the last Peanuts strip came out.
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Post by WullieFort on Oct 13, 2019 21:18:48 GMT
I thought that Badger and Skinny Pete were shortchanged screentimewise
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