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akashiverI'm back in DE and trying to get an article out the door. Hopefully it'll be on its way tomorrow, and then I can turn my attention to the backlog of crits and writing projects that I owe people. Somewhere far down that list is another tall ship post. But in the meantime, I interrupt this study break to say:
OMG! BREAKING BAD!!!! So good!!!!
Yes, I know this is a total news flash, but yes! This show is good! I started Netflixing it last week and I've almost blitzed my way through 2 seasons already.For a person who generally watches only a couple hours of TV a week, this is pretty good.
I'm starting to hit a point where I have to slow down though, because damn, this is getting dark. I keep wanting characters to be nice to each other and turn their lives around, but I've read the creator's concept for the series and "people getting their shit together" is not it. Alas.
Two observations:
1) I think BB's appeal is that of a dramatic version of The (British) Office. The Office is cringe comedy: it *hurts* to watch a lot of the time, because the humor is generated from likable characters suffering through horrible social situations. Breaking Bad is cringe drama. I like it, but it hurts to watch.
2) BB has an extra layer of charm for me, because I'm watching it through a genre filter. Sometime around when Walt shaved his head I thought: "Huh! This show is the Smallville I always wanted to see." And it really is: squint your eyes a bit, and it's the Lex Luthor Show with the annoying Do-Gooder Heroes reduced to bit parts.
I was still chuckling about that when a character wandered onscreen, saw Walt in mid-downward spiral into EVIL and said, "You look like Lex Luthor!" OMG. IT'S A THING.
Breaking Bad is just really good Real World (tm) Smallville fan fic.
You heard it here first.
OMG! BREAKING BAD!!!! So good!!!!
Yes, I know this is a total news flash, but yes! This show is good! I started Netflixing it last week and I've almost blitzed my way through 2 seasons already.For a person who generally watches only a couple hours of TV a week, this is pretty good.
I'm starting to hit a point where I have to slow down though, because damn, this is getting dark. I keep wanting characters to be nice to each other and turn their lives around, but I've read the creator's concept for the series and "people getting their shit together" is not it. Alas.
Two observations:
1) I think BB's appeal is that of a dramatic version of The (British) Office. The Office is cringe comedy: it *hurts* to watch a lot of the time, because the humor is generated from likable characters suffering through horrible social situations. Breaking Bad is cringe drama. I like it, but it hurts to watch.
2) BB has an extra layer of charm for me, because I'm watching it through a genre filter. Sometime around when Walt shaved his head I thought: "Huh! This show is the Smallville I always wanted to see." And it really is: squint your eyes a bit, and it's the Lex Luthor Show with the annoying Do-Gooder Heroes reduced to bit parts.
I was still chuckling about that when a character wandered onscreen, saw Walt in mid-downward spiral into EVIL and said, "You look like Lex Luthor!" OMG. IT'S A THING.
Breaking Bad is just really good Real World (tm) Smallville fan fic.
You heard it here first.
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Date: 2012-07-10 04:55 pm (UTC)