Breaking Bad vs Better Call Saul

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Valuist

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The first analogy that comes to mind is Albert Pujols.

Breaking Bad= Albert Pujols with the Cardinals
Better Call Saul= Albert Pujols with the Angels

Breaking Bad was the young hungry player. What was interesting was the first couple seasons, they didn't have a big audience. They were viewed as a cult show. They hadn't had endless compliments about how great they were. The specific detail in Breaking Bad was a strength.

Then the series ended. Vince Gilliland started believing he was bigger than life. If it was good to go into detail, he decided to go into painfully microscopic detail for Saul. While the main show was 5-6 seasons, why not drag out the prequil for 6 seasons?

So now you see 2 full minutes of Gus Fring getting dressed in a hotel room, or you see endless minutes of Saul and Mike walking thru New Mexico brush. We are interested in Mike, a key character. We really don't need back stories for his daughter in law or granddaughter. I've invested too much time already to stop watching it, but BCS just continues to plod along at a glacial pace. This series should never have been more than 3 seasons, and they could've accomplished everything without severely diluting the quality.
 
mr merlin

mr merlin

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I like BCS, but nothing happens. saul does something, say's something, kim looks at him and gives a 1 word answer. It's a frustrating watch. i missed this weeks episode.
 
Heim

Heim

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I never saw BB but Saul is almost up there with the Sopranos for me. I guess you had to be a lawyer to
appreciate the charm of Saul and his recent wife Kim.
 
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Heim said:
I never saw BB but Saul is almost up there with the Sopranos for me. I guess you had to be a lawyer to
appreciate the charm of Saul and his recent wife Kim.
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Watch Breaking Bad. Don't wait another 18 months for BCS to end. You will see which stands out.
 
Heisenberg

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kane said:
I'll be interested to see what Heisey thinks
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I think Valuist is spot on with his Pujols comparison.

Breaking Bad was a masterpiece of a show in every way......Writing......Acting......Directing...... Cinemetography......Music.......Almost everything in BB was done perfectly in my opinion.

The acting, directing and cinematography of BCS still holds up very well in my opinion (I like Michael Mckean as an actor but was overjoyed when they killed off his whiny bitch character) but the writing lacks the creativity BB had in droves. The pace and storyline is just too slow for me. If a show revolves around a drug cartel it should have a natural edge to it. BB was as edgy as it gets but BCS has just never been able to find that edge other than a few scenes here and there.

Gilligan has said he always had his initial storyline on where he wanted to take BB from beginning to finale before he started filming his first episode. With BCS it feels like there is no plan and he’s making it up as he goes.
 
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Heisenberg

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Heim said:
I never saw BB but Saul is almost up there with the Sopranos for me. I guess you had to be a lawyer to
appreciate the charm of Saul and his recent wife Kim.
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If you love BCS and start watching BB you’re going to feel like you’ve traded in a Buick for a Ferrari.
 
mr merlin

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I just finished this weeks episode of better call saul, it was ok but the whole episode(1 hr) was him and mike picking up money and walking through the desert. Too much.
 
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I think many of us were such big Breaking Bad fans that we had high hopes for BCS. It's ok but definitely a solid step down from Breaking Bad. When this show started, it was spring of 2015. There's NO reason at all that a prequel should be longer than the main show. And some of the tactics used in Breaking Bad, like the odd camera angles and extreme character development to the point of minutia, were viewed as cutting edge back in 2008-2013. Now those same tactics come across as tired and played.
 
Heim

Heim

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Haven't watched last nights episode yet. The show up to where Kim left Jimmy was phenomenal.

Now I'm kinda lost not having seen BB. Not familiar with Saul and his dealings with Walter and Jesse.

Peter Gould is a excellent writer but the last few episodes went over to the slow lane.
 
mr merlin

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Valuist said:
I think many of us were such big Breaking Bad fans that we had high hopes for BCS. It's ok but definitely a solid step down from Breaking Bad. When this show started, it was spring of 2015. There's NO reason at all that a prequel should be longer than the main show. And some of the tactics used in Breaking Bad, like the odd camera angles and extreme character development to the point of minutia, were viewed as cutting edge back in 2008-2013. Now those same tactics come across as tired and played.
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Dont care for where BCS is going the last couple episodes - Jimmy was never walt but that's what they're turning him into. Then to top it off they now have him doing really stupid things(see last nights episode), then they're introducing new characters - no one cares about carol burnett or her worthless son.

I know they are trying to wrap it up but the part with Kim last night was ridiculous as well.
 
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The timeline for the Gene Takavic/Omaha scenes isn't clear. Supposedly Gilligan said it was 2010. But Gene and the security guy who he was feeding Cinnabons to were talking Husker football. "Will they join the B10?, was one question. And they also talked about QB (Taylor) Martinez (not Andrian) who was the starting QB in 2012-2013. They were already in the B10 by 2013 so somebody in the writers room was asleep at the wheel.
 
Heim

Heim

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I noticed that... Martinez!? Recent. Gilligan mentioned another flub with the Bluetooth earpiece that appeared in both time segments.

To me, Lalo's death ended everything. Kim having a cigarette with Jimmy to close the curtain was (predictably) fitting. But Lalo's demise was also 'Call Saul's'
 
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mr merlin

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Didn't care for the last 2 or 3 episodes, Saul acting like walt, making ridiculous decision/horrible risks, and then the final idiotic confessions from Kim and saul ruined it for me.

carol burnette and her near moron son added nothing either.
 
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Why didn't Saul just go "Chad Brown" on Carol Burnett? She's got to be close to 90.....it wouldn't have taken much.
 
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