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anarky wrote:Very tight continuity in this show, like the brand name on the crib an episode or two after Walt kills Crazy Eight. Also noticed that, right after he did so and is sitting in the car, his reflection in his rearview mirror looked more like pics I've seen from the end of the series than how he looks now. I imagine that was probably intentional.
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Still no desire to watch this show.
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You should, bro.
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To me it got way too hyped. And a lot of the people I know (present company excluded) that liked it suck therefore I hate their opinion.
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Slick, even Beal is a convert and he also hesitated because of the hype.
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Slicker wrote:To me it got way too hyped. And a lot of the people I know (present company excluded) that liked it suck therefore I hate their opinion.
That's just 'cause everyone likes it. Shitty people included. We'll push it on you until you get addicted.
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Now that I have the entire series, I'm debating whether to rewatch the first two seasons(which I haven't seen in a few years) or just pick up where I left off.
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I had to take a much longer than wanted break from the show, but have been zipping through 2-3 episodes a day recently.

Holy shit, Season 4 was a fucking doozy. That finale, fuck.
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anarky wrote:Holy shit, Season 4 was a fucking doozy. That finale, fuck.
Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.

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The end of season 4 is likely the culmination of all tv, anywhere & everywhere, since the dawn of the medium. Fucking awesome.
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On any other show, I'd say the couple of seconds of Gus after the explosion were insanely fake. However, the rest of the series has been so meticulous with its attention to detail, I have to think it's the sort of thing that is made to look realistic, but winds up looking fake because everyone has a preconceived notion from seeing dozens or hundreds of fake versions in other movies and TV shows. Make sense?

I can't see any reason why a blast couldn't have torn off half of a guy's face, exposing most of their skull on that side, and the guy being so deep in shock from it that he just gets up, walks out casually, and straightens his tie, like he would have done at any other time.

The very last image: is that supposed to confirm Walt was responsible for that other thing (I'm really hoping Slick will watch this, and don't want to spoil it too badly), or be ambiguous? I can't for the life of me figure out when he could've done this. Like he told Jesse, there's no time that I can figure out when he could've done it, plus he was barred from Jesse's place at the time, and, while he's becoming more of a rotten SOB all the time, he's no master of breaking and entering so far as I can tell.
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jjreason wrote:The end of season 4 is likely the culmination of all tv, anywhere & everywhere, since the dawn of the medium. Fucking awesome.
I'll say I thought there was at least one episode that was better.
anarky wrote:The very last image: is that supposed to confirm Walt was responsible for that other thing, or be ambiguous?
I won't say if it is true or not, but I'll say that was my impression when I first saw it.
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The big purple thing you have there was fake, but I didn't care because of the emotional payout. I went to sleep after that episode at about 4am (I think i knocked out at least the last 3 maybe 4 episodes of season 4 because I simply couldn't turn it off) with the biggest smile on my face. The emotional payout was just sublime, even in the face of that bit of (overly, let's not be silly) stylized action.
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Yeah, when he just walks out of the room and you can't see anything's wrong with him, it's one of the biggest "holy fucking shit" moments ever.

I noticed definite parallels with the teddy bear from Season 2, as well as the importance of the pool.
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