Better Call Saul

[HN]

Yup. It could still go bad, but I've thoroughly enjoyed every episode so far.

This show has done something impossible: I now anticipate Mondays.

just monday nights. the rest of the day can go fck itself

 

[WaTaGuMp]

:whiste:

Lol, spelling FTW.

 

[Ichinisan]

One Call, That'Saul.

 

[Jadow]

The Michael Mckean scenes are boring and slow.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

The Michael Mckean scenes are boring and slow.

There aren't that many of them, and they aren't that long. Clearly McKean serves as, in effect, Saul's conscience. I expect his character will evolve to be more interesting, but for now he does serve a purpose. I don't really understand how people can be so impatient and unforgiving considering the pedigree of the show and how strong it has already proven to be, so early in its run.

 

[purbeast0]

i have no clue who the hell michael mckean is, why couldn't you just say saul's brother or CHUCK!

 

[NuclearNed]

i have no clue who the hell michael mckean is, why couldn't you just say saul's brother or CHUCK!

Lenny

 

[11thHour]

I don't know all the jargon but as of last week BCS has so been a ratings blowout (in a good way), and not just a record setting premiere for a cable tv series.

 

[Mandres]

I loved Breaking Bad, and so far I love this show too. All the craftsmanship is evident here.

 

[Remobz]

Was nacho in Breaking Bad? Or is nacho a made up character for plot purposes?

 

[Perknose]

Was nacho in Breaking Bad? Or is nacho a made up character for plot purposes?

They're all made up characters for plot purposes.

But, yeah Nacho was not in BB. Either was his mother, Nacho Mama. :awe:

 

[Carson Dyle]

The Michael Mckean scenes are boring and slow.

Not at all. With Breaking Bad, the Skyler and Walt Jr. scenes were terminally boring. Most of the Hank and Marie crap was dreadful. I even found much of the Jessie and his retarded friends scenes to be worthless. They have yet to hit a clinker with Saul. So far, the writing is much tighter than Breaking Bad.

 

[CZroe]

They're all made up characters for plot purposes.

But, yeah Nacho was not in BB. Either was his mother, Nacho Mama. :awe:

LAWL :awe:

 

[CZroe]

One Call, That'Saul.

Are you talking about our local idiot lawyer who thinks that line is clever?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htHWTuxQx2Y
He's now tooting the "over $600-million" number.

It's clever for Saul, though. :awe:

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Not at all. With Breaking Bad, the Skyler and Walt Jr. scenes were terminally boring. Most of the Hank and Marie crap was dreadful. I even found much of the Jessie and his retarded friends scenes to be worthless. They have yet to hit a clinker with Saul. So far, the writing is much tighter than Breaking Bad.

All of the characters you have mentioned were critical to telling the story unless what you're looking for is writing a la Sly Stallone, rather than Shakespeare, Henry James, or George V. Higgins (and to me BB had similarities to all three).

 

[Perknose]

Not at all. With Breaking Bad, the Skyler and Walt Jr. scenes were terminally boring. Most of the Hank and Marie crap was dreadful. I even found much of the Jessie and his retarded friends scenes to be worthless.

All of the characters you have mentioned were critical to telling the story unless what you're looking for is writing a la Sly Stallone, rather than Shakespeare, Henry James, or George V. Higgins (and to me BB had similarities to all three).

+1

I liken it to dynamic range in music. The soft, slow passages give added emphasis and counterpoint and range to the loud, busy ones. All action, all the time becomes a metronomic, one-note bore-fest.

Put gastronomically, most would eventually tire of a diet of only steak at every meal, with nothing else. Side dishes, like complimentary characters in a story, enhance and broaden the overall experience.

Put directly, good writing has depth. Minor characters help tell the story in depth. They serve to illuminate and flesh out and give verisimilitude and nuance to the lives and story of the main protagonists.

Life is not one long car chase. Drama is not just one explosion or shoot-out after another. That is a mono-culture of the mind.

Life is not black and white, it contains the full palette of human experience. Life is not a kiddie cartoon . . . not that there's anything wrong kiddie cartoons. I believe there are several basic cable channels chock full of them. You can go there if that's what you want.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Sorry, guys. Breaking Bad was not Shakespeare, no matter how big your fandom. Boring is boring. It was a good show, but it didn't always fire on all cylinders.

 

[purbeast0]

i dont like shakespeare but i liked breaking bad. now you have confused me.

 

[Perknose]

Sorry, guys. Breaking Bad was not Shakespeare, no matter how big your fandom. Boring is boring. It was a good show, but it didn't always fire on all cylinders.

My guess is that you find Shakespeare boring as well. Amirite?

 

[Carson Dyle]

My guess is that you find Shakespeare boring as well. Amirite?

Far from it.

 

[Perknose]

Far from it.

Ok. Then, please tell us which is your favorite play, and, at some persuasive length and depth, exactly why.

Show your work.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Ok. Then, please tell us which is your favorite play, and, at some persuasive length and depth, exactly why.

Show your work.

Oh, brother. Go find another sap to harass.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Liking it so far. Honestly when you consider exactly what it is, it is amazing that it is better than average if not even dare I say great. Most spin offs suck horribly.

 

[Perknose]

Oh, brother. Go find another sap to harass.

Definition of SAP

2 : a foolish gullible person

an·oth·er
1.
used to refer to an additional person or thing of the same type as one already mentioned or known about; one more; a further.

:biggrin:

 

[Carson Dyle]

Yep, I've been a sap to try to engage in an intelligent conversation with a fanboy. Live and learn, I guess.