Not Pynchon: Anyone know this show?

[Mark Thibodeau]

Well, for what it's worth, I'm finding Better Call Saul to be far more
emotionally involving and narratively rewarding of close paid attention
than Breaking Bad (but I'm only a marginal fan of that one - I was a
big-time The Wire fan in that time-frame, so I missed a lot of Breaking Bad
eps).

Mt

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It was an entertaining show, but I think it's one of those scenarios where
> in the context of deafening praise I couldn't really find the genius in it.
> Characters all a bit too much caricature.
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:21 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> watch the ending of the BB episode Crawl Space. the antithesis of
>> lackluster
>>
>> in any case, what makes the show great is a novelist's attention to
>> detail. I just noticed something in Crawl Space, e.g. a shot an important
>> one at that that mirrors exactly a shot in the Ozymandias episode (surely
>> one of the highlights of the show), both scenes dialogue covering the same
>> subject. its quite amazing finding all these connections you missed the
>> first time.
>>
>> rich
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:04 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Breaking Bad "lackluster?"
>>>
>>> What would be your idea of GOOD TV?
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Big fan of Bob Odenkirk... would any on the list still recommend it for
>>>> someone who found Breaking Bad pretty lackluster?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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