Not Pynchon: Anyone know this show?

[rich]

fair enough. I think Walt's foil, Gus Fring is given just as much depth
since we have a wonderful (if gruesome) backstory. it is a man's show
admittedly in the sense that besides a sideplot with Hanks' wife Marie that
didnt go anywhere, we dont get insights into her or Skyler (like we do with
Jessie Pinkman) though as she gets deeper into Walt's activities she shines
more
with Better Call Saul we're getting his story and Mike's, two very
important characters in BB.

rich

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:31 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Really liked Breaking Bad but among the brilliance there were flat
> bits at times and choices that didn't really reward.
>
> I've been trying to think of a moment of Better Call Saul that isn't
> perfectly judged and I can't. Won't be for everyone of course but it's
> such a finely rendered thing.
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:24 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Breaking Bad was IMHO the best TV in forever. A fast, fun & clever ride
> with
> > a perfect ending, which is nearly impossible to pull off.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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