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So what is the moral of Breaking Bad?
- Thread starter Cybersai
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You say this like Walt was absolutely perfect after season 4.
That entire season, he tried to play the Gus Fring figure and that led to problems like Hank being able to connect the blue meth distribution to Mike. And when Walt had the opportunity to break off the crew and put everything behind them, instead, he leveraged the increased value of the methylamine to Declan's business model and used them as distribution (all the while emotionally manipulating Jesse, this becomes important later on). And when Mike was compromised, he had Todd use Jack and his connections to kill off the remaining Gus-era workers that know about Walt and Jesse.
Furthermore, because Walt kept Jesse along, that resulted in Jesse connecting that Walt poisoned Brock with Lilly of the Valley (after Walt was so desperate to get rid of him), which in turn resulted in him snitching to Hank and Hank being able to connect everything (albeit circumstantial evidence) back to Walt. Additionally, Walt associating with Todd and the Nazis in pinch moments (like the prison killings) is what resulted in Hank and Gomez's death, and the shit that followed him after he changed his identity.
He was anything but "careful." He was sloppy, and that made a lot of sense because the entire point of season 5 was that Walt felt like a god after killing Gus Fring. That overinflated sense of self is what caused his downfall. So I don't see how it's out of the ordinary to think that Walt would leave a book that connects him to his meth empire given his mentality in season 5.
If i repeat it again Ill be banned for spamming.
I probably didnt word that right. but im trying to say that walter tried to sacrifice himself for the sake of his family by dealing meth, but it ended up tearing his family apart and killing those he loved and cared for
Why didn't you just read a summary of the final episode instead?
The moral is the American Dream is a massive lie and in order to provide your family with ordinary means, you may have to carry out extraordinary suffering.
The moral of the story is that the Eye of God is watching you and there is a butterfly effect chain of events to all your sinful actions, no matter how well-intentioned your original motive.
Do as you will, and you might just end up being responsible for taking out quite a bunch of criminals and their organizations, even a whole cartel and evil masterminds. On the cosmic side of things, it might balance out with you being the cause of the death of a bunch of innocent people on an airliner and a chartered plane and maybe a kid or two getting shot. And people still think the last seasons were too out there. No, they were awesome. The whole fucking show was awesome.
Do as you will, and you might just end up being responsible for taking out quite a bunch of criminals and their organizations, even a whole cartel and evil masterminds. On the cosmic side of things, it might balance out with you being the cause of the death of a bunch of innocent people on an airliner and a chartered plane and maybe a kid or two getting shot. And people still think the last seasons were too out there. No, they were awesome. The whole fucking show was awesome.
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He was on meth the whole time. He didn't learn anything from the show
One of the few shows I actually get watching on 1.5 speed. Especially first two seasons, but in general the whole thing is slow as fuck and carried by brilliant supporting cast. Mike, Saul, Gus are awesome. Walt sucks from day one and his arc of becoming bad is boring, because he is an asshole from day one.
Now Better Call Saul, that's something worth talking about
Now Better Call Saul, that's something worth talking about
That 1.5x speed part just makes me hate your guts OP. Watching a review or how-to video at 1.5x, but watching art/film sped up? Do you eat at 1.5x? Do you have sex at 1.5x?? Do you drive your car 1.5x the speed limit????
Anyway, I personally thought the show was hot garbage. The moral of the story is that if you make every worst decision in your life to maximize drama, then your life might be a decent television series. Because holy the shit does Walt know how to downward spiral his life into oblivion after getting a PhD.
Anyway, I personally thought the show was hot garbage. The moral of the story is that if you make every worst decision in your life to maximize drama, then your life might be a decent television series. Because holy the shit does Walt know how to downward spiral his life into oblivion after getting a PhD.
Sometimes, pacing things slowly gives everything room to breathe and gives the viewer time to absorb everything. This obsession with fast-paced or constant action and forward movement is unfortunate.
Watching BB at 1.5x speed for fuck's sake.
I don't get these claims that Breaking Bad would have ended immediately if the US healthcare weren't that bad. Walter White primarily starts cooking meth to get money for his family after his death. Even if he got a treatment for free he would probably die after a few years. His motivation is not to be able to pay for the treatment. He even doesn't want a treatment in the beginning because of its effects on his physical state.
I think you misunderstood my post.
I'm referring that the trigger of season 5 is the information of Gus computer in his office at the restaurant.
What I say is that it is highly out of character of Gus to leave evidence like that lying around, when he was extremely careful.
Everything in that season is consequence of that act of carelessness.
Really, if you think the show's point of view is "how sad Walt followed the path of toxic masculinity" then I can't help you. It was far more into how "badass" everything was, from my read. But hey, different takes are fine.
Comparing BB to Taxi Driver is pretty off. There is no commentary on society with BB, it's not a neo-noir genre loveletter, there's no psychological intrigue that makes the ending ambiguous/a possible fantasy, no statement on the decline of an environment and its link to the decline of a person, and in fact if you want it from the horse's mouth Vince Gilligan simply said that the larger lesson of Breaking Bad is "actions have consequences." Deep.
? Nothing to be proud of. Some people just watch some series a little faster cause they are slow as shit. I can see his point although 1.5 sounds a bit stupid and 1.25 or even 1.125 would be better.
But what is not there to get about this? Some people want to save time. Maybe he enjoys watching series like this and doesn't mind? Is that a generation problem? No. It's his problem, because he tries to cram as much entertainment in a day as he can and that is his right to do.
What you're saying is simply false. He did not "try to sacrifice himself." He himself made it clear in the final episode that he did it for himself.
Just read the Wikipedia page, way more time efficient.
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Learn how to relate to your internal delusions of grandiosity in a healthy and mature way or shit be fucked, yo.
Ummm...I wouldnt read to much into that. That was broken and punished crazy walt speaking.
What is the moral of this thread?
Millennials - "ain't got time for that"
Power corrupts. Walter was always looked down and once he started being respected and feared he couldn't stop, he needed to demonstrate he was smarter and powerful than the rest.
This explains so much about your opinions on films that it's not even funny anymore.
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cybersai evangelizes his 1.5 speed as a litmus test. He's trying to make you all break bad. Or is he asking you to call him out? Will we ever know?
laughed WAY TO HARD at this hahhahahahahahahahahahhahaFixed.
It was also clear through his selfish actions throughout the entire series.
That's just simply not true. But I feel like you might not be entirely honest in your opinion here based on the way you've stated it.