|
09-02-2013, 02:51 PM | #3076 | |
11-5, baby
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Livin the dream
Casino cash: $2191557
|
Quote:
Uh, no. |
|
Posts: 22,416
|
09-02-2013, 03:25 PM | #3077 | |
MVP
Join Date: Mar 2010
Casino cash: $10022775
|
Quote:
Walt is an evil sociopathic bastard who doesn't hesitate to kill anybody who crosses his path. He was perfectly fine with Todd killing the kid on the motorbike. He was perfectly fine with poisoning Brock. He was perfectly fine with watching Jesse's girlfriend die right in front of him when he could have easily saved her. He was perfectly fine with ordering Jesse to kill Gail, a guy who admired Walt and desperately sought his approval. I don't see how anybody can say he is NOT a purely evil monster. |
|
Posts: 16,709
|
09-02-2013, 03:34 PM | #3078 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7739572
|
Saying people root for Walt because they root for the antihero is reductive. All audiences have a bias towards the protagonist. Whether it's Humbert Humbert, Patrick Bateman, Tony Montana, or Walter White, the protagonist is a far more sympathetic figure because the audience sees the story from their perspective, which creates empathy and attachment.
Had we been told the story of Gustavo Fring, the entire viewership would have lauded him killing Walt.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
Posts: 74,934
|
09-02-2013, 04:32 PM | #3079 |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Parkville MO
Casino cash: $10005170
|
Tweeted in January
|
Posts: 54,695
|
09-02-2013, 04:47 PM | #3080 |
11-5, baby
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Livin the dream
Casino cash: $2191557
|
|
Posts: 22,416
|
09-02-2013, 08:39 PM | #3081 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Fayetteville, AR
Casino cash: $9040204
|
Love seeing Skyler go all Lady Macbeth. She basically did Macbeth's "we've waded in blood so far...." Speech. Such a great episode with tons of tension interspersed with darkly comedic moments.
__________________
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. - H. L. Mencken |
Posts: 21,776
|
09-02-2013, 08:48 PM | #3082 |
MVP
Join Date: Mar 2010
Casino cash: $10022775
|
|
Posts: 16,709
|
09-02-2013, 08:59 PM | #3083 | |
error 404
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Bizarro World
Casino cash: $8750445
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 3,990
|
09-02-2013, 09:07 PM | #3084 |
oxymoron
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: OP/KC/Whatever
Casino cash: $9556299
|
This was the first episode in years where I actually liked Skyler.
|
Posts: 58,682
|
09-02-2013, 10:04 PM | #3085 | |
Debunking your bullshit
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: KC area
Casino cash: $4250315
|
Quote:
Last edited by cosmo20002; 09-02-2013 at 10:18 PM.. |
|
Posts: 52,592
|
09-02-2013, 10:16 PM | #3086 | |
Debunking your bullshit
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: KC area
Casino cash: $4250315
|
Quote:
I don't think he was fine with Todd killing the kid, but once done, it's done. Not exactly like there was anything he could do about it. I don't think he intended to kill Brock and poisoned him with something deadly but treatable. If he really wanted him dead, he could of used the ricin. In a way, letting Jesse's girlfriend die was saving Jesse. I saw his lack of action there as not so much not caring about her, but wanting to get Jesse away from the junkies that would end up killing him. Gail was purely self-preservation. Walt would have been dead. The gun was literally pointed at his head. Just playing devil's advocate-- |
|
Posts: 52,592
|
09-02-2013, 10:22 PM | #3087 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7739572
|
Quote:
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
|
Posts: 74,934
|
09-02-2013, 10:24 PM | #3088 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7739572
|
While I was hoping for Czech commandos to rappel down the side of the hotel, breach their room, and empty a clip from a P90 into her.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
Posts: 74,934
|
09-02-2013, 10:27 PM | #3089 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Parkville MO
Casino cash: $10005170
|
Quote:
Walt let Jane die because he needed Jesse, and didn't want her being a distraction. Just more Walt manipulation. Same with Brock... That also, was about controlling Jesse. Now... He knows. (about one of those things, anyway) And he's completely out of Walt's control. |
|
Posts: 54,695
|
09-02-2013, 10:35 PM | #3090 | |
Debunking your bullshit
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: KC area
Casino cash: $4250315
|
Quote:
But one thing that always bugged me about Jesse is that he appears to have this moral streak in him, but had no problem providing meth to people--one of the most addictive and destructive drugs out there. He even went to "AA" meetings to find customers. |
|
Posts: 52,592
|
|
|