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10-03-2013, 04:42 PM | #4351 | |
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Would have liked to see Walt cut up a line of blue meth and snort it down right he went in for the showdown. Don't know why it just seems like it would have been appropriate. Hate when these shows end. They make the transition between the weekend and Monday seem more bearable. |
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10-03-2013, 04:47 PM | #4352 | |
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10-03-2013, 04:55 PM | #4353 |
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Not that I am defending or even like the "Walt snorting meth" idea, but murdering a room full of people and then basically killing himself isn't what I'd consider "good". Even though the people he killed were awful and he didn't end up killing himself (though his intentions were to die there one way or another), a scene like that wouldn't exactly shed any positive light whatsoever on drugs.
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10-03-2013, 05:00 PM | #4354 |
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Also, another thing that might kinda ruin the dream theory - did Walt have any idea that Todd was obsessed with Lydia? Because Todd had that creepy ringtone when Lydia called.
It seems this dream theory is all wishful thinking for people that wanted something different than what they got. I do like the idea and the discussion of it, but I am almost as certain as I can be that Gilligan didn't intend it to be this way. |
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Walt snorting a line of the blue then enacting a clever ruse to wipe out the AB isn't consistent with the themes of the show.
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10-03-2013, 05:02 PM | #4356 |
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If it's all his dream than Walt is the omniscient narrator and can know anything. That's why "it was all a dream" is such a lazy, hackneyed method of storytelling.
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10-03-2013, 05:05 PM | #4357 | |
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Yep. Luckily, Gilligan didn't go this route. People expect some kind of ambiguous twist ending with everything now.
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10-03-2013, 05:17 PM | #4360 |
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I agree, and despise the need for such endings. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with a twist ending, but it's also not necessary for something to be quality, and the expectation that it must be there reduces such endings to generic features of certain genres.
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For instance, a show like Rescue Me was much more suited for a twist ending due to the nature of the show. Lots of dream sequences, and the main character already losing much of his grip on reality throughout the show. Rescue Me spoiler
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10-03-2013, 07:36 PM | #4363 |
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Walt killing a room full of Nazis while Tuco'd up feels kind of shady, morality-wise.
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