Breaking Bad

Breaking bad was a fantastic show. I can understand that it won't appeal to everyone though. Even though I thought it was fantastic there were a handful of things in it that really annoyed me (the 2 Mexican brothers hitmen were pathetic, they were like a parody. Skylers character was ridiculous).

Still one of my favourite shows. I've just finished the shield though and I think that has the edge. My 'overly bummed show' that I didn't like was the wire.... Watched 5 episodes and it bored me senseless. :(
 
I definitely agree on it being one of the most overrated shows of recent years. All the family stuff was incredibly dull (unlike in Sopranos where it was often as entertaining as the gangster stuff) and each series felt like it had one or two good ideas then a whole lot of filler. Saul was a great character and I quite liked Gus, but no one else was particularly sympathetic.

It was OK and I still watched all of it, but I can't understand what else the rabid fanbase seem to see in it. Just looking at other recent(ish) US crime-based dramas - Sopranos, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire and Fargo have all been far better. Hell, I'd even put The Shield above Breaking Bad. I haven't seen True Detective.
 
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If you think about it, overrated isn't really a thing, because it doesn't really mean anything outside "I didn't like something as much as other people did". It isn't a metric of quality, but a lot of people seem to think it is.
 
spoffle said:
If you think about it, overrated isn't really a thing, because it doesn't really mean anything outside "I didn't like something as much as other people did". It isn't a metric of quality, but a lot of people seem to think it is.
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If you think about it some more, you realise it is a thing. It means "I didn't like something as much as other people did".

You can get a rough metric of how much everyone else liked the something by looking at relevant metadata (such as that collated by IMDB or Rotten Tomatos in the case of a film or television show). By then comparing that metadata with your own personal view, you can decide whether or not you think that the something is over or under rated.
 
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Vonhelmet said:
He was scum the whole way.
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Somehow I still kept being on his side all the way through. Which is quite frightening given all the horrible violence and death crap this show normalized.
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Zefan said:
Walt isn't supposed to be a saint, he's supposed to be human. I don't think his actions are even that extreme, given the situation he finds himself in. Sure there are points where he could back out, but his ego gets the better of him
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I stopped any sympathy or anti hero type backing when he let (caused) Jesse's gf demise
He was a monster in the end, goes beyond just ego. He was transformed by a fixation beyond his own control. It made no sense from any angle except his fear of death triggered by the scars from his own fathers death and that is the part Cranston makes believable.
Actually getting away with it was the suspension of disblief part, he'd quickly be dead or caught a few times over in real drug deals


Sopranos did the same thing in revealing the man behind the mask. Wire disassembled factors behind the drug trade and thats probably the most complete of the three. BB isnt overrated just a more singular perspective?
 
fendi said:
What he did he did for his family.
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Perhaps at the beginning but beyond he did it for himself.

He was working for Gus, a common sense approach (in that situation) would be to continue working for him and make money that way, free from any outside issues.
However it's his ego of being what it was messed most of that up.
 
King4aDay said:
If you think about it some more, you realise it is a thing. It means "I didn't like something as much as other people did".

You can get a rough metric of how much everyone else liked the something by looking at relevant metadata (such as that collated by IMDB or Rotten Tomatos in the case of a film or television show). By then comparing that metadata with your own personal view, you can decide whether or not you think that the something is over or under rated.
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But it's irrelevant what other people think, it shouldn't have a bearing on how you feel about a show. So he term overrated is largely redundant.
 
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