I guess my main problem with season two is that it does the flashforward technique in what I think is a cheap way (and they were doing this from episode 1, if I recall correctly).  They lead you to believe that something crazy will happen in the near future so that you're hooked into watching the whole season just to…

Man, I just don't find the character development believable at all.  The characters are developed the way they are to maximize drama, straight up.  Walt developed some bizarre, irrational form of "pride" simply to create conflict in the show.  Similarly, almost every one of Skyler's "developments" is designed to…

See, I guess I'm not convinced that the show is trying to be Coen-esque.  I find the tone (and the pacing) very wonky in general, but I usually get the sense that the show is trying to be deep and constantly blow my mind (Hank brews his own beer?  What's, like, the difference between that and cooking meth, man?).  I…

whaaaat dude, please.  The show forgets shit all the time.  It introduces plotlines that go nowhere.  Skyler's ebaying?  Marie stealing shit?  Hank's mineral collection?  The writing is motivated so often by "what would be dramatic" more than "what would be a realistic evolution of this character."  Also, how the…

I, stoned, have to get this feel off my
chest, at the risk of being I:

I mean, I think the acting is fantastic and in general I like the direction (and at the very least give them points for experimenting), but I just cannot get past the writing.

haha fair enough

I feel I have to get this off my chest, at the risk of being stoned:

Please.

@avclub-9972c46d0d80cfb94c14d0f62345b01e:disqus I guess I just don't understand your definition of art.  How is a fictional film not a work of art?  Because it's a genre flick?  And just because Romero's choices were limited during production (by budget, amateur cast, etc.), surely that doesn't mean that he didn't…

@avclub-9972c46d0d80cfb94c14d0f62345b01e:disqus You're trolling, right?

I'm more confused by the mixing of the "bending" and "tinting" metaphors.

"young rap artist"
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No man, I'm, like, totally a better driver high.  Ask Steve.  He'll tell you, man.

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"Growing up, falling in love with a song a weird thing."

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Aaron A. Aaronson.

Aaron A. Aaronson.