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05-11-2010 , 01:56 PM

#2451

Mano

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Bob Odenkirk has stolen virtually every scene he has been in.

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05-11-2010 , 02:06 PM

#2452

nath

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyPark1

jesus one post wasn't enough? GFY dude...sorry I don't have time to stare intently at the TV screen....I never saw him throw a needle away...I just saw his face on the screen for a half second

Yeah, why would you want to watch the TV show you're watching?

05-11-2010 , 02:08 PM

#2453

nath

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Originally Posted by entertainme

Anyone else wincing when Walt is lying to Gus on the phone from the hospital about running errands? Walt, there is no way in hell that he doesn't know what's up.

Oh, I did, too. Walt's arrogance is going to be his downfall-- he just assumes he can outsmart and bull**** everybody, and he'd better wise up to what he's dealing with in a hurry.

Quote:

Originally Posted by entertainme

I somehow missed the flash of the PI in the hospital, but knew what the set-up was at the point when they said he was delivering chicken for everyone.

It's after Leonel dies and all the cops are looking into the room-- they quickly focus in the foreground and show Mike, only for a couple of seconds.

05-11-2010 , 02:09 PM

#2454

nath

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SoulPower

You think Gus is the best actor on the show? He's had 1/20th the screen time as the other characters and he doesn't exactly have a lot of emotional range. I agree the actor has done a good job, but come on...

It's not that Giancarlo Esposito doesn't have "emotional range", it's that Gus is a consummate professional, a hard and ruthless businessman, and he projects that extremely well. If he were emotional in his line of work, he would have been dead a long time ago.

05-11-2010 , 02:34 PM

#2455

SoulPower

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nath

I'm not trying to say his demeanor isn't appropriate for the character, I'm arguing that portraying a character like with such a limited amount of screen time doesn't give you the chance to be the best actor on the show.

05-11-2010 , 03:30 PM

#2456

DockDD

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Betsy Brandt did a good job in this last episode, too. I thought the dirty fork setup for Walt was great. I'm pitching AMC for a spinoff when it ends, Gus & Saul 2012: What to Wear When the World Ends

05-11-2010 , 04:15 PM

#2457

SnotBoogy

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you know how you realize how good breaking bad is ? when you go to blockbuster or look at the theater listings and everything looks so blah

05-11-2010 , 04:16 PM

#2458

savant111

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SoulPower

Couldn't agree more. Gus is awesome, but doesn't have the screen time or the character development to be even close to best actor on the show.

Also Bryan Cranston is best actor on tv period imo.

+1 for a Gus spin off.

05-11-2010 , 04:28 PM

#2459

Rendle

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Quote:

Originally Posted by savant111

Also Bryan Cranston is best actor on tv period imo.

05-11-2010 , 04:35 PM

#2460

SnotBoogy

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Originally Posted by Rendle

[ ] back to back emmy wins for best actor

05-11-2010 , 04:54 PM

#2461

Pudge714

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I think I posted this earlier itt, but if Hamm doesn't win for The Gypsy and The Hobo I don't see how he will ever win. I also don't see how Cranston can give a better performance than Hamm in The Gypsy and The Hobo.

05-11-2010 , 05:01 PM

#2462

Rendle

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Award shows are fun to follow but I don't know how much stock you want to be in them. At this year's Golden Globes Cranston, Paul, and Breaking Bad all weren't even nominated.

05-11-2010 , 05:20 PM

#2463

nath

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Awards shows are complete bull****. Remember when "Frasier" won best comedy like six years in a row?

And yet, the Emmys still aren't as bull**** as the Grammys.

05-11-2010 , 05:23 PM

#2464

SnotBoogy

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hey, i was just standing up for cranston, and it was some ammo to use

05-11-2010 , 05:28 PM

#2465

nath

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SoulPower

this is a valid point, but your comments about "emotional range" aren't true; I think Gus communicates a lot with very little expression.

05-11-2010 , 05:28 PM

#2466

nath

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Originally Posted by SnotBoogy

hey, i was just standing up for cranston, and it was some ammo to use

idk if you thought my post was directed at you, but it wasn't. all awards shows are bull****.

05-11-2010 , 05:53 PM

#2467

Daddy Warbucks

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Originally Posted by nath

Oh, I did, too. Walt's arrogance is going to be his downfall-- he just assumes he can outsmart and bull**** everybody, and he'd better wise up to what he's dealing with in a hurry.

Is it arrogance? I always think naivety. He seems to be the classic booksmart-but-impossibly-dumb-in-real-life guy that everybody knows.

05-11-2010 , 06:07 PM

#2468

MrLix

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Daddy Warbucks

Is it arrogance? I always think naivety. He seems to be the classic booksmart-but-impossibly-dumb-in-real-life guy that everybody knows.

05-11-2010 , 06:19 PM

#2469

ludacris

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SnotBoogy

[ ] back to back emmy wins for best actor

[ ] award shows always get it right.

the best show ever (The wire) never won a single emmy.

05-11-2010 , 06:41 PM

#2470

Charles Bukowski

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rendle

Yeah, there's 4 actors on the show that deserve Emmy consideration - Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. My guess is everyone but Norris will get nominated since he'd be directly competing with Paul.

uh what? Aaron Paul has been pretty much a terrible actor and I cringe at most of his scenes. Only time he's good is when he adds bitch in comical fashion to the end of his lines.

05-11-2010 , 06:48 PM

#2471

DC11GTR

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ludacris

[ ] award shows always get it right.

the best show ever (The wire) never won a single emmy.

Did it ever even get a nomination?

05-11-2010 , 07:19 PM

#2472

ludacris

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and to the people liking his dialogue in the last show, where he had two heated speeches... that's the same guy that in this episode walked into the new meth lab and said something along the lines of "whoa it's like... SHINY!" and proceeded to use the air to balloon up his suit. That's why I can't buy that the same person that acts so childish and absent-minded would give those speeches.

05-11-2010 , 08:40 PM

#2473

Freakin

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Everyone seems to be forgetting that Jesse is clean, even refusing his painkillers, and made meth ~equal to that of the meth master Heisenberg out of an RV without any help. He's not THAT much of a gamble. If he starts using again and is a problem he won't be missed and in the meantime Gus KNOWS he knows the meth chemistry.

05-12-2010 , 03:02 PM

#2474

Pudge714

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ludacris

See I think it's the opposite. Jesse is making his power play last episode, but he is still that same idiot who is impressed by shiny things and dicks around with toys in the lab. He needs to speak in cliches, because that is all he knows, the dialogue felt derivative because it was supposed to be.