I’ve tried to watch BB 3 separate times and just could not get into it. I recognize I’m in the minority here and that taste is subjective. But I genuinely did not like it without just being contrary for the sake of it.
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peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t think I know anyone that would argue with Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and maybe The Wire (I don’t know any of you contrarians) but the rest of the list just doesn’t have nearly the writing quality. Which is really weird to think about. 3 shows (really 2, Better Call Saul is really Breaking Bad) that are exponentially better than the rest.
Sackett@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
One thing that I’ve realized upon rewatching Breaking Bad is that the Breaking Bad I know and love, the one that I rave about, is really just Seasons 4 & 5.
I don’t know a single Breaking Bad fan that watched through the whole show at once. In fact, I would say most people put it down around the middle of the show’s run.
Yeah, Season 2 is boring as fuck. Season 3 doesn’t pick up until halfway through. It’s not exactly the killer drama that the first season and the fans advertised it to be. But the overall story is what keeps me coming back. Walter is our protagonist in almost every season. But in Season 5, he is undoubtedly the villain. I guess the draw of the show is the turn, which you don’t get to without finishing it.
Slow-burn as fuck. Worth finishing.
bilb@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I followed it for couple of seasons before realizing that I didn’t care about anything happening in it. It happens!
mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I would say you believe this for two main reasons. One, those are some of the shows that you watched and are familiar with, and you’ve seen spectacularly little of what is actually on that list.
And two, your own subjective experience is dictating what you feel is better versus what is worse, which is ultimately a completely useless way to estimate how good something actually is.
Furthermore, lists like this are intentionally inflammatory. They’ll put several genuinely good entries way too low on the list specifically so people will argue about it and drive engagement.
I mean, Westworld didn’t even make the cut but Scandal did.
kgbbot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’d argue that The Wire had to exist for Breaking Bad to happen like it did.
In the season where Jesse and White try to sell on their own, rewatch the scene where Combo gets got. The entire cinematography drops Breaking Bad’s blues and swapps to the Wire’s shades of Grey and long lense shots. It was definitely BB’s production team tipping their caps to the wire…Hell the scene they chose was even (plotwise) The Wire
Breaking Bad (which Better Call Saul beautifully expanded on) was amazing but The Wire is the OG
MrGeneric@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Except the Duck season
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I might need to re-watch The Wire sometime. Ive seen that opinion a lot, and but its been a LONG time.
blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s all you got out of the White Lotus?
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 1 day ago
I loved BB and BCS but it feels like you’re putting them on pedestal. They’re obviously examples of great writing but they aren’t in a class of their own. I’d put Chernobyl or Band of Brothers on the same level. And I haven’t seen every show on this list.