villarule123 Posted October 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) I hope Gus has a part in Better Call Saul http://youtu.be/sYVooUE2Rz8 What a scene. Edited October 7, 2013 by villarule123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 10, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2013 Brilliant, but don't watch if you haven't finished Breaking Bad. Someone has matched the song used in the finale, "Felina" (note the anagram) up with a summary of season 5, including the finale. It fits nicely.Clickings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw95 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24475159 Katzenberg offered to pay $75m for more Breaking Bad Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO of DreamWorks Animation, has revealed he offered to pay $75m (£47m) for three new episodes of Breaking Bad. He told Mipcom TV festival in Cannes that he wanted to air the hour-long episodes online, in six-minute chunks. Mr Katzenberg hoped the subscription service would prove the "greatest pay-per-view television event for scripted programming anybody's ever done". Hit AMC drama Breaking Bad came to a dramatic finale earlier this month. "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that millions of people would have downloaded those episodes," said Mr Katzenberg of his attempt to prolong the show's life beyond its five seasons. Elaborating on the unsuccessful Breaking Bad pitch, Mr Katzenberg toldThe Guardian newspaper: "My idea was literally that you'd pay 50 cents a day for 30 days, so it would be $15, and I actually think there are 10 million people around the world that would have done that. "That's $150m, so the $75m I was prepared to pay would have delivered a 100% return on investment. And I'm trying to get people to think about this space in a new way by telling that story. It's emblematic of an opportunity coming." While giving Mipcom's keynote speech, he told TV executives that distributors would continue to pay a premium for high-quality content, whether it lives on traditional television or online. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the DreamWorks chief recently paid $33m (£20.7m) for Brian Robbins' YouTube channel AwesomenessTV, a deal he said is an "enormous opportunity". Driving viewers It currently has 909,000 subscribers and 176 million views and it has spawned a successful Nickelodeon series of the same name, utilising the YouTube content. "It gets us directly in touch with the teen audience in a way that movies and TV can't," said Mr Katzenberg. He made the point that younger consumers are not only watching more content online, but are far more engaged with content viewed on touch-screen devices than they are with traditional televisions. Mr Katzenberg said the internet is "a great incubator of talent and concepts" and has the "ability to drive viewers" to television, as it has already been doing with AwesomenessTV. DreamWorks Animation also has a five-year deal to create 300 hours of original "kid-targeted" content for Netflix. "Whether the media is old or the media is new, content continues to drive success," said Mr Katzenberg. He insisted films would remain the "heart and soul" of the DreamWorks Animation brand but it would "look like a very different company" in 15 years time. I wouldn't have paid but it's a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 i'd have hated that. the story has finished, just prolonging it so some tv exec can make a quick buck is an awful idea. its like DelBoy & Rodney specials all over again - which were awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw95 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 i'd have hated that. the story has finished, just prolonging it so some tv exec can make a quick buck is an awful idea. its like DelBoy & Rodney specials all over again - which were awful. I meant as a general idea, not specifically for Breaking Bad as I liked the way it ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Also 6-minute episodes is a terrible idea. One of the best things about Breaking Bad was really getting into an episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I wouldn't have paid but it's a great idea. Its a terrible idea.6 minute episodes wouldn't work at all. Its a TV show not a youtube clip or movie trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 It wasn't a dream, it's a story that despite being set in the real world and being gritty is still just a piece of fiction and thus includes some of the main attributes of a well-rounded story, which generally feature acts of Deus Ex Machina and other things which propel the story and the main protaganist forward. People are just reading far too much into it. Walter White died at the end of the penultimate episode and the finale was all Heisenberg, and Heisenberg does what the f*** he wants If it was truly a dream or a fantasy of Walts, why wouldn't he dream of a scenario in which he got to live and go back to his family? I don't disagree with you Ginko, but I think it's a solid theory none the less that should be explored. From when he pops in the tape everything goes pretty much how he would have planned it to go, I think it also makes a lot of sense as I can't understand how he got shot when covering Jesse, he's clearly on the ground when he presses the key. The song is about a man who gets shot in the side going back to save his beloved. I also don't know how welcoming Skylar would be if he called to the door, she's awaiting trial because of him and if he gave himself up she'd be ok. To just sit there and talk seems a bit unlikely as well Bullets ricochet. I don't think there's anything particularly fantastical about that. Skylar is clearly deeply depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 id love for them to make a comedy version as a one off episode to give the bb a big twist think would work well, just like adulthood they mixed it up with anuvahood which was hilarous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Finally finished this series last night. Was hanging out to come here and join the discussion but didn't want to take the risk of seeing spoilers.Good thing I waited as one of the greatest attributes of BB was the not knowing what was around the corner.Which is not a problem I'll ever have with Lost, should I ever decide to watch it, thanks to the spoilers a few pages back ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted October 21, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair the LOST spoilers will save you from probably the worst ending to any TV show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair the LOST spoilers will save you from probably the worst ending to any TV show I strongly disagree :-/ The internet outrage over the ending of LOST ends up doing other people out of watching a brilliant show up to that point and even then there are those of us *cough cough* who didn't think the ending was all that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 So it's more about the journey than the destination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) The whole final season of Lost was utterly, utterly awful and smacked of writers who'd lost the plot (pun intended) or just didn't care. But yeah, until that point it was great. Edited October 21, 2013 by JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Not sure if this has been pointed out before but I reckon Chris Hughton looks an awful lot like Gus Fring these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted October 21, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2013 Gus Fring is the best bad guy in TV ever, I would love to shake the hand of Giancarlo Esposito to thank him, superb acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 So it's more about the journey than the destination? If you can look at it that way. Lost is just the ultimate cock tease. They keep dangling the carrot. A bit of boob here, a whisper there, then suddenly an invite to the bedroom, they get you stripped off while they get naked and you're there thinking they've gone to so much trouble and set this up so well they can't possibly not go through with it, then they come out of the bathroom with a canvas and some paints and you're the silly one for thinking there was going to be an amazing climax. However, at the end they realise they may have lead you on a bit and feel a bit guilty so give you some quick hand relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 My dad phoned me up earlier to tell me that someone purposely told him the ending at work even though he is only half way through the second series, he was not happy at all and now doesn't recon he will bother watching the rest of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaywasawesome Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Not sure if this has been pointed out before but I reckon Chris Hughton looks an awful lot like Gus Fring these days. http://www.thebesteleven.com/2013/04/soccer-look-alikes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 To be fair the LOST spoilers will save you from probably the worst TV show Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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