Breaking Bad News – Wednesday 10/05/11 Edition
Hey overseas fans of Breaking Bad. It’s about to get easier to get your fix! The Sundance Channel picked up the international rights for BrBa, and Hell On Wheels among others. The deal is for Asia and parts of Europe.
The AV Club has a nice interview with Jonathan “Badass Muhfukin’ Mike” Banks. Jonathan recounts his first day on the set of BrBa: “I came home and said to my wife, “I just worked with this kid, and I think he’s really, really good.” And, of course, that was Aaron [Paul]. And as it turns out, I was really, really, really right. But he’s just a pleasure to work with. I’m very close with him. We give each other endless shit. [Laughs.] And it just makes for a wonderful day. ”
Hank’s blog is updated. Interesting mention of Gomez… “I’ve been teaching him a little about how to be a real cop… It’s been a little while since I’ve been able to bust his chops. It feels nice to be back in the saddle. You never really know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” Any foreshadowing here?
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Breaking Bad News – Tuesday 10/04/11 Edition
Hello! In case you missed it, our latest podcast dropped last night around 10pm EST. Also dropping? My beloved Colts in the standings. Le sigh.
The Villigan is out and talking Breaking Bad finale in several interviews. I don’t think any of these are spoilers, but if you don’t want even the hint of what’s coming, stay away from this interview, and especially this interview. What’s absolutely a non spoiler, and somewhat worrying to me (as a veteran of the X-Files and Lost) is that Gilligan doesn’t have the final scene of the series written yet, or even what that looks like in his head.
412 – “End Times” – Breaking Good
Did you know Jim has a Halloween article that explains how you can dress like your favorite Breaking Bad character? Did you know we have a new t-shirt as an homage to the Kenny Rogers getup from 401 “Box Cutter?” Now you know!
This week we discuss dramatic crying, playing spin the revolver, burger-flipping knock and talks, Tuvok’s mastery of the art of dickishness, Meat Eating Man’s magic hands, stress smoking, playing with fire, ricin emergencies, cold packs and hot stoves, and cap things off with the Mother of Breaking Bad Theory discussions.
Lots of feedback from you guys and gals; even cutting all the emails telling us about Walt’s butcher’s thumb on the meth scales, and consolidating all the feedback on Gus vs Walt poison theories, we still had nearly too much to read. Thanks for making our lives difficult on the feedback section! We love it.
Next week is the final Breaking Bad of season four. Sad, but true! We are going to do a final Breaking Good the week after Breaking Bad finishes up, so please hold your “overall season thoughts” until then, in the interests of saving our sanity processing all of the feedback. It’s been a crazy ride, and I can’t wait to see how Villigan keeps us hanging until the next season!
Thanks for your continuing support on iTunes! Your reviews and subscriptions keep us up in the rankings and expands us to new listeners! If you’d like to help support our cast, please use ourAmazon affiliate link to buy the stuff you’re already buying, or peruse our Amazon store for DVD’s, Blurays, posters, and more Breaking Bad merch. We love getting your thoughts, speculation, and/or feedback, and try our level best to get as much of these in to our cast as possible, so keep emailing it to us, or share it with us on twitter or facebook. One of these week’s we won’t be able to get to it all, but if that ever happens, we will at the very least personally respond to you. Next week is “End Times”, but you don’t have to wait for then to come back, because I’ll be posting news every day around noon EST. Thanks again for listening!
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Breaking Bad News – Monday 10/03/11 Edition
Happy October, everyone! If you’re looking for Breaking Bad Halloween costume ideas, might I suggest my buddy Jim’s article on how you can dress up as Walt or Jesse?
Reviews! First up, take a look at my instant review from last night, and then check out Jim’s.
Sepinwall’s review has a little bit for everyone, and highlights the tension of the episode. ”The scene where Jesse is the one who knocks for Walt is almost unbearably tense; Aaron Paul is so phenomenal in the moment that you can almost imagine him pulling the trigger in a fit of indignant rage, and the show reinventing itself as The Jesse Pinkman Story. And even though I didn’t expect Walt to successfully blow up Gus’s car… I still caught my breath when Gus stopped himself and went to look out of the parking garage.”
A.Ron’s Breaking Bad Instant Review – “End Times” – 412
As I said tonight on Facebook, this episode provoked two reactions; “Whoa”, and “WTF?” I was blown away Brock’s poisoning, Jesse’s confrontation of Walt, and Walt getting back to Heisenburg mode. The thing that left me with “WTF?” Gus.
It’s a hard sell for me to think Gus realized he was in danger and backed off. On the other hand, I can kind of see it. As Walt says Gus has been 10 steps ahead of them all season long. The one time they would get a step ahead, I guess it would make sense if Gus smelled the setup.
Breaking Bad News – Friday 09/30/11 Edition
Well folks, I tried to get A.Ron to come out from under the house for today’s Breaking Bad News but he just couldn’t stop laughing. At what? I really have no idea. I mean, how was I to know he wouldn’t want me to give all his money to Fox so they could continue producing American Idol? So what if I slept with Randy Jackson? I only did it cause A.Ron was making podcasts without me. What other choice did I have?
Anyway, that means until A.Ron calms down, Jim Jones is on the news!
The first thing I wanted to show you was this article from Science 2.0 which asks the question: “Has Breaking Bad made the reputation of chemistry worse?” Go ahead and do a little word association. Chemistry – what’s the first word that pops into your head? Well, I really thought the article’s author had hit the sauce a bit too hard until they listed the “terms most people associate with chemistry: poisons, toxins, chemical warfare, alchemy, sorcery, pollution, and mad scientists” and my word matched up. Is there a negative public perception of chemistry? Voice your opinion in the comments section.
How about some positive news? Bryan Cranston is raising awareness about asthma in this PSA. His next one? The dangers of smoking ricin.
Apparently Madrigal Electromotive is making a PR push with a new blog that sprung up this month. Looks like Barry Goodman is behind this one as well. I’ve gotta give him props for weaving himself into the mythos of Breaking Bad as much as he has. The article I linked to is about ricin and it’s actually quite interesting and informative.
That’s it for today’s news. I’ll force A.Ron out of the crawlspace over the weekend so he can get back to the news on Monday. Until then, send your feedback for last week’s show to us via email, Twitter and Facebook.
Breaking Bad News – Thursday 09/29/11 Edition
The newest IMDB exclusive preview for 412 “End Times” is up. This looks to be the dialog that lead up the the AMC sneak peek released Monday. Pretty intense stuff!
Here’s a golden opportunity to ask The Villigan your questions about Breaking Bad! He’s going to be answering them after the finale episode.
Dean Norris has been keeping busy with the guest star roles of late. This time he’s going to be in CBS’ The Mentalist, playing… wait for it… a narcotics unit leader.
That’s it for today. Email us, Tweet at us, like us on Facebook, we read and love it all. It really keeps us and the podcast humming. If you want to show your support, we always appreciate iTunes reviews/subscriptions, and your participation in our Amazon affiliate program.
Breaking Bad News – Wednesday 09/28/11 Edition
I apologize in advance for the terse nature of the post. I’m in an incredible time crunch at work today and had my lunch cut short, so I’m flying through these.
I do want to take some extra time to shine a light on the plight of Patrick. Patrick is deaf, a brand new Breaking Bad fan, was plowing through the series on Netflix, only to find out that the finale of season one wasn’t subtitled! This, despite Netflix advertising it as a series with full captioning. My next door neighbors growing up had a deaf son, and we were good friends. Imagine if you were watching Breaking Bad this weekend, and the sound was turned off, with no way to turn it on. How pissed would you be? If you have Netflix, and a free moment, consider calling their customer support line at 1-866-716-0414 to let them know how you feel, since Patrick cannot, and they have eliminated email support.
The Sydney Morning Herald interviews Aaron Paul about “Meth in his Madness.”
Breaking Bad News – Tuesday 09/27/11 Edition
In case you missed it, our podcast came out late last night. It’s a marathon, clocking in at 1:47, but everybody wanted to talk in this episode, not the least of which was Jim and I.
A bit of meta-news for the world of BrBa, this article from Forbes talking about the health of AMC. While their stocks are up, the report is pessimestic about them spending money on their original programming and is concerned about the impact Netflix is having on non-sports channels.
411 – “Crawl Space” – Breaking Good
Great Odin’s raven, that was a good episode. It took me and Jim quite a while to work our way through it, and then you all weighed in. This is a beefy cast. Chew slowly, savor the episode, let it take time to digest.
First, we ask your help getting our officially unofficial cast nominated for the People’s Choice Podcast Awards. You guys always come through for us, and we’d appreciate you taking the time.
Then we dig straight in. We talk about tongue shots, scales balancing, Walt’s face, Gus’s possible man crush on Jesse, Ted’s dumb, smarmy ass, a bridge too far for Tio, Hank’s suspicious mind, Carnivore’s performance problems, Walt begging, twice, badass Volvo station wagons, Breaking Bad’s OCD obsession with cleanliness, and Walt getting low.
Then we consider your fine feedback, and consider some brief spoilers for the rest of the season.
Thanks for your continuing support on iTunes! Your reviews and subscriptions keep us up in the rankings and expands us to new listeners! If you’d like to help support our cast, please use ourAmazon affiliate link to buy the stuff you’re already buying, or peruse our Amazon store for DVD’s, Blurays, posters, and more Breaking Bad merch. We love getting your thoughts, speculation, and/or feedback, and try our level best to get as much of these in to our cast as possible, so keep emailing it to us, or share it with us on twitter or facebook. One of these week’s we won’t be able to get to it all, but if that ever happens, we will at the very least personally respond to you. Next week is “End Times”, but you don’t have to wait for then to come back, because I’ll be posting news every day around noon EST. Thanks again for listening!
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