TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[go birds]

BTW anyone watching the The Jinx on HBO? Really fascinating stuff. I had never heard about the Robert Durst thing--really compelling stuff.

[Schlich]

Does anyone else think that the scene at the beginning was after he met Walt and he's got his new identity?

Signed, gobirds

[Freed Roger]

OmahaRed probably likes that plot twist - Saul/Jimmie working at the Cinnabon in Nebraska.

[ghostrunner]

So was the very beginning of the 1st episode supposed to be a clip of the very end of the show?

I spoke to Vince Gilligan. He said yes. He's not one for building suspense or anything, so he thought he'd just give you the very end right off the bat.

Oh come on you know that's not what i meant.

Hes notorious for showing scenes from the end of the season at the beginning of the season.

It certainly looks like Saul is in hiding.

I thought that was obvious. In Breaking Bad, Saul gets sent to Omaha. In BCS, there's an Omaha weather report. I'm sure eventually the show will catch up to that time period, if not the exact scene as Gilligan has been known to do.

That was done in an interesting way. I was partly thinking it was a nod to the movie "Nebraska" since it was in black and white, but then it also seemed to have a taped or "live" look (vs film). Almost like they used a commercial level camera, and maybe they just wanted it to look different and black and white looked better.

[go birds]

I thought the black and white was a reference to how [expletive] his life is at that very moment

[Freed Roger]

So was the very beginning of the 1st episode supposed to be a clip of the very end of the show?

I spoke to Vince Gilligan. He said yes. He's not one for building suspense or anything, so he thought he'd just give you the very end right off the bat.

Oh come on you know that's not what i meant.

Hes notorious for showing scenes from the end of the season at the beginning of the season.

It certainly looks like Saul is in hiding.

I thought that was obvious. In Breaking Bad, Saul gets sent to Omaha. In BCS, there's an Omaha weather report. I'm sure eventually the show will catch up to that time period, if not the exact scene as Gilligan has been known to do.

That was done in an interesting way. I was partly thinking it was a nod to the movie "Nebraska" since it was in black and white, but then it also seemed to have a taped or "live" look (vs film). Almost like they used a commercial level camera, and maybe they just wanted it to look different and black and white looked better.

kind of Wizard of Oz.

[ghostrunner]

I thought the black and white was a reference to how [expletive] his life is at that very moment

Might not be anything more than that. Was just reading about it and I had forgotten the reflection in his glasses showed up in color, so it's definitely meant to draw a contrast. Still wondering what the thought was behind the camera they chose. Not that it has great significance, just curious what the thinking was.

[cardinalkarp]

I thought the first episode of BCS was a little slow, but I didn't mind. It's going to take a bit to develop the characters & watch Saul/them morph into who we know him as when in BB. I thought the second episode was great, and the whole confrontation w/ Tucco was pretty genius. Who'd a thunk that good ol' Saul & Tucco had a past!

The BB tie-ins are going to be really interesting!

[Schlich]

First episode was a little slow and a lot confusing but amazingly well-crafted. They went a little overboard with the plot-teasing. But I'm really excited to load up episode 2 tonight.

[robbotis]

Does anyone else think that the scene at the beginning was after he met Walt and he's got his new identity?

Signed, gobirds

Yup. the first part, the black and white scene, was the post Breaking Bad world.
It's sure started great.