Andrew in CA
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Breaking Bad is currently my favorite show, and I used to like Dexter a lot, but I had problems with both shows in the later seasons and I wonder if anyone agrees with me.
Warning - Spoilers
In the 3rd season of Breaking Bad, I didn't like how it seemed Walt and Jessie overreacted in certain situations just to make situations seem more dramatic than they should have been. Jessie's use of the word "B word" so often it was getting old. For most of the season he was acting irradic and immature, then toward the end of the season he became the sensable one ("Mr. White, you are not a murderer, go to the cops"). Like a lot of shows, it seems sometimes a person will act out of character just to have a more dramatic effect or just to move the plot along. I also didn't like how Walt overreacted when he got pulled over by the cop because of his windshield early in the season. I guess it was for comedic relief, but still I was hoping the show would stick to a sense of realism. I guess it is because I like the show so much that I hold it to such a high standard and I have such high expectations for it that some of those things bother me. That being said, the final 2 episodes of the season were outstanding and probably the best episodes yet, and I can't wait until the start of the next season.
I disagree with the above. If you think about how Walt was acting in season 3 as compared to the first 2 seasons, he was a shell of the man he was in those first two seasons. In other words, in the first two seasons, we watched him morph into 'Heisenberg', meth lord and all around bad-ass, who was living out something that didn't even come close to his previous life. In season 3, he does a 180 (until the last 2 episodes) and starts trying to become Walter White again, just trying to rekindle some semblance of normal life so he could be back with his family. However, we clearly saw in seasons 1 and 2 that he really enjoyed being Heisenberg-- it brought excitement into his life and made him feel alive.
I saw the overreaction to the cop as Walt boiling over because of this tension between what he wants on the one hand (being with his family) and how he wants to act on the other (ie, to be bad-ass Heisenberg)-- this is constantly just under the surface throughout season 3, and manifests itself in those last 2 episodes. So, the overreaction to the cop is just misdirected hostility, essentially.
Walt is tense as hell-- his wife hates him, he wants to be with his family, he's trying to stop cooking even though deep down he loves it, etc. So, when this cop comes along and issues him a ticket for a cracked windshield-- just after it was damaged by the airplane disaster, as Walt tried to explain to the cop (ie, Walt believes the cop is being unreasonable by not understanding the extenuating circumstances)-- it's the straw that broke the camel's back. He just couldn't take any more BS, so he lashed out in an unreasonable way.
All of that is a roundabout way of saying, I don't think the scene was for comic relief, but rather a realistic expression of how we often misdirect our simmering anger. In that sense, I thought the scene was very true to life.
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Hysterical. Sorted out how? How does this not end up as a legal quagmire, if there is no legal codification? Judges don't create law, they only strike it down. I want the legislative branch to create a comprehensive Federal law that solves this problem once and for all, put it in front of the Supreme Court, have them find for it, and be done with it.
Judges make law almost as much as legislators do. Title VII Employment Discrimination doctrine is almost entirely judge-made law, just as an example off the top of my head. It's pretty clear that Congress doesn't want to touch this issue right now, so why not let the States attempt to sort it out? I think you're putting too high a standard on lawmakers if you demand perfection (ie, a law so well-written it's bullet-proof), especially on an issue as divisive as gay marriage.
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I agree with your assessment totally, Buftex (I won't quote it to spare anyone the spoilers). I actually did give up 4 episodes in, and checked back in last week after reading about the plot in the interim. Well, after watching the finale, I'm glad I did not waste those other 8 or so hours watching these writers spin their wheels. I'll read about it on Wikipedia or something from now on, rather than drain anymore time trying to follow this garbage on TV. And yes-- Breaking Bad returns in under a month, and I cannot wait! I just finished rewatching season 3, and I forgot how intense those last 2 episodes were. I can't wait to see what happens now!
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My parents took a trip to Germany and Paris back in the late 70's, I think 1979. Germany they loved, everyone was nice and helpful. Paris, they hated, even though they were trying to speak some french to ask questions or get help, you'd think they were rats in the sewer from the looks people would give them, they said.
When I went to Paris in 2006, the people there could not have been nicer to my friends and me-- asking if we needed directions, helping us on the subway, etc. And they were a lot of fun to drink with, too.
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There are reasons why the French were run over like road kill in both world wars .....
You might want to brush up on your WWI history...
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Yes.
So, in essence, a matter of your personal taste and opinion governs whether the invite was prudent. Brilliant.
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Ok how about this difference. Cash is truly unique legendary talent and the other has absolutely no talent I can think of and virtually ANYONE could do it. For this reason alone he shouldn't have been considered for a White House visit. Hell, King Obama should invite a porn star next. Same kinda deal.
Please become a millionaire hip-hop star, then. Anyone can rap? Really. Anyone can sing like !@#$ing Bob Dylan too.
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"I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy." MLK
When did MLK say that? I've never heard that quote before.
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downloaded all 3 seasons and over the past 2 weeks have watched them all....WOW, what a show...now i have to wait til July! Now I better start on Dexter
It's the best show currently on TV (or for which there are still new episodes to come... you know what I mean). At least you only just finished season 3-- it will have been over a full year of waiting for season 4 for those of us who watched season 3 on tv!
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It sucked. This series is all but over. It was going to be an uphill battle for the Kings without Kopitar, and they aren't doing themselves any favors by losing two games they should have won.
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Twin Peaks, Twilight Zone, Party Down, Parks & Recreation (Seasons 1 & 2)
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I have to set up a corner in my gym for my AMRAP workouts but I am usually at my gym in the early mornings so it's not packed. I do my ring workouts in my garage (they are not that often). And when I get a rope climb, which is even rarer, I substitute towel pull-ups. It's not the same but it's pretty damn hard.
The hardest thing for me is that I go to 2 gyms and one of them has only 1 rower. If someone is on it, I make a substitution on the fly to running, stairs, or cycling.
I have nothing against the CF gyms BTW. They are just expensive and I like working out on my own. My wife goes to a CF gym and loves the classes.
Yeah, I hear you-- if I owned my own place I would convert my garage into a CF gym and save myself the money and work out in my own settings and on my own time, which I prefer, too.
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I workout at Crossfit Rochester and have since December. Hands down the best thing that I have ever done.
I joined my local crossfit in January and I agree, it's been a great decision.
Although the gyms with coaches are great, they are expensive and you're not on your own schedule. If you're self-motivated, all you have to do is the main site's workout of the day. That's what I do.
The expense is what kept me away from joining a gym at first, but the biggest issue I had trying to do the main site WODs was equipment and space. For example, the gym I used to go to did not have kettlebells, a climbing rope, or rings. That wipes out about 1/3 of possible WODs right there. Also, a lot of the workouts, especially AMRAPs, require you to switch from one kind of weight to another very quickly, and it was difficult to do those because inevitably I would have to share, or wait for some guy on the pull-up bar in the middle of a workout. So, I joined my local crossfit just for a month at first, and now I'm hooked, and getting into great shape.
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I think they are more exciting to watch if you've played or like the sport. I used to think tennis was boring to watch before I learned to play but now I love to watch it. Cause you know the mental part of the game and you can kinda guess what kind of play they will do next. I dunno... But I'd rather be out playing it of course!
I totally agree- I could never understand how people watched golf on TV until I started playing myself. I'm not watching every tournament, but now I can sit there and watch the Sunday of a major tournament. (And for the record, I love watching baseball)
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And WTF does that have to do with who I root for? Find any posts where my main topic is the Giants or Jets. The only thing I discuss is when someone underestimates Eli Manning & says our QBs are better. They're not, not JP not Fitzpatrick. When I'm talking about TV schedules I have to bring up the Giants & Jets because when they play directly affects the chances of the Bills being shown on home TV, which I don't have to worry about for home games because I go to every one. I lived in WNY for about 7 years, so where I'm from & where I live now are irrelevant to what team I root for. By the way, I'm heading out to WNY for the game in a few minutes. We'll pass right by you as you sit at home 140 miles from the stadium criticizing fans who actually go to the games. I'm sorry I called you a moron & an idiot, I stand corrected, you're an f'n moron & an f'n idiot.
Ignore that guy... he has it in for Albany, for some reason. Seriously, he pops in to every thread that mentions Albany and accuses people of not being Bills fans. It's very strange.
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I just want to beat New England. I don't care if they win or lose the other games, I really just want to beat New England.
Me too– the game I want more than any other. I can't believe it's been 7 year since we've beaten them. It's pathetic.
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Sadly, the Jets. Little known fact: the baby from Rosemary's Baby grew up to be Bill Belichick. There is nothing worse than a Pats victory, even if it's to the New Jersey Jets.
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Whitner, Lynch, McLovin, Maybin, and Spiller...
This Team could run a clinic on how NOT to pick in the 1st Round of The Draft...
If it was not true no one would believe it...
Why is Spiller on that list? Isn't it a little early to label him a failure?
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You figure it out...
Is it: if you're pressed into service as a kick returner because of injury and blow it like we all expected you to do anyway, you're off the team? Or is it, have one really ****ty game at CB in a 2-10 campaign and you're kicked to the curb? That's leadership!
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How about he changes uniforms? I would love to see Gailey send a message by cutting this guy Monday morning...
And what message would that be?
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My fear is that it's 2006 all over again:
FIVE losses by 3 or less, promising close-game wins over teams of similiar stature, including one divisional opponent (NYJ) who would go on to make the playoffs.
Young team, out-played their abilities, put it on the line for the new coach...
I think we'll find out next year if 2011 is 2007 or the start of something truly special.
Until then, this is still just a team who can't figure out how to mark one in the W column, and it causes me great pain to say that.
Right on– next season will tell if this is the start of something real or another sputtering engine going nowhere.
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And if Johnson has 3 less drops, fitz throws for 350 yards.
One of those "sure" drops was at a guys ankles so it was not sure. And the INT was 100% on Johnson.
I'm not arguing that at all.
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What 7 drops show me is that Fitz is a GREAT QB who is making this offense productive despite its lack of talent.
Anyone clamoring for a new QB should be shot.
He did have two sure-fire picks dropped, as well. I'm not saying we definitely need a new QB, I'm just sayin'.
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Draft the best player available at a position of need. We know they need help in the defensive front 7. As of now more than the Oline. But if a blue chipper is available grab him. Nix says he will stack players so anything is possible. But the Oline is looking much better across the board and Bell especially.
Yeah, I agree. Right now, tie goes to the defense if there are 2 players you feel good about at your draft slot, but if Nix is feeling good about an OL, he should take him if he really feels the lineman is the BPA. Really, outside of WRs, DBs, and RBs, it's BPA across the board.
I just started and finished watching Breaking Bad
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I loved Walt's reaction to the music video Hank showed, especially juxtaposed with Walt Jr's and Hank's reactions.