Walter White is not a believable character

Started by Spatula, Oct 28, 2019, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. Spatula
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    Oct 28, 2019
    I'm rewatching Breaking Bad and it sticks out to me how Walter is actually not a real character inside the Breaking Bad world. He's the most boring guy ever, he has no chemistry with his family, he is the worst guy to talk to as he doesn't really say anything, can barely laugh, seems uninterested in anything anyone has to say and basically as a normal guy outside of m--- thing, he has nothing going for him.

    I know the contrast had to be there, but really, outside of m---, when he's supposed to be a regular guy, he is not a real person.

    Imagine being Hank and visiting the family and seeing the most boring brother in law ever. They don't even know each other.

    Walter White is not such a well developed character I first thought him to be.
     
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  2. Spatula
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    Ha, I said "has no chemistry with his family", ha
     
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    No.
     
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    Oct 28, 2019
    Better delete before Rick sees this.
     
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    Oct 28, 2019
    Spatula is a good poster

    the point of this thread is just to put the opposite of what's real, right?
     
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    SHUDEYE Kerser is the sickest.

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    I ain't havin' no Heisenberg slander.

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  7. joeyp363
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    Oct 28, 2019
    Show is waaaaaaay overrated
     
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  8. parentaladvisory
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    Oct 28, 2019
    Just saw this thread :emoji_triumph:

    OP obviously loved Game Of Thrones finale and thinks The Last Jedi is better than Empire Strikes Back smh.

    I'm sooooo disappointed in you @Spatula

    If I could just... :emoji_punch::emoji_rage::emoji_punch: just to make you snap out of this wrong thinking.
     
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    Now I feel bad. I didn't mean it like that guys...

    What have I done...
     
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    Oct 28, 2019
    This is bs.
     
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    JMG

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    Actually if you were a very smart chemistry teacher, you can look up how easy it is to make home made m---. And a actual chemical professional will know how to make it good(using the correct formula.) Which you’d only risk this in a last case scenario. However, having cancer that can k--- you or some other bad disease, it’d be a great way to make money. I just wish they had an old friend of Walter from college that was selling drugs and still selling. Because you need that trustworthy person to front your m--- to. I did find Walter getting in touch with a former student making him the guy to sell m--- corny. Plus you never front drugs that someone used to be addicted to.
     
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    Oct 29, 2019
    Ηe's just the one who knocks..
     
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    Lol. What a bs post. So you have never really seen people like walter ? Walter is one of the realest characters ever on TV. I'm not sure why I even bother replying to this, it's the highest rated TV series ever and I actually enjoy it twice as much as my 2nd fav show. Already watched it 3 times and I still wanna watch it one more time.
     
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    Not saying the show is bad, the show is brilliant. It's just that its hard for me to believe that a guy like Walter has a history seeing how he could not have made it where he is being the most bland boring person ever
     
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  16. Ordinary Joel
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    Oct 29, 2019
    In the flashbacks to his younger days (with Gretchen for example or a pregnant Skylar) he was rather charismatic. He became bland over time due to various circumstances.

    How do you not realise this seeing as though you've watched this previously?
     
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    k--- yourself aye
     
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    BB is very good but not rewatchable like Sopranos or THe Wire
     
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    Oct 29, 2019
    Watched it 3 times. First time alone, 2nd and 3d with someone who hadn't watched before. Enjoyed it every single time.
     
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    That only adds to my point. You don't change like that, the guy in the flashbacks has nothing to do with walter we see.
     
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