Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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He also hasn't seen her in years, so it's perfectly reasonable to react a bit differently at this point. He talked to Kim. She said something along the lines of "I needed a clean break, I made a clean break. I've moved on. Please never contact me again." And he lost his shit.
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He definitely spoke with her. No way anyone else but Kim shooting him down gets that kind of reaction (not just the anger, but the immediate self-destructive spiral)
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He 100% spoke to Kim.tragabigzanda wrote:I don’t think he spoke with her solely because his body language conveyed anger and frustration, but not longing or remorse. I got the sense he was met by a gatekeeper of some sort who wouldn’t let him through.
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That's wild. If they don't reveal it in these last episodes I'd look it up just to know.
I agree. It was Kim, but then I was thinking:
What if it wasnt?!
I agree. It was Kim, but then I was thinking:
What if it wasnt?!
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Huh?tragabigzanda wrote:If the translation makes it clear it was Kim then there’s no arguing what happened. But I stand by the reading that his body language suggested it wasn’t her.
Maybe I’m coloring from my own experience, but on a spectrum between love and hate, the more you care, the more it hurts when they don’t accept you anymore
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I read something from the writers that at least part of that conversation will be shown at some point.elliseamos wrote:That's wild. If they don't reveal it in these last episodes I'd look it up just to know.
I agree. It was Kim, but then I was thinking:
What if it wasnt?!
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spike wrote:I read something from the writers that at least part of that conversation will be shown at some point.elliseamos wrote:That's wild. If they don't reveal it in these last episodes I'd look it up just to know.
I agree. It was Kim, but then I was thinking:
What if it wasnt?!
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I looked this up.Mecca wrote:
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Well they likely have the script with intended tone. Put that through a translator into German and then give it to another translator back into English and that’s what we have.tragabigzanda wrote:I looked it up too. Seemed like a poor translation. Any of the industry pros know how these dubbings work? Are they based on the shooting script or an algorithm or what?
I think we’re going to get a cold open of the other side of that phone call
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I agree. I'd love to see Chuck again. Doubt it will happendaft twat wrote:On a serious note, I get why everyone is excited to see Walt and Jesse, but I’d be 100 times more interested in a memory with Chuck.
Saw this clip a little while ago and it made me a little emotional
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Jorge wrote:You're welcome. I have a large amount of posts whining about the bad Spanish in Breaking Bad so I don't really bring it up anymore, but it often takes me out of the show.
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That article was written by the best friend of my high school ex girlfriend lol
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leave it to spike to bring up painful memoriesJorge wrote:That article was written by the best friend of my high school ex girlfriend lol
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Nah we're cool. I just DM'd her about it.
It's funny and freaky when that happens. Burt once posted a tweet by someone I know IRL too.
It's funny and freaky when that happens. Burt once posted a tweet by someone I know IRL too.
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A sports reporter I went to high school with has quoted Green Habit on twitter before. RM mixing with real life is wildJorge wrote:Nah we're cool. I just DM'd her about it.
It's funny and freaky when that happens. Burt once posted a tweet by someone I know IRL too.
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