Red Mosquito

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.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Jammer XCI wrote:They said the same thing about Better Call Saul before it came out and that’s borderline better than Breaking Bad.

I think it's easily better than BB, though I was immediately intrigued by those details when they first came out; I saw great potential in the story behind Jimmy.

tragabigzanda wrote:Well it was already an unnecessary story. And the two clips I've seen -- of what's-his-name in the interrogation room, and Jesse crying in the car -- look like they're really trying to hammer in on the tragedy of Jesse's arc...

Which I never much cared for to begin with. I always found him to be an extremely unsympathetic character, and while Paul turned in an excellent performance, I think that Pinkham as he was written was mostly a shit. It was tough for me to feel much of anything other than contempt for him during BB, so this apparent grab for my empathy feels like a stretch.

But who knows. Maybe it'll be great. I'll still watch it, because at least I'll get to see Badger again.

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.

VinylGuy wrote:NEW TRAILER OUT AND LOOKS FUCKING AMAZING

I NEED THIS

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mecca wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Well it was already an unnecessary story. And the two clips I've seen -- of what's-his-name in the interrogation room, and Jesse crying in the car -- look like they're really trying to hammer in on the tragedy of Jesse's arc...

Which I never much cared for to begin with. I always found him to be an extremely unsympathetic character, and while Paul turned in an excellent performance, I think that Pinkham as he was written was mostly a shit. It was tough for me to feel much of anything other than contempt for him during BB, so this apparent grab for my empathy feels like a stretch.

But who knows. Maybe it'll be great. I'll still watch it, because at least I'll get to see Badger again.

What did you feel for Walter White?

Loved him. Wouldn’t say I condoned his turn to Heisenberg, but his entire arc resonated with me.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:I agree it was nice to see Jesse develop some sort of moral compass as the show went on, but it still felt very self-serving, which he’d been from day 1. Watching his interactions with his family, and then the whole stretch of debauchery in his house with the cash, the drugs, etc...He was always like a feral dog to me, entirely interested in his own appetites and self preservation, which never felt earned given his comfortable upbringing.

Maybe he’ll go work for Habitat For Humanity in the movie and I’ll be able to empathize more. But as it stands, his battles with Walter struck me as kind of pointless, and his escape at the end felt fairly unfulfilling.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Strat wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I agree it was nice to see Jesse develop some sort of moral compass as the show went on, but it still felt very self-serving, which he’d been from day 1. Watching his interactions with his family, and then the whole stretch of debauchery in his house with the cash, the drugs, etc...He was always like a feral dog to me, entirely interested in his own appetites and self preservation, which never felt earned given his comfortable upbringing.

Maybe he’ll go work for Habitat For Humanity in the movie and I’ll be able to empathize more. But as it stands, his battles with Walter struck me as kind of pointless, and his escape at the end felt fairly unfulfilling.

Hmm. I felt for Jesse immensely because of Walter master manipulation of him and everyone around him.

Yeah that’s basically what others have said to me when I’ve broight this up before

tragabigzanda wrote:I agree it was nice to see Jesse develop some sort of moral compass as the show went on, but it still felt very self-serving, which he’d been from day 1. Watching his interactions with his family, and then the whole stretch of debauchery in his house with the cash, the drugs, etc...He was always like a feral dog to me, entirely interested in his own appetites and self preservation, which never felt earned given his comfortable upbringing.

Maybe he’ll go work for Habitat For Humanity in the movie and I’ll be able to empathize more. But as it stands, his battles with Walter struck me as kind of pointless, and his escape at the end felt fairly unfulfilling.

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.