Red Mosquito

Mecca wrote:This felt like a side quest

Jorge wrote:I enjoyed the episode but I'm disappointed in the characterization of Jeff. Back when he harassed Jimmy at the mall he seemed menacing and unpredictable, a real threat to his new identity. In this episode they turned him into a bumbling, naive doofus that Jimmy could easily outsmart. The whole "mutually assured destruction" crinkle also feels very forced, as if law enforcement would give a hoot about some tiny mall heist in comparison to capturing wanted fugitive and meth consiglieri Saul Goodman. And yeah, "Jeff doesn't know that!"-- sure. They made him dumb as a bag of rocks in this episode in order for that to work. I dunno. It all felt flimsy. Hopefully this isn't how the Jeff storyline ends up shaking out.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Jorge wrote:I enjoyed the episode but I'm disappointed in the characterization of Jeff. Back when he harassed Jimmy at the mall he seemed menacing and unpredictable, a real threat to his new identity. In this episode they turned him into a bumbling, naive doofus that Jimmy could easily outsmart. The whole "mutually assured destruction" crinkle also feels very forced, as if law enforcement would give a hoot about some tiny mall heist in comparison to capturing wanted fugitive and meth consiglieri Saul Goodman. And yeah, "Jeff doesn't know that!"-- sure. They made him dumb as a bag of rocks in this episode in order for that to work. I dunno. It all felt flimsy. Hopefully this isn't how the Jeff storyline ends up shaking out.

I didn't feel this way at all. Exact opposite, in fact. He seemed like a bonehead from the first frame.

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.

VinylGuy wrote:hell even his mother says so.

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:Did anyone else listen to the Odenkirk/Gould interview from Fresh Air? Really great stuff.