Discuss Better Call Saul
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oh ffs, move it along already
posted by illnagasSTAFFMOD on May 3, 2017 at 11:33 AM
fanboys and fangirls please skip this thread as it may trigger you
No, I don't need lots of explosions or car chases or even meth labs. No, I wasn't expecting Breaking Bad. But this is getting silly. It's not that there's that much wrong with the scenes by themselves, but please just move the story forward already.
The acting is ok, there's lots of effort (maybe disproportionately) put into cinematography and montages, but please for the love of all that is holy: the show is in it's 3rd season and they're still hiding an inherently entertaining character (Saul) executed perfectly by a great comic actor (Odenkirk) and getting caught up in minutiae of how Jimmy becomes Saul. We don't need that much time for that. We could've guessed the sibling rivalry drove him that direction early in the show, yet here we are stuck with more torturous episodes about Chuck. McKean is ok as Chuck and the writing for his scenes is generally fine, but there's just too much of this storyline. We get it: Chuck wants to screw Jimmy. Great. We saw that last season as well. Let's move forward.
Do you really need to watch a long Don Eladio scene at the opening? Of course not. A few minutes? Fine. They are just getting caught up in tangential side stories. 3 seasons isn't really necessary to show that Mike likes peanuts or Mike enjoys sitting quietly watching TV in the dark or Kim can make phone calls and write on sticky notes or Jimmy likes flashy suits. Skillful writing can also mean it's efficient. All this supposed character development and slow burn isn't really adding anything and it's just stalling. They've been circling for years now and they refuse to move forward.
Why even bother to call the show "Better Call Saul" if the character will never be a part of it?
Reply by A-Dubya
on May 7, 2017 at 3:29 AM
I was about to check out of this season a few weeks back. There was like this long drawn out sequence where Mike is tracking the guy tracking him and it was so boring to me. No talking for long periods of time, and all for a character I already know how it will end for them.
The last two week's episodes I feel were better and seem to be getting somewhere with the trial thing, but generally I'm with the OP. I feel the same way about Walking Dead circling for like 5 out of 7 seasons. There hasn't been a whole lot of new info or revelations for Saul and Kim, who are the only characters I'm interested in at this point.
Reply by mst3m1
on May 9, 2017 at 10:53 AM
I have to agree. The unfortunate thing is these were also the closest episodes to BB to date. For me it's unfortunate they had to get this close to BB to make it interesting.