The Official "Better Call Saul" Season 1 Thread

[kp404]

He also co-created Leonard Betts, the human cancer.

Also wrote what is IMO the best comedic "X-Files" episode, "Bad Blood".

And his last album was "The Chronic".

Fred.

He wrote Bad Blood???? That shyt is a top 10 episode and should've been nominated for an emmy

 

[hex]

He wrote Bad Blood???? That shyt is a top 10 episode and should've been nominated for an emmy

Yep. He wrote a few of the GOAT level episodes.

Fred.

 

[kp404]

Yep. He wrote a few of the GOAT level episodes.

Fred.

Breh he did Soft Light, FOlie A Deux, Monday, Field Trip...these are all top episodes; yea, Gilligan was a major factor in why the X-Files was so great

 

[FlyRy]

just set my DVR for series recording

 

[Nature Boy Ric Flair]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[DTR90]

I don't think anyone is expecting this to be on the Breaking Bad/The Wire/Game Of Thrones/Sopranos level of television, but from several people who have already seen it, it's still supposed to be top drawer.

The people on Metacritic probably didn't like how it felt different to Breaking Bad, since Vince has basically told to expect something different.

 

[FlyRy]

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/yes-its-good-amcs-big-better-call-saul-bet-pays-off/


@hexagram23

 

[hex]

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/yes-its-good-amcs-big-better-call-saul-bet-pays-off/


@hexagram23

I just started reading this but then got distracted by the David Simon interview about his new show. I'll finish reading it now.

Fred.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

so @hexagram23 what is the tone of the show going to be like, obviously it's comedic but do you think it'll be comedic but with a darker/serious storyline or just 100% comedy/lighthearted

 

[hex]

so @hexagram23 what is the tone of the show going to be like, obviously it's comedic but do you think it'll be comedic but with a darker/serious storyline or just 100% comedy/lighthearted

From the reviews of the first 3 eps (and I'd avoid reviews at this point, a few of the newer ones have blatant spoilers) tonally it's much more comedic than "Breaking Bad". When things get bad though, they get bad. The writers haven't lost their edge, this is still the same team that brought us "Ozymandias".

Andy Greenwald said it's a fun show....it's entertaining. He said a lot of new dramas are kinda like "look at us, we're serious, we're a real drama"....he said "Better Call Saul" is as good as anything on TV, but it's fun and entertaining.

Fred.

 

[hex]

Another positive review, I'll quote a relevant piece since there is minor spoilers in the article:

www.rogerebert.com/demanders/confident-brilliant-better-call-saul-returns-viewers-to-world-of-breaking-bad

“Better Call Saul” is not only a great show in the context of the program that birthed it into existence, but would be a great show with or without Walter White. It is thematically consistent with “Breaking Bad”—again, a good man sees a door open to a dangerous world and steps through it—but it is also cinematically directed, confidently acted, and thoroughly entertaining in its own right. “Breaking Bad” fans will lose their minds drawing connections to their favorite show, but perhaps this program’s greatest accomplishment is in how quickly I was sucked into its world and forgot about the one that preceded it.

Fred.

 

[Trey0'5Blue2Gz]

I can't wait man

 

[jay211]

@Hexgram -- what interview did you see about David Simon's new show? Can you hook me up with a link? Thx.

 

[Francis White]

It's only fitting that I drop my modsbanme alias for this show. I promise to be good.

 

[Nature Boy Ric Flair]

@hexagram23 ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE PUTTING GUS IN AT SOME POINT?
ARE YOU GOING TO COVER HIS HISTORY AT ALL?

THE FANS WANT IT VINCE ...I MEAN FRED WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ric.