8/13/13
View Logs: Breaking Bad Season 5.2 Prologue
I wasn't going to do this... no seriously, I had no intentions of doing a Breaking Bad view log because by the time I had finished The Killing Season 3, I hadn't even finished Season 3 of Breaking Bad.But one thing drove me to watch episode after episode of Breaking Bad... and that's my hatred for Walter White. Oh don't get me wrong. He's a fantastic fiction character. Honestly, he's probably one of the best fiction characters I've seen in recent screen fiction years. But he's developed to become such an evil person that I badly want to see something horrible happen to him. There's also a second reason to why I've decided to do the Breaking Bad view logs...
People love him. I don't get it. I suppose he started off as this loser wimp and gradually found his confidence in asserting himself and that is something most people can all relate to. It's a part of "being a man" I suppose. But it's one thing to be a bad ass (seriously, how he dealt with Tuco was amazingly bad ass) it's quite another to be an evil self-centered dick. And Walter White's double standards... Oh my God are his double standards irritating.
I guess people just like fictional characters who flaunt their egos... maybe it's some kind of escapism for people... I don't know... I never consume TV, movies, music, or really anything for the sake of escapism... so I've never really got the whole "he's bad ass and that's awesome" argument... but then again... I'm made of metal so what do I know... But I will say this. You can be a bad ass without being a selfish dick who is full of yourself. Walter White is a bad ass and a despicable person... he's not a bad ass because he's a despicable person.
I suppose I might be taking this show "too seriously". (Personally, I never thought there was such a thing as taking an artform "too seriously"... it's art... how is it not suppose to be taken seriously... but that's another discussion...) But if you're secretly finding yourself rooting and cheering for Walter White... especially after what happened in Season 4 and 5.1... you might want to personally re-evaluate your own values. This is Rorschach syndrome all over again... except much worse because atleast Rorschach was fighting for something. Walter White is fighting purely for the sake of his own ego.
Anyways that's why I hate Walter White. And that's why I must keep up with this show. After all... it's on right before Low Winter Sun and since I've committed myself to follow that show... it's airing mate won't be much of a problem to keep up with.
Oh I will say one thing. I don't buy episode 8's ending in season 5. I think he's going to start cooking again or he's been keeping it a secret from Skylar. I guess we'll see. If something horrible doesn't happen to him by episode 8 of Season 5.2... I'm going to riot...
