Breaking Bad Writers Discuss What They Learned From Working On The Show

Breaking Bad Writers Discuss What They Learned From Working On The Show
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[@mandolove1137]

Imagine if this brilliant team translated a song of ice and fire to TV instead of Dumb & Dumber.

[@TileBitan]

holy shit your words have aged well (i mean, it was a shitshow already in s7 and wolwerine was shit but this totally subverted my expetations)

[@brianhannah4206]

"The pain fades, but the glory remains" love that

[@1970volvo144S]

“Anything’s possible when you’re surrounded by people who are smarter than you are, just so long as you keep listening to them.” What humility! Here, these people revere Vince Gilligan, yet he makes it all about them. No wonder he was able to tease out quality ideas from these great writers.

[@chriscorley6478]

"FLY" was one of my favorite episodes so far, and so out of whack. Great piece. 📺

[@dsquared513]

Chris Corley It’s called a bottleneck episode, it’s basically season filler. You stick to only a few characters in just one or two locations and you make a cheap episode so that you can have more budget for the action heavy parts of the season. Vince Gilligan has talked about it in interviews. It’s popularity is just another testament to the writing on the show,

[@wriches]

@@dsquared513 bottle episode, not bottleneck episode. A lot of the excellency of that episode comes from the direction of Rian Johnson. the imagery was superb.

[@stufromsaturday3957]

I love watching these. The care and attention that went into making this phenomenal programme shines through. Emotion in every moment. That's exactly it.

[@elzeus13]

"Cutting to the fucking" is a great phrase.

[@rva]

Insightful

[@mondocream5733]

Vince, I love your show and I love your facial hair. Thanks for creating the best TV show ever (no hyperbole) :)

[@benkata]

Peter is great

[@mattclayer6541]

They are all great!

[@doordonut5427]

At 1:31 is he saying '...moment at some...' or '...moment not some...'?

[@mechaluke]

Door Donut not some

[@iliya-ce4gs]

i wanna know who came up with the magnets

[@rackmarkus]

If only Disney would’ve hired this bunch of talented people for a fraction of the money The Last Jedi cost to get a thrilling and plausible screenplay without plot holes. If only!

[@RossComptonthe19th]

What does this video have to do with The Last Jedi?

[@josuebenvindo]

I don't think it's possible to compare features and series. Features don't have time to go so deep in characters.

[@orangewarm1]

Markus Rack wouldn't necessarily produce a good film. Breaking Bad is a different genre and written for TV. I mean, could Paul Scrader write for Star Wars. I think they should've just brought back Irving Kirshner or ...Cris Nolan or his brother.

[@ghani666]

Ironic since Rian Johnson directed 3 of the best episodes of this series "The Fly," "Fifty-One" and "Ozymandias" and in general this series represents the same kind of nuanced, mature, and un-biased approaches to character work that makes The Last Jedi so successful. In a separate portion of this interview, Vince Gilligan goes into one of the key reasons Bryan Cranston did such an amazing job as Walter White - he was willing to be hated. He was willing to let the story and the narrative take priority over being loved and adored. This should be contrasted to how Mark Hamill sees Luke Skywalker. Mark may be a great, fun guy, but his love of Luke Skywalker has always been due to the celebrity it brought him. He was young and impressionable and it was his first ever real acting job and suddenly he was catapulted into stardom without ever becoming a true artist. That part would certainly come AFTER Luke Skywalker in various voice roles where he did indeed prove himself to be one of the most talented actors in Hollywood. But in terms of the character that started it all, Luke, neither the character nor the actor were ever given anything truly monumental to work with. Luke in the OT was a vague, hollow audience-insert, a classic power fantasy for young boys based around the classic hero’s journey. Nothing that would ever elevate the character into the pantheon of greats like the Walter Whites. But Rian Johnson changed that. Now, after all this time, Luke finally DOES deserve to be placed into that category. He finally has enough depth and emotional range and revelatory presence and no small part of that is due to the exquisite performance by Mark Hamill, whether he agrees with it or not. It’s why films HAVE directors-to be the one to prioritize story and vision above any one single part or person, who all come with their own biases.

[@ghani666]

I would also very much take a look at this portion of the interview in case you were doubting Rian Johnson's abilities as a storyteller: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omjSZIptadGtqqM

[@jollybee515]

love this show so much but isn't this a little late lol

[@cuccamunga]

J. L. It's for the 10th anniversary so nope, right on time

[@jollybee515]

ooh gotcha

[@macmikemo]

These people need to give interviews for the next 30 years on story, character, plot, and excruciating detail. No it’s never too late.

[@onepcwhiz]

5 years behind.

[@janmichaelcjamisola]

Tenth year anniversary

[@victwenty2324]

il get some awful looking tats on my shoulders then il sit around in a trailerpark dress and expose my cheap ass tats

[@hughp460]

dude on the right has large pupils