Breaking Bad

**chalice** · 10-16-2011, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by mjmacky

Originally Posted by Artemis

This Is Not My Life

That's the one, loved that show. At the insistence of one of my friends I ended up watching The Prisoner afterwards, and completely hated it.

I'm beginning to re-hate you.

**mjmacky** · 10-16-2011, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by chavis

I'm beginning to re-hate you.

Like you ever stopped. Those were called pauses, or as it's called in your neck of the woods, pauses.

**chalice** · 10-17-2011, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by mjmacky

Originally Posted by chavis

I'm beginning to re-hate you.

Like you ever stopped. Those were called pauses, or as it's called in your neck of the woods, pauses.

Save yourself.

Tell me it was the bastard wank remake/re-imagining of The Prisoner and not the genius original.

**megabyteme** · 10-17-2011, 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by mjmacky

You did not disappoint, have you killed your car horn yet?

I must have a bit of redneck in my gene pool somewhere, because as I was looking for a suitable pic I was somewhat gleefully humming the horn sounds.

@Funkin':

Spoiler: Show

Definitely looking forward to the next season- more than ANY other show.

**mjmacky** · 10-17-2011, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by chavis

Originally Posted by mjmacky

Like you ever stopped. Those were called pauses, or as it's called in your neck of the woods, pauses.

Save yourself.

Tell me it was the bastard wank remake/re-imagining of The Prisoner and not the genius original.

None of us have souls to save. Here's the biggest problem I had with the actual original, long hazy memory distortions and dream interludes. It's something that is so overly cliched and unappealing, that I ended up fast forwarding through most of it. I've been able to appreciate a Caviezel role now and again, but I found this particular performance irritating to watch. Ian McKellen, on the other hand, was a pleasure. The truth is I stopped watching probably 20 minutes into the 5th part and didn't even finish it (even though I already had a copy of part 6). It just felt like I was punishing myself for some reason, and I had to escape the abuse.

If you notice, I used the term "actual" in referring to the original, since my chronological exposure to the story started with This Is Not My Life. I can't be certain if this affected my perception of Prisoner, but I have a feeling I would have stopped even earlier if I had never watched the NZ version. Pray tell, what was the appeal of the original?

Originally Posted by megabyteme

I must have a bit of redneck in my gene pool somewhere, because as I was looking for a suitable pic I was somewhat gleefully humming the horn sounds.

By "kill" I meant played it so much you broke it through overuse, rather than maliciously destroying it. However, in consideration of your explanation, it appears I'm to insult you either way. I'm not very good at Jewish Checkers but I think that's a check mate.

Also, if Jesse cooks again, it's gotta be called Captain Crunch, now with Blue Crunch Berries

**Funkin'** · 10-17-2011, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by Artemis

There is a New Zealand actor, Cliff Curtis who is a Maori who ends up playing all sorts of swarthy roles, mainly South American but anything else with a bronzed skin and he has probably played the part. He was 'Smiley' in Training Day, 'Pablo Escobar' in Blow and 'Amir Abdullah' in Three Kings. So far he has been just about every Latin American type there is plus an Italian and anything middle eastern as well.

Yeah there are definitely actors that can get away with playing multiple ethnicities. It's been a while since I've seen Training Day but I remember Pablo from Blow. Never saw Three Kings though. I try to stay away from anything that Ice Cube plays in or directs.

Mark Margolis is Hector/Nappa. Can't find out his ethnicity, but Margolis definitely isn't an Italian name. Sounds more Latin I guess.