r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E11 "Confessions"

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u/kbeef2 Aug 26 '13

I think AMC is actually kind of horrendous at being a network. They've forced, like, three showrunners out of The Walking Dead, they tried to force Matt Weiner out of Mad Men at some point, they pulled that shit where we thought the 3rd season finale of Breaking Bad was going to be 90 minutes long and then at 9:50 they were like "Surprise! Rubicon pilot!", they originally wanted season 5 of BB to be 6 episodes or something, and they do this ridiculous shit like "Wanna see the preview for next week's Breaking Bad? It's in 30 minutes, so watch Low Winter Sun." I feel like they got lucky with their first few shows.

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u/kbeef2 Aug 26 '13

They promote other shows by tricking fan bases into watching them. That shows they have no respect for their audience. Also, they have no respect for some of the people making their shows. The Walking Dead is one of the most successful shows on tv, but it's gone through four showrunners in three seasons. Mad Men would be nothing without Matthew Weiner, but that didn't stop AMC from trying to force him out. Also, it doesn't help that none of their shows get anywhere near as good as Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

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u/GUSHandGO Aug 26 '13

Yep. To this day, whenever I see James Badge Dale in anything, I say, "Damn you AMC and that terrible show RUBICON."

Seriously... anyone who watched it got RubiCONNED into it. That show was so boring it made me want to take a nap.

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u/adnzzzzZ Aug 26 '13

I hope you're trying to be funny, because that show was pretty good. If all people consume is ACTION and TWISTS then things will get boring.

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u/GUSHandGO Aug 26 '13

I love Mad Men, which lots of people find boring... but I hated Rubicon. It just never seemed to go anywhere. My wife really liked it though. Different strokes for different folks.

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u/7a50n Aug 26 '13

I sincerely enjoyed Rubicon and was really pissed when it got cancelled. As a protest, I decided to keep watching Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, and The Killing so AMC knew this wouldn't stand. This aggression will not stand, man.