tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post4805417843484992069..comments2024-03-29T04:59:07.741-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: Meth lab busted in East VanDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-19532243515370081102012-08-16T11:47:22.327-07:002012-08-16T11:47:22.327-07:00"I don't think that stupid tv series abou..."I don't think that stupid tv series about the Sons of Anarchy is really about how bad being a drug dealing biker is" (fixed it for you ;) <br /><br />You are correct, the series creator felt that having them be about drug dealing would be too "controversial" (read "no sympathy for the protagonists") so in this biker soap opera version of Hamlet, the SOA are (improbably) in the gun business.<br /><br />trailrunner78https://www.blogger.com/profile/06694102447472594355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-40864099595008101512012-08-14T20:56:41.408-07:002012-08-14T20:56:41.408-07:00My understanding is a protagonist is just the main...My understanding is a protagonist is just the main character. I haven't even seen the show so I can't really comment on it. Freddy mentioned it and I have a hard time believing it's really about how bad meth is. If it is, then great, but we know how tv dramatises things. I don't think that stupid tv series about the Anarchy Bikers was really about how bad being a drug dealing biker is. So many grown idiots put that on their facebook it's astounding.<br /><br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-17953196447139149612012-08-14T20:36:58.367-07:002012-08-14T20:36:58.367-07:00Glorify?
i think it highlights how terrible that ...Glorify?<br /><br />i think it highlights how terrible that lifestyle is more than it glorifies anything... Walt's wife hates him, his children don't live at home because of his lifestyle, he lives under almost constant threat of death and has harmed just about everyone he come into contact with... how exactly does that glorify the lifestyle... Walt is the protagonist (the character with the goal), not a hero. as the show progresses his character's steady decline progresses as well. Forester51https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583535475402676437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-21836169932811784102012-08-14T15:51:40.325-07:002012-08-14T15:51:40.325-07:00I still think it's messed up running that show...I still think it's messed up running that show on TV because it does glorify that lifestyle which is bizarre.<br /><br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-49009501693158193992012-08-14T09:08:44.036-07:002012-08-14T09:08:44.036-07:00I don't think you know the difference between ...I don't think you know the difference between a "protagonist" and "hero"heisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509546594954105470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-41994046271480464892012-08-13T15:43:47.103-07:002012-08-13T15:43:47.103-07:00Sad and bizarre. That is absurd.
Sad and bizarre. That is absurd.<br /><br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-46501847637326476232012-08-13T13:27:55.841-07:002012-08-13T13:27:55.841-07:00AK:
"Crystal meth is a very damaging drug. I...AK:<br /><br />"Crystal meth is a very damaging drug. It’s made with Drano and several other highly toxic chemicals and really messes you up."<br /><br />And on a forum I'm on, and everywhere, we see the show, *Breaking Bad,* lionized by millions of avid watchers. They tune in to see the travails & ongoing problems of Walt, the head meth cook & main lead character.<br /><br />Everyone sympathizes with Walt, he was seen as a Hero in last night's show; for stopping a freight-train, to pump out a tank-car of precursor chemicals in the US desert. I'm watching this, and we are meant to CHEER ON poor old Walt, who just got the tank-car pumped out before the train started up again. <br /><br /> He's NOT a hero, he's the worst of ALL drug-criminals, no...? *Breaking Bad* presents him as a hero, whose exploits are to be cheered for. We are to examine & sympathize with the problems of his family life. <br /><br />Walt is nevertheless shown as a hero, by dealing successfully with dangerous tasks, impossible production problems and killer double-crosses. The writers carefully put Walt's agonizing choices at the center of the script, ensuring much sympathy for his very tough way of living.<br /><br />How sad that a top cable show in the US is devoted to the exciting lifestyle of an industrial-sized meth. cooker.<br /><br />http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad<br />freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874780016491360565noreply@blogger.com