#george mastras

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Breaking Bad

Season 4, “Crawl Space”

Director: Scott Winant

DoP: Michael Slovis

[gothicprep]

watched the first two episodes of the new season of the boys, and I think it’s time for me to give up on this show. it was nice while it lasted, i guess.

i think what bugs me the most about it is, at this point, butcher and homelander are the only characters who have any real role to play in the story. so the supporting cast is sort of spinning their wheels. would you like to see something about frenchie’s tragic past that haunts him? for the third time? the two new characters in the seven are sage and firecracker are brought on because they can manipulate public opinion… but that was a lot of stormfront’s role in season 2. sage is probably being set up as a double agent, but even then, it just feels very redundant.

i also just don’t think homelander works all that well as a trump stand-in. in the earlier episodes, what made homelander such a menacing villain is that he was established as extremely dangerous, pretty much unkillable, but also a value asset to a massive corporation that painstakingly manicured his image by covering up what a loose canon he was. so you’re up against the devil and you stand alone in that. his situational restraint was an important part of that. but making him more explicitly like trump removes half of that dramatic tension. and what you’re left with is something way too on the nose to make effective political satire.

it’s disappointing. this show started out so strong. but it happens.

[abqotd]

wrapping up…

BREAKING BRACKETS: top writers.

with the conclusion of our tournament, i’d like to share some of the insight and results that came of your participation.

the full results can be viewed here!

listed below are the writers whose episodes accumulated the most votes over the duration.

Breaking Bad:

Vince Gilligan — 1,737 votes

Sam Catlin — 1,684 votes

Moira Walley-Beckett — 1,628 votes

Peter Gould — 1,592 votes

George Mastras — 1,105 votes

Better Call Saul:

Gordon Smith — 2,806 votes

Thomas Schnauz — 2,103 votes

Peter Gould — 1,348 votes

Gennifer Hutchison — 751 votes

Vince Gilligan — 605 votes

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Breaking Bad dizisinin farklı bir sonu olabilirdi

Breaking Bad dizisinin farklı bir sonu olabilirdi

Bryan Cranston ve Aaron Paul'ün başrolleri paylaştığı Breaking Bad dizisi, televizyon tarihinin efsane yapımlarından biri olarak görülüyor. 2008 ve 2013 yılları arası yayınlandığı dönemde büyük bir fenomen haline gelen dizinin senaristleri Thomas Schanuz ve George Mastras, dizinin finaliyle ilgili konuştu. Senaristler, Aaron Paul’un canlandırdığı Jesse Pinkman karakteri için farklı bir son düşündüklerini söyledi.

"HEPSİ DEĞİŞTİ" 2013 yılında son eren dizide Jesse Pinkman’ın uyuşturucu imparatorluğunu neden devralmadığı konusu hakkında konuşan Schanuz ve Mastras "Walt'un emekliye ayrılacağı, Jesse’nin işlerin başına geçeceği gibi bir fikrimiz vardı ama çocuk vurulunca bunların hepsi değişti" dedi.

Tren soygunu esnasında, Todd adlı karakter Drew adında küçük bir çocuğu öldürmüştü. SlashFilm'e konuşan senaristler, bu ölümün Jesse'yi tamamen Walt'un karşısına geçirdiğini ifade etti. Bu nedenle Pinkman için farklı bir son yazıldı. Dizide Walter White karakterini canlandıran Bryan Cranston ise performansıyla Emmy'de En İyi Erkek Oyuncu ödülünü kazanmıştı. Magazine X Haberler Read the full article

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Breaking Bad 5x13: "To'hajiilee"

Breaking Bad 5×13: “To’hajiilee”

AMC’s Breaking Bad 5×13: “To’hajiilee” Directed by Michelle MacLaren Written by George Mastras * For a recap & review of 5×12, click here. * For a recap & review of 5×14, click here. Todd’s got a batch cooked for his Uncle Jack, who’s not concerned about wearing any protecting gear around the meth, and Lydia’s there to make sure all is going to plan. The cook reaches 76%, though it doesn’t have…

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Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary:

Breaking Bad Writers Talk 'Ozymandias'

Q: When did you know the fate of each character?

Vince Gilligan: Late in the game. We went through every possible permutation. Sam Catlin: There was no possibility that Walt was going to live. Gilligan: Yeah, we all knew that. Gennifer Hutchison: Walt had to die. Gilligan: There was a hive mind with these wonderful writers, where I don’t remember who said what, and it doesn’t even matter whose idea was whose. But I remember one afternoon, somebody said — and I was kind of into it for a while — “Wouldn’t it be really ironic if Walt is the only one to survive this?” Because it does seem so obvious that Walt should expire at the end of the final episode — but maybe he’s the only one left alive. Maybe he still does have a death sentence, but we go out on him alive, and maybe his whole family’s been wiped out. That would have been really f—ing dark. Q: For Walt to die among his equipment, lovingly caressing it — was that something that took a lot of debate to arrive at? Catlin: There was debate about that, and there was one pitch that he would die ignominiously on a gurney in a hospital, sort of pushed aside as a John Doe while life continued without him. I think the thinking behind that was, so much of what he chased was a sense of status and a sense of importance. It would have been more grim for him to be just tossed aside and overlooked at the end. Tom Schnauz: There was the other pitch where he had been shot, and crawled into a restaurant, sort of a “Blood Simple”-esque scene, ending up underneath… Peter Gould: … a Pollos Hermanos table. [x]

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A.V. Club - A Very Special Episode: A very special Breaking Bad pulled a train robbery, and proved the power of plot by Noel Murray

The arrival of an unexpected witness is a classic Breaking Bad twist, made all the more wicked by the way it’s set up. The episode’s cold open shows this boy, out in the desert, collecting a scorpion in a jar… and then he’s not seen again until the end. We’re meant to forget all about him after the first few minutes of “Dead Freight,” so that when he comes back and gets killed, we quickly cycle through two reactions: “Oh yeah, that kid,” followed by, “Oh no, that kid.”

But the brilliance of Breaking Bad is that this twist doesn’t exist in limbo. It’s a plot machination that serves two purposes: to jolt, and to start laying the groundwork for how the rest of the season will play out. Because Jesse’s fundamentally a sweet guy, and is so emotionally fragile, he’s going to blame himself for this murder, and start spiraling down. Meanwhile, it turns out that Todd and his equally sociopathic criminal family are poised to move in and seize control of Walt’s operation.

h/t @elephantandthedove

All HC posts on “Dead Freight”

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broke: “kafkaesque” is when you turn into a bug

woke: “kafkaesque” is when you turn into a bug but you still have to go to work

bespoke: "Kafkaesque" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 29th overall episode of the series. Written by Peter Gould and George Mastras and directed by Michael Slovis, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on May 16, 2010.

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Better Call Saul is one of my all-time favorite shows, and I’m thrilled that it’s back for a new season. To celebrate, why not revisit co-creator/showrunner Peter Gould, co-creator Vince Gilligan, writer/producers Thomas Schnauz and Gordon Smith, along with then-Breaking Bad writer/producers George Mastras, Sam Catlin, Gennifer Hutchison, and Moira Walley-Beckett as they looked back at the pivotal penultimate season of Breaking Bad in 2012? The Bad/Saul rooms have been instructive and fascinating, changing very little in their process over ten years of making incredible television. Lots to learn here.

Get the podcast via itunes or via not-itunes.

[tv-moments]

Breaking Bad

Season 5, “Dead Freight”

Director: George Mastras

DoP: Michael Slovis

[gothicprep]

i've said this before and i'll say it again: "the boys" really started dipping in quality after george mastras left as a producer. you never know who the adult in the room is until they leave.

you'll see organizations with "core values" that try to appeal to left or right minded people, depending on what it is. what made vought so interesting in the earlier seasons is how it tried to appeal to both simultaneously. "here's starlight! she has a christian pageant upbringing!" and "brave maeve! she's gay!" stuff like that and the psychology behind the characters is where the show is at its best. the acting is very good, anthony starr in particular. starr has very expressive eyes, and sometimes he does this thing with his face where his mouth is smiling but his eyes aren't, and vice versa. it really effectively conveys that homelander could just snap at any moment.

but when mastras bounced and kripke had full creative control of the show, two things start to happen gradually. first, it moves away from satire towards just putting things from the real world into the show without a dimensional take or perspective on it. second, the sexual and gore humor felt more like shock for shock's sake. almost like the peep shows in the early 1900s, where you look through the little window, see something pornographic, and you say "oh golly! oh my word!" because it's a century ago and i'm assuming that's how people talked back then.

very obvious decline in quality after one or a few specific people leave a show is not exclusive to "the boys". most simpsons fans agree that the show really dropped off in season 9, which is right after bill oakley and josh weinstein left.

try this experiment for yourself if you're bored. think of when a tv show you like either began to backslide or really nosedived, then poke around on imdb and see which writers, directors, and/or producers left around the time you notice this happened. you'll have at least one puzzle piece as to why more often than not.

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Breaking Bad (2008-2013)

Creada por: Vince Gilligan

Guionistas: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, George Mastras, Sam Catlin, John Shiban & Thomas Schnauz

Guión episodio piloto en Inglés

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Review: Breaking Bad Season 2 Episode 2 - Grilled (SPOILERS)

S2E2: Grilled

Written by George Mastras

Directed by Charles Haid

We finally have the epic conclusion to Tuco's arc that ran throughout 4 episodes. This might as well be a season 1 finale for all I know. Let's begin.

Surprisingly, this episode doesn't open with a teddy bear sequence, guess my memory was wrong on every episode's cold opening being that. But who knows? There might be more surprises waiting for me. Regardless, it does open pretty ambigious, of course something went down in Jesse's car but we don't know what that is. Pretty cool opening for sure.

This episode picks up on the previous episode and gets us to Tuco's house where we are introduced to Tuco's uncle Hector who is gonna be great throughout the show. Already you see Hector being in a depressive mode and you do feel bad for him on his condition. He plays a very interesting observer to Walt and Jesse's actions in this episode. Walt and Jesse we see here are in a helpless situation. Trying to help their situation. It's interesting to see how they come up with ideas to kill Tuco. Jesse tries to convince Walt to sacrifice himself for him because he may die from cancer anyway but Walt says no and he comes up with the ricin idea. Jesse goes along and him convincing Tuco to snort the meth with ricin is such a fun and yet intense sequence. Of course Jesse screws this up, so they try to poison him with the food Tuco cooked but it's stopped by none other than Hector and things get even more intense from there. The scenes of Walt, Jesse and Tuco goes from slow to a really climactic conflict. It's such a dreadful situation but luckily Jesse gets the upper hand and him and Walt decides to leave him to bleed to death until he gets up and is stopped none other than Hank. Really incredible death to one of the most menacing Breaking Bad characters ever. Tuco did have stereotypical moments throughout the show and I'm not the biggest fan of how he is written in it but he still left a big impact on the audiences including me and that is undeniable for sure.

As for how other characters deal with Walt's disappearance, I like that Hank finds out about the second phone Walt has and Marie just spills it out to Skyler. Yeah, suspicions Skyler had with Walt will only go higher. Another cool thing about the subplot is Hank meeting Jesse's mom whom I recalled last seeing in s1e2 when i first watched the show, damn it has been a while. It's really sad to see how Jesse's mom worries about his safety and yet her hands are tied because they haven't talked in months. Skyler and Marie have a moment where Marie tries to talk about her shoplifting issue but Skyler says it's not the time. It's really clear Marie regrets about her actions but this really came out at the wrong time as they still try to find Walter.

This episode was really climactic and intense. Tuco finally gets offed here with a bang (literally) and we see how Walt and Jesse were helpless in a really life threatening situation.

Grade: 10/10

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2021′s Favoritest Great Reads

Books remains undefeated during le pandemic 🏆 

33 1/3 - Beach Boys’ PET SOUNDS, Jim Fusilli

33 1/3 - DJ Shadow’s ENDTRODUCING, Eliot Wilder

33 1/3 - Elliott Smiith’s XO, Matthew LeMay

33 1/3 - Fugazi’s IN ON THE KILL TAKER, Joe Gross

33 1/3 - Kanye West’s MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY, Kirk Walker Graves

33 1/3 - LED ZEPPELIN IV, Erik Davis

33 1/3 - Liz Phair’s EXILE IN GUYVILLE, Gina Arnold

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33 1/3 - TWIN PEAKS SOUNDTRACK, Clare Nina Norelli

A CALLING FOR CHARLIE BARNES, Joshua Ferris

A PROMISED LAND, Barack Obama

A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN: IN WHICH FOUR RUSSIANS GIVE A MASTER CLASS ON WRITING, READING AND LIFE, George Saunders

ANTKIND, Charlie Kaufman

ANXIOUS PEOPLE, Fredrik Backman

BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN, Haruki Murakami

COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGE, Haruki Murakami

CROSSROADS, Jonathan Franzen

ELECTION, Tom Perrotta

EUPHORIA, Lily King

FIDALI’S WAY, George Mastras

GOLIATH, Tochi Onyebuchi

KINDRED, Octavia Butler

LEECH, Hiron Ennes

LUSTER, Raven Leilani

MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW, Stephen Graham Jones

NIGHT FILM, Marisha Pessl

NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, Patricia Lockwood

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, Kevin Wilson

PARABLE OF THE SOWER, Octavia Butler

PARABLE OF THE TALENTS, Octavia Butler

PERFECT CIRLCE, Sean Stewart

PERSEPOLIS RISING (THE EXPANSE #7), James S.A. Corey

PET, Akwaeke Emezi

TELEGRAPH AVENUE, Michael Chabon

THE BLIND ASSASSIN, Margaret Atwood

THE CRYING OF LOT 49, Thomas Pynchon

THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO, Nick Cave

THE GOOD FATHER, Noah Hawley

THE HEART’S INVISIBLE FURIES, John Boyne

THE LATHE OF HEAVEN, Ursula K Le Guin

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA (GENTLEMAN BASTARD #1), Scott Lynch

THE NICKEL BOYS, Colson Whitehead

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Stephen Graham Jones

THE PUNCH, Noah Hawley

THE SHINING GIRLS, Lauren Beukes

THE SILENT PATIENT, Alex Michaelides

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, John le Carre

THE TESTAMENTS, Margaret Atwood

THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM TRILOGY (+THE DARK FOREST, DEATH’S END), Liu Cixin

THE TIGER: A TRUE STORY OF VENGEANCE AND SURVIVAL, John Valiant

TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR, Joshua Ferris

TWIN PEAKS: THE FINAL DOSSIER and THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS, Mark Frost

WE ARE SATELLITES, Sarah Pinsker

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