tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post7680655308526319957..comments2023-10-17T04:36:14.596-07:00Comments on Read is the New Black: On Breaking Bad's Series Finale and Loose Ends EndingsCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00912167351889969855noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-34555661593919343632014-05-05T12:12:59.514-07:002014-05-05T12:12:59.514-07:00Hahaha I also skipped down. Call me weird, but rea...Hahaha I also skipped down. Call me weird, but reading spoilers give me the heevie jeevies, because I'll watch something years after hearing/reading a spoiler and STILL remember it. :-/ <br /><br />Anyway, I don't mind which point of view is used in a story, as long as it fits the events and what's going on. Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-31827336479358698162014-05-01T08:16:09.437-07:002014-05-01T08:16:09.437-07:00Sadly I haven't seen Breaking Bad though only ...Sadly I haven't seen Breaking Bad though only heard good things about it. I suppose loose ends are easier to tie up with third person omniscient as it's not just what your MC knows. Good to let the reader fill in the blanks on some things, though. I have written it, though not sure if I've nailed it.Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-6628305970756772772014-04-22T06:37:23.435-07:002014-04-22T06:37:23.435-07:00I can't read this whole post because I haven&#...I can't read this whole post because I haven't gotten into Breaking Bad yet!!! I skipped down to the end, but I'll definitely come back when I've caught up and see what I think. My brother got me the first couple of seasons on DVD, so I think it's about time!Julie Daohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814052162359300933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-35445511873528340982014-04-21T09:23:22.346-07:002014-04-21T09:23:22.346-07:00Third-person omniscient is difficult to do well. E...Third-person omniscient is difficult to do well. Especially in books. It feels so detached.<br />I thought the ending was satisfying. Walter White had to die.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-23206722009116652132014-04-21T03:39:45.567-07:002014-04-21T03:39:45.567-07:00I've never watched Breaking Bad, but it sounds...I've never watched Breaking Bad, but it sounds like you were mostly satisfied with the ending of the series and that the loose ends were minor.<br /><br />Me, I am still mad about investing years in the television show LOST which ended with MOSTLY loose ends, unresolved conflicts, and unsolved mysteries. Not to mention slamming up with an ending that the producers SWORE, from Season 1, wasn't going to happen. I still maintain I could have written a better ending ...<br /><br />I have never tried writing omniscient POV, but one book (series, really) where it works well is Everlost by Neal Shusterman. If you want to see that POV done well, give it a try. It straddles the border between MG and YA.Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-90690556098543953402014-04-21T02:47:54.518-07:002014-04-21T02:47:54.518-07:00I haven't watched this series. Not sure I coul...I haven't watched this series. Not sure I could start something that I'd need to watch 5 seasons of though it sounds awesome.<br /><br />I don't love the omniscient POV in books, though it does work sometimes.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-56828004620054095192014-04-20T20:59:22.997-07:002014-04-20T20:59:22.997-07:00Since we're in full spoiler territory, there w...Since we're in full spoiler territory, there were no plot threads that I *needed* closed. After Season 4, the series was essentially finished for me, and 5 was a bonus. What I desperately wanted to happen in the season was for Walt to finally get the reckoning of character that his empire warranted, not in mortal jeopardy, but in needing to tear the empire apart to preserve his family. Him getting the big pathos death while his family lives in poverty and under government scrutiny was garbage. That it's what so many people wanted only infuriated me worse, as it's a symptom of how fiction has trained people that death is deep and death of bad people is winning. Character death has increasingly become a trite trope and Breaking Bad should have been above it, as it was above so many cheap decisions it opted out of throughout a masterful series.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838088526333060010.post-41510400653875698332014-04-20T19:44:06.923-07:002014-04-20T19:44:06.923-07:00The last half of season 5 was amazing indeed, and ...The last half of season 5 was amazing indeed, and yeah not everything has to be tied up, but most of the major things should, as they were. I still remember that damn fly episode though, one of the most boring things I have ever watched lolPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.com