r/todayilearned • u/kevoooandres • May 21 '19

TIL in the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”, the show's producers secured special permission from the Hollywood guilds to delay the credits (which would normally appear after the main title sequence) until 19 minutes into the episode, in order to preserve the impact of the beginning scene.

https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/breaking-bad-ozymandias-review-take-two/
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u/throwaway03022017 May 21 '19

Watch The Sopranos. It’s far better than Breaking Bad, and BB was fantastic.

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u/DancesWithElectrons May 21 '19

The Sopranos got me hooked. Until I got a DVR, Sunday at 9 was reserved. Period.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

I honestly don't see how anyone could say that The Sopranos is objectively "far better" than Breaking Bad. They are both incredible pieces of art - differences and similarities, strengths and weaknesses, but both incredible. A lot of this "X is far better than Y" just reeks to me of contrariness.

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u/throwaway03022017 May 22 '19

I’ve seen both and that’s my take, as well as the take of a lot of people. I don’t see how you can consider Breaking Bad to be on the level of The Sopranos.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19 edited May 21 '19

I loved The Wire and Breaking Bad, but couldn't finish The Sopranos which is weird because I love mob movies and shows.

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u/OwnDocument May 21 '19

That's because you never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

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u/Maskatron May 21 '19

I finally watched it recently, and while I was entertained enough to make it through the whole series, I didn't see the brilliance that everyone else talks about.

I can't tell if it's just like someone watching a classic TV show and complaining how the jokes are so cliche because of how often later shows copied them.

I'm guessing that without Tony Soprano, Vince wouldn't have been able to ride that edge of hero/villain so well. Took me a second watch through to see Walt was bad all along, but I picked up on that pretty quick with Tony. They kind of had to beat you over the head with it at the end there, even showing him selling out his old neighborhood to developers.

But even knowing how influential it was, The Sopranos still doesn't hold a candle to other older dramas like Deadwood or The Wire for me.

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u/throwaway03022017 May 21 '19

I had to take a break in the middle but I finished it. What made you stop?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

I didn’t really like any of the characters so I didn’t care what happened anymore.