***Official "Space Blanket" for Better Call Saul*** (3 Viewers)

[T Bell]

What does he spend his money on?

My guess would be suits, private security, and interior decorating.

How you don't include prostitutes and trips to Vegas in this I don't know.

 

[Buckfast 1]

Okay, I'll be the wet blanket.

I love Saul as much as the rest of you, but he's highly effective in the relatively small doses we get of him. Might his shtick get a little (a lot?) annoying having to carry his own show?

I think these are legitimate concerns. I think it will be much harder to write great dialogue for Saul as the main character of a show than it was to write a handful of witty quips for Saul as a supporting character in Breaking Bad.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

 

[T Bell]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

The potential they see are a cult following for one of the most popular characters in a hit series. Isn't that the typical "potential" that's seen with spin-offs?

 

[TheIronSheik]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

Just out of curiosity, why do you think HBO would be better than AMC?

I don't think it has to be super funny. I think BB and Dexter have humor in them, but are not comedies. I would like to see maybe a little more comedy than those, but still a drama. And I don't think they need VG to make it work. Bob Odenkirk is a genius when it comes to humor. And with the right writers I think this has awesome potential.

 

[Gr00vus]

Okay, I'll be the wet blanket.

I love Saul as much as the rest of you, but he's highly effective in the relatively small doses we get of him. Might his shtick get a little (a lot?) annoying having to carry his own show?

Take your negativity to Belize.

 

[Gr00vus]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

Just out of curiosity, why do you think HBO would be better than AMC?

I don't think it has to be super funny. I think BB and Dexter have humor in them, but are not comedies. I would like to see maybe a little more comedy than those, but still a drama. And I don't think they need VG to make it work. Bob Odenkirk is a genius when it comes to humor. And with the right writers I think this has awesome potential.

Mr. Show was some of the funniest t.v. I've ever seen. I wonder if they'll bring Cross into this. Have to believe he'll at least get a cameo or two.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

Just out of curiosity, why do you think HBO would be better than AMC?

I don't think it has to be super funny. I think BB and Dexter have humor in them, but are not comedies. I would like to see maybe a little more comedy than those, but still a drama. And I don't think they need VG to make it work. Bob Odenkirk is a genius when it comes to humor. And with the right writers I think this has awesome potential.

AMC does hour-long dramas very well but hasn't done any half hour comedic dramas yet.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

When are they talking about starting this?

 

[TheIronSheik]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

Just out of curiosity, why do you think HBO would be better than AMC?

I don't think it has to be super funny. I think BB and Dexter have humor in them, but are not comedies. I would like to see maybe a little more comedy than those, but still a drama. And I don't think they need VG to make it work. Bob Odenkirk is a genius when it comes to humor. And with the right writers I think this has awesome potential.

Mr. Show was some of the funniest t.v. I've ever seen. I wonder if they'll bring Cross into this. Have to believe he'll at least get a cameo or two.

I think if Cross is involved this show has way more than potential.

 

[TheIronSheik]

it does feel like it could be a better show on a channel like HBO or Showtime along the lines of Weeds. Comedy/drama mixed together and most likely in a half-hour format.

Still, I have a feeling they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it had a lot of potential.

Just out of curiosity, why do you think HBO would be better than AMC?

I don't think it has to be super funny. I think BB and Dexter have humor in them, but are not comedies. I would like to see maybe a little more comedy than those, but still a drama. And I don't think they need VG to make it work. Bob Odenkirk is a genius when it comes to humor. And with the right writers I think this has awesome potential.

AMC does hour-long dramas very well but hasn't done any half hour comedic dramas yet.

Fair enough.

 

[Bobcat10]

Prequel gives them many more options.

 

[Premier]

Odenkirk is amazing. This show is going to be phenomenal.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Bob Odenkirk is a genius when it comes to humor.

Big fan, ever since Mr. Show.

 

[Premier]

Anybody who can come up with blow up the moon and #### ring warehouse deserves another TV show.

 

[Gr00vus]

Anybody who can come up with blow up the moon and #### ring warehouse deserves another TV show.

Also Titannica and Druggachusetts. Don't forget to breathe.

 

[shader]

I think the show has great potential. In his first few appearances on the show, Saul was a really funny character. He still is, but right now he's in the middle of a huge mess, the drama is at it's peak, and aside from an occasional quip, there just isn't room for a whole lot of "funny" on Breaking Bad.

But the character, Saul, and the actor, Odenkirk are great and certainly could carry a show, provided that the writing and supporting cast are funny as well.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Okay, I'll be the wet blanket.

I love Saul as much as the rest of you, but he's highly effective in the relatively small doses we get of him. Might his shtick get a little (a lot?) annoying having to carry his own show?

Who can say, really? It might be terrible, but I think it's worth a shot for any BB fan.

I agree with both of this things.

Probably best to focus on a different client each week with a variety of guest stars for Odenkirk to play off of. that would be right in his wheelhouse.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Some details released on what direction the show will take.

Can't say I'm tumescent with anticipation, but I'm cautiously optimistic. Some talented people involved here.

 

[FDAS]

Ooooooh, look at the big word.

 

[prosopis]

 

[cstu]

Ooooooh, look at the big word.

II had to look it up, but easy for Homer know since it so close to prepubescent.

 

[Premier]

Can't wait for this.

 

[Raider Nation]

Any way to get Huell out of that room and on a plane to Nebraska?

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Would be nice to have a few episodes after and he gets word that Walt perished, perhaps a little Jessie reunion.

Prequel though would be insane with all the cases and idiots he encounters before he meets the great Walter White.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

A hybrid could work. An ongoing thread/story in present day with long flashback episodes relating to what's going on now with him thinking back etc.

That could include flashbacks to the breaking bad storyline of scenes we didn't see play out.

 

[sports_fan]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Ooooooh, look at the big word.

It's HUGE!

 

[Premier]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.

It's gonna be fantastic.

 

[bonesman]

Tobias is gonna be his secretary

 

[Chaka]

Ooooooh, look at the big word.

It's a nod to Hank from season one of BB.

 

[tommyGunZ]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.

It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You shut your whore mouth.

 

[James Daulton]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.

It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

So what you're saying is the writing was effective.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You're dead to me.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

In.

 

[cstu]

File this under "Things you don't say in a Breaking Bad related thread".

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Seriously, this is going to make "After M*A*S*H*" look like "Joey"

 

[Scoresman]

if its a sequel I hope they show what happened to walt after he fell unconscious in the meth lab at the end of BB.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

Now you've done it.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

Now you've done it.

:mr garrison:

It's only gunz.

 

[Gr00vus]

The tommyGunZ is in the banana patch.

 

[Gr00vus]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

Now you've done it.

:mr garrison:

It's only gunz.

It would have been better if you'd told him to go to Belize.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

if its a sequel I hope they show what happened to walt after he fell unconscious in the meth lab at the end of BB.

Not sure he made it up off the floor.

 

[Chaka]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

Now you've done it.

Now he's done it appropriately.

It's nothing personal it's just that your approach sucked. They can't all be winners.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

Now you've done it.

Now he's done it appropriately.

It's nothing personal it's just that your approach sucked. They can't all be winners.

My original request still stands.

 

[Chaka]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!

Now you've done it.

Now he's done it appropriately.

It's nothing personal it's just that your approach sucked. They can't all be winners.

My original request still stands.

My Link

 

[SacramentoBob]

I am I the only one who thinks this will probably be terrible.

Probably won't be the only one who will be wrong, no.It's gonna be fantastic.

Odds far more like that it will be terrible. Spinoffs usually are.

And the Saul character was terribly written on BBad. Just a walking cliche, over and over and over and over again.

You shut your whore mouth.

Well he just guaranteed a smash hit with his comments.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I admit I'm pretty pessimistic about this show (I'd love to be proven wrong). But I didn't know it was even possible for a person to dislike the Saul character in BB. That's one of the best supporting characters ever IMO. Saul provided exactly the right amount of comic relief while still being a real character and moving the story along in places.