Breaking Bad is an American drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series was originally broadcast in the United States and Canada by AMC pay-TV channel. The program premiered on January 20, 2008 with a first season of seven episodes and ended recently, on September 29, 2013, after five seasons.
The story of Breaking Bad is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which is also produced), and revolves around Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry professor middle unappreciated education. Walt's father Walter Junior, a teenager suffering from cerebral palsy (RJ Mitte) and his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) finds being pregnant. After being diagnoticado with lung cancer, Walt collapses and embraces a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). All this to ensure the family's financial future after his death.
1- Why is spectacular
Breaking Bad has been well acclaimed by critics and and has been praised by some critics as the greatest television drama of all time. The last episode of the fifth and final season was public record 10.3 million viewers (!) And was one of the TV shows watched by more signature American television. Baita success - even if that means record 500,000 illegal downloads.
2 - won the best drama series Emmy
In 2013 Breaking Bad won the best drama series award. The Emmy Awards corresponds to the Oscar of American television. But the prize list is long: the series has won ten Primetime Emmy Awards, including three consecutive wins for Best Actor for Cranston, two wins for Best Supporting Actor for Aaron Paul, best supporting actress for Anna Gunn, and Best Drama Series in 2013, after three nominations. The series was nominated for a Best of Golden Globe TV Series - Drama and Cranston three times for Best Actor, as well as being nominated four times for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, winning once in 19 Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America put Breaking Bad 13th in best-written TV series of all time. That same year, Guinness World Records has called the best score of TV series of all time, citing its season 5 Metacritic score of 99/100.
3 - For the brilliant performance of Bryan Cranston
The main character, Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston is unparalleled. For her portrayal, Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series three consecutive years (!!!) in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Cranston also won the Individual Achievement in Drama TCA Award in 2009 and the Satellite Award for Best Actor - TV Series: Drama in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the Choice Award Television Critics Best Actor in a Drama Series and the Saturn Award for Best Television Actor in 2012. Additionally, Cranston received a letter from Anthony Hopkins with much praise for its operations. Oscar winner for "The Silence of the Lambs," Hopkins did not skimp: "His performance as Walter White is the best performance I've ever seen," said Hopkins, in a text that also praises the execution of the series, whose full it He watched in just two weeks. It's not for anyone
4 - It is highly addictive.
You get to watch and not to. Really. I have watched five episodes in a row (and each has 47 minutes). I do not remember being so "attached" to another TV program about to get more than 5 hours watching the episodes. The creators attributed the success to a change in the world of television, where video systems "on demand" and streaming allow the consumption of successive episodes. Other success factors are the social networks that generate that buzz and, lo and behold, piracy.
6 - It's like watching chemistry classes - more in a fun way
Watching the program, you will be asked several times if those formulas and chemical reactions are, in fact, accurate representations of reality or are just another poetic license of fiction. In an interview, the consultant scientist of the series for science subjects said the writers always refer to portray faithfully the reality equations, substances used by Walter and Jesse in the production of methamphetamine and everything. Also according to her, DEA agents also serve as consultants in the series, so that the context related to methamphetamine trafficking and production is as close to reality as possible.
A complaint Donna Nelson, a scientist-consultant Breaking Bad team, is that for scientists, rather than a series is, if it shows an inaccurate representation of scientific facts, it is almost maddening to watch without getting angry. My friend recalled a scientist, graduate student at the University of Oxford, UK, who stopped watching Fringe why not take it any more the 'poetic license' of the show, which included travel across multiple dimensions, among other oddities. You can trust, it's all chemistry!
7 - The president of DreamWorks love Breaking Bad
Jeffrey Katzenberg, president of DreamWorks animation studio, has offered $ 75 million for those responsible for "Breaking bad" produce three episodes for the series. The discussion, however, was not carried forward. The executive spoke about it during his participation in Mipcom, entertainment content realidaza fair in Cannes, France. He explained that the proposal was made six weeks before the end of the program, and still had no idea how the story would end at that time. "I had this crazy idea was crazy for the series," he argued. "Last season had a budget of approximately US $ 3.5 million per episode. Then they would profit more from these three episodes that had profited during the whole five years of view, "he added.
8 - The actors are incredible
Not only is Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad shining. The other actors in the series are also fantastic and many have been scheduled for other television series. Aaron Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2010 and 2012. Paul also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on television in 2010 and 2012. Anna Gunn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013. for his work in the fourth season, Giancarlo Esposito won the Choice Award Television Critics Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
9 - The series is very real
The dramatic story of the series is extremely down to earth. The family dramas are portrayed almost faithful to real life. The simple format of Breaking Bad help. It is a series that imitates life, which generates identification with the public. After the end of the series should turn Opera in New York.
10 - perfectly blend drama with humor
Do not fool yourself. Despite being the best drama series, Breaking Bad has nothing boring. With much humor, Jesse and Walt quarrel almost constantly. Get ready for a good laugh, even if the jokes are much more ironic than comical.
But after all, which means Breaking Bad?
The main actor, Bryan Cranston, stated in an interview that "the term 'bad breaking' is a southern slang that means someone deviated from the right path and became wrong. And this applies to both a given time as a lifetime.