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Road Warrior

In Reply to: RE: Anyone care to explain how Walter got from New Hampshire back to New Mexico? posted by J.R. on October 01, 2013 at 11:00:36

(stolen from Thank You For Smoking), if a line or two of unaired dialog could reasonably explain the apparent inconsistency, then it's OK. Yer a smart guy, come up with those lines for us :)
I had similar misgivings about how Walt knew exactly where to park his car at the meth facility so his machine gun could mow down the bad guys inside thgeir "office". Also, how he would know there would be a large window on the side of that particular building and not a cinder black wall, yada yada yada. Again, perhaps he reconnoitered(SP??) the place and that scene ended up on the editing floor or was never shot......
Other than a couple of inconsistencies like those, I think Vince did a credible job of bringing the series to a satisfactory close, but not in nearly the best episode of the season.
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No way. And no driver's license. - J.R. 16:14:29 10/01/13 (4)
Whatever roads he would have chosen would have been to no avail. Two
dead DEA agents. They would have been on him faster than a smirk on
Ted Cruz's face. The end as it spun out was not feasible. Regards,

J.R.
- Dang it JR, he's a scientist, he may have built a robot to carry the Volvo off road or made a cloaking device - Road Warrior 16:26:11 10/01/13 (3)
  so no one could see it. When he and Jesse were about to die in the desert in season 1(2?), he got a dead RV started with a makeshift battery made from nickels, dimes, washers, and screws!! He Sirley had a driver's license, one would think Forster provided him immaculate credentials.
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  - Not even magic works against AWACS. - J.R. 16:45:38 10/01/13 (2)
    Fake ID is a myth. And no fugitive would put himself is such an idiotic
    position. The ole cabin in the woods: how trite. The whole Forster
    trip was unrealistic nonsense. That takes nothing from Forster; he
    played, as always, the role perfectly. Do you think Jeffrey will die in
    the first or second episode of the next run for Game of Thrones?
    Regards,
    
    J.R.
    - My fondest hope, well one of them at least, is Joffrey dies - Road Warrior 21:20:20 10/01/13 (1)
      an excruciatingly slow and horrifically painful death that consumes most of an episode.
      
      We're re-watching Breaking Bad dvr'd from AMC's marathon. One could pick quite a few plot points and blow them up. The overall story so overwhelms it'd be nitpicking.
      
      Walt got back from New Hampshire, yer just gonna have to deal with it. Perhaps he hung onto the transmission of a minivan a la Max Cady? With $9mm at his disposal I'm sure a new identity, one at least good enuf to get him on a freekin Greyhound, would have been feasible. Hell, Carrie got Brody a new one. Cabin in the woods, tract home in Arizona, what's it matter? He got out of Dodge.
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      - No spoilers for you, but.... - J.R. 05:18:35 10/02/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: My fondest hope, well one of them at least, is Joffrey dies posted by Road Warrior on October 01, 2013 at 21:20:20
        
        Let me just say that Jack Gleeson is going to get to show us his chops.
        
        And you're right about BB: to haggle over plot points would be nitpicking.
        My problem is with setting and verisimilitude: with the reality of the
        show in other words. I've read over a dozen articles in the last week
        by writers, actors, and persons associated with BB: they all claimed
        loud and clear that reality was the governing dynamic in the making of
        BB. I think they drastically failed their dynamic in this last episode.
        Just a few examples: Living in an isolated house with no outhouse in the
        middle of nowhere is not hiding; it's more like advertising your presence.
        Secret compartment in a propane truck with out of state plates. Please.
        And finally, these days every cop on the beat has acess to a computer
        terminal and can check ID. Even for a million dollars you could not find
        a driver's license. Nobody could except a government sanctioned agent.
        For a show so concerned with reality, they blew it big time at the end,
        though it's good to see that someone in addition to Tarantino appreciates
        Robert Forster. Regards,
        
        J.R.
        
        Next time you're in Austin you'll want to eat at Sway:
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