Better Call Saul (spoilers ahoy)

didn't Jimmy use the Saul Goodman name back in the day, tho? when he was running those watch scams with his old partner who died in the alley?

 

edit: yup

 

Either the director has a foot fetish or there's some symbolism I'm missing with Kim. Almost every episode seems to have either low shots of her in high heels, changing shoes or close shots of her bare feet...Is it like a metaphor of her changing roles (a woman in different shoes) or something?

 

One thing I've still not quite worked out is the intro sequence aesthetic - seems like dv footage with glitching bits and a Vhs/camcorder font. Can't work out what it's meant to allude to (if anything)

  On 5/19/2017 at 5:13 PM, mcbpete said:

Either the director has a foot fetish or there's some symbolism I'm missing with Kim. Almost every episode seems to have either low shots of her in high heels, changing shoes or close shots of her bare feet...Is it like a metaphor of her changing roles or something?

 

One thing I've still not quite worked out is the intro sequence aesthetic - seems like dv footage with glitching bits and a Vhs/camcorder font. Can't work out what it's meant to allude to (if anything)

 

Tarantino directed those episodes using an alias

  On 5/19/2017 at 5:13 PM, mcbpete said:

Either the director has a foot fetish or there's some symbolism I'm missing with Kim. Almost every episode seems to have either low shots of her in high heels, changing shoes or close shots of her bare feet...Is it like a metaphor of her changing roles (a woman in different shoes) or something?

not only Kim

just like Chuck's mental illness shoes/feet seem to be a visual device for being in control / grounded vs losing it, being detached etc

Kim usually takes her shoes off when around 'saul' (eg last season after they conned that stock trader)

Jimmy worked and slept in a nail/pedicure salon

Hector put his feet on Gus' desk - yet he had to pick chewing gum off his soles

Also the shoes that Mike snipes - no direct interference

Nacho used his foot to cover the pill of Hector

..

probably more, but doesn't look like a mere coincidence

Edited May 20, 2017 by vincentvc

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Isn't the intro made to look like something made on a Video Toaster. Not sure of the reason, though. Saul Goodman using tacky and bad tech to make his commercials?

  On 5/20/2017 at 12:59 AM, vincentvc said:

 

  On 5/19/2017 at 5:13 PM, mcbpete said:

Either the director has a foot fetish or there's some symbolism I'm missing with Kim. Almost every episode seems to have either low shots of her in high heels, changing shoes or close shots of her bare feet...Is it like a metaphor of her changing roles (a woman in different shoes) or something?

not only Kim

just like Chuck's mental illness shoes/feet seem to be a visual device for being in control / grounded vs losing it, being detached etc

Kim usually takes her shoes off when around 'saul' (eg last season after they conned that stock trader)

Jimmy worked and slept in a nail/pedicure salon

Hector put his feet on Gus' desk - yet he had to pick chewing gum off his soles

Also the shoes that Mike snipes - no direct interference

Nacho used his foot to cover the pill of Hector

..

probably more, but doesn't look like a mere coincidence

 

Good shout, yeah you're so right - Many a shoe/foot motif throughout !

 

  On 5/20/2017 at 11:57 AM, azatoth said:

Isn't the intro made to look like something made on a Video Toaster. Not sure of the reason, though. Saul Goodman using tacky and bad tech to make his commercials?

That's definitely what I first thought when starting the series as I knew it was a prequel so assumed it was going to be set early/mid-90s. Though any time you see a computer it seems like they're running XP so I'm assuming more early-mid 00s where video toasters were buried along with Will Wheaton and Tony's Hawk's partings

 

This is in 2002 so lots of XP

No new episode this week? :(

  On 5/31/2017 at 1:25 PM, valleyinaire said:

No new episode this week? :(

 

nope, only 3 more to go too.

  On 5/31/2017 at 1:30 PM, olo said:

 

  On 5/31/2017 at 1:25 PM, valleyinaire said:

No new episode this week? :(

 

nope, only 3 more to go too.

 

 

Ep 8 didn't air in the US bc of Memorial Day, but did air overseas.

  On 6/1/2017 at 10:58 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 5/31/2017 at 1:30 PM, olo said:

 

  On 5/31/2017 at 1:25 PM, valleyinaire said:

No new episode this week? :(

 

nope, only 3 more to go too.

 

 

Ep 8 didn't air in the US bc of Memorial Day, but did air overseas.

 

 

No episode for me in the UK

IMDB says it's due for june 5th

I watched it today so yeah it's out

Definitely not out in Canada.

Still nothing in the UK

there's no torrents and nothing.

  On 6/2/2017 at 12:25 PM, phling said:

there's no torrents and nothing.

 

look closer.

 

 

 

  On 6/2/2017 at 2:21 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 6/2/2017 at 12:25 PM, phling said:

there's no torrents and nothing.

 

look closer.

 

MAKE LOOKING CLOSER AGAIN!

 

 

 

owa daime!

I'm really liking this series. It doesn't reach the highs of breaking bad, but it is also it's own thing and can only kind of be compared.

it's GREAT

 

 

  On 6/7/2017 at 4:28 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

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The intensity of the 'pill switch' sequence tho

 

 

 

 

  On 6/7/2017 at 4:28 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

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The intensity of the 'pill switch' sequence tho