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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8860877" data-attributes="member: 7808">IMNSO, the idea that there are great &quot;questions&quot;, or some sort of moral quandary, or huge philosophical meaning surrounding Walter White is one of the most over-hyped parts of the show.&nbsp; I'll give you that the actor is great.&nbsp; There's lots of great dialogue.&nbsp; But his actual story is really quite basic.This doesn't have to be a bad thing.&nbsp; I'm one of the people that will defend Avatar partly because the main plot is so basic.&nbsp; But no one tried to sell me on 5 seasons of Avatar because of the plot.&nbsp; When Walt's story got hyped as being some sort of intellectual, high brow, literary journey, it turned into a really big let down I got when watching the show.Jesse is a sidekick.&nbsp; An interesting sidekick.&nbsp; A fun sidekick.&nbsp; But he's still there as a narrative device to provide exposition and fall in a toilet when needed.&nbsp; I love Burt Ward, too, but I have no illusions that I would remember his name it if weren't for the work of Adam West.FWIW, I watched seasons 1-3 of the show before mostly giving up and just watching key episodes and highlights (including important bits with Gus, Mike, etc).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8860877, member: 7808"] IMNSO, the idea that there are great "questions", or some sort of moral quandary, or huge philosophical meaning surrounding Walter White is one of the most over-hyped parts of the show. I'll give you that the actor is great. There's lots of great dialogue. But his actual story is really quite basic. This doesn't have to be a bad thing. I'm one of the people that will defend Avatar partly [I]because [/I]the main plot is so basic. But no one tried to sell me on 5 seasons of Avatar because of the plot. When Walt's story got hyped as being some sort of intellectual, high brow, literary journey, it turned into a really big let down I got when watching the show. Jesse is a sidekick. An interesting sidekick. A fun sidekick. But he's still there as a narrative device to provide exposition and fall in a toilet when needed. I love Burt Ward, too, but I have no illusions that I would remember his name it if weren't for the work of Adam West. FWIW, I watched seasons 1-3 of the show before mostly giving up and just watching key episodes and highlights (including important bits with Gus, Mike, etc). [/QUOTE]

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