s/of--Walter White's House (Breaking Bad)

[Anonymous]

Also, I hate it when I’m watching shows and the people are supposed to be struggling for money but the set decorator obviously just bought beautiful things and so their house has 10s of thousands of dollars worth of furnishings.

Example: New Girl when they all live in the loft, but they have a $5000 sofa that looks like it’s from Room and Board.

[Anonymous]

Same point about the car being ugly. A Pontiac Aztec is ugly as sin. They chose that car on purpose.

I actually love that the house and car are fugly. It makes sense for Walt and Skykar’s desperation.

[Anonymous]

As a weird DH, I read a lot of car blogs and some mommy blogs. The Pontiac Aztec is infamous on the car blogs as Walter White's car. I think it was also missing one or two hubcabs. I believe it was a discontinued model by the time the show was made, but it had a resurgence on the used market.

The casting and sets and clothes and vehicles on that show were so perfect. I also loved Gustavo Fring's totally non-descript, but kind-of-upscale Volvo station wagon. He was my idol for stealth wealth, aside from the drug lording and brutal murdering.

Another show with excellent house/set casting was the Sopranos. Think of Corrado (Uncle Junior's) little New Jersey shit shack from the 1940s with the wood paneling and formica kitchen.

And Tony and Carmela's house was fancy, but kind of gaudy and certainly not perfect, with a very generic decorating flavor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugly as sin but was grounded in reality. I grew up in a home like that. Middle class, parents too busy to care about decor. Just wanted a place to live in the suburbs with good schools. Most of the middle class is like this.

+1

[Anonymous]

Pollos Hermanos es muy bien.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, I hate it when I’m watching shows and the people are supposed to be struggling for money but the set decorator obviously just bought beautiful things and so their house has 10s of thousands of dollars worth of furnishings.

Example: New Girl when they all live in the loft, but they have a $5000 sofa that looks like it’s from Room and Board.

100% agree. Like Sarah Jessica Parker's apartment in SATC and her wardrobe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a weird DH, I read a lot of car blogs and some mommy blogs. The Pontiac Aztec is infamous on the car blogs as Walter White's car. I think it was also missing one or two hubcabs. I believe it was a discontinued model by the time the show was made, but it had a resurgence on the used market.

The casting and sets and clothes and vehicles on that show were so perfect. I also loved Gustavo Fring's totally non-descript, but kind-of-upscale Volvo station wagon. He was my idol for stealth wealth, aside from the drug lording and brutal murdering.

Another show with excellent house/set casting was the Sopranos. Think of Corrado (Uncle Junior's) little New Jersey shit shack from the 1940s with the wood paneling and formica kitchen.

And Tony and Carmela's house was fancy, but kind of gaudy and certainly not perfect, with a very generic decorating flavor.

I always thought it was so funny that Walt wears Wallabees! Just Wallabees!

[Anonymous]

Looking at DMV houses on Zillow, I'd say that Walter White's ugly interior was quite realistic.

[Anonymous]

I always assumed that Walt bought the Pontiac Aztec because he got a great deal on it at some end of the year closeout sale. It wasn't the type of car that he wanted to drive (look at the flashy one that he later got), but he begrudgingly bought it because it was the most financially prudent thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP.

+1

I hate to sound like a cliche, but so much of the DC area community is out of touch with other parts of the country. It struck me as right on target for the time frame (2008-10), location, and economic status of the family. (Think as well about how it contrasted with Hank and Marie's house. They were dual earners without kids in the same town.)

OP here. I agree. The friend I was having this argument with is very well to do, McLean person. She hated the show because of that house. She really couldn't get past it and argued how one trip to Home Goods would have made the difference for Walter and Skyler. "You don't need a lot of money for that" she kept saying. "Who lives like that?"

LOL. The peasants amongst us, buddy. The peasants amongst us. /s

Your friend must have missed the episode where the wife sold some random doohickey on eBay for $13 and was excited?
That is the reality. Of the peasants amongst us. (PS: i would be counted amongst the peasants here )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pollos Hermanos es muy bien.

Me gusto tambien

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a weird DH, I read a lot of car blogs and some mommy blogs. The Pontiac Aztec is infamous on the car blogs as Walter White's car. I think it was also missing one or two hubcabs. I believe it was a discontinued model by the time the show was made, but it had a resurgence on the used market.

The casting and sets and clothes and vehicles on that show were so perfect. I also loved Gustavo Fring's totally non-descript, but kind-of-upscale Volvo station wagon. He was my idol for stealth wealth, aside from the drug lording and brutal murdering.

Another show with excellent house/set casting was the Sopranos. Think of Corrado (Uncle Junior's) little New Jersey shit shack from the 1940s with the wood paneling and formica kitchen.

And Tony and Carmela's house was fancy, but kind of gaudy and certainly not perfect, with a very generic decorating flavor.

I was excited that the sopranos had this croscill bedding that my parents had gifted us for our 1998 wedding - which was $450 for a king set that at the time I considered classy and $$$! We had the matching sheets and drapes too.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aLS9GPFyZpI/XFo2AuqhWvI/AAAAAAAAJFw/J093VS6GoqgW4K3C2HUAlNORbt8ReKwagCLcBGAs/s1600/Headboard.jpg

[Anonymous]

Skyler's car was super ugly too.

Look, I know the house and cars are supposed to realistically represent their financial station, but for crying out loud, does the home have to always look so dark? They didn't have to leave the curtains drawn all the time.

It's the darkness that I most object to. It was a depressing as hell.

[Anonymous]

It reminds me of the Malcolm in the middle home. Real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skyler's car was super ugly too.

Look, I know the house and cars are supposed to realistically represent their financial station, but for crying out loud, does the home have to always look so dark? They didn't have to leave the curtains drawn all the time.

It's the darkness that I most object to. It was a depressing as hell.

I live in New Mexico. It gets freaking HOT if you leave the curtains open. Most homes have small windows and keep them covered or else your electric bill is outrageous.