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

[Anonymous]

Lol I had the same thought! I’m not some super fancy person but I do like house porn in a tv show or movie (like Big Little Lies).

I thought their house was so depressing.

[Anonymous]

Agree about the dark, depressing house. It always seemed so incongruous when they would eat out on the patio by the pool - like a different house altogether.

[Anonymous]

The entire show was amazing. I don't think the house detracted from the show at all. It was depressing--probably for a reason--showed the darkness possible in the characters. Hank's house was less depressing--he was one character who didn't break bad so to speak.
I also find Chuck's house in Better Call Saul just as depressing. Obviously it's due to his condition (and I am not done with that series so please dont ruin for it me) but also reflective of his dark character.

[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.

Of for SURE - though in that case, it's possible Schmidt paid for the couch. He is making good money, and also cares about looking good - I could see him springing for a fancy couch.

[Anonymous]

Never really watched the show (but know the basic plot) so went to google pictures. The house looks like my DH's house when I married him in 1996! lol

[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.

That.was.the.point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

That.was.the.point.

Exactly! The house is precisely how it was supposed to be. I don't get the surprise from anyone who actually watched the show and knows the characters and plot.

[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.

Why do you think Uncle Jun never moved into a fancier house? He must have had money, right?