re: better characters, stringer and marlo(the wire) or mike and gus(breaking bad)

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mike and gus from breaking bad, but i never found either to be groundbreaking or even that interesting


Is this one of Breaking Bad's "major flaws in the writing" that you referenced but never gave examples of in the other thread?

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actually, no. the most glaring writing flaws were how bad some of the major characters were; walt jr, marie and skyler(at times). mike and gus aren't bad characters, just not as good as some make them out to be. What really irritated me was how lazily some of skylers storyline was written, how she was able to always talk her way out of things, like the IRS investigating ted's company. The train robbery was preposterous as well.

Most of the complaints about breaking bad are about the characters(with the exception of walt) and are completely valid.

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No, just no". Stringer Bell was obviously a pretty great character and made Elba into the star he is today. Not really a big fan of Marlo the character or his acting (didn't like him much in Bosch either). Fring is a great character, he plays the role of unsuspecting drug lord pretty beautifully. And he is "interesting". I really liked when they did the flashback of him and his friend at the Don's house, it provided good backstory for a good and complex character.

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This is obviously subjective, but i was far more interested/entertained by the dynamic between marlo and stringer, how they were essentially the opposite of each other, yet both bad arse high level drug dealers. Jamie Hector might not be the greatest actor, but i think he pulled off marlo perfectly. The last scene with avon and stringer reminiscing on the balcony is arguably the best scene in the whole series.