How Better Call Saul Handled Death

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • Exploring Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad's status as memes, how both shows handle death, and my personal relation to them. This is how Better Call Saul handles death, and the lessons it taught me.
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  • @roble8943
    @roble8943 2 года назад +538

    I feel like Better Call Saul and BrBd write death diffrently. In Breaking Bad death and murder are very much impactful but as the pile of bodies rise they sorta become just stepping stones to Walt's ladder of success and just like Walt himself you somewhat get numb to it to the point where by the time you see Walt orchestrate the assassination of nearly a dozen people and it's done so in a darkly humored way with calm music and a relaxing afternoon with tea as this immense violence is going on.
    BCS slower pace and more personal story reminds you that "No, these are human beings with lives, hopes, dreams and feelings". And it masterfully writes the death of a single character feel like the end of the world because no matter how desensitized both the criminal world or the audience itself is the death of another human being both should and would be this traumatic.

    • @vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758
      @vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 2 года назад +13

      Absolutely. Didnt even flinch when Hank died. Not only did we have 2 episodes of buildup to his death making it pretty obvious he is dead once the nazis show up, but it felt like he made his own bed with his nastu obsession of catching heisenberg, at the end even going alone and putting himself and steve in danger. Howard on the other hand fucking shook me to my core.

    • @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012
      @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 2 года назад +2

      Its like where the random man in the carpark killed by the cousins while having shootout with hank, his death is not even mentioned, its not a big deal.
      And with bcs freds death actually feels like a death

    • @anthonyag-si8850
      @anthonyag-si8850 2 года назад +4

      But "Ozymandias" just destroyed this view of coolness murder. Instead it shows how dirty the ways of murdering is and how destroying lives is really ugly. Above all It shows that we are all indeed guilty of rooting for the bad guy because it's cool until the ugliness comes finally to our eyes.

  • @mr.greasy6483
    @mr.greasy6483 2 года назад +1218

    Howard’s death felt like a celebrity death. Or the death of a neighbor. I think part of why his death felt so unfair was because Jimmy and Kim’s plan worked. They had no repercussions. They ruined Howard’s reputation assuming that he would be able to fix it. He had received more punishment than we wanted for him through the pranks, but death is final, and now he dies with the ugly image that Jimmy and Kim painted for him.

    • @arvaakuka8568
      @arvaakuka8568 2 года назад +84

      Another perverse thing I noticed in E8 was how Jimmy and Kim not only killed Howard, but they built themselves an alibi through the weeks of work they spent, thinking they would be ruining Howard's reputation, but actually they worked to save their own image. Howard's death was framed as a drug fueled suicide post hoc which only worked because the ground work had been laid down by Jimmy and Kim.

    • @justintep7995
      @justintep7995 2 года назад +41

      Howard wasn't even in the game, and he got a gunshot to the head.
      Him being the wrong person in the wrong place, being killed and buried in an unknown location is a death for someone who's a part of the cartel, not some businessman. I think that's why his death feels so real

    • @glennjanot8128
      @glennjanot8128 2 года назад +2

      @@arvaakuka8568 That was the idea though. What good would have been ruining his reputation if Howard had been able to prove that it was Kim and Jimmy who lied about it?

    • @jamiehall-hanlon3104
      @jamiehall-hanlon3104 2 года назад +12

      Completely agree mate, I physically recoiled and felt a sense of panic like you’d feel If you saw a family member be involved in a tragic accident. I was really shook like I’d seen a man get shot in front of me, how they built those feelings up is absolutely phenomenal. Never felt anything like it from a show.

    • @nickasaro8789
      @nickasaro8789 2 года назад +6

      That’s why I totally got Kim’s guilt and her decision to leave. They were fucking around with Howard for pretty short term gain with the understanding that he would eventually get back up from it so they saw it as harmless in the long run. But now since he was drawn into their world and that got him killed, he never got the chance to do damage control and his reputation is in the gutter forever.

  • @Dapryor
    @Dapryor 2 года назад +142

    “Art is a safe and controlled place where I can feel these emotions without them overpowering me.” That’s a hell of a quote. I’m glad you’ve found some catharsis in this show. Life hits hard sometimes but I’ve always found fiction to be a healthy place to feel these things.

  • @panzerfan
    @panzerfan 2 года назад +539

    I love this nuanced view. Vinceverse is quite grim, so the memes are gallows humor in a sense. I don't think these meme can ever work without the context, but then again, Breaking Bad's plot is quickly going the way of everyone knowing that Darth Vader is Luke's father given the series' reach and influence on popular media; people know why Walt was quivering by and large and they can now laugh about it.

    • @carlosrivas1629
      @carlosrivas1629 2 года назад +16

      imagine seeing the nuance of better call saul then have to watch game of thrones being treated like shit by two hack writers.

    • @Ceclickswindows
      @Ceclickswindows 2 года назад +5

      @@carlosrivas1629 it’s crazy cuz you go back to it and you’re simultaneously watching some of the best and then some of the worst television ever

    • @gnrmetallica95
      @gnrmetallica95 2 года назад +3

      @@Ceclickswindows season 1-4 were a masterpiece and then it’s just like D&D went ‘whatever’ and utterly destroyed it

    • @deptusmechanikus7362
      @deptusmechanikus7362 2 года назад

      @@gnrmetallica95 they just ran out of books to pull the actual good stuff from and it turned out that on their own they are complete hacks

  • @monkeytron5061
    @monkeytron5061 2 года назад +74

    It was the next episode where Howard was buried that got me. That was no way to treat him. Really hit me hard.
    Incredible writing and execution.

  • @muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846
    @muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846 2 года назад +131

    Howard's death are very similar to Mike's, both confronts the main protagonist and calling out their behaviour and 'scam' activities, both eventually got shot and died tragically but the latter at least found comfort during his last 'processing' of the event, and get to tell his assailant to shut the **** up before going out. Howard's death is truly the tragic as it was soo sudden, but soo predictable yet soo begrudgingly disappointing for everyone (except Lalo) involved.

    • @seth8580
      @seth8580 2 года назад +27

      I’d argue it’s more like Hank’s death, you’re right about the similarity to Mike in that he calls him out for his BS but doesn’t get in his way (Hank tries to completely destroy Walter) but I think the way that he shares a close relationship with Jimmy and Kim, almost like family makes him more similar to Hank. The sense of betrayal he feels is the same as how Hank is betrayed by Walt. Even the way they die is the same, shot in the head mid-sentence by someone they never met as a consequence of the protagonists criminal involvement

    • @muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846
      @muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846 2 года назад +6

      @@seth8580 I agree, both seems to be a nod or combination for Howard's death and it's impact.

    • @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012
      @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 2 года назад +1

      Mike got dissolved in a barrel, not a particularly honorable death

  • @rwbyab7423
    @rwbyab7423 2 года назад +160

    The death of Howard Hamlin was perfectly done, perhaps too perfectly. You're not the only one who had such a strong reaction to it by a long shot. I'm so grateful Patrick Fabian who played Howard did a number of interviews after the episode; it helped ground me back in reality to remember that was a show and nothing really happened to anyone. A story was just being told. If it weren't for that, I don't know if I could have processed the final moments of that episode and gone to sleep that night. I couldn't understand why it had such an effect on me and so many others, but what you're saying sheds some light on what we went through watching that episode.
    Thank you for sharing this experience; this was so much more real than any other video I've watched talking about the events of this season and I hope, ultimately, all the work you're putting in to understanding yourself through understanding these scenes will pay off.

  • @ezekiel8492
    @ezekiel8492 2 года назад +14

    I think the main reason Howard's death was so brutal was the reality of it. Sure, he was an innocent character compared to the cartel life characters yet he got just a brutal death as many of them. I've followed this series for a long time and never in a thousand years I would've guessed he would get killed so brutally.

  • @J_claud
    @J_claud 2 года назад +56

    Bro are you ok?

  • @darreldarrenman3334
    @darreldarrenman3334 2 года назад +10

    I've said it before, but the scene of Howard's death made my stomach violently drop as soon as Lalo entered the room.

    • @KilljoyTDA
      @KilljoyTDA 2 года назад +3

      That candle light trick (similar to Jurassic Park's glass of water) was so effective it made me shiver.

  • @teutonicpictures
    @teutonicpictures 2 года назад +3

    One of the most creative ways to distort a graphic scene for censorship purposes

  • @vsf_dave811
    @vsf_dave811 2 года назад +6

    There are very few deaths in media that really made my stomach turn, and Howard’s was one of them. I haven’t felt that sick to my stomach at an episode of TV since probably the Red Wedding.

  • @sageseraph5035
    @sageseraph5035 2 года назад +16

    Yeah, Better Call Saul is a great show. Death is a major part of the show. That last episode man. The memorial at HHM got me really sad.

  • @SaberRexZealot
    @SaberRexZealot 2 года назад +16

    Finally. A serious video about Breaking Bad’s memes, and with Disco Elysium music no less. You sir, are based.

  • @waywardlaser
    @waywardlaser 2 года назад +3

    Howard’s death definitely weighed on me for days too. I couldn’t stop thinking about that moment and the complete shock on Jimmy and Kim’s faces

  • @breakingyoyo4579
    @breakingyoyo4579 2 года назад +4

    It didn't really hit until Kim told Howard's wife that lie about Howard doin drugs at his desk, they really ruined a good man's image and got away with 0 repercussions, Saul and Kim deserve everything that happens to them, and that's coming from me, someone who loves saul and Kim very much

  • @sillylittleguy007
    @sillylittleguy007 2 года назад +58

    The Disco Elysium soundtrack in the background is soooooo good
    Edit: After finishing the video, the way you handle heavy topics in the way you edit your videos is spectacular. The heavy white noise that you introduce when things get really heavy is the perfect representation of what these heavy thoughts do to your conscience. I recently lost my mom about 3 months ago, and I relate to everything you brought up in this video.
    You just got your 100th subscriber. I loved this video.

  • @alissoncandatem1896
    @alissoncandatem1896 2 года назад +6

    Man This video, the way you talked about death and grieving and doing our best. My friend literaly died yesterday and I have no Ideia how to deal with it, he just cease to exist and I can't bring myself to accept that. Thank you for doing this video.

  • @esotericVideos
    @esotericVideos 2 года назад +2

    Well shoot, now I feel a little worse about the current BCS meme I'm working on. lol.
    Seriously though, very well made video and I really respect the honesty and emotion you shared here, good job.

  • @LumilusD
    @LumilusD 2 года назад +8

    I clicked on this video not knowing how personal it was going to be. Good for you to be able to use your creativity and your experience with the show to channel your grief into this. I applaud your ability to speak honestly about it. Very impactful.

  • @davemac9563
    @davemac9563 7 месяцев назад +2

    The way better call Saul treated death was more impactful, when were talking about the subject alone. Even that travel wire guy, Fred, who Lalo killed. He was just a random cast member on the show, but he was a civilian that Lalo killed, and they didn’t just brush over it. They showed his family in court grieving, Jimmy mentioned him to Mike, and Lalo eventually got his karma.

  • @shaww8721
    @shaww8721 2 года назад +5

    Please understand that this is not a stupid video. This is something many people have felt and experienced. What a beautiful.
    Edit: like bro this inspired me to start writing. Im in this dark room on a google doc rn at 1:36am bc this video is incredible

  • @slow_hunter_
    @slow_hunter_ 2 года назад +2

    What an amazing, well written, well edited, personal analysis that talks about an extremely interesting side of breaking bad and it’s viewers. Dealing with grief is one of the most difficult things, and if a tv show can help someone cope with it, then it actually shows just how high quality it is. If this is anything, this is not stupid. Amazing, thank you for making this video and I hope you are doing better.

  • @SodaPopBot
    @SodaPopBot 2 года назад +2

    Regarding the meme thing, it's like MGSV's "WHY ARE WE STILL HERE - JUST TO SUFFER" Love that entire monologue, but it is impossible not to think of it's usage in memes

  • @RottenPizza801
    @RottenPizza801 2 года назад +2

    I watched the entirety of Breaking Bad with some friends last year. Ive seen it multiple times, but they hde never seen it but they knew about the memes and thought they would laugh when they saw them. They didn't. Not once. When they finally got the context they were utterly shocked and when it got to the point where we watched Ozymandias everyone started shouting in despair.
    Even after being memed into oblivion, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul still does a great job at making you emotional.

  • @wat3566
    @wat3566 2 года назад +9

    Your use of haunting editing and the equally haunting score of Disco Elysium play together wonderfully, defintley one of the more unique and creative video essays I've seen in a while. You put a lot of feeling into the music choice and editing, mimicing presentation of great visual art. Great job Wyatt!

  • @MyManJimbo
    @MyManJimbo 2 года назад +3

    You know the video's good when they whip out the disco elysium music

  • @nonnobissolum
    @nonnobissolum 2 года назад +4

    Blows my mind to realize that there are BCS viewers who don't know the BrBa universe ahead of time.

  • @juanbellido3930
    @juanbellido3930 2 года назад +2

    I find breaking bad and especially the better call saul memes super funny, but i think that's mainly because these shows had a huge impact on me. The emotions they made me feel, the sadness, the fear, the suspense, the nostalgia, they all come out through laughter when i am reminded these series indeed existed, and where i was in life when i started watching them

  • @Aquason
    @Aquason 2 года назад +3

    I don't know if I'll ever watch another video of yours, past or future, or if the algorithm will ever catch any of your videos ever again. But as a person, living an entirely separate life in a different country, I want you to know this video is wonderful. You've made a work that is both thoughtful and beautiful, the reflection on irony and personal experience poignant, and no matter the future success of any videos you make, know that you've made something that's genuinely contributed to this world.

  • @zeepsterd
    @zeepsterd 2 года назад +1

    This is one of the greatest video essays I have ever seen.

  • @EarthboundinAdrock
    @EarthboundinAdrock 2 года назад +2

    You have a very sincere sounding voice and come off as relatable. Keep it up, subbed.

  • @luizzeroxis
    @luizzeroxis 2 года назад +1

    12:46 What a transition. Honestly, there's just way too many times in the show where randomly saul goodman 3d just pops into my head and I can't stop laughing

  • @ozihotdogs
    @ozihotdogs 2 года назад +2

    did'nt expect to tear up by the 8 minute mark. Good video

  • @buddy8187
    @buddy8187 2 года назад +2

    Howard’s death hit me hard, I haven’t been hit by a fictional characters death like tht since ned stark n the red wedding, but gd the red wedding had me shook just sitting there while the credits rolled…. Same thing with Howard I knew it was happening but damn it hit hard

  • @lizzydanger8521
    @lizzydanger8521 2 года назад +2

    Howard's death got to me like nothing I've watched before. This was an amazing video!

  • @Noicey777
    @Noicey777 2 года назад +2

    Okay class. Today we're going to brutally murder finger.
    Kid named finger:

  • @williamdavis8076
    @williamdavis8076 2 года назад +2

    Damn, this video essay was as intense as the show.

  • @krrhi
    @krrhi 2 года назад +1

    I appreciate this video so much.
    I've started Breaking Bad few years ago and then suddenly someone very, very close to me has passed away. I've been in grief but I couldn't stop watching. It was somehow comforting. I could focus on something else, escape from the pain for a while. At some point, it was insane how similar the events from certain episodes were at the time, or at least that's what i thought to myself.
    I don't even know what exactly I want to say right now, I guess I'm just glad I've found this video.
    Better Call Saul is written beautifully. Howard's death made me speechless. It hit too close to home. His burial hurts the most.
    Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings with us.

  • @krioni86sa
    @krioni86sa 2 года назад +3

    I am very sorry for your loss. Condolences.

  • @itsepic1195
    @itsepic1195 2 года назад +2

    this video is truly underrated, great work.

  • @ApoorvPadhye
    @ApoorvPadhye 2 года назад +1

    I empathise with you on this. I've had quite a few deaths happen around me, family members, friends, etc. However, growing up I had gotten pretty good at bottling up my feelings and coping through media. That was until I lost an acquaintance during the mid-season finale. Not that I knew this person at all, but somehow, it affected me more than I though it should. The hazy parts of the video where images are superimposed on top of each other and the voice-over veers off and fades into obscurity is the perfect portrayal of what it felt to process the death of this acquaintance. Whatever 5 to 6 days it took me to first completely accept this person is no longer alive and then grieve their demise definitely feels like what I felt watching Mike "take care" of Howard.
    This is one of the videos that truly touched me.

  • @DuraheLL
    @DuraheLL 2 года назад +2

    I feel you 100%
    Howard's death felt like a total gut punch. It made me "grief" the loss of this - as you said - life like character. He felt so genuine and it felt way more like he was truly dead. Nothing has made me feel this way, and suddenly the transformation of Saul felt complete.
    I do however not think that any outside influence has lessened the impact of these shows anywhere. I did watch memes about these shows but never ever have I felt watching them has had any less impact. These shows are perfection of television, simple

  • @jakepayne2985
    @jakepayne2985 2 года назад +2

    Came for some good ole Saul analysis. Left with crippling depression.

  • @thezeronelite
    @thezeronelite 2 года назад +8

    I know this sounds like hyperbole, and of course there's no objective measure for this, but I'd like you to know that I consider this the best video on youtube.
    Furthermore, to answer your (admittedly self-directed) question, yes, this is a good way to cope. Sincerity and acceptance cure what irony and nihilism cannot, and I can see many people being helped by this video, even if that was not their and/or your primary intention.

  • @PatriseHenkel
    @PatriseHenkel 2 года назад +1

    Art helps us know the unspeakable things we feel, in tolerable doses. I’m actively grieving, despite the scant comforts of the final scenes.

  • @linuslsc6346
    @linuslsc6346 2 года назад +2

    I just started the Video but I gotta say the editing is great so far. Great work

  • @squoosee
    @squoosee 2 года назад +1

    amazing video, tackled everything i thought regarding the memes too, however i do think a big portion of why the 'reactions' do so well regarding the memes and sh*tposts is because of how well the emotions are portrayed, some of the best acting, if not THE best acting in modern times, with full context or no context, even people that haven't watched the shows share the memes because the story and context are so easy to digest through the acting.

  • @nont18411
    @nont18411 Год назад +2

    Better Call Saul made “a trip to Belize” meaningful

  • @CH3R.N0BY1
    @CH3R.N0BY1 2 года назад +1

    In Better Call Saul every death has an impact that i have never felt watching any other show. The series gives every character so much time to explore their desires and how they live. Seeing them die is so devastating, even the german architect who we only get a few moments with. We learn how he gets car sick and that he calls his crew his boys and we learn his deep passion for architecture. Without the scene at the bar, I feel like his death would have felt inconsequential, just an inconvenience to Fring. Jimmy's best friend Marco died pulling the scam he used to do with Jimmy when they were younger. Marco was like a brother to Jimmy, and the fact that we see the first glimpses of Saul Goodman with him is definitely intentional.

  • @smb9921
    @smb9921 2 года назад +2

    I don’t have the eloquence…
    So, from one human to another (who also had to experience grief a bit much),
    HUG!!

  • @DelectaBit
    @DelectaBit 2 года назад +4

    I think it's also due to the way that the writers handle the topic of death. You really can feel the characters presence and how it affects everyone around them when they're gone. In a sense the dead characters live on through the other characters grieving over them. The topic of grief isn't one I see explored thoroughly in media often but these writers are so good at nailing it.

  • @gabriel_adahm
    @gabriel_adahm 2 года назад +1

    You are not alone feeling like this.

  • @jeremymunoz1955
    @jeremymunoz1955 2 года назад +3

    Fkn amazing video m8. Art can be a medium through which we may be able to feel and process real life events. Death in a controlled space where we may be able to feel it but not have it affect us personally is just the spark we need to go through the stages of grief

  • @kameronmcconnell8742
    @kameronmcconnell8742 2 года назад +2

    Made some great points I haven't heard any other youtuber make. I subscribed, you deserve more subs. Looking forward to your next video.

  • @konakonakonakonakona
    @konakonakonakonakona 2 года назад +2

    What an excellent video. Absolutely incredible truly.

  • @darthplagueisthewise6228
    @darthplagueisthewise6228 2 года назад +8

    Before the episode Aired I actually wanted Howard to get what he deserved, I really didn’t like his character and thought of him as a villain just like Chuck. But after Howard got shot I felt kind of empty inside more so with the funeral. I felt miserable at the funeral showing all his friends writing it off and felling sad but accepted the fact that his death made sense. All except his wife who was just labeled as just blaming and mourning. I now feel guilty I wanted justice not death.😞

    • @wyattjoseph
      @wyattjoseph  2 года назад +1

      Even then I thought Jimmy and Kim's plot was too harsh, but yeah

  • @Frongo
    @Frongo 3 месяца назад +1

    3:22 i'd seen howard's fate in isolation a handful of times, as well as the Lalo x Howard meme ship, before i even made it that far into BCS. when i finally saw it as intended, it made my jaw drop. i rewatched it more in isolation. when i rewatched the whole episode, i was still shook. same thing in regards to hank's fate.

  • @canonisuncrashable6258
    @canonisuncrashable6258 2 года назад +5

    Mad respect for opening up like this. You earned my subscription keep it up, King.

  • @sore6654
    @sore6654 2 года назад +2

    Holy shit. Incredible video. You made me sob.

  • @reflection95
    @reflection95 2 года назад +7

    Beautiful video, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Something I struggle with a lot when it comes to observing memes and internet trends-and, frankly, something I think a lot about in life in general-is that you can't draw conclusions about the totality of a person's psyche based on any single thing they say or do. For example, the fact that someone makes a meme or a joke about something COULD indicate that they're not willing to think deeply about it and take it seriously, but it doesn't HAVE to indicate that, and there's often no way to tell based on the joke or meme itself. So I think you're totally right that there is a trend of people shunning sincerity and vulnerability in favor of irony, but I also try to remember that other people are just as three-dimensional as I am, and if I'm capable of laughing hysterically at the Walt-falling-to-the-ground gif in some contexts while also thinking that the actual scene is heart-wrenching and painfully poignant, then I shouldn't assume that someone else is shallow and irony-poisoned just because they made a joke out of a serious moment. They MIGHT be shallow and irony-poisoned, don't get me wrong, but they also might not be. I guess I think it's up to every individual to strike a balance between having a sense of humor and being able to take things seriously, and while I sometimes see internet content that cause me to suspect that someone doesn't have the healthiest balance, I try not to jump to conclusions. One major exception is if someone derails a serious conversation in favor of memes and irony. (EDIT: By "derail," I don't mean simply making a joke to inject a bit of levity into the conversation. I mean making making a joke in a way that deliberately mocks people who ARE trying to take the conversation seriously.) For example, if someone left an ironic meme comment on this video, I wouldn't have any qualms declaring that, yeah, their balance is wayyy off.
    To be clear, I don't think anything I've written in this comment contradicts anything you said. This is more of a reflection than a response.

    • @wyattjoseph
      @wyattjoseph  2 года назад +1

      That's a great point! We're all human beings made up of complex and often contradictory parts. Still an odd phenomenon, but you are absolutely right that those feelings can coexist.

  • @thatguyfromak5190
    @thatguyfromak5190 2 года назад +2

    I was gonna put my ten cents about meme culture out but I realized that with how personal you got it would be a moot point. You’re one of the most open video essayists I have ever come across, and hearing your experiences remind me of some of my own. Stay well and thank you for putting this out.

  • @HeyJudie
    @HeyJudie 2 года назад +2

    A Better Call Saul video with Disco Elysium music in the background? Oh boy oh boy!

  • @badpiggy2403
    @badpiggy2403 2 года назад +2

    I’m so sorry for all your losses

  • @batmansdragon8820
    @batmansdragon8820 2 года назад +1

    Wowwwww. This is kind of exactly the video I have been hoping to find since that tragic TV moment. Well done.👏

  • @yourboybrad
    @yourboybrad 2 года назад +2

    Hahaha was not expecting to see my meme at 1:17, but alas I spotted that watermark on the left. Fantastic video man!!!

    • @wyattjoseph
      @wyattjoseph  2 года назад +2

      Haha, small world. That's my favorite of the bunch

  • @dennysibers4928
    @dennysibers4928 2 года назад +2

    Breaking bad being memed on
    Me:Damn,good show
    Chuck:what sick joke ahhhhh

  • @InTheInterestOfTime
    @InTheInterestOfTime 2 года назад +1

    Disco Elysium music fits perfectly here. "This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive." - Volition :)

  • @Blorp_
    @Blorp_ 2 года назад +1

    Bro fr went "babe let's watch breaking bad again"

  • @plasticZarathustra
    @plasticZarathustra 2 года назад +1

    love the neon white and disco elysium music playing in the back loll

  • @gavinzlatar4914
    @gavinzlatar4914 2 года назад +12

    Absolutely brilliant video essay. I think it speaks to how genuine Vince and his writing team are when deaths of characters in the two shows can be taken and elicit a wide variety of human emotion from a viewer, and even if sometimes it’s ironic meme humor, for me at least it doesn’t take away from the experience.

  • @johnwerner69
    @johnwerner69 2 года назад +1

    the memes are working as a coping mechanism for how dark breaking bad ends

  • @superman1875
    @superman1875 2 года назад +3

    Amazing video! I agree, I enjoy the memes myself, mostly picture ones, but I don’t want to rewatch the episodes and not feel that same emotion I felt when I first watched. Howards death was so tragic and it was shocking.

  • @danielw.2554
    @danielw.2554 2 года назад +3

    WOW. you talked about art and made art yourself ❤

  • @xeni_ag
    @xeni_ag 2 года назад +6

    I wanted to say thank you for your sharing your thoughts, they were not trivial at all! Actually the genuinity of them was inspiring ✨ Powerful essay~

  • @seppie3555
    @seppie3555 2 года назад +1

    You probably know this but the song used at the very beginning of the video was also in the scene in Breaking Bad where Jesse is go karting by himself

    • @wyattjoseph
      @wyattjoseph  2 года назад +2

      Yep! That's why I thought to use it :) I knew I wanted to have the opening set to a heavy, repetitive beat and it was originally "Measurehead" from Disco Elysium before I remembered the Fever Ray song.

  • @MichaelChiklisCares
    @MichaelChiklisCares 2 года назад +1

    Howard death got me really depressed, before his death I was expecting that he makes to Breaking Bad timeline.

  • @ElephantsDoingCrack
    @ElephantsDoingCrack 2 года назад +3

    Recently I know what it was like to feel loss (at least two years ago anyways). I can't imagine what it may feel like for you about your loss. It's something that isn't easy to get over. Sometimes they may be big or small loses (as mean as that may sound). We can be gone from this world just like that. One day you're fine and everything in the world feels normal, the next day there is nothing and the world gets a little bit more darker. This video was really deep man, I wasn't expecting it to be as personal as it was. For some reason, I still remember my reaction to Howard's death. Believe me when I thought he wasn't going to die. I didn't see the episode name and I didn't think about the lead up until last minute. It's not like with Nacho's death where he got this big final speech before his suicide. For Howard it happens so fast that you don't have time to think. It was one of the only times in the show where I screamed in shock. Howard was a great character and I will never forget his death.
    Take great care of yourself man!

  • @strongkirby9231
    @strongkirby9231 2 года назад +2

    What a great video!!! this defintely deserves more attention.

  • @dutty1549
    @dutty1549 2 года назад +4

    Great analysis. Really hard hitting and true-to-life content built around an analysis of one of the best tragedies in modern TV.
    Also appreciate it immensely you're a Disco Elysium fan. As Harry Du Bois adopts a blank slate persona to cope with emotional pain after an alcoholic blackout rage, Jimmy embraces Saul Goodman after of his loss.

  • @HauntFormer
    @HauntFormer 5 месяцев назад +1

    Deeply sorry for your losses- excellent video, too

  • @LAGRANCAGUAMA
    @LAGRANCAGUAMA 2 года назад +1

    i think one of the most personal honest videos

  • @rajattalwani
    @rajattalwani 2 года назад +3

    This was handsdown thes best BCS/BrBa video essay i have seen on the internet. I wish you all the strength in the world to cope with your loss and may you emerge as a better human being on the other side ......

  • @cinderluna
    @cinderluna 2 года назад +1

    I get what you feel
    Its not strange to grieve through media
    Im sorry for your loss
    Howard was a fantastic character that reminds a lot of us of someone we might know
    Fabian is a fantastic actor and dude

  • @jettisonantics
    @jettisonantics 2 года назад +1

    The whirling in rags music gave me a sucker punch to the gut. Thanks.

  • @cellokid5104
    @cellokid5104 2 года назад +1

    This video is a Rollercoaster of emotions

  • @naydra_6169
    @naydra_6169 2 года назад +1

    it was so haunting for me to come back to the show after a month of waiting and seeing mike use jimmy and kims story to cover up his death. it adds so much to the beginning episodes of season 6. jimmy and kim see it as a fun prank to play on a guy who has it all, like theyre the underdogs. but this "prank" is twisted into a cover that paints howard as something he isnt and thats what his friends and family will forever see him as. they permanently ruined howard and caused so much turmoil for his loved ones. for fun, and a way to get some quick money they would have gotten anyway. originally i didnt fully understand why kim left jimmy after this but jesus christ now i do, living with this would be so hard for her especially

  • @cringeysammy1551
    @cringeysammy1551 2 года назад +13

    how do you only have 63 subscribers… for a small channel this is a beautiful video essay. Not only is the commentary well crafted, but the video accompaniment made me laugh and kept me entertained. Please keep making content. The future will treat this channel well.

  • @mayalandsberg1044
    @mayalandsberg1044 2 года назад +1

    I'm glad we all felt the same way about Howard's death, i thought i was going a little crazy

  • @alex-wh2hu
    @alex-wh2hu 2 года назад +1

    off topic but as soon as the disco elysium music started playing i got whiplash

  • @patflann29
    @patflann29 2 года назад +1

    I usually would never say something like this on something as open and shut to me as a RUclips video that randomly showed up by chance. I truly understand what you said here and I applaud you for saying this is how you feel. Life is hard, and these pieces of fiction are supposed to make that life easier but often times it doesn’t feel that way. I’m genuinely sad that this coming Monday will be the last time I probably ever see these characters. This video says words I’ve only ever thought about but never said out loud. God bless and stay strong friend

  • @robbiecervantes8990
    @robbiecervantes8990 2 года назад +2

    Excellent video.

  • @dumcatgaming
    @dumcatgaming 2 года назад +1

    bro playing glass ocean just threw me tf off

  • @thefearofg0ds758
    @thefearofg0ds758 2 года назад +1

    everything he said about Howard is how I felt about Nacho's death. I legit needed....time. I keep telling myself it's a fictional character but...that death hit me the hardest I've felt in a while. The only one that hit me hard like that(if you can count it) was Rick's fake out in The Walking Dead in his final appearance.

  • @aaronmcguire7236
    @aaronmcguire7236 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for putting this video out there man I can seriously relate to everything your saying here. I dealt with many deaths in my family over the past three years and nothing can prepare you for it. I think Peter and Vince have done an excellent job In portraying death in such a shocking, serious and realistic manner within BCS and I do believe Howard's death is one that will stick with me no matter how many memes come of it there will always be the same feeling I had watching it the first time

  • @PAT0LUZ
    @PAT0LUZ 2 года назад +1

    great video! loved what you did at 5:53
    thanks for the disco elysium music
    also stay strong bro

  • @neverknowsbest4819
    @neverknowsbest4819 2 года назад +1

    I was spoiled of Howie's death. Even then, the tension building up was brutal and just seeing the man so disrespected, just left there on the floor and then buried with his killer... He was so supportive and he took so much of the blame from Chucks death even if it wasn't his fault... I was already hating Saul and Kim after seeing them getting off ruining Howard's life, they were the culprits. I hate them

  • @popcornastoria
    @popcornastoria 2 года назад +2

    Opening with Fever Ray "If I Had A Heart" ??? holy shit it's been 8 seconds and I'm already hooked, this is gonna be amazing.
    EDIT: whew. i was right. i think i'm going to be thinking about and reflecting on this video for the rest of today, and maybe writing out some of my thoughts if i get a chance. if nothing else, thank you for this, for being vulnerable, for being UNAPOLOGETICALLY messy, and in a way where you didn't dismiss or devalue or invalidate the things you had to say. beyond any discussion of popular media, that's really powerful, and resonates a lot with people in a way i think can be very healing. all the best to you, dude.
    (as a funny aside, asking everyone: does my icon affect how you read this comment? LOL)

  • @incementi
    @incementi 2 года назад +2

    What a brilliant video!

  • @mr.positive5358
    @mr.positive5358 2 года назад +2

    you are very underated my dude!