Thank you everyone who watched and enjoyed the video! I really appreciate all of the feedback and it’s kinda wild to see how many people ended up watching the show BECAUSE of the memes. I never expected that. 🚨 Also, for those of you who have NOT finished the show yet, there are SPOILERS in this comment section. Proceed at your own discretion 🚨 Thanks again 🙏🏻
As someone who watched it AFTER the memes became popular, i gotta say that absolutely DIDN'T ruin it, its still a masterpiece and its virtually impossible to change that
Same here. It was on TV when I was in middle school, but I never watched it. As an adult, it was impossible to escape the memes, so that convinced me to watch it
I will not lie that when I saw the scene with walt looking horrified and falling down to cry I laughed so much due to having seen so many memes about it that it became unserious to me. However that doesn't make the moment any less impactful to me, I still felt distraught after Hank's death.
It took me a while to take Hank’s character seriously at first because of the “sussy baka” video, but Dean Norris’s performance didn’t take too long to sell me in.
Now that you mention it I skipped Breaking Bad the entire time the BB memes were going on, but finally when the 3D Saul became a meme, I looked it up and got into Breaking Bad. Now I've literally just finished it
I remember last year people on twitter posting 3D saul and Kid named finger memes literally everywhere. I just took them as an off context meme, but a month ago, i decided to start watching some good show or so, and I chose BB. No surprise , I completed it in a week, and i was spoiler free as well. Now i myself meme about it
Yeah same. The memes almost turned me away from the show because of how much they were overdone at one point, but now it's in my top 5 series of all time
I was a senior in HS when the finale came out. I remember the Friday before it came out everybody was dressing up as breaking bad characters and wearing merchandise from the show. The best part was how we didn’t discuss it as a school, everybody just did it like we telepathically agreed to do it. This wasn’t just a show for us, this was an event and one of my favorite memories from HS
Same age here as well and then my job moved me to Albuquerque the next summer. I saw Bob Odenkirk when they were filming better call Saul. It was surreal
I'm going through Breaking Bad for the first time myself. I just finished season 4, and I'll say the tension is just fine even with all the meme knowledge
I watched it for the first time last year and I gotta be honest, me and my friend did laugh really fucking hard at the Walter collapsing scene during Ozymandias lmao.
It’s honestly a testament on how good it is that younger generations are keeping it relevant in their own unique way. I remember the first time I saw something like this was the “breaking good” video where someone did voices over screenshots of Discord, and I thought that was funny and nice to see a Breaking Bad meme. Little did I know that was the beginning of an avalanche of memes lmao
Dont forget that Breaking Bad isn't just a straight drama. At its core it's a dark comedy, even the darkest episodes you'll be laughing a few times. That only enhances the drama though because it opens up a larger range of emotions to work from. This is something a lot of shows don't seem to understand.
dont forget that most, if not all, of them funny moments stemmed from the character behaving true and consistent to their personalities/characterization.
@@zumabbar which is extremely hard to pull off successfully especially in such a realistic drama setting. I can't think of any other show that can do it without fail while staying true to the theme of the episode and show
@@zumabbar how does heisenbones fit into this theory of yours? "wow jesse, you really boned this one!"? i dont think their comedic style was subtle at all to be frank
As a person watched breaking bad after the memes. The show was perfect and the drama was so intense. It was really a weird experience to saw scenes that once make me laugh in memes, now make me wanna cry and breaking my heart really bad.
i honestly laughed at the shot of Walt falling as he cries after Hank's death because of the memes, the memes ruined for me such a heartbreaking and iconic scene
Agreed. The Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul world is popular because it tells a incredibly powerful story about many things: mainly how the 'ends' don't justify the 'means' and trying to justify our bad actions to ourselves.
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul also have a terrific sense of humor about them that feel completely in line with the show. That it can be so funny without undermining the drama and character work of the show is only one of the incredible feats of writing in Breaking Bad
When I was watching BB for the first time recently, I kinda described it to my friends who already have as like “meme checkpoints” as a way to gauge how far I was in. But the further I got in, the less I started to care about the funny moments and the more I got wrapped up in the drama. I thought I’d laugh when I got to Ozymandias (best episode imo), but I was on the verge of tears when I actually did.
Everything good becomes a meme, honestly. It's become a way to show love for a series. Spongebob, GTA San Andreas, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, etc, etc. Most of what made my childhood great became memes as social medias started popping up and getting more popular, RUclips especially.
I can definitely say, when I saw Walt react to Hank's death, the memes had not effect on me. Still a striking moment. Felt the world was crumbling around me, it was great.
It was hard for me to watch that scene because i had already seen it as a meme, and so, the more i watched the series, the more i liked hank, and the more i was nervous to get to that episode
I couldn’t escape the breaking bad memes that have been swarming the internet in the past year, so I finally caved and watched it and I am absolutely obsessed. It didn’t take the tension away for me, and after I told my grandfather about it, he watched it and finished both breaking bad and better call Saul within a month! We never really talked before, but now we have a much greater connection all because of the trend.
Honestly these memes made me dicover breaking bad, so for people like me its done a benefit of telling a still amazing story. Edit: Figured I’d put my reply here to those confused by my wording. Being born in the early 2000s it’s not like we were able to watch it when it aired on television, as most parents wouldn’t let 6-10 year olds watch it. I think all of us knew about breaking bad, but watching it and getting interested in the show took initiative. I see a few people apparently peeved in the comments by it and it’s pretty funny how gatekeepey others can be.
0:51 - dude... Breaking Bad was saved by Netflix. People were binging it and loving the show. It was on a niche cable network with a very dark and gritty subject. It wasn't until Netflix picked up the show that it really started picking up numbers and showing AMC it was worth keeping around.
@@TrueSpider-Manyou are the one that let it do that, no one else. the show is amazing too bad u dont understand that cause u let some jokes ruin it for u
You know the show is truly great when you dont even think about the memes while watching. The last couple episodes are still extremely tense, sad, and jaw dropping even with all the memes, like Walter's reaction to Hank's death.
I literally shit myself at 8:03 cause that's literally the day I was born before realising it was a "Wii" joke. Now I know I'm a singular day older than the Wii (It's realesedate that is)
As someone who hadn't seen Breaking Bad until recently but had seen thousands of memes I can say it does not undercut the show. You get so caught up in the tension of the show that a lot of the times you don't even realize a meme scene has happened.
To me I discovered Breaking Bad in early to late 2019 where I developed a leg problem that kept me from walking for three months, heard it was a good show so I watched it. Was blown away by how good it was. And I happened to notice that this show got infinitely more popular after covid hit, makes me think like me, alot of people discovered it due to being isolated.
7:41 The meme spoiled the scene for me. It doesn't have to show why Walt is devastated when I'm in the last episode and the meme hasn't still happened.
In the meme context, they're really funny. But in the context of watching the show, I can tell that they're extremely effective as truly dramatic moments, as someone who has watched the show pretty recently. P.S. The edit you did near the end broke me in half from laughter
The scene of Jesse in the car struggling and yelling after todd shot Andrea was one of the saddest most striking moments and probably some of the best acting I’ve ever seen and I had saw a meme of it so I realized that it was a meme at the time but still it didn’t change anything that scene was as powerful as it would have been if I had not seen the meme
9:36 I actually laughed out loud. I expected a meme but not this. I love this kind of random shitposts fr my favorite type of humor right after breaking bad Minecraft memes. On another note, great video! I think you hit the nail right on the head (or whatever the saying goes)
I started watching BB after the meme of walter white falls to the ground crying passed so many times in my timeline... i enjoyed seasons after seasons inticipating walter to be wearing the infamous white jacket at the dessert location only to find out it was featured on the near last episodes. It still got me in the feelings cuz i was too invested in the tension n suspense until the last second after walter falls to the ground crying did i realize, "heyyy, that's the meme!!" then proceeds to cry
As someone who started watching at least partially due to the memes, the show was still amazing and the tension was still there. Yeah during the more meme heavy scenes I was like "Hey I know that" but it didn't really take me out of it.
Just this video alone you deserve so much recognition I was thinking I was watching a well known channel and went to your channel to watch more videos and saw you only have 2k subs and in the video 9:45 it shows you only had 144 while making this video. You are going to make it far on RUclips this was an excellent video
Ι have notice we create memes out of appreciation for something. Remember when Infinity War/End Game was on theaters? Every meme was using scenes from these movies as templates. Nowadays, when something is outstanding, like breaking bad or the Avengers Movies (not good movie-wise but made ppl go beserk over them), or they realised The Incredibles movie exists, they make memes. And I am on-board with that.
As someone younger than Breaking Bad itself, these memes made me discover Breaking Bad and the amazing story Vince Gilligan has crafted. Also, your channel is amazing, how come you only have 190 subs?
I’m glad you found Breaking Bad because of the memes! And thank you very much! I just started making video essays so I’m hoping I’ll be able to grow the channel more with them. I appreciate your support 🙏🏻
I see youtube recommending me a lot more small channels than before. Maybe the algorithm has shifted to show unwatched or less watched videos more but it has definitly changed, which is a big plus for channels like yours!
You are completely right at 7:47 - I've watched this show four times with the latter two being after this whole meme explosion. I was completely aware of all these infamous scenes and their meme use and yet I was so drawn in by the storyline, I turned blind to the memes created by others and even myself to take any notice. Breaking Bad is just levels above.
Honestly I actually knew what Breaking Bad was before it became a meme. Ever since these memes, it made me come to my first rewatch of the show (currently on Season 5).
I can confidently say, it was the whole intrigue of what exactly these posts were meming on that got me to finally watch the show. And no, none of them ruined the experience. In fact, it had a sort of progression of "haha oh my gosh she said the funny Skylar White line" into "oh sweet jesus that's what they were talking about." And now, im sort of in on the joke, while also understanding these moments (many of them at least) are very very heavy and integral moments, but above that, are absolutely iconic, which is also why i think they've had such stay power in online comedy. Anyway good show go watch
I ended up learning about Breaking Bad and watching it because of memes, and I can safely say it doesn't ruin the tension or emotion in the scenes. I did unfortunately get some of the biggest moments of the show spoiled but it was still one hell of a ride. I teared up quite a few times throughout the show.
The memes got me to watch the show in the first place, so they do have a level of positive impact. I think the only moment that really felt like the tension was hurt by memes was the phone call in Ozymandias, when Walt ends the call with “Let that sink in”
As someone who watched BB for the first time 8 years ago, and habitually would rewatch it every time I tattooed myself, the recent memes CRACK ME THE HELL UP.
I think the memes make me find very intense dramatic scenes in shows i’ve never watched and make them funny but also engaging to also find out the backstory to the scene. Therefore, it brings more viewers
7:52 a great way of framing it , is like how revenge of the sith has become memed. Like the child dicer or any other great meme from that , they enhance the original I my opinion. Every time you rewatch it you'll get a laugh , cause ultimately you'll remember every funny meme you've seen from that moment
I watched breaking bad for the first time last june through august and it didn’t ruin the seriousness of the show and characters It honestly improved my overall experience, my heart lit up with joy when I got to the episodes with the memes in it, but that same heart mourned as the show darkened in tone
These memes made me think what if Breaking Bad was a comedy show, imagine Walt happily offers to Jesse says "Hey my partner, it's time to cook!" *Adds laugh track*
the memes helped me finally convince my best friend to start watching breaking bad after years of telling them how good it was and now they’re a HUGE fan 🙏🏽
I never watched breaking bad until like a month ago i started knowing about it thanks to meme (with no context of the scenes) i can confirm that no, the memes don't ruin the tension at all when i watch the show i forgor about the memes cause im captivated by this amazing show
I love how there are two different types of breaking bad memes: Random gibberish that make no sense And the genuinely well made jokes that make me laugh every time
The way you analyzed the difference between the way Breaking Bad was meme'd in 2013 vs now really made me think about how, if memes can be considered art, the people alive during certain art periods might have understood and or were entertained by the art without really being able to explain it. The explaining and analyzing being left to art professors of the time or art historians. The way we look at art periods like Impressionism for example might capture what made the art period special to the people of the time but maybe those people wouldn't have been able to examine their current art in the same way...
As someone who watches the show at least once a year I can say that these memes are a welcome. They don’t give anything away. They still have that dark impact 10 years later.
I just binged BrBa and Saul over the winter and I can say the memes have not hurt the show. The tense moments they pull from. Are still tense because so much has built up to it that you really dont even think about the meme reference you've seen 200 times.
It’s really nice to see people actually start to analyzing this type of internet content, because it became like a form of art expression in modern days
I’m on my second watch through of this series, and I’ve got to say. After watching it being 16 yrs old, and then watching it at 24, the pure dense emotion of this series is raw and rather deep. Some of the times, I refer back to the memes after watching said scene to give me some light hearted vibes because the show can be so bleak and the emotions so intense! Great video!
As someone who rewatches Breaking Bad yearly, I have to say, the show's darker momments never "ruined" by the memes they're portrayed as because the writing is just that fucking good! Even in Ozymandias (at the you know what) scene, i didn't even think of the meme until after I had finished it. Though, i have to say that the Breaking Bad fandom reached JoJo levels of repetition with people always quoting/ using the same 3 scenes for every punchline.
This hurts, not much, but it hurts. My friend went to see Breaking Bad and laughed at Walter's face in Ozymandias, in the iconic scene where he falls to his knee
the memes never really bothered me, they just gave me a new way to enjoy the same scenes i've watched so many times. when i'm actually watching the show, i'm able to ignore them, but when i'm on the internet, i can enjoy them without reducing my enjoyment of the show
I actually don’t like that it became a meme, it makes an amazing heartbreaking show feel silly on rewatches. Especially parts like Hanks death and the crawspace scene, it’s hard to not hear the funny sound effects and vine booms in my head.
@@ryan-jamison I just did a complete rewatch of BB and BCS and the memes have not ruined or even dampened the shows tension. The only moment Kinda ruined is the bus scene in BCS but that was already a goofy meme scene
I disagree, tbh. Crawlspace and Ozymandias hits the same as before the memes exist. This is coming from a guy who watched Breaking Bad at least 9 times, btw!
1:30 as a former H user, you don't hit the vein at that angle, you would hit into your dang muscle or a nerve or something. You go shallow about 30-45 degrees, depending on where the vein is and how deep it is. The reason you use the crux of your arm when you are starting out is because you are not experienced yet to find ones you cannot see, and it is easily visible, which means you can hit it by barely poking it into your arm (but if you do it long enough you will lose those big veins and have to resort to other areas). You can go about 15+ years if you are constantly wearing out your veins all over your body, but eventually you will run out of good spots or have to rotate.
Breaking bad and better call saul are my two favorite tv shows and the memes are just funny supplementary material that doesn't take away any of the shows dramatic impact
7:23 as someone who watched breaking bad BECAUSE of the memes, it adds extra feeling to the show, mostly out of moments like "haha he did the thing" but it doesnt undermine the emotion of the show at all. For example, when me and my boyfriend watched THE ozymandius scene and walter did THE thing, i let out a meek ".. he did the gif" but i was still on the verge of tears from the tension.
The funniest part of the Saul Goodman face meme is that it is not in the show. I thought that it was the intro sequence at first. But it's not. It's just an gif of a camera zooming in and out of a 3D render of Saul's face with the theme blaring in the background
as someone who watched breaking bad AFTER all the memes, it completely ruined all the serious moments for me 😭 the scene where skyler is like “please, please just hear me out” i legit had to turn off netflix i was cracking up so hard
I love the meme where walt is in the car and hank is on his knees with a gun to his head. And the caption is "My baby in the car crying because its 107 degrees outside the car'
Dude absolutely incredible video. Get ready for your life to change! Remember, they don't all have to be amazing. Post a great video for every three mediocre ones. Can't wait!
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Thank you everyone who watched and enjoyed the video! I really appreciate all of the feedback and it’s kinda wild to see how many people ended up watching the show BECAUSE of the memes. I never expected that.
🚨 Also, for those of you who have NOT finished the show yet, there are SPOILERS in this comment section. Proceed at your own discretion 🚨
Thanks again 🙏🏻
it is a really good video though
Same here🍷🤌🏼🗿
our society is weird
do you want me to time travel and fix this problem or no?
you know what imma leave it cause i don’t wanna alter our lives
@@stanleybochenek1862 what?
A lot of the memes originate from the okaybuddychicanery subreddit
As someone who watched it AFTER the memes became popular, i gotta say that absolutely DIDN'T ruin it, its still a masterpiece and its virtually impossible to change that
Same here
Same here. It was on TV when I was in middle school, but I never watched it. As an adult, it was impossible to escape the memes, so that convinced me to watch it
same, just finished it. Imma recommend it to everyone
I will not lie that when I saw the scene with walt looking horrified and falling down to cry I laughed so much due to having seen so many memes about it that it became unserious to me. However that doesn't make the moment any less impactful to me, I still felt distraught after Hank's death.
It took me a while to take Hank’s character seriously at first because of the “sussy baka” video, but Dean Norris’s performance didn’t take too long to sell me in.
As an aspiring writer and director, I dream of making something that even comes close to being as good as Breaking Bad, this show is seriously iconic
You can do it, I believe in you!
Don't make something as close as Breaking Bad. Make something even better than it.
@@JJ4955-n6d physically impossible
@@Alyumic breaks the second law of thermodynamics
damn, good luck man
I like how a single moving 3D Saul Goodman got me into Breaking Bad
Now that you mention it I skipped Breaking Bad the entire time the BB memes were going on, but finally when the 3D Saul became a meme, I looked it up and got into Breaking Bad. Now I've literally just finished it
I remember last year people on twitter posting 3D saul and Kid named finger memes literally everywhere. I just took them as an off context meme, but a month ago, i decided to start watching some good show or so, and I chose BB. No surprise , I completed it in a week, and i was spoiler free as well. Now i myself meme about it
Same, watching BB and BCS because of that. And I thought that meme was the intro of BCS lmao
Yeah same. The memes almost turned me away from the show because of how much they were overdone at one point, but now it's in my top 5 series of all time
That's my story too. I saw better call Saul first and breaking bad next.
I was a senior in HS when the finale came out. I remember the Friday before it came out everybody was dressing up as breaking bad characters and wearing merchandise from the show. The best part was how we didn’t discuss it as a school, everybody just did it like we telepathically agreed to do it. This wasn’t just a show for us, this was an event and one of my favorite memories from HS
When i watched the finale back in 2013, I felt such happiness
You didn’t live in New Mexico did you??
Man same. Same age as you. I even brought some blue meth to school
Same age here as well and then my job moved me to Albuquerque the next summer. I saw Bob Odenkirk when they were filming better call Saul. It was surreal
Lmao,I was in elementary at that time.
I'm going through Breaking Bad for the first time myself. I just finished season 4, and I'll say the tension is just fine even with all the meme knowledge
i watched the series in a quick succession and the meme scenes always appeared out of nowhere so it was still unexpected
I just finished it today and was spoiled on most of it but it was still amazing
@@flipped557 same here. i finished it a few months ago but i knew VERY massive spoilers going in, yet it was still phenomenal.
I watched it for the first time last year and I gotta be honest, me and my friend did laugh really fucking hard at the Walter collapsing scene during Ozymandias lmao.
Can't wait for you to meet Mr lambert and Lalo Salamanca (in better call Saul)
It’s honestly a testament on how good it is that younger generations are keeping it relevant in their own unique way. I remember the first time I saw something like this was the “breaking good” video where someone did voices over screenshots of Discord, and I thought that was funny and nice to see a Breaking Bad meme. Little did I know that was the beginning of an avalanche of memes lmao
BREAKING GOOD was a masterpiece.
@jixaw
JESSE WHERE'S THE COCAINER
in my nose mr whiter
my friends and i said cocainer at least 5 times a day for like a month when that first came out
What do you mean the methé is up his nose?
Dont forget that Breaking Bad isn't just a straight drama. At its core it's a dark comedy, even the darkest episodes you'll be laughing a few times. That only enhances the drama though because it opens up a larger range of emotions to work from. This is something a lot of shows don't seem to understand.
dont forget that most, if not all, of them funny moments stemmed from the character behaving true and consistent to their personalities/characterization.
@@zumabbar which is extremely hard to pull off successfully especially in such a realistic drama setting. I can't think of any other show that can do it without fail while staying true to the theme of the episode and show
Succession is another show that balance’s the two masterfully
@@zumabbar how does heisenbones fit into this theory of yours? "wow jesse, you really boned this one!"? i dont think their comedic style was subtle at all to be frank
@@NorthSudan it's a callback to the pilot line when Jesse and Walt first met again to cook meth. "Wanna bone?"
As a person watched breaking bad after the memes. The show was perfect and the drama was so intense. It was really a weird experience to saw scenes that once make me laugh in memes, now make me wanna cry and breaking my heart really bad.
Your heart was breaking.. bad.
i honestly laughed at the shot of Walt falling as he cries after Hank's death because of the memes, the memes ruined for me such a heartbreaking and iconic scene
@@santi_8453Wow the spoiler ☹️
it's like with the simpsons, where the memes make the show even better. (Seasons 3-8 at least. we don't talk about post-season 9 simpsons)
@rakusheruwhy watch this video then???
In one year, the Breaking Bad universe turned from a single meme to a part of my life.
Same
Same.
Agreed. The Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul world is popular because it tells a incredibly powerful story about many things: mainly how the 'ends' don't justify the 'means' and trying to justify our bad actions to ourselves.
Same except I actually got diagnosed with cancer 😭
@@butcherbabys Geez…
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul also have a terrific sense of humor about them that feel completely in line with the show. That it can be so funny without undermining the drama and character work of the show is only one of the incredible feats of writing in Breaking Bad
When I was watching BB for the first time recently, I kinda described it to my friends who already have as like “meme checkpoints” as a way to gauge how far I was in. But the further I got in, the less I started to care about the funny moments and the more I got wrapped up in the drama. I thought I’d laugh when I got to Ozymandias (best episode imo), but I was on the verge of tears when I actually did.
Fr, I love the memes but when the storyline encapsulates you as much as it does, they are forgotten about
It's funny how different people react to it lmao. I bursted out laughing when I got to the Ozymandias.
Walter falling over isn't as funny when you put context behind it
@@BroheemBroseph-iy9nl I just imagined it sped up and couldn't take it seriously lmao
Was watching this with my girlfriend. When we got to that part she goes, "I want to laugh.. but that's horrible!!!"
Everything good becomes a meme, honestly. It's become a way to show love for a series. Spongebob, GTA San Andreas, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, etc, etc. Most of what made my childhood great became memes as social medias started popping up and getting more popular, RUclips especially.
I can definitely say, when I saw Walt react to Hank's death, the memes had not effect on me. Still a striking moment. Felt the world was crumbling around me, it was great.
The memes did and I hated it
I thought Hank was going to be resurrected so I felt nothing
@@ashland6562 same, it somehow just made that scene even more dreadful to watch
In my case I was like "oh, here's the meme, moving on"
It was hard for me to watch that scene because i had already seen it as a meme, and so, the more i watched the series, the more i liked hank, and the more i was nervous to get to that episode
I couldn’t escape the breaking bad memes that have been swarming the internet in the past year, so I finally caved and watched it and I am absolutely obsessed. It didn’t take the tension away for me, and after I told my grandfather about it, he watched it and finished both breaking bad and better call Saul within a month! We never really talked before, but now we have a much greater connection all because of the trend.
Honestly these memes made me dicover breaking bad, so for people like me its done a benefit of telling a still amazing story.
Edit: Figured I’d put my reply here to those confused by my wording.
Being born in the early 2000s it’s not like we were able to watch it when it aired on television, as most parents wouldn’t let 6-10 year olds watch it. I think all of us knew about breaking bad, but watching it and getting interested in the show took initiative. I see a few people apparently peeved in the comments by it and it’s pretty funny how gatekeepey others can be.
Realy , the memes got me in and that is how i found Breaking Bad
same tbh
Same tvh
Same lol
Same here.
I watched the show after the memes, and I still found myself sobbing during the moments that have been memed to death, like Hank's death
Watching Jesse play video games and ride go-carts by himself is the saddest moments in the show.
I didn’t realize my life was so depressing
Not when he gets enslaved or all of his loved ones killed ?
0:51 - dude... Breaking Bad was saved by Netflix. People were binging it and loving the show. It was on a niche cable network with a very dark and gritty subject. It wasn't until Netflix picked up the show that it really started picking up numbers and showing AMC it was worth keeping around.
The relationship was symbiotic. Breaking bad also has a huge contribution in saving Netflix.
The memes don’t ruin the show they make it even more famous
Wrong, they kind of ruined it for me
@@TrueSpider-Man it was only mi opinion! Have you tried Better Call Saul?
@@TrueSpider-Manyou are the one that let it do that, no one else. the show is amazing too bad u dont understand that cause u let some jokes ruin it for u
You know the show is truly great when you dont even think about the memes while watching. The last couple episodes are still extremely tense, sad, and jaw dropping even with all the memes, like Walter's reaction to Hank's death.
I literally shit myself at 8:03 cause that's literally the day I was born before realising it was a "Wii" joke. Now I know I'm a singular day older than the Wii (It's realesedate that is)
Thank you, i was so confused.
Thanks man
As someone who hadn't seen Breaking Bad until recently but had seen thousands of memes I can say it does not undercut the show. You get so caught up in the tension of the show that a lot of the times you don't even realize a meme scene has happened.
To me I discovered Breaking Bad in early to late 2019 where I developed a leg problem that kept me from walking for three months, heard it was a good show so I watched it. Was blown away by how good it was.
And I happened to notice that this show got infinitely more popular after covid hit, makes me think like me, alot of people discovered it due to being isolated.
Im this👌 close from a walt jr joke
7:41
The meme spoiled the scene for me. It doesn't have to show why Walt is devastated when I'm in the last episode and the meme hasn't still happened.
In the meme context, they're really funny. But in the context of watching the show, I can tell that they're extremely effective as truly dramatic moments, as someone who has watched the show pretty recently.
P.S. The edit you did near the end broke me in half from laughter
ye
I literally cried of laughter at that moment
The scene of Jesse in the car struggling and yelling after todd shot Andrea was one of the saddest most striking moments and probably some of the best acting I’ve ever seen and I had saw a meme of it so I realized that it was a meme at the time but still it didn’t change anything that scene was as powerful as it would have been if I had not seen the meme
9:36 I actually laughed out loud. I expected a meme but not this. I love this kind of random shitposts fr my favorite type of humor right after breaking bad Minecraft memes. On another note, great video! I think you hit the nail right on the head (or whatever the saying goes)
Thank you! I’m glad you got a laugh out of it and you enjoyed the video 🙌🏻
Dude, I actually laughed LOUD! my fiance came to see what's going on
I started watching BB after the meme of walter white falls to the ground crying passed so many times in my timeline... i enjoyed seasons after seasons inticipating walter to be wearing the infamous white jacket at the dessert location only to find out it was featured on the near last episodes. It still got me in the feelings cuz i was too invested in the tension n suspense until the last second after walter falls to the ground crying did i realize, "heyyy, that's the meme!!" then proceeds to cry
I was expecting you to have several tens of thousands of subscribers with the quality of this video; keep up the good work man!
Thank you sir! 🙏🏻
5:17 fun fact, that's Bryan Cranston the same guy who plays Walter White if you didn't know.
No way
@@fish_finn he almost didn't get the role of water white because of Playing that role (The show is Malcolm In The Middle)
As someone who started watching at least partially due to the memes, the show was still amazing and the tension was still there. Yeah during the more meme heavy scenes I was like "Hey I know that" but it didn't really take me out of it.
Just this video alone you deserve so much recognition I was thinking I was watching a well known channel and went to your channel to watch more videos and saw you only have 2k subs and in the video 9:45 it shows you only had 144 while making this video. You are going to make it far on RUclips this was an excellent video
Ι have notice we create memes out of appreciation for something. Remember when Infinity War/End Game was on theaters? Every meme was using scenes from these movies as templates. Nowadays, when something is outstanding, like breaking bad or the Avengers Movies (not good movie-wise but made ppl go beserk over them), or they realised The Incredibles movie exists, they make memes. And I am on-board with that.
Frankly surprised this channel doesn’t have at least 100k subs.
The edition is top notch.
9:21 this one got me good. 💀
The whole video felt so well put together to me. Great job!
As someone younger than Breaking Bad itself, these memes made me discover Breaking Bad and the amazing story Vince Gilligan has crafted. Also, your channel is amazing, how come you only have 190 subs?
I’m glad you found Breaking Bad because of the memes! And thank you very much! I just started making video essays so I’m hoping I’ll be able to grow the channel more with them. I appreciate your support 🙏🏻
I see youtube recommending me a lot more small channels than before. Maybe the algorithm has shifted to show unwatched or less watched videos more but it has definitly changed, which is a big plus for channels like yours!
Bro you a kid
@@waltersike yea
@@waltersike Bro you Osama Bin Laden?
Bro made a meme compilation w commentary and explanations
I love it
You are completely right at 7:47 - I've watched this show four times with the latter two being after this whole meme explosion. I was completely aware of all these infamous scenes and their meme use and yet I was so drawn in by the storyline, I turned blind to the memes created by others and even myself to take any notice.
Breaking Bad is just levels above.
6:34 look at me hector
Funniest comment💀
Honestly I actually knew what Breaking Bad was before it became a meme. Ever since these memes, it made me come to my first rewatch of the show (currently on Season 5).
4:45 my god, that's the exact reason i dont watch sitcoms, literally a laugh track every 15 seconds
I just finished my rewatch of the Breaking Bad universe, and no the memes absolutely make the shows better.
I can confidently say, it was the whole intrigue of what exactly these posts were meming on that got me to finally watch the show. And no, none of them ruined the experience. In fact, it had a sort of progression of "haha oh my gosh she said the funny Skylar White line" into "oh sweet jesus that's what they were talking about." And now, im sort of in on the joke, while also understanding these moments (many of them at least) are very very heavy and integral moments, but above that, are absolutely iconic, which is also why i think they've had such stay power in online comedy. Anyway good show go watch
Ok, but how does this affect Lebron’s legacy?
He used blue sky to jump higher
9:10 I’m so fucking ashamed that I laughed at this
This is pure gold
This is some pure math!!!
It's simple Chemistry, actually
A Gold Wristwatch is in the movie “speed”
I ended up learning about Breaking Bad and watching it because of memes, and I can safely say it doesn't ruin the tension or emotion in the scenes. I did unfortunately get some of the biggest moments of the show spoiled but it was still one hell of a ride. I teared up quite a few times throughout the show.
The memes got me to watch the show in the first place, so they do have a level of positive impact. I think the only moment that really felt like the tension was hurt by memes was the phone call in Ozymandias, when Walt ends the call with “Let that sink in”
As someone who watched BB for the first time 8 years ago, and habitually would rewatch it every time I tattooed myself, the recent memes CRACK ME THE HELL UP.
I think the memes make me find very intense dramatic scenes in shows i’ve never watched and make them funny but also engaging to also find out the backstory to the scene. Therefore, it brings more viewers
Well researched video! Very happy that RUclips recommended it. Big up honestly!
Bro I did not expect the last meme, you had me in tears laughing 😂
Ryan: Talks about how breaking bad turned into a meme
Also Ryan: put breaking bad meme every 30 seconds. a
7:52 a great way of framing it , is like how revenge of the sith has become memed. Like the child dicer or any other great meme from that , they enhance the original I my opinion. Every time you rewatch it you'll get a laugh , cause ultimately you'll remember every funny meme you've seen from that moment
You just made a history of memes presentation with just breaking bad, love it.
I watched breaking bad for the first time last june through august and it didn’t ruin the seriousness of the show and characters
It honestly improved my overall experience, my heart lit up with joy when I got to the episodes with the memes in it, but that same heart mourned as the show darkened in tone
I watched the whole thing in a week
These memes made me think what if Breaking Bad was a comedy show, imagine Walt happily offers to Jesse says "Hey my partner, it's time to cook!" *Adds laugh track*
the memes helped me finally convince my best friend to start watching breaking bad after years of telling them how good it was and now they’re a HUGE fan 🙏🏽
The "say my name" part thoo 💀💀💀
I never watched breaking bad until like a month ago
i started knowing about it thanks to meme (with no context of the scenes)
i can confirm that no, the memes don't ruin the tension at all
when i watch the show i forgor about the memes cause im captivated by this amazing show
I love how there are two different types of breaking bad memes:
Random gibberish that make no sense
And the genuinely well made jokes that make me laugh every time
The way you analyzed the difference between the way Breaking Bad was meme'd in 2013 vs now really made me think about how, if memes can be considered art, the people alive during certain art periods might have understood and or were entertained by the art without really being able to explain it. The explaining and analyzing being left to art professors of the time or art historians. The way we look at art periods like Impressionism for example might capture what made the art period special to the people of the time but maybe those people wouldn't have been able to examine their current art in the same way...
I don’t know if I ever would have watched Breaking Bad without seeing all the memes
Same
The internet turns dramas into wholesome jokes and turns children shows into Gore.
The first time I saw Mike watching breaking bad, I stood up and pointed to the tv to say “kid named finger” in excitement
As someone who watches the show at least once a year I can say that these memes are a welcome. They don’t give anything away. They still have that dark impact 10 years later.
I just binged BrBa and Saul over the winter and I can say the memes have not hurt the show. The tense moments they pull from. Are still tense because so much has built up to it that you really dont even think about the meme reference you've seen 200 times.
breaking bad memes are just too funny
9:22 that caught me off guard lol
Awesome Video btw, luckily I wasn't really exposed to a bunch of memes before watching the first time.
9:24 really caught me off guard
As someone who knew this show from memes, I can confirm it doesn't ruin the effect on the dark moments of the show
I love your take on this. This video/perspective opens up hunders of topics. But Nicely done
0:33 waltuh
It’s really nice to see people actually start to analyzing this type of internet content, because it became like a form of art expression in modern days
I recently finished the series for the first time after seeing it be memed all over the internet and I can tell you it still hit very hard
i watched this video, then went on tiktok and the first thing a breaking bad meme, crazy
0:28 came out of nowhere
I’m on my second watch through of this series, and I’ve got to say. After watching it being 16 yrs old, and then watching it at 24, the pure dense emotion of this series is raw and rather deep. Some of the times, I refer back to the memes after watching said scene to give me some light hearted vibes because the show can be so bleak and the emotions so intense! Great video!
As someone who rewatches Breaking Bad yearly, I have to say, the show's darker momments never "ruined" by the memes they're portrayed as because the writing is just that fucking good! Even in Ozymandias (at the you know what) scene, i didn't even think of the meme until after I had finished it. Though, i have to say that the Breaking Bad fandom reached JoJo levels of repetition with people always quoting/ using the same 3 scenes for every punchline.
Says the guy with a JoJo profile picture
@@LuisSierra42 many jojo fans also hating other jojo fans.
This hurts, not much, but it hurts. My friend went to see Breaking Bad and laughed at Walter's face in Ozymandias, in the iconic scene where he falls to his knee
6:47 “i don’t even blame him mans got that grind”
he's not wrong tho
💀
I just realized, Felina can also be an anagram of Finale.
Bravo Vhince
Basically this is a 10 minute essay on why we were born in the right generation
Yeah right 😂 we don’t take nothing serious. WW3 is gonna pop off and twitter is full of memes
Nah.
@@Adrian.R850You're going to be thinking differently 20 years from now
This has truly been one of the RUclips videos of all time. Ravo Bryan!!!
the memes never really bothered me, they just gave me a new way to enjoy the same scenes i've watched so many times. when i'm actually watching the show, i'm able to ignore them, but when i'm on the internet, i can enjoy them without reducing my enjoyment of the show
cool analysis Ryan! you explained a part of my mind I didn't even know existed
I actually don’t like that it became a meme, it makes an amazing heartbreaking show feel silly on rewatches. Especially parts like Hanks death and the crawspace scene, it’s hard to not hear the funny sound effects and vine booms in my head.
That’s a valid stance. I do hope that the next time I watch the series these moments don’t lose their tension. It’s tough to say though.
@@ryan-jamison I just did a complete rewatch of BB and BCS and the memes have not ruined or even dampened the shows tension. The only moment Kinda ruined is the bus scene in BCS but that was already a goofy meme scene
I disagree, tbh. Crawlspace and Ozymandias hits the same as before the memes exist. This is coming from a guy who watched Breaking Bad at least 9 times, btw!
wait hank dies 😭
@@practixal oof, sorry. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. uhh, shit, sorry man.
1:30 as a former H user, you don't hit the vein at that angle, you would hit into your dang muscle or a nerve or something. You go shallow about 30-45 degrees, depending on where the vein is and how deep it is. The reason you use the crux of your arm when you are starting out is because you are not experienced yet to find ones you cannot see, and it is easily visible, which means you can hit it by barely poking it into your arm (but if you do it long enough you will lose those big veins and have to resort to other areas). You can go about 15+ years if you are constantly wearing out your veins all over your body, but eventually you will run out of good spots or have to rotate.
Breaking bad and better call saul are my two favorite tv shows and the memes are just funny supplementary material that doesn't take away any of the shows dramatic impact
Honestly, I had no idea Breaking Bad existed until all of these memes started popping up. I loved the vid btw.
7:23 as someone who watched breaking bad BECAUSE of the memes, it adds extra feeling to the show, mostly out of moments like "haha he did the thing" but it doesnt undermine the emotion of the show at all. For example, when me and my boyfriend watched THE ozymandius scene and walter did THE thing, i let out a meek ".. he did the gif" but i was still on the verge of tears from the tension.
Video answers its own question 00:10
The funniest part of the Saul Goodman face meme is that it is not in the show. I thought that it was the intro sequence at first. But it's not. It's just an gif of a camera zooming in and out of a 3D render of Saul's face with the theme blaring in the background
as someone who watched breaking bad AFTER all the memes, it completely ruined all the serious moments for me 😭
the scene where skyler is like “please, please just hear me out” i legit had to turn off netflix i was cracking up so hard
I love the meme where walt is in the car and hank is on his knees with a gun to his head.
And the caption is "My baby in the car crying because its 107 degrees outside the car'
1:23 is that actually you
I literally went "UH!"
the best joke ever is when penguin waddles like a penguin in batman
Dude absolutely incredible video. Get ready for your life to change! Remember, they don't all have to be amazing. Post a great video for every three mediocre ones. Can't wait!