We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. I'm looking forward to seeing Knives Out. Looper was ... okay. I actually really like Last Jedi, and I think he is a terrific storyteller. Rian Johnson reveals why "Ozymandias" didn't show Jesse being tortured or Hank's and Gomez's deaths: "I … I thought you meant the dog was Jesse's and was left behind by Walt. In fact, Johnson was behind the camera on the show's best- and worst-rated episodes. Rian Johnson confirms Reylo would have happened under his direction Thread starter Kegels; Start ... A Rian take on TROS could've been a recreation of Breaking Bad's "Fly" but with Rey and Kylo trapped in a room for the whole movie and it still would've been better than the TROS we got. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Rian Johnson might be recognized for his work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and more recently, the whodunnit Knives Out, but he also directed several episodes of Breaking Bad. "Ozymandias" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 60th episode of the series. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. While the "Walt-as-stray-dog" theory is totally valid in the context of the show, I have to respectfully disagree. ... His Breaking Bad episodes are great but the writers and actors probably deserve more credit for that. This bit of imagery comes only two episodes after Jesse is directly compared to a dog. George R.R. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Whose else fault do you think it is? Really, I think this is spot on. When he expressed this desire to the episode's eventual director Rian Johnson, Johnson responded, "Yeah, sorry, I'm the one who gets to f*** the prom queen." Bringing up Rian Johnson's name on Reddit? I worried me when i heard that he had been handed TLJ. Guillermo del Toro desperately wanted to direct last night's episode "Ozymandias". LOOPER director Rian Johnson participated in an AMA with Reddit in which he talked about working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, his writing process & more With Looper set … Mr White goes down after avenging the "dead man" Mr Orange (Hank) by killing the boss (Jack) and Nice Guy Eddie (Todd), then turns his gun to the police and is shot down (throwback to the Pilot). The Last Jedi is great. Some of the biggest moments people were looking forward to from TFA just fell flat in TLJ. Posted by 8 years ago. Close. Rian Craig Johnson is an American independent filmmaker and a director of Breaking Bad.. Johnson is a writer/director, and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for his debut feature, Brick.In 2009, Johnson released his second film, a postmodern caper film called The Brothers Bloom, starring Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody, and Rachel Weisz. Discussion I saw people where fine letting Ruin Johnson direct the mandalorian as long as he doesn’t write but the problem is, is that he can’t even get down good choreography, good camera shots, color grading, visuals and cinematography. That was the point. Presumably the dog was once loved and part of a family, but is now abandoned - like Walt's family and Jesse - and alone - like Walt. You also have a pretty interesting point with him and TLJ that I haven't considered. I like Looper and Brick a lot, I've never seen Brothers Bloom, The Last Jedi is half a good movie with weird interludes to a worse movie every 10 minutes. Rian Johnson. I hated everything about TLJ except the Rey/Kylo bit, which his still managed to screw up at the end. This further supports the theory of a Reservoir Dogs ending. Wait Mr. Problem Dog...Rabid Dog...Stray Dog...Old Yeller? (Sometimes it isn't, though.)" I thought he was the only one to get away with it. Written by Sam Catlin and Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Rian Johnson, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on May 23, 2010. If you didn't like The Last Jedi you should certainly blame him. There you have the "Dog Left Behind". Although the title was never said in the film, it has been said in the respective episodes "Problem Dog" and "Rabid Dog". Same, I can't wait for Knives Out, it's got a pretty lovely cast. I’ve never heard of it I enjoyed Looper too, it wasn’t bad but wasn’t amazing. The earlier episodes made mention of their respective "dogs" right in the title. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the breakingbad community. 1.9k. Thus why the stray dog being left behind is Jesse. But I personally believe that OP is right on the money in saying that the dog is meant to be Jesse. Continue this thread ... A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series Breaking Bad on AMC. For those who were wondering about the dog in the final scene of Ozymandias: it's Jesse, left behind by Walt. Looper had some interesting ideas but it was underwhelming. Also to everyone else, this subreddit is one of the least toxic corners of the internet I've ever seen, let's keep it that way by keeping everything civil. Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... help Reddit App Reddit coins Reddit premium Reddit gifts. Rian Johnson Reveals Apple Won’t Allow Bad Guys in Movies to Use iPhones. The Problem Dog being Gale and the Rabid Dog being Jesse. Hopefully Knives Out is great. Everything else meh. He also helmed the Season 5 episode of “Breaking Bad,” “Ozymandias,” which has topped several ... I’m going to copy your comment for reddit, R/Saltierthancrait. Ozymandias is one of the most intense episodes of TV ever, you don’t get that just with writing and acting, you need the director to bring it all together, which is exactly what he did. I read another speculation online somewhere about the episodes Problem Dog and Rabid Dog. The way I see it is that a "Problem dog" doesn't know any better but still presents trouble (Gale wasn't a personal threat but his presence meant Walt and Jesse would be killed)... the Rabid dog can't help it because of his condition, but is still malicious (Jesse's "condition" is how much he cares for others, which is what drove him against Walt and to lash out at him when he realized all the terrible things Walt did)... What type of dog would we describe Walt as? This is neat because Jesse was already compared to a dog in... Rabid Dog. You are a bold one. I do understand some of the complaints towards that particular Star War, but what do y'all think of him? Mr Pink(man), hiding in the background (like he hid under the car in "Ozymandias"), attempts to escape with the sounds of police capturing him, fading to a black credit screen (Executive Producer Vince Gilligan). What do you think of Rian Johnson? Moderated by Vanity Fair‘s Joanna Robinson, Johnson came out on stage — with trusty camera in hand — to a roar of applause as they talked about his work from Brick to Breaking Bad. I think it's more generally a symbol of abandonment and loneliness. But that's probably giving Johnson … ... "Fly" remains the most divisive Breaking Bad episode; some (myself included) laud it as the series' best, others decry it as a hideous waste of time. The Last Jedi is the only thing he's done that I was lukewarm with (and I didn't seem to hate it as much as others did). Hence I'm not really excited about his career anymore. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. This tweet kind of contradicts that though. The Last Jedi was his fault, he had no backstory for how Luke became what he did. Looper had some interesting ideas but it was underwhelming. So much great mythology in Looper and there are r/fantheories that it is same universe as r/primer. Writer and director Rian Johnson has given us plenty of others ways to appreciate his classic cinematic family showdown in a video breaking down the entire sequence. "Sometime a dog is just a dog. The rest is simple and lacking in any complexity which I never thought I'd say about anything considering how simple my tastes are. I personally do like him, and I thoroughly enjoyed Looper and (please don't hate me) I did enjoy The Last Jedi. Pink gets captured in the film? It IS a work of art...so...there's THAT!! His Breaking Bad episodes are great but the writers and actors probably deserve more credit for that. It's pretty sad and unwarranted. Or we could all agree that this show is amazing and allows for multiple interpretations of everything. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/380132874420121600. In honor of the show's 10th anniversary, he looks back at the series' legacy. Following that logic, I feel that if they wanted to hammer home the Walt is a stray dog theory, they would have point blank made mention of it. It's the only dog he hasn't killed. And i didn't get into breaking bad. In total, Breaking Bad spanned 62 total episodes across five seasons. He's not a bad director, but he's not great either. He will have been kept in a cage for who knows how many months, that changes you. "Fly" is the tenth episode of the third season of American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 30th overall episode of the series. Posted by 2 years ago. Yeah, Moira Walley-Beckett's writing was always top form on the series. Foreshadow'd? He explains in the documentary "the director and the jedi" that with many things he wondered about what the fans would like to see, and then did the opposite. IAm Rian Johnson, filmmaker. Rian Johnson isn’t a good director either way. But in all seriousness, totally agree with him. I think he's a terrific director, and even his worst film (The Brothers Bloom) had plenty to admire in it. Edit: @rianjohnson's Tweet: https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/380132874420121600. Close. MRC Film and Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s T-Street are hatching a new label designed to tap emerging filmmaking voices and support … The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson also helmed three of the best episodes of Breaking Bad. My thoughts exactly. He did good with Breaking Bad, but not sure how much writing input he really had, so not going to act like he had a ton to do with those episodes. 0. He wrote it and directed it. Looper was good, I don't think he has done anything as well. Archived. Two years after making a smash hit whodunnit with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Rian Johnson is ready to solve a different case. Judging only from that piece of the interview, he might just be admitting to bad writing habits, rather than the actual content of the writing itself. I was bored watching looper and i thought it was badly done. TLJ was a disaster but I don’t think he’s completely to blame. I won't see anything else that he has done. I know the show deals in subtlety and that's why the theory is totally valid. MRC Television, Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman Option Don Winslow’s ‘A Cool Breeze On The Underground’ For ‘Bad Education’s Cory Finley To Write/Direct By Mike Fleming Jr Mike Fleming Jr What TV show? Martin, for example, is a good writer, but his writing habits are less than ideal, given the long wait for more ASoIaF books. His TV work (Breaking Bad, Terriers) was great and I liked Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper. He directed one of the most masterful pieces of television, but The Last Jedi seems to have put him in the centre of hateful comments on facebook. Loved Brick and Looper. He's definitely a filmmaker whose name has me immediately interested. Rian Johnson. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series Breaking Bad on AMC. My problem with him and TLJ is I feel like he didn't watch TFA or try and continue it's story, but instead wanted to "put his own spin on it". Which was in my view terrible he said himself that hes a terrible writer and he has proved it. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film Brick (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Him leaving Jesse behind. He's a good director. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, AMA's with the cast, and anything else Breaking Bad related. Written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Rian Johnson, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on September 15, 2013. I love Brick (and his directing work on Breaking Bad was good), but everything he's written after his debut has been outright horrible in my opinion. Interesting concept and sort of delivered on it. Earlier today, Peacock announced that the filmmaker will serve as the creator, writer, and director of a new mystery TV series called Poker Face on the streaming service. But I still like the stray dog metaphor better. Writing has a lot more impact on TV, but let’s not pretend that directors do nothing. I think the element we're not taking into account is how much time goes by between last episode and this one. That lack of foresight speaks volumes to all the other issues in the film. I wish we would revist that world. It seems like Walt is more of the dogs' master to me. Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. And a bitch is basically a female dog, just like the stray dog near the end. Breaking Bad S5 EP14 Ozymandias Rian Johnson Inset - H 2013. Or Walt leaving the "Rabid Dog" behind. There's one interesting scene in Looper and it's when that old loses his arm because his past self is getting tortured or whatever it was that happened. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, News & Discussion about Major Motion Pictures, Press J to jump to the feed. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, AMA's with the cast, and anything else Breaking Bad related. I think Looper and The Last Jedi are awful movies, and The Brothers Bloom better but still thoroughly mediocre. Any list of the best episodes of “Breaking Bad” will probably have “Ozymandias” in the top three, if not at the very top. They're both dogs. Not to mention he's left in a cage and put on a runner during the day. I don't have a good feeling. I spent like 10 minutes trying to remember an episode where Jesse told Walt to watch his dog. EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Peacock has landed Poker Face, a mystery drama starring Russian Doll's Natasha Lyonne from Rian Johnson, his T-Street banner and MRC Television, with a … i agree the dog representing Jesse - but i also think it means Jesse has escaped and is looking for Walt. I'm really happy that I have the same drawing abilities as Rian Johnson. yeah my brother had a theory that there were 3 dogs: Gale, the problem dog Jesse, the rabid dog Walt, the stray dog (because he just lost his family). That's just lazy, not even bothering to give Mark Hamill something to work with. "Problem Dog" was Gale and "Rabid Dog" was Jesse. Archived. 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