Vince Gilligan was absolutely not under the influence of any drugs ...

August 24, 2023 3:55 PM

... during the writing process for this production. Breaking Bad 2 (official trailer). WARNING: pretty damned graphic etc.
posted by philip-random (26 comments total)

I get it: the writers & actors are on strike so we must suffer AI content.
posted by davel at 4:10 PM on August 24, 2023 [7 favorites]

Where is the Very Beardy Bryan Cranston footage from? I recognized Nobody, and that movie Aaron Paul did where he's an alcoholic in recovery, and snippets from a few other things, but not Beardy Bryan.
posted by Shepherd at 4:12 PM on August 24, 2023

I noted a few scenes from Aaron Paul's racing video game movie, Need for Speed, which I saw in the theater for some reason.

I think the bearded Cranston is from the Your Honor show on Showtime.
posted by JDC8 at 4:31 PM on August 24, 2023

Damn, no footage of Cranston as Buzz Aldrin.
posted by clavdivs at 4:41 PM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]

I kinda love the vibe of "Actually, everybody who is dead is not really dead, even the ones who have been dead for a Really Long Time."
posted by kaibutsu at 4:48 PM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]

Also, needs moar Moff Gideon.
posted by kaibutsu at 4:49 PM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

This is a parody, not a real trailer for a real Breaking Bad 2.
posted by Nelson at 4:50 PM on August 24, 2023 [13 favorites]

I was ready to dislike it when a certain real-life tycoon made an appearance, but that came to an unexpectedly quick and altogether happy resolution.
posted by senor biggles at 4:51 PM on August 24, 2023 [8 favorites]

No Brian Cranston as Isamu Dyson from Macross Plus? Disappointing.
posted by The Tensor at 4:51 PM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Bearded Cranston is probably from Wakefield.
posted by dobbs at 5:07 PM on August 24, 2023

This is a parody, not a real trailer for a real Breaking Bad 2.

though I would be up for a few seasons of Hank rising from the dead to become the new meth kingpin except this weird new meth would give its users the ability to explode heads via death rays that emanate from their eyes. Feels well within the existing canon.
posted by philip-random at 5:10 PM on August 24, 2023 [4 favorites]

Beard Brian was from Your Honor. Which is a sadly underrated show from Showtime that got canceled after two seasons.
posted by downtohisturtles at 5:15 PM on August 24, 2023

TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT YEAH!

Were the laser death rays shot from eyes in reference to the series The Boys? Giancarlo Esposito plays the head of the superhero creation and management agency. He manages not to get half his face blown off.
posted by fuse theorem at 6:22 PM on August 24, 2023

Wow, Elon Musk is such a great actor. His expression when he got shot in the face and his head exploded was so realistic, for a moment I thought maybe had an on-set accident and he really was shot in the face and his head exploded.
posted by AlSweigart at 6:34 PM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

I am ashamed that I didn’t understand that this was parody. Including after the person’s head was blown up by eye lasers. I’m just going to let myself out now.
posted by vorpal bunny at 7:47 PM on August 24, 2023 [5 favorites]

You son of a bitch, I'm in.
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:47 PM on August 24, 2023 [6 favorites]

This is a parody, not a real trailer for a real Breaking Bad 2.

thanks i wasn't sure after the eyeball lasers went off
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 8:53 PM on August 24, 2023 [5 favorites]

...oh, wow—
posted by not_on_display at 11:41 PM on August 24, 2023

Breaking Bad 2: Eccentric Drugaloo
posted by chavenet at 5:08 AM on August 25, 2023 [1 favorite]

The scenes from Nobody and Hawkeye were extra mindbendy.
posted by fiercekitten at 7:32 AM on August 25, 2023

ngl i was expecting more trumbo
posted by mhum at 8:29 AM on August 25, 2023

It would be really useful if YouTube had a button for "never show me a single video from this creator ever again for any reason" that could be deployed for makers of fake trailers.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:42 AM on August 25, 2023 [1 favorite]

davel: "I get it: the writers & actors are on strike so we must suffer AI content."

I didn't catch any AI content in this, just creative editing.
posted by Spinda at 10:39 AM on August 25, 2023 [2 favorites]

Too amazing to be real. But thanks.
posted by freakazoid at 11:15 AM on August 25, 2023

Science, bitch!
posted by Chuffy at 11:39 AM on August 25, 2023 [1 favorite]

This is brilliant.

Apparently Dean Norris has a role as a bisexual gangster named Uncle Daddy on a TNT show called Claws, but I have not seen it.
posted by daHIFI at 5:00 PM on August 25, 2023 [2 favorites]