For those of you familiar with the show, you should get a kick out of a synopsis that is somewhat lost in translation. For those of you not familiar, this should make you want to watch it more than ever.
We would never suggest that any of our readers have engaged in illegal activity and bought a bootleg DVD from a foreign country or while abroad, but you’ll probably have seen a friend (yes, that’ll do) who’s done it and had a laugh at the description on the back of said dodgy DVD that doesn’t quite fit with the plot of the film/TV series.
Considering that Breaking Bad is all the rage right now (DON’T WORRY THERE ARE NO SPOILERS HERE), it seems an appropriate time to reference this Chinese version of the series on DVD and the quite bizarre/brilliant summation of the plot in around 150 words or so.
Sad about the end of Breaking Bad? DON’T BE. The Chinese version looks cool and by that I mean AWESOME. Watching it. pic.twitter.com/SxoQNE0yTc
— Miss Lily Potkin (@misslilypotkin) October 1, 2013
Without wanting to give too much away, we would suggest that the summary is a little bit Walt-focussed and probably glamorises the man known as Heisenberg a little more than he deserves – eh, ‘good natured, never to stir up trouble’ – but it’s still good enough to make us want to watch the entire series all over again in an effort to fill the huge gaping hole the series has now left in our lives. *sigh*
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