It's funny to me how wildly implausible Johnny's character is, he literally doesn't own a computer or smartphone and has never used the Internet The whole world has left him behind since his disastrous defeat in 1984
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@Nymphomachy about how much they show Johnny has changed since he was a kid Like in the original movie he seemed smart enough, he was the socially adept cool kid compared to Danny, he was a rich kid who hung out at the country club and had expensive tastes2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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He wasn't *born* this caricature of a working-class dirtbag who eats expired bologna out of the frying pan and drinks Coors Banquet at every occasion Somehow he *became* that Sometimes a hard enough kick in the head changes a man
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(In all seriousness, it's a 30-year gap He's had almost twice as many years alive in his life of alcoholism, depression and grinding poverty as he'd been alive when he was the high-flying golden boy Danny met An extremely depressing meditation on the passage of time)
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I mean the implication is his stepdad dropped him, but kept giving him loans/supporting him which hurt Johnny's own sense of self. Basically the loss hurt him so much he never recovered.
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Well yeah and he was a hard partying YOLO alcoholic and drug user in his 20s who got in constant fights and had his head kicked many more times
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Who freaked out and desperately tried to get his act together when he knocked up his girlfriend and had a shotgun wedding But predictably crashed and burned (the story about his mom dying just before his wife was due to give birth and him vanishing to go on a bender)
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I mean - I've met this guy.
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Cf
@Nymphomachy'description of no longer holding actual hostility for her biodad, just a vaguely disgusted pity for him, and resentment at her biomom for letting him cum in her1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Seriously, I'm surprised how much character work went into the bible of what is essentially a joke pitch.
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The first episode of the show follows the Breaking Bad formula of "I'm gonna make you feel as bad for this guy as it's possible to feel, just to create that first impression Cause he's gonna do some fucked up shit later on and you're still gonna be on his side"
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I felt the first episode depended a lot on ironic juxtaposition. If you have memories of the original Karate Kid you see the parallels right away, at the same time it does not present Lawrence in a good light, but it does present him as pitiable.
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Replying to @jmarquiso @arthur_affect and
I'm not quite certain if Walter White follows the same pattern, I suppose I need a rewatch.
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