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Posted: 7/12/2022 6:35:46 PM EDT
"Breaking Bad" characters Walter White and Jesse Pinkman will soon have a permanent spot in the history of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In 2019, the hit AMC show's creator, Vince Gilligan, commissioned sculptor Trevor Grove to make bronze statues of actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul's fictional meth-making duo. After years of sitting around Gilligan's house, he along with Sony Pictures Television are donating the larger-than-life statues to the city where the show takes place. "Over the course of 15 years, two TV shows and one movie, Albuquerque has been wonderful to us. I wanted to return the favor and give something back," Gilligan said in a press release, according to IGN. "It makes me happy to picture them gracing The Duke City for decades to come, attracting busloads of tourists." The statues will be displayed inside the Albuquerque Convention Center after an unveiling ceremony on July 29 that Gilligan, Cranston and Paul will all attend. Other special guests are promised, too. “We also appreciate that the statues will be indoors, and therefore protected from pigeons depositing their critiques on our heads,” Cranston and Paul joked in the release. https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/albuquerque-honors-breaking-bad-meth-makers-with-statues/ |
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Strangely enough, such a monument is appropriate for Albuquerque. Put it right alongside the car theft monument.
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guess they want something else to look at since they tore down one of their historical statues
https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/city-of-albuquerque-to-remove-statue-of-juan-de-onate/ |
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Quoted: That is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes its up there, but i'll toss this in for consideration Dallas mayor pro tem Dwaine Caraway gave the key to the city to Michael Vick, the quarterback for the rival Philadelphia Eagles, causing an uproar among animal rights activists Saturday. In 2007, Vick was convicted of a felony related to a dogfighting ring and served 19 months in prison. Michael Vick gets key to Dallas |
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Tucson has a Pancho Villa statue downtown. Attached File
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Enjoy your "Los Pollos Hermanos" and gaze at the statues that made Albuquerque famous...
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Eh, it's been done. Bugs Bunny made a left turn at Albuquerque decades ago. He made them famous.
So in keeping with this move, a Bugs Bunny statue needs to go up. |
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To be fair, Albuquerque doesn't have much to be proud of so they gotta take what they can get
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Quoted: There are statues of legendary singers and well known artists. How is this any different? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: They're actors.. Thank you for your service I guess. Legendary vs TV actors on a boring show for one. |
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Quoted: Legendary vs TV actors on a boring show for one. View Quote Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made. Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does. Different people like different things. Shocking. |
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Fuck yeah. My old office and many old haunts show up in BB and BCS. #persec
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These guys are probably genuinely happy about a town that gave them tax incentives to film a massive hit series there, but every fucking meth head for 200 miles will now treat this stupid statue as a shrine
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Quoted: I don't like the Beatles and never "got" the big deal but I know many many people think they are the greatest band ever. There are lots of statues of the Beatles. Ok, whatever. Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made. Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does. Different people like different things. Shocking. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Legendary vs TV actors on a boring show for one. Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made. Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does. Different people like different things. Shocking. And none of them deserve statues. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Legendary vs TV actors on a boring show for one. Breaking Bad is the best television series that was ever made. Those two actors did a fantastic job and I can certainly understand why the show has the following it does. Different people like different things. Shocking. And none of them deserve statues. When are we doing GoT seasons 1-4 statues? No one needs to speak of the othe seasons. I want a naked statue of the dragon queen. |
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So we can't memorialize Jefferson or Washington without inciting the wrath of the mob with hooks and ropes, but Walter White will live forever.
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Quoted: They have a statue of Rocky Balboa in Philadelphia. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: That is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard They have a statue of Rocky Balboa in Philadelphia. They keep moving it around because people bitch about it. |
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Quoted: So we can't memorialize Jefferson or Washington without inciting the wrath of the mob with hooks and ropes, but Walter White will live forever. View Quote Sadly, it's one of the few things common NM folk know of as an "icon". Forget SNL and LANL, the VLA (hell, any observatory).. science is hard and boring. But a TV show (as good as it was, still just tv).TV.. that's where it's at. Best day of my life was moving out of that shithole state. Wasted 30 years, and have no desire to go back . |
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Quoted: Sadly, it's one of the few things common NM folk know of as an "icon". Forget SNL and LANL, the VLA (hell, any observatory).. science is hard and boring. But a TV show (as good as it was, still just tv).TV.. that's where it's at. Best day of my life was moving out of that shithole state. Wasted 30 years, and have no desire to go back . View Quote Happiness is Albuquerque in the rearview mirror. Best move I ever made |
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