Sony Spoils The Fun Again: Takes Down Alternate Breaking Bad, Malcolm In The Middle Ending
from the of-course-they'd-do-that dept
Over the five seasons that the show Breaking Bad ran, it became increasingly common for people to joke about how it was really a very differently toned sequel to the comedy Malcolm in the Middle, which also starred Bryan Cranston. At times Cranston and the creators of the Breaking Bad had even cracked a few jokes about the supposed "coincidences" between the two very, very different shows. However, over the weekend a video clip was released showing a potential "alternate ending" to Breaking Bad, in which Cranston's wakes up in bed with his wife from Malcolm and admits that Breaking Bad was all just a dream. It's an amusing little clip that the Breaking Bad crew included on the DVD release of the series. And the video got everyone talking about it.So, of course, Sony Pictures had to issue a takedown on the YouTube clip. Because, apparently, no one is allowed to have any fun until they pay Sony.
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Filed Under: alternate ending, breaking bad, bryan cranston, malcolm in the middle
Companies: sony, sony pictures
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Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but any chance they could be trying to take advantage of the Streisand Effect and get more people to see it? Yea, I know, probably not.
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No longer available. :(
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I watched this over the weekend, absolutely loved it. "I'm the one who's knocking." :)
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The Bob Newhart ending ? Really ?
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It was nice to have the two MitM actors reprise their roles just for those few minutes.
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{Sometimes, I feel old here - here being the Internet}
Still was funny though.
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Mike has an economics degree, ya know. So that makes this important.
The world is being dumbed-down in ways most people are already too stupid to grasp.
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Are you the leader of this movement?
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Breaking Bad alternative ending YouTube
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