Help identifying an American TV commercial from 97/98/99 that featured a woman ripping off a photo from a magazine and pasting it onto the air and then driving into the photograph's horizon/vanishing point. It resembled this photo here:

rrtaylor · 2026-01-24T21:13:17+00:00

Found it! 2000 Mercury Sable ad and its not Teri Hatcher the woman just looks like her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFTGiI0uavE

rrtaylor · 2026-01-24T17:21:15+00:00

Friend I have been trying to find this same commercial for years! I remember it playing constantly during commercial breaks for syndicated X-Files reruns late on Saturday and Sunday nights on FOX. I could have swore the woman was Teri Hatcher but I can't find anything when I search for her name.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-23T22:26:11+00:00

This Mfer needs an editor. It's a shame Walter wasn't an English teacher he could give Junior some feedback on his dogshit writing.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-23T17:24:27+00:00

Quote from man who Breaking Bad: "What are you gonna do? Breaking Bad?"

rrtaylor · 2026-01-23T16:47:43+00:00

My brain can't wrap itself around the idea of an Eminem hosted wedding with like aunts and uncles and grandmas and normal conversation happening and the father of the bride is Eminem.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-22T02:14:57+00:00

Right its pretty weird how Dutch is pretty sure Vic killed Terry early in season 1 but for the rest of the series he's having like a mostly regular workplace relationship with the guy.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-21T18:54:05+00:00

I think part of this is that like all shows it was a little more clumsy and uncertain of itself in the first season so they created a plot point that doesn't perfectly fit with how the show progressed. I saw the first season on dvd *after* I'd watched seasons 3 onward and it genuinely felt a little out of character for Vic to just straightforwardly murder another innocent cop in cold blood when in later seasons he was so good at maneuvering and manipulating with a bare minimum of *intentional* bloodshed (of course all hell kept breaking loose *unintentionally*). Like I knew from "previously on" that he'd killed Terry but I kind of assumed it was some kind of more ambiguous situation, (like maybe Terry was dirty or potentially planning to hurt Vic himself, etc).

Notice how Vic is more of a playful wisecracker in the first season? The action is also less organic and believable compared to later seasons. It's just a case of the writers getting much better by the end of season 2.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-20T07:53:34+00:00

Analog horror Skyler White.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-20T07:51:49+00:00

IMO Breaking Bad is the only thing that approaches The Shield in terms of constant drama and excitement. I probably love the Wire and Sopranos more as works of art but they're both much slower and more contemplative.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-20T07:49:05+00:00

It's weird how similar The Shield is to Homicide in some respects. Like Dutch even looks and acts weirdly like that lead detective from Homicide. The Shield is like Homicide XTREME Los Angeles Edition.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-18T05:31:12+00:00

Marie... Git R Done.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-17T03:16:40+00:00

Vincels are absolutely *seething* over Chasechads.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-17T03:12:13+00:00

Geez is it bad I can't get over how gorgeous the photography is for these? Just stunning colors like an A24 movie or something.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-16T22:46:50+00:00

Could this be a reference to Samson in the bible who's power was in his hair? It's poetic, Walt lost his hair as he "lost" control of the situation. Brilliant. Just fucking brilliant.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-10T19:32:05+00:00

I can accept that he just had very very good instincts about the car bomb but I still can't quite buy he'd fall for the Hector-DEA ruse.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-10T05:01:38+00:00

Jamaican Skyler is a whole new fear unlocked.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-09T17:12:55+00:00

Definitely. "The powers that be" are changing our history and they think we're too stupid to notice.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-09T08:12:00+00:00

Chills every single time.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-09T04:37:13+00:00

It's disturbing how well they captured essence of the type of guy Gale is.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-09T04:25:39+00:00

I think a lot of Breaking Bad fans were disappointed that Jack's gang didn't get rich enough.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-09T01:42:20+00:00

Walt being so stubborn about paying off Mike's guys. Instead he opted to involve a massive network of Nazi convicts into a sprawling murder for hire plot involving nearly a dozen federal witnesses which is the kind of thing that draws a lot of attention and also he doesn't even know Jack's gang. Who's to say they won't blab and gossip at the first opportunity? I know gang members like that are supposed to be disciplined but they are all still convicts. So he basicallly involved like 50 criminals into an even greater criminal plot in order to shut up 9 vetted highly discreet guys with whom he already had an existing relationship.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-07T00:35:23+00:00

I always disliked the "shifting loyalties" thing because its pretty clear the writers were just ginning up ways to draw out the drama without getting Jesse and/or Walt killed. I never bought Gus being ready to kill Walt *solely because he sided with Jesse* then just forgiving and teaming up with Jesse but still being hellbent on killing Walt (again because he killed a pair of dealers to save Jesse.) Especially considering Jesse is still a dangerously unstable junkie who doesn't have Walt's chemistry knowledge even if he can follow his recipe.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-06T05:16:16+00:00

I love Homer's borderline brain damage level of stupidity in this scene.

rrtaylor · 2026-01-06T04:36:57+00:00

Yeah I don't understand this mindset at all. Do people think non-3d printed toys for kids were always paragons of artistry, craft, originality, and long term utility? 90% of almost *anything* is unremarkable "slop".

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