Walter White lookalike contest in Albuquerque attracts the good, the bad, and the bad - Polidicks

[img]http://i.imgur.com/fx4z3.jpg[/img] [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/1snvG.jpg[/thumb] [quote]Breaking Bad’s Walter White will go down as one of the most popular heroes-turned-villians in television history. For five years now, White and Bryan Cranston (who plays him) have created a cult-like following among groupies – resulting in geeky forms of adulation like Walter White animated GIFs and now a lookalike contest. Last week dozens of wannabes showed up in Albuquerque for the event hosted by Steven Michael Quezada, who plays DEA agent Steven Gomez on the show. Fittingly held in the city that serves as the series’ backdrop and Quezada’s hometown, the contestants came clad in everything from those now-famous opening-scene underpants to the ubiquitous yellow hazmat suit that has taken over later seasons. “Bryan Cranston has just killed it, and that’s why he gets the props,” says Quezada. “He’s fucking kicked ass, bottom line.” The contest was part of Quezada’s 100th episode of his late-night talk show The After After Party, and was judged by Cranston himself, who had just come into town to start shooting Breaking Bad‘s final eight episodes, which will air this coming summer. “It’s just great drama and a great story,” said contest lookalike co-winner Joe Griffenberg, 54, who lives in Albuquerque and works as a furniture salesman. “It’s definitely one of the best shows on.” The other co-winner was Michael Chandross, also of Albuquerque. Now a familiar face to the Breaking Bad-obsessed, viewers first met Walter White back in 2008 as they watched him crash an RV meth lab filled with bodies and then make a frantic suicide goodbye video on a hand-held camera as sirens flared in the background. Back then he was a likeable guy battling cancer and trying to protect his family. But since that first episode, viewers have been treated to one of the most compelling and well-written pieces of character deterioration we’ve seen in recent history as Walter White has turned into a ruthless and obsessed drug kingpin who alienates everyone around him. The show and its actors have become drenched in awards as critics and viewers alike have rewarded it for being like nothing else on TV – both visually and dramatically. Quezada, whose role in Breaking Bad has elevated his career to new heights, said it was great to see a huge turnout for a show and a character that will inevitably go down in the television history books. Cranston, who had yet to shave his head and actually looked the least like Walter White during the taping, was quizzed by the audience about how Breaking Bad ends, but he said even he was in the dark about how creator Vince Gilligan plans to wrap things up for his character. If we follow the current arc, however, we can probably expect it to be bad.[/quote] [url=http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/walter-white/?pid=4609]SOURCE[/url] [img]http://i.imgur.com/KWUG9.jpg[/img]

Albuquerque is finally relevant.

Not sure the dudes actually look close to Cranston, but I'll be damned if they didn't pull off the costumes well.

I've never seen breaking bad

Ummmm does the guy on the far right have a half-chub??

[QUOTE=Doozle;38827803]I've never seen breaking bad[/QUOTE] do it man i saw the pilot about a year ago and thought it was boring so i gave it a miss i watched it again earlier this week and now im hooked and ive gone through 2 seasons in like 7 days

[QUOTE=Protocol7;38827796]Not sure the dudes actually look close to Cranston, but I'll be damned if they didn't pull off the costumes well.[/QUOTE] third guy did pretty well

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;38828115]third guy did pretty well[/QUOTE] 2nd guy from the left had the wrong hair for that outfit and it really bugs me. 2nd from the right though, while looking [I]nothing[/I] like Cranston, has a much more accurate suit. Third guy does look closest to Cranston IMO.

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;38828115]third guy did pretty well[/QUOTE] The third guy from the left? But he isn't tall enough. Or bald enough. Or old enough.

[QUOTE=Negrul1;38828241]The third guy from the left? But he isn't tall enough. Or bald enough. Or old enough.[/QUOTE] Yes, who would even let a baby enter.

Guy on the right looks like he stuffed his briefs.

Only seen 1 episode of Breaking Bad and could not get into the series. Lets hope some Christmas magic will change my feeling so i can sit it through

That 3rd guy definitely looks like him

[QUOTE=darth-veger;38828731]Only seen 1 episode of Breaking Bad and could not get into the series. Lets hope some Christmas magic will change my feeling so i can sit it through[/QUOTE] I think the first few episodes may not be the most interesting, but I'm sure you'll get hooked after the first or 2 episodes

I'd say this one looks like Bryan Cranston [thumb]http://ezyimg.com/A8d50l[/thumb]

The good, the bad, and the DANGER

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[QUOTE=Noss;38827854]do it man i saw the pilot about a year ago and thought it was boring so i gave it a miss i watched it again earlier this week and now im hooked and ive gone through 2 seasons in like 7 days[/QUOTE] Same here but at a slower rate, hope to finish watching it by Christmas. Half way through season 2 at the moment and already had a lot of oh shit moments.

[QUOTE=Genericenemy;38830105]Same here but at a slower rate, hope to finish watching it by Christmas. Half way through season 2 at the moment and already had a lot of oh shit moments.[/QUOTE] It gets better with every single episode.

[QUOTE=Genericenemy;38830105]Same here but at a slower rate, hope to finish watching it by Christmas. Half way through season 2 at the moment and already had a lot of oh shit moments.[/QUOTE] Man it's about to get so unbelievably fucked up.

[QUOTE=Genericenemy;38830105]Same here but at a slower rate, hope to finish watching it by Christmas. Half way through season 2 at the moment and already had a lot of oh shit moments.[/QUOTE] Exactly the same boat too, only my mum enjoys watching it but needs to build up enough mental energy to watch it because of the oh shit moments

[QUOTE=Doozle;38827803]I've never seen breaking bad[/QUOTE] You have not lived!