I actually ended up getting cable again. I was sick of chasing streaming services

nbc absolutely has a brand

I’m waiting for someone to eventually reboot Hogan’s Heroes. It will happen.

I haven’t seen any of these movies, but I do have Jason Mendoza’s ranking to go by:

Worth pointing out that in the books he is Harry Bosch’s half brother, if I remember rightly.

I didn’t watch the video, maybe this is covered: the giant leap forward in Pixar’s animation, for me, was that scene in A Bug’s Life where the grasshoppers come out of the mist. I saw it in the theater, was properly interested in the action, then thought “wait a sec, those bugs don’t exist, how the hell are they…

after Andy Card told him America is under attack, what was Dubya supposed to do? What could he do?

most effective creators of documentary propaganda

Sounds like an idea for a horribly executed, five minute SNL sketch stretched to feature film length.

Avatar does not deserve that spot

I never could have even dreamed about being a remote possibility as a kid

99% of folk heroes were probably total assholes if you actually knew them.

original robotic Human Torch

I know who he should play for DC:  Superman.  Because Reeves/Reeve/Reeves, that’s why.

He’d be a decent Adam Warlock, but - hard to picture him blonde and covered in gold body makeup.  I’d cast him as Pip the Troll and I’m not even kidding.

One Mississippi is a really great show.

I haven’t seen The Terror, though I’ve read the book. I still find it pretty odd that this project, which has nothing to do with Dan Simmons’ novel, is being connected to the show based on that book, in some way. I get that The Terror is now an anthology series, a la American Horror Story I assume.

Random trivia: Ione Skye is Donovan’s daughter

Trouble is, with the death of FM radio, you really have to search for it.

Sigh. Universal already had a “dark universe”, starting in 1931. I won’t try to put these titles in order, and these are off the top of my head: