Or Joss Whedon on Speed - 95% of the dialogue is his. And countless of other examples.

Made a generation fall in love with Rachel Weisz, too.

Already did that in Joe vs the Volcano. Only one Tom Hanks but 3 Meg Ryans!

I am familiar with the Greek/Roman and Norse gods in particular and still think it's a mess :P Perhaps it is better explained in the book - I have not read it.

Kind of. I'm really into the show but it's opaque vagueness can get pretty frustrating. I think episode 4 was my favourite because it actually told a story that made sense and that I cared about. The show has amazing scenes sprinkled throughout but I still have no fucking clue what is going on or what I should care.

Bullets are fairly light, though right? Their terminal Velocity must be pretty low. Not that's I'd want to be hit by one, even a free-falling one..

Also he's Russian. A Russian who doesn't drink? Блять.

Yeah, i don't get the hate on here. It's not a Great Film (TM) but it's fun and silly Hollywood tosh. And Connery is good. I don't think this film was ever pretending to be realistic crime film (people complain about the Nitti (aka the Henchman) being thrown off a building - really?). Maybe it's because I saw this…

JFK and Dances with Wolves? Not much else springs to mind.

Brilliantly written, Ignatiy. Bravo.

Red_Identity, playing with fire.

Babylon 5 was the first show that I saw that did a "novel" for TV, which was explicitly JM Straczynski's conception of the series. I would say it's fairly similar to Buffy's integration of stand-alone plots and season-long (and longer) storylines.

As Rhys and Russell have said on the podcast, they call them "Sad Phil and Crazy Liz".

Hey, I like Dead Like Me season 2 just fine.

He was called Wotan in episode 1/2. Pretty obvious who that is…

Re: the look of Hannibal and this show, credit also to David Slade, who directed the Hannibal pilot and was kind of "director in residence" as far as setting the style.

Super nice dude as well. I interviewed him once. Very humble and polite.

It's more that a 13-episode final season was split. D&D wanted 7 seasons. HBO wanted 8. They compromised and it was split in two for production and logistical reasons.

I saw that as a teenager in peak Scully-X-Files days and was like, wow, she's *completely* unlike Scully in that film. This girl can act!

That's what D&D do now, right? I'm excited for the show but let's not pretend like the lack of books the draw upon (and the sketchiness of book 4/5) hasn't impacted the writing quality. The show hops from big moment to big moment. I'm onboard, but it's not exactly the fairly authentic medieval political drama it once…