I think Scott nailed it - it's way more Melville than his others. (Although SC is more horror-movie paced.) It's slow and deliberate. I like it, but I actually think he was always better served with a faster pace.

Is the book good, then?

How did Outsourced make it past 7 eps?

Both LA and Ghosts of Mars are really damn solid. Vampires is slightly flatter, but has James Woods one-liners throughout, which makes it fun.

It's all been shite since Walt Simonson left the book…

Stuart Gordon doesn't make anything that isn't semi-awesome. I still can't believe RJ was the first movie of his I ever saw. Thanks, crappy country Blockbuster!

De-TEC-tive Johhhn Munch.
With all due respect (and fuck him for ditching H:LOTS cause it was shot in Bal'mer), Ned Beatty deserves credit for setting the on-screen tenor of his character.

Pay up, sucka!

Super light cameras are back in business, my friends/fiends!

He (West) had a perfectly fine Maryland accent. Not quite Bal'mer, but he wasn't untraveled…

Does Furey count? Joe was a funny writer on NewsRadio…

S.W.A.T. worked. I'm with you, BFG. Clark Fucking Johnson knows what he's doing. And Miami Vice was odd/tedious the first time through, then it was compellingly flawed. Now I find myself watching the shit on purpose for fun sometimes. Even the whole Havana reel doesn't ruin the movie…

Indeed. It's nice to have such recognition, P the A - Thanks! (You wouldn't believe how many suckers Coppola's daughter duped into thinking she was a competent filmmaker - thank god for Marie Antoinette…)

Love Brother. The boardroom sequence is tremendous , and the whole thing is so gorgeously dreamlike (in terms of moving in time counter to one's expectations), I like it more each time I watch it.

Merciless timing. Right on.

It is truly incredible how personalized each fan's own set of NR quotes can be. Every fan has incorporated at least 3-5 different lines into daily life without even realizing it, I'm sure. I know I use 'coffee cup maneuvers' like it's in Webster's…

It's unbelievable how much slack I give him for what was essentially 2.5 lines (delivered perfectly) in Heat.

Late, structural notes (still irrelevant)
It's interesting that the two fantasy episodes both transposed the set into ships - one of the past and one of the future.

Late, irrelevant notes.
A few firsts: JJs really begins his flat line endings in Negotiation. We first get a glimpse of Dark Matthew. The beginning of Jimmy's Deep Throat insinuations. I believe the start of 'Spaz'.

Stop it. No unqualified mud-slinging round these parts. Mirthless slog? You're just begging for a fight…