I was curious how Russell would react to Brandon's performance because Brandon based his game on this crazy idea of "redeeming the Hantz name".  Essentially decrying his uncle's performance throughout.  Whilst playing really poorly on his own.  But yes, the result was worse than I expected.  Didn't expect the…

When I heard the show was picked up for a season 2, I had some concerns about how this was going to end.  And the feeling of anti-climax definitely hit me.  Not just because the Brody-bomb didn't go off (I would have been MORE surprised if it did)  but because of everything pointed out in the review.  Angela Chase…

It's completely forced.  They're not blood-related but THEY GREW UP TOGETHER as brother-and-sister.  They've done a good job of playing the roles as brother and sister *without* tension.

All good points.  C.S. Lee looked pained when he had to do the Yoda voice.  Like the writers asked him if he could do it and he reluctantly obliged.  And it's a geeky thing to do which seems out of character and blah blah blah…

Thought about that the whole time.  Just having to perform together must be difficult, let alone the wrinkle of actually having to show some greater intimacy.  Sure, they're professionals, but they're human beings.

Tracy Morgan had some harsh words for Chris Kattan in his autobiography — it was interesting to see them back on the show together, with Kattan seeming to make a great effort to chum it up with Morgan (at least for the cameras).

Yes, I've read the interviews.  I'd like to believe they're genuine but I imagine everyone (except UTA) is trying to be as diplomatic as possible in public statements.

There had been news about Michael Pitt's acrimonious split with his agency UTA because he was "difficult on set and otherwise".  I was wondering if that came into play with the decision to build up to his character's death.  Or if the fact that he was exiting the show led his reps to drop him.

When I saw this back in the day, I hurt myself laughing.

I liked the episode though I agree with a few points in this review, like Frank's random recapping of previous episodes not having any pay-off.  I love the show and am a defender of the show — but Charlie Day commented in a recent interview (WTF podcast?) that he thought Danny DeVito was doing some of the best work of…

I liked Babe 2.  It's hilariously depressing.

I really quite like this show.  I really wanted to dislike it because I'm pretty sure I watch an excessive amount of television as it is.  But I'm surprisingly taken by it.

Oh!

YES, I remember seeing the 80s version of this when I was a kid and it freaked me the hell out.  The protagonist was an artist, I believe.  And when he gets the the Jar, he passes it off as one of his pieces and becomes a sensation.

The way Dennis turns on those girls after they reveal that they have boyfriends is brilliant.  He really does turn American Psycho.  The humanity drains from his face and he regards these women as bugs he'd like nothing more than to squash.

All right, I'm going to nitpick.

I don't know what compelled me to watch this.  Not the advertising, certainly.  But I did and it was exactly as aggressively uninteresting as I anticipated.  The driving question being, "Why should I care about any of this?"

I liked Russell Hantz for what he added to the Survivor stew but seeing Brandon Hantz's issues, I gotta wonder WTH is up with these Hantz boys?  Brandon's reminding me of Chris Penn at the end of SHORT CUTS.  I'm afraid he's going to try to bash Mikayla's head in with a coconut in some bizarre effort to "save" his…

I never really watched "Everybody Loves Raymond" but there was something… vaguely off-putting about seeing Ray Romano crash Frankie and Mike's honeymoon.  It felt like watching Frankie's ex-husband stalking them.

The billboards make "Charlies Angels" look like a feminine hygiene product.