Leonard Pinth Garnel
"Bad One -Man Theater" and its variations were, like the sketches set a failing mall, were for me among the best (and most undervalued) of the recurring bits of Classic SNL and Leonard Pinth Garnell another example of young Aykroyd's brilliance. Just the way he'd gently applaud at the end of a…

Reed Diamond should find a new agent. He should be a bigger name by now and, like so many of his Homicide co-stars, he was regularly and ridiculously snubbed by Emmy voters while doing some of the best character work on television in the nineties. Glad for Melissa Leo getting that Oscar nomination though.

Dr. Helen Noel
While I can't entirely disagree with Zack's appraisal of the character of Helen Noel, I feel compelled to note, in an entirely and admittedly puerile fashion, that I've always considered her the hottest of the Original Series' babes.

Dr. Helen Noel
While I can't entirely disagree with Zack's appraisal of the character of Helen Noel, I feel compelled to note, in an entirely and admittedly puerile fashion, that I've always considered her the hottest of the Original Series' babes.

Whither 30 Rock
I like this show, I really do and have from the beginning. But I don't get the unconditional love. I agree with Nathan's comments about last week's installment and feel it applied equally to this episode and most others in recent memory — they're self-decidedly hip, anachronistic takes on old sit com…

I agree, Old Doak, with your take. I just think the filmmaking (and LOST is normally quite beautifully made) could have expressed it better. It was the kind of moment that Spielberg does so well: a significant moment amongst characters sharing an experience with little dialog, portentous music and a few slow,…

But why didn't Jack or Sun react to the arrival of Desmond?

Are you sure we won't see that back story of young Charlotte and the "mad man" she remembered (let alone some narrative twist that allows the return of the very lovely and entertaining Ms. Rebecca Mader)? After all, we have to see a follow-up to Daniel back in time at the Dharma Initaitive as a pay-off to the season…

You're exactly right, Julie Delpys Lips! In fact, I've become rather obsessed with it the last day or so and I think have it on VHS tape somewhere. Thanks!

I'm pretty well versed in SNL lore but admit to never hearing about Schiller's feature or its history, at least not that I remember. Do you have any more details on it, mbs?

But the execution of Adama DIDN'T happen and I never for a moment thought it would, certainly not after Baltar's dream. And by the episode's end, pieces had been shifted around the board and a few removed but it was still the same game.

That last line should read : a somewhat similar execution.

Breaker Morant
Random observation: I thought the execution of Zarak and Gaeta, with them seated, reminded me of the last moment of the Bruce Beresford film Breaker Morant and a somewhat execution.

Why Does the Cylon Base Star Look Like a Bad Night Club?
I think The Oath and Blood on the Scales are a great pair of episodes and may, in fact, help provide the shape of this final run of episodes. But that's part of the problem — they seem, right now anyway,just a (significant) bump in the road.

Honestly, watching the shows when they originally aired, and I guess I am among the few, I always looked forward to a potential F and D Show.

Boats Beating Against the Shore
Don't Look Back in Anger and La Dolce Gilda (both in beautiful, grainy black and white) are the two best of the Schiller's Reels (though I also love Peter Ackroyd as the coffee junkie, the title of the short escapes me). Nicely encapsulated, Mr. Rabin. Certainly this show does stand…

No More Blah-Blah-Blah!
Very early in the development of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry and his collaborators came up with the idea that part of the Enterprise's mission would involve landing only on planets of Earth-Mars condition, creating the concept of "Class M" planets. This was done for obvious…

Then who exactly is he dependent on? He only needs the studios to distribute his movies and the whole distribution system is a rigged and rotten game anyway.

I think Lucas clearly is an independent filmmaker and has been, in spirit, since he was a poor, struggling artist trying to get his off-beat films made with minimal studio enthusiasm, from the off-beat and genuinely experimental THX-1138 to films few believed in that became pop cultural smashes and classics (American…

Random thought - what if the Jughead bomb is not buried in cement underneath the Hatch installation (as explored by Sayid and Jack) but is, in fact, part of the as yet unseen "The Temple" installation (which the producers have suggested we'll soon see)? — shades of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.