Hold it, everyone:  It was my understanding that the gov't gets ALL of the information they want from the Machine, and then they deploy agencies such as Shaw's former employer to act on the intelligence (i.e., kill baddies). The field agents do not know the source of the intelligence — nobody does, outside of the few…

I dispute the assertion that ILM's brilliant VFX for Wrath of Khan were in any way "dodgy".  What is dodgy are the horrible video transfers with non-existent color timing, so you can see the traveling mattes and different resolutions of VFX film stock vs. live-action, etc, etc.

Came in here to second this.  I just watched the pilot on demand, and although the cliche'd bridge ambush was painful (even if Reddington fed info to the Serbian guy, the FBI still reacted horribly), I think the premise could work.  Also, I think everyone is being way too harsh with Megan Boone.  I hate the way they…

You're right — it's only a "hansom" cab until Fusco gets in!  But this was hilarious because I did not even recognize him until he spoke.  (I wonder how many other viewers said the same thing…)

Read it and dug it!  But the early-80's nostalgia kick was a continuation of what started in the 70's.  Remember, the 50's were HUGE in the 70's (stay with me), thanks largely to American Graffiti, which led to Happy Days, The Wanderers, ad infinitum.  Nostalgia tends to lag by 20 years, so that the 50's were popular…

You must've been distracted by the album cover.  Don't worry, it happened to all of us.

This occurred to me too!  I like to refer to this trait as my "attention to detail", but my wife calls it something else.

One thing that grated about "Tall Men With Feelings" was the fact that Miss Claudette and Suzanne *did* get upset with Piper.  Especially Miss Claudette — her "Is that what you thought of me?" was an unearned stab at Piper.  Because that's what EVERYBODY thought of her, and that's what everybody explicitly told Piper…

The episode wasn't a home run, but apparently I am the only one who liked Mike McGlone as both Szymanski ("The last time I spoke to that man is when HE SHOT ME") and as the Geico spokesperson.

Why did nobody TELL me that Natasha Khan was casting for a skinny guy to hoist naked on her shoulders?!  I would've owned that role.

Why did nobody TELL me that Natasha Khan was casting for a skinny guy to hoist naked on her shoulders?!  I would've owned that role.

In the final version we won't use "took" quite as much.

@Bender - I agree. Makes me want to add some lyrics to "People Who Died":

@fastandsloppy: The one thing that cracked me up about "Footfall" is the scene where the Snouts discover Earth pornography, and are horrified at the very idea. I assumed that that was Niven's conservative voice coming through. Sure, it's OK to depict the horrible deaths of a billion people, but sex is RIGHT OUT.

I have always thought the exact same thing about The Klumps, and I have always assumed that I was the only one who did.

I bought "Northern Exposure - Letters from Cicely". The book's author (Ellis Wiener, which sounds like something he'd name one of his characters) also wrote the outstanding "National Lampoon's Doon", one of my favorite satires of all time.

"Deadliest Roads"
It's interesting that this film came up for a "Scenic Routes" now: It's been on my mind since I started watching "IRT -Deadliest Roads" on History Channel. I guess I started watching in the first place because I was hoping it would be sort of a real-life Wages of Fear/Sorcerer. Not that I want…

Yeah, Sorcerer had the superior ending in my opinion. Not the heavily-telegraphed, "Isn't it ironic…don'tcha think" ending of WOF, but definitely not upbeat either.

And, of course, I just realized that the aforementioned Wikipedia entry states exactly what I said above. But anyway, the title's reference to something that is barely glimpsed in the film is what reminded me of "Rosebud". Or something.

Oh…and here I figured everyone noticed. "Sorcerer" is the name of one of the trucks (Scheider's, I think). It's hand-painted in red below the driver's side door — same color & handwriting as used in the film's title card.