Pete Weller kicks so much ass. Robocop, Buckaroo Banzai, Naked Lunch, and this. I'm still pissed that the Dexter writers couldn't think of anything more interesting to give his character back in whatever season he was in. They could've given him a Lithgow-sized guest role and he would've nailed it. Fucking…

I might get stabbed by some Whovians for saying this, but I think you can do just fine starting with New Who. It is frustrating to me though, I love David Tennant as the Doctor, but I find the series so poorly written during most of his tenure. I loved the Matt Smith years, still not sold on Capaldi.

Wait. What. Season 2 is slow? I don't even know what to say. I wouldn't call any season of Breaking Bad slow, but Season 3 minus the last two episodes and Hank's twins shootout episode (at the very end of that episode actually) felt *relatively* slow to me.

That's a good observation, slow as sort of a slur for character driven stuff.

I don't think Mad Men is slow either. "Slow" seems to be a shorthand (with a negative connotation) for any show that is more concerned about the characters' internal lives than blazing guns and big weekly plot machinations (as opposed to more of a short story format as Todd VDW observes in his MM reviews) . Mad Men…

I found it more frustrating (although I loved it) when I watched it weekly than when I binge re-watched to prepare for the final half season, because that meant it was another whole week until the next episode. I can see how it would suck shit if you're binge watching, but you can always just skip it if you're that…

OK, so it's my fault for only listing stand ups and limiting the conversation. I think stand up especially is hard for women. But there are plenty of female comedians elsewhere in popular culture-to use just one example, I don't think I could be friends with anyone who doesn't find 30 Rock funny, for example.

I remember this kind of shit back when The Sopranos was on. If no one got whacked, it was a "boring" episode no matter what happened. Shit, I remember people talking about that great season 6 episode Soprano Home Movies and the office cooler talk was "Hurr durr that episode was so boring until Bobby beat the shit out…

I assume Wiig is going to be the Venkman? I could see her as Stantz too. I have no idea who McCarthy is going to be.

This always puzzled me. I get that humor is subjective, but I don't understand how anyone can write off an entire gender as not being funny. Like all women have exactly the same sense of humor? Look at how much variation there is just with men-disliking Doug Stanhope doesn't mean you wouldn't like Brian Regan, or…

I could maybe see Stanhope play Rick Moranis' character (in fact, I think that would be hysterical), but I think he's too much for any Ghostbuster.

I always find it amusing when fans don't understand their idols. People who want to see Doug Stanhope do Ghostbusters don't get Doug Stanhope. He lives in bumfuck Arizona. He's said repeatedly that he hates Hollywood, hates the idea of doing mainstream TV and movies and all the bullshit that comes with them-the only…

You don't want a home office if you practice criminal or family law. I hope I don't need to explain that. Although I guess he's sort of on hiatus from criminal work. I still would never practice from home.

Jimmy McGill discovers the harsh truth that retail lawyers (personal injury, family, criminal, etc) have known for years. The dark side of advertising-90% of the prospective "clients" you get are either tire kickers or straight up lunatics. They're either unreasonable or maladjusted or otherwise difficult people…

Incidentally, this is one of the reasons why I never bought Eric Cantor wanting to be Speaker. It's a thankless, no win job and you're constantly being undermined on all sides. He had to have known that it was best to wield power from the sidelines/shadows than be the leader with the sword of Damocles over your head.

Doug is probably my favorite character, thanks in no small part to Michael Kelly.

Casting has never been this show's weakness, it's the writing. The only reason HoC is seriously considered a prestige drama by some people who should know better is the quality of the acting. If you can't write a decent season of television, might as well find the best actors you can get to sell your material. That's…

I was almost surprised they didn't go for a Yates-Meechum-Underwood threesome.

There's really no excuse for fucking up the Stamper storyline. Michael Kelly is a great actor, so it's not like he's incapable of carrying a good storyline. There were nuggets of good ideas in there, but ultimately the writers must've gotten so absorbed in the Underwood marriage and the primary and foreign policy that…

Yeah, the writers' understanding of foreign policy is laughable at best, but it doesn't put you to sleep like the China crap and Lars Mikkelsen is awesome. Not as awesome as Mads, but still awesome.