That's the big reason why making the Doctor a woman or a minority would be really difficult.  There would be a lot of time periods where you would have to jump through enormous hoops to gloss over the Doctor's sex or color.  You could do it (or you could ignore it, which might be the better option), but however you…

Jaunito, I don't control TV.  I'm just observing reality, not creating it.  They make decisions very quick. And viewing patterns, if you study them, show that people tune in, tune out, then never come back.  You can hope that they will until you are blue in the face, but hoping ain't gonna make the sun not hot.

Actually, it is not a Whedon show and that is the problem. I know that all makes for a fun O'Neal take on things, but it's decidedly not a Whedon show, in that it has nothing his shows are known for, such as intelligence, complex characters, or serialization.  About 2% of it are quips, but that's as close to being a…

Patriot Games?  Did I mention that one?  If I gave you that impression, my mistake. It's pretty good, but I really think, barring Red October, which is fantastic, it really wasn't until Cardinal of the Kremlin that he really kicked into high gear. That lasted, I think, until Without Remorse, which kind of reminds me…

Not sure what the "this" you are referring to is (2nd Star Trek?).  But not only is it not the 80's anymore, you also cannot seriously want to hold anything Abrams has done up to, say, Die Hard, can you?  Die Hard is so far from just being "cool" as to be The Godfather compared Trek or MI3. And the second Trek is his…

The big difference is that The Train Job was written in three days when the network informed them that the pilot was being shelved and they had the weekend to cram 90 minutes of show into 43 minutes of new show.  And even with that, The Train Job is still the best second show of any Whedon series, showing just how…

No problem, Zack. I've got pity to spare.

I really enjoyed This Is The End, but I kept thinking how amazing it could have been had it been directed by a top notch guy.  Imagine Ridley Scott helming that flick. What would have brought it to all time classic status would have been if the serious and scary parts had really been lensed and staged properly. That…

While Clancy may have devolved over the course of his career, for a while his books were without peer. He was sort of a techno-companion to John LeCarre. And while it must be acknowledged that his prose, while gripping, was never up to LeCarre's literary standards, his grasp of technology and military tactics were…

My apologies, Carrie, if I lumped you in with the rest of the writers who called the Angels powers "low stakes" and thought the ending with Sally ending up in love with someone was cheesy.  But in reading this article, it seemed that the vast majority of it was devoted to those two thoughts.

"Lens flare" is the new "Hodor" of comments.

You are not part of the problem. None of us watching on DVR matter unless we are Nielsen families. And even then, so long as Nielsen families watch via DVR within one day (and don't fast-forward the commercials), then it does not hurt the show.

If he was the psychic, I agree. But I was thinking of the crazy mother-son thing that took over the show and was falsely highlighted to make you pinpoint them. That really, really did not work, and it took an exceedingly long time to not work. It just killed the show for me. I really enjoyed Broadchurch, but the last…

A lot of what mystifies me about the modern world is in this article. Foremost would be the idea that the Angels' powers provide "low stakes" danger. Connections between people must be at an all time low if the idea that losing your connection to everyone you know in the world is now considered "low stakes."  And then…

Broadchurch was a very good show, but even with just 8 episodes the British show could barely sustain its premise. By episodes 7 and 8, the red herring-ness of it all was wearing thin, and they had to cheat to fill out those last two episodes. I can only imagine how bad this show will be at a 22 episode level, and…

If they were not prepared to make great episodes right away, then they should not have gone to air. You can't take half a season anymore. The ratings for last night show a 34% drop off from Week 1.  The show is already too expensive for its ratings, and if they lose that many more viewers again, then it is in…

Well, the ratings are in and people are not happy. They lost not just a full point, but rather 1.6 points in the demo. They went from 1st in the demo to third, behind, ahem, NCIS.  That is a 34% drop, and that is a disaster. They also lost over 4 million total viewers, and just like that this show is now barely…

ts;dr

Guess I should have checked the ratings before I posted. They lost not just a full point, but rather 1.6 points in the demo. They went from 1st in the demo to third, behind, ahem, NCIS.  That is a 34% drop, and that is a disaster. They also lost over 4 million total viewers, and just like that this show is now barely…

Your honor, I'd like to revise my statement, because the C-minus I posited earlier was far too generous. So let's break it down chemically, shall we?