I felt pretty uncomfortable in MW1 manning the weapons on the AC130, personally. That's basically what it looks like when you're doing the same thing in real life. That coupled with the "witty" banter between the airmen ("Kaaaa-boom"). Ugh.

True enough Soylent Green, true enough.

Lemon: Haven't seen the episode for a while, but I'm nearly positive that only the audience hears the Big Shots' presenters talking about Ein being a "Data dog." And Spike and Jet's concern is the bounty-head and the fact that he's valuable in and of himself. Part of the farce of the episode is that they never meet…

Isn't the "not selling Ein" thing more that they never hear the broadcast that describes exactly how valuable he is? Except for Ed, they all seem to treat him as a normal dog.

I think the comment Gee makes to the bosses about taking Bayliss off the case is what counts in analyzing the situation.

If this show was being made now, we'd probably have to endure a spin-off with Stan retiring and becoming a gruff but lovable PI.

I smile every time I watch this show and Meldrick gets to say something about being "murder police."

Being able to point to senior black officers in the police department would probably be "useful" from a political standpoint any time discrimination accusations came up, either within the department or from the outside regarding police conduct with citizens. Think about many times we saw even the detectives depicted…

Well, then is The Wire a cop show, if we're discussing definitions? Almost everyone depicted on The Shield is a cop (or criminal), and almost all of the character development ties into cases or the corruption that is able to be perpetrated by the Strike Team by being cops. Either the Strike Team is solving/creating…

What I think would be more important in depicting WWI is the aftermath. The negotiations and punishments that set the stage for an even more devastating conflict.

@Neil: I still have affection for the original Law and Order, but I think we've got to talk about the distinction between Homicide's subtle moralizing, and L&O's blatant sermonizing. Some episodes even early on are nothing more than polemics. L&O, rather than "paving the way" I would say gave license for writers to…

What's interesting about the relationship is that she obviously realizes all those things, but doesn't take any of the chances she has to get away. The drugs and his personality don't stop her from caring, loving and eventually giving up on life on Asimov's account. It's an awfully fatalistic way to resolve that…

Schmidt, what do you think are the A+ eps, if you don't mind me asking. The final two parter of course, I think would be high on my list.

Avatar, you say "well no shit" but there are plenty of people commenting that don't grasp that simple fact.

Can I ask a question in a similar vein? With The Wire, Homicide, and The Shield (if I may take a liberty and add it, although The Wire and Homicide are superior to it, obviously) existing, are all other cop shows redundant? What more are you going to say about police work and The Life that has not already been said by…

How much time have you spent on these comment boards and you're still asking that question idiotking? ;P There are plenty of assholes over multiple threads on this article, doing the same thing. Mistaking Koski's tastes and nostalgia for some definitive"best of." Guess what, it doesn't exist and never will.

Kenny, I think if this thread proves anything, it's that the myth of JFK has passed into a cultural space along with the historical.

Asuka, Cookie briefly brought it up earlier in this thread, but there's some real questions to be asked regarding the affect of JFK's death on the New Deal Coalition.

Idiotking's right on LBJ's mindset about the war. Before Obama decided on a troop increase in Afghanistan, Bill Moyers did a whole hour on his PBS show consisting simply of LBJ's taped phone conversations regarding escalating in Viet Nam. From those conversations, it's clear LBJ thought the whole thing was probably…

Some great responses, unfortunately
Unfortunate in the fact that we have to wonder about so many talented people, and what paths their lives would have taken.