I think the thing that makes Homeland's use of time most interesting is that it is more a plot-driven show than a character study, though it has elements of both. Other shows I have seen with this sense of time such as The Sopranos and Mad Men are really more character studies, so the use of time is about character…

I didn't want to kill Jack Black, but Cusack's another story.

Does Frasier change much on Frasier? I'm about half-way through Cheers and I am wondering whether I should watch Frasier, assuming it would be 11 seasons of the same sort of character he is on Cheers.

I didn't like An American in Paris when I saw it. Despite being a big fan of Gene Kelly, and the Gershwin tone poem (I actually prefer it to Rhapsody in Blue, but it could just be that I played An American in Paris with my high school orchestra) the big ballet sequence felt really underwhelming and the film as a whole…

I've never really understood the whole "Cera ruins Scott Pilgrim" argument. I realise that that isn't what you are saying at all, but it feels like a good place to bring it up. I always felt the character was supposed to be a bit of a spacey and smug douchebag and Cera really embodied that. I didn't read all of the…

Sunny had a pretty good episode, if not really in the same league as the Community episode. I really love it when they do the cheap time-travel stories, and this was no exception. Plus it had Lance Reddick and Jon Polito.

What's really interesting about this ending is the way it grows following the final line, as you start to realise just how much shit has hit the fan for Gittes and he just has to walk away because there isn't anything he can do. I found the line a touch underwhelming the first time I saw the film but, as the crane…

A list of all the alternate timeline (two or more versions of the same series of events) TV episodes (re-post ones already mentioned if anyone gets this far down). I'll start by listing the very few I have seen, other than this one:
"Bowling" - Malcolm in the Middle
"My Butterfly" - Scrubs

"Bowling" is the best episode, but I am also a big fan of the "Poker" episode where Hal and Abe battle it out with Malcolm and Stevie playing for them.

I don't think McFarlane is anywhere near as bad as Robbie Williams. McFarlane does a pretty decent impression of Sinatra, and seems to at least care about the music of the era a bit, while I'm not entirely sure what Robbie Williams is supposed to be doing except being shit.

Fair enough. I feel like I kind of screwed up my definition there, because I was thinking more along the lines of the fact that the software can do pretty much all the work for you with some colour correction software, while Pro Tools still requires work on your own part to make it work properly.

If we're really stretching it there are a few arcs in the final 2 seasons, such as Elaine dating Puddy, and George attempting to get a job.

what about Family Guy (seasons 4-8)?

Didn't they already have the (godawful) finale already thought out way in advance?

I think they already clean them up for the Blu-ray remasters of most classic films, though those are more '40s and '50s films like Casablanca or Ben-Hur than early sound-era films.

Pro Tools isn't exactly user friendly though, and still requires effort for a young musician such as myself to use even half-decently for the music/sound editing, not even getting started on the mixing, which is far out of my skill set. Magic Bullet Looks and other similar "Looks" software essentially require you to…

He was definitely present in the episode, such as in the final scene, and the sleepover scene.

The weirdest thing about the Apatow clique and cinematography is that the "Freaks and Geeks" pilot had Bill Pope as DP. That opening crane shot down below the bleachers is just brilliant.

I don't know about Anna Gunn, she is clearly a much better actress than January Jones, but on Breaking Bad her character seems to be essentially written to piss off the viewer by doing things that are stupid and selfish. Deadwood (I'm not sure exactly which show you are referring to), that's a different story, and I…

Good point. I think he actually got more annoying after the (SPOILERS) attempted suicide than he ever had been before.