I think my only issue in regards to all this is that no one seemed to express doubts or confusion about the full nature of the plan. When Hakura says they have eight minutes to dispose of Ozai at the beginning of the episode, I was surprised everyone just cheered and went along with it. A few dissenters would have…

Not only trailers, but posters too. The one for Tower Heist was an embarrassment in that it was close-ups of Eddie Murphy's and Ben Stiller's faces - and yet, STILL photoshopped, with a nondescript building in the background. It was bland, nonsensical, and pointless.

It's a silly episode, but I got such a freaking kick out of the Momo/Appa stuff that everything else wasn't too much of a problem.

@avclub-eccbc7cdf4dfd00792d431e1a1d896fa:disqus The moment I posted that I realized how that may have came off. I fucked that up - I didn't mean it like that. I meant that if people thought that version was cool, that they ought to check out his older versions.

His version of Minnie the Moocher in the old Betty Boop cartoon is SO freaking good, much stronger than his Blues Brothers version.

Uncharted 3's story was the best thing about it, relatively speaking. Well, I should say the voice actors make the story better than it was. There are a lot of flaws in it (the whole pirate level was complete unnecessary if you think about it).

Also, the brown/grey aesthetic didn't help, especially on the heels of the same "look" as Cowboys and Aliens (which, if you think about it, kinda has the same basic premise).

Of all the problems with this show, editing is definitely up there. Between the "Dale can't see the zombie next to him" and "Andrea's wandering from the group and clashing with a zombie within 10 seconds," the cuts and laying out of various scenes are really, really terrible.

Firefly is my go-to example of well-handled large casts. Part of the skill was focusing each episode on one person and have everyone react around them.

I don't think Klaus is weak, he just wasn't well-thought out. He's a fish, and can't really get involved in anything, so essentially you can't do anything with him but maybe running commentary. I kinda finding amusingly charming when he's involved. Kinda like "Wow, look, they got Klaus to do something, somehow!"

I was scared as SHIT of the music video to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer."

I totally forgot there was a Portal reference. I was kinda surprised, actually. As awkward as it was, the fact is there's rarely solid video game references in TV, even as throw-away gags.

"I'm sorry."
OR
"I miss you."
OR
"I forgive you."

To be fair, Blues Clues is for a younger audience, much younger than Sesame Street - I think it's more for the age right after you start talking, while Sesame Street is more for the early schooling set.

I always wanted to see the faces of the security detail/aids after the news was given to Bush. Did they glance at each other awkwardly? Did one of them cough, as if to say "What do we do now?" Did one give a goofy cartoon shrug to the schoolteacher when he kept reading?

Also, Lang isn't saying anything that wouldn't be true for most prematurely cancelled shows.

It was a bad line, especially since we understood the moment perfectly without it.

The clearly-improv'd scene of him taking the air freshener, yelling "I'm taking this!" and sniffing it heavily still makes me laugh out loud, mainly because it makes no sense and makes perfect sense at the same time.

No. It improved, but not into good show territory.

I wouldn't say terrible, but hopelessly outdated. It's a concept that would have reaped rewards in the 90s. Now? Why even bother. Take that loss and move on.