Damn, I wish I had two usernames…

Richard and Linda Thompson - "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"

Every movie released in 2015 should have a scene where Kim Jong Un blows up.

That would be like judging David Simon solely on Treme. Sure, FNL is no The Wire, but having not seen it makes even trying to have this discussion completely pointless.

I would love to see Sorkin be like, say, a staff writer or something. Maybe like, the main script-writer on a show that's run by someone else and where other people come up with the storylines, and then he just turns those stories into scripts. And like, every single episode's credits would read "Story by Jason…

Probably my favorite. They know how and when to use a recurring sketch/joke really well.

There was a show that had a run recently at Upright Citizen's Brigade in New York (it might still be there, I'm not sure) called "Seventeen-Seventy Something," which was a musical re-telling of the American Revolution from the point of view of the current-day far-right wing, starring Jesus Christ and his dinosaur…

"Better than hot pizza? That's insane." -Jack Donaghy

You're not going to be around in 2015? Guys, is Todd dying? Todd, are you dying? Somebody say something!

I agree. In my book, B+ at the worst. I've been loving it. Just an abandonment of subtlety in the best sort of way.

Can he only say his own name, or was he named after the only thing he can say?

Yes, I too am shocked that anyone can tolerate Syndey (recent Syd, at least), let alone love her. I've always been surprised by how bratty they make her when they made it very clear early on that Joel was such a "rock star" of a parent.

I would actually point to Dollhouse as an example. The two shows remind me of each other a lot: sleek visuals, dark and shadowy settings, attempts to make points about female identity and technology, a lead actress who must play multiple parts, a secret organization, etc.

This Canadian TV blog post from last year disagrees with you. I don't usually pay too much attention to that sort of thing, but I remember reading this last year:

Are you sure? I thought it was about Cougar Town…

You're so smart, I can't believe nobody thought of that before you said it!

I'm just not sure I follow the analogy. Is it an insult to the dead horses because they're being flogged so much? Is it an insult because the message is so old that it's dead-er than a normal dead horse? Or is it because this guy was just trying to have a clever/snarky one-liner that he smashed two sayings together…

The whole "to call it flogging a dead horse is an insult to dead horses," really doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, what?

A Few Good Men? Elf?

Oh shit - Vaughan was working on that show? I was just so uninterested in it that I didn't even notice. I'm a huge fan of his and basically follow him anywhere he goes (which mostly means comics because I would have been watching Lost anyway). Ex Machina is one of my favorite comics ever.