Well, given that it's J.J. Abrams…uh…it probably means anamorphic flares for everyone!

I know this post is humor-based, but my brain is kind of nerd-based and it's impossible for me to not point out that the AL40 lens is an anamorphic 40mm T2.0 lens. Since they're shooting on film the anamorphic frame size is 21mm x 17.5mm (remember the film is traveling up and down, not side to side like in a still…

Television is social engineering, though. The old production code used to forbid stories where criminals got away with a crime. Things have changed a little over the decades since then, but television is still used to set a standard for normalcy within a social group. It's actually terrifyingly effective.

"Go home for a few days and slap your wife around. We'll see you back on the job next Monday!"

I like the gunshot wound that's "through and through" so it's no big deal. You know, other than how you just absorbed a thousand pounds or so of impact force, which quite possibly created a hydrostatic shock wave that could cause widespread nerve damage as well as shutting down internal organs. No biggie.

Knocking a character out with a blow to the head. How about that one? Or with some kind of chemical in a syringe or in their food. Never mind that anesthesiologists train for years to be able to render someone unconscious without killing them. For our hero all it takes is a good right hook or some magic liquid. Being…

BTW, expand that to firefighters. I don't know if things have changed, but when I lived in Sonoma County the Rohnert Park fire department had never successfully battled a structure fire. Never. "Well, the house is on fire, boys. Let's watch it burn down."

I thought that was Low Winter Sun.

Police work as gritty, thought-provoking action featuring Calvin Klein models as detectives who dress in silk ties and Armani shirts. Or even worse, the sexy 30-something detective in stiletto heels.