That's the Austin 3:16 Principle, @preterite:disqus .

The problem is, @tanzimwrahman:disqus, that any industry involving creativity is going to be a high-risk crapshoot no matter what.

Oh, I did, @lutherstadtwittenberg:disqus - I felt Fillion and Stana Katic had great chemistry, and she gave him the sex appeal he'd previously lacked because I could believe her Kate Beckett was head-over-heels for the Big Goof. Most of the time, the women he was paired up with (Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Dana…

Yeah, I can kind of see where that might happen, @Misha20:disqus - sort of like watching Doctor Who, where a 2,000-year old Time Lord was played by a guy in his mid-Twenties with floppy hair and (as my wife says) "A Great Knobbly Head". Lots of fans wanted Matt Smith's Doctor and Jenna Coleman's Clara to get…

Because it's a failure with a Track Record, @tanzimwrahman:disqus - so whatever bean-counting suit greenlit the movie doesn't risk his cushy "movie executive" career because he could show you a business case that says It Will Be a Huge Hit!

Same premise, different kind of movie, @avclub-17e505346d7f670dced5d85e72f32ab2:disqus .

You may already know about this, @yameteoniichan:disqus , but there's an Indian version called China Gate done in the Eighties - only in this case, it's "The Magnificent Ten", and they've all been drummed out of/dissed by The Indian Army for one reason or another as a unifying theme.

"Good" is such a loaded term, @TheLadyEve:disqus - more like, "Awesomely Batshit" and "I Can't Believe I Enjoy This Crap as Much as I Do!"

Um, @Misha20:disqus ? They're Eternal Beings that have lived before the Heavens and the Earth begun, and will continue to live long after both are gone.

Lucifer is the show we all wanted Castle to be, @Rocketpilot:disqus . Fuck all the stupid melodramatic plot arc shit - give us goofy fun crimesolving and sexy sexual tension, and lots and lots of snark.

I came for the snarky commentary on the write-ups of Gotham, and I really thought we had a great crowd hatewatching it.

Given Herpes Simplex is more fun than Batman v Superman, @disqus_rZGD9XBp2f:disqus , that's kind of a low bar to clear….

It's the ABC Productions House Style, @SuperKarateMonkeyDeathCar:disqus - Overpriced But Cheap-Looking.

I think "an Ikea Commercial" gives Marvel Agents of SHIELD's Production Designers too much credit, @avclub-9a73d886f7283a6fff213ccce22a1111:disqus . More like "Pardon me, ABC - you'll have to clear a conference room, we need to shoot an episode here!"

So they married now? I know they got engaged when she got pregnant with his kid, @cyberpumpkin:disqus .

I wonder how the series would have gone if McKenzie and Baccarin hadn't gotten together IRL, given Dr. Thompkins is a fairly minor character in the comics. Maybe Barbara wouldn't have gone all lesbian supervillain in Season 2…?

Hate to break this to you, @disqus_j4vDzf8Jae:disqus - but Fuller's doing Star Trek: Discovery now….

I love the show for wearing its Castle on its sleeve - "Yeah, we turned a dramatic series about The Literal Abrahamic Devil on Earth into a cozy hang-out show featuring charming leads, with our own version of Will They or Won't They? Oh, and we threw in a cute daughter and a stiff-assed Big Brother to annoy Lucifer,…

It went there at the end of the last season, @AforAusgewahlt:disqus - then it came back, because Mom's out and painting Fake LA Red…literally, I'll be betting.

That is a real pity - Hanson did some really great work.