But they're so attractive!

I never knew until now that he wasn't just a made up character in Entourage. Is he still managed by Weebay?

Yeah you're probably right that Shutter Island's are far more trenchant.  But the last couple of times for me watching The Departed there's definitely been a few "how can he, if that guy…?"/"if that's that, then who…?" moments.

He's said that the ET thing was a mistake and he won't be doing it again:

I like The Departed a lot, but in a similar way to Shutter Island there's some real logic/plothole issues in there that bug me when I watch it again that prevent me from loving it. But - and I can't say for sure as I haven't seen the original - this probably lies with the source material and the central conceit rather…

I think the problem with Watchmen is the same as what is in retrospect wrong with his Dawn Of The Dead remake, which I actually happen to love (hated Watchmen though): Zack Snyder knows that stuff IS cool, but he doesn't understand WHY.

Also, make a graph of which the funniest shows on TV are right now, and which are the most successful ratings winners. You won't find much overlap.

Shut up.