Yeah, I remember when Twelve Monkeys came out and it like a feeding frenzy for film critics to say how it was just like La Jetee which of course wasn't generally available at the time. But finally all that film school paid off because they had seen it and could be condescending and smug about something most people had…

Until I was about 20 people would say I looked like Micheal Jackson, but then his skin color changed and mine didn't. So now, I dunno, maybe Jordan Peale?

It is interesting how the "conservative" title is fracturing. Whether that means anything in the age of voter suppression is unclear, but you wouldn't expect a Rubio dude and a Trump dude to agree on much of anything.

It does seem weird that the guy of the partnership plays himself and gets to romance Jacobs while the wife is just behind the camera.

What else do they have? I know the rules are evolving, but a winter/spring show that dies on the launch-pad rarely has anything decent ready lined up behind it. Other than schedule rearrangement, it's probably easier to just eat the failure and wipe the slate clean come June.

He's right about Batman; I remember being on usenet in 88-89 and the venom at Keaton (and Nicholson) was a real eye-opener. I'm sure if there was an internet of any type in '66, West would have been the worst casting choice imaginable.

"Friend of mine had one. Designer of the neutron bomb. You ever hear of the neutron bomb? Destroys people - leaves buildings standing. Fits in a suitcase. It's so small, no one knows it's there until - BLAMMO. Eyes melt, skin explodes, everybody dead. So immoral, working on the thing can drive you mad. That's what…

We sit glued to the T.V. set all night
And every night!
Why go into the outside world at all?
It's such a fright!

The early part of the review made it sound like the very worst kind of Very Special Episode, when a character we've never seen before shows up, suffers tragedy and everyone feels bad until next week when the person is never mentioned again. It's nice to think we've moved (or are moving, anyway) beyond such hokum, and…

What about a James Gunn? He could twitter that pilot but good!

Huh, wonder what "odd friendship" is code for. School-shooters? Gays? Building a robot woman? One's autistic? Both autistic? One lives in a plastic bubble?

Yeah, "stepped over".

Nah, I sort of expected it. Every review was like "the lead is always the least interesting person in the room". I mean, imagine Sopranos with Vince Vaughn as Tony?

Hey, if it's Jagger's money and his wallet is staying open, maybe they'd be suckers not to?

Is that like smoking pot with a guy who looked like Peter Frampton happens way more than smoking fake pot with the actual Peter Frampton?

I have no problem with actors getting work, though I have no idea how much HBO pays vis-a-vis network shows. I just can't shake the feeling that if this was made by Jim Smith and Susan Williams it would never have seen the light of day and been taken out back and put down with the debut numbers it had if by some…

Uh, last half of the last paragraph in the article?

But hard dick is the best kind!

Well, while none of these projects say to me "watch", at least it's not because it sounds like the same old stuff. The lightning one? Uh, okay?

Maybe. The debut numbers were awful, it's a hard-sell genre in the first place and who's going so start watching now?