What’s the lesson? I haven’t watched that show.

I think that Anderson’s style/approach has a built-in ceiling. He can do great by his own aims without getting to the same sort of transcendent place that houses most of the great films by other directors. So yeah, I agree.

It’s a bit hard for me to say what would constitute an A for something like Star Trek, but I’d probably put TNG’s best episodes there. “The Measure of a Man,” etc. Most of the series have at least a couple of real standout episodes.

That’s true. Neither of Schumacher’s films are actually funny in a deliberate way outside of maybe Jim Carrey here and there via the sheer force of his antics.

B&R is a better movie in virtually every way other than presenting Batman as a dark, serious character who scares criminals.

Somehow, it never really occurred to me that all of these superhero films were trying to sell teen-me on old outdated characters, or at least I didn’t feel disinclined to check them out for that reason. That said, with The Phantom it wasn’t just the age of the character but the visual oddity: A guy in a purple suit,…

I do feel that some of the ‘other’ presidents, of whom Grant is one of the more prominent, present intriguing prospects for the biopic industry. Alec Baldwin looks much like Millard Fillmore, for one casting suggestion.

They’re definitely going to market this to the Grant demographic, which is relatively lucrative compared to the Ulysses demographic.

I am Bat Man.

Strider, Texas Ranger

I completely missed the newswire about this on Friday and until scrolling down here, was under the impression that the AVC hadn’t even covered The Expanse’s cancellation. I guess that I feel better now, knowing that it wasn’t ignored.

I’d love for it to be available via subscription, but I’ve been buying season passes on Amazon because I can’t wait to watch. And it’s worth it for The Expanse. I don’t bother with live/up-to-date shows too often anymore, but I don’t mind spending money on this one.

I’m wondering what Syfy’s incentive was to pick up the show in the first place. I guess that if it had become a ratings monster, all would be well.

I like BSG but I think that The Expanse has grown to be just as good, or near to, and seems a lot more even and built for a long run that doesn’t disappoint.

This is good news. The show definitely has the Netflix padding problem, but the ending of the first season suggests that a lot may be, or at least could be, changing as far as the storytelling format.

Without going into spoilers, from the looks of the end of S1 the Jack London complex is no longer a danger.

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I do think that she’s the best Lois I’ve seen, but I’d say that some of the others have felt like their own people. Erica Durance had some good energy on Smallville, and Amy Adams’ version in Man of Steel (if not the other films) is a decent character on her own. Of course she quickly becomes fascinated with Superman…

I’ve taken to browsing these reviews without having watched the episode, and that Gardner bit on Weekend Update is pretty great. Not being a heavy viewer, I haven’t seen much from Heidi, but she really does get all the way into that character.

Somehow this one doesn’t roll my eyes like Jacob. Maybe it’s that this girl doesn’t repeat the same catchphrase ad nauseam, or at least didn’t in this sketch.