I'm pretty sure the texting thing shouldn't be taken as canon.

That wasn't so much based on a play as they just kind of filmed the play as-is.

Eh, every show runner gets pressured to do idiotic things to their show. If you put your name on a series, it's your responsibility to make sure it doesn't suck.

Besson is only credited as a writer, though. The other two writers (not a good sign in itself) are also the directors, one appears to be a DP and the other only has a short to his name.

Alright, so what is the damn twist?

You know what's great about shows like Firefly and Farscape? They aren't "the next" anything, they're original, interesting shows in their own right.

Wait, you want rockets to be less awesome?

Zathras always had the best lines...

Valtoooo!

Damn I love that show!

I vaguely remember the story being that the series was originally planned for five seasons, but by season 4 they were pretty sure they were getting cancelled, so the last two seasons got crammed into one. When they were unexpectedly picked up for another season, 5 had to be padded out a bit beyond the original story.

These are targeted therapies that act on specific genes (well, more or less) that promote angiogenesis.

JJ Abrams "mystery" series with a flashback gimmick?

The first season was awesome, if you're into that sort of thing (ie fun, but cheesy supernatural action-girl show, with a fair amount of sex).

What it proves is what Jensen, Dworkin, and MacKinnon have said all along, which is that the kind of porn you watch informs your sexual behavior.

I don't agree with the statement that if a person doesn't find it degrading it isn't.

Is Facebook doomed to die?

Ah, yes, we're definitely going off different definitions of 'good' here: you're talking about "good enough", whereas I meant basically the exact opposite, let's call it "actually good". Both are perfectly valid, of course.

That one's pretty simple to settle: from a storytelling perspective, 'formulated to appeal to as many people as possible' is about as far from 'good' as it gets.

All I can think is Captain Malcolm Reynolds seems to have done well for himself after being largely based off a Confederate soldier.