BUT BELLA FOUND GAME IN NO TIME. In the reality set up by the show it’s mind-boggling.

Fair, except BELLA FOUND LOTS OF GAME IN LIKE 2 HOURS ... I mean, come on! In the reality of the show it makes no sense. 

My pitches:

All this rearranging allows them to avoid talking about the real problem with this show: it lacks much of the L&O formula/charm, rendering it just another forgettable procedural. It’s really L&O in name only. I’m guessing that was a major chafing point for Dick Wolf veterans who probably knew exactly what was missing…

Distributing intimate images without consent isn’t funny. It’s fucked up and illegal. (Not sure why it’s being treated with such a light touch in this story.) Hating someone isn’t going to protect an offender from revenge porn charges. And any conviction could require registration as a sex offender.

On paper, Tar is Oscar baity -- from the cast to the subject matter. But in execution it’s so idiosyncratic, so loose (but clearly written within an inch of its life) and vibrant. The run time didn’t even register with me. Blanchett created one of the great anti heroes of recent years. A monster who you can’t quite…

Hawley and Pizzolato both lost the thread. Legion season 1 and part of season 2 really worked, but I think season 3 of both Fargo and Legion broke his brain. Everything became heightened in ways that were not at all fun (very much throwing spaghetti at the wall territory). And True Detective couldn’t recapture the…

Also, you go to those shows for more than plot advancement. You come to them to hang out with the characters. Tight little seasons don’t offer the same pleasures (but are valid for other kinds of shows). 

There’s room for 2 kinds of shows: the tightly controlled 3-4 season drama or comedy, and, on the other hand, sprawling shows that feature high episode counts and plenty of “hang out” time (Friends, Gilmore Girls, etc.). I want both. I want the easy hangs and the edge-of-my-seat plotlines. (And, if you see what people…

UFO/UAP sightings are a better barometer of what’s going on in society than they are of what’s going on in intergalactic transport. They belong more in the bucket of witch trials, Satanic panics and mass hysterias. Still, they’re fun to talk about and who doesn’t want to think about this tiny, unimportant planet…

David’s insight into the cordyceps reminded me of the amazing story The Things, which revisits The Thing from the monster’s POV. What I find fascinating in both cases is the reality that humans and their opponents want the same thing. They want to live and thrive. And if another species gets in their way, they won’t…

His Girl Friday is like “Hold my Beer.” (240 wpm)

Like a few other actors it seems he only really caught fire once he’d matured. It’s like Hollywood was just waiting for a bit of character to get worked into his face before it gave him the green light. 

He was on that show for two years and I didn’t remember until my rewatch. 

Back then he was Pedro Balmaceda.

They should just Blumhouse this thing, get some killer directors, give them wide latitude, but keep budget hyper-modest with reusable sets and back-to-back shoots (like X/Pearl). The budgets get so inflated no one can pull the trigger on anything — and whatever gets made is boring. JJ Abrams is beyond overextended.…

Depicting bad things is entirely different than engaging in bigoted behavior. The racism in Lovecraft (a really lousy writer) or James Bond books isn’t there to cast judgement — it’s part of the creators’ worldviews. That’s wholly different than the depiction of racism/sexual assault/etc. with the intent of…

Just add Fortune Feimster to anything.

Multiple generations have grown up with him populating their favorite movies and TV shows. A true dude who worked his ass off. I hope he keeps getting recognition. 

If you loved this episode and episode 3, you should binge Station 11 right now. Every week was an episode 3 and 7.