Well since "film" is going to be an obsolete synecdoche when they stop shooting on actual film stock, maybe "cinema" will become the new default term? "Movies" does sound like a holdover from the nickelodeon era.

Where's David Milch when you need him? EDIT: Damn it. Someone at the bottom of the thread beat me to it.

I'm pretty sure Campbell is happy with his career as is, but it would be nice to see him get more dramatic opportunities like that one. He has a talent for them.

Well, Clarke's Third Law comes in to play in almost all media of SF, and especially television and cinema.

The mention of demons reminds me of the brilliant episode of MILLENNIUM, "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me," written by X-FILES fan fave Darin Morgan. Man, that was brilliant.

Yeah, it only got cancelled because Urich got cancer. Bummer.

Both this show and JACK OF ALL TRADES had a weird, sunny vibe, so out of place for their times ('93-'94 and '00-'01, mostly all aired before 9/11) that they seemed to me like lost Walt Disney shows from the '50s or '60s. They're both wonderful shows (although BRISCO is, as this article points out, more genial and…

And there was another one with Robert Urich, too.

I think John Glover played a really fun Satan in that? Otherwise I don't remember a thing.

And then Campbell guest starred on HOMICIDE a couple years later…not as Brisco County VI, unfortunately.

Nah, steampunk works here.

Someone needs to do a master edit where all of these villains are hijacking the same flight.

er…it's not about that?

Jesus, yes. I think the build-up is still pretty terrifying. It's a victim of its effects. But hey, it still works. Weird seeing Stephen Geoffreys from FRIGHT NIGHT and the guy who played Kent in REAL GENIUS playing other characters.

The one Martin Scorsese did with Sam Waterston was pretty goddamn scary.

I really enjoyed "Profile in Silver," with Lane Smith as a time traveler sent back to witness the death of his distant ancestor, JFK, played by Andrew Robinson.

Are you objecting to the capitalization, or the use of the word "fucking?" This conversation already was civil, there's no need to dial down something that's not dialed up in the first place.

No, I don't think that, for the reasons I explained. They might think it was some sort of chemical attack or sabotage, but as that would be highly out of character for Soviet military strategy, their instinct would be to gather more information before launching missiles. As I said, there would be no detection of the…

Sure, but why?

V FOR VENDETTA either completely misunderstood the book upon which it was based, or deliberately corrupted it. The book is about an anarchist terrorist whose actions may or may not be defensible, given what he's fighting; it leaves it up to the reader to decide. The movie throws away the anarchism completely and…