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Ya, I agree about the gluttonous skinny character angle not being too rare of an occurrence on television and it can get tiresome. With 30 Rock though, I thought it was fine in the absurdist world they created where everybody was just a 2 dimensional caricature on the surface, which they would attempt to break from in…

My understanding is the remorse/sociopathy relationship is not necessarily an all or nothing thing, but that sociopathy exists on a spectrum with multiple elements, of which lack of empathy is maybe one of them. So somebody considered a sociopath may have slightly less than average amounts of empathy but may be…

I hear the surgical and journalism professions are ripe with sociopaths.

I kind of see Hannibal and Alana as different sides of the same coin. The show seems to emphasize their relationships to Will in terms of some sort of professional curiosity/fascination with him or trying to downplay that aspect. To me it seems like Alana may actually care for him, but attempts to veil this in the…

Malkovich is amazing in that movie, but the real star is Nicholas Cage's hair.

I enjoyed that bit of absurdism. I thought it was clearly playing with that trope in making Liz, who is clearly tiny, into this sandwich eating monster. Tell me you didn't laugh when they thought Liz was going to try and shotgun a beer, but instead shotgunned a large pizza.

Dude, Where's My Killer?

Isn't that just the plot of "Lost"?

too democrat for her liking.

when did "flapper" fall out of favor? this explains so much

are we talking 2 detectives who are dragons or two people that investigate dragons? or is it 2 dragon detectives that investigate other dragons? i would watch any of these shows.

Ya, not that it really matters that much what you categorize it as. Probably just needed a way to distinguish between the shows that began popping up like the Sopranos that may require more of a commitment as they weren't as self contained and the shows that existed prior like the Law and Orders and Hill Street Blues,…

Ya no doubt. I agree with you there. True Detective didn't really do anything that innovative besides maybe some of the camerawork. Wasn't my favorite show of the year or anything but it did what it was going for fairly well and I found it enjoyable. I just get confused as peoples' definitions always differ on how to…

need to hold something back for season 2

I've heard good comparisons of Game of Thrones to the Wire be made. Both consist of large ensembles with institutions being a large focus of each and the cities/regions themselves being among the most important characters in their own rights.

I'm not sure of the exact elements of a procedural, but I usually think of them as generally having one crime or mystery or whatever plot element per episode generally? In contrast a serialized show will usually a major storyline encompass a season or even an entire series I think? So as far as the way the story was…

where is the "where's firefly?" guy?

the legends are true!