Yeah, the fact I've watched a bunch of episodes and formed an opinion, partly subjective, about what I saw means I'm making a strawman argument.

It has the team, it has the aseptic environments, it has the pop psychology. Also, there's little or no atmosphere or interesting production design to speak of—it's slick and precise. It clearly has the traits I described above in its DNA, and within a season or two it will probably have the rest of them. It's also…

No shit Sherlock. Like I explained to two other people, I'm not talking about the detective or procedural story in general, I'm talking about the GENERIC AMERICAN PROCEDURAL. While derived from Sherlock Holmes and other detection fiction, CSI, NCIS, Bones, Castle, House, etc. are not exactly the same as the Victorian…

See my comment below. Generally when you address a sentence, you should address the whole sentence, not one key word. I'm not even a fan of the UK Sherlock.

I said "generic US procedural." At least address what I said, not some oversimplified version of what I said that you invented. Of course the UK Sherlock (of which I'm not a fan of) and the original stories were procedural.

It is interesting that forcing a classic character into the confines of a generic US procedural (what are there, about 100 of these shows now?) is seen as a somehow good thing. It's like the classic "whodunit" just wasn't predictable or reassuring enough; they had to push it even further into our comfort zone. The…

I wouldn't say the plot or comic elements were particularly great (certainly not up to the standard of the films), but the level design and settings were generally pretty awesome, and I felt the game expanded the mythology quite well, even managing to unify Ghostbuster I and II in a way that makes Ivo Shandor the…

While the Europeans are certainly not to blame for the millions who died of disease, what they did to the remaining populations was a combination of genocide, ethnic cleansing and conquest—if anything the germs simply made the process possible/easier for them. If nothing else, it was pretty much a full-on attempted…

It's strange to me that people even associate Kurosawa with samurai swords, given that he made so many great movies without them.

Good call on Omnio, one of the best post black metal albums, and one of favorite albums of all time. Strange in Stereo isn't too shabby either.

Part of it is because of the obsession with "authenticity" a lot of people have and their association of it with acoustic, folk or subdued sounds. One some level they can't believe a commercial new wave band could have made something authentic or real because new wave and eighties pop have become poster boys for…

Nerd rage.

When I was a kid I probably liked it more. It same some great gags (the 2001 stuff for example) and that great early self-conscious William Shatner stuff before he parlayed it into commercials. I still think it's funny, and the idea of setting it in space is inspired, but it lacks the freshness of the first one. It…

"Airplane!" squeaked by to number one because it has the most laughs per scene and that great cornball dramatic dialogue from "Zero Hour!" But "Top Secret" comes pretty close, and depending on my mood could just as easily end up in the #1 spot. I love it because it mashes genres together with ease (Cold Way thriller…

Given that Breaking Bad is essentially an old-school tragedy it's worth thinking of its ending in terms of traditional dramatic structure. The actual climax and falling action happens in "Ozymandias", while "Felina" is pretty much all denouement. It's not really meant to be THE ENDING so much as the wrapping up of the…

Best of the Zucker/Abraham/Zucker team (rank em):
1. Airplane!
2. Top Secret
3. Ruthless People
4. Naked Gun
5. Hot Shots
6. Hot Shots Part Deux
7. Kentucky Fried Movie
8. Naked Gun II
9. All the rest are shit.

Nah, these days black metal is actually quite a bit better than most death metal or thrash. It's certainly more interesting. — random Internet person

Sounds like a pretty poor match of talent actually, but you never know. You need a screenwriter and director who understand the horror and fantasy genres (and the interplay of dream and reality) and a grasp of material that's a bit deeper than your average super hero movie. Batman screenwriter and director of Don Jon?…

That's what I want. Just give me the stuff from the book. I don't need the rest. In fact, I refuse to sit through this until someone does that edit.

SAMSON SMASH! (troll hard dawg)