The Adventures of Saul and Flynn

RIP, Roger. Beautifully said, Scott.

Bill Finger?

The idea of the Overlook interior as an impossible structure is pretty cool. Seems like the kind of thing Kubrick would meticulously map out and then never draw explicit attention to.

I remember the movies episode. I think she was just watching some Loony Toons shorts over and over again (because that's a thing). They portrayed it as being as full of moral darkness and soul-corruption as that cold open on "Breaking Bad" showing Wendy the hooker's typical day of meth and blow jobs.

"Had" then. Either way, he needed an Old Testament Satan there to tell him when he was being a shit… and then jab a pitchfork in his rump every time he even thought the word "midichlorians."

Loonatics: Unleashed at least manages to sum up the terribleness of the 1990s, and corporate thinking, in one fell swoop.

Agreed, but then it's not hard to see how it happened. George Lucas was given total free reign to make the movies exactly as he wanted, unconstrained by budget or Harrison Ford's contempt, and despite appearances to the contrary, George Lucas is, unfortunately for all of us, actually just a very imaginative 8 year old…

So, it's like Clan of the Cave Bear with less humping?

The problem with this show is that Norman Bates's origin story isn't a compelling idea. Prequels really only make sense when you're showing how a legend became a legend - but the key is that said legend is a legend in his/her own fictional reality (like Batman or Superman). But Bates isn't a legend in his fictional…

Said 6th season would mostly involve Tammy I, having taken the form of a murdered Ron, attempting to leave Pawnee. Leslie, learning this will result in the end of the world, attempts to stop him by jump kicking him off a cliff during a poorly CGIed earthquake. Sideflashes will reveal what happened to all the…

I saw parts of it. I turned it off when it became apparent that there would be a happy ending and reconciliation despite the fact that both Carrell's character and Rudd's character were irredeemable, repellent human beings who deserved nothing more than falling into a garbage truck and getting crushed a la Shredder at…

"Dan In Real Death"

I seriously doubt the "the fans are the producers, so WB execs will have no influence" thing will happen, especially given how much the network supposedly messed with season 3 (different division, I know, but still). But that would be a good model for projects like this in the future. Fans agree to fund a…

@avclub-215a71a12769b056c3c32e7299f1c5ed:disqus and @avclub-fb22fb2b63ebd0f8261cbfc4809cd152:disqus True, there's no return investment on the usual Kickstarter project aside from t-shirts and such. The difference here is that most Kickstarter projects are made by people/orgs that don't have the financial resources to…

Except you then have to pay more money to go see the movie. So, it's not really a return investment. You're funding the production of a product that you then have to go out and buy… and all the money from said product goes back to Time Warner. The prizes are nice and thoughtful, though.

I like Veronica Mars and Rob Thomas as much as the next guy who's seen half of the second season, but Warner Bros. still owns VM and most money made off the movie will ultimately go back to them. I hope the movie gets made, but I'm a little put off by the idea of a mega corporation like Time Warner using Kickstarter…

I love Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler, and am indifferent to Taylor Swift, but I also love the idea of Taylor Swift as some sort of cruel, capricious god consigning beloved celebrities to the Pit for taking Her Name in vain.

You are 1000% right about Jesse Pinkman. Well said.

My problem with "Across the Sea" is that it made the Man in Black deeply sympathetic, while it made Jacob a murderous, man-child idiot. Which wouldn't be a problem if the show from them on out didn't keep insisting that Jacob was a good guy.