There's a brainstem in a jar of formaldehyde somewhere that Lucas should have hired to write for him.

Fair enough. I seriously wonder why he hasn't had Carrie Fisher reworking all his dialogue. She's good at that shit.

I get that. There's a procedural aspect the way that Angel, or Buffy was procedural. Crime to be solved. Scooby Doo was procedural.

Procedural seems to have become a buzzword for a certain type of show, particularly C.I.S. I'd agree any show about law enforcement has to have a procedural aspect. Procedural to me has a scientific inference. You come up with an hypothesis and then follow certain procedures to prove or disprove that hypothesis.

To me it's interesting when they veer off procedure and use their gut instincts, street smarts and hunches. X-Files worked so well because there was a balance. Mulder believed, Scully was the skeptic. He went with feelings, she was procedural.

So if the Inside does not take that sterile scientific approach, I wouldn't even think of using the word procedural in the marketing. When WB first started marketing Buffy they said, "If you like X-Files, you'll love Buffy." That's what got me in. Not completely accurate but it worked. I'm all for comparisions, "If you liked Seven and Silence of the Lambs, you can't miss The Inside." What more do you need to to tell people?

I love procedurals. CSI used to be one, in my estimation, NSM now. Waking the Dead is kinda one, I feel.

There's also the Sin City noir aspect of it all.

Gah, I'm sorry for the constant shilling.

I'd love to do character descriptions and such, but I don't think that'd be okay. And I heard FOX was a little weirded out by my set report.

I'm thinking lately that I'm too invested. I explained to Kristen last night that we're usually jumping into promotion and such when the coffin nails are being hammered, and I'd rather gather the masses at the beginning if at all possible.

But you know, I just sound like craxyfen. Or a sycophant.

My head hurts.

don't apologize for the shilling. I am excited for the show and happy to hear about it even a little bit.

Okay, but let me know if I get eyerolly about it all.

But you know, I just sound like craxyfen. Or a sycophant.

That's ok, I don't know what either of those words mean. Stupid three syllable words.

Hmmm, noir. A genre overdue for a comeback. I'd like to see a contemporary noir type deal. That's really peaked my interest. Does that mean there's some narration? "The best view in LA, unless you're dead." More like Dragnet meets Silence of the Lambs.

Ok if it's not that, that would make a cool show. Then again I watched Ed O'Neil's Dragnet.

allyson, I have a Tivo wishlist for Inside, I'm so excited. keep up the hype.

So if the Inside does not take that sterile scientific approach

Yeah. It's a lot of things. Sterile, not one of them.

syc·o·phant ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sk-fnt, sk-)

n.

A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.