I love this. According to IMDB, we got off lucky.

Joel Soisson's version of the script featured Duncan MacLeod living in a gas station in the middle of the desert, next to a run-down airplane. Also in the script, MacLeod smoked, wore cowboy boots and a hat, and had a pet monkey named Connor.

Or maybe that would have been better. I mean...monkey. Named Connor.

I think Duncan with a monkey named Connor would have been comedy gold.

We named the monkey Connor.

Bwahahahah. I'm willing to bet that that version would have been far more watchable.

If you were sufficiently drunk, whereas no amount of mind-altering substances would forgive what they did film.

I dunno: as I said it was pretty much comedy gold anyway. Two minute summary of entire series. Villain in bad professional wrestler costume who sings the series theme song! Cannibals who crucify their enemies! Really bad astrophysics! Stereotypical priest/hypocrite as secondary villain. 2nd grade morality centered around "purity". Complete retcon of the "there can be only one" phrase to Duncan being able to get his wife pregnant. Plus some strong hints said child will be some sort of messiah. At the very least comedy silver...

Having watched the 4400, I was wondering how much it'd suck for Marco to have the power to appear anywhere there was a picture of Jordan Collier.

But only those places. I mean, if they're really having a new power for each person, they're going to have to be pretty specific.

When I got my first look at the Guardian (when he was fast-forward dicing the guy at the farmhouse), my immediate thought was "One of Pinhead's buddies is tweaking on crystal meth!"

That strobe light fast movement effect that looks so eerie on Samara and the ghost from Stir of Echoes? Looks ridiculous when Edgar Winter's chunkier cousin is using it to zip around like Speedy Gonzales.

Hee! I wanted Marco to hold up his hands as the camera spun around and yell, "I did it!"

Ha! So true.

Having watched the 4400, I was wondering how much it'd suck for Marco to have the power to appear anywhere there was a picture of Jordan Collier.

But only those places. I mean, if they're really having a new power for each person, they're going to have to be pretty specific.

Hee. And, what, Meghan can turn random things into flowers? Reeeeal helpful there. Although I suppose she can turn people's guns into flowers all the time now.

The 4400 seems to be taking its cues from Lost. Each finale, they shake things up and basically reinvent the premise. Now, instead of a world full of promicin shots, it's a Seattle full of p-positives.

Meghan can turn random things into flowers? Reeeeal helpful there.

Because she looked surprised and it seemed out of her control initially, I was wondering if her power was going to be a Midas touch thingy. She was using the pen at the time, and it turned, which can't have been real convenient. I would enjoy a future more if everything she touches turns to plants. But I want her to find this out before she gets into bed again with Tom.

Chuck: The thing I don't understand about it is how it can maintain itself. The premise is that he has had all this government intelligence downloaded into his brain. But won't much of that intelligence be outdated in a year or two?

The best thing about the pilot was noticed by FAQWife. Near the beginning of the show, you can see a poster for North By Northwest in his room. Later, at the LargeMart, there's a homage to the film with the forklift-cart thingies blocking his way from the terrorist guy (like the train in the movie).

Chuck: The thing I don't understand about it is how it can maintain itself.

Yeah, that was my big question too. Among other things which I've now forgotten, but that was the big one.