Mark Lee, Pete Fenzel, and John Perich speculate on what a North Korean communications satellite would broadcast, bid farewell to ER, complain about hospital shows, and reflect on their memories of The Matrix. This episode was recorded in bullet time.
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I’m a pretty die-hard ER fan, I have watched 13 of the 15 seasons. But I gotta say: Thank god they ended this show. The last 3 seasons were getting more and more whacky and soap-opera like. Also, it was getting boring, because you had the same basic storylines over and over again just with different characters. So I was glad they wrapped it up, and although the final episode was kind of cramped with lots of stories and emotions (deep tragedy was followed by joy was followed by sillyness), I was satisfied with it.
Regarding shows about military operations in Iraq, there was a show called “Overe There” which aired for 13 episodes in the summer of 2005 and was pretty decent. But ratings were too low so FX canceled it.
What other professions should be portrayed in a TV show?
Well for one thing I need to mention Six Feet Under for portraying what life as an undertaker is like. On the DVD extras, they actually have some real undertakers talking about this – that they were glad that their work is shown to a large audience. Plus, it also covered the entrepeneurship connected to running a funeral home (Fisher & Sons being threatened to be taken over by a funeral home chain).
The West Wing was remarkable for portraying politicians’ daily life fairly accurately.
I read that Keanu Reeves wasn’t the first choice for The Matrix. It was offered to Will Smith, who turned it down to do Wild Wild West. Ouch.
I actually just deleted a paragraph where I wrote that clearly, Keanu is a better choice. Maybe that’s not clear. Will Smith can definitely do action, so who’s to say he wouldn’t have been amazing up there, in his shades? It would have been a different movie, but it could have worked.
Keanu Reeves is Hollywood’s most popular and successful inanimate object.
Just finished listening to this episode. Great job, guys. I was going to mention “Over There” as well — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446241/ — which was created by… wait for it… Steven Bochco.
Also, in Xander Berkeley news: http://reporter.blogs.com/pilotseason/2009/04/xander-berkeley-joins-two-drama-pilots.html