Fantastic script, sets
589604
Thank you STARZ for REDEEMING yourself with me after you cancelled the genius series BOSS! I then thought you would go bankrupt after releasing the worthless teeny bopper pirate series Black Sails. That was a joke! OUTLANDER is sheer genius! Fantastic script, sets, camera work, acting, costumes, settings! Love it!
2885830
Fantastic filmmaking and perfect script. Definitely put on the subtitles if you want to catch all the sailing specific background dialogue.
403116
Acting is superb. Set design and costumes are wonderful.
4532484
This is the 4th installment of Randy Lalonde's serial SF series (yes I know it says Broadcast 3 - the series begins with 0), and stands out for its interesting mix of the mundane (taking control of the mostly-automated Triton, dealing with lots of housekeeping issues and personal conflicts) and the fantastic (new tech, the reconnection of the current story arc with that of the original Broadcast Zero crew). Lalonde has a great feel for writing believable characters, and a soap opera scriptwriter's gift for plot twists (and I mean that in a good way); this series is a page turner that keeps you on your toes throughout. The only thing keeping it from a 5 star rating is the editing - please, get a competent editor to stomp out the plethora of grammatical boo-boos, Mr. Lalonde! I'll even offer my services if you are looking, as I could easily do a better job than whoever is handling the chore now. It distracts from the lovely work you have done on this series. The price is right (most installments are $2.99) and while the installments aren't long, there are plenty of them, and currently the whole series will run you less than $20, making it a worthwhile investment. If Joss Whedon had chosen to go hard SF instead of space Western with his Firefly universe, he might have produced something like Spinward Fringe, and that is high praise indeed. Read this - you won't be disappointed.
37576
This book is a collection of screenplays, forming the basis of a potential TV series.

Here we have a hit TV series, with a Season 1 served up on a silver platter. There's a strong female lead, hard science, and this has been written by a female. Risk takers and trend setters take note. Amazon, take note!

The characters evolve through substantial drama that we can all relate to, but the humorous moments, and the love that this family of characters have for each other, is heartwarming. There's an epic romance, plenty of action, procedural elements, the supernatural, and of course, authentic molecular biology, which is an exciting hot topic right now. This is all great fun and I thoroughly recommend the read.
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Nolan's adaption of Spielberg's original script is fascinating. He avoided using aliens, and kept the script as scientifically accurate as he possibly could. I read the script in two readings, I was blown away at the simplicity of the script for such a complicated movie. I would definitely watch this again.
2235080
I'm not much of a Rom/com kind of guy, but this is one fantastic drama.

Just like the 90s show Louis and Clark, it's basically a Korean version of Superman with mystery and adventure thrown in.

Does it feel like watching a soap at some parts? Yes. But at least it makes up for those few minutes of melodrama with well written characters, a slow simmering mystery, and a story that is well thought out from beginning to end.

Yeah, the unfortunate removal of some tracks from the broadcast version does suck. But on this disc set they didn't omit the afterstory/extra bits at the end of each episode like I've heard from other box sets of this series.

Trust me, if you're a Superman fan or like a good love story, then you won't be disappointed!
409490
Brilliant script, talented actors and marvelously funny storylines add up to delightful entertainment.  Would be great if American television programs were this well done.
3777231
I couldn't stand Ron Silver's cartoonish Dershowitz, and Jeremy Irons as Von Bulow is over the top in smarminess, but the film works well anyway because the script is smart. The sets are all but perfect, too, capturing Newport's absurd opulence and Cambridge's frayed collegiate look. I have no idea if they got the facts straight or not, but I did find this movie captured my attention from start to finish. Maybe I'll read the book now. Sunny von Bulow comes off as an afterthought here, despite the silly from-the-coma voice-overs.
315804
The scripts are BEAUTIFUL, and there are so many varieties. My only complaint is that few of them have lowercase options.
3039437
Good Script, Good Actors and compelling to watch. Each episode tends to better itself with a most compelling story line.
3108589
Great show, great writing, great editing, great cast!
4320678
The writing on this series is brilliant, the acting is inspired and the direction is impeccable.  A quick search on the web reveals the passion that most reviewers have for this celebrated project.  Add another vote here for greatest television drama yet created.

However, the plot is dense with characters and activity, and much of the splendor of the work is both the eventual entanglement of so many threads and, especially, the carefully crafted manner that earlier events later resonate in unexpected twists.  To view the sixty episodes casually and periodically is to lose grasp of much of the wit.

The best way to ingest this rich drama is at a steady pace, with full engagement.  As it has not yet been released I cannot say what additions in commentary and documentary might be included in this complete box, but having each episode handy for rapid rotation is not a bad thing.  As for myself, having watched the final episode this evening, I fear my current comfortable satiation will be replaced tomorrow by the cold realization that my television will have lost much of it's recent attraction.
1264672
Great script, awesome story, i do believe personally believe in alien life, and far more advanced that our civilization. This books teach you the basic line to accomplish your connection to vast majority of big brother around the universe. The limitation is you toughs.
4676167
My favorite show, Kalinda rocks! The scripts are well written, touches on important themes in contemporary society. Kalinda should have her own show.
4461711
Excellent acting, very clever plots and the script writers make the conversations real.
By this season you've become very familiar with the characters, like old friends and you do care about them.
I love the way the writers have used old cases and historical facts to enhance the plots.
Hope there'll be more of this series, very compelling.
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There are those who believe that a movie critic is usually someone who wouldn't know how to make a movie if his or her life depended on it. I won't argue this point, but I do know that at the core of the process there is writing, which I do know something about. A movie script contains two kinds of writing and is usually composed in two columns. One column is the dialog, while the other contains notes about the setting, the tone and the actors' body language. Some scripts that a studio buys contain a great story but lousy writing. This has created a whole other profession, that of the script doctor. After watching The Skulls, I thought to myself, "Is there a doctor in the house?"
The Skulls is about a secret society that has existed for decades in an Ivy League university. They never say which school it supposed to be, but since the letter 'Y' is seen several times, I suppose it's Yale. The alumni of this society are very rich and very powerful. To be selected to join it means that one has a leg up in life.
Luke McNamara [Joshua Jackson] is a student from the lower middle class who is working his way through college. This is a stock character in such movies and is written to evoke sympathy in the audience, which is presumed to care less about the ins and outs of rich kids. Luke needs a lot of money to get through law school. The Skulls, he thinks, would be of great benefit to him. When he is chosen he is thrilled, but it doesn't take long for him to find out that there is now a barrier between him and his best friends, Caleb and Chloe [Hill Harper and Leslie Bibb]. When a grisly murder occurs in the society's mansion, Luke discovers he could lose a lot more than just his friends.
This brings us back to the writing, which is so bad that it makes The Skulls enjoyable in a way no one intended it to be. It is one of those movies that make us laugh in all the wrong places. This is the kind of entertainment we watch in morbid fascination, gleefully hoping it gets even worse. In this, The Skulls does not disappoint. There is, for example, an initiation scene in which the new recruits are literally branded on the wrist. They are each then given a new Rolex watch to wear, I guess because this is a secret society. Give us a break! The dialog is so silly that it is impossible to tell if any of the young actors can act or not. Paul Walker, who plays Caleb Mandrake, has a lot of pained expressions on his face, but I can't say for certain if these looks pertain to the lines he is forced to utter.