Has any “expert” on any remodeling show been able to figure out a wall is load bearing before they start tearing it down? Every time the designer says to take a wall out you can be that it’s a load bearing wall that won’t be discovered until it is too late.
The 1991 film acting debut of Brian Bosworth “Stone Cold” was an action vehicle where Bosworth played an undercover FBI agent tasked with infiltrating a white supremacist biker gang who plan on killing the Governor of Alabama (I think that’s the state) after the Governor makes giving the death penalty to one of its arrested members his reelection platform to show off his “Tough on Crime/Against White Supremacy” ideas.
The ending is pretty horrific despite the fact the film treats it as a happy ending
Bosworth stupidly meets with his FBI handler in broad daylight in a public street. This sets off a chain of events where he’s uncovered and imprisoned by the gang as they plan to kill the governor and rescue their incarcerated friend during his trial at the State Supreme Court.
The gang infiltrates the court house and not only do they kill the Governor, they also kill all of the Alabama Supreme Court, dozens of cops and innocent civilians, and wreck most of the court house. The only thing Bosworth actually does is kill the prisoner before he’s set free but it’s pretty obvious considering the security around the court house they weren’t getting out alive anyway.
So Bosworth leaves the court house to triumphant music despite the fact the gang despite all being killed has basically done everything they had originally set out to do by murdering most of the Alabama politicians against them.
Exactly. I wind up watching a lot of “house porn” by osmosis (it’s comfort-food TV for my wife), and I’ve realized that so much of that sort of thing is manufactured drama.
There was one show she was watching, a few weeks ago, where the “OMG moment” was a large, newly-installed window falling out of its frame and shattering. The camera “managed” to catch a shot of the window falling – and you could actually see someone’s hand at the top of the screen, pushing the window free from the frame. 
The incompetent police inspector dates back to the earliest detective stories. Inspector Lestrade in the Sherlock Holmes stories is always baffled.
In reality shows, the guy in Love it or List It nearly always fails to sell the new house. My wife has watched more of them and says it does happen, but it’s been rare that I’ve seen the couple go with him.
In the biopic Chaplin, Charlie’s brother Sydney keeps showing up solely to be wrong about something.
Oh, and what about Dexter Morgan, from “Dexter”?
Sure, he was my pick for the thread about which detective we would like to solve our murder, but as a Crime Investigation lab technician he was the worst. He actively derailed investigations, withheld information and even sometimes protected serial killers because he wanted them for himself, with complete disregard for all the victims the killers caused while he took his time getting to the finale.
Harry Hole? :dubious: Forgive my juvenile, Beavis & Butthead like interruption but I trie so hard to suppress my laughter, things came out of my nose.
I had the same reaction! I think that name belongs in the MPSIMS thread, “Are there any young Dicks anymore?”
And Inspector Lestrade.
That’s why I like the Nero Wolfe mysteries. Inspector Cramer is very competent, and Wolfe admits it. Wolfe even says Cramer is better at solving nine out of ten murders, and Cramer even has his own book. They are worthy opponents/friends.
But of course Jessica Fletcher was a serial killer who framed innocent victims, so she could continue her spree. I mean, 250 or so murders over 12 years in a small town in Maine? :dubious:
I think he wins about one time in four, but the couple is always dazzled by her fabu staging, which wont last one day after they move back in. And of course ‘the memories’!
For the “Breaking Bad” fans, look up the 2018 San Diego Comic Con “Breaking Bad anniversary panel”.
Someone asks the question about Skylar learning about Walter’s “side business”, and the producer explains that after the first season they realized the character and actress were just “too smart” for Walter to be able to keep it a secret…
Then the actor who played Hank chimes in: “well what does that say about me ???!!!”
It’s really funny.
But Hank, a DEA agent, doesn’t figure out his brother-in-law is a major drug kingpin for like 5 seasons !
Tarek El Moussa from Flip or Flop
Has any house cost him less than 70% more than he planned. And when he bought that pristine house that got trashed over the weekend … if it was real then why not have insurance that covers that?
Hank Schrader is a good answer. And I kinda agree re: Skylar - it would have been unbelievable that her husband goes from teacher to meth kingpin in a year without her noticing.
Have we ever seen C3PO at work? He has facility in 6 million languages or whatever, and all he does is speak English… even to R2D2. Never once did he suggest “Hey… Im going to go over there and stand within earshot of those Baldersnatchi and listen to what they are saying. I’ll report back later.” A perfect spy, just send him into a party with 56 species and languages, and, later, have him spill and translate everything he heard. He’s a fuckin’ computer and audio files aren’t that big!
But, no, he’s just acts like he’s being paid to be comedy relief for some invisible audience or something. 
R2, however, can repair shit without even having arms. Nothing but respect for R2’s skills.
The central events of Raiders of the Lost Ark would have played out pretty much the same with or without Indiana Jones. He looked awesome while accomplishing none of his objectives, other than winding up with Marian.
The Chazz Palmentieri character in The Usual Suspects put together the world’s worst lineup then let a criminal mastermind slip through his fingers.
Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs let himself develop an emotional bond with one of the criminals he was trying to take down, then shot a civilian. I’m pretty sure they train undercover cops to avoid both those things. And, for that matter, what the hell kind of police department waits to move on the criminals until they’re in the middle of the daring midday robbery? Shut them down before they actually start pulling off the job, guys!
In Magnolia, the John C. Reilly character admits he’s a pretty inept cop. He’s a little hard on himself, but losing your gun is still a big no-no.
They would never have found the Ark.
And, who knows, without all the pressure to act NOW, maybe they would have not opened the Ark without precautions.
Andy Travis, the program director on “WKRP”. What other large market commercial station of the past 40 years
–lets their DJs play their own music?
–can depending on the day or shift sound top 40, then AOR, then oldies, then R&B?
–airs pay for play religion on Sunday mornings?
None of course. Not only does it confuse listeners, but it makes it impossible to sell to advertisers. And that doesn’t even factor in keeping an awful salesman and newsman.
The Bat was a first novel and your criticism is valid. The second one isn’t all that great either, but from then on Jo Nesbo serves up an excellent detective series. Highly recommended. If you like Bosch and Rebus, you’ll enjoy Harry Hole.
Btw, it’s Norwegian so ‘Hole’ is pronounced ‘hoo-leh’ or something like that. For the full tee-hee, at some point in the series he becomes Inspector Harry Hole.
The Snowman was a trainwreck film made from a terrific book. Headhunters is a much better adaptation of a Nesbo novel.
In regards to Andy Travis, many the commercial stations in San Antonio switch to 1 hour of “community service” radio - some stations have people talking about charities, some have church, etc. at 6am Sunday morning. At 7am, they go back to their regular programming.
So, while played for laughs on WKRP, the “religious segment on a pop station” is a real thing.
I don’t understand where the whole “Didn’t accomplish his objectives” thing comes from. Army Intelligence clearly told him to recover the Ark so the Nazi’s don’t get their hands on it, and the final scene of the movie is the Ark safely in American hands. Indy’s sole job was to make sure the Nazi’s couldn’t use it and he made sure of it. His thoughts of putting it in a museum are entirely secondary to his hired goal of recovering it.
In addition he does multiple things that affect the course of the story
- Saves Marion’s life in the bar and prevents the Nazis initially from getting the location of the ark.
- Destroys the flying wing the Nazi’s were going to use to fly the Ark directly to Berlin forcing them to waste time finding an alternate transport route which leads to them having to make a pit stop at a submarine base.
- Is there for the unveiling thus he’s able to afterwards contact friendlies and have them grab the Ark.
If he didn’t do any of those things the movie ends with the Nazi’s now in possession of the ark and they have plenty of forced test subjects they could use to figure out how it works.
I once worked with a guy named Harry Bone. I kid you not.
Gus Grimly in the first season of Fargo is completely inept. He lets Malvo get away when it’s clear this is a bad guy up to no good. He tried to make things right then accidentally shot Deputy Molly. Finally, he even admitted to her that he only became a cop because the post office wasn’t hiring. Luckily for him, he was able to redeem himself but he’s an excellent example of someone pursuing a career that is not for them.