Jim
@jjohnaquino.bsky.social
Currently: studying to be a voice actor; leading the-avocado.org's TV talk thread. The book I wrote under "J. John Aquino": 𝘐𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘵, 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶. Ethnicity: 🇵🇭. Pronoun: he/him. Not here to: read about politics. URL: linktr.ee/jjohnaquino
One of the things I learned while writing a book project about animated Star Trek shows (which will probably never see the light of day) was that first-season episode director Hal Sutherland was the Filmation employee who was color-blind. Color stylist Irv Kaplan wanted pink to be all over the cels.
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
One of the things I learned while writing a book project about animated Star Trek shows (which will probably never see the light of day) was that first-season episode director Hal Sutherland was the Filmation employee who was color-blind. Color stylist Irv Kaplan wanted pink to be all over the cels.
On the classic editor, I'm unable to disable AMP. I tried it. I clicked out of the classic editor and then opened it again. AMP went back to being enabled. I can't disable it on the block editor either b/c every time I click on "Edit (block editor)," I get the same error message you saw on Monday:
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On the classic editor, I'm unable to disable AMP. I tried it. I clicked out of the classic editor and then opened it again. AMP went back to being enabled. I can't disable it on the block editor either b/c every time I click on "Edit (block editor)," I get the same error message you saw on Monday:
Like seaQuest DSV, this was another show I watched when I was a teen, and I couldn't resist giving its opening narration the Mamdani political sign generator treatment as well.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Like seaQuest DSV, this was another show I watched when I was a teen, and I couldn't resist giving its opening narration the Mamdani political sign generator treatment as well.
I just watched this episode (Mary Richards goes to jail for protecting a source) for the 1st time ever, before it left Hulu in October. And now a clip of the episode's end credits winds up on Sitcom People!
I hope a clip of the end credits from when Mary wore that green cutout dress later shows up.
I hope a clip of the end credits from when Mary wore that green cutout dress later shows up.
October 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I just watched this episode (Mary Richards goes to jail for protecting a source) for the 1st time ever, before it left Hulu in October. And now a clip of the episode's end credits winds up on Sitcom People!
I hope a clip of the end credits from when Mary wore that green cutout dress later shows up.
I hope a clip of the end credits from when Mary wore that green cutout dress later shows up.
I love your latest piece on why Law & Order under Rick Eid has been so damn generic.
When I reviewed on Serializd the final McCoy episode, I said some of the same things you said.
SVU surpassed L&O in popularity, so the latter is emulating SVU's worst qualities. www.serializd.com/review/13457...
When I reviewed on Serializd the final McCoy episode, I said some of the same things you said.
SVU surpassed L&O in popularity, so the latter is emulating SVU's worst qualities. www.serializd.com/review/13457...
October 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I love your latest piece on why Law & Order under Rick Eid has been so damn generic.
When I reviewed on Serializd the final McCoy episode, I said some of the same things you said.
SVU surpassed L&O in popularity, so the latter is emulating SVU's worst qualities. www.serializd.com/review/13457...
When I reviewed on Serializd the final McCoy episode, I said some of the same things you said.
SVU surpassed L&O in popularity, so the latter is emulating SVU's worst qualities. www.serializd.com/review/13457...
I love how right above a great joke on my timeline about Joker henchmen being disgruntled theater kids who are ACAB, there's a @sitcompeople.bsky.social post of Harvey Bullock from his "studying criminology at a liberal arts college while singing weepy covers of Counting Crows at open mics" phase.
July 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I love how right above a great joke on my timeline about Joker henchmen being disgruntled theater kids who are ACAB, there's a @sitcompeople.bsky.social post of Harvey Bullock from his "studying criminology at a liberal arts college while singing weepy covers of Counting Crows at open mics" phase.
I hit love on this because she picked After Hours. On HBO Max in 2020, I saw After Hours for the first time and said, "Wow, Cheech and Chong were in a Scorsese movie together?" Also, Kristen Lopez is doing a book on HBO's Tales from the Crypt, which [𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦] I would snap up in a SICK-ond.
July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I hit love on this because she picked After Hours. On HBO Max in 2020, I saw After Hours for the first time and said, "Wow, Cheech and Chong were in a Scorsese movie together?" Also, Kristen Lopez is doing a book on HBO's Tales from the Crypt, which [𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦] I would snap up in a SICK-ond.
A few things date ESV. The effects by Richard Edlund from Ghostbusters and Die Hard are solid, but the same fly-by shot of the titular spaceship is repeatedly used. And there's an obnoxious teen navigator who loves to dance to terrible '80s dad rock. He reminds me too much of Stiles from Teen Wolf.
July 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A few things date ESV. The effects by Richard Edlund from Ghostbusters and Die Hard are solid, but the same fly-by shot of the titular spaceship is repeatedly used. And there's an obnoxious teen navigator who loves to dance to terrible '80s dad rock. He reminds me too much of Stiles from Teen Wolf.
The animated intro to Kenner's Super Powers Collection ads was the first place where I saw Lex in green battle armor and the robotic redesign of Brainiac. The "heroes and villains inching towards each other" imagery resurfaced in the Transformers (1984) main titles and the X-Men (1992) main titles.
July 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The animated intro to Kenner's Super Powers Collection ads was the first place where I saw Lex in green battle armor and the robotic redesign of Brainiac. The "heroes and villains inching towards each other" imagery resurfaced in the Transformers (1984) main titles and the X-Men (1992) main titles.
Yeah, why is this so damn good? Because it's another Lalo Schifrin banger, that's why.
The 1975-1987 Paramount Television logo always looked less to me like a majestic mountain and more like Pizza the Hutt if he got clocked in the face by Lone Starr.
The 1975-1987 Paramount Television logo always looked less to me like a majestic mountain and more like Pizza the Hutt if he got clocked in the face by Lone Starr.
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yeah, why is this so damn good? Because it's another Lalo Schifrin banger, that's why.
The 1975-1987 Paramount Television logo always looked less to me like a majestic mountain and more like Pizza the Hutt if he got clocked in the face by Lone Starr.
The 1975-1987 Paramount Television logo always looked less to me like a majestic mountain and more like Pizza the Hutt if he got clocked in the face by Lone Starr.
Wow, it's one of the sitcoms animation writer Nicole Dubuc was in when she was a kid.
I liked the Hello, Megan! scenes on Young Justice. Dubuc co-wrote a theme for a sitcom Miss Martian emulates while assimilating to Earth. Hello, Megan! was clearly Dubuc's way of making fun of her Major Dad past.
I liked the Hello, Megan! scenes on Young Justice. Dubuc co-wrote a theme for a sitcom Miss Martian emulates while assimilating to Earth. Hello, Megan! was clearly Dubuc's way of making fun of her Major Dad past.
April 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wow, it's one of the sitcoms animation writer Nicole Dubuc was in when she was a kid.
I liked the Hello, Megan! scenes on Young Justice. Dubuc co-wrote a theme for a sitcom Miss Martian emulates while assimilating to Earth. Hello, Megan! was clearly Dubuc's way of making fun of her Major Dad past.
I liked the Hello, Megan! scenes on Young Justice. Dubuc co-wrote a theme for a sitcom Miss Martian emulates while assimilating to Earth. Hello, Megan! was clearly Dubuc's way of making fun of her Major Dad past.
I'm always amused by how the logo for No Time to Die—the final Bond flick before Ernst Stavro Bezos's ouster of the Broccolis from the Bond flicks—on the film's key art and in merchandising tie-ins used the same font as the font on [𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦] The Looooooooooove Boat.
March 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I'm always amused by how the logo for No Time to Die—the final Bond flick before Ernst Stavro Bezos's ouster of the Broccolis from the Bond flicks—on the film's key art and in merchandising tie-ins used the same font as the font on [𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦] The Looooooooooove Boat.
The Voyager pilot is good—although the Kazon are full of racist stereotypes, and I agree with Ron Moore's opinion that its final scene is a mistake.
The Fresh Prince rerun is also good.
King Solomon always causes me to recall what Richard Chamberlain said about Sharon Stone in Electric Boogaloo.
The Fresh Prince rerun is also good.
King Solomon always causes me to recall what Richard Chamberlain said about Sharon Stone in Electric Boogaloo.
November 12, 2024 at 5:00 AM
The Voyager pilot is good—although the Kazon are full of racist stereotypes, and I agree with Ron Moore's opinion that its final scene is a mistake.
The Fresh Prince rerun is also good.
King Solomon always causes me to recall what Richard Chamberlain said about Sharon Stone in Electric Boogaloo.
The Fresh Prince rerun is also good.
King Solomon always causes me to recall what Richard Chamberlain said about Sharon Stone in Electric Boogaloo.
I still have the 1997 TV Guide issue @kennethwreid.bsky.social and @televisionaryzw.bsky.social skimmed through, so I read it along with them as I heard the episode. Zach, Tim Reid wasn't on Teen Angel. You meant the late Ron Glass. That's okay. I'm not Ron Glass, so I'm not pissed off about it.
November 11, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I still have the 1997 TV Guide issue @kennethwreid.bsky.social and @televisionaryzw.bsky.social skimmed through, so I read it along with them as I heard the episode. Zach, Tim Reid wasn't on Teen Angel. You meant the late Ron Glass. That's okay. I'm not Ron Glass, so I'm not pissed off about it.
I'm currently writing a critical companion to the animated Trek shows. I've had to watch a lot of Voyager episodes I never saw before. Of the 2 shows that feature Janeway, I prefer Prodigy over Voy, but I'm pouring out a drink for Jeri Taylor. She co-created Janeway, whom I grew to like on Prodigy.
October 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I'm currently writing a critical companion to the animated Trek shows. I've had to watch a lot of Voyager episodes I never saw before. Of the 2 shows that feature Janeway, I prefer Prodigy over Voy, but I'm pouring out a drink for Jeri Taylor. She co-created Janeway, whom I grew to like on Prodigy.
Jeri Taylor on sci-fi cons:
"...it is not the most ego-buoying [experience] for a writer-producer... I was introduced with all this billowing smoke... only to walk out on-stage and see almost everybody getting up to leave. Why? Because Major Kira [Nana Visitor] was signing autographs in the lobby."
"...it is not the most ego-buoying [experience] for a writer-producer... I was introduced with all this billowing smoke... only to walk out on-stage and see almost everybody getting up to leave. Why? Because Major Kira [Nana Visitor] was signing autographs in the lobby."
October 26, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Jeri Taylor on sci-fi cons:
"...it is not the most ego-buoying [experience] for a writer-producer... I was introduced with all this billowing smoke... only to walk out on-stage and see almost everybody getting up to leave. Why? Because Major Kira [Nana Visitor] was signing autographs in the lobby."
"...it is not the most ego-buoying [experience] for a writer-producer... I was introduced with all this billowing smoke... only to walk out on-stage and see almost everybody getting up to leave. Why? Because Major Kira [Nana Visitor] was signing autographs in the lobby."
Whatever you think of TNG's final season (I haven't watched all of it, and I know it has a mixed reception), Jeri Taylor, who showran it, did this great move:
"I worked very hard to find stories for Troi and Crusher that lifted them from their nurturing roles. Each... moved into command positions."
"I worked very hard to find stories for Troi and Crusher that lifted them from their nurturing roles. Each... moved into command positions."
October 26, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Whatever you think of TNG's final season (I haven't watched all of it, and I know it has a mixed reception), Jeri Taylor, who showran it, did this great move:
"I worked very hard to find stories for Troi and Crusher that lifted them from their nurturing roles. Each... moved into command positions."
"I worked very hard to find stories for Troi and Crusher that lifted them from their nurturing roles. Each... moved into command positions."
There are a few great quotes in this Q&A. Jeri Taylor said, "When I divorced, I was absolutely unprepared to take care of myself. I truly believed my future lay behind the counter at McDonald's—and it was that fear that motivated me to assess my abilities and resources and come up w/ a better fate."
October 26, 2024 at 7:06 PM
There are a few great quotes in this Q&A. Jeri Taylor said, "When I divorced, I was absolutely unprepared to take care of myself. I truly believed my future lay behind the counter at McDonald's—and it was that fear that motivated me to assess my abilities and resources and come up w/ a better fate."
R.I.P., DJ Clark Kent, the producer of Jay-Z and Biggie's "Brooklyn's Finest," a track I love, and Star Trek: TNG and Voyager showrunner Jeri Taylor, who wrote "The Drumhead," a TNG courtroom ep I like.
The following 🧵 contains an interesting 1995 TV Guide Q&A with Taylor I've held onto since 1995.
The following 🧵 contains an interesting 1995 TV Guide Q&A with Taylor I've held onto since 1995.
October 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
R.I.P., DJ Clark Kent, the producer of Jay-Z and Biggie's "Brooklyn's Finest," a track I love, and Star Trek: TNG and Voyager showrunner Jeri Taylor, who wrote "The Drumhead," a TNG courtroom ep I like.
The following 🧵 contains an interesting 1995 TV Guide Q&A with Taylor I've held onto since 1995.
The following 🧵 contains an interesting 1995 TV Guide Q&A with Taylor I've held onto since 1995.
Universal Action's schedule all this week has been Miami Vice 24 hrs. a day. Like when Shout! Studios first added to YouTube its 24-hr. streams of MST3K and Farscape, nonstop MV means I'm not going to be able to get any writing done for my book project this week.
Bye, work! It was nice knowing you.
Bye, work! It was nice knowing you.
April 20, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Universal Action's schedule all this week has been Miami Vice 24 hrs. a day. Like when Shout! Studios first added to YouTube its 24-hr. streams of MST3K and Farscape, nonstop MV means I'm not going to be able to get any writing done for my book project this week.
Bye, work! It was nice knowing you.
Bye, work! It was nice knowing you.
The denim jacket.
The running away from bad guys trying to take him down.
My classmate in 1993 was pretending to be Castillo infiltrating a prison where an undercover Tubbs was getting his ass whupped. He added a bunch of roundhouse kicks to Castillo's rescue of Tubbs.
That's my "In Dulce" story.
The running away from bad guys trying to take him down.
My classmate in 1993 was pretending to be Castillo infiltrating a prison where an undercover Tubbs was getting his ass whupped. He added a bunch of roundhouse kicks to Castillo's rescue of Tubbs.
That's my "In Dulce" story.
April 19, 2024 at 9:28 PM
The denim jacket.
The running away from bad guys trying to take him down.
My classmate in 1993 was pretending to be Castillo infiltrating a prison where an undercover Tubbs was getting his ass whupped. He added a bunch of roundhouse kicks to Castillo's rescue of Tubbs.
That's my "In Dulce" story.
The running away from bad guys trying to take him down.
My classmate in 1993 was pretending to be Castillo infiltrating a prison where an undercover Tubbs was getting his ass whupped. He added a bunch of roundhouse kicks to Castillo's rescue of Tubbs.
That's my "In Dulce" story.
Serializd told me that you just watched the stunningly shot Miami Vice episode where Castillo busts Tubbs out of prison to the tune of the Damned's "In Dulce Decorum." I haven't seen the entire ep, but I love that climactic sequence!
I have a funny story about my introduction to that sequence. 🧵
I have a funny story about my introduction to that sequence. 🧵
April 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Serializd told me that you just watched the stunningly shot Miami Vice episode where Castillo busts Tubbs out of prison to the tune of the Damned's "In Dulce Decorum." I haven't seen the entire ep, but I love that climactic sequence!
I have a funny story about my introduction to that sequence. 🧵
I have a funny story about my introduction to that sequence. 🧵
A chapter on Crime Story in Max Allan Collins and John Javna's 1988 book The Best of Crime & Detective TV caused me to get into Crime Story when it aired on A&E in 2001. Collins and Javna mentioned that the show ended on an unresolved cliffhanger. That was kind of why I didn't watch the entire run.
April 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A chapter on Crime Story in Max Allan Collins and John Javna's 1988 book The Best of Crime & Detective TV caused me to get into Crime Story when it aired on A&E in 2001. Collins and Javna mentioned that the show ended on an unresolved cliffhanger. That was kind of why I didn't watch the entire run.
The most intriguing character in the Crime Story pilot is neither Torello nor Luca. It's Stephen Lang as David Abrams, an attorney who will become caught between the cops and the mob. I like how the costuming and makeup teams got Lang to look exactly like Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success.
April 10, 2024 at 7:28 PM
The most intriguing character in the Crime Story pilot is neither Torello nor Luca. It's Stephen Lang as David Abrams, an attorney who will become caught between the cops and the mob. I like how the costuming and makeup teams got Lang to look exactly like Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success.