doctorjohn’s Comments

• Jan 7th, 2015 @ 1:17pm

  The zipper on the monster costume (as John Burke)

  on Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius?
  I'm great at suspending disbelief. I am able to overlook some of the most far-fetched insults to science and common sense in the interest of being entertained, especially for the sake of classic hero-villain stories. As a kid I was easily able to ignore the zipper on the monster costume. Some things, though, I just can't ignore, as when Arnold survived nearly zero atmosphere in "Total Recall." That scene ruined the whole otherwise-equally-implausible flick! The fake claims by the real Walter O'Brien have done the same thing for the TV series, which I will promptly delete from TiVo. For sure I would have been able to look the other way if CBS had only peddled it as fantasy. The characters are affable enough and the episodes fun, but the key character is now a glaring fake!