Prompted by something eireannaigh posted

I watched the premiere of NBC's new show, The Book Of Daniel, and tried to watch the next episode. Sadly, however, the show is terrible.

I think it's a wonderful idea: an attempt to show a different side of Christianity, one that isn't screaming hellfire and damnation, one that tries to practice what it preaches -- love, tolerance, acceptance -- but suffers in its human failings. I desperately wanted to like the show, because I believe that's a side of Christianity too many people don't see: they're too distracted by the Falwells and the Robertsons and the Phelpses of the world.

It had great potential with its diverse characters: the gay son, the mother stricken with Alzheimer's, the lesbian sister-in-law. But...the dialogue is poorly written, the transitions are clunky, the plots points are incredible, and could Jesus be any more clichéd? Even my decades-long crush on Aidan Quinn couldn't keep me interested enough to put up with the insipidity.

NBC would have been better off picking up CBS's marvelous Joan Of Arcadia after its cancellation than developing this badly executed doppelganger.

madame_urushiol reminded me of this goal set many years ago...

That goal would be to see all the films on the American Film Institute's Top 100. Below is the list, with those I've seen in bold:

( AFI Top 100 )

So that would be 62 seen out of 100. Cool.