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Jun. 28th, 2023 09:52 amI have never had a great tolerance for stupidity. Watching Unstable I kept commenting about how Rob Lowe's character wasn't "quirky yet brilliant", he was an overly-entitled genius who needed a smackdown and a leash to reach his potential. Even moreso, Fred Armisen's needy and equally-entitled character made me want to punch him in the face repeatedly.
(Also, companies, and boards of directors, don't work the way that this show has them. Sudden Nobel Prize-worthy breakthroughs aren't required for a completely unsuitable CEO to keep his job. The CEO can't fire a board member. If he can, because he owns the company, then he's not at risk of losing his job because he owns the company. And that guy shouldn't be the CEO at all, he should be the Chief Scientist. Put someone competent in charge to run the firm - which they have, as one of the main characters who apparently has no significant duties given the script has her running after the CEO all the time - and let the science guy Do Science where he can actually accomplish things.)
I realized that I hate these kind of characters when I watched What About Bob? in college. My friends thought it was hilarious, but I sympathized with Richard Dreyfuss and equally wanted to kill Bill Murray's character.
(Also, companies, and boards of directors, don't work the way that this show has them. Sudden Nobel Prize-worthy breakthroughs aren't required for a completely unsuitable CEO to keep his job. The CEO can't fire a board member. If he can, because he owns the company, then he's not at risk of losing his job because he owns the company. And that guy shouldn't be the CEO at all, he should be the Chief Scientist. Put someone competent in charge to run the firm - which they have, as one of the main characters who apparently has no significant duties given the script has her running after the CEO all the time - and let the science guy Do Science where he can actually accomplish things.)
I realized that I hate these kind of characters when I watched What About Bob? in college. My friends thought it was hilarious, but I sympathized with Richard Dreyfuss and equally wanted to kill Bill Murray's character.
