Mental Four Horsemen??

So Cable Show Partner and I have labeled the Four Horsemen of the male species as Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Dominic Purcell, and Carlos Bernard. Beautiful charming specimens who absolutely trash every other male on the planet in terms of looks, wit, movie/tv performance and in Mr. Purcell's case, a voice that can only be described as "liquid chocolate sex" - they cause us to swoon at every take, and the criteria for being inducted into the Four Horsemen is a tough one. They can NEVER look bad. Long hair, short hair, mutant hair (Jackman as Logan in X-Men), facial hair, ribs showing (Bale in The Machinist), paunch showing (Carlos in Season 4 of 24)....whatever... they ALWAYS look good. Honorable mention goes to Daniel Craig but he doesn't pull of the facial hair thing and his smile is a bit scary. Plus it used to be the Holy Trinity until Mr. Purcell came along, so if we ever do decide to induct someone else, we'll need to rename the group to represent the numerical change. (Fab Five? Too easy - we'll need to be more creative)

But we didn't want to stop there. We decided a Mental Four Horsemen might be in order. Ya know, to throw out some recognition to all those crazy writers that we think are the bomb as well. (Yeah, I just said they are the bomb - sue me)... I do believe Lindelof/Cuse from Lost should be on here, but other geniuses of the entertainment world who have proven their worth have also proceeded to go off the deep end and therein lies the rub.

For instance, no matter how awesome or horrible a movie is, if Hugh
Jackman is in it, he's still gonna be sexy. But if we're giving status to
the people behind the stories, that can change over time. Examples:

**CHRIS CLAREMONT**

20 YEARS AGO: Wow! This man is awesome! Not only is he responsible for
Days of Future Past, one of the very first alternative timeline stories in
all of comic-dom. But he's the creator of the Dark Phoenix Saga. What a
rich, epic story that still touches readers on a very personal level!

TODAY: Have aliens replaced him with a Pod Person? His current stories
are crap; he seems to not understand characters that he himself created,
and he can't even retain continuity within a single mini-series anymore!!

**GEORGE LUCAS**

20 YEARS AGO: What a genius! He conceived this epic story that touches
on good vs evil, but is so rich in characters, love, betrayal, sacrifice,
humor, etc!

TODAY: (chanting as we march outside the gates of Skywalker Ranch) "Kill
George Lucas! Kill George Lucas!"

See our dilemma?