The Ray Pletcher Blog

What if Michael Keaton had been the star of Lost ? Well in fact that was the original plan back in the mid 2000s as Michael Keaton was originally approached by J.J. Abrams to play Jack Shephard on the hit TV show Lost in a premise that would have seen Keaton established as the series lead only to be killed off dramatically within the final ten minutes of the first hour of the show. This was a tactic producer J.J. Abrams had hoped to employ it in order to provide shock value to the audience so as to communicate that anything was possible on the show and anybody could die at any moment. However, this never came to be as the creatives decided that audiences would become too attached to Keaton in the role and thus talk was floated about Keaton potentially committing to an entire series which Keaton summarily rejected and thus Micheal Fox took on the role and led that series from its debut in 2004 to its conclusion in 2010 after six seasons.  Rumors have surfaced about the potential of...

  NCIS may be one of the most epic and legendary storytelling sagas ever told, the story now spanning nearly two decades as NCIS heads into its 19th season premiering September 20th. To many, the series may seem to be another in a long line of forgettable TV procedurals but it is so much more than that as it is instead a richly-written character-driven show that emphasizes humor to a high degree without sacrificing anything in the way of dramatic stakes in its storytelling. Very much set in the real-world NCIS follows a quirky group of investigators that track down terrorists and other high-profile criminals in the world of the Navy and Marine Corps. The team is led by the unflappable and seasoned dogged investigator Leroy Jethro Gibbs played by none other than Mark Harmon who very well may be the TV star equivalent of Harrison Ford. Originating the role in the NCIS backdoor pilot on JAG, Harmon has led the NCIS franchise for the last 18 years, and going into the 19th season follow...