Except the reviews have all been so stinky we're not seeing it. Can't. Stomach. It.

The film is a dog, and on top of that, they muck up Hamm's handsomeness, giving him the stupidest haircut since Dumb and Dumber: Ham's hair is parted sloppily down the center (!) and they have him sporting a five o'clock shadow like the eclipse of the sun.

The dialogue in the film is clunky, when not laughable, and Hamm's is both, plus brief.

He's nothing more than a plot device to move Jennifer Connelly from place to place, and in the anti-climax is killed (off screen.)

If Hamm got other film work before Day premiered he may yet have a film career, but fortunately for us, Day isn't the making of a film star for Hamm.

I'm pretty sure I remember reading somewhere that the entire regular cast is locked up for six seasons, except for Slattery since he was just a guest star the first season. So there would be pretty much nothing to worry about on the cast front for the duration of the series. I'm not certain about this though, so feel free to correct me. It's possible I have the number wrong.

They're probably doing the whole studio-hardball business. This is all just part of the game, methinks. They're probably trying to reach some kind of middle ground on MW's salary demands. You can't trust the studios to consider art above commerce – this is, after all, Hollywood we're talking about here – but there's way too much to lose on Lions Gate's part if they walk away from MW's contract.

Lions Gate used to have a lot of stellar independent films back in the day, but has gone with such notable projects recently as: House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, all of the Saw movies, and the coup de grace – the bloodiest, most violent film in recent history known as Rambo. All this says to me is that Lions Gate is very bottom-line and cash money oriented, but at the same time, shows like MM don't come along very often. They're not going to let him walk on the basis of nickels and dimes. It's probably all just a ploy to turn up the heat a little on the Lions Gate lawyers. Let's just be happy they're talking about contracts. These things inevitably sort themselves out.

I would be more concerned about people like Jon Hamm walking away. The show's run on a tight budget; Hamm's already getting supreme star wattage with The Day The Earth Stood Still. He's going to want more cash as the years go on. And let's not leave out the rest of the cast – January Jones had a movie career before MM (even if it was American Wedding… ugh, she and Stifler!) and Christina Hendricks undoubtedly has a big career ahead of her.

And before we go with The Sopranos references (James Gandolfini stuck around for years), let's remember that Hamm could be a new George Clooney if he wanted that. The show depends on Hamm – there's no way possible for MM to continue without him.

We might have to face the possibility, as fans, this show might go all Battlestar Galactica on us: it might have a shorter-than-hoped shelf live. I'm going to say five seasons, maximum.

That wouldn't happen because Matt Weiner doesn't own the show; Lionsgate and AMC do. AMC presumably has right of first refusal regarding the show, so the only way it would ever switch networks is if AMC chooses not to renew it, which isn't happening anytime soon.

Any chance that MW takes his baby somewhere else? Perhaps HBO would like a do-over after passing on it the first time.