Lost has jumped the shark.
It has officially gotten so dumb that I don’t even care about the explanations anymore because the chances they will be satisfactory are slim to none. Despite following a relatively good episode last week, this episode was painful to watch. Of every character on the show, Ben, Jacob, and Evil Locke are the only people we’re left to be at all curious about; the only ones whose motives and goals are still unclear. At this point, it’s like watching a silly chess game where every piece but two are pawns and the players keep making up the rules as they go along.
I know it’s become almost passe for me to hate on this show every week, but come on. It’s just getting ridiculous. At this point, I’m genuinely watching just to get it over with.
Lost: The Substitute
a.k.a. Man plans, God laughs
What good is faith if you can’t even cross your front lawn with dignity?
Lost: What Kate Does
I just finally watched the new episode today. Here are the things I noticed. Spoilers below…
Jon Stewart was on the O'Riley factor earlier this week. Here's the entire unedited inteview.
Two adults who clearly don’t like each other having having a civil and respectful conversation on television. Huh.
Lost: LA X, Part Two
I figured I’d split this up. Mainly because I wanted everyone to know that I’d be up to my old postings again. What is with that guitar case?!
Spoilers below:
Lost: LA X, Part One
What’s with the episode title? Obviously it’s a play with the Los Angeles Airport abbreviation. But there is a space between the ‘A’ and ‘X’.
‘LA’ for the spanish feminine singular article ‘the’?
‘X’ for roman numeral ‘ten’?
The Ten? Who are the Ten? Am I even right?!
That white screen was a second to long if you ask me. Teasing us already!
Spoilers below:
Mr. Wizard released on DVD.
I plan on gifting as many of these as possible to as many kids as I possibly can.
Will Arnett and David Cross's new BBC show, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.
And it looks amazing.
Best of Television: Law & Order
I love it, in all its permutations. I’m pretty happy that at any point in my afternoon I can find an episode of it somewhere on basic cable. It’s almost that PCU Caine-Hackman theory, but way easier to prove.
Anyway, it’s infinitely quotable. I’d like to dedicate a post to some of my favorites.
MTV's Buzz.
I wasn’t old enough to appreciate this back then, but man. I hope the other 12 episodes get posted.
Onion A.V. Club's 30 best TV series of the 00's.
I’m very surprised Battlestar isn’t in the top 10. Dead Wood is totally my next show.
I really, really hate it the TV and Film industry delves into tech.
This clip thus guarantees that I will never watch an episode of Numbers.
Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Nick Frost's first show, Spaced, is now on Hulu in it's entirety.
If you haven’t seen the show, it’s really great.
The Pacific
The people who made Band of Brothers have a new HBO series based on the pacific theater. Link leads to a trailer.