September 2010
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August 2010
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July 2010
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Not fade away
Inspired by my favorite TV recaps over at the AV Club’s TV Club, I just watched a couple episodes from season 3 of The X-Files. I break my long LOST tumbling silence to note this experience for one reason:
I used to love The X-Files more than any other show. I dove into the lore. I watched it with great devotion. I have seen the great episodes 3, 4, 5 times or more… and yet, here we are, 15...
June 2010
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Amazon's LOST Playlist →
All the songs, in one place. Thanks Amazon.
May 2010
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“That was amazing, but I don’t know how they’re going to sustain this...”
– Me, on September 22, 2004, minutes after watching (and loving) the pilot. For so many reasons, it’s hard to believe nearly six years (and six full, rich seasons) have passed since.
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THAT WHAT KIND OF A BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ENDING,...
Or it was the complete opposite. BSG sucked at the end. This did everything but. (via richardfuckingalpert)
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Before I read anyone else's thoughts…
There’s only one part I don’t understand at the moment—the rules of the sideways world, and why some people aren’t “ready” yet (like Ben! What was the deal with Ben?)—but altogether I am thoroughly satisfied with the episode, the conclusion and the entire conceit.
I long ago said to myself that when the end came, I’d either say “boy, that came out of...
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richardfuckingalpert:
Driveshaft - You all...
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“…a year and a half ago, I did a long interview with Lindelof before season five...”
– Alan Sepinwall, on why he trusts (and so should you) Damon, Carlton & the rest of LOST’s creative team to bring the series to a satisfying conclusion.
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“In “The Man From Tallahassee,” the 13th episode of the third season of Lost,...”
– Alston, making a plea for unanswered questions in the last episode of Lost. (via newsweek)
[Except, as I’ve pointed out before, the answers will never be as satisfying as the questions, which is why the show is bound to disappoint some people as it moves ever closer to the end. However, if...
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Greatness is found out on a limb
viafrank:
…you cannot suppress the worst tendencies of a show without suppressing its best, because they come from the same place. Put another way: you have to be willing to suck if you ever want to be great. “Awesome” and “awful” are actually closer to each other on the continuum of quality than either is to “meh.”
From an article by James Poniewozik about storytelling, television, arrogance,...
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WatchEvery shirtless dude moment on LOST. I’m posting this one for the ladies. (And in the hopes that someone posts a video of nothing but Sun in a bikini.)
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“Treat yourself to a special time this coming weekend.”
– Even my lunchtime fortune cookie knows it’s LOST finale weekend. Is it Sunday yet?
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WatchTop Ten Spoilers for the LOST Finale. Meant to post this yesterday. Oh well. It’s still funny.
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“All this said, I do find myself wondering if the current conflict on The Island...”
– Doc Jensen describes a version of the LOST finale that sounds even more like Buffy Season 7 than anything I’ve even previously considered. The parallels have been there all season, and I wouldn’t begrudge LOST if that’s where it ends up, but I’m hoping for something a little...
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WatchTop Ten Spoilers for the LOST Finale
“Originally, as you know, it was a flight: they were going from Newark to Cincinnati. Something went haywire, they got stuck in Hawaii.”
Love. Can’t wait to see this in full tonight.
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“Perhaps that’s why mystery, now more than ever, has special meaning. Because...”
– -J.J. Abrams
dont know where this is from.
(via thelastdaysoflost)
I’m pretty certain this is from JJ’s fantastic TED Talk from a couple years ago. I haven’t watched it in a while, but I cite it all the time—especially this season—as ammunition against the people who say they...
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“Jacob saying “I didn’t pluck any of you out of a happy existence” raises a...”
– I like Noel Murray’s thinking here.
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Richard's not dead. Right?
richardfuckingalpert:
danielfaraday replied to your post: OK OK…if he is dead that was the worst death for a main character lol it has to be more monumental. him and frank are going to rise and fuck everyone’s brains out or something for the last 15 mins of the finale
I fucking hope so! Because this was shameful!!!!
He can’t be. That death was too quick. Right? Right?
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The B.S. Report w/guest Carlton Cuse →
Bill Simmons talks to Carlton about all kinds of things, mostly from a fan’s perspective. Even if we’ve heard a lot of this before (Carlton has his standard responses down really, really well by this point), It’s an engaging and sometimes enlightening interview.
Only problem is that I expect to hear almost exactly the same thing when I go to the Times Talks Live thing on...
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