Archive for February, 2008
February 29, 2008
Set your device to 2.342, set the oscillator to 11 Hz
What I Liked
- It’s a Desmond/Penny (it never is just Desmond) flashsomething! His episodes are always the best. It could be a cheesy love story with him and Penny but it never is.
What I Didn’t Like
- Fisher Stevens is dead already? What a waste.
- If Desmond and Penny don’t find each other, I’ll be extremely disappointed.
- I wish Sayid had suggested to Desmond, “Before the battery dies, give Penny our coordinates!”
What We Learned
1996:
- Desmond was in the Royal Scot Regimen
- Daniel was a professor at Oxford and was working on sending consciousness through times
- A journal from the Black Rock-the slave ship on the island-survived and sold by Tobard Hanso and Charles Widmore bought it
2004:
- Keamy, Omar, Ray are three of the Freighties
- The freighter is in last port in Fiji, in the Pacific Ocean
- The Satellite phones can only call each other
- When exposed to high levels of radiation/electromagnetic energy, going to and from the island causes one’s consciousness to shift through time
- George Minkowski in charge of communications on the freighter
- George Minkowski answered Penelope’s call when he wasn’t supposed to
- Someone destroyed all the communications equipment
- If your consciousness jumps one time too many, it will be too difficult to get your present and you might get a brain aneurysm
Questions:
- Why didn’t they want Frank to bring Sayid and Desmond back to the freighters?
- How many people are on the freighter?
- Is Sayid going to regret trading his gun for that phone?
- Where’s Regina (the voice on the phone)?
- Who’s the captain?
- Why didn’t the freighties on the island want to talk to George Minkowski before?
- What time period is George going back to?
- If Penny moved, how did Desmond have her number on the army base? (if it’s 1996, she probably doesn’t have a cell phone)
- What are the odds that Daniel and Desmond would be in the United Kingdom at the same time?
- Was Daniel a habitual weed smoker in 1996?
- Was Daniel exposed to radiation because he didn’t protect his head during his experiments?
- If so, how did he get to teach at Oxford?
- Did Daniel reach the conclusion about the setting for his machine on his own in the future and sent Desmond back to tell him(which should cause a paradox) or was Desmond always the one who told him in 1996 and he just forgot?
- If the latter, how did Daniel forget meeting a guy who said he was from the future?
- Is Desmond going to die?
- What happens if Desmond dies in 1996?
- Who sabotaged all the equipment?
- Who opened the door?
- What are in the contents of the journal from The Black Rock?
- Why did Charles Widmore want the journal?
- If Mr. Widmore doesn’t “hate” Desmond, who does?
- Why didn’t they need an area code?
- Has Daniel been transferring his consciousness between multiple points in time?
- If so, does that explain his memory loss?
- If so, what point in time is he transferring from?
- If so,is that why he cried at the discovery of Oceanic 815 but didn’t know why?
- If so, did Daniel know about the island before anyone else because of Desmond?
- Where was Ms. Hawking? Does she only appear for temporal course correction*?
- If Minkowski and the other guy who died where affected by just rowing to the island, would Locke experience similar effects if he were to leave the island?
- What happens is Desmond tries to return to the island?
- What happens if Desmond flashes to a time before he met Penny?
- Since they aren’t really flashbacks or flashforwards, what should we call Desmond episodes?
* I’m a geek so sue me.
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February 28, 2008
Apparently, without Garfield and Odie around, Jon Arbuckle is a little bit nuts.
Who’s surprised?
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February 27, 2008
It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these things.
Thanks to Cindylu for the inspiration.
Let’s get it on
- Akon’s voice
- People who claim to be die hard fans but can’t name more than five people on the team (you can just be a fan of a player)
- That face Eli Manning makes when he botches a play
- Any article by Bill Simmons about Boston teams (except this one)
- The current exchange rate with US Dollar and any country across North Atlantic Ocean
- Being stuck at work late because I’m waiting for someone to send me something or respond to something
- Southern hip-pop especially when the song is just an excuse to do a variation of a “kick, twist, finger snap” dance
- Meetings/Conference calls at work scheduled between 12:00-1:00 PM
- E-mails or phone calls requesting work that requires more than 30 minutes of your time 15 minutes before you’re going to leave
- People who talk on Bluetooth headsets but don’t think they look strange
- Isiah Thomas’ continued existence on the Knicks sideline
- A-Rod interviews
- People who talk throughout the movie
- People who look at their cell phones/Blackberrys during the movies (Thanks, Andrea. I was letting that one go until I met you)
- People who talk about a movie or television assuming you’ve seen it and spoil something
- Paying extra money for a comic book and just getting 4 extra pages and 8 more pages of ads
- That point in a book where you know you don’t like it but you’ve come this far so you have to finish it
- Spam comments on my blog
- Invites to add more applications to my Facebook page
- Myspace pages that are so busy they crash my browser
- E-mail spam that starts out like “hi” in the subject line but then in the message in says “Do you want a bigger penis?”
- When something I want goes on sale the second I decide that I’m not going to spend anymore money
- Skunky beer
- Celebrity tabloid culture
- When people act like my racial identity is tied to my interests or my social activities
- Couples who act like “schmoopies” in public
- Fox News Channel
- Waking up 30 minutes before your alarm goes off
- When a McDonald’s has a different Dollar Menu than the one I’m used to in Harlem
- The sound of cat murders/orgies that goes on every other night behind my apartment
- When they have block parties on my block and play offensive music despite being across the street from a church
- When you order a DVD online and it arrives but the DVD got lose in the packing and it is all scratched up
- When my DVR/cable gets messed up due to inclement weather
- When someone gets to the register at a fast food place and acts like they’ve never been to a fast food place before
- Chappelle Show: The Lost Episodes
- When a presidential address disrupts my favorite television show
- When I get lost or stuck in a video game
- Friend requests on Facebook or MySpace from people I am 100% sure I don’t know
- When people complain about how much the Yankees spend on their roster, especially when those people are fans of other big city/big spender teams like the Mets or the Red Sox
- The “Why are you single” question
- Jessica Alba’s acting
- When an album has more shitty songs than good ones and no great ones
- My own debilitating laziness
- When a new female character appears on The L Word and she just happens to be gay
- When people are cast in movies because they are famous, not because they can act
- When I’m downloading something off a torrent and it stops at 99.7%
- When people try to manipulate you into doing something, not by asking directly, but by trying to make it seem like it’s something you wanted to do anyway and you notice and you would have done whatever they had wanted if they just asked but now you almost want to say “no” just because of the shitty attempt
- Run-on sentences
- Close talkers
- Stuart Scott (just talk like a normal human being)
- When good shows not only get cancelled but don’t get a chance to wrap up the show semi-cleanly
- When shitty shows never end (especially if you find yourself hooked on it for some reason)
- When Yankees fans boo Yankees (except for Kyle Farnsworth)
- Bandwagon jumpers
- People who don’t believe that you aren’t a bandwagon jumper
- When comics come out a day late because of a holiday
- When the office is closed on a Tuesday or Thursday but you don’t get Monday or Friday off respectively
- When a comic book I love is turned into a really shitty movie (i.e. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- An itch in my lower back that is out of my reach
- Being put in the friend zone before you get a chance to make your move
- When girls make sure to tell a story that includes the phrase “So my boyfriend…” and you weren’t even interested in her like that
- When girls make sure to tell a story that includes the phrase “So my boyfriend…” and you thought you had a chance
- When a concert I want to go gets sold out in less than 15 minutes
- Standing behind a tall person at a concert
- Expensive umbrellas that fall apart after the first strong gust of wind
- Losing a good umbrella at a bar
- When multiple projects come in around the same time with the same deadline (give or take a day)
- When something you want is on sale but not in your size
- When you buy something and then it goes on sale but too much time has passed to get a price match
- Rude people at the register (especially at fast food joints)
- Beers that cost more than $7
- Having to go to Brooklyn for a party that starts at 10 PM
- Any “no panties” pictures of Lindsay Lohan/Britney Spears/Paris Hilton/etc.
- Poorly choreographed wrestling matches
- When people can’t take a joke
- Junk mail
- People who don’t know how to walk on the sidewalk
- Tourists in Times Square
- People who don’t flush the toilet after use
- When people complain about not getting answers in Lost
- Women who don’t like to be on top
- People who treat their opinions like facts
- When I buy a DVD and five months later a 2-disc special edition comes out
- When people show up 10 minutes before a movie starts on opening weekend and complain that there is nowhere to sit
- People who call you 5 minutes after they sent you an e-mail and say, ‘Did you get my e-mail?”
- Seeing a bad movie in the theater
- When you order food to go with special requests (“medium well”, “no tomatoes”, etc.) and you get home and they didn’t do it
- That look the Chinese food delivery guy gives you when he feels you haven’t tipped him enough
- That tone friends at work (or co-workers pretending you are friends for the time being) get when they are going to ask you a favor they think is unreasonable
- My paycheck
- Calls from headhunters
- Calls from vendors looking for business
- When people treat politics like they are voting for High School Prom Queen or King
- When people who try to walk into the subway car before everyone gets off
- When people jaywalk with baby strollers
- When the bartender can’t mix drinks properly and there is either too much alcohol or too much chaser
- UPS
- When an article of clothing you love gets ruined in the wash or gets a mysterious hole
- The quality of toilet paper at the office (it’s apparently 0.5 ply sheets)
- In the summer, when you are about to get on a subway car and it’s pretty empty but before it’s too late, you realize you are in either the no A/C car or the “homeless guy who has shit himself” car (or both!)
So what annoys you…besides me?
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February 25, 2008
I’m so happy they won. I openly clapped alone in my bedroom.
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February 25, 2008
This is from Tarsem who directed that visually stunning but dumb, The Cell.
Hopefully, second time’s a charm because this looks beautiful…
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February 25, 2008
I’m black and I love Michel Gondry.
I just thought I’d get that out of the way.
Anyway, I loved this movie. It was really funny and sweet. A tribute to the love of filmmaking and the power of community.
Mos Def and Danny Glover were good and Jack Black wasn’t too annoying (which is all you can ask from him at this stage of his career). The real stand out was Melonie Diaz.
You should check out the exhibit at the Deitch.
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February 22, 2008
I knew it!
What I Liked
- “You totally just Scooby Dooed me.” I love Hurley.
- “Enjoy your breakfast.” Damn, Locke.
- Even though I knew it, great ending!
What I Didn’t Like
- We haven’t seen Rose & Bernard since the first episode
- While a good episode, it wasn’t has great as the previous ones. Kate-focused episodes tend to be that way.
What We Learned:
Flash-forward:
- Kate loves makeup off the island
- Kate goes to trial for ALL her crimes and pleas not guilty
- She was locked up during the course of her trial
- Kate has a son!
- Jack comes to the defense of Kate as a character witness
- Everyone thinks only eight people survived!
- Kate’s mom is dying.
- Kate’s mom would trade her testimony to see her “grandson” but Kate doen’t budge
- Kate’s mom didn’t testify anyway and she got off for time served, 10 years probation and she can’t leave the state.
- Jack still loves Kate
- KATE HAS AARON!!
Island:
- Locke is keeping Ben in the same room they keep Locke’s father
- Ben is healing up rather quickly
- Ben still mentally owns Locke
- Locke is acting like the new Ben
- Sawyer still hasn’t lost his con man tricks
- Miles would forget he ever saw Ben for 3.2 million dollars
- The helicopter never made it to the freighter!
Questions:
- How many Dharma snacks are left on the beach?
- If everyone knows that Oceanic Air 815 crashed on an island and not in the ocean, how was the fake Oceanic Six that was discovered explained?
- Why have the survivors agreed to lie about the details of the crash?
- Who does the public think are the other two people who survived the initial crash aside from the Oceanic Six?
- Are these two people dead?
- Why was Kate so sure she wasn’t pregnant? It’s only been like a week since she slept with him.
- Who does Miles work for?
- Why 3.2 million dollars?
- Who IS Ben and what CAN he do?
- Daniel and Charlotte’s game of concentration: fun or another test of the island properties?
- What does Locke mean when he says he’s “responsible for the well-being of the island?”
- Why did the DA insist that Kate not leaving the state be a part of her deal?
- How big was that settlement that Kate can afford a house like that?
- WHAT HAPPENED TO CLAIRE!?!?
- What about Desmond’s prediction to Charlie about Claire getting on the helicopter?
- What about the psychic’s warning to Claire that she has to raise Aaron or bad thing would happen
- Does Jack know that Aaron is his half-nephew at this point?
- Is Aaron one of the Oceanic Six? Technically he wasn’t on the plane
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February 19, 2008
I should start with a confession. I like Ryan Reynolds. More than I should
I’m not saying I have a man-crush on him. I just like him more than his career thus far should let me.
I liked him in Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place and National Lampoon’s Van Wilder but he’s made a lot of bad career moves but if you mention that he’s in a movie, I’ll think, “Oh I liked him as Van Wilder.”
So saying all that, this may have colored my impression of the movie but I liked it.
It was cute which is what it was going for.
For a romantic comedy, I didn’t want to gouge my eyes out which as a guy is all you really ask for.
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February 18, 2008
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February 15, 2008
What the FUCK is going on!
What I Liked:
- Sayid makes it off the island. Thank God! Between him and Hurley, I don’t care who the rest of the Oceanic Six are
- Three great episodes in a row.
- Lines of the night: Hurley, “Oh awesome, the ship sent us another Sawyer” and “Yeah, I saw you break that guy’s neck with that breakdancing thing you do with your legs. I think I’ll hang back here.”
What I Didn’t Like:
- I agree with Ausiello, they have gotten over Charlie’s death rather quickly. It hasn’t been 24 hours since they found out Charlie’s dead.
- Locke hasn’t done much to engender the trust his team has put on him.
What We Learned:
Future:
- Sayid pooled his golf lessons from his time on the island.
- Oceanic Six received a large settlement
- Sayid is an assassin/hitman for Ben(!)
- Sayid prefers the “chick” spot in post-coital cuddling
Present:
- There was a secret room in Ben’s house in Othersville containing a Bourne-like cache of passports and currency
- Sayid’s stupidity cost Ben a dollar.
- Sawyer doesn’t want to leave the island
- Kate joins Team Locke…for now
Questions:
- What kind of details did “Taller Walt” give Locke regarding the Freighties?
- Who is R.G. (Naomi’s bracelet)?
- Why hasn’t Sayid been in charge this whole time?
- Did Sayid give up on Nadia?
- Why couldn’t Locke find Jacob’s cabin (or why is Jacob’s cabin not making itself available to Locke)?
- Is Naomi wearing the same braclet as Elsa?
- Why is Jeff Fahey the only one of the Freighties listed as a “guest star”? Doesn’t bode well for his time on the island?
- Why does Miles care about Locke so much?
- Who is Regina (on the freighter)?
- What does the fact that the beacon was delayed by 31 minutes(!) mean?
- If time is moving slower on the island than in the real world, how are the freighties able to have real-time radio transmissions with the boat?
- What exactly is Daniel testing for?
- Considering Sawyer was on the original raft, why does he want to stay on the island now?
- Was Miles kidding when he said “not yet”?
- How did they get Desmond and Penny’s photo?
- How often has Ben been off the island with his cache of passports?
- What work does Charlotte have to do on the island?
- Why is it important that Frank has to stay on the same bearing he came in on with the helicopter?
- Who did Elsa call after she shot Sayid?
- Does the fact that Ben makes it off the island imply that the Oceanic Six mean more people make if off the island with less fanfare?
- What happened the last time Sayid “thought with his heart instead of his gun”?
- How is Ben protecting Sayid’s “friends”?
- Who are the people Ben is having Sayid kill?
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