- Kevin Drew talks about the next Broken Social Scene album and who will be on it
- Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, does his first interview in years. I wonder if J.D. Salinger’s death brought him out of hiding.
- GeekWeek posts the 20 Greatest Extended Takes In Movie History
- Ten Ways The ‘Lost’ Universe Would Be Different If Oceanic 815 Never Crashed
- I love these Out of Print Clothing t-shirts
- What If Spider-Man Had A Taser? I don’t know why this made me laugh so much
- New York Times posted A Timeline of the ‘Lost’ Universe
- An awesome tribute to composer extraordinaire John Williams
- In honor of his birthday, Nerdage listed 50 Grant Morrison graphic novels you should read
- MTV’s Daria is FINALLY coming out on DVD. Here’s a trailer.
- The creators of Reaper tell CliqueClack TV how the show would have ended
- I want this ring by Kinekt Design
- A funny St. Vincent video for “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood” featuring ThunderAnt
- So what did Juliet mean when she said “It worked.”? Elizabeth Mitchell gives some hints
- iPad vs. a Rock
- The making of Michael Ian Black’s new children’s book “The Purple Kangaroo”
- What if Wes Anderson directed Spider-Man?
- The AV Club adds Let The Right One In into “The New Cult Canon”
- After talking about my previous Days Of Our Lives devotion, I was saddened to hear Frances Reid (Alice Horton) had died
- Here’s a trailer for Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields. I’m a huge fan of the Magnetic Fields
- Five Facebook No-Nos for Divorcing Couples
Posts Tagged ‘Lost’
Links for the Week of 1/31
February 5, 2010Lost Season Six: “LA X” (Parts 1 and 2)
February 3, 2010
What I Liked:
- Did anyone ever see Sliding Doors? It’s the first thing I thought about when it was clear that this alternate timelines story telling device was going to be the direction this season.
- I like that the alternate universe isn’t simply “What if the plane hadn’t crashed?” but is operating on a larger scale of “What if they detonated that hydrogen bomb?” showing their plan was short-sighted even to being with. (At least, I think it is.)
- We finally have our villain, NotLocke a.k.a. The Man in Black a.k.a. SMOKEY (I knew it!), A recurring theme in this show is “who are the good guys” here. We still don’t know what’s really going on with The Others but now we know who, above all, is the Big Bad
- It was great seeing all those old faces on Oceanic 815: Boone! Arnzt! Frogurt! Charlie! Captain Norris!
- The island in under water in the alternate timeline (with a Dharma shark swimming around)!
- Terry O’ Quinn as Smokey might have his second Emmy all locked up if he’s going to be acting like this all season.
- Hurley taking charge after Jack’s “failed” mission has taken whatever leadership away from him
- The Temple! Finally!
- Cindy, Zack and Emma from the Taillies are back!
- Sawyer looking like he’s already planning a con on Hurley
What I Didn’t Like:
- While I will always prefer seeing Elizabeth Mitchell to not seeing her, I don’t know if we needed another tearful goodbye between Sawyer and Juliet. It takes away the impact of the powerful scene in the season five finale.
- It was annoying that after hearing Juliet’s voice under the hatch, everyone forgot that Sayid was bleeding out.
- It sucked to see certain things back to normal in the alternate timeline, namely Jin being a dick again and Charlie being a junkie
- While I’m glad we’re finally at Temple and as much as I love John Hawkes (credited as “Lennon”), do we really need MORE characters to try to sort through?
- I have no idea what’s going on. I rarely put a theory on record but here’s my first thought: Jack is sorta like Desmond living in this alternate parallel universe and, at some point, he (or all of them) is going to have to choose for everyone which reality. (This post-episode interview with Cuse and Lindelof may have confused me more)
Lines of the Night:
- “This thing goes down, I’m sticking with you.” 2004 Boone to 2004 Locke on the plane
- “If she dies, I’ll kill him.” Sawyer to Kate about Jack
- “I died an hour ago”
“Dude! That sucks!” – Jacob and Hurley - “I’m sorry you had to see me like that.” – notLocke to Ben after turning into Smokey
- “We should get coffee sometime…we can go dutch.” – a dying Juliet
- “James. Kiss me.”
“You got it, Blondie.” – Juliet and Sawyer - “You should have let that happen. I was supposed to die.” – 2004 Charlie to 2004 Jack
- “It worked” – Juliet’s posthumous words to Sawyer via Miles
- “The paper says is your friend there dies, we’re all in a lot of trouble” – Lennon to Hurley about the note inside the ankh that was in the guitar case Jacob gave to Hurley
- “I don’t like the way English tastes on my tongue” – The mysterious temple leader
- “You’re the monster.”
“Let’s not resort to name-calling” – Ben and notLocke - “Do you want to know what he was thinking when you wrapped the cord around his neck? ‘I don’t understand.’ Isn’t that just the saddest thing you ever heard? He was a victim. Weak, pathetic and irreparably broken. But he was the only one of them who didn’t want to leave. He was the only one who realized how pitiful the life he left behind was. I want the one thing that John Locke didn’t. I want to go home.” – notLocke to Ben about John Locke
- “Nothing is irreversible” – 2004 Jack to 2004 Locke regarding his spinal injuries
Links for the Week of 1/25
January 29, 2010Just fair warning, a lot of the links are Lost-related (5 days away!).
- Parts 2 and 3 of Maureen Ryan’s long interview with the producer’s of Lost, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
- SCI-FI Wire posts “The 100 questions Lost better answer or we’ll be pissed.” I think they are going to be pissed.
- Ever wonder what’s on David Bowie’s iPod?
- They remixed Brendan Fraser’s awkward laugh and clap from the Golden Globes.
- Newsweek thinks Lost is a show about faith above all else.
- Are you a fan of ABC Family’s Greek? It’s in danger of being cancelled. Help Save Greek!
- How I Met Your Mother got renewed for a sixth season. Woo hoo!
- Postbourgie discussed Whole Foods’ new policy of offering steeper employee discounts to people with lower BMIs.
- Lilly McElroy throws herself at men.
- Joe Queseda tells USA Today that “heroes will be heroes” again in the Marvel Universe. Nobody tell the Punisher.
- Metromix looks at the Twenty moments that defined The Simpsons
- LOST: The Subway Map.
- Apparently, the Hulk is going to be in the Avengers movie. Did anyone tell Edward Norton?
- Comic Books Should Be Good’s Year of Cool Comics covers Neil Gaiman’s “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?”
- The Scordit Blog created a pretty cool interactive Lost Past Connections Chart.
- One of my favorite shows of 2009, Party Down, finally gets a DVD release date
- SCI WIRE looks at 15 weird roles Lost’s actors had before they became stars
- Did you know that every episode of Lost is streaming on Hulu?
- The Ack Attack! posted The Top 100 Lost Lines of All Time
- Pee Wee Herman got an iPad!
- Damnit! Torchwood’s John Barrowman has been cast as the villain in Desperate Housewives. I just got used to not watching that show.
- 10 reasons why 109 will miss Dollhouse
Links for January 21-22
January 22, 2010Well, doing the daily links became too much so I’m just going to do my top 10 links at the end of the week but here are a few from the last few days.
- The 2004 BBC dramedy, NY-LON, starring Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) and Stephen Moyer (True Blood) is now available on Hulu. Highly recommended
- Marc Webb has been named the director of the new Spider-Man movie. How one goes from (500) Days of Summer to Spidey I do not know.
- U2 and Jay-Z Record Haiti Benefit Song. Why is Swizz Beats producing it?
- Part 1 of Chicago Tribune’s Maureen Ryan’s super-long interview with the producers of Lost, Carton Cuse and Damon Lindeof
- The New Yorker did a profile on one of my favorite writers ever, Neil Gaiman
- Who wants to buy me this t-shirt?
- NPR’s Monkey See Blgo explores the battle between buying single-issues of comics versus buying the trade collections. Personally, I can’t break my habit. My expensive, expensive habit.
- The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time
- Tom Caruana made this Wu-Tang/Beatles mash-up, Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers. It sounded like a horrible idea but turned out pretty good. Download before Apple Corp kills it.
- Slate has come with a great idea for a follow-up to MTV’s Jersey Shore. Massholes.
- The Onion’s AV Club has inducted Requiem For A Dream into its “New Cult Canon”. Maybe it’s time to finally rewatch that movie.
- The Wall Street Journal looks at creative decision to end Lost after six seasons.
Links for January 19th
January 19, 2010- You know all those “Hitler Finds Out About…” YouTube clips? The director of Downfall (the movie that clip comes from) loves them.
- Kurt Sutter, creator of Sons of Anarchy, wrote an open letter on his blog offering Conan O’Brien a role
- Death Cab For Cutie covered “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” at The Critics Choice Movie Awards
- The Best Jack Bauer Quotes To Use In Conversation” that somehow forgets “Damnit!”
- Sorry, guys but, accoring to ONN, The Final Season Of ‘Lost’ Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever
- A dream come true. Neil Patrick Harris is going to guest star on Glee in the episode Joss Whedon is directing!!
- Taking it one step further, Conan O’Brien puts himself on Craigslist in the “Casual Encounters” section.
- This MISA digital guitar is kinda cool but what do I know about guitars?
- The New York Times reports that pedestrians are just as distracted by cellphones as drivers. Really? Ya think? I’m writing this now while I’m walking to CVS.
- Joss Whedon might finally be ready to give cable television a shot.
- The New York Times also reports that more men are marrying wealthier wives. Tom Arnold was a trailblazer.
- I don’t know how I feel about this but FOX is preparing to make a U.S. version of Torchwood.
- They are going to make Paranormal Activity 2. Apparently, everyone has forgotten Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.
- Jeff Bridges’ new personal website is pretty cool.
- Jay-Z? Gorillaz? Thom Yorke? Would it be weird to fly back to Los Angeles a month later for Coachella?
- Los Campesinos! new music video for “Romance Is Boring”
- Is ESPN coming to XBOX Live? They don’t ever want you to have to turn your XBOX off.
- Redband trailer for MacGruber! (NSFW)
Links for January 15th
January 15, 2010- Kids Reenact MTV’s Hit Series “Jersey Shore” but aren’t douche enough
- NBCs Dick Ebersol defends Jay Leno in The New York Times ignoring the factors that allowed Leno to become a hit in the first place
- How to Make a Michael Cera movie.
- Jimmy Kimmel destroys Leno on The Jay Leno Show. I would have loved to have been in the audience for this one but then I’d be watching The Jay Leno Show
- Conan O’Brien puts The Tonight Show on sale on Craigslist
- Will Michael Scott and David Brent finally cross paths?
- Iron Man 2 is coming to IMAX only to be unfavorably compared to Avatar.
- SCI FI Wire posts the “20 crazy things that nearly happened on Lost (but fortunately didn’t)“
- Why is Jim Halpert so unpopular?
- Matthew Morrison (Will from Glee) is releasing album
- I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!
- Don’t plan on watching the winter Olympics on NBC’s website. At least the events you want to watch.
- Nice to see that the Slumdog Millionaire kids are making money but they are still living in shantys
Links for January 11th
January 11, 2010- Dan DiDio has no shame and plans to continue to make me spend money as DC’s Blackest Night segues into Brightest Day.
- Sade has a new music video for “Solider of Love.” Unfortunately, you can only see it on Amazon for now.
- Even though Spider-Man 3 sucked, I can’t help but be excited by John Malkovich playing the Vulture in Spider-Man 4.
- ABC’s considering ways to keep the Lost brand going? I can’t think of a more horrible idea.
- Karen takes my Top Five Dream Jobs list to the next level.
- Shock surprise #1: Glee renewed for a second season.
- Method Man, Raekwon and Ghostface need help naming their group.
- Shock surprise #2: Mark McGwire comes clean about his steroid use.
My 100 Favorite Moments on Lost…So Far
January 5, 2010
Well, in less than month, it’s the beginning of the end for us Losties. No more theories. No more speculation. Either our questions will be answered or we’ll be forever disappointed.
Actually, no matter what happens, I’ll be happy and thankful that Lost existed (unless the screen goes black like The Sopranos). As is clear from my many posts and lists, I’ve always enjoyed television but Lost made me love television in a way no other show has. After Lost, I found it hard to watch procedural, one-and-done shows like CSI. I needed every episode to matter. I wanted to be rewarded for my patience, loyalty and vigilance. I took more notes on Lost than I did for any class in college (which explains a lot about my station in life).
That said, I’m kinda glad Lost is over. I don’t know how much longer I could be obsessed with a TV show. After it’s over, I’ll feel like I’m getting a part of my life (and brain) back.
So in honor of the final season, here is a list of my favorite 100 moments on Lost so far. I tried to find a picture for each one (via Lost Media and Lostpedia). Obviously, spoilers galore.
- The opening chaos of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 (“Pilot”)
- The first time they hear the monster in the trees (“Pilot”)
- The monster snags the pilot out of the plane (“Pilot”)
- Kate hiding in the trees counting to five (recalling Jack’s surgery story) to steel herself to go look for Jack (“Pilot”)
- Seeing the pilot’s bloody body in the trees (“Pilot”)
- After Shannon and Sayid translate Danielle’s 16-year-old message, Charlie asks “Guys…where are we?” (“Pilot”)
- When everyone is arguing about how to get food on the island, Locke throws a knife five inches or so away from Sawyer’s head and says, “We hunt” (“Walkabout”)
- In his flashback, when Locke rolls away from counter revealing his paraplegia and yells “Don’t tell me what I can’t do!” (“Walkabout”)
- In Jin and Sun’s flashback, at the airport when Sun, preparing to leave Jin once and for all, looks at Jin while he’s waiting in line and he pulls out a white flower like the one he gave to her when he promised he’d give her a diamond one day (“House of the Rising Sun”)
- When Ethan corners Charlie and Claire in the woods right as Hurley is telling Jack, Kate and Sayid that he wasn’t on the manifest (“Raised By Another”)
Don’t Call Me During…: Midseason 2010 Edition
January 1, 2010This is going to be a mess. With a bunch of shows doing delayed returns (not coming back until March/April), it’s hard to discern what I’m going to be able to watch live and what I’ll be watching via the internet. So I’m just going to list them all with their return date. Just know that some how, some way I will try to watch all these shows.
Sunday:
8:00 – 8:30 PM: The Simpsons (1/3): What will it take for me to stop watching this show.
8:00 – 9:00 PM: The Pacific (3/14): I own Band of Brothers and still haven’t watched it. That’s a damn shame
9:00 – 9:30 PM: Family Guy (1/3)
9:30 – 10:00 PM: Sons of Tuscon (3/14): The only reason I’m giving this a chance is because it stars Tyler Labine, the main reason I watched Reaper
9:00 – 10:00 PM: Big Love (1/10)
10:00-11:00 PM: Breaking Bad (3/21)
Monday:
8:00 – 8:30 PM: How I Met Your Mother (1/11)
8:00 – 9:00 PM: Life Unexpected (1/11): It’s supposed to be good
8:00 – 9:00 PM: House (1/11)
8:00 – 9:00 PM: Chuck (1/10 premiere, regularly airs on Monday)
9:00 – 10:00 PM: Gossip Girl (3/8)
9:00 – 10:00 PM: 24 (1/17 premiere, regularly airs on Monday)
9:00 – 10:00 PM: Parenthood (3/1): It sucks that Maura Tierney had to drop out but Lauren Graham as a replacement is great
9:30 – 10:00 PM: The Big Bang Theory (1/11)
10:00 – 11:00 PM: Castle (1/11)
10:00 – 11:00 PM: Damages (1/25)
10:00 – 11:00 PM: Greek (1/25)
2009: 15 Favorite Televsion Shows
December 29, 2009It’s that time of year. Here are my 15 favorite television shows of 2009. Please don’t confuse “favorite” with “best”
15. Party Down
14. 24
13. Glee
12. Modern Family
11. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Breaking Bad
9. Damages
8. Burn Notice
7. Torchwood: Children of Earth
6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
5. Battlestar Galactica
4. Friday Night Lights
3. Sons of Anarchy
2. Lost
1. Mad Men
