Category: TV

  • How Lost should have ended last night

    Okay, I’m spending too much time on this, but… after reading the comments on my post last night and thinking about it more, here’s how I think they should have ended the episode:

    Sayid, while interrogating/torturing the Guy Who May or May Not be an Other, finds out something equally ambiguous and creepy from him—something that makes Sayid pause, sit back, uncertain of what to do next. Meanwhile, Jack and Locke are in the middle of their confrontation, just as it played out before, and while Locke is in his haste trying to enter the number, the timer reaches zero… and cut to black.

    That’s right, a cliffhanger ending. I’d be fine with that, I think it would much better than the cop-out hieroglyphics. It would have been a stronger ending. Keep all of Sayid’s flashback, that’s fine, just end on zero and forget the goofy speech with Charlie on the beach.

    They totally need to hire me as a writer. :)

    Jack confronts Locke

    Locke trying to enter the Numbers

    The timer reaches zero

    The Lost logo

  • This week’s thoughts on Lost

    Yeah, this is getting somewhat regular: recording some thoughts about the latest episode of Lost. I suppose some of these might be spoiler-y, though, so I’ll put it behind the clickthru. (RSS readers: well, uh, you don’t get that luxury, so watch out: there might be spoilers.)
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  • The Lost Ultimate Theory

    This was an amusing read, and devilishly detailed: The Lost Ultimate Theory. I won’t guess as to the accuracy of it—quite a bit seems too science fantasy for my taste—but I will say that if the producers are ever looking for new writers for the show, they should contact this guy.

  • The (Easter egged?) book on tonight’s Lost

    I’ve been informally keeping track of the books that appear on Lost, so of course I caught tonight’s little Easter egg. Anyone else catch the title of the book Locke was shaking through when Sawyer found him in the hatch? The text on the cover read “Owl Creek Bridge”, and a quick sweep on Wikipedia reveals:

    “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a short story by Ambrose Bierce originally written in 1886…. [It] is the story of a man who is sentenced to death by hanging at the Owl Creek Bridge of the title.

    You can go to the page to read the spoilers about it, I won’t reveal them here. What’s interesting is, I remember seeing this on an old episode of The Twilight Zone!

    I don’t know if it’s supposed to fit into the show’s mythology, or the writers just liked the book enough to put it in there and mess with people’s heads. I suppose that could go either way…

  • The Ultimate Star Trek Collection

    This is one of those over-the-top, for-the-person-who-has-everything, I-have-too-much-disposable-income type of things: The Ultimate Star Trek Collection on Amazon. It’s insane:

    • 212 discs
    • All 5 TV series
    • All 10 movies
    • Commentary, interviews, documentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, trailers, and more
    • All for the whopping-low price of $2,499.99!

    What a deal! Especially since you save $1,409.

  • Local Fox news

    Today Shannon writes:

    i’m surprised that other bend bloggers haven’t commented on this but apparently the fox station is going to start a 10 p.m. local newscast at the first of the year according to our local paper who doesn’t have the story online. yea, two news stations! maybe i can stop watching portland and eugene news.

    We don’t get the paper, and if it’s not online, then I wouldn’t otherwise see it. Anyway, what I’m wondering is, will the local Foxcast be bringing in new talent, or are they going to poach it away from Z21?

  • 4 8 15 16 23 42 (my long rambling post on Lost)

    So these days the one show during the week I have to watch is Lost. Any other show I could miss and catch in reruns and it’s no big deal. What can I say—I’m hooked. I’m along for the ride, and despite my best intentions to simply sit back and enjoy the story as it unfolds, I find myself getting caught up in rampant speculation about—well, everything. So, it’s spilling over into a long blog post that will contain spoilers and that has no central thesis, just random musings and speculation about the show.

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  • My semi-annual TV rant

    Now that the TV season is mostly over I thought I’d post one of my self-indulgent rants on the various television shows I watched and how I’m still a slave to the tube. So, even though everything is over and everyone who was going to watch has watched, there will be spoilers. Click through to read on.

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  • $40 a day

    So one of the shows we watch on Food Network is $40 a Day, where Rachael Ray has a budget of “only” 40 dollars and traipses around the city du jour looking for the meal deals. The tourist-y part of the show is interesting, but the fake-suspense-building (will she go over her budget? Will she??) annoys the hell out of me.

    So far I know of three Oregon towns they’ve filmed episodes in: Portland, Salem and Ashland. I think they should do an episode right here in Bend.

    The question is, then, where could you go to get three meals and an afternoon snack or drink with a 40 dollar budget, and still capture the essence of Bend? Without consulting the budget (so I may be off), my own choices would be:

    Other suggestions?

  • Sesame Street top 25

    This is classic: Sesame Street: 25 Of My Favorite Memories. I kept reading it and nodding. And you’ve gotta give props to someone for coming up with possibly the funniest line I’ve read in a long time:

    Oh yeah, & if there’s one thing I hate more than those stickers of Calvin peeing on something, it’s the jokes about Bert & Ernie being gay, or Bert being evil, or whatever. Next time you mention it, I’m going to unearth a skyscraper with my bare hands, wear it like a brass knuckle, & punch you in the face.

    Yeah, I’m funny that way.

    Via Boing Boing.