March 2010
This is a list of posts published in March 2010.
Lost Cause – UPDATE
[UPDATE - I spoke with Sean and as he alluded to below, he is going to take this post over from now through the end of the season. If things get easier for me then I'll take the reigns again, but for now you are in good hands. Sean will have his thoughts concerning Episode 6.10 - 'The Package' up in the morning.]
This is a tough one to write.
As many of you know, I started this Blog back in the Winter of 2006 without much direction. At the time, my good buddy Sean was looking to stretch his web design muscle and get busy crafting a few different templates – in a bid to work out his creative kinks and really show us all what he can do with his great power. It’s clear, looking at the various designs he’s imprinted here over the years, that this guy really knows what he’s doing.... Continue reading »
Lost – ‘Ab Aeterno’ – 6.9
[Editor's Note: For some reason my usual go-to spot for pics has not published those from last night. This post has been completed since this morning so in lieu of waiting any longer, I'm just going with this small assortment I found online. Sorry.]
It’s official. We’ve hit the halfway mark of an 18-hour season. And I can’t think of a better way to crest the hill than with this long-awaited Richard Alpert back story – ‘Ab Aeterno’ – which not only fleshed out everything there is to know about this ageless stranger but also stands as easily one of the two or three best hours of this show period – alongside the Locke-centric ‘Walkabout’ and Desmond’s tale ‘The Constant’. More below, but I’ll tease the rating right no... Continue reading »
Lost – ‘Recon’ – 6.8
Well, this was unusual.
I’m a Sawyer fan. And I’ve made it abundantly clear in these posts that when you strip away all the mystery, mythology and smoke monsters, what truly compels us to follow Lost is the intricate character dynamics. We love some of these people. Loathe others. And we’re dying to see how their lives turn out and how the various threads pull together – especially over the last few, fleeing weeks.
So it’s a complete shocker to me that I found a Sawyer episode completely boring. Now, each season, I always look forward (with tongue firmly in cheek) to the requisite Kate episode – knowing we’ll chase our sour with the sweet. But Sawyer eps usually deliver – mainly because I love the character and it’s always fun to see his latest con. And whi... Continue reading »
Lost – ‘Dr. Linus’ – 6.7
In the comments last week, I reposted a theory I read on-line that posited the notion that the two time lines we’re seeing this season are more closely related than we previously thought.
At the beginning of the season, it was reasonable to assume that everything we saw on the island was part of the straight chronology – the timeline we’ve been following since the very beginning. So, Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on the island. The pilot was eaten. Hatches were cracked. Tailies were found. Tailies were killed. Secondary islands were discovered. Others became DHARMA became original Others. Shacks rocked. Donkey wheels were spun. Everything got groovy as we did the time warp back to the 70′s. Jughead blew his stack. Jacob lived. Jacob died. MiB Locke began assembling his army. Sawyer called so... Continue reading »
What A Drag!!!
Frequent readers of my site know that over the last couple of years, I have set out to try and challenge myself each year with something outside the norm of my daily nine-to-five. It seems like I wasted a major chunk of my Twenties and Thirties immersed in a whole helluva’ lot of entertainment and socializing among friends and family but I never really took the time to carve some time and chase an extracurricular activity or two.
That all changed two years back when on a whim I accepted an offer to return to the stage (after a 17 year hiatus) and take a supporting role in the local Gateway Players community production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Over the course of two months in early Autumn 2008, I challenged the hell out of myself to dive into the big-bad boots of Aide Warren, Nurse Ratched... Continue reading »
Instant Karma Resolution Day 14 – Coffee Talk
Here’s how my 2010 Instant Karma Resolution works. Each day, I will randomly draw a name from my Friends List and make that person the subject of a status update where I will cull from memory some funny or interesting anecdote about the person. I’ll do this once a day until I work my way through the entire list. When you’ve been selected, I will also post this note to your wall and tag 5 of our mutual acquaintances in the hopes it will spur some nostalgic commentary.
Today I drew #14, my best buddy Sean O’Brien.
I know what you’re thinking… this guy is supposed to be last. After all, he all but demanded it less he pull the plug on the sweet little shop he set up for me over at The Ed Zone. When he offered up his authorization to let me spill my guts on these pages with an anecdote ripped from the p... Continue reading »
Lost – ‘Sundown’ – 6.6
Like another famous cast away, I write to you one handed – having just had a wisdom tooth extracted with nary a coconut or sentient volleyball around to comfort me in recovery. Half-way through what should have been a very routine extraction, the oral surgeon offered me the bravery prize. When they start cracking wise like that, you know it’s not going 100% according to plan.
Anyway, I made it through without a tear shed knowing I had a night time of ice cream and Lost to look forward to. And as we hit episode 6, just two episodes away from the hump, it feels like the pieces are falling into place. The game board seems set and Lindelof & Cuse have everything in place as we rush head-on towards the end of this rare event – a densely mythological, heavily serialized show that’s allowed to lower the... Continue reading »
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