23 May 2010
Quote(s) of the Day: Lost
Tonight's the series finale of Lost, so here's two quotes:
1) From "Some Like it Hoth" (episode 5.13):
Miles: [gesturing at a dead body] What happened to him?
Radzinsky: He had an accident; he fell in a ditch.
Miles: Is that a bullet in his head? That ditch had a gun.
2) From Monkey See, talking about last season's finale:
Tonight marks the finale of the penultimate season of Lost, ABC's Emmy-winning drama that has, over five seasons, constructed a story so complicated that it makes the black-oil mythology of The X-Files look like an episode of Full House.
1) From "Some Like it Hoth" (episode 5.13):
Miles: [gesturing at a dead body] What happened to him?
Radzinsky: He had an accident; he fell in a ditch.
Miles: Is that a bullet in his head? That ditch had a gun.
2) From Monkey See, talking about last season's finale:
Tonight marks the finale of the penultimate season of Lost, ABC's Emmy-winning drama that has, over five seasons, constructed a story so complicated that it makes the black-oil mythology of The X-Files look like an episode of Full House.
Labels: Lost
22 May 2010
Quote of the Day: TWoP
Television Without Pity did a list of the best Lost episodes. This was one of their descriptions:
The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham (Season 5)
The episode that finally showed us how Locke died -- Ben killed him after saving his life, because nothing with Ben is ever simple -- and Locke's failed attempts to convince the Oceanic 6 to return to the island was full of other great Ben moments as well. He shot Abaddon dead, stole Jin's wedding ring for future trickery purposes, and appeared battered to a bloody pulp in the flash-forward for his millionth episode in a row as a reanimated Locke stood over him and eerily quipped to Caesar "that's the man who killed me." As with most great Lost episodes, it was the kind of thing you couldn't explain to a non-Lost watcher without appearing crazy.
The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham (Season 5)
The episode that finally showed us how Locke died -- Ben killed him after saving his life, because nothing with Ben is ever simple -- and Locke's failed attempts to convince the Oceanic 6 to return to the island was full of other great Ben moments as well. He shot Abaddon dead, stole Jin's wedding ring for future trickery purposes, and appeared battered to a bloody pulp in the flash-forward for his millionth episode in a row as a reanimated Locke stood over him and eerily quipped to Caesar "that's the man who killed me." As with most great Lost episodes, it was the kind of thing you couldn't explain to a non-Lost watcher without appearing crazy.
Labels: Lost
01 April 2009
Quote of the Week
One of my favorite characters on Lost is Miles:
[Miles is guarding Kate, Jack, and Hurley in a house.]
Jack: You're telling us we're under house arrest?
Miles: No, you're all free to leave whenever you want. But I'll shoot you in the leg.
[Miles is guarding Kate, Jack, and Hurley in a house.]
Jack: You're telling us we're under house arrest?
Miles: No, you're all free to leave whenever you want. But I'll shoot you in the leg.
Labels: Lost
25 March 2009
I'm Such a Dummy
Usually I'm pretty good about staying away from certain websites until after an episode of Lost, Heroes, Supernatural, etc. have aired, so I can avoid spoilers.
But tonight, for some stupid, unexplainable, I'm-such-an-idiot reason, I popped into one of my favorite forums.....
And found out that [name deleted] dies in tonight's episode of Lost.
Grrr.....
The worst part is, of course, that I have no one to blame but myself.
But tonight, for some stupid, unexplainable, I'm-such-an-idiot reason, I popped into one of my favorite forums.....
And found out that [name deleted] dies in tonight's episode of Lost.
Grrr.....
The worst part is, of course, that I have no one to blame but myself.
16 October 2008
Quote(s) of the Week
Yikes! I'm behind again!!
18 September
From Dilbert by Scott Adams...
Dogbert: I decided to become a business manager for celebrities.
Dilbert: Why?
Dogbert: Because banks have locks.
25 September
M. Giant's first recap of The Amazing Race...
"So let's meet the racers, shall we? I'd like to tell you that I've researched them all in advance, or that I deliberately refrained from same as a way to preserve the purity of my viewing experience, but it's a little early to be turning my new digs here into a house of lies. I just never got around to it, is all."
02 October
Daniel's recap of Lost...
"'Why do you want to get down there so bad?' asks Kate, and Locke actually has the nerve to correct her grammar with a 'badly'. You know she's killed people, Locke. I'm just saying."
09 October
From Darby Conley's Get Fuzzy...
Bucky: So by this point, I'm just tryin' to provoke him, so I said, "Well, someone of your ilk would screw that up, wouldn't they?
Satchel: Wait....someone has milk?
Bucky: What? No, ilk. Ilk! Someone of that ilk.
Satchel: Elk? You talked to an elk?
Bucky: No, ilk, man! There is no elk! I gotta stop hanging out with dogs. Ok.... So now anyhow.... Uh... What was I talking about? Elk? No....
Satchel: I have no idea.
Bucky: I.... I was mad, right?
Satchel: Yeah. Yeah, that sounds right.
16 October
Lastly, a grammar lesson from the Fug Girls...
"Natalie Bassingthwaighte here is the host of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, which I really wish was punctuated differently. Say, So You Think You Can Dance: Australia, or So You think You can Dance, Australia? This way, it seems like "Australia" IS the kind of dance you apparently think you can do, like the polka or the hokey-pokey.
18 September
From Dilbert by Scott Adams...
Dogbert: I decided to become a business manager for celebrities.
Dilbert: Why?
Dogbert: Because banks have locks.
25 September
M. Giant's first recap of The Amazing Race...
"So let's meet the racers, shall we? I'd like to tell you that I've researched them all in advance, or that I deliberately refrained from same as a way to preserve the purity of my viewing experience, but it's a little early to be turning my new digs here into a house of lies. I just never got around to it, is all."
02 October
Daniel's recap of Lost...
"'Why do you want to get down there so bad?' asks Kate, and Locke actually has the nerve to correct her grammar with a 'badly'. You know she's killed people, Locke. I'm just saying."
09 October
From Darby Conley's Get Fuzzy...
Bucky: So by this point, I'm just tryin' to provoke him, so I said, "Well, someone of your ilk would screw that up, wouldn't they?
Satchel: Wait....someone has milk?
Bucky: What? No, ilk. Ilk! Someone of that ilk.
Satchel: Elk? You talked to an elk?
Bucky: No, ilk, man! There is no elk! I gotta stop hanging out with dogs. Ok.... So now anyhow.... Uh... What was I talking about? Elk? No....
Satchel: I have no idea.
Bucky: I.... I was mad, right?
Satchel: Yeah. Yeah, that sounds right.
16 October
Lastly, a grammar lesson from the Fug Girls...
"Natalie Bassingthwaighte here is the host of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, which I really wish was punctuated differently. Say, So You Think You Can Dance: Australia, or So You think You can Dance, Australia? This way, it seems like "Australia" IS the kind of dance you apparently think you can do, like the polka or the hokey-pokey.
Labels: Dilbert, Get Fuzzy, grammar, Lost, The Amazing Race
26 November 2006
Fall Finale?
This year Lost is going on hiatus for several months while another show (Daybreak) does a thirteen week run. ABC advertised the last 2006 episode as being their "fall finale". I'd never heard the term before, but it made sense.
All of a sudden, I keep seeing other shows advertising a "fall finale". Huh? Presumably these shows will return in just a few weeks. The oh-so-dramatic "fall finale" just sound pretentious.
All of a sudden, I keep seeing other shows advertising a "fall finale". Huh? Presumably these shows will return in just a few weeks. The oh-so-dramatic "fall finale" just sound pretentious.
