Movies, television, and then everything else
- LOST in Thought (Finale)
WOW. Just when I think I have a handle on this show, it throws me for a huge loop. That’s not to say that I’m that surprised by how things played out, especially ending the show with the explosion. That’s classic LOST.
As far as my predictions went: (1)Jin and Sun were not reunited, which I thought was a given. (2)Someone important most decidedly DID die because Jacob was shown to be incredibly important. And I totally called the Juliet thing. She was going to die from those injuries, and while it’s true that she might not be dead anymore depending on what the explosion made happen, the point is we had a Juliet death scene, complete with Sawyer’s breakdown. (3)The survivors DID NOT end up in the same time period (though perhaps the explosion caused that to happen). (4)And while I didn’t think Locke (or fake Locke rather) would ORDER Ben to kill Jacob, I was right in who the killer would be. (5)Jack talking to his Dad didn’t happen (except in flashback), but now that we know (a tentative word) it was just the smoke monster posing as him, that’s probably a good thing.
- Category Five: 5 Predictions for the LOST Season Finale
You don’t have to tell me that it’s been awhile since I last updated. At first I had an excuse, and a pretty good one at that. But it shouldn’t have gone this long.
Since I missed posting my thoughts on the last half of this season of LOST, I’d like to offer some predictions for things that will happen on tonight’s two-hour episode, from most obvious to biggest leap.
- Scenes That Make Me Smile: Big
Recently Cinematical started a series called “Scenes That We Love,” and of course it wasn’t long before someone introduced “Scenes That We Hate.” I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t part of the inspiration for this post, but the real reason I felt compelled to write it is that the other day on the radio I heard a song that used a little bit of “Heart & Soul,” and my mind immediately went to the scene in Big where Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia play the giant toy piano together.
- Ode to an Ad: IKEA
In the past, this category has only discussed advertisements, be they posters or trailers, for films and television shows. The reason for that is two-fold. One, that’s initially how I envisioned it. Two, generally I hate commercials.
It’s not that I’m angry at the interruption in my entertainment. Sure, in a perfect world I’d be able to watch movies and TV shows without any sort of advertisements, but as someone hoping to become a screenwriter, I understand that it’s how they pay the bills.
So it’s not the fact that commercials exist that annoys me. It’s that so many of them are SO BAD. Most of them are of a poor enough quality that I’m offended. They are a few that are mediocre enough that I can just be indifferent, and when that happens, I’m grateful. But it’s a rarity that I actually enjoy a commercial, so I think the great ones are worth celebrating.
- LOST in Thought (Week Seven)
I have to admit that I was surprised that three years passed for those on the island (Sawyer and company) as well as for those that made it off (Jack and the gang). I figured Jack’s return would send him and his friends through time to a period right after they’d originally left. To me, the story of those that stayed is infinitely more tragic than the ones that left. After who knows how much frustrations and anguish, they’ve adjusted to life on an island they hate in a time period 30 years in the past only to have everything (probably) be interrupted when Jack and his fellow castaways come back.
Here are some questions I have:
- Revisiting: The Secret of N.I.M.H.
As a child, the most ordinary of things can be frightening, things that when looked back on years later, seem very foolish to cause any sort of trepidation. The shadows formed from tree branches. The creaks of a house settling. The idea that anything could live under a bed other than dust mites.
I don’t recall any of these particular things as being frightening to me, but I imagine at least one of them was. What I do recall, and with great detail, are some of the films that scared me to no end when I was younger. Of particular note is Tremors, which affected me so much that I would literally get off the floor and not move for long periods at a time whenever I started thinking about it. It wasn’t until freshman year of college, when I saw the DVD on sale, that I decided to pick it up and watch it again. I discovered that it was no longer frightening but was instead hilarious. Today, it’s one of my favorite films.
Perhaps it’s a little embarrassing to admit that I was once scared by it, and that’s part of the reason why I avoided rewatching The Secret of N.I.M.H. for so long. Though I had vivid images etched in my mind of some of the scenes from the film, I thought I might laugh at myself upon watching it as an adult, wondering how in the world it could have ever stuck with me for so long.
But the real reason I avoided it was this: What if I still found it terrifying?
- LOST in Thought (Week Six)
Not as much humor this time. More speculation about who the bad guy really is.
- LOST in Thought (Week Five)
I always imagine that I am going to write these the very next day, then the weekend comes and goes, then it’s the next week. My apologies.
- “LOST” in Thought (Week Four)
I’m a little late on this one. Unless I travel back in time to before I ever started this blog. Then I’d be super early.
