Doctor Who returned to television last night, bringing us an episode hilariously named “Let’s Kill Hitler”. It was filled with revelations and new questions, and was definitely unexpected in the best ways. In this post I’ll be going into the events of the somewhat confusing episode, so if you’re avoiding spoilers you might want to avert your eyes. Read More…
It’s been nearly six months since the final episode of Lost. Since then I’ve watched the series finale 23 times and have re-watched the first and second seasons of the show with a friend. In that time I have tried to come to grips with the show being over, but every time I end up watching the finale I cry at some point. This is odd, since it’s strange for me to cry when watching anything on TV, let alone something I’ve seen before. So when I re-watched the finale this week and found myself tearing up again, it got me thinking: Why does a show that people can dislike so much produce such an overwhelming emotional response in me? I came with a couple of answers, both of which I believe to be correct in some way. Read More…
Well, it’s the first day of fall, and you guys know what that means. No, I’m not talking about cooler weather, or trees shedding their leaves. I’m talking about the return of network television’s fall lineup of new shows already trying to hit that Nielsen sweet spot in an attempt to get picked up for another year. Here are three new series that are worth a look.
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Well this is it. The last post I’ll write about Lost, at least for the foreseeable future. It’s been a tough week. I don’t know how many times I’ve re-watched the finale, and I can still say that I get teary-eyed at some point with every viewing. Damon and Carlton have urged viewers to move on from the show, but I don’t know anyone who truly loves the show who is ready to do that. I know I’m not. Anyway, I have just a few more talking points to discuss about the finale, so let’s get into them.
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The final season of Lost answered many questions for its viewers. We finally found out what those voices in the woods were all about, the origin of Jacob and the man in black, even the true purpose of the Island, and the consequences that come from the destruction of that purpose. The sections of the finale that take place within the cave of light hearken back to season two, when we discovered what happens when the Swan hatch’s button isn’t pressed every 108 minutes. Even the imagery in the episode is very reminiscent of the Swan, with a great recreation of the season one finale scene of Jack and Locke staring down into the blown open hatch.
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A single post about Lost’s finale wouldn’t do this amazing piece of work justice, and quite frankly would be far too long for any one person to want to read online in a single sitting. Because of that, I’ll be splitting my thoughts up into themed posts over the next week. This post is going to focus a briefly on the character moments last night’s episode (I’ll get into those more later), touch on religion versus science, as well as discuss my thoughts on the shooting of the episode, and pretty much the entire series as a whole. Needless to say these posts will contain lots of SPOILERS, so if you haven’t watched the finale yet you should definitely STOP HERE.
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When I first saw last week’s episode of Lost I was immediately put off, and it wasn’t because of the cheesiness of the answers we were given. For some reason it just didn’t seem right, like it should have been left as some extra on a DVD box set, not aired as a full-fledged episode. It may have been the fact that I didn’t feel the questions addressed in the episode needed answers, or that it was such an abrupt change from “The Candidate”, and I was ready for more story, not more mythology. Regardless, after re-watching the episode a number of times, it’s grown on me. While the story is rather cliched and the origin of Jacob and the Man In Black, not to mention the true purpose of the Island, seem recycled, the episode does bring up some interesting questions. These questions I’m sure will never be answered, but it’s always good to leave some things to the audience’s speculation. Now, I would argue that the answers we got this past week were to questions that fall in the category of not needing answers, but that’s neither here nor there. Anyway, instead of boring you with a recap of what you’ve already seen, I’m going to discuss some of the interesting questions that were brought up in this episode, instead of focusing on the answers we received. Oh, all right, I’ll talk about one answer, but I bet it’s not the one you’re thinking of! Regardless, this will make for a short post, so don’t blink or it’ll pass you by!
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