**WARNING** Contains very, very real spoilers
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So as it turns out, the island is really a crashed roller disco from a planet in the Horsehead Nebula inhabited by dinosaurs. They came to Earth to feast on our molten goo and bring us the gift of song when they were intercepted by Lord Smoke Monster and his polar bear army who wanted to steal their power crystals. Both spaceships collided and landed in our ocean somewhere.
The show basically ends with Captain Vincent The Dog giving all the castaways special rings that allow them to control the elements. Then they rise up against Lord Smoke Monster and use his magical Numbers of Power to seal him inside the Phantom Zone. Then Hurley turns into a cake and the screen says “THE END…?”
All in all, I rate it a solid B+. Plenty of full-frontal nudity, twenty minutes of nunchuk fighting, and a lovely scene where Sawyer lets out the biggest fart ever. “Lost” did not disappoint.
Heard of “Lost?” It’s ending next Tuesday in a big two and a half hour movie event (which severely cuts into my back-to-back “Deadliest Warrior” and “Glee” time.) I could always watch the later show, but people have a habit of being asses when it comes to finales. It was the same way with the last Harry Potter book where it took me a week after it’s release to start reading it, and by then, I already knew how 10 of the 30 main characters would die (highlight for answer: wizard magic.)
Anyhow, the good folks at Cracked have come up with a handy recap tool for anyone who hasn’t been watching Lost but might get forced to sit through the finale by a friend or loved one who refuses to give up TV rights. This recap (done in a style of a 20’s radio show) should tell you everything you need to know, and teach you some awesome slang words at the same time.
For now, I’ve gotta get back to fixing my place. This dumb cat head-butted my closet door off it’s hinge trying to fish a toy out from under it. Hilarious to watch, but aggravating in the long run.
I just stumbled across a couple episodes of “How I Met Your Mother” last night, and I really have to ask: Why didn’t anyone tell me that Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, and Bob Saget have been on a sitcom together for the last five years? And that stuff like this happens in it?:
After watching two episodes, I’m convinced I’ve found a worthy successor to fill that void in my life once held by “The Drew Carey Show.”
Ironically, the reason I tuned in last night was to check out “The Big Bang Theory” on a recommendation – and it really sucked in comparison (it’s basically “Two and a Half Men” except with nerds.) But I will give it credit: it has a really kick-ass theme song.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin doing a parody of “Paranormal Activity.” Somehow, 0:20-0:25 makes me laugh every time.
Seriously though, did they ask Alec Baldwin to be on the show so he could be Steve Martin’s punching bag? I can picture George Clooney taking that kind of verbal abuse and laughing, but Alec Baldwin strikes me as the kind of guy who bottles it up and strangles Steve Martin after the show.
And here we at the end. Eventually, I’d like to review non-anime shows as well, but all these hour-long programs like “Lost” and “Dexter” take significantly longer to watch and don’t show any signs of ending anytime soon.
Maybe I’m brainwashed by the mainstream media, but Japan is awesome. We need to agree on that. Awesomeness just seems to flow out of that country like a natural resource. They’ve got sushi, they’ll be the first to invent giant robots, and if you set a “Fast & the Furious” movie in the country, it’ll automatically be the best of the franchise.
About 3 months ago, I tossed my PS3 controller on the couch and it bounced off onto the coffee table, hitting itself rather hard. I could no longer turn it on and had to resort to a life of only having one controller.
Then, just 15 minutes ago, I get this crazy hunch and decide to try turning it on. It worked! Like some kind of Christmas miracle! PS3 controllers, when broken, will regenerate themselves over time eventually. To celebrate this discovery, I placed both controllers on my lap, turned on “Lego Star Wars” and tried escaping from the Death Star in 2-player mode. Thank God for infinite lives.
What was I going to blog about again before getting distracted?
Oh, yeah! Heroes!
Last night’s episode was freakin’ amazing. When Heroes first started, it had this whole “Lost” thing going on where they’d show us one weird thing after another and pull twist after twist on us just to keep us tuning in. The first season ended fine, if not a little anti-climatic, but with tons of loose ends not yet tied up. Then came the much anticipated Season 2 which promised to be a lot more mind-blowing. It wasn’t. Instead of answering old questions, it continued adding new ones (much like Lost,) then started moving out into filler episodes involving stolen backpacks and people learning to jump rope. Then the writer’s strike came and they had to pack the last 12 episodes into 1. Nothing was answered. Bad guy got his powers back. Two people died. That’s about it.
Season 3, however, has already renewed my faith in the show. Taking a cue from the horrible Season 2, creator Tim Kring stopped beating around the bush and just got to the point. By the end of the first episode, just about every mystery that’s been bugging us for the last two seasons has been answered. Where everyone’s powers come from, what so-and-so’s secret power is, who killed who, and the age-old question of whether Sylar eats brains hav finally been put to rest. The show can finally move on to new stories without this lousy stigma following it (yes, this matters to me.)
Adding on to the coolness, we already have six new super-villains on top of Sylar, old characters getting power upgrades, and a few new twists as well. The only thing that bugged me was a scene where the mind-reading cop thinks he’s suddenly developed the ability to read a turtle’s mind, only to find out there’s someone behind him. Lame. Reading animals’ minds would have put this show over the top. But, hey, the special effects are getting way better.
Okay. Toning down the geekiness… how are you doing?
I’m not yet sure if these quality for the greatest TV moments, but DJ_Canadian and Justas in the forums wanted to nominate these videos from “Whose Line Is It Anyways.” Unlike other TV videos I’ve posted, these ones haven’t been quoted or referenced to death yet, but I like ‘em. They’re worth a laugh.
First up: someone gets hurt, and something gets broken.
And then the gauntlet was thrown down: a musical number goes horribly awry when Wayne Brady tries to spell “Howard.” And they never let him forget it.
