I just noticed that I never commented on Mah Shows this week, aside from my Egg Drop rant! This week I recorded VM and watched Lost as it aired with Erin (my GA) and some of her friends. It was hilarious, as between the four of us, we pretty much intuited everything that happened.
“It’s a church!”
“She has cancer!”
“Don’t touch the doll!”
“The island cured her!”
“It’s Michael!”
etc etc etc.
The shot of Niagra Falls in the background made me miss Wonderfalls even more. Oh Tim Minear, why do you continue to go back to Fox like a girl returns to an abusive boyfriend?
I was also amused at the increasing amounts of show material that seem to be gleaned from fanfiction.net. Wilson comes to live with House! Jack and Kate are trapped in kissing proximity in a big net, with no hope of rescue! That, plus the increasing amounts of show material Lost seems to be gleaning from reruns of Gilligan’s Island: In one episode, they learn that an orbiting Gemini spacecraft will be flying almost directly over the island. They build a giant “S.O.S.” sign out of giant logs and light them on fire, so that they can be seen at night from space. Then at the crucial moment, Gilligan trips over one of the logs and kicks it out of place. He catches his pant leg on fire and jumps around, knocking the logs even more askew. One of the astronauts, Sol, is delighted to see his name written in giant letters on the ground, as it was his birthday.
For the other great Gilligan moment, see this entry.
I’m kind of perplexed by Bernard’s decision at the end of the episode. Just because he and Rose are choosing to stay on the island, shouldn’t they still work on the sign in hopes that the other fifty-some people can be rescued? And for all the other Lostaways that gave up on the project, dude, what else are you going to do with your time? You’re stuck on an island! It may be futile and a lot of hard work, but it’s better than doing nothing. Dorks.
Umm… have some fake spoilers!
