tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post3096567695526440452..comments2024-02-16T11:41:37.696-05:00Comments on Todd Seavey: "Lost" in Eight MinutesTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-83029576216668113102010-02-01T14:45:00.000-05:002010-02-01T14:45:00.000-05:00I watched all five seasons of *Lost* over a couple...I watched all five seasons of *Lost* over a couple of months, just finished last week, and am now bereft (easy pun ignored). It has the virtue of being what Umberto Eco said made *Casablanca* such a success: it very self-consciously constitutes *all* genres of popular film. *Lost* is soap opera, travel show, prison film, alien movie, occult film, medical drama, western, heist, Saturday-serial, war movie….and on. The nods to *Twilight Zone*, *Twin Peaks*, and *X-Files* are obvious, but what I like about it is how unapologetically it shifts genres by (and often within) episode. (And Josh Holloway is hot.)Xinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-76354691560050907142010-01-31T12:02:00.000-05:002010-01-31T12:02:00.000-05:00I sort of feel the need to make it clear that alth...I sort of feel the need to make it clear that although I watch new Dr. Who, people should absolutely NOT use it as a measure of my taste, wheras old school Who, I proudly stand by. And I’m not just being nostalgic, the new one has the trappings of Dr. Who, but not so much of the imagination. The TARDIS is just one room. Need I say more? And I can’t really introduce a new person to old school Who. It takes dozens of years, starting with an intense study of Tom Baker episodes through the eyes of a five year old before the concept of regeneration is even introduced. <br><br>I just discovered Babylon 5 (only through season 3 so far) but IMHO it’s far superior to BSG. <br><br>Not that BSG or Lost are bad, but when “Nerds like you” take their interests and reconfigure them so the General Public can appreciate them, something is often lost. You can’t really shove subtlety down someone’s throat, know what I mean? It’s not that they’re bad, but I think the rabid, mainstream fans are experiencing certain things for the first time. <br><br>I think what you need to do is get with the spirit of the times and become unemployed – plenty of catching up time.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-39690992128866137162010-01-31T11:20:00.000-05:002010-01-31T11:20:00.000-05:00I always buy books figuring when I get some free t...I always buy books figuring when I get some free time I’ll read them, but when I actually think about my schedule that makes no sense. I don’t read on vacation or when I’m with the family. The only solution would be to commit a small crime and insist on jail time, which would free up mandatory time away from Internet access and the outdoors. If I have nothing else to do, I read.<br><br>FWIW, since life is short, you can probably get away with just the initial 3-hour miniseries of Battlestar Galactica.<br><br>And my picks of the best episodes of the new Dr. Who (all penned by the same writer, Stephen Moffatt):<br><br>Season 1 two-parter: “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances”<br><br>Season 2: “The Girl in the Fireplace”<br><br>Season 3: “Blink”<br><br>Season 4 two-parter: “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead”Clay Watershttp://timeswatch.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-34836944285549777432010-01-30T21:09:00.000-05:002010-01-30T21:09:00.000-05:00I never understood the appeal of 24. 1. Kiefer Sut...I never understood the appeal of 24. <br><br>1. Kiefer Sutherland, aside from Stand by Me and the Lost Boys, is not a good actor. <br><br>2. For a show whose plot usually revolves around multiple terrorist plots to blow up an American city, the show is not that compelling.Gerardhttp://indolentmick.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com