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My (Last) Lost Theory (Honest)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:58:00 -0400

Ok, this time I'm for real. No more guessing. No more changing my mind. This is my final theory and I'm going to stick to it till the bitter end. The Island is a prison for Jacob and Smokey - but a good prison. Jacob represents Good - Smokey represents Evil. The island keeps Good and Evil in balance by keeping them from leaving. I'm not sure how that allows for Jacob leaving to influence the passengers in the past, but... that's my theory. Seeing the scale in the cave just sealed it for me. Also, I can see Good being ok with being stuck on the Island. I can see Jacob being "ok" with keeping balance in the world, much like I'd imagine God accepting the fact that there must be evil in the world for our lives to have any meaning. Of course, Evil would want freedom to cause as much doom and gloom as possible. But anyway - that's my theory now: The Island is a way to keep Good and Evil in balance across the world. Lose the balance - on either side - and the world loses something important.

The (Beginning of) End of Lost and my new crazy theory...

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:31:00 -0400

Ok, I have a few random thoughts about the episode, but before I begin, I'd like to share my new current theory on "What the Hell is Going On." This is not a new theory. Nor is it one I have proof of (obviously) - but a few things tonight really cemented it in for me. Of course, next week I'll call this entire post BS and pretend that Scott made me wrote it. Ok - so with that out of the way - I think Jacob is God and Bad Guy is Lucifer. Here is why: (By the way - I'm no Bible scholar - so please forgive my ignorance.) 1) First, the scene from the previous season with them sitting on the beach - Bad Guy's attitude about the men (I think he said something about them bringing destruction), it felt like the kind of thing Lucifer would say to God - bad mouthing his creation. Also, I can see God and Lucifer discussing man like that. 2) The way he convinced Ben to kill Jacob. Felt like the kind of move old Lucie would make. 3) The way he talked about Locke - he spoke about how everyone brought to the Island had a crappy life before. Bad Guy appreciated the fact that Locke recognized that the Island was better. Almost as if it was Lucifer's version of Paradise. Obviously a lot of people have died. A lot of bad things happened - but being that it is the creation of a fallen angel, it makes sense. 4) And the biggest thing for me? Bad Guy saying he wanted the one thing Locke didn't - to go home. That harkens to the Fall. 5) Also - if you have read any of my reviews - you know one of the issues I have with the show is why the Island wants to keep them there when it's obviously so bad for them. If this is indeed Lucifer's idea of paradise, and if he believes their lives are horrible off Island, it could explain why the Island can't let go. So if the Island is - well - Hell, or a twisted version of Heaven created on Earth, it explains the adversarial relationship between Jacob and Bad Guy. Also - isn't most of the Egyptian markings related to the Underworld? Forgive the bad typing - I'm exhausted and don't feel like cleaning it up. Ok, some random thoughts. 1) Bad Guy tells Richard that he was happy to see him out of his chains. Was that in an earlier episode? Was he a prisoner on the Black Rock perhaps? 2) Smoke Monster. Holy. Crap. I loved that scene - especially how he took care of the guy protected by the circle. Of course, now we know (do we?) that Bad Guy == Smoke Monster. That... that I'm not sure I like. I mean, I kinda liked the idea of the Smoke Monster being some... wild... or animalistic part of the Island. You can control it - some times - but it didn't have a real direction or purpose. Still - let me just say - the entire rest of the season can suck. That scene makes it worthwhile. 3) Ok, am I the only one who thought the Asian guy - in charge of the temple - is a bit too "Kung Fu Master"? When he did those martial arts move on Jack I groaned a bit. Sooo stereotypical. 4) When Ben left the statue - notice how he was confident again? He just went through hell - but he can still keep it together.

My current Fringe theory/questions/random thoughts

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:48:00 -0400

Spoiler Alert: Do not read any further if you have not yet watched the December 10th episode. You have been warned! Ok, so I absolutely love Fringe. It has that perfect mixture of geek coolness and emotional pull that has made Lost such a success for me. The episodes last year when we discovered what Walter did to get his son (well, his new son) and the pull away to the Twin Towers... amazing. A work of art. Fringe is easily the best show on TV now. With Heroes going down the crapper and Lost not around, I'm incredibly grateful to have such a good show on. So with that out of the day - I've been mostly curious about the adversaries in the show. The 'bad guys' seem to want to destroy our Universe. But why? I mean, if they wanted to take over, they wouldn't destroy it. If they hated us, well, you would have expected to get some kind of idea as to why they did. When Olivia went over, things looked pretty much the same. I mean ignore the fact that the Twin Towers were still there. You didn't see anything radical like 2 suns, spaceships, or whatever. Of course, we do know that the bad guys have higher technology then ours, but they could simply be 5-10 years ahead. (Think of how much your computer has advanced in 5 years.) Towards the end of this weeks episode we got a very tantalizing clue. It was quick and easily missed if you weren't paying attention. The bad guy (forgot his name) questioned Walter about his house, he mentioned how there were no trees or grass on the other side. Walter knew about this too and specifically commented on it. This was referred to as the Blight. Now - that sounds kind of ominous to me. Yet when Olivia went over, you didn't really see any evidence of a 'End of World' panic. That seems to imply that while the Blight may be a big deal, it could be slow. Perhaps something like Global Warming - where some scientists make a big deal out of it but the majority of the public don't really care as long as they can still get their Starbucks. So if this Blight then is spreading, and has dire consequences for their world, the bad guys may actually be looking to exact revenge. In fact, one of my Facebook friends, Brendan, made a damn excellent point. He said:

My guess is the door 'our' Walter opened caused the 'blight' that destroyed all the vegetation on the 'other side'.

This is fascinating! Walter, in his selfish (if not understandable) desire to get his son back, could be responsible for a slow, creeping doom of an entire planet. That could be the cause of his madness. Anyway, I've rambled on for long enough. I'd love to hear what other people think.

Confessions of a Superhero

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:57:00 -0400

Stumbled across this during lunch break - only watched 15 minutes but it was interesting. Watch full movie on Hulu.com

Kings - did you like it?

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:52:00 -0400

I have to admit - I really, really enjoyed Kings. Maybe it's the Alt-History buff in me, maybe it's the fact that I've been a huge fan of Ian McShane since Deadwood, but the series really worked well for me. For alt-history fans, I think there was a lot to be curious about here. The show dropped a very obvious "marker" that this Earth - the use of music from Liszt and the direct mention of his name. I took from that clue that whatever changed in this timeline happened in the early twentieth century - perhaps specifically in the European continent. Certainly it is clear the Kingdon (Gilboa) occupies American soil - but probably not all of it. I also found it interesting how we saw so little of the enemy and how David asks if they are truly so different from them. It alludes to some vast cultural divide between the Kingdoms. Well, not sure if the other enemies (early on they mention 2 enemies I believe) are Kingdoms - they mentioned the title of the leader of Gath, but I can't remember it offhand. It was definitely not King though. Either way - fun show. It is on my auto-record list. Anyone else enjoy it?

Lost - Save the Island

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:01:00 -0400

Wow. Awesome episode. I'm not going to try to review the whole two hours, but I want to focus on one main thing - a line that Richard Alpert said to Locke that I think is critical to the main mystery of Lost. Richard told Locke what he had to do if he wanted to save the Island. I have said time and time again that the Island is somehow - sentient - or alive like an animal or some such - but it is definitely aware. The Hostile, or natives, who were there before Dharma, and who precipitated the purge, may simply be aspects of the Island, like ghosts or spirits (which would help explain Richard's never-changing face). So I'm convinced I'm right. What I'm confused about though is why the Island would throw a hissy fit over a few people living. It just strikes me as juvenile. Like a petty god who demands people to worship itself. Oh - and that scene at the end. WTF?!? Who was the old lady? Why was she using a computer from the 1980s?

Get Lost!

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:30:00 -0400

Just a gentle reminder - Lost returns tonight. I'm hoping for a good season. I truly love Lost, but I'm hoping that they can keep the story together, coherent, interesting, etc, as they slowly approach the end.

BSG - final cylon revealed

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:05:00 -0400

SPOILER - Don't read if you haven't seen the latest episode. BSG set the bar for television series and yesterdays first episode of the the final 10 raised the bar. Many questions answered but many more questions were created. I'll throw out a few questions/comments/thoughts that I had. Some flow together and some are scattered.

Everyone is a cylon? Earth causes people to be reborn? Maybe they in some sort of heaven/purgatory and not literally reborn? Explains starbuck being back. Other people (models?) were around when bomb went off. There were other faces. Only 12 made it out? I'm bad with names but tori/sam together, saul/ellen together, tyrol/boomer together. Did they make couples? dee/apollo. No way dee doesn't come back. The coupled up cylons on earth had kids - 12 models but those produced kids and the humans are off-springs from that. The 12 don't know that because they were killed and some of the memories didn't get downloaded. Maybe a purge that resets everyone - like a big ghost image that gets reloaded on the computers when they get too corrupted. Why was lebon so freaked out when starbuck found starbuck? Maybe he realized some of the truth. Are they really cylons? Who says that the human forms are really advanced models. If they were on earth and the humans had the ability to download their memories and live on forever, why wouldn't they build that into their machines? We think arms and legs are good to have and the robots of today are modeled like that. Why wouldn't they build in a way to maintain knowledge attained in their machines. Which means they didn't evolve, they were the creators. From the first episode, we know a few things. What ever we think we know is probably false and it is going to be a great final 9 episodes. Come over to the GTT forum and share your thoughts on the board.

Today is BSG Day

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:42:00 -0400

Today is not Friday. Today is not January 16th. Today is one thing and one thing only - the return of Battlestar Galactica. Best of all, I finally get to watch new episodes in HD (thank you Cox for not completely sucking). I'm going to post a mini-review tonight after the episode unless I'm just too darn excited to type. (Ok, that was a bit too geeky, even for me.)

BSG alert - Top ten things you need to know

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:43:00 -0400

Sunday - Jan 11 - 10PM CST

Lost - Season 5 trailer

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:46:00 -0400

BSG 4.5 trailer

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:34:00 -0400

Non-Geek shows hit 9k Episodes

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:23:00 -0400

This will probably get me booted off the blog, but I had to share. One of my favorite shows (I watch it 5 times a week), just hit its 9000th episode. Yes, 9000. As in 8900 more than 100 episodes. What was the show? The Young and the Restless Yes, it's only a dumb soap opera, but hey, 9000 episodes is still pretty cool. Although you would think they would give them more than cake. YandR is also one of the few new shows being presented in full length over on YouTube.

Required viewing for Geeks

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:15:00 -0400

I'm blogging this for Phillip Senn. He asked what folks would consider as required viewing for geeks. His list was: STTOS, STTNG, STDS9, Voyager, Enterprise
Star Wars IV, V, VI, I, II, III
Battlestar Galactica Original and extra crispy
2001, 2010
Office Space
I'd add: Blade Runner
Matrix
Tron And probably a few others. Anyone else care to chime in?

Did you see BSG last night?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:06:00 -0400