Alert Nerd: Our True Geek Confessions!
Feb 17Brace yourselves, gentle readers, for these are our…TRUE GEEK CONFESSIONS.
The Bin — 2/12/10
Feb 12
Back in the day, we used to just like stuff every week. We still like stuff, but now we mix in links, videos and other random claptrap. It’s like the Cold Stone Creamery of nerd-dom; we call it The Bin, and we’ve gotta have it.
Lost 6.3, “What Kate Does”
Feb 10I’ve seen a fair bit of “worst.episode.ever” style commentary on last night’s Lost, but most of the other far superior reviewers and commentators than I seem to fall more in the mediocre-to-good camp.
I’m somewhat between THOSE two camps, leaning toward bad-to-mediocre, with a full understanding that perhaps my problems with “What Kate Does” are more my problems than the show’s problems, and perhaps I need some TV therapy or something.
SPOILERS AHOY
Lost 6.1 & 6.2, “LA X”
Feb 09What a long, strange trip it’s been.
I don’t think I’ve followed anything as faithfully as I’ve followed Lost. Aside from my marriage, it’s the longest commitment I’ve ever made.
So it’s hard to believe it’s almost over, and moreso, that at least most of the questions that have stacked up over the years are about to be answered. I’ve occasionally lost faith in Lost, and it’s been because of their inability at times to keep all their plates spinning. Creating a mythology on television has to represent a pact with viewers–you keep watching, and eventually, you’ll find out what the hell is happening.
Instead, thanks to a mid-series period of floundering storylines and repetitious character beats (Jack’s a control freak! WE GET IT THANKS), that pact began to wither. Fortunately, the producers and ABC put a dotted line in the sand to end the series in 2010, and the show almost immediately gained much-needed focus.
Now here we are at the end, the only end, my friends. (The Doors AND the Dead quoted in the same article?! Unpossible!) And it feels…good. Great, even.
SPOILERS AHEAD, in case you haven’t seen this episode yet.
The Bin – 2/5/10
Feb 05
Back in the day, we used to just like stuff every week. We still like stuff, but now we mix in links, videos and other random claptrap. It’s like the Cold Stone Creamery of nerd-dom; we call it The Bin, and we’ve gotta have it.
