Just watched “The shape of things to come” again and I was just as floored the second time around - albeit some things stuck out a bit more. First, Ben is truly broken up over the death of his daughter - I think this is the first time he has every been truly “real” in the show. I get so used to second guessing his motives. But the real thing I want to open for discussion is the Widmore/Linus angle. At first, I was thinking Widmore may indeed be Alvar Hanso, and I still hold to that a bit (rich, mysterious benefactor) but now…not so sure.
First of all, we need to applaud the direction and writing of this show in the past couple weeks, Ben has slowly turned into a hero. That’s right, I said it, Ben is becoming the hero - slowly but surely. So - question time:
Why does Charles refer to the island as “his” (this supports the Hanso concept) - Ben very clearly stole it from him by killing everyone
“I know who you are, I know what you are” : Charles Widmore. OK, who, I get - he’s the little boy who came to the island as a child, but “what”? “what you are”? “What” as in profession, or “What” as in something more Meta?
Why can’t Ben kill Charles - are they both linked in some way?
Now that Ben wishes to kill Penelope, what is Desmond’s take on this? Obviously since he was not on the manifest of 815, then he wouldn’t be part of the Oceanic 6. So he could be off the island in the future.
How did Ben just “appear” in Tunisia? I’m thinking it has to do with the “magic box” that brought Locke’s father to the island (I am clinging to the mystical aspect of this and not the possible reality that they just went to the mainland and kidnapped him)
What did the desk clerk at the hotel looked scared when she realized who “Dean Moriarty” was? And in no way, shape, or form is “Moriarty” meaningless.
I think Jacks’ “stomach bug” is a physical reaction to the fact that everything is unraveling and he is losing control. The thought that he may NOT get these people off the island is literally eating him up inside. Thoughts?
The SMOKE MONSTER! Holy crap I love this. Ben called it? Of course he called it! He can control it to some point, but kinda like the Greeks controlled the Kraken in Clash of the Titans. What do you think?
I recently saw the latest entry into ApaTOWN(copyright) and went into it with relatively high expectations. I’ve enjoyed Jason Segal in all his incarnations including Freaks & Geeks, How I Met Your Mother, and even Knocked Up. Needless to say, I expected to be wowed by some wild and crazy take on the standard rom-com. I was sorely disappointed. There were 2 or 3 specific points in the movie where I was waiting for them to turn a corner, but director Nicholas Stoller sent me down the same old, cheesy path.
The movie wasn’t completely bogus. The afformentioned Segal was stellar and Mila Kunis played a decent love interest. However it did become a bit of a sausage fest (and I don’t mean it was like my Friday and Saturday nights in college). If you haven’t heard, Segal shows his wiener…multiple times. As I am in the last week of medical school, it’s not like I haven’t had my fair share of penises to inspect, but it kept appearing in the movie like a recurring theme in a Shakespearan play.
Anyway, the true low point for me was Kristen Bell. Just because she’s a pretty face doesn’t mean she has chops. Her character felt very constrained and her emotions were nearly non-existent.Despite this low point I’ll probably netflix it in a few months to remember the hilarious opera that Segal’s character composes that I won’t ruin for you.Note* Jason Segal based the break-up scene and the opera on his real life experiences.
*special thanks to my lovely wife Crystal for tipping me off on this one.
Some may argue that I’m a week early, and that perhaps Harold and Kumar do not represent the summer blockbuster ‘mold’.
Screw ‘em.
Harold and Kumar will be fantastic for anyone that loved the first, simple as that. Next week however is Ironman, followed by Speedracer, then Indy, Batman, Hancock, Hulk, Wanted and the list goes on…
I say bring them on, its going to be one hell of a summer.
Ben Edlund must have taken some serious Awesome Pills while on strike because this episode embodies a wit and dramatic flair that reminds me of Joss Whedon’s best (think “Hush”). Now Supernatural is no stranger to great TV - in my opinion, this is one of the better shows on TV right now, simply because it is just purely entertaining and never insults my intelligence (buy the premise and you’re in). Jensen Ackles (as Dean) and Jared Padalecki (as Sam) do an amazing job of being believable in an unbelievable world. The acting is top notch and it touches on a trend that is pervasive through today’s best SciFi and started with the X-Files: Just deliver good drama, period. The SciFi, the horror, it’s just a back drop - Believe in what the premise is and surpass it. Just because it’s SciFi doesn’t mean it has to take off in silly directions. Shows like Battlestar Galactica, Space Above and Beyond, and Farscape all did this. The actors embody their roles and go for it, plain and simple.
It helps, of course, to have great material. And this is were Supernatural really shines and “Ghostfacers” is a prime example. The episode follows a crew of reality show dweebs as they enter the “Morton House” - a derelict haunted house filled all sorts of creepy goings-on. But what this episode does smartly is bring back characters that appeared on a previous episode, and fleshes them out and adds to the mythology. The episode is almost entirely shot on handheld HD cameras with a generous sampling of Blair Witch - and Cloverfield.
The two stars of the series are seen sporadically throughout the episode but their “bad-assness” is in no way diminished. The editing of the show was brisk and relentless. They even acceptably explained how they could capture non-handheld footage (the team placed several stationary camera’s throughout the house).
All-in-all I give it an >i< score of 10 - Top notch episode. So thanks, Eric Kripke for bringing us this excellently entertaining show. Keep ‘em coming.
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