Saturday, May 29, 2010

80's sitcom stars, didn't I tell you to STOP DYING?

Gary Coleman died yesterday at 42. The Diff'rent Strokes star had terrible health and personal problems his entire life. :( May he rest in peace.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20389492,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent

After Strokes ended, his career dried up and he became the butt of many jokes. Hollywood really does treat former child actors like crap. And his parents were no better.

All three of the kids on that show had it rough. Dana Plato died in 1999 (drug overdose, likely intentional), and Todd Bridges had drug problems as well, though he seems to have finally gotten it together.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Last week's Lost...

"Across the Sea"

This episode should have been done two years ago! Pretty good, though. It's just a little late to be doing a big backstory episode!

Sooooo, Jacob and MIB are twins, raised by a nut who killed their real mom after they were born. She tells them they're special and one of them will have to protect the light which is "the heart of the island". Good and evil...it's not so black and white after this episode!

Kid!MIB goes to live with the people his "mother" says are bad- they're learning about the island's odd properties, which makes MIB want to leave.

Nut!Mom "kills" MIB, she chooses Jacob as the protector of the island, she wipes out the Others, to MIB's horror. MIB (who is never given a name!) kills her, Jacob punishes him by throwing him into the light cave, which kills MIB but turns him into SMOKEY!!!

Jacob puts the bodies of his brother and fake mom in a cave...where centuries later, they are discovered by Jack, Kate, and Locke. "Our very own Adam and Eve".

WHOA that answered a lot of questions. Adam and Eve's identities are revealed, and we see how MIB and Jacob get to the island and how they become who they are. I actually felt bad for MIB part of the time. Odd that the mom is so intent on protecting "the light" that she slaughters a whole bunch of people. It's not just about good and evil, is it?

The music for this episode had a real Lord of the Rings sound to it.

Only one more episode, then the finale. As much as this show has driven me crazy over the past six years, I'm going to miss it!

Monday, May 17, 2010

House season finale...

"Help Me"- House nearly loses it again. Surprise, surprise. First he learns that Cuddy is engaged, then the patient he tried to help during a big disaster dies despite everything he tried to do. He goes to his secret stash of Vicodin, only to have Cuddy show up to stop him...apparently, she's broken up with Lucas and loves House despite her better judgement. Oh, boy.

This was a good episode until the last few minutes. The House/Cuddy ship sailed two seasons ago, IMHO! The big disaster leads to two Patients of the Week- the crane operator who caused the accident, and a woman trapped under the rubble of the building he destroyed. The crane operator's case isn't interesting at all. More interesting is House's interaction with the trapped woman- his efforts to save her leg leads to a big blow-up with Cuddy, making him back down from his position. House eating humble pie was totally unexpected! And of course, the lady dies anyway, which almost drives him to drugs again. And naturally it's Cuddy who stops him...

So where is this going to lead? Is House finally going to lose all the demons that make him, well, House?

Where was Wilson this episode?

Oh, yay!

I did not know this- Warner Bros. released Special Bulletin on DVD in January. I'll have to order it.

http://www.wbshop.com/Special-Bulletin-1983TV/1000147319,default,pd.html?cgid=

I don't think there are any special features or anything. But it's nice to have it on DVD and somewhat cheap!

Hey, HBO, why don't you guys release Countdown to Looking Glass on DVD now? :p

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Dreading Lost tonight.

After last week's bloodbath (Sun, Jin, Frank, AND Sayid killed??) I'm almost afraid to watch tonight!

Anyway, here is my rambling response to The Candidate, last week's episode:

HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP!

Damn it. I haven't cried at a Lost episode since Charlie died. :( Sayid, Frank, Sun AND Jin? God damn it!

Kate got shot! YES! But she survives. DAMN! (I really don't like Kate!)

"There is no Sayid". Jesus, Jack, nice way of putting it. At least no one got a chance to say "You've got some Sayid on you".

Watching Hurley cry...that really got me started. Then Kate and Jack joined in.

Nice going, Sawyer...okay, he didn't know what would happen...but still!

So now we know what MIB/Locke wants...all the Lostie "candidates" have to be dead before he can leave.

Sayid: BIG DAMN HERO. I guess there was still good in him after all.

Sideways!Locke caused the accident that paralyzed him and left his dad a vegetable...and feels so guilty about it he won't let Jack fix him.

Sun and Jin in the end replaced Des and Penny as my favorite Lost couple. Damn it. :( :( :( :(


Wow...

Expect much more incoherent babbling from me after tonight. :p