I wrote a while back about the alternate reality game (ARG), as they call it, that Lost is doing this off-season. It began at Comic Con back in July and has been chugging along, ever so slowly, since then. The big theme of this year’s ARG is the Dharma Initiative, who actually had a booth at […]
I’m fairly picky about the television that I watch. I love TV (obviously), but I demand quality. Also, I hate procedurals. As a rule, I tend to avoid any show where someone turns up dead in the first five minutes. I am in the vast minority here, I suppose, if those pesky ratings are to […]
(Season 2, Episode 9 – “Complications”) It looks like the viewers weren’t the only ones concerned about Cromartie’s corpse in the desert. This episode began with Sarah going just a little bit nuts over the deceased Terminator, insisting that no one was safe until his metal cadaver was melted down. She started having crazy dreams […]
(Season 34, Episode 8) I will admit that my hopes were high this week. Paul Rudd is a funny dude, and I was hoping that SNL would come through with some great political lampooning. Boy was I disappointed. I don’t know if I was just in the wrong frame of mind to watch SNL, but […]
Readers of this space know that two of my great loves are TV and food. I’m sure the expectation is that I would love a show like Top Chef, Bravo’s reality cooking competition. The truth, however, is that I’ve never been able to get into the show. For me, Top Chef is much more a […]
(Season 3, Episode 3) “She’s like a human Macarena; something everyone did at parties in 1996.” – Liz, on her college friend Claire. Last week Oprah graced 30 Rock, and I was a little disappointed that she wasn’t given more to do. This week, it was Jennifer Aniston’s turn to guest on the best comedy […]
We’re into the doldrums of the Lost off-season, or so it seems. Things are quiet out there in the Lost universe, but there are a few things going on… The big news: We finally have a launch date for season five! Mark your calendars fellow Lost fanatics — January 21st is the day. It’s going […]