C3PX

doubleofive said:

Just watch Season 1. We'll tell you what else happens.

No! Season 2 was great (for the most part). Three was a real stinker (though the finale was pretty sweet)... four had its moments and was a step back in the right direction from three... five was a lot of fun (though not flawless)... and then six came along... Damn you six! Not only was six pretty boring and uninteresting... but it took everything away from the direction the show always felt it was kind of going, and ended with another god-did-it! (a wizard did it!) Battlestar Galacticaesque ending.

Why bother making a show filled with so many mysteries, if you are just going to eventually panic and play the magical diety card as a catch all?

It was still a fun ride though. Seasons 2 and 5 were some of the most I have enjoyed a TV show in recent years.

An ending with the whole cyclical time thing going on, like it almost seemed was the case at one point, would hve been cool, even if plenty of people would have been messing their pants while screaming that they had totally predicted that one. The whole Widmore changing the rules thing, and Ben's confidence that his daughter wasn't going to die and his extreme shock when she did really fit perfectly with the idea that they had both been through more or less these same events multiple times before. Also would have explained how both men always seemed to know exactly what was going on. In the end, the "You changed the rules" bit never came to mean anything.

If some years down the road they decided to make a film based off the series which followed the mythology through in a well thought out manner, that would be pretty awesome. This show was full of really great ideas and concepts, it just bit off more than it could chew, and was severely harmed by its own popularity (I swear, the instant feedback of the internet is going to be the death of all good media), and a need to keep people guessing (apparently, about nothing).

It would be interesting to hear what J. J. Abrams original ideas for the show were. He hasn't been in creative control of it since the first season, despite his name still being attached as creator. There was also a point where the producers had said that everything that was happening would have a rational scientific explaination behind it. Would have been nice to have seen it played out that way.

xhonzi said:

I came up with what I think is the perfect analogy for the six seasons of Lost. 

It's the plot of one episode that's in just about every family/teen based sitcom ever...  You remember the one.  That one episode where wants the popular kid to come to his birthday party, so he lies and says that will be at his birthday party... and the popular kid believes him and is excited to come to the party, and then the whole school hears about the .  The day of the birthday party comes up and starts to freak out, because everyone will know he's a liar.  Instead, he gets his older brother's garage band to make an appearance and maybe people will be pretty happy with that...  And then the birthday party happens and is nowhere to be seen.  Everyone gets upset and goes from thinking that is the coolest person at school to thinking that they are the most full of crap person at school.

That is what the show Lost now is to me.

Wow, Xhonzi must have been really pissed when he wrote this. It reads like one of my posts. It is the most incoherent post of his I have ever read. I mean, whole words are missing! Trying to figure out what it is suppose to mean requires a lot of reading between the lines and guesswork... Hey, come to think of it, maybe it was intentional and he wanted his post to reflect the plot of Lost. In that case, I applaud you my friend! Nice analogy!

Sluggo said:

I really don't want to see a film full of Batman-villains.  The Dark Knight was great because it really got to explore the character of the Joker because he didn't have to sacrifice his screen time. 

He might not have had to sacrifice his screen time, but I still think The Dark Night suffered heavily from too many villian syndrom. I felt the whole Two-Face thing was unecessary, didn't do the character of Two-Face justice in his rushed creation and death, and made the film uncomfortably long. Personally, I would have been happier with more Joker screen time, and a shorter run time and no convoluted ending.

I really like the Riddler ideas of both Anchorhead and Xhonzi.

corellian77 said:

 So how long does it take Solo to approve a character anyway?  I'm itching to visit Tatooine :)

Well, that depends, is Ackbar a male or female?

Wooooohooooooo!

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Though I have come not to trust VFPBC. That network cancels more shows in mid-season than FOX!

Gaffer Tape said:

Sluggo said:

That new actress for Loraine in BTTF:2.  That was impossible to take the rest of the franchise seriously after that fiasco.

I second xhonzi.  Whaaaa are you talking about?

Obviously he meant Jennifer, not Loraine.

PSYCHO_DAYV said:

I'M GETTING A BIT OF A SPECIAL ED. VIBE.

Wow, that was really unnecessary.

Uh, what?

That is a really cool shirt.

NO.

PURGATORY!!!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=41591828

Up until the last ten minutes at least, that was the most I enjoyed Lost all season.

And where the hell was my boy Mr. Eko?

TV's Frink said:

...oh, wait, I get it.  The napkin under the fork, spoon, or knife would be the underware.  Never thought of it like that...

Exactly!

Wow, I used to be so into this show, and now the finale has passed me by without me even realizing it. Just now I realized it came on yesterday. Maybe I will get around to watching it sometime this week. I think I have an episode or two before the finale to catch up on as well.

From the comments here, it sounds like it turned out pretty awful though.

Ah, I have come so far in forgetting that guy, I even forgot how to spell his name. But clearly, you knew who I was talking about, Mr. "Grammar & Spelling Nazi" Archivist.

Phew! You mean somewhat agreeing with him isn't grounds for seeing a doctor? Thank goodness for that!

I do think I may need to see a doctor to get over the trama of having watched that horrible scene though. I am thinking about writing to Pixar and complaining. Maybe I'll even send them my doctor's bill.

Nanner Split said:

Gentlemen, I present to you Super Mario Crossover:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416

Play the original Super Mario Bros. in its entirety as Mario, Link, Mega Man, Simon Belmont, Samus, and Bill from Contra. And prepare for nerdgasm.

Playing as Bill feels like unleashing a Terminator onto the Smurf village. :P

Wow! It is a like a dream that is so good to be true you'd never even think about dreaming it in the first place for fear of seeming too greedy. Only, here it is... ah, dammit! Hold on... got to go change my underware...

So, I was subjected to a bit of Barney and Friends today for the first time in probably over ten years. I swear he has become a lot more blatantly gay since the last time I heard him. I heard the TV for several minutes before I glanced at the screen, and would have never guessed it was Barney by the sound of his voice. He really sounds a lot different.

ALSO, I saw the first bit of The Incredibles for the first time since it was released, and all I could think was, "Holy shit! VINH is right, this movie is extremely elitist." and "No wonder poor little overly sensitive autistic Indigo Sucks found the movie so emotionally harmful." The whole opening thing with Buddy was actually somewhat upsetting. He is portrayed as a complete loser, Mr. Incredible is his biggest hero, and the uber fantastic Mr. Incredible treats him like shit. In the end, Buddy becomes a psychotic villian because of his experience and Mr. Incredible is justified in his dick-being because he was trying to take care of serious business. Then there is the whole bit of being sued by the man he rescued from commiting suicide and the, "You didn't save my life, you ruined my death!" line. I am really not sure what to think about this movie anymore... weird somewhat agreeing with Indigo. Maybe I need to get more rest.

Oh look, another signer! Awesome!

KITH?

If it was in lower case, I'd assume "kith" as in, "kith and kin", but all caps makes me think it is an acronym for something.

Dead Snow.

Yeah, maybe this info shouldn't be public.

Damn, I have just stayed up reading this whole thread and laughing my guts out. Now my muscles ache from laughing so hard, and I have to wake up in just a few hours to go to work. So much fun though.

If I keep posting without being approved, the pervert will probably just ban me. That could be fun though.

captainsolo said:

At least they came up with a reasonable way for Starkiller to return for the sequel.

Reasonable? Seriously? A clone? Reasonable? Pretty weak.

I have a feeling that if I gave an indication that I, or even just my character had a vagina, I would be approved by now. I don't think they have any intention of approving or rejecting my character. Oh well. Fuck 'em. T'was a silly place.

Oh yeah, the best of friends. You didn't know that?

Haha! I like that when you google image search C3PX, a picture of Otis the brain wearing a dunce cap is on the first page.

I miss you Otis... nearly made me vomit the last time I saw you, but you were great fun while you lasted pal...