Lost Ep: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

Well, Lost never ceases to amaze me.  This weeks episode entitled The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham was one of, if not the best episodes so far this season.  It had everything you wanted from a Lost episode;  Action, drama, mystery, death, and a resurrection.  From the opening scene with Ceasar, all the way to the final scene when Locke finds Ben as an injured survivor of flight 316, my eyes were glued to the screen.  I enjoyed every mintute of this episode except for two small nuances that really frustrated me.  

First off, what is Kate's problem?  She was insanely rude to Locke when he visited her in this episode.  She tells him the reason he wants to be on the island so bad is because he doesn't love anyone.  Which as any faithful Lostaholic would know, is completely untrue.  Then, once Locke tells her that she is false in her accusation and explains what happened, Kate tells him that he is still an "angry and obsessed" old man.  I thought this was really out of context for Kate, and I was really dissapointed with the way her character handled Locke's visit.

The second thing I was a little peeved by in this episode took place during the scene with Walt and Locke.  If you remember back to season 4, Walt visits Hurley in the mental institution and tells him that Jeremy Bentham cam to visit him.  Now in the scene with Walt and Locke in this episode, Locke never mentions that he is using an alias.  So how does Walt know that Locke's code name is Jeremy Bentham.  Either there is another scene yet to come with Walt and someone who knows that Locke is using the name Bentham or the writers screwed up.  It's not the end of the world, and I'm probably just jumping to a conclusion, but Lost is known for having very few if any inconsistencies and I'd hate for them to make such a simple thing like a name drop ruin their clean slate.

Overall however, this was one hell of an episode and I can't wait for next week.  I hope Locke beats the crap out of Ben for killing him.  (that sounded wierd to say)

Lost Ep 316

So I watched Lost tonight just like I do every other Wednesday night, and it was absolutely amazing.  Tonight's episode (316) was a perfect reason why this is by far the best show on TV right now and my favorite TV show of all time.  The way the writers are working in content from nearly 4 years ago and expecting you to know the little stuff from back then is just an example of how commited you have to be to this show in order to appreciate its brilliance.  And that's just what it is...Brilliant.  I know the show is now kind of sci fi and involves time travel, but I feel sorry for just about anyone who is not watching this historic television show.  The ups and downs, the love stories/relationships, and the overall emotional connection you feel to towards these characters is absolutely phenomonal.  I've never laughed or cried more during any TV show or movie as I have while watching Lost.  If you've been hearing great things about this show and have always said, "Well one day I'll watch it". Or, "I'll borrow the dvd's from someone eventually".  I urge you to stop procrastinating and go buy the dvd's or even just watch the previous 4 seasons on ABC.com for free.  But it is well worth the money to buy them; you will end up watching them again and again.

The Truth Hurts

Why don't people respect the truth?  People ask you a question or your opinion on something, you tell them the truth and they get upset with you; I don't get it.  Now I understand if it's something that could really hurt someones feelings or publicly humiliate them, but simple things need the truth, otherwise the people you surround yourself with will just continue to live the lie that you are fueling them with.  The perfect exampe of this is Simon Cowell; he tells it to you like it is.  If you're not good he straight up tells you, "You're not good".  Sometimes it seems kind of harsh, but in the end, you know he's right.  If we lived in a world where the truth was told to people more often, people would stop wasting time with petty things and get more work done.  

People pleaser

So when people I know get angry with me, I really don't like it.  I had some friends today who were kind of mad with me for whatever reason, and I took offense to it.   Today I discovered that I'm a people pleaser.  I feel better about myself when people are happy with me.  When I make other people laugh or make them feel better, I feel better.  Maybe this means I'm supposed to do something with my life that has to do with helping others.  Missionary work, volunteering, I don't know; only time will tell.  

Slam Don't Contest

Watching the NBA Slam Dunk Contest just reaffirmed for me why the NBA is the worst of the four major sports.  Everything about it was absolutely horrible.  First off, I've seen better dunks in college slam dunk contests.  It's about time that players started thinking on their own instead of modifying dunks that have already been done.  At least Nate Robinson won, and justifiably so considering Dwight Howard horribly duplicated Michael Jordan's famous free throw line slam.  Secondly, the announcers sounded like they were a couple of guys who were pulled off the street.  There was no intelligent feedback being given; it was like three fans were given microphones and told to talk about what was going on.  Last but not least, the judging was completely and utterly biased.  Rudy Fernandez who in my opinion had a top 3 dunk of the night, didn't even make it through to the second round, while Dwight Howard got a perfect score for a rather normal dunk.  The only thing they did right was allowing the fans to text their vote for the winner.  If the NBA wants me to watch the Slam Dunk Contest next year they should really think about making the whole contest open for fans to vote by texting.

Numero Uno

All right baby, here we go.  What should be the first of many.  I plan to start blogging as often as possible (which should be about everyday) about all sorts of things.  I love the tv show Lost, so that will probably be a large chunk of my thoughts.  I'm also an avid hockey fan and I love playing video games and watching movies.  I hope to use this blog as a way to express my feelings on all of these things.  You may not like some of these things as much as I do; hell, you might not care for them at all.  But that's why it's MY blog.