Previously on LOST: Good, evil, black, white, rules.
One of these things is not like the other: Hurley, Desmond, Sawyer, Miles. Lilia guessed Sawyer - she's 2-0 now! (Sawyer doesn't have an ability.)
We're curious - if there are rules that say Ben and Widmore can't kill each other, and the same rules apply to Jacob and Jacob's Nemesis, who's the good guy here - Ben or Widmore? Lilia is afraid it's Widmore, even though we haven't been paying much attention to him, but Zach is keen on Ben, who's just very interesting.
Furthermore, Lilia's intrigued by the "Big Bang theory" of LOST - what came first? (Zach thinks the statue is a tribute to the island's first inhabitant.)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sue's Corner - Glee's Back (Again)
The LA Times is reporting something that Gleeks everywhere have dreamed of - "Glee" is coming back for a second season.. Check out the link for full details, as well as a super fetch promotional poster.
One major problem - Glee's going to be on Tuesdays in April. Sorry, Glee, but we already have a date with LOST. Oh, hi Hulu...
And that's how Sue C's it.
One major problem - Glee's going to be on Tuesdays in April. Sorry, Glee, but we already have a date with LOST. Oh, hi Hulu...
And that's how Sue C's it.
How'd It Get Burned This Week? - Jan. 26, 2010
Nic's lying low this week, but here's what national treasures we managed to dig up this week.
CNBC reports that Nic's Vegas home, victim to foreclosure, has sold to a lucky bidder for almost $5 million. Though this is a 40% loss for Cage, it's a 100% win for CNBC, who wins the "Pun of the Week" award for "Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas."
Jaunter tells us that filming is moving right ahead on The Hungry Rabbit Jumps in New Orleans. Nic's no stranger to Nawlins, having sold his haunted house there last year (I'm not kidding, that's not a joke).
And, just in time for Valentine's Day, get your sweetest exactly what he or she has always been looking for - a Nic Cage sticker set, courtesy of Brandon Bird. These stickers are reusable and are so funny that Lilia had to leave the booth in tears of laughter.
CNBC reports that Nic's Vegas home, victim to foreclosure, has sold to a lucky bidder for almost $5 million. Though this is a 40% loss for Cage, it's a 100% win for CNBC, who wins the "Pun of the Week" award for "Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas."
Jaunter tells us that filming is moving right ahead on The Hungry Rabbit Jumps in New Orleans. Nic's no stranger to Nawlins, having sold his haunted house there last year (I'm not kidding, that's not a joke).
And, just in time for Valentine's Day, get your sweetest exactly what he or she has always been looking for - a Nic Cage sticker set, courtesy of Brandon Bird. These stickers are reusable and are so funny that Lilia had to leave the booth in tears of laughter.
Weekend Watch - Jan. 29, 2010
You're either killing people or falling in love this weekend. No real clear win this week, but boys and girls are going to have to split up.
When in Rome - Kristen Bell steals money (it's all okay) and falls in love with Josh Duhamel... in Rome. Love, broken vases, and guys walking into trees. (Hint - this is the girl movie)
Edge of Darkness - Mel Gibson does The Departed when his daughter's killed. Guns, anger, and explosions.
When in Rome - Kristen Bell steals money (it's all okay) and falls in love with Josh Duhamel... in Rome. Love, broken vases, and guys walking into trees. (Hint - this is the girl movie)
Edge of Darkness - Mel Gibson does The Departed when his daughter's killed. Guns, anger, and explosions.
Tops at the Box Office - Jan. 22, 2010
- Avatar
- Legion (first weekend)
- The Book of Eli
- Tooth Fairy (first weekend)
- The Lovely Bones
- Sherlock Holmes
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- Extraordinary Measures (first weekend)
- It's Complicated
- The Spy Next Door
Zach's Heroes Watch - "The Art of Deception"
Previously on Heroes: Claire’s angsty, Emma’s probably evil, and Sylar’s lonely.
Samuel’s angsty, too, which creeps out the carnival – especially Lydia, who Samuel thinks is replacing Joseph. But Samuel just wants to prove that he’s a nice guy again, so he sulks off to go be dastardly again.
Peter’s having bad dreams about Emma, and Mama’s still sad about Nathan. Peter says Sylar can save Emma, but Mama reminds him that Sylar’s not a nice guy. Peter does his “serious voice” and convinces Mama to tell him where Sylar is.
Fortunately, Sylar’s still entertaining – being inside Matt’s head “was so two months ago.” He’s playing houseguest at Matt’s house and wants to catch up, but Matt knows he’s still a bad guy. Sylar’s amazed that Matt can just live with his ability, so he asks Matt to take his powers away. Matt gives it a try, but it doesn’t work; Janice comes home and surprises them, so Sylar reacts adversely and threatens “being creative.” But Matt talks Sylar down and gives it another try, and this time it works, but there’s a catch – Sylar still gets to live forever, but Matt trapped him in a weird nightmare and then buries him in the basement.
Just when you thought it was safe to bury Sylar, Peter shows up and steals Matt’s power, finding out that Sylar is almost buried alive. But as Peter goes in to try to fix everything, Matt traps him in his head, too.
Gretchen forces Claire to come clean about her Sylar encounter, so Claire finally gives in and pays a visit to her dad – but Lauren opens the door. Awk-ward. Claire’s cool with Lauren getting romantic with Noah, but she’s not okay with the Primatech files coming out of storage. When Lauren tells Claire about Samuel’s latest landslide, Claire gets peeved and ditches. Gretchen tells Claire to go to class, and Noah loads up his rifle.
Meanwhile, Claire’s visiting Samuel to try to get him to surrender, but Noah’s ready to go all sniper on Samuel, so Lauren goes to walk him out. Samuel delivers an emotional apology, but someone shoots him anyway and then tags Claire in the throat. Even though it seems like Noah’s doing the firing, it’s actually Multiple Man, who shoots Lauren and Lydia, too. It’s like the writers are just cleaning house at this point.
Samuel apologizes to Lydia, and any viewer with a brain figures out that Samuel ordered Multiple Man to do it. Just in case we had any questions, Samuel then explains the plot to Lydia and the viewers before Lydia dies. Claire has problems believing that her dad shot all those people, but Multiple Man drags Noah to the carnival and tosses him into the house of mirrors.
Then Emma joins the carnival – yay? She patches up Samuel, and Edgar comes back to say goodbye to Lydia while Lauren sends out a call for help – to Tracy. Samuel promises that the carnival is going to come clean with the rest of the world.
Verdict? Well, at least Samuel’s evil again, but it feels a little like the writers are stretching. Samuel’s super smart in this episode, and hopefully this is a return to form for what used to be my favorite character on the show. What’s more, Sylar’s plotline got really interesting this week, and we got a pretty nifty new side to Matt; finally, someone trapped Peter in his own emo noggin. But are we gearing up for a Sylar/Samuel smackdown?
Samuel’s angsty, too, which creeps out the carnival – especially Lydia, who Samuel thinks is replacing Joseph. But Samuel just wants to prove that he’s a nice guy again, so he sulks off to go be dastardly again.
Peter’s having bad dreams about Emma, and Mama’s still sad about Nathan. Peter says Sylar can save Emma, but Mama reminds him that Sylar’s not a nice guy. Peter does his “serious voice” and convinces Mama to tell him where Sylar is.
Fortunately, Sylar’s still entertaining – being inside Matt’s head “was so two months ago.” He’s playing houseguest at Matt’s house and wants to catch up, but Matt knows he’s still a bad guy. Sylar’s amazed that Matt can just live with his ability, so he asks Matt to take his powers away. Matt gives it a try, but it doesn’t work; Janice comes home and surprises them, so Sylar reacts adversely and threatens “being creative.” But Matt talks Sylar down and gives it another try, and this time it works, but there’s a catch – Sylar still gets to live forever, but Matt trapped him in a weird nightmare and then buries him in the basement.
Just when you thought it was safe to bury Sylar, Peter shows up and steals Matt’s power, finding out that Sylar is almost buried alive. But as Peter goes in to try to fix everything, Matt traps him in his head, too.
Gretchen forces Claire to come clean about her Sylar encounter, so Claire finally gives in and pays a visit to her dad – but Lauren opens the door. Awk-ward. Claire’s cool with Lauren getting romantic with Noah, but she’s not okay with the Primatech files coming out of storage. When Lauren tells Claire about Samuel’s latest landslide, Claire gets peeved and ditches. Gretchen tells Claire to go to class, and Noah loads up his rifle.
Meanwhile, Claire’s visiting Samuel to try to get him to surrender, but Noah’s ready to go all sniper on Samuel, so Lauren goes to walk him out. Samuel delivers an emotional apology, but someone shoots him anyway and then tags Claire in the throat. Even though it seems like Noah’s doing the firing, it’s actually Multiple Man, who shoots Lauren and Lydia, too. It’s like the writers are just cleaning house at this point.
Samuel apologizes to Lydia, and any viewer with a brain figures out that Samuel ordered Multiple Man to do it. Just in case we had any questions, Samuel then explains the plot to Lydia and the viewers before Lydia dies. Claire has problems believing that her dad shot all those people, but Multiple Man drags Noah to the carnival and tosses him into the house of mirrors.
Then Emma joins the carnival – yay? She patches up Samuel, and Edgar comes back to say goodbye to Lydia while Lauren sends out a call for help – to Tracy. Samuel promises that the carnival is going to come clean with the rest of the world.
Verdict? Well, at least Samuel’s evil again, but it feels a little like the writers are stretching. Samuel’s super smart in this episode, and hopefully this is a return to form for what used to be my favorite character on the show. What’s more, Sylar’s plotline got really interesting this week, and we got a pretty nifty new side to Matt; finally, someone trapped Peter in his own emo noggin. But are we gearing up for a Sylar/Samuel smackdown?
Monday, January 25, 2010
Zach's Heroes Watch - "Pass/Fail"
Previously on Heroes: Sylar’s gonna die alone, Hiro is dying even though Charlie’s still missing, and Samuel is in love. (Also previously on Heroes: I forgot to do this for the last episode. Oopsy-daisy.)
Claire’s being quiet, but she doesn’t want to talk about it; Gretchen can’t take a hint and puts a move on Claire which gets awkward. Then Sylar shows up for some reason, pretending to be a study tutor. Sylar needs help getting his murder mojo back, and he’s holding Gretchen hostage until that happens, so he starts making a list of formative things in common, wondering why they’re so different. All this, it turns out, was just a way for Sylar to get into Claire’s pants, using Lydia’s power to read her mind (sure, Sylar, “power”).
Sylar’s been watching the series closely, because he’s picking up on a lot of awkward subtext between Claire and Gretchen. In response, Claire jams a pencil in Sylar’s eye and goes to rescue Gretchen. They hide in a broom closet as Claire opens up to Gretchen about being alone and says Sylar needs to lose his powers to be human again. Surprise! – Sylar was pretending to be Gretchen the whole time, and he shifts back once Claire’s at her most touchy-feely. So Claire goes and makes nice with real-Gretchen, even going so far as to hold her hand.
Hiro passes out at Noah’s and wakes up in a weird purgatory diner with Judge Sulu and Prosecutor Adam Monroe, with Hiro’s life on the line as punishment for misusing his ability and messing with the time/space continuum. While Ando brings Hiro’s body to a hospital, Hiro appoints Ando his lawyer in the dream court as Adam calls young Adam to the stand about the infamous slushy incident. Adam then calls Sylar, who says that Hiro allowed him to continue killing – and even encouraged him. Adam continues to taunt Hiro by reminding us that Charlie is lost in time (Fox, Hiro! She’s on Fox!), and then he rests his case.
Ando gets to call a witness, but he’s not a stellar lawyer, and all he comes up with is Hiro, who initially protests but rolls with it. Ando proves that Hiro didn’t actually use his power for personal gain, but Judge Sulu still finds him guilty. Hiro changes his plea to maintain honor; Judge Sulu’s cool with that and lets him dream-duel Adam, who he soundly defeats before stepping into the light (mixed metaphor, Heroes) and conveniently getting healed by his mother.
To be endearing, Samuel reminds Vanessa of the time he broke her record player, only to tell her he fixed it; he tries to get her to split a milkshake with him, but she’s not quite biting. Finally, he reminds her of their dream house, which gets her melting like butter for him, especially when he shows her the paradise that Homeless Poison Ivy made, replete with cottage. But she realizes it’s just a fantasy, which peeves Samuel a little bit before he storms off.
In what seems a little forced, Samuel goes and listens to “Lonesome Town” in the jukebox before scaring the wits out of a milkshake hostess. Tired of trying to fit in, Samuel wrecks the ice cream parlor with his ability, even rocking the carnival before totally demolishing Homeless Poison Ivy’s garden. In the last second, Sylar shows up at Matt’s house and asks where Matt is; Matt’s wife kind of recognizes him.
Verdict? I’m really glad to see Adam Monroe back, mostly because the show lost one of its most charismatic actors when he got turned to dust back in Season Three. One thing that seemed a little hokey was Sylar’s nature vs. nurture course, but then he’s always been sort of a wacky character who does things like this every once in a while. The stuff with Gretchen and Claire was a real snoozefest, but Hiro on trial was actually kind of fun once you got over the kitschy aspect of it. I’m glad Samuel gets back to being extra-bad in the next episode, which might be the best thing that ever happened to this show; enough of this wishy-washy angsty baloney!
Claire’s being quiet, but she doesn’t want to talk about it; Gretchen can’t take a hint and puts a move on Claire which gets awkward. Then Sylar shows up for some reason, pretending to be a study tutor. Sylar needs help getting his murder mojo back, and he’s holding Gretchen hostage until that happens, so he starts making a list of formative things in common, wondering why they’re so different. All this, it turns out, was just a way for Sylar to get into Claire’s pants, using Lydia’s power to read her mind (sure, Sylar, “power”).
Sylar’s been watching the series closely, because he’s picking up on a lot of awkward subtext between Claire and Gretchen. In response, Claire jams a pencil in Sylar’s eye and goes to rescue Gretchen. They hide in a broom closet as Claire opens up to Gretchen about being alone and says Sylar needs to lose his powers to be human again. Surprise! – Sylar was pretending to be Gretchen the whole time, and he shifts back once Claire’s at her most touchy-feely. So Claire goes and makes nice with real-Gretchen, even going so far as to hold her hand.
Hiro passes out at Noah’s and wakes up in a weird purgatory diner with Judge Sulu and Prosecutor Adam Monroe, with Hiro’s life on the line as punishment for misusing his ability and messing with the time/space continuum. While Ando brings Hiro’s body to a hospital, Hiro appoints Ando his lawyer in the dream court as Adam calls young Adam to the stand about the infamous slushy incident. Adam then calls Sylar, who says that Hiro allowed him to continue killing – and even encouraged him. Adam continues to taunt Hiro by reminding us that Charlie is lost in time (Fox, Hiro! She’s on Fox!), and then he rests his case.
Ando gets to call a witness, but he’s not a stellar lawyer, and all he comes up with is Hiro, who initially protests but rolls with it. Ando proves that Hiro didn’t actually use his power for personal gain, but Judge Sulu still finds him guilty. Hiro changes his plea to maintain honor; Judge Sulu’s cool with that and lets him dream-duel Adam, who he soundly defeats before stepping into the light (mixed metaphor, Heroes) and conveniently getting healed by his mother.
To be endearing, Samuel reminds Vanessa of the time he broke her record player, only to tell her he fixed it; he tries to get her to split a milkshake with him, but she’s not quite biting. Finally, he reminds her of their dream house, which gets her melting like butter for him, especially when he shows her the paradise that Homeless Poison Ivy made, replete with cottage. But she realizes it’s just a fantasy, which peeves Samuel a little bit before he storms off.
In what seems a little forced, Samuel goes and listens to “Lonesome Town” in the jukebox before scaring the wits out of a milkshake hostess. Tired of trying to fit in, Samuel wrecks the ice cream parlor with his ability, even rocking the carnival before totally demolishing Homeless Poison Ivy’s garden. In the last second, Sylar shows up at Matt’s house and asks where Matt is; Matt’s wife kind of recognizes him.
Verdict? I’m really glad to see Adam Monroe back, mostly because the show lost one of its most charismatic actors when he got turned to dust back in Season Three. One thing that seemed a little hokey was Sylar’s nature vs. nurture course, but then he’s always been sort of a wacky character who does things like this every once in a while. The stuff with Gretchen and Claire was a real snoozefest, but Hiro on trial was actually kind of fun once you got over the kitschy aspect of it. I’m glad Samuel gets back to being extra-bad in the next episode, which might be the best thing that ever happened to this show; enough of this wishy-washy angsty baloney!
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