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epilogue for lost

Posted by tripp 23 Aug 2010

So this got forwarded over to me by a friend the other day and I finally got to watch it this morning: the epilogue for Lost.

It’s 12 minutes of fun. And, while it doesn’t clear everything up by a long shot, it helps.

(I want to say that there isn’t a reason it wasn’t included in the original broadcast…and really, there isn’t. But the reality of the situation is: the story they were ultimately telling wasn’t about polar bears and food drops and psychic kids. So I’m sure they make the painful decision that they didn’t have 12 minutes to show this. [cough...but they had 20 to show slow motion collages of people in church...cough])

I would have been much happier had it been aired, but it wasn’t and I felt burned. It feels nice to see it now, even if they made a terrible mistake by leaving it out.

In other TV news: I still miss The Wire. Like probably every couple of weeks. So weird.

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betty white

Posted by tripp 14 May 2010

Betty White on SNL was fabulous.

You can’t disagree.

It was the #1 scripted show of the week and the highest rated SNL for 18 months. (Which leads me to believe SNL will do more “vote for who should host” kind of thing in the future. If they are bright.)

It also leads me to pronounce the following:

Betty White is now America’s grandmother.

You know you agree.

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last night’s lost episode

Posted by tripp 7 Apr 2010

OK, fine. I’m not enjoying the show anymore. (Kurt and I decided last night that it jumped the shark at the end of season 3.) Your mileage will probably vary and you might be eating this season up with a spoon.

But it’s impossible for me to see last night’s Desmond episode as anything but pandering to nostalgia. So many repeated scenes, items, direct throwbacks to previous episodes…they’ve made us nostalgic for the good parts of the show without actually saying a damn thing.

“Hey, remember when we used this prop 3 years ago?”

It was the best episode of the season. And it was pretty awful still.*

* There were a couple of scenes so bad that I cringed. I’m pretty sure they were the first Desmond/Widmore scene and the 2 or 3 scenes with the driver. It was some of the clunkiest exposition I’ve seen in a long time. (“Why, yes, Mr. Hume. You are my right hand man, remember? I’m directly referencing your importance to me so the viewers know you’re really important to me.)

Dear Lost: You’re doing it wrong.

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news alert: murder she wrote is streaming on netflix

Posted by tripp 18 Dec 2009
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That is all.

Seriously, I just like telling people. Mainly because no one I know watched it when it was on. but we are all approaching the demographic at an alarming speed.

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Life: Quit yer bitchin’, America.

Posted by ray 6 Nov 2009

H1N1 is just the flu. If I made it through, so can you. It’s just a President. If the last one didn’t destroy America, this one won’t either. Everyone needs to shut their traps, turn off 24-hour TV “news”, chill out, harden up and just do what needs to get done. Cinch your underwear up real tight, America, because we’re starting to make France look like some hardened UFC fighter.

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diz e. mcnally

Posted by tripp 5 Oct 2009

Hey, remember “out of control” with dave coulier? it turns out that it was the first original programming nickelodeon did back in the day.

it also turns out that dave’s co-star diz hasn’t done a lot since…and according to this flickr photo, she has been selling magazines on cahuenga for years. which makes me sad i never knew while i lived there.

yay diz!

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best graph ever

Posted by tripp 20 May 2009

from indexed: Thank you for being a friend.

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