I wonder if anyone else writing about this show found it hard to formulate thoughts about this penultimate episode, since it built up such a nice momentum going into the finale that I’m almost content to wait and see how it all plays out on Sunday. (I can’t believe this is going to be over [...]
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Thoughts on Lost – What They Died For
May 19th, 2010 · View Comments · lost, reviews, television
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Thoughts on Lost – Across the Sea
May 12th, 2010 · View Comments · lost, reviews, television, writing
Here’s the thing about origin stories: they’re never going to fully satisfy one’s need to know everything. Origins — true beginnings — simply don’t exist. There’s always something that came before, always the question “How?” looping back, over and over, until finally you get to a shrug and the unknowable.
The Mother says as much to [...]
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Thoughts on Lost – Ab Aeterno
March 24th, 2010 · View Comments · lost, television
Today’s post filler comes from Milton’s Areopagitica, which was written in 1644 in support of “the liberty of unlicensed printing” — in other words, against censorship or book banning. I quote it for reasons which should become clear.
When God gave [Man] reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing . [...]
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Thoughts on Lost – “Lighthouse”
February 24th, 2010 · View Comments · lost, reviews, television
Criticisms I’ve heard about this season so far: That we’re not getting any answers, that the answers we are getting are empty and meaningless, that the show works better when all the characters are together.
I say the first is wrong, the second is a matter of opinion, and the third I wholeheartedly agree with. I [...]
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