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 [...]
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Thoughts on Lost – Across the Sea
May 12th, 2010 · 9 Comments · lost, reviews, television, writing
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Thoughts on Lost – The Last Recruit
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · lost, television
I’m just jumping right in. I mostly liked this episode, though I grow increasingly tired of the way our group comes together and splits up, comes together and splits up, and all anybody ever seems to do is wander around the island. It’s a wonder they ever got off the island in the first place. [...]
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Thoughts on Lost – Ab Aeterno
March 24th, 2010 · No 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 – “Sundown”
March 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · lost, reviews, television
Whee hoo! Sorry for the delay, but I didn’t want to post this until all the blog transfer stuff got sorted. Don’t get too attached to the way it looks — I just wanted something other than the default generic blog theme. And with that, here’s this week’s episode nutshellified: Well. That was some fucked [...]
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