I had said I wasn’t going to watch season 2 of ‘Lost’, in large part because they strung me along though a lot of crap I didn’t care about (e.x., anything about the Kate character), when I wanted to know about what was In The Hatch. And at the end of the season, ABC figured, eh, it’s a smash hit! Screw explaining things, we could get syndication out of this beyotch!
So really, I wasn’t going to watch season 2, that’s how pissed I was. But then I started reading the Lost forums over at Television Without Pity (or TWoP for those of ya kewl kidz), and learned that (a) they were going to reveal what was in the hatch in the first episode of season 2 and (b) that the show’s producers promised it would be worth it. Sigh. So, I watched.
And WHOA! It was a damn good episode, except for the amount of flashback to the Jack (also-don’t-care-about-him-much) character, but that was partially needed to advance the mystery that unfolded. So yes, we saw what was in the hatch. And no, it didn’t answer many questions, but certainly introduced a ton of new ones. Nice. I’m sucked in. Damn you ABC! One more thing to fill up the tivo with this fall.
On the other hand, I also caught the pilot of ‘Invasion’ afterward. Bah. Pod people. Characters doing things that make no sense. Funny looking actors, not acting particularly well. I think the pilot was it for me on that one.
Had to watch Martha Stewart Apprentice, too… partly because a bunch of folks at the office are playing the fantasy game. So far, so blah. The first episode was pretty lame. Martha just ain’t The Donald, and the contestants are… well, first-season-Apprentice caliber at best. The absolutely most annoying character Jim seems to be the wiliest of the bunch, although I don’t think he can win because (a) he is just sooo fucking annoying and (b) he doesn’t look like Martha’s type. But then again I wouldn’t have expected Martha to hire the cigar-chomping ex-EMI, “I can run anyone’s company while they’re in prison” dude, either. (I forget his name, but he ran Steve Madden’s business while he was in da slamma too.) Anyway, I’m giving A:MS a couple more episodes.
Tags: Apprentice, Lost, TV
I caught the first full episode of Fonejacker, a new British show composed of crank calls instigated by comedian/actor Kayvan Novak, and illustrated mostly in Monty-Python-esque (well, Terry Gilliam-esque more accurately) paper-cutout-style animation. This was surprising to me, because it seemed pretty clear from the title it was going to be a bad documentary about phone phreaking. It definitely wasn’t, and really, is pretty amusing, at least for quick laughs. There’s probably 15% of it I’m just not getting due to the accents and/or UK-specific pop culture references. It’s more sophisticated than the Jerky Boys, and more able to keep a straight face than you and your friends ever were making prank calls; but overall, a reasonable waste of time. Also, it’s the kind of humor that is just over the line enough to likely trip the PC police’s radar (and FCC’s, based on the language) if it were in the US–at least on broadcast TV.