This is a guest post that my wife Jennifer wrote up about the “utter awfulness” that was Transformers 2. While I thought the movie was terrible and bad (thus my Twitter review of it being “terribad”), she was much more appalled by the robotravesty that assaulted us IMAX-style than I was. Between her and Roger Ebert’s… Continue reading “Are You Sure This Is the Movie?”: The Utter Awfulness of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Month: June 2009
Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 1 – Narrative
I don’t generally do full write-ups of LOST theories, but lately, I’ve been thinking a great deal of what I want the series to be from this point on, and I can’t help but want to explore these theories regarding the show’s mythology. I freely admit there are better theorists out there, namely Jeff Jensen… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 1 – Narrative
Stargate SG-1 – Initial Impressions
I grew up in a very television-oriented household, but not one that thought it was my babysitter. We would watch TV and movies together as a family, and we would actually talk about the things going on. I learned from an early age the importance of narrative in a show, probably from watching the original… Continue reading Stargate SG-1 – Initial Impressions
LOST: Three Questions for Season Six
Before the end of LOST Season 5, Jeff Jensen at EW.com asked readers for their top three mysteries they could not live without knowing by the end of Season 6. I very rarely actually respond to those types of surveys, but I have been thinking about my responses. After a very fun re-watch of Season… Continue reading LOST: Three Questions for Season Six
LOST Theory: Quarantine?
I’ve been rewatching LOST with my dad since last fall, and we finished up Season 5 on Father’s day. We watched the last three episodes of the season—“Follow the Leader” and “The Incident” (Parts 1 and 2)—in one sitting on Father’s Day. Watching them a second time gave me a little more insight into the… Continue reading LOST Theory: Quarantine?