Archive for September, 2008

The X-Files #1.8: Ice

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

I was cramming this disc of X-Files, but will probably take a break now from it for a week or two or so.
“Ice” was a good one. Mulder and Scully go out to Palin Country to look into a scientist’s death. They take a team of 3 other scientists with them. The [...]

The X-Files #1.7: Ghost In The Machine

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Ha, just as I note how the show is dated, they throw an episode about artificial intellegence and a murderous operating system! The show was kind of enjoyable–but it was a weird mix between an X-File and Scooby Doo. Really, it wasn’t an X-File, though it treated the operating system as a ghost [...]

The X-Files #1.6: Shadows

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Shadows! Scully thinks they’re chasing shadows, but Mulder thinks they’re chasing a ghost. Some secretary is constantly around mysterious deaths. Turns it out is her boss, a ghost, who is protecting her and cluing everyone in on some sort of business scandal. Nothing much more worth mentioning.
There’s two things I’ve noticed [...]

Vradio #46: Bookshelf

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

1. Beach House “Saltwater”
2. M. Ward “Sad, Sad Song”
3. Led Zeppelin “Custard Pie”
4. Nick Drake “Black Eyed Dog”
5. The Modern Lovers “Government Center”
6. The Blue Van “Have Love Will Travel”
7. Cocteau Twins “Peppermint Pig”
8. Thurston Moore “Beaujolais Nouveau Day (feat. Cheap Glue)”
9. At Swim Two Birds “Down By The Stream”
10. Warren Zevon “Knockin’ On Heaven’s [...]

Lost #3.14: Exposé

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

OK, this episode was bizarre. And not in a shocking-Lost-is-crazy type way.
The show finally focused on Nikki and Paolo, the two characters who have had one line per episode for much of this season. Who were they? This tells us.
Nikki is an actress, who was in Sydney filming a spot on a [...]

The X-Files #1.5: The Jersey Devil

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Chris Carter writes his first non-mythology episode of the series, and it’s not that good really. The monster story never really clicked. Mulder and Scully go to Atlantic City to investigate what appears to be similar to the famous myth of the Jersey Devil. They track some beast-woman who keeps coming out [...]

Lost #3.13: The Man From Tallahassee

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Finally the survivors crash Suburbia! Jack had been playing along because Ben had promised he’d be sent home, and he assures Kate that he would come back for her. This plan, the viewer knows, would not have worked, because the communication beacons are not working and once the submarine takes Jack and Juliet [...]

Lost #3.12: Par Avion

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Nothing super-major in this episode, but it was pretty entertaining in the usual shocking drama sort of way. Kate and Sayid and Locke and Rousseau make it to Suburbia, only to find it surrounded by a “shock fence weapon.” Locke shoves Guy With An Eyepatch into it and his brain melts or something. [...]

Lost #3.11: Enter 77

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

After two seemingly mundane episodes (Tattoo and Van), this one was much more exciting.
Kate and Locke and Sayid and Rousseau have gone after Jack, and happen upon a farm. Guy With Eyepatch And A Cat lives there. He tells them how he got there and that he’s part of Dharma! Not too [...]

Lost #3.10: Tricia Tanaka Is Dead

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Grr another pointless episode. Last one was all about Jack’s tattoo. This one’s about a van Hurley finds in the jungle. WHOOPEE. There’s a corpse inside it, named Roger. And a bunch of beer. They drink the beer and get the van started, and drive in circles around a [...]