Monday, February 18, 2008

No Longer Lost - Strike Over

The costly strike by the WGA left studios' pockets a little emptier and TV sets blazing with crap.

Now it's over, and your favorite shows should return ASAP - unless they don't return 'til fall (examples: Pushing Daisies and Chuck). The good news for Lost fans: on top of the eight already in the can, we'll get an additional five, for a total of 13, just three shorter than originally planned. Producers have promised the lost three episodes will be melded into future seasons.

What do we think of season four so far? I'm digging the flash forwards - it adds a layer to the mystery but does hint at answers. The new Losties, though, while interesting, are keeping me a little frustrated with even more questions. But I think it'll all be worth it in the end.

I especially dug last week's Sayid-centric episode - I sure wasn't expecting Ben to pop up, were you? What exactly do you think his front is? Killing all of Naomi's freighter friends? And who are the last two of the "Oceanix Six"? Talk amongst yourselves.

104 comments:

sptla4 (aka conan o'brien) said...

My show was not crap.

sptla38 said...

What? Chuck isn't returning til fall?

sptla51 said...

Lostie the snowman...

sptla44 said...

What does "Oceanix" mean?

sptla56 said...

Last week you dug Sayid? Last week I dug Paolo and Nikki ... out of their graves to get their diamonds.

sptla83 (aka Elizabeth Taylor) said...

So that's what happened to my White Diamonds!

sptla22 said...

> sptla44 said...
> What does "Oceanix" mean?

It's like trix. Except for dolphins, not kids.

sptla 118 (aka wilford brimley) said...

Beetis?

sptla83 (aka Elizabeth Taylor) said...

When I want to add a layer of mystery, I like to daub a bit of ketchup behind each ear instead of perfume. Keeps the men guessing.

sptla32 (aka Hellga) said...

You better not be referring to "American Gladiators" as crap or you're in for one badass Teutonic beatdown.

sptla41 said...

I imagine your "frustrated" face resembles your "constipated" face.

Zing!

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...

I like to put some ketchup behind one of my ears and mustard behind the other one. That way, when I get hungry when I'm firing my tennis ball gun, I can just fix myself a hot dog right there on the spot.

sptla51 said...

If you mix up the letters in Sayid-centric, you get

Scant icy ride

sptla338 (aka mike rowe) said...

My show is not crap! Although it seems that every week I wind up wading through a giant pool of crap..

sptla144 said...

One time I left my neighbor's front doorstep blazing with crap.

sptla143 said...

Aha! So THAT'S who did it! Thanks a lot, jerk!

sptla50 said...

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Er, I mean, Ben!

sptla144 said...

No, not your doorstep, 143, I was talking about 145!

sptla51 said...

Aren't all episodes of lost lost episodes? How do the three lost episodes differ from the rest of the lost episodes? After they find them, are they still lost episodes?

sptla73,421 said...

Talk amongst ourselves?

All right... we will.

sptla44 said...

I hereby christen the other two "Oceanix Six" people Statler & Waldorf. This show needs on-screen heckling.

sptla60 (aka Augustus Gloop) said...

Ooo, so can we talk about anything, then? What's your favorite condiment? Are Cadbury Cream Eggs smaller, or are you just bigger? WHY AM I OBSESSED WITH FOOD??!!!!

sptla143 said...

Well, who left that crap on my doorstep then? Was J.J. Abrams bleeding off leftover plotlines in my neighborhood?

sptla 88 (aka e e cummings) said...

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sptla 88 (aka e e cummings) said...

ARgh...

won't.............................

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.................suspend...........

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..........................SPACE!**

sptla44 said...

PIGS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

sptla44 said...

CE.

sptla73,421 said...

>sptla60 (aka Augustus Gloop) said...
>
> Ooo, so can we talk about >anything, then? What's your favorite >condiment? Are Cadbury Cream Eggs >smaller, or are you just bigger? WHY >AM I OBSESSED WITH FOOD??!!!!

Horseradish sauce mixed with cinnamon toothpaste.

Smaller or bigger than what? It's all relative.

Because you're a glutton.

Anonymous said...

>sptla143 said...
>
> Well, who left that crap on my >doorstep then?

It was I.

Crap on..

Crap off..

Crap on, crap off.

The crapper.

sptla44 said...

>sptla60 (aka Augustus Gloop) said...
>
> Ooo, so can we talk about >anything, then? What's your >favorite >condiment? Are Cadbury >Cream Eggs >smaller, or are you >just bigger? WHY >AM I OBSESSED >WITH FOOD??!!!!

Mustard mixed with cherry coke.

Yes.

Because Cadbury Cream Eggs are food. And delicious.

sptla99 (aka Statler) said...

It's a good thing the show is named "Lost."

sptla100 (aka Waldorf) said...

Yeah, I couldn't follow any of it!!

sptlas 99 & 100 (aka statler & waldorf) said...

OH HO HO HO HO HO HO!!!!!

sptla4eva said...

I'm really hoping that ABC decides to do a cross-over with another show; that way the writers won't have to write so much so fast because two shows can use the same plotline. Like, can all the people on "According to Jim" suddenly appear on the island? And then they can be killed?

Slowly, of course.

However, that would probably mean that the Oceanix Six would have to appear 50 pounds heavier on a couch in suburban America on that show. Well, Hurley's all set, then.

sptla51 said...

>sptla60 (aka Augustus Gloop) said...
>
> Ooo, so can we talk about >anything, then? What's your >favorite >condiment? Are Cadbury >Cream Eggs >smaller, or are you >just bigger? WHY >AM I OBSESSED >WITH FOOD??!!!!

I am a purists. I use no condiments because they mask the true taste of my food.

I eat no cadbury cream eggs, I just eat chicken eggs. whole.

I am not obsessed with food. I do not understand.

sptla357 (aka Santa Claus) said...

HO HO HO!!!!!

sptla233 (aka the jolly green giant) said...

HO HO HO!!!!!

sptla777 (aka Makollig Jezvahted) said...

Heh.

sptla000 (aka Kool-Aid) said...

OH YEAH!!

sptla33 said...

How about a cross-over between Lost and The Twilight Zone? Or The X-Files after season 6?

Wait, who would be able to tell the difference?

sptla60 (aka Augustus Gloop) said...

But I haven't been stuck inside a tube in decades! Can't I just have one?

sptla41 (aka Violet Beauregarde) said...

>sptla60 (aka Augustus Gloop) said...
>
> Ooo, so can we talk about >anything, then? What's your favorite >condiment? Are Cadbury Cream Eggs >smaller, or are you just bigger? WHY >AM I OBSESSED WITH FOOD??!!!!

Blueberry syrup.

I'm just bigger.

You're not chewing enough gum.

sptla83 (aka Elizabeth Taylor) said...

Unlike Violet, I will NOT stick gum behind my ear. Ketchup is one thing. But gum -- that's just low-class.

sptla99 (aka Statler) said...

New topic. What would you do if you were a rich man?

sptla100 (aka Waldorf) said...

Easy. I'd buy the network and cancel this show!

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...

I eat gum.

sptlas 99 & 100 (aka Statler and Waldorf) said...

OH HO HO HO HO HO HO HO!!!!!

sptla38 (aka elizabeth taylor) said...

>sptla99 (aka Statler) said...
>
> New topic. What would you do if >you were a rich man?

Buy White Diamonds for my wife -- gallons of it!

sptla 118 (aka wilford brimley) said...

>Anonymous sptla99 (aka Statler) >said...
>
> New topic. What would you do if >you were a rich man?

I forgot the question, could you repeat it?

Beetis?

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...

>sptla99 (aka Statler) said...
>
> New topic. What would you do if >you were a rich man?

I am a rich man.

sptla100 (aka Waldorf) said...

You know, they are calling this show a runaway hit.

sptla99 (aka Statler) said...

Yeah, whenever it comes on, you wanna run away!

sptlas 99 & 100 (aka Statler and Waldorf) said...

OH HO HO HO HO HO HO!!!!

sptla56 said...

New episode tonight! Here's hoping that someone teaches Jeremy Davies how to shave.

sptla33 said...

I just hope the next post about Lost has more math in it!

sptla74 said...

I'm Lost.

http://www.matheory.info/nks/calculus.png

sptla07 said...

I'm waiting for "Lost" to turn into "Lost of the Flies," since it's already pretty damn similar. Getting dumped on an island without a say in the matter. The two feuding boys who both want to be the leader. Boar hunting. Piggy. Warring factions on the island with murderous intent. Wasn't there even a conch shell for a bit?

Now it seems the adults have come to pick the surviving schoolchildren off the island again since, oops, the world didn't go nuclear after all. But somehow the time on the island changed them.

Sigh.

sptla22 said...

I just loved Sayid in The English Patient.

sptla58 (aka Barbara Hershey) said...

I just loved Sayid in me.

Sptla1 said...

Who are all these other Sptla blowhards? I'm the only real Sptla!

Badonkajohnks (aka Linda) said...

noah?

JonTeig99 said...

Nope, I know who it is. It's not Noah, but the name does start with "N."

sptlla22 said...

Hey, my name doesn't start with "N."

sptla56 said...

Neither does mine! Weren't you an English major? Shouldn't you know the difference between letters?

sptla5 said...

My name may or may not start with N.

sptla38 said...

No, I'M the real sptla

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...

My name starts with "H". I squish you now.

sptla900 (aka noah) said...

>Badonkajohnks (aka Linda) said...
>
> noah?

The ark leaves Apr 22. Gather animals.

sptla66 said...

Hell with the animals. Gather the sptlas!

Sptla1 said...

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!!

Sptla2 said...

Why can't there be 2? Look, there's a 2 in my name. So there must be a 2.

Badonkajohnks (aka Linda) said...

ahhh...i think i got it!

Sptla1 said...

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!

Sptla1 said...

(in case you didn't hear me the first time)

sptla38 said...

Shut your hole, 1.

sptla38 said...

Where did you come from 2? Do I know you?

sptla772 said...

WE CANNOT BE GATHERED! RUN SPTLAS, RUN! THEY WILL NEVER CATCH US!

Sptla2 said...

Who speaks to me? There can only be 2! But you might know me, I get around. And around. And around.

sptla44 said...

You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record, baby, right round round round.

Sptla1985 said...

I knew my time would come around again! Where are my shoulderpads and neon colored clothes? Wait, let me tease my hair higher! Where's the hairspray?

sptla33 said...

So do you think about Lost when you're on the crapper? Trying to figure it all out? I'm trying to visualize a little thought bubble above you, your face pinched in concentration (on a few things,) but that picture of Old Main keeps getting in the way.

Damn you, Old Main!

sptla51 said...

>around. And around. And around.
>

Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby!
Folks linin' up outside just to get down!

sptla07 said...

We should totally have a sptla party. What should the theme be?

sptla56 said...

Uh, shouldn't it have been sptla52 who made that reference?

("Funkylittleshack. FUN. KEY LITTLE SHACK!!")

sptla38 said...

I am 38!

Without me there would be no others.

And without Jonathan's easily guessable passwords, there would be no me.

Perhaps it's time for me to start posting on this blog...

sptla772 said...

DON'T FALL FOR THE LIE ABOUT THE PARTY!! IT'S ANOTHER EXCUSE TO GET US ALL IN ONE PLACE AND TRAP US!!!!

sptla52 said...

I was on the crapper. I had 51 post for me.

sptla81 said...

Hey, we've almost made it to 100 comments. If Jonathan doesn't post about another episode soon to distract us with a new post, we'll totally make it!

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...

I don't care what the theme is, as long as there are brats.

Sptla2.0 said...

God, who invited the geezer with the God complex to the party. Shut it 38, your time is passed!

sptla 88 (aka e e cummings) said...

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............A..................
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sptla38 said...

I AM THIRTY-EIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO NOT ANGER ME, PUNY TWO.

Sptla61 said...

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...
I don't care what the theme is, as long as there are brats.


Do you mean Bratz? I love Bratz dolls! So sassy!

sptla 1939 (aka batman) said...

> Ooo, so can we talk about >anything, then? What's your favorite >condiment? Are Cadbury Cream Eggs >smaller, or are you just bigger? WHY >AM I OBSESSED WITH FOOD??!!!!

Bat-condiments.

I am bigger and have a cooler outfit.

KA-PLOW!

sptla32 (aka hellga) said...

NO!

I do not mean bratz!

I crush you with thighs now.

sptla52 said...

I got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale!

Sptla61 said...

sptla52 said...
I got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale!

Good, then it has room for me and my Bratz dolls. Cuz I have a lot. And I'm going to pelt hellga with them.

sptla772 said...

sptla52 said...
I got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale!

RUN! LARGE CARS! AHHHHHHH!

sptla74 said...

I figured it out!!

http://www.matheory.info/nks/calculus.png

I forgot to account for the cat.

sptla100 said...

100?

sptla39 said...

Congrats to #1 - 100. You reminded me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHLa1qSy24

Maybe at our party we can bang a drum. With bratwursts.

sptla 4 (conan o'brien) said...

lady 91 is awesome.

sptla22 said...

Holy crap, Jonathan's having a party this weekend! Let's crash it!

sptla83 (aka Elizabeth Taylor) said...

I'll be on hand to present the winners.

And the Oscar goes to ... GLADIATOR! The winner is GLADIATOR!!