Lost was AMAZING

If you think otherwise then you were not watching the same series I watched. I think the difference between those of us who are disappointed and those of us who thought it was the most brilliant thing ever on TV was that you have to understand..The Island was just a character.

When I say that I mean, that people were expecting some kind of explanation for the show to be wrapped up in the island and it was more about the people the whole time. If you think about it whole episodes were dedicated to character development and explorations of the motivations and growth of each of these people we grew to love. The island was a place where they all happened to meet. Where they learned to become better people. The island had mysterious properties, places and people that lent to the trials and tribulations that each of the characters encountered. The beautiful part about how this series ended was we had the answers to the island all along.

Q-Why were there Polar bears?

A- The Dharma Initiative bought them to experiment with. (Mystery solved like 3 seasons ago)

Q-Why was Widmore interested in the island?

A-It had mysterious properties and he wanted to shield it from others.(They point blank told you that)

Q-Why did people keep coming to the island? Why couldn't they leave?

A- Jacob bought them there and then wouldn't let them leave.

My point is everything that was told to us throughout the series was an answer. We just somehow thought there was more to it surrounding the island! But once we discover the island is exactly what it is, a strange place with a strange history and electromagnetic properties as well as an important light that must be protected, that's where the significance of the island ends!

What was important all along was the character's journey. In the final minutes of the finale we realize that everyone is dead and they are moving onto together. I wish I didn't have to say this but some people are dense. THEY WERE NOT DEAD ON THE ISLAND! As Christian Shephard said some people had died before Jack and some long long after. This is evidenced by the exchange with Hurley and Ben where they reminisce on their time on the island. It is clear that they lived on the island for many years before they ended up at the church. It is also clear that the alternate reality or "flash sideways" was purgatory. They all went there at their various times of death and continued to work out their issues and "let go" before they could all meet at the church. That is why they were such different people in this reality.

Everything else was REAL. They did go back to the island a second time. They were obligated to save their friends! The flash forwards were a peek into the lives some of them had once they got off the island.

Overall this was a great ending to a show that so many of us loved for six years. It was a full journey with the characters we loved and hated week after week. And the ending being full circle with Jack's eye closing was a perfect way to close out the series (no fade to black!)

I am completely satisfied and fulfilled by this ending and I think a lot more people once they re watch the finale will be too!

Lost with LOST

I refuse to postulate on this blog about what is going on on this show. I am way past theories, and having conversations with fellow Losties regarding the show. I think I'm actually getting depressed from it.

It is a show I like to watch alone now, in my bed under my covers. When people get on ichat and start chattering about what they think I get angry. I tell them "I don't care", 'Whatever", "Im not watching anymore!" But like a crack junkie too weak to stop, I go back to ABC every Tuesday at 9:00pm to have my mind messed with.

Unlike many viewers I didn't watch 3 or 4 seasons of Lost on DVD to catch up with the hype. I am a LOST original. I started watching season 1 right after it aired and have been watching in real-time. Meaning I have dedicated almost 6 years of my life to an unhealthy obssesion with being totally confused for a hour a week. Shamefully I have dragged countless people into this addiction with me. My poor fiance was never allowed to call me while Lost was on, so out of love and curisoity of what had me so hooked he began to watch 4 seasons all while studying for the NY Bar. One night he left it on while his brother was visiting from Portland and another one bit the dust.

One of the questions on my job interview for my current job was "Soo what do you watch on TV". As I ticked off the highlights and got to LOST I could see my interviewers eyes light up! It was totally a prerequisite to this job that you had to watch LOST and religously we gather around every morning after the show and speculate on what we think. But recently, I have been silent.

I am so annoyed!!!!

I mean I could go on for hours regarding the billions and billions of questions I have but I won't. Just suffice to say that I really doubt at the rate we are going that we will ever circle around to little things like polar bears and Walt's secret powers. We are just way too deep in the rabbit's hole. ABC and their extra annoying promos telling me "Questions will be answered" GO TO HELL ABC! They know exactly what they are doing jerking us along and all I can say if this ends in anyway like Dallas or The Sopranos, I'm burning something down!

I also have a bone to pick with Jack AND Sawyer. The are ALWAYS effin stuff up! Like for real you have been on the island for 3 years? Plus you travelled through time over a span of 40 years or something...Why do you keep throwing tantrums and questioning things? Obviously anything can happen! So please stop eating up precious episode time and plot advancement with your BS. I feel like punching Matthew Fox in the face!

OK RANT OVER..

PS I mean look how many people are in that picture!!! This is getting wayyyy out of hand..agreed?

Love,
MissKK

TV on DVD alert

Before spring finally shows its face, we might have a few more weekends where we just want to be lazy and watch some TV. There is a plethora of things to watch during the week, but for those of us who like a good DVD marathon, I HIGHLY reccomend Sons of Anarchy.

This show usually airs on FX which is a channel a lot of people skip over. But for YEARS has been putting out high quality, premium channel worthy content. Nip/Tuck, Damages, and The Shield are all FX originals and they are/were fantastic television (Nip/Tuck has jumped the shark but that's another post).

I had never heard of Sons of Anarchy until this past fall. My co-worker would religously recap every detail of the show to a friend who ALWAYS seemed to miss the original airing over the phone. I'm telling you this girl is better then pressing play on your DVR. Overhearing snippets about gangs, and gun-running, the IRA, prison. It sounded like a possible replacement for the void that The Wire had left. So on a recent trip cross country trip I decided to load up my iTunes and dig in....

Sons of Anarchy (SOA) features a motorcycle gang that fiercly protects, each other and their small town in Northen California. Through the various and elaborate illegal dealings of the motorcycle gang we the viewers are dragged deeper and deeper into a world where cops will look the other way and the rules of "the club" regin supreme even above one's family.

For the ladies, this is one that you can get your man into as well. It has enough grit and illegal acitvity that he will be sucked in for hours on end. If you watch Gangland with a dropped jaw you will love this show!

Season 1 and 2 are available on iTunes and on DVD

Just because Drake told you to do it...

OK people, I'm back...this had just been sitting in limbo never published...so I'll start off with something that has been on my mind for quite a few months!


Ladies and Gentlemen (yes there are some former Zima drinking men that this is addressed to as well)-

It all started off as fun and games but I have a SERIOUS concern for the massive amount of people I see acting like Moscato is a delicious, acceptable, EVERY occasion wine..IT IS NOT!


Some people are going to be upset about this as they sit at work dying to get to their large size Moscato on chill to "help them unwind" after their stressful workday. More power to you and please if you really enjoy drinking fortified dessert wine by the gallon that is great, but let's stop acting like this is some kind of symbol of status or better yet an acceptable drink of choice because we were told it was by the rapper Drake. No one knew what Moscato was until he decided it rhymed with the word "bravo". He also decided that it was meant to be consumed with lobster and shrimp, so it is now paired with some of our more gourmet meals.


I mean some people even think it can be cooked with:


RT @MR_NOFLAW Soo I'm steaming sum fish and I poured sum moscato in it 2 see what its gon 2 taste like...always experimenting in the kitchen


-via Twitter




Anyways this isn't meant to knock anyone's taste because I truly believe as people of color we have a penchant for sweet things (tea, kool-aid whatever) But I am just hoping we can put cheap Moscato and keep Moscato in the category it is (think Hypnotiq, Boone's Farm etc.) So please don't bring bottles as housewarming gifts or look for Sutter Home Moscato on the wine list (it wont be there!)


Thanks for listening,


Miss KK