lost
while watching monday night football yesterday, a commercial came on for the most recent show by j.j. abrams, the creator of such awesomeness as "felicity" and "alias." the show's called lost, and i made a conscious decision within 30 seconds of the commercial to become entirely obsessed with it, based on practically nothing, except the fact that it's from j.j. abrams, it stars matthew fox, my freshman college crush lover from party of five, it's got the painfully hipster hobbit as a british rock star. and i think there are dinosaurs involved somehow.
here's a summary of the show, which has garnered positive reviews across the board:
Survivors of a mid-Pacific plane crash have landed on an island of harsh terrain, cruel weather and dark secrets, including a frightful creature that stalks the jungle. Strangers all, even those related by blood, the survivors' pasts — their ethics, religions, politics, and attitudes — threaten to jeopardize the group's ability to endure.Also, there might be a man-eating dinosaur sucking people up its nostrils.
okay, i added that last part. but there IS something large and in charge hunting the people on the island. we were speculating about it last night:
aaron: i hope it's silverback gorillas.
everyone else: blank stare.
tommy: um, i hear it's like x-files. i'm betting there's some sort of evil government project or conspiracy.
aaron: that would be totally awesome. silverback gorillas are awesome.
catherine (reading online spoilers, as she is wont to do with every show ever): well, i don't think there are gorillas, but apparently there IS a polar bear!
aaron: close enough!
the addition of lost to the wednesday night lineup could possibly create the most perfect two hours of tv watching EVER, certainly creating a wormhole in the tv universe, as during the hour post-lost comes (drumroll, please), AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL: CYCLE THREE. (why do they call it a cycle? that is ridiculous branding. it makes it sound like a washing machine.)
in checking out some of the new season's contenders, i was astonished at, well...the nastiness of some of them. i know tyra bank's team of gay midget makeup/style artists can transform even the fugliest girl into a shandi-worthy looker, but i'm starting to think that tyra's getting a wee bit insecure about her age, so that's why she's surrounding herself with the uglies.
but in any case: this fall, it's all about the wednesdays. you'll find me at home, on the couch with a bottle of merlot, watching "lost" with rapt attention, and then being so drunk by the time ANTM comes on that i'm hurling rabid comments at janice dickinson's plastic face.
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I've been stopping pub conversations in mid sentence to exclaim "there it is!" everytime a Lost commercial comes on, only to realize how horribly I'm geeking out when my friends don't give a shit. There's just no...good...television on at all anymore. This is my last best hope for something interesting to become addicted to.--s
scott, you need to start watching the OC! and alias! and 24! and america's next top model! oh, there is so much goodness out there.
No good TV? Scrubs!!!! Such a good show, now with Heather Graham. Who's not as hot as Zach Braff, but what the hell.
oh yeah! i forgot scrubs. that is indeed a fantastic show.
Are you telling me they are lost on a tropical (read: monkey-filled) island and there AREN'T any awesome silverback gorillas?
wait, fuck, did the new season of the OC start already?!? damn you, time warner, i will cave to your merciless temptation!
Dear Catherine et al,
I am also peeing my pants because i'm so excited for LOST!. i heard the polar bear spoiler too, and catherine, i'm going to send you a photo of what a polar bear track looks like so we can speculate. (in canada this summer we woke up and saw polar bear tracks outside our tent.)
but really, i think we all know that WB's THE MOUNTAIN is going to kick the pants off of Top model. it's going to be like the OC but in Aspen-- that's hot.
let the wednesday night slothing begin.
Convenient how they were in a plane crash yet the hot woman on the show still managed to recover her bikini.
Personally, I find the Desperate Housewives ads more intriguing, though I have given up on watching any TV outside of news, sports and movies.
desperate housewives does look good - but i've decided to hate it because it took alias's spot and forced its premiere back to january. and matty - OC hasn't started yet. but TONIGHT there is like a big MAKING OF THE OC or something on fox at 8pm.
After watching it...I've got to say it sucked pretty bad, but I'll give it one more go 'round.
did you think so? i really liked it! i'm dying to figure out what the stompy thing is.
Catherine, when can Susan and I invite ourselves over for some TiVoed ANTP and the Apprentice tonight?
haha you do the wrong acronym too. i've seen several other people do this, as well as myself. why can no one write ANTM correctly?
what time is the apprentice? i'm not going to be home until around 9pm tonight, but i would love to have you guys come over whenever i get back. shall i give you a call?
Oh no, I meant ANTP. You just don't get what I'm sayin'. Heh. Heh.
. . . yeah, I don't know what that means. But I'm down for a TV party tonight.
So after I left your shindig last night, I went home and switched to UPN. Sure enough, I'd missed ANTM, but there was this other show called Veronica Mars, which is about a high school chick. I'm in a phase of my life where I cannot resist high school shows/movies. Except this one has murder and rape and she's kind of this angsty gal, and okay, it's got some problems, but I think I really like it and I have a feeling I will adopt it anyway because it will probably annoy Kriston.
i heard veronica mars is supposed to be really good. i've heard it compared to BTVS. which is very fine by me.
i watched ANTM last night and it was SO UTTERLY AWESOME. i can't wait to see it again.
I've determined that Alias is going to suck this year anyway...thanks to Ben Affleck's fault.
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