There is a website that I am sure most hardcore “Lost” geeks check out regularly. It’s called Dark UFO and it’s a fun place to read what recaps of the episodes and some other bits. Well, last season, someone who calls themselves Lostfan108 had the details to “Through The Looking Glass” and Dark UFO posted it. I avoided it but it ruined the entire flash-forward surprise last season for a lot of people.
Well, Lostfan108 is back and he’s got the details to all three hours of the season finale. There is a link to Dark UFO’s site on my Blogroll but I would avoid it over the next few weeks. I hate to say that because I really like the site but if you are going to post things that will ruin “Lost” for me, I want absolutely nothing to do with you.
Avoid the spoilers and if you know them, please don’t comment on them on this site. I don’t want to read them and I know the people who stop by my little site don’t want to read them either.
Note from Cinematically Correct: Yes, this post was written at 8:15 PM CST while “The Office” is on. DVR.
Ahem. It seems that this reviewer over on Collider says that the new M. Night Shyamalan flick, “The Happening” is awful. This is something that is quite, quite obvious if you watch the trailer. It looks awful. It’s a real bummer because I really dig Zooey Deschanel and was coming around on Marky Mark Wahlberg after “Invincible” and “The Departed”. Now, Shyamalan? That’s a different story.
What other filmmaker with this much promise has completely failed like Shyamalan? Shyamalan hit the jackpot with “The Sixth Sense”. Not only did it make a ton of cash, it was nominated for six Oscars. Then, he makes the underrated “Unbreakable”, which I really dig. I even like “Signs”. Then…”The Village“. Awful. “Lady In The Water” is so laughably terrible that I have yet to sit through the entire movie. It sure sounds like “The Happening” isn’t going to help the fallen star of M. Night Shyamalan.
Truthfully, I hope it really fails…typing Shyamalan over and over again is a beating.
Since Bret and Jemaine are all about all about the ladies, Cinematically Correct wants to follow in their footsteps a bit. The first reveiews of “Sex And The City” are starting to come in and they are decided mixed. Much like this Variety review, they say the movie feels like four of the TV shows smushed together for the big screen. Umm…what else would it be?
I have never seen one full episode of “Sex In The City”. Maybe it’s my overgrown sense of masculinity that keeps me from checking out something like it or “Grey’s Anatomy”. They just seem so damn girly, even if Carrie and her pals are foul mouths. Hey, I like shows and movies that star girls. I really loved “Alias” and I even like the new “Terminator” show. Of course, those shows feature girls doing jump kicks and punching dudes, they never discuss feminine hygiene or vibrators.
Cinematically Correct has been so busy researching the Zune…err, I mean, working today that we almost forgot about “Lost” and “The Office”. Psyche! As obsessed with large amounts of music at a low-cost as I am, it’s an impossibility that I would forget about those two shows!
It’s season finale time for “The Office” and it looks like we’ll be saying goodbye to Toby since, well, the name of the episode is “Goodbye, Toby”. Who else will be leaving? My guess is Ed Helms and his Andy character will be headlining the new “Office 2.0″ NBC show. As I have said before, hey NBC, don’t you remember “Joey”? It went real well.
Also, Jim had better propose to Pam tonight. How awesome would it be if Jim and Pam got married on “The Office” during the same week that I get married next year? Man…that would really make my wedding special.
Just kidding.
That other show that is also awesome kicks off the first part of their three hour season finale tonight. “Lost” will air “There’s No Place Like Home, Part 1″ and we presumably see the Oceanic 6 all together in the real world. I have already commented on this site that I think that will be the last image we’ll see tonight. They are going to let us see the six of them on the plane and that is it. We won’t get what happened before or after. Then, we have to hang in agony for two f’ing weeks.
Last night, I noticed an advertisement for the Zune. I am familiar with the Zune and I realize that it is an iPod knockoff from Microsoft. However, the Zune now has something that iPod/iTunes does not, an unlimited monthly pass, aptly titled “Zune Pass”. Since the notion of unlimited music makes my indie/alt-country pants go completely insane, I had to check this out.
Here are the positive things I have learned so far:
The Zune Pass is $14.99 per month.
Unlimited downloads which you can play on your Zune device or PC/Mac.
The downloads can be placed on up to three PCs/Macs and up to three Zune devices.
Unlike iTunes, you can select the file format and you can select the bit rate.
Here are the negatives:
You cannot burn any of the songs from Zune Pass onto disc.
Here is a quote from the Zune Pass FAQ: “Not all songs have subscription-based rights, but you may be able to buy the songs instead”. That is weak sauce.
After searching the Zune Marketplace, it is NOT apparent which songs/albums/artists do not have subscription-based rights.
Once you discontinue the monthly Zune Pass, you cannot listen to any of the downloaded music again. I do not understand how this is monitored at all.
Does anybody out there use the Zune Pass? Does anybody out there have a Zune? I am looking for help!
There is a good chance that the Philadelphia Flyers 2007-2008 season will come to a close tonight. They are really getting smoked by two parties in the Eastern Conference Finals, those being the Pittsburgh Penguins and those other three skaters out there in the striped shirts. When you throw in the loss of the Flyers best two defensemen (Kimmo Timmonen, Braydon Coburn), the fact that Steve Downie is an absolute moron, and the disappearing act of Danny Briere, you pretty much get a 3-0 Pens lead in the series.
First, let me rip that knucklehead Steve Downie. He has made two beautiful passes in this series so far…one to Pens center Max Talbot in Game 2 and another to Pens center Evgeni Malkin in Game 3. At least the one in Game 3 didn’t lead to a Malkin goal (he gets those on his own), it only led to a Ryan Malone goal. Steve Downie? You are a thug with a complete lack of hockey skills.
Those officials in Toronto must really want Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Pens have gotten away with a handful of cheap shots, trips, and high sticks over the course of this series. It’s almost as bad as the last series against Montreal with the Canadian Bias kicking in. Now, at least I can buy the NHL wanting to push Crosby and Malkin as a better excuse for whistle swallowing.
Since I like to end on a high, I will say that it has been a great season for the Flyers. Hockey fans are probably well aware that the Flyers were the worst team in hockey last season. It’s a serious improvement and they are very, very close to having a Stanley Cup Finals roster. They need one or two more defensemen that can actually skate (sorry Derian, time is about up) and I really believe they can compete with the Red Wings and Penguins of the league. There is a bunch of youth on the Flyers roster and remember this, they didn’t have their best forward, Simon Gagne, all season. Once he is back, that first line of Mike Richards, Mike Knuble, and Gagne is pretty darn stout.
Note from Cinematically Correct: We will return to our regularly scheduled blogging of movies, “Lost”, Ryan Adams, and useless info immediately.
This Ryan Adams post has a purpose…almost. You can listen to a clip of a new Ryan song over here on Esopus. It’s called “A Song In The News” and, well, “Writing The Hits” is better if you ask me.
Not to be one-upped by the recently announced “Donnie Darko” sequel, RGM Entertainment and Essential Entertainment announced they are going to start production on a sequel to “Point Break”. No, it’s not April 1st and yes, you read that correctly. A f’ing sequel to f’ing “Point Break”. I guess we need to learn more about the complexities of Johnny Utah. When I think of great American movie characters, I think about Michael Corleone first, then right to Johnny Utah.
The director will be Jan De Bont, he of classics like “Speed”, “Speed 2″, “Twister”, “The Haunting”…look, I’m not going to mince words here, this is a complete and total waste of human life. Seriously, whomever chooses to work on this movie, no matter what they are paid, is giving up parts of their life they will never, ever, get back.
Man…are there that many “Robin Hood” nuts out there? I have never watched that show once and have no idea who Sir Guy of Gisborne is. All I know is that he beat Dexter Morgan to move into the Elite Eight of the TV Character Tourney. Here are the remaining match-ups:
Kenneth Parcell vs. Sir Guy of Gisborne, Michael Scott vs. Joy Turner, Dr. Perry Cox vs. Liz Lemon, and Benjamin Linus vs. Dwight Schrute.
How does one choose Ben or Dwight? It’s impossible. Now I know what it feels like to be a Superdelegate.
