Posted on May 25, 2010
A Tale of Two Series
It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows; it was the series of wisdom, it was the series of foolishness; it was the plot of belief, it was the plot of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the cave of hope, it was the drain plug of despair; we had answers before us, we had questions before us; we were all going directly to series finale Heaven, we were all going the other way.
Lost was a great television series crippled by its own success and lack of foresight. It was lazy writing and bad storytelling mixed with flashes of brilliance and inspiration. It was filled with wonder and mystery that was befouled by a really craptastical final season, which itself was capped off by a finale filled with copouts and heartstring-plucking inanity. It was all of these things, and I’m both happy and sorry that I bothered watching any of it. Read More
Posted on May 18, 2010
Community, Identity, Stability…and Farmville!
There are many things in this world that want our souls, from demonic beasties prowling the nightmares of legend, all the way up the celestial ladder to the divine and back down again to the terrible pits of devils and fiends. Always the same, but the names change: God and Jesus. Satan and the Anti-Christ. Facebook and Apple… …
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Posted on May 13, 2010
Descending Into Deconstruction
It’s been a good while since I last wrote something by way of turning my scalpel upon the tender meat of my own flesh, slicing it open and letting the slithery viscera of my own insecurities spill out onto the examination table for the pleasure of external review, so I invite you to step inside the operating theater today, while I commence with the self-vivisection. Refreshments will be served after the ritual bloodletting concludes. Read More
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