There isn’t much to say about the Lost finale that hasn’t been said ad infinitum by hundreds of other people online. In a matter of hours I might add. I’m not a fan of the show anyway. I watched the first episode at a friend’s request a couple of years ago, because I was obsessed with J.J. Abrams previous show, Alias. But Lost never caught me. Despite the ongoing mysteries and the fantastic prettiness of the cast.* Having said that, I have thoughts about the finale. They are disjointed, so bear with me.
Why did Jack and Juliet’s son up and disappear once they realized the truth? And how is it that people can procreate in Heaven’s waiting room?
Evangeline Lilly is a gorgeous lady, but she’s not the best actress. A fact made even more painfully obvious during the final hours.
Men crying in movies or on t.v. make me cry. And the men of Lost cried a lot last night.
Terry Quinn is a badass.
I know from reading a lot of blogs that Desmond and Penny are one of the most loved couples on the show. It’s too bad they didn’t have a moment. But Sun and Jin and Sawyer and Juliet almost made up for that.
Nestor Carbonell does not age. On the show or in real life.
The show had the premium on best and most varied accents of any show. Possibly ever.
Hawaii is gorgeous. I would like to go back soon.
*Seriously, can you think of a better looking group? Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Ian Somerholder, Daniel Day Kim, Naveen Andrews, Elizabeth Mitchell, and on and on.
I’ve been re-watching a lot of Buffy. Sarah Michelle Gellar is pretty much killing me. Especially in the later not as great seasons. She had to play strong, fierce, scared, brave, impetuous, raw, damaged, and chosen. In 44 minutes an episode. And she does. I’ve not liked much of her other work *mumbles* Except maybe Cruel Intentions shut up. But she was the perfect choice for a show that never got the audience it deserved.
Oh, and mad props to Netflix for making the entire series a watch it now. $9 a month? They are so undercharging. Just don’t tell them I said anything.
I was on a t.v. website I used to love, and their poll of the day was Jersey Shore: Appalling or Awesome. I voted appalling, because everything about the show reeks of desperation and penicillin, but the results surprised me a little.
There is huge room for debate on this topic, but for my money, there is no cooler actor on the planet than Robert Guillaume. He starred in Benson and Soap. He voiced Rafiki in The Lion King and its subsequent sequels. He was the only black man to play the Phantom on Broadway and to this day, is the only black man to receive the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy. Which is both a sad commentary on the lack of diversity on stage and television and a mark of his fantasticness.
Taking the above into account, Robert Guillaume is cool. But it was his role as Isaac Jaffee that elevates him above the fray (and The Fray. That band’s okay, I guess, but they’re not very cool.) Sports Night only ran two seasons (ABC should still be hanging its head in shame for that one), but RG took what could have been a standard boss role and made him the moral compass of the show. When he suffered a stroke during the first season, he not only came back to work, he had Aaron Sorkin write a storyline for Isaac that involved both the stroke and its subsequent recovery. And the chemistry he had with every single actor on the show be he or she main, supporting, or guest was impressive. For fun, look up an episode with him and William H. Macy. It’s like watching Picasso and Monet paint on the same canvas.
From one of his finest episodes, “The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee.” It couldn’t have been easy to keep his big speech from becoming maudlin and After School Special-y. He nailed it. Shame on the Emmy voters for not even nominating him.
And just because, RG and Donna Summer singing “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
