Lost 1.12; Alias 4.01 & 4.02
Jan. 6th, 2005 12:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriThis will be a nice block of programming on Wednesday nights.
10 Things about Lost 1.12
*
*
*
In no particular order
1. Another Kate story? I want to learn about the other islanders...
2. "La Mer," the original French version of "Somewhere Beyond the Sea." Cool. I like it better than the English, even though I love the English version.
3. Shannon/Sayid! omg NO! That is so weird and wrong. At least it makes Shannon seem a bit more interesting and I'm glad she's finally contributing something. Also.. the actress has a nice voice.
4. Locke? So totally evil and one of the nutty island people.
5. Awww, Charlie ::sad face:: Rose will cheer you up!
6. Michael & Hurley laughing at Sawyer trying to break the briefcase was funny.
7. I really hope there's something more to the little toy plane and that green envelope.. otherwise a lot of people died for a stupid piece of tin.
8. Boone is going to try and kick Sayid's ass. Then Sayid will just bitch slap him and shrug.
9. Kate is a long lost Derevko. No, really, it all makes sense. And the little toy plane is a piece of a Rambaldi device.
10. Jack and Sawyer reached some sort of bizarre understanding. Jack will get what he wants.. because Sawyer needs the drugs.
*
*
*
20 Things about the Alias Premiere
*
*
*
In no particular order
1. The beginning of the episode felt a bit like the beginning of season 2. *shrug*
2. Music: while better than some choices from last season (Limp Bizkit??), I don't like hearing old radio hits on my TV, especially on a show that used to be known for its taste in music.
3. Wardrobe this season is going to rock.
4. Dixon back on the field and Sydney's partner once again!
5. The files in the safe deposit box - weren't they originally about Project Christmas?
6. Yay, Marshall! That's it, really. We love Flinkman, yes we do.
7. Everyone has cool new codenames - except for Vaughn, whose codenames always manage to sound dorky. Jack: Raptor. Sydney: Phoenix. Marshall: Merlin. Vaughn: Shotgun. I didn't catch Dixon's.
8. The writing is already much improved. I'm looking forward to the rest of this season.
9. Nadia is going to kill Spy!Daddy!
10. I was sort of hoping that Vaughn was involved with the death of Spy!Mommy... I ... don't know why.
11. The new opening theme? I'm pretty sure I don't like it. The old theme is classic and totally the identity of the show. This new one is so... mainstream and ugh. I don't like it.
12. Weiss. Dude. You're the only guy from the crew left at the CIA and then Sydney tells you she's a loan officer at a bank and has to travel a lot. You're just playing dumb, right?!
13. Jen is still the best EVAR with stunt sequences.
14. Vartan is still the hotness. Especially in the suit and glasses.
15. No one on this show seems to learn from mistakes. Syd hates when Jack lies to her... but then she goes and lies to Nadia. So now Sydney is the Jack to Nadia's Sydney and Nadia will hate her when she finds out. Sydney will hate Nadia for trying to kill Jack. Then they'll work it out and meet some sort of Bristow/Derevko truce.
16. How cheesetastic and surreal that the "Old Gang" has been reassembled into a covert government black ops agency ("no, for real!") that's named APO. Authorised Personnel Only. Very funny. Har. Har. The worst part is that the big lure used is the pretense of keeping an eye on Sloane.
17. Sark and Marshall having eggs? I'll trade you the Spy!Sex scene for it.
18. Shanghai mission? Kicked ass. Robert Patrick Benedict is always good for a laugh.
19. Dude. What is it with casting Asians in the wrong Asian ethnicity. Is it because we all look the same to non-Asians? Like, you wouldn't cast a red-headed Irishman as an Italian mobster, right? So what is this with casting Koreans as Japanese and Chinese as Koreans, etc. Dude, we can so tell the difference. Rick Yune is Korean. Yeah. Sorry. Just annoyed.
20. JJ stole all the good writersin tv-land for Lost... he needs to give a few back so Alias won't suck this season.
*
*
*
Okay. I'm off to read people's reactions. Wheee!
10 Things about Lost 1.12
*
*
*
In no particular order
1. Another Kate story? I want to learn about the other islanders...
2. "La Mer," the original French version of "Somewhere Beyond the Sea." Cool. I like it better than the English, even though I love the English version.
3. Shannon/Sayid! omg NO! That is so weird and wrong. At least it makes Shannon seem a bit more interesting and I'm glad she's finally contributing something. Also.. the actress has a nice voice.
4. Locke? So totally evil and one of the nutty island people.
5. Awww, Charlie ::sad face:: Rose will cheer you up!
6. Michael & Hurley laughing at Sawyer trying to break the briefcase was funny.
7. I really hope there's something more to the little toy plane and that green envelope.. otherwise a lot of people died for a stupid piece of tin.
8. Boone is going to try and kick Sayid's ass. Then Sayid will just bitch slap him and shrug.
9. Kate is a long lost Derevko. No, really, it all makes sense. And the little toy plane is a piece of a Rambaldi device.
10. Jack and Sawyer reached some sort of bizarre understanding. Jack will get what he wants.. because Sawyer needs the drugs.
*
*
*
20 Things about the Alias Premiere
*
*
*
In no particular order
1. The beginning of the episode felt a bit like the beginning of season 2. *shrug*
2. Music: while better than some choices from last season (Limp Bizkit??), I don't like hearing old radio hits on my TV, especially on a show that used to be known for its taste in music.
3. Wardrobe this season is going to rock.
4. Dixon back on the field and Sydney's partner once again!
5. The files in the safe deposit box - weren't they originally about Project Christmas?
6. Yay, Marshall! That's it, really. We love Flinkman, yes we do.
7. Everyone has cool new codenames - except for Vaughn, whose codenames always manage to sound dorky. Jack: Raptor. Sydney: Phoenix. Marshall: Merlin. Vaughn: Shotgun. I didn't catch Dixon's.
8. The writing is already much improved. I'm looking forward to the rest of this season.
9. Nadia is going to kill Spy!Daddy!
10. I was sort of hoping that Vaughn was involved with the death of Spy!Mommy... I ... don't know why.
11. The new opening theme? I'm pretty sure I don't like it. The old theme is classic and totally the identity of the show. This new one is so... mainstream and ugh. I don't like it.
12. Weiss. Dude. You're the only guy from the crew left at the CIA and then Sydney tells you she's a loan officer at a bank and has to travel a lot. You're just playing dumb, right?!
13. Jen is still the best EVAR with stunt sequences.
14. Vartan is still the hotness. Especially in the suit and glasses.
15. No one on this show seems to learn from mistakes. Syd hates when Jack lies to her... but then she goes and lies to Nadia. So now Sydney is the Jack to Nadia's Sydney and Nadia will hate her when she finds out. Sydney will hate Nadia for trying to kill Jack. Then they'll work it out and meet some sort of Bristow/Derevko truce.
16. How cheesetastic and surreal that the "Old Gang" has been reassembled into a covert government black ops agency ("no, for real!") that's named APO. Authorised Personnel Only. Very funny. Har. Har. The worst part is that the big lure used is the pretense of keeping an eye on Sloane.
17. Sark and Marshall having eggs? I'll trade you the Spy!Sex scene for it.
18. Shanghai mission? Kicked ass. Robert Patrick Benedict is always good for a laugh.
19. Dude. What is it with casting Asians in the wrong Asian ethnicity. Is it because we all look the same to non-Asians? Like, you wouldn't cast a red-headed Irishman as an Italian mobster, right? So what is this with casting Koreans as Japanese and Chinese as Koreans, etc. Dude, we can so tell the difference. Rick Yune is Korean. Yeah. Sorry. Just annoyed.
20. JJ stole all the good writers
*
*
*
Okay. I'm off to read people's reactions. Wheee!
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 05:52 am (UTC)Yes. Yes. Yes. a WORLD of yes.
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 06:10 am (UTC)I was a Kate/Sayid shipper up until this episode. Now I don't like Kate so Jack can have her 8-|
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 06:13 am (UTC)HA! Yes. I haven't really liked Kate at all. So. Meh.
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 06:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 12:52 pm (UTC)Alias #5: I think that was the offical site's rambling or something, cause I never believed that was the case. They just screwed up. :)
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 01:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 01:56 pm (UTC)I always thought it was either Project Christmas or about her disappearance - and since the file had her name and birthdate on it, I somehow reasoned it was about project Christmas. For the record, I haven't even been to the official site since the middle of season 2.
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 04:53 pm (UTC)I thought it would've had something to do with Project Christmas too, but anything related to Sydney utlimately relates to Irina, and that's what Syd says was in the file. But you're right, with the birthdate on there and stuff, it makes it weird.
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 01:38 pm (UTC)Humorously, check out Mobsters, where Patrick "I'm So Irish It Hurst" Dempsey played Meyer Lansky. :shrug:
no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 02:16 pm (UTC)And though I was half-expecting to eventually learn the thing in the envelope/suitcase had either enormous emotional value or a sizeable financial value, I'm assuming more revelations are coming as to its significance.
And of course they had to jack with us about what's going in with Claire right now. I'm guessing by the time she's seen onscreen again she'll no longer be pregnant and Ethan's crew will be willing to toss her because it was really the kid they wanted. (Unless they figure they need her to nurse the kid, not having supplies of formula or milk animals on the island. Which is actually pretty likely.)