• knew goodwin wasn't peace corps (for sure) when ana lucia suggested that if THEY took the strong ones first, they'd have taken him, and he just mulled that over--and clearly agreed he was strong--then made his own countersuggestion. real peace corps for life kinda guy would've been more humble, maybe thanked her for suggesting he was strong enough to be a threat then move on... at least i hope that kind of subtlety is something of which the writers are capable
• i wonder if nathan's company retreat was on that trip locke got left out of
• so, did bernard sit down in the nearest empty seat when the shaking started or were he and rose not sitting together (certainly a possibility)?
• funny that ana lucia turned off the radio cause she was so paranoid by then, but if she hadn't maybe the two groups of survivors could have gotten together a week (and a few deaths) earlier
• that collective consciousness and faked crash theory kinda got screwed by the opening shot
• mistereko seemed to be right there with the tailies from the start, so was the announcement about his character when he was cast a ruse or is there still more to learn about him? like, is he a priest, doing that 40 days of penance thing, focusing intensely on that bible--and was he carving a cross for a grave or marking off days on his own stick? and, if he is a priest, couldn't he still be from that other plane with the heroin?
• and, it's nice that the pilot, who knew the plane was off course, was apparently killed and cindy, who also knew the plane was off course, disappeared. of course, she got to spread that information a little better than he did
• glass eye=symbolic? or is it left behind by someone who used that bunker, or left behind by someone adopted by THEM, what with having no tags in their clothes, no IDs, no anything... maybe they don't like modern amenities like glass eyes either
• and, unrelated to this episode, but connecting to that collective consciousness theory, weren't shannon and boone supposed to be in first class but got bumped cause they were late or something? cause, then it's interesting that they are the two from the midsection to have died already. wonder who that drowning girl (way back when) was and why the collective consciousness wanted her dead

on HARRY POTTER:

• seems watching the three films on consecutive days makes the formula of the adaptations a bit obvious. introduce plot in london (just like in the book) but simplify it, get to school in amusingly magic way, meet new teachers, throw in a quidditch game (but don't bother talking about how the season is going or anything outside the plot, unlike in the books) but only as it directly relates to harry's problems fucking it all up, have harry use magic cloak or maruader's map (or both) to overhear the exact bit of information that will drive the rest of the plot, then in the alfonso cuaron version, get on with it and have some damn fun with the convoluted climax, in the columbus versions, keep the pace slow but sorta hint that a climax is coming, then in one scene finish it all, then denouement in the great hall and all is well.
• i know the plots of the novels tend to ward a formula as well, specifically because each one is supposed to cover the schoolyear from beginning to end (and the adaptations can't handle the plot going so slowly very well). but, with the books getting more and more detailed and rambly, the formula gets harder to recognize each time (though it IS still there)
• too bad about some subplots left out of the films... though it hasn't amounted to much yet--keep in mind, i've yet to get my hands on a copy of book 6--hermione's elf organization seems like something that is going to end up being quite important in the end
• knowing the big spoiler bit from book 6, i found it interesting that in the first film (and possible in the book as well, though it's been a few years so i can't be sure), it is said that as long as dumbledore is around, harry is safe. book 7 ought to be fun

on INVASION:

• the plots advance, and a new twist is inserted in that girl who knows what's going on and has a whole different attitude about it. plus confirmation that old bodies are left behind, new ones in their place, but why was the sheriff shocked so much at the sight of mariel's body? didn't he know how it works? or is it bigger than even he knows?

on THE COLBERT REPORT:

• damn funny bit with the lists. and the show as a whole, and the Daily Show before it, was funny of course
  
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  Updated: Thursday, 17 November 2005 1:32 PM PST
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