I’ve figured out how to get free tax advice this year. All I need to do is get Obama to nominate me for something and in no time at all someone will tell me exactly how much money I owe. How cool is that?
I printed out the manuscript this morning after reformatting some of the content at the editor’s request. First time I’ve had the whole thing on paper. It makes for a nice little stack of pages.
Lost is proceeding inevitably towards something, though it’s not clear exactly what yet. The past couple of episodes haven’t been terribly exciting, but are probably absolutely necessary to get all the major players where they need to be. I liked the scene with Rousseau a lot, and Ben’s machinations with respect to Aaron were pretty clever, too. They’ve got to get Hurley out of that orange jumpsuit, though. Not a slimming garment.
I like the way they are handling the shifting of beliefs and alliances. Jack is suddenly a true believer in the book of Ben Linus and as much as Kate wants to believe in Jack, she’s seen enough to know that he’s not as trustworthy as he once was. Addicts never are. I wonder who was in the longboats, and who belonged to the new plane wreckage–could that be the Oceanic Six? For a moment, I thought that the longboat would disappear from beneath them during a time jump, but apparently anything they have with them comes along, including weapons and, fortunately for the network, their clothing.
I started watching Ashes to Ashes, the British sequel series to Life on Mars that features Gene, Ray and Chris in London in the 1980s with a new “drop in,” a woman DI who knew all about Sam Tyler, but it doesn’t have anywhere near the magic of the original. For one thing, the 1980s aren’t nearly as noir as the 1970s, and the show has more of the air of something like Miami Vice. Lots of flashy wheels and fancy car maneuvers, not much substance. Instead of a pub, the gang now hangs out in an Italian restaurant and are seen drinking wine more often than beer or scotch. To top it off, the new spacewoman, Alex, is just plain annoying. She dresses like Jennifer Beals and if Gene had decided to pull out his gun and cap her at the end of the third episode, I wouldn’t have objected. Some of her scenes with her mother are just plain embarrassing to watch.
Speaking of Life on Mars, last night’s episode was okay but not great. I’m not sure if they are going in the same direction as the UK series with Sam and his phone calls.
