10 reasons the Fringe finale (part 1) kicks ass
Written by konfuzed on May 14th, 2010
LOST 6×15
Written by konfuzed on May 13th, 2010
If any one thing about Lost has been consistent, it’s been that the storytelling has always been innovative and surprising. We’ve had flash backs, flashes forward, events from the perspective of the enemy, off-island lives concurrent with on-island lives, time travel, and finally flashes sideways into a parallel universe. Now we’re finally settling into the storytelling leading up to the finale, and they give us the totally unexpected: they break momentum and tell the backstory of Jacob and the Man in Black in a methodical episode, moreso under the lens of fantasy than the science-fiction we’ve been seeing lately. Right before the finale, in this entire episode, they didn’t show so much as a single new scene with any main character. It might not have worked out perfectly, but that’s ballsy.
The episode starts with… some pregnant woman we’ve never seen before washing up on shore? We don’t know what’s going on, but the scene is beautiful. She’s greeted by another unknown woman. She helps the pregnant woman, who we now know is Claudia, give birth, and we see that her children are the men who seemed like gods, Jacob and the Man in Black (or Baby in Black, I suppose.) Wow, they’re brothers! The unknown woman then picks up a rock and proceeds to smash Claudia’s brains out. They’re her children now.
She raises them in ignorance. Kid in Black is deceptive and independent, whereas Jacob seems like a very honest mama’s boy. Kid in Black is easily the more likable of the two, despite there previously being every indication that the Man in Black is the villain of the show. The two of them play a game with black and white stones: we finally get to see where the stones we’ve seen came from! The game is apparently an ancient egyptian one called Senet; considering the statue of Taweret, we may not be done with flashbacks to long ago just yet.
Smallville 9×22 – “Salvation”
Written by Talimore on May 8th, 2010
It’s finally here everyone!!! After nine seasons of Smallville Clark Kent, played by Tom Welling, is finally ready to embrace his destiny. And hopefully in the right colors! Ever since season nine, or maybe even season 8, Clark has been sporting a full black outfit. Black jeans, black trench coat, black shirt and the only thing that makes his superman-ish is the iconic “S”, in silver, on his black T-Shirt. This is the trailer for the season nine season finally where you get a sneak peak at Clark showing his true colors!
I will write a full episode review when it comes out next Friday but until then I will be on the edge of my seat in anticipation! I would also recommend checking out the rest of Smallville, seasons 1-9. And make sure you check out the rest of season 9 because it has been one of the best seasons in Smallville which, in my opinion, is one of the best shows on television at the moment.
