i’d go so far as to call it a “Stone-cold Bummer”

i don’t have anything super great to add except that yeah, i loved the Lost recaps, but part of the fun of the recaps was that the show itself was fun and entertaining. are there any other, similarly fun hour-long shows on tv right now? shows that we love because they’re so entertaining but also because they’re so easy to make fun of? lost also lent itself really well to the kind of inside jokes that have contributed to this site’s tone (and success).

but as others have said: it’s a lot more fun in the long run to read about someone loving something than about someone hating something. it’s the “yes, AND” of blogging, or something.

also, omg, realization: andy dwyer is basically cookie monster. semi-related thoughs: i love thursday night tv open threads, but i also wouldn’t mind if gabe started full-on recapping one or more of those shows. i don’t mind gifs if they’re well chosen. but i think they also can sometimes limit creativity, paradoxically, if for example they simply show an awesome moment instead of articulating why exactly that moment is awesome. furthermore, not all gifs are created equal.

also, as someone who doesn’t comment super frequently, the comment culture here can be intimidating. everyone’s so clever! but even more so: commenters themselves are inside jokes, which necessarily kind of excludes those of us, like me, who can’t comment super frequently.

there are really two separate issues here: the commenters and the content. i’m not really sure which we’re supposed to be talking about.

in the spirit of “it’s okay to not like things, but don’t be a dick about it” i have to confess that i disagree. i don’t say this to be a hater, but rather because i respect videogum commenters, and maybe someone can relate and can explain to me why i think this way. david boreanaz annoys me, and i can’t figure out why. like, literally, when i saw that scene, my first thought was, “i’m glad he’s happy!”, and then my second thought was, “ACTING. david boreanaz’s stupid face.” i liked the bones/sully relationship a lot more than this ongoing bones/booth romantic tension thing. and yet i keep watching this show. i mean, i’ve seen every episode! this is a personal thing, obviously. i’m actually kind of jealous of everyone else for enjoying this.

then again, i kind of had the same problem with the character of angel. haha, i think maybe this is something i should talk to a therapist about.

yup, that’s when the show lost me. you could say it had me pretty corked. that’s when i pulled the plug on the show. after that, it went down the drain. really sucked.

PUNS ASIDE: i enjoyed the show up until then, and i had been progressively lowering my expectations for the finale, but when the gigantic plug showed up, i gave up. i still enjoy having watched the show up until then, though! season 4 was among the more ridiculously entertaining things i have ever watched. and i still enjoy imagining a lost spinoff show involving sawyer and miles being detectives in LA though (miles possibly still possessing his crazy ghost powers).

ann’s shirt was totally transparent. it was weird. discuss?

holy crap, he was so pretty! baby adam scott would have made an amazing edward cullen. i wonder whether he could have made that movie worth watching.

(insert joke about how that’s a role i could really see him sinking his teeth into)