tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135358.post3511390115629629149..comments2023-10-12T07:36:14.847-04:00Comments on Brian Smith in South Florida: Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747055386430398635noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135358.post-39890784421517804862007-06-01T22:08:00.000-04:002007-06-01T22:08:00.000-04:00You're right Daniel, that was a funny counter-exam...You're right Daniel, that was a funny counter-example. I've liked the new Dr Who series a lot. Can you believe that Sci-Fi passed on it when the first new series came out? They said it wasn't up to their standards...riiiight....the network that brought you "Mansquito" rejected Doctor Who.<BR/><BR/>Last word about Lost - the whole program seems to be centered around the tragedies that develop when groups of people fail to communicate, both within the group and outside it. The Losties keep information from each other about what they discover on the island and their pasts. The Others won't tell the Losties why its so important to sit quietly on the beach and not ask any questions...and on, and on. I'll keep watching, as I said, but it can be very, very frustrating to watch.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747055386430398635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135358.post-9586115252385247102007-05-29T22:12:00.000-04:002007-05-29T22:12:00.000-04:00Re: not explaining things, a recent episode of Doc...Re: not explaining things, a recent episode of Doctor Who had the reverse of this (to comic effect)...<BR/><BR/>(trying to open a password-sealed door)<BR/><BR/>Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367... what?<BR/><BR/>Martha: You said the crew knew all the answers!<BR/><BR/>Riley: The crew's changed since we set the questions.<BR/><BR/>Martha: You're joking.<BR/><BR/>The Doctor: 379.<BR/><BR/>Martha: What?<BR/><BR/>The Doctor: It's a sequence of happy primes. 379.<BR/><BR/>Martha: Happy what?<BR/><BR/>The Doctor: Just enter it!<BR/><BR/>Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance.<BR/><BR/>The Doctor: Any number that reduces to 1 when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continually reiterate until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't isn't, a happy prime is a number that's both happy and prime, now type it in!<BR/>I don't know, talk about dumbing down. Don't they teach recreational mathematics anymore?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612486802520356809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135358.post-46287294969401019502007-05-29T21:02:00.000-04:002007-05-29T21:02:00.000-04:00Hey Dave, thanks for stopping by and commenting. ...Hey Dave, thanks for stopping by and commenting. I thought someone might say "they thought he was already dead", and you walked right into my trap :)<BR/><BR/>Mikhail already "came back from the dead" after being pushed through the sonic fence...I can't remember if Desmond or Charlie knew that, but didn't I see Charlie say that in a previous episode? Desmond had some time in the army and, if I'm to believe that, should've at least checked if Mikhail was, in fact dead. Plus if either Charlie or Desmond had any knowledge of the island's mysterious healing powers, they'd know to really, *really*, make sure he was dead, or at least tied up so he'd be no threat. Tighter knots this time too, please!<BR/><BR/>You're right about the generally peaceful nature of most of the characters but shouldn't some of them at least have expressed some bloodlust and "the best defense is a good attack", instead of running away from downed enemies time after time? Or not pressing for full, detailed answers and explanations whenever they had the chance.<BR/><BR/>Other movies do this too, I'm just picking on Lost because it could've been so much better if they'd avoided these cliches and the awful, awful lack of communication between characters.<BR/><BR/>But then again, my favourite show of all time is Babylon 5, which many other people don't like. So different strokes for different folks, I guess. There are flaws I am blind too, and others that make me yell at the TV :)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747055386430398635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135358.post-62407462653740743062007-05-29T20:51:00.000-04:002007-05-29T20:51:00.000-04:00Hey Brian, nice blog post. Found you through Techn...Hey Brian, nice blog post. Found you through Technorati. I think you're sorta-right when it comes to what the writers are conjuring up... I agree, an extra shot in the head to Mikhail might have done the trick. However, as it stood, it seemed like they were pretty damned certain that he was dead. How many people do you know that can take a spear gun to the chest and swim away 15 minutes later?<BR/><BR/>I think the flipside of the coin is that our characters, by and large (with the exception of Sayid and Locke) are not necessarily violent people. Their objective hasn't been to kill the Others, it's been to not get themselves killed.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps that will change.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://scifi-guy.com/15/abcs-lost-season-3-season-finale-summary-and-review/" REL="nofollow">Check out the SciFi-Guy Lost Season 3 Finale Wrap Up</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com