Last Night on LOST: Namaste
ABC and Apple conspired against me yesterday (Thursday), deciding not to post the previous night’s episode of Lost until long after I had to leave home for the day. And that, my friends, is why this installment of “Last Night on Lost is late. It has nothing to do with my laziness or apathy, nothing at all!
I swear.
Ready to talk about “Namaste”, the ninth episode of season five? Great! Then come below the fold with me and we’ll talk about how I was right, how Ben was wrong, and how The Powers That Be continue to blow our collective minds.
Geek Force Utterz #119 - Sleep Mode
In today’s episode of Geek Force Utterz, I talk about my frustration with power-saving and automation options on the computers I own. Listen in via the embed above, or by visiting Utterli.com
2009 GF5 Tournament Round 1 Winners in Movies/TV
The first round of competition in the Movies & TV bracket of the 1st Annual Geek Force Five Tournament is over! Some matchups were tight, while others were downright blowouts. Here’s a quick snapshot of how things went down.
- #1 seed Star Trek beat the sixteenth-seeded Twilight by a tidy margin, 83% to 17%. Phasers and bad toupees beat sissy vampires any day of the week, I guess.
- In the biggest landslide of the first round, The Colbert Report soundly trounced American Idol.
- The Pixar vs. Heroes matchup was a close one at the beginning, but Pixar pulled ahead in the second half.
- Lost pulled out an upset victory over the company who owns the network they’re on, Disney. It was very sad to watch John Locke kill Timon and Pumbaa, but all is fair in love and war, right?
- The Judd Apatow vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer matchup was tight until the buzzer, with Buffy and pals pulling ahead in the final hours. This is a very sad day for those of us who love Judd and everything he does, but a joyous day for all those Buffy geeks out there.
- In another tight one, Lord of the Rings just barely eked out a victory over those upstarts from Battlestar Galactica (24 votes vs. 21).
- The Daily Show laid the smack down on the WWE, but we still don’t know what John Stewart’s wrestling name should be.
- And, last but not least, Star Wars and its Millenium Falcon made the Kessel run faster than the Serenity did, and therefore beat out Firefly for a spot in the second round.
Voting for the Games & Tech bracket starts soon, so stay tuned!
Generation Goat #3 - Corned Goat Hash
PHOTO: Green Goat on Flickr by Dizzy Girl CC BY-NC-ND
Jon Martin and I are happy to present episode #3 of our little podcast, Generation Goat. Sure, I sound like I was stuck inside of an alternate dimension during the recording, but there’s plenty of awesomeness to make up for the insane amount of reverb. Jon and I talk self-publishing, American Idol. the GF5 Tournament, and the possible mp3-ification of Songs That Saved Your Life.
Geek Force Utterz #118 - Tourney Tidbits
Today’s episode of Geek Force Utterz finds me talking about the GF5 Tournament, last night’s episode of Lost, and more. Listen in via the embed above, or by visiting Utterli.com.
Four Sneak Peeks of Tonight’s LOST
DarkUFO has four new sneak peeks at tonight’s episode of Lost. One of them, it turns out, features a character who, before tonight, we have known only as a stain on the ceiling of the Hatch. You can read an interview with the actor who will be playing the aforementioned stain (back when he was more than just a stain, obviously) here.
LOST Interviews: Young Ben and Juliet
SCI FI Wire has an interview with Sterling Beaumon, the actor who played Young Ben in season three of Lost and who will apparently be reprising the role this season, possibly as early as tonight. Meanwhile, DarkUFO has reprinted an interview that Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) did with TV Guide. Both are good reads, and offer a few teases about what’s to come in season five.
2009 GF5 Tournament Round 1: Star Wars vs. Firefly
Who wins, the Millenium Falcon or the Serenity? Han Solo or Mal Reynolds? Fivers, it is up to you to decide which sci-fi franchise will stand tall at the end of Round 1 of the Inaugural Geek Force Five Tournament. Will it be Star Wars, or will it be Firefly? You decide. Vote now!
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38% (18)2009 GF5 Tournament Round 1: The Daily Show vs. WWE
During this week’s episode of Generation Goat (coming soon!), Jon and I got around to discussing this most intense matchup of round one of the Inaugural Geek Force Five Tournament, and our question was this: What would Jon Stewart’s wrestling name be? His finishing move would, of course, be called “The Moment of Zen,” but what would he be called. Let us know what you think in the comments. And hey: VOTE FOR THE WINNER! It’s WWE vs. The Daily Show, and it’s onnnnn!
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15% (6)2009 GF5 Tournament Round 1: Lord of the Rings vs. Battlestar Galactica
Another tough matchup in the first round of the 1st Annual Geek Force Five Tournament. How does one decide between the crew of the Battlestar Galactica and the Fellowship of the Ring. Aragorn, Legolas, and all of their hobbit friends—they saved all of Middle Earth! But, the crew of BSG is in the process of saving the whole of humanity or something, aren’t they? I don’t know how you’re going to do it, Fivers. But you must! Vote now!
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