As much as I love Lost and the very character-driven nature of the entire epic, I have to say that the mystery surrounding the Dharma Initiative is by far my favorite aspect of the show. I wish the show had gone into much more detail about them. Hell I'd even support a Dharma Initiative spin-off series (off-Island) about mad scientists, corporate espionage and the mysteries of the universe.

On Twitter I discovered a link ...

As I plan to go through all of the main plot points, mysteries, challenges, etc. in detail while re-watching the entire series, I'll only give some brief thoughts here. After all, such an epic ending to a roller-coaster show deserves some first impressions.

Needless to say, the Lost producers proved me wrong in my assessment of the so-called "flash sideways," and although I would have preferred a "happily-ever after" in which all of our ...

A lot of people think Lost jumped the shark last season when they began to incorporate time travel into their episodes. On the other hand, there are others that believe it jumped the shark way back in season three when Jack, Kate and Sawyer spent way too much time in the Others' village doing not much of anything. Although I won't point to a particular moment that I feel entails "jumping the shark," I ...

The naysayers will always mention the same things: the story is too complex, the theater isn't the right medium, film can't capture the awe of the story - all of these things have led to the Watchmen being labeled as the unfilmable movie, and none of this was helped by Watchmen author Alan Moore stating these very same feelings about it.

The truth is that everybody wanted a Watchmen movie, but everyone was scared ...

This is a tweener post, I guess. It could fit inside either the religion and philosophy category or in the pop culture category. Considering author Taylor Ellwood's knowledge and use of pop culture, however, I decided to settle on the latter. It seemed more fitting.

For those of you unaware, I occasionally write stuff; and no, I'm not referring to just this blog. Recently, Taylor Ellwood edited an anthology on pop culture magic ...

MillerCoors announced that it discontinued Zima as of October 10th. This underscores several holes in my alcoholic beverage knowledge. First, that Zima was still being produced at all. Second, that it was owned by MillerCoors. And lastly, that Miller and Coors are apparently the same company, or at least have a combined venture.

Zima was an odd drink - not quite a wine cooler, but not quite a beer. According to Man Law, there are only ...

With the 2012 meme hot on the minds of alternative archeologists, occultists, religious fanatics, and the rest of us crazy people, the Mayan civilization has started its steep upward climb back into the minds of modern civilizations. Mel Gibson - fresh off of his Passion of the Christ work, in which he laughed at traditional movie distribution all the way to the bank - decided to try his hand at the ancient civilization equation with his Mayan ...