i have no idea why they decided to go with GMT time. i think Artie explained it once, but i've since forgotten his reasoning.

Because GMT is proper time. It's not called the Prime Meridian for nothing, y'know.

I would meara, but I won't. I'll just say that I loathe TWOP for their smug pettiness and adore that ita is still, 27 years on, pissed off about Kendra's accent. And I, too, recall the defense. IIRC, the dialogue coach claimed it was a perfect representation of a Cockpit County accent.

And I'd like Locke to die. Unless written by Fury, I find him a really unconvincing Deus Ex Machina character.

Oh, and although I found this week a bit tiresome - they need to move the island story forward rather than All Flashbacks - I was bloody impressed with the toughness; how many other shows have 2 of the main romantic characters actually physically torturing the third? (How many shows not written by Joss Whedon, that it)

I have the explanation for the island.

It's the island from The Incredibles!

Think about it.

He he. Someone on TWoP had that idea as well. He/she suggested the monster was an Omnidroid.

It's the island from The Incredibles!

Well, of course! (Because, see, the monster in The Incredibles was a giant Stitch robot, and Lilo & Stitch takes place in Hawaii, which is where Lost is shot! Everything's connected.)

Aw! The invisimechasaur is just looking for some love and understanding! Maybe he should take out a personal.

And I'd like Locke to die.

NO ONE KILLS MY CREEPY O'QUINN!

I just want to hear Walt say, "It's OK! My dog has a chainsaw! "

Just once. That's all I'm asking.

Ahahahahaha. I loved that line so goddamn much.

(Though I have to be anal and correct it to "found" )

My other favorite line was the line from the trailer which convinced me it might be worth watching. The nonchalant delivery of "Aliens are attacking my house" was just awesome. Then there was the Picasso joke.

I watched Donnie Darko this weekend for the first time... My current speculation on the Lost island is that it's in a parallel universe. IJS

"But what's wrong with people playing across Asian races when that's okay across European races?"

Yeah. I was watching a '30s Fu Manchu serial (don't all hit me at once), and a supposedly-Chinese character showed up and I said, "Wait, isn't that guy Japanese?" and my husband said "Don't knock it; he's the first actual Asian in the cast!" Which was true. Everybody else was European in really, really bad eyemakeup.

During WWII Life did this horrible article on "How to tell the Japs from the Chinese".

Chinese wear rational calm of tolerant realists. Japs, like General Tojo, show humorless intensity of ruthless mystics.

I watched Donnie Darko this weekend for the first time... My current speculation on the Lost island is that it's in a parallel universe. IJS

Which connects back to Lilo & Stitch through Daveigh Chase.

It really is all connected.