1) Gilligan's Island was actually kind of entertaining.

I've never seen Lost, and only a few episodes of Gilligan's Island over the years. The fact that I read that entire article leads me to the conclusion that I need a better way to fill my Saturday afternoons.

if by creative, subby meant "fairly stoned stretches of fancy" then i say spot-on. it was nice to remember GI in detail though.

/if i pay my membership to Fark, can i get rid of gene simmons in my grill at every turn?

I finally got back into Lost recently. I've watched every episode (up until Thursday's) in the last two weeks.. it's definitely great, but I think in the fourth season, they are going too far. I like when episodes resolve themselves in less than 15 episodes!... but I hear there are two more seasons, so there will be plenty of complaining from now on.

They are similar in that they're both silly shows, the difference is that only one of them is trying to be silly.

I am unable to get a boner from Lost.

Mega Steve: Donald_McRonald: 1) Gilligan's Island was actually kind of entertaining.

Are you saying that's similar or different from Lost?

I, for one, approve of their new Ginger

She has a five-head.

This thresd is useless without pictures of Dawn Wells in Daisy Mae's.

SSHHHHHH. Do NOT anger the 10 people who are still fans of the show.

They're a cult. Like the Moonies. Or homeless people.

time2sow: if by creative, subby meant "fairly stoned stretches of fancy" then i say spot-on. it was nice to remember GI in detail though.

/if i pay my membership to Fark, can i get rid of gene simmons in my grill at every turn?

Firefox + Adblock + Noscript = No ads,5 bucks more for your own beer and bacon

skipperrrrrrrrrr!

godofusa.com: I finally got back into Lost recently. I've watched every episode (up until Thursday's) in the last two weeks.. it's definitely great, but I think in the fourth season, they are going too far. I like when episodes resolve themselves in less than 15 episodes!... but I hear there are two more seasons, so there will be plenty of complaining from now on.

I made a prediction to a couple of my friends who are devoted watchers of Lost. I said the show would get too wierd, go too far into strangeness that they'd never be able to bring the thing back on track in time for a satisfactory ending. They scoffed.
Recently one of them admitted that the show seemed to be losing its steam and that it was "getting too wierd."
He also now does not recall my prediction. I'm not surprised.

Mentat: I gained a new level of hatred (the good villain kind) for Ben this week. Underneath all the lies and brilliant machinations is a sniveling little shiat looking for companionship. What a great character.

I'm still waiting for a satisfactory answer as to where the Hostiles came from, and why Ben teamed up with them to kill all the Dharma people. I have an idea, but there hasn't been any canonical confirmation yet.

The Whitmore revelation was unexpected, but it makes sense given that few other Lost characters (that don't get killed) are one-dimensional ... yet it raises a lot more specific questions (not the least of which is: why was Whitmore was so interested in the Hanso manuscript at the auction?).

Yeah, I'm a fan, and I do see things getting strange in S4. But I've read 2 or 3 interviews with the creators, and they assure the skeptical interviewers and fans that they'll have it all tied up at the end of the show. That they're even planning for an end is nice - it means less of a chance that it will fizzle out like The X-Files did (that show should have had no more than 6 seasons, IMO).

Gilligan's island, when looked at today, seems kind of stupid.

What a coincidence.

Pooloo Cee Bagoomba...

When "Lost" first came out, I would sing the Gilligan's Island theme any time that a commercial for it came on. Some people thought it was funny, some not.

gregario: This thresd is useless without pictures of Dawn Wells in Daisy Mae's.


QFT.

/Wish I had some of those.
//Used to wish I were the Professor
///Okay, still do sometimes

Yeah, she's a total Ginger

towatchoverme: SSHHHHHH. Do NOT anger the 10 people who are still fans of the show.

They're a cult. Like the Moonies. Or homeless people.

Yeah, it's only in the top 10 week after week. Big farking fail tard.

itsdan: I thought the Whidmore connection was blatant for quite awhile, and figured he was just snatching up all the 'island' related items he could get his hands on.

I hadn't put a lot of thought into it, I guess. The clues were there, and I figured Charles would figure into the larger story later on, perhaps as a reluctant (or perhaps unwitting) financier of Penny's attempts to rescue Desmond. I suppose I waiting for another connection to be made to him outside of the Penny/Desmond arc during a flash sequence, and just surprised that they worked it in as a "real time" clue.

Good show - I look forward to the next couple of episodes.

I only ever saw one episode of Gilligan's Island. It was the one where they almost got off the island but that insipid fool, Gilligan, ruined it for everyone.

If I could, I would go to the island on Lost and shoot them all for being stupid. Then I would leave the island. Lost IS overrated.

BigEd: Pooloo Cee Bagoomba...

OMG. My husband uses that phrase when he wants to impress me by being bilingual. You know, because wimmens love a worldly man.

i'm the subby and the author

/am farking amazed this was greenlit
//will watch the next 3 fark TV sketches and not hate
//ask me questions, i think my theories are spot on, and Thurston is a psychopath

simpsonfan
I am intrigued by your ideas, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

/seriously
//what you said was better than my article

simpsonfan: They are not the same. One show contains nonsensical plots and unbelievable characters. The other had Bob Denver in it.

I had a rule: Never watch a show about people on an island unless one of them was Gilligan. Then LOST came along, and it actually looked like it would be good. Survivors have to, well, survive. More than the seven from Gilligan, so more stories, interactions. Dramatic, rather than comedy. I watched it. It quickly got too stupid and wierd. Such a big place, and nobody ever heard of it. The fat guy stayed fat. Some people who should have gotten a smack in the face didn't. The fat guy stayed fat. I gave it up some time in the second season.

All the reruns didn't help. They should have aired it every other week, or some sort of a regular schedule so you would know when a new episode would be on. Even if a longer wait between new shows, it would be more tolerable if you knew how long the wait would be.

They answered your gripes, which is why this season, and the remaining two seasons were scheduled to be 16 episodes, airing every week. Then the writer's strike farked that up and they lowered it to only 13 episodes this season with a 4 week break coming after episode 8. The next two seasons should be 16 episodes from start to finish, and hopefully you wont have to watch a re-run ever again.

Your other complaints are kind of suspension of belief problems. Some people can buy into it, and others can't. It's all good. The show isn't for everyone. At least you aren't going OMGZ LOST FANS SUCKLOL POLARBEARZX? Those people are annoying.

/You're a cool Lost hater.
//I swear I'm not being sarcastic.

Springy23: simpsonfan: They are not the same. One show contains nonsensical plots and unbelievable characters. The other had Bob Denver in it.

I had a rule: Never watch a show about people on an island unless one of them was Gilligan. Then LOST came along, and it actually looked like it would be good. Survivors have to, well, survive. More than the seven from Gilligan, so more stories, interactions. Dramatic, rather than comedy. I watched it. It quickly got too stupid and wierd. Such a big place, and nobody ever heard of it. The fat guy stayed fat. Some people who should have gotten a smack in the face didn't. The fat guy stayed fat. I gave it up some time in the second season.

All the reruns didn't help. They should have aired it every other week, or some sort of a regular schedule so you would know when a new episode would be on. Even if a longer wait between new shows, it would be more tolerable if you knew how long the wait would be.

They answered your gripes, which is why this season, and the remaining two seasons were scheduled to be 16 episodes, airing every week. Then the writer's strike farked that up and they lowered it to only 13 episodes this season with a 4 week break coming after episode 8. The next two seasons should be 16 episodes from start to finish, and hopefully you wont have to watch a re-run ever again.

Your other complaints are kind of suspension of belief problems. Some people can buy into it, and others can't. It's all good. The show isn't for everyone. At least you aren't going OMGZ LOST FANS SUCKLOL POLARBEARZX? Those people are annoying.

/You're a cool Lost hater.
//I swear I'm not being sarcastic.

I was just a fan who lost interest. But you, hey, keep that dream alive.

/totally not sarcastic.

meshman: Gilligan's island, when looked at today, seems kind of stupid.

What a coincidence.

You obviously have not watched Gilligan's Island under the influence.

Hurley = G. Thurstan Howel IV

Some people enjoys some TV shows, others don't.

/more at 11
//Romero approved

MIguy: Yeah, it's only in the top 10 week after week. Big farking fail tard.

Can i have a nice sparkling glass of Kool-aid, too?

Epiphany: i'm the subby and the author

Well, kudos to you, mister. You have gained a powerful new ally, today.

Springy23: Your other complaints are kind of suspension of belief problems.

Well that explains it. All this time i was trying to suspend my disbelief, like some idiot.

wwtsomifitsd: Yeah, she's a total Ginger

Feh. That's not a ginger...



... THIS is a ginger...



... and, for that matter, so is her (Barbara Meier from Germany's Top Model)

towatchoverme: Springy23: Your other complaints are kind of suspension of belief problems.

Well that explains it. All this time i was trying to suspend my disbelief, like some idiot.

I should have known someone on Fark would pick that up.

Best I could find....Hope this'll do, guys

I still say it's the sleestak behind it all.

Springy23: I should have known someone on Fark would pick that up.

Yep, when we're not all captioning our cats, or photoshopping pictures of our homeschooled wives, we're at the Grammar Gestapo Academy, learning to be more intolerant.

/Snowed-in, sick and snarky, myself
//I mean, what good is a luxury yacht if you can't get it into the harbour
//and, for that matter, a penis the size of a novelty peppermill, for much the same reason?

Boy, it sure is trollish around here...

towatchoverme: MIguy: Yeah, it's only in the top 10 week after week. Big farking fail tard.

Can i have a nice sparkling glass of Kool-aid, too?

No, your big glass of FAIL should be enough.

the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships:
"American Idol"
"Oprah's Big Give,"
"Deal or No Deal"
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"
"Lost,"

gregario: This thresd is useless without pictures of Dawn Wells in Daisy Mae's.

Here ya go.

Heroic Poser: towatchoverme: MIguy: Yeah, it's only in the top 10 week after week. Big farking fail tard.

Can i have a nice sparkling glass of Kool-aid, too?

No, your big glass of FAIL should be enough.

the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships:
"American Idol"
"Oprah's Big Give,"
"Deal or No Deal"
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"
"Lost,"


Try again:

Top 10 TV Programs - Regularly Scheduled
% of Homes in
Rank Programs Network U.S. (Rating)
1 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 17.3
2 AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY FOX 16.8
3 DANCING W/THE STARS-MON ABC 13.2
4 DANCING W/STARS RESULT-TU ABC 12.2
5 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 10.2
6 CSI CBS 10.1
7 GREY'S ANATOMY-THU 9PM ABC 9.2
7 SAMANTHA WHO? ABC 9.2
9 HOUSE FOX 9.0
10 CSI: MIAMI CBS 8.9

Seriously: do you REALLY think all the questions you raise in your profile will be answered in the end? I'd have an easier time believing i'll see a polar bear on my next canoe trip.

Good to see Sunday Night Football still pulling in the viewers.

You fail.