Ze emmy nominations are out

RIGHT HERE!

12 noms for Lost \o/  Warms my insides a bit.  I have to admit that I haven't been watching much TV lately, so most of these seem pretty standard.  Happy about all the Mad Men noms of course, but the Lost stuff really warms my heart.  Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson were give-ins, but I'm so happy for Mathhew Fox.  He really really deserved it for his work this season.

BUT MOSTLY LET'S CELEBRATE THE ELIZABETH MITCHELL NOM! YAYAAYAY! *dances*

(True Blood though? Really? REALLY? lol.  And Gregory Itzin, you scoundrel :D)

So what did you guys think about the Emmy noms?

LOST: The End is Near. Say it ain't so, Darlton!

Last Wednesday night, Damon and Carlton were on Letterman to present the Top Ten Spoilers for the LOST finale!!!

• If you want to skip Letterman's spiel, Darlton comes on at about 1:47. 
• Ben makes a cameo and delivers lines in his creepy 'Ben' way. 

LOST: Fan-Made Series Finale Trailer *NO SPOILERS*

So, this trailer may be a little premature, but since the final two episodes LOST are fast approaching, I thought what the heck, why not share it?

Damon Lindelof linked to this fan-made series finale trailer on his Twitter, and I've got to say, it's FULL OF EPICNESS. Kudos to whoever made it because it looks darn professional. AND EPIC. Enjoy.  *And don't worry. I promise it contains no spoilers whatsoever.*




(Did I mention it was EPIC?!?! Okay. Now, I'm done.)


*LOST*

Lost 'The Candidate'

But....why?! D:

this didn't make me feel any better either: http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/04/lost-producers-actors-candidate/

LOST 6.09: Ab Aeterno (Sneak Peek!) + a surprise

In preparation for tomorrow's episode:





If the sneak peek wasn't surprise enough, behold, another surprise! A supersized haiku!

This one is called...

"Richard 'Maybelline' Alpert, pt. 1" *Ahem*...

Your origin is

as dark and mysterious

as your eyeliner.

Will we finally

figure you out tomorrow..

Or get even more...

?

the smoke monster smells like.....cupcakes....red velvet

So....this episode kind of sucked.  Until Jin showed up...then it got AWESOME.  And then Sayid went crazy evil...and it got REALLY AWESOME!

Dogen tho :(

SUN! :D

CRAZY CLAIRE......IS CRAZY!

SAAAAYYYYYIIIIIIIIDDDDD ALSDKFJLKASDJFADKLSJFLKSDJSGJ;;;LSDKFJ;ALSKDJF;;AL



*LOST*

LOST 6.05 "Lighthouse"

I liked this episode, as I do every episode, but I can say that it wasn't my favorite. It brought up some interesting questions, but still...no real answers. Because of that, just haikus for you this week!

Jack: Father?
but jack has a son?
better question: who is mom?
(please not juliet!)

Claire: Bad wig
Who took your bay bee?
Jin is right, Kate took Aaron.
Shall we kill her now? :D

Lighthouse
Jacob sends us there
mysteries atop a hill
what's in the mirror?

LOST 6.03: "What Kate Does": Haiku Semi-Recap!!

So. I have to warn you. This isn't going to be a standard recap. It isn't even really a recap mostly because, with every new episode of this magnificent and confusing show, I'm finding Lost un-recappable (and I mean that in the best of ways).

This is one of those shows that, in a span of 44 minutes, delights my brain whilst twisting its synapses inside out as I try to comprehend it. Trying to explain my episode reactions in cohesive paragraphs is a little beyond me at this point. Thus, I have turned to one of the oldest forms of poetry--the haiku. The ones I've written for last night's episode are below.

Read them. Enjoy them. And please feel free to add a few of your own because let's face it..for LOST, there's always more to haiku about. (yeah. I'm gonna make it a verb.)

Some LOST Haikus for 6.03 "What Kate Does"

Claire: The Things that Never Change

Oh, no! Moy bey bee!

Somebody save moy bey bee!

Rousseau 2.0 (?)

Kate

...is more watchable

when she shoots people and steals cabs

than when in love polygons

Dogen

Mysterious BAMF!

John Lennon translates for you.

You make poison pills.

Sayid

Tortured torturer;

You've been infected. With what?

Don't swallow the pill!!!

*LOST*

Lost 6.1 & 6.2 "LA X"

I've been trying to write a reaction post for the Lost premiere since it aired, and I got nothing. I know I liked it, I know I was confused as hell, but I have no idea how to express my feelings in words. Lost will do that to ya. So here is my reaction to the premiere in emoticons:


:D

:O

:OOOOO

:D

D:

DDDDDDDDDDDD:

;______;

:O

:|

:OOOO

:(

:O

:D

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!111111oneone





*LOST*

IT'S HERE

"The Time for Questions is Over..."

1 Day Left!!!!

5 days...

OMG

OMG A;SKLDFJ;ADKLSFJ;LKSDJF;DKDJSF;LDSKJF;LSDFJ

Meh

Project Runway finale.....meh. I was dissapoint that Irina won, because she's a massive bitch, but to be honest I didn't really care that much because no one's lines were that impressive.

Worst. Season. Ever.


In better news, Lost is returning February 2nd at 9! It's moving to Tuesdays, people!

Also...Chuck returns on January 10th!!!!!!! omg I thought I was going to have to wait until March.

:D

This one's also for you, Zozizzle

Elizabeth Mitchell says she will be back on 'Lost' next season
PRAISE THE LORD HALLELUJAH!


Bonus Season 3 Chuck poster from Comic-Con:

























CASEY! JEFFSTER! YEAH!

There's so much stuff going on at Comic-Con right now, I can barely keep it all straight. Is anyone else having that problem?

First Attempt at Podcasting!

Ashitakas Angels Podcast #1 - Ashitakas Angels

Dear readers,

1. We just watched the Lost finale.
2. We didn't have the words to adequately express our reactions in blog form. Therefore, we are attempting podcasting.
3. We're amateurs. We have no idea what we're doing. Be nice.
4. We cover the Lost finale + some American Idol squee.
5. Enjoy!

mindgrapes and zozizzle

Lost 5.15 "Follow the Leader"

Not much to say about this episode. It was very much a set-up episode for next week's SEASON FINALE OMG!!!!!!1111 Ahem...I actually wasn't going to write anything about his episode, which I enjoyed, but didn't really love (mostly because it just made me confused), but I made a pact to myself that I would write a post about every episode of Lost this season. And because no one else posts on this blog and you're all probably sick of hearing about American Idol, I present to you, the top 5 best things about last night's episode:

1. Sawyer/Juliet: Has it happened? Have they become my new OTP? Maybe. Although, is it just me, or is anyone else expecting DOOM for them in the finale? Their conversations just seemed so final. Sigh. They're probably going to kill off Juliet so they can pair Sawyer with Kate again.

2. Sayid: Surprise, muthafuckas! That is what I imagine Sayid wanted to say last night when he made his grand re-entrance. You know, I don't even like Sayid, but sometimes on this show, when characters are gone for a really long time and then come back, it's very exciting.

3. Annoyed!Ben: Annoyed!Ben is my favorite flavor of Ben. He looked pissed the whole episode. And it was cracking me up.

4. Hurley, from the future: Hands down best conversation of the episode and one of the funniest moments of the season. There should be a show just about Hurley, Miles, and Jin. And Daniel too. When he comes back to life....which he will.

5. Jacob-killing Locke: Oh Locke-y. Just what are you planning on doing? You've gone crazy again. And I like it. This show is such a mindfrak.

Lost 5.14 "The Variable"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....

NO! This is terrible! Not my Daniel! *sniff* Aw man. I can't believe it! I'm so upset right now! What?! Just...WHAT?!

Ahem...

Ok, I'm trying to calm down a bit now, but that ending was just horrible! I thought this episode was FANTASTIC, and then that ending. Damn. It makes it all the more terrible, because the reason why this episode was so fantastic was because of Daniel Faraday, and I have to give HUGE props to Jeremy Davies who was AMAZING tonight. Amazing! The way he portrayed Daniel's vulnerability throughout the episode was just heartbreaking, and he has constantly been one of my most favorite additions to the cast. I've always felt that Daniel was an extremely interesting character, and this episode just proved it ten-fold. Everything about him, from his sad childhood to his desperate need for his mother to be proud of him to his heartbreak over losing his memory to his confidence on the island that he could change things was just...perfection. And to have Eloise be the one that kills him in the end? That was just...so utterly disturbing, and the look on Daniel's face as he said "I'm your son" is one of the saddest things I've ever seen on this show. Damn. Just, damn! Why do you gotta be killing off all my favorite characters, Lost?!

There were other things that I enjoyed in this episode. First being the fact that Desmond is ok! Yay! I also love the weird relationship between Eloise and Widmore and I LOVED the fact that Widmore turned out to be Daniel's father (I was sort of suspecting it, but I like that it was confirmed). I also thought all of the stuff with Dharma was great. Really really tense! I have no idea what's going to happen with them next week, but gosh, I feel SO bad for Sawyer and Juliet :(. I also thought little moppet Charlotte was adorable and Daniel's conversation with Chang was hilarious! I'm also greatly intrigued to see what happens with the Swan station and whether or not one could actually change the past. There was some great set-up with this episode and I am freaking out about what's to come!

Even with all of that however, I still can't get over Daniel. Farewell Daniel! May you rest in peace with my other favorite characters killed off of Lost way too soon, Boone, Eko, and Charlie. You are in good company, sir! Namaste!

Oh, and for those zero people who are wondering, Matt got voted out on American Idol tonight! Which was good because I was absolutely convinced that Kris was going home, especially since he ended up in the bottom 3. But he didn't, so...thank you, America! I still can't believe Adam was in the bottom 2 though. Crazysauce! Still, Final 4! I'm so proud of Kris! Let's hope he can rock it for Rock Week next week!

Lost 5.13 "Some Like it Hoth" + American Idol Results

There was a moment this morning while I was in the shower when I seriously contemplated watching American Idol live instead of Lost....WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME, AMERICAN IDOL?! *sobs quietly in corner*

Ahem...

So, Lost tonight. Miles episode, yes? Star Wars references? Bring it on! (please don't let Kris get voted out please don't let Kris get voted out please don't....)

Lost
Baby Miles is SO CUTE. That is Baby Miles, right? Yep. Precious. Finding a dead body has to be traumatizing for a kid. Poor precious baby Miles.

Radzinsky is such a douche bag. "I'm in the circle of trust", heh. And that's a dead body. A dead hippie body. "The ditch had a gun", hee! God, I'm happy this is a Miles episode.

American Idol commercial break
Group number...from Flashdance! Matt really got the spotlight in this one. Adam cut his hair! And commercial break.

Lost
Punk Miles! Hilarious! Aw, Miles' mom is dying. Miles father is SO Pierre Chang. There's no concrete evidence for this, but I just have a feeling.

"Wait a sec...are you on some kind of secret mission?" Oh Hurley. I love Hurley and Miles together. It always leads to hilarity.

Juliet! I missed you last episode. Uncle Rico...Poor Uncle Rico. Why do I feel sorry for him all the time when he's such a douche? Oh my god, the way Juliet's face just changed there from worried and frantic to calm and composed was awesome. Elizabeth Mitchell is such a good actress.

American Idol
OMG THE ZEFFRON IS THERE! Ahem. Oh shit, they're building the bottom three right now. I'm so nervous. Allison is safe. Yay! Adam is safe. Duh. Anoop is in the bottom 3. I thought so. I think it might be his time, sadly enough. Went to commercial before announcing the rest.

Lost
God Hurley, why are you making things so difficult? Yeah, we all knew Hurley was going to find the body. Filling yanked from his tooth right through his brain? That's horrible! Why does Hurley immediately go the "talking with dead people" route? Oh yeah, he can talk to dead people, can't he, heh.

Why should this guy believe Miles was telling the truth? How does anyone know Miles is telling the truth about his ghost whispering? Who would ever give money to someone like that in advance? Stupid people. Naomi! Poor Naomi. Things did not go too well for her last time we saw her.

Is it just me or are they sort of setting up a Roger/Kate thing? That's...weird. God Kate, you are the worst liar ever. You need to take lessons from Juliet. Yeah, mind your own business, Kate!

"You're just jealous my power's better than yours" Hee! Oh, you two! Ha! Miles knows Pierre Chang is his dad! He looks so upset about this fact.

American Idol
Jennifer Hudson performance. She looks so pretty, and sounds great. I really like her. They went to commercial without anymore results. Ugh, this is killing me!

Lost
Purchase order for an old airplane, huh? So is this confirmation that Widmore faked the crash? Or has that already been confirmed? LOL "When do we leave?" Oh Miles...

His mother got in line behind him? That's freaky. Pierre Chang is kind of a douche too. What is with all the douches on this island. I enjoy saying that word, don't I?....douche.

Uncle Rico is suspicious. God, Kate, you ruin EVERYTHING! I don't think Jack is helping either.

LOL this conversation with Hurley in the car is awesome! He's not being exactly subtle about the father/son thing though, heh. Aw, Hurley likes Miles, methinks.

THE NUMBERS! It's the Swan Station?! Is this going to turn into Hurley trying to sabotage the Hatch building so it doesn't cause the plane to crash? Whatever happened, happened, remember Hurley?

American Idol
KRIS IS SAFE!!!!! Thank God! Bottom three: Lil, Anoop, and Matt. Anoop is the first one safe. YAY! Commercial break. I hope it will be Lil who goes, but I'm thinking it might be Matt. Honestly, I know I'm supposed to root for Matt because he's from Michigan and all, but I've just never warmed up to him. I wouldn't be sad if he was gone, so I hope they don't use the judges save on either of them tonight.

Lost
Guy named Bram. Dude, is he the guy who was with Illana on the plane who went crazy last week? Yes! "Do you know what lies in the shadow of the statue?" They're not working for Widmore?! What?! What is going on? In the season 4 episode, "Eggtown", Miles asked Ben for $3.2 million and that's what he asked from these guys too. It's double what Widmore was willing to pay him. Whoa. Holy shit, a lot of information is being thrown at us in this scene. Bram says his "side" is the one that's going to win. Does this have any connection to Widmore saying to Locke in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" that there was going to be a war on the island and the Locke had to go back to save everyone?

Aw, Hurley is trying to play counselor for Miles. They are so cute! I love them together! OMG did Hurley write Star Wars fanfiction?! He's writing Empire Strikes Back! He's so cute.

Hey Sawyer, missed you! "Why the hell would he think that?" Because Kate is an idiot and she ruins everything! You see Sawyer, this is why you should stay with Juliet. You know, I know everyone liked it when Sawyer laid the smack down on Jack, but I like it better when they're friends. I'm a fan of the bromance if you couldn't tell. And...Sawyer just punched that weird looking guy. This whole situation is just spinning out of control. Not good.

American Idol
Moment of truth. Lil is safe. Shit! Matt is the lowest vote getter. He's going to sing again for the potential save. I'm really nervous for him. The judges are "deliberating". Wow, Kara is being annoying with her dancing. She always had a hard-on for Matt. I can't tell if he sounds better tonight or yesterday. That high falsetto was still bad and it looked like he ran out of breath at points. And Lost is back so I'm being left in suspense.

Lost
Aw, Miles, you can be a good person sometimes. Miles has daddy issues just like everybody else on this show. I think the writers must have had really bad fathers.

Hurley teaching life lessons yet again. OMG Star Wars parallels, heh. Aw...what a nice scene between Hurley and Miles. What a good guy, Hurley is. Those two are perfect together. I hope they become a permanent tag team! Or a ghost hunting team! The Ghost Busters!

Aw Miles. Look, your dad did love you. Wow. I'm getting emotional watching this. This is so sad! I love it when Lost makes me get emotional, heh.

Scientists from Ann Arbor! Shout out again! Daniel Faraday, what the hell? WHAT THE FUCK? DANIEL, I MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

*LOST*

Next week: No new Lost next week? *darth vader scream* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Final Lost Thoughts: I liked it a lot! It was funny and touching and added a whole bunch of new mysteries. My favorite part was DANIEL FUCKIN' FARADAY! But all the stuff with Miles was great too. We needed to get a backstory episode for him, and I thought this one had just the right tone for a character who's so often played for comic relief. It was a bit more lighthearted, but still had some emotional moments. My biggest question coming from all of this however (besides what the hell Daniel was doing), is the whole "what lies in the shadow of the statue?" stuff. That made me the most intrigued and I can't wait to see how it plays out.

Final American Idol thoughts: Just checked and DUDE! They used the save on Matt! Wow! I was not expecting that. Hm...don't know how I feel about that. The fact that TWO people have to go home next week scares the crap out of me. Well, uh, good for you Matt, I guess. Apparently Simon told him that he has no chance of winning, but that they're saving him anyways. So...why use the save in the first place? What if someone more deserving goes home next week? Crap, now I'm all worried again. DAMN YOU, AMERICAN IDOL!!!!

Lost 5.12 "Dead is Dead"

Still writing about the episode as it airs. Yes, there's going to be American Idol interludes:

• Is this guy Widmore? He um...doesn't really look like grown up Widmore although he sounds like him. This guy's way hotter than Widmore. And I was right! Widmore was such a nice guy back then.

• Little Ben breaks my heart.

• The look on Adult's Ben face when he sees Locke is Hi-larious!

• Judged by the smoke monster?! Oh shit that doesn't sound pleasant.

American Idol Commercial Break:

• I know this is going to make me sound ignorant, but who the hell is singing right now? Old crooner? Anyone know? Ah, Frankie Avalon. I just want to warn everyone that I'm pretty sure I'm going to be done with American Idol after this week. Why? Because I just discovered something called DialIdol and now I'm convinced Kris is going to be eliminated tonight and if that happens I'm done. Done. This isn't just me being overdramatic either. If I have to endure Danny and Lil for another week without any Kris to counter them, I'm done. This show makes me more and more pissed off every week.

Lost:

• "Have a nice day!" Oh Ben, you are so wonderful sometimes.

• Hee! Ben is manipulating the other people from the plane. This is fantastic. Ben, you are fantastic!

• Flashback wig! OMG that's a horrible wig. Little Ethan! Young Russeau...still crazy! Why does Ben take Alex anyways? That was a random scene that didn't really explain as much as I wanted it to.

• Elephant in the room = Why did you kill me? Ha! So we finally know why Ben killed Locke. Oh Ben, you are so evil and matter-of-fact. How can such a little man be so imposing?

• "I was just hoping for an apology". Hee! Oh Locke, I would be so much more upset than you :)

• !!!!!!! Ben just shot Caesar! Hahahaha oh wow, Ben is bad. Ass. "Consider that my apology"?! I really do love Ben a lot, despite the fact that he is totally evil.

American Idol:

• Mayor of Kalamazoo is there! My brother goes to college there. I wonder if he knows Matt. There is no possible way that's true, but it would be cool nonetheless. Ryan is going to announce the bottom 3 now. What is Paula wearing?! Actually, what the hell is Randy wearing? Adam's safe. Duh. Kris is....safe?! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! DialIdol was wrong!!!!! Sweet Jesus this is the greatest day of my life! Ahem...Anoop is in the bottom 3. Poor Anoop :(

Lost:

• Ben wants to be judged for killing his daughter. I like that explanation. Widmore is being played by older Widmore now. Widmore is finally being a jerk. Widmore and Ben can't kill the baby, but this still doesn't explain why Ben took the baby in the first place.

• Future Dharma. Where is Sun and Lapidus? What did Jack's dad do with them? Oh god, light in the house. So creepy. Is it Jack's dad? Please let it be Jack's dad. It's Sun! Yay! Even better!

American Idol:

• Flo Rida performance. What does it say about me that I recognized Flo Rida, but not Frankie Avalon? Have no idea who else is in the bottom 3. Ryan looks so out of place standing next to Flo Rida, heh.

Lost:

• Sun/Jin breaks my heart. When will they be reunited?! This show is so mean to them!

• Bendiana Linus and the Temple of Doom!

• Hahahaha flashback wig! Widmore in handcuffs? He left the island frequently and that's when he had Penny? The island wants Alex dead? This conversation is confusing me. What is going on? This is not how I was guessing Ben tricked Widmore into being banished from the island. I thought there would be frozen donkey wheels involved.

• I can't tell if Ben is lying in the conversation with Sun or not. He's so wily.

American Idol:

• Bottom 3 is Anoop, Scott, and Lil. PLEASE LET IT BE LIL!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

Lost:

• Oh god Ben's in a marina. Oh god oh god oh god. NO! You will not kill Penny! Oh dear god! This is an occasion when I hate Ben. Ack don't cut back to the island now!

• Ben and Locke are like spiteful children. That's what suprise!murder will do to two people, I guess.

• Wait. How does Locke know all this stuff about the temple? Did I miss a crucial bit of information?
  

• Tell Desmond I'm sorry??!! OH NO!!! BEN WHAT DID YOU DO???

• Back to the marina. oh shit oh shit oh shit....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE SHOT DESMOND!!!!! omgomgomgomgomg...BEAT HIS ASS, DESMOND! Shit, what just happened? WHAT JUST HAPPENED??!!! NO, NO COMMERCIALS! ACK!

American Idol:

• It's in commercial right now, which is good, because I'm still freaking out about Lost. And it's back. Aw man...Anoop and Scott are in the bottom 2. And contestant with lowest votes: Scott. I said based on vocals he needed to go home, but I feel so sorry for him.

Lost:

• Lord of the Flies, all up in this joint? Did Illana and the other dude get the sickness?! What is going on?

• This is a really nice scene with Ben at the end. It's interesting how this episode has given us little glimpses into the nice side of Ben. I like that the show can show us he's sympathetic, while at the same time reminding us that we're not supposed to feel for him too much...because he can be an evil bastard.

• Smokey! Inside smokey are Ben's memories. Wow, this is making me really sad watching this. Alex! This is just like when Eko was killed! This is what happened to Eko right before he was killed. If I'm interpreting this right, the smoke monster manifests itself as someone who the person was close to and got killed, and then it "judges" them. Eko didn't pass the test with his brother, but Ben passed the test with Alex. Interesting.

*LOST*

Next week: All about Miles. I like Miles, so I'm excited!

Overall thoughts: Liked it A LOT! Ben is such a dynamic character and Michael Emerson is such a great actor, that any episode focusing on him is bound to be good. This one did a good job in giving us plenty of mythology to sort out while at the same time adding more depth to the Ben character. Maybe one of my favorites of the season. More importantly though, IS DESMOND OK? I'm really concerned, you guys.

Final American Idol thoughts: They didn't use the judges save on Scott, which I wasn't expecting, and I really didn't think they should. I love Scott as a person though and wish him all the best! On a lighter note, looks like I will be watching American Idol next week. Damn you, Kris! :)