Comments on: What Chuck Did http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/what-chuck-did/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Drella http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/what-chuck-did/#comment-319 Drella Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:13:04 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/ae/television/2006/01/203#comment-319 In the end, my husband had to restrain me physically to keep me from visiting the boards. I was spending way too much time there digging into details so miniscule that I doubt the writers even knew about them. I think it was when I left Ruby in the bathtub until the water was near freezing and her skin so wrinkled she looked like a tiny geezer that Pa finally drew the line. And yes, we are all fine after the massive flooding that destroyed Fairfax, thanks for asking. I'll let you know when I'm done sulking. In the end, my husband had to restrain me physically to keep me from visiting the boards. I was spending way too much time there digging into details so miniscule that I doubt the writers even knew about them. I think it was when I left Ruby in the bathtub until the water was near freezing and her skin so wrinkled she looked like a tiny geezer that Pa finally drew the line.

And yes, we are all fine after the massive flooding that destroyed Fairfax, thanks for asking. I’ll let you know when I’m done sulking.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/what-chuck-did/#comment-317 Chuck Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:48:01 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/ae/television/2006/01/203#comment-317 Yeah, after some more digging I found better speculation sites than the one I linked to, and the producers did rule out the purgatory theory. The site I linked to has these elaborate theories about collective unconscious and Atlantis, but it's tough to tell how much the writers realize is fiction, and how much they think is a really genuinely true phenomenon the show's creators somehow tapped into. I guess <a href="http://www.thefuselage.com/" rel="nofollow">The Fuselage</a> is the "official" un-official site; I just wish their board interface weren't so poorly organized. Digging around the web for pieces of the show (like on <a href="http://lost.cubit.net/investigations.php" rel="nofollow">this site</a>, which backs everything up with screen grabs) reminded me a lot of when I was in college and looking around the internet for clues to the "Paul is dead" conspiracy. In your rational mind you know it's all nonsense, but there's something undeniably creepy and unsettling and compelling about it. Especially when they have the bits about Ghost Walt's Backwards Talk. ::shudder:: I always thought "Alias" was the soap opera for boys. It's got all the wild undisclosed familial relationships and complete disregard for continuity; maybe it's just not for boys? I think "Lost" is more like "a conspiracy theory for sane people." Yeah, after some more digging I found better speculation sites than the one I linked to, and the producers did rule out the purgatory theory. The site I linked to has these elaborate theories about collective unconscious and Atlantis, but it’s tough to tell how much the writers realize is fiction, and how much they think is a really genuinely true phenomenon the show’s creators somehow tapped into. I guess The Fuselage is the “official” un-official site; I just wish their board interface weren’t so poorly organized.

Digging around the web for pieces of the show (like on this site, which backs everything up with screen grabs) reminded me a lot of when I was in college and looking around the internet for clues to the “Paul is dead” conspiracy. In your rational mind you know it’s all nonsense, but there’s something undeniably creepy and unsettling and compelling about it. Especially when they have the bits about Ghost Walt’s Backwards Talk. ::shudder::

I always thought “Alias” was the soap opera for boys. It’s got all the wild undisclosed familial relationships and complete disregard for continuity; maybe it’s just not for boys? I think “Lost” is more like “a conspiracy theory for sane people.”

]]> By: Jackson West http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/01/what-chuck-did/#comment-314 Jackson West Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:19:43 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/ae/television/2006/01/203#comment-314 Only eight more days until there's a new episode! Sigh. I'm hooked, too. Hence, I've been keeping track of some of the forums (Television Without Pity and The Fuselage, mostly), and I guess the writers have gone on record as assuring everyone that they're not in purgatory, they're not clones or ghosts, and all the weirdness will eventually be explained 'scientifically or at least pseudo-scientifically.' Best description I've heard of it, and I can't remember who said it, is that it's "a soap opera for boys." It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a show on an actual broadcast network this much. Only eight more days until there’s a new episode! Sigh. I’m hooked, too. Hence, I’ve been keeping track of some of the forums (Television Without Pity and The Fuselage, mostly), and I guess the writers have gone on record as assuring everyone that they’re not in purgatory, they’re not clones or ghosts, and all the weirdness will eventually be explained ’scientifically or at least pseudo-scientifically.’

Best description I’ve heard of it, and I can’t remember who said it, is that it’s “a soap opera for boys.” It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed a show on an actual broadcast network this much.

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