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So, Two Guys Are Sitting On a Desert Island . . .
One's wearing a white shirt, the other black. Is it a smackdown between Good and Evil? Macs and PCs? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Nope, it's the big Lost season five finale, with tons of spoilers ahead. More » -
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What Happened, Happened … Unless You Can Change the Past
Why did I read that huge Lost spoiler on io9 last week — and, more importantly, why did it turn out to be true? Spoilers and lamentation after the jump. More lethal spoilers, below.
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Hurley Can See for Miles and Miles
The dynamic duo of Hurley and Miles teamed up again on last night's Lost for some soul searching — literally and figuratively. Spoilers and a confession after the jump. More » -
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It’s Judgment Day for Ben Linus
Mutton dressed as lamb in some bad wiggery, a monologue-ing villain, and one pissed-off teenager: Lost had it all this week. Get spoiled after the jump. More » -
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Kate Does The Right Thing
News flash! Last night's Lost was Kate-centric, and I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. Spoilers ahoy. More » -
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Sayid Jarrah, Natural Born Killer?
Oh, Sayid. You've done a very bad thing-or is it a very good thing? Oh, Lost, you've messed with my mind yet again. Spoilers ahoy! More » -
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On the Island, Highs are in the Mid-Seventies
Lost answered an all-important question last night (disco, punk, or Tony Orlando & Dawn?) when it showed us how Sawyer and crew spent the mid-1970s - the second time around. Let's dance, after the cut. More » -
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John Locke Gets Played Like A Card
Last night's Lost was an hour-long festival of Locke, with a special guest appearance from the World's Biggest Kid (and I don't mean whiny Jack). Let's talk about it after the cut. More » -
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On Lost, They’re Leaving on a Jet Plane
Though it featured lots of Jack and Kate, Lost delivered the goods last night... with a couple of exceptions. At least, I thought they were discordant notes, but let's discuss and recap after the jump. More » -
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On Lost, An Old Friend Stops By For A Smoke
If last week's episode of Lost was one for the shippers, this week's was tailor-made for people like me, who dig the action and island mythology. Let's recap and discuss after the jump. More » -
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On Lost: As the Island Turns
Last night's Lost was one for the shippers. Lots of Jack-Kate angst and a mopey Sawyer. Luckily there were some dramatic reveals for the rest of us. Let's talk about it behind the cut. More » -
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It’s Bombs Away on Lost!
Hooray! Lost was 100% Kate-free last night. In fact none of the Oceanic 6 made an appearance — but, oh, yeah, it somehow managed to be an interesting episode nonetheless. Oodles of spoilers follow. More » -
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On Lost, the Island Skips, Skips, Skips in Time
Lost is back! Let's sort through the tangle of weirdness, bad parenting and shirtlessness together, and may the flying spaghetti monster of your choice help us all. Spoilers follow. More » -
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Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
From the recently-posted Life magazine archives comes photographic evidence of a pistol-packing robot that predated Michael Crichton’s Westworld and Yul Brynner’s Gunslinger by some 13 years. We've got more pictures after the jump. More » -
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A Jetpack from the Real-Life Days of Steampunk
Getting to the California gold fields after the discovery of the precious metal at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 wasn’t easy—by land or by sea. That's where this satiric 1849 print from Currier and Ives comes from. It's called "The Way They Go to California," and tweaks the ore-crazed “Forty-Niners” who rushed to claim a stake and prospect for gold. Currier and Ives depicted the 49ers taking some alternate forms of transportation to California . . . like a personal rocket, which you see in the upper right. Click through for a closer look at what, a century later, would no doubt have been a jetpack. More »
