LOST – 6×6 – “Sundown”
March 8th, 2010
I’m not sure if it was intentional, but on the sixth episode of the sixth season (not sure what the third six would be to complete the 666 metaphor) deals a lot with evil. Characters are forced to face evil around them, evil in those close to them, and evil in themselves. It’s one of the darker episodes in the show’s history, and it ends with one of the creepier scenes I’ve seen in a while.
Andrew Koenig (1968-2010)
February 28th, 2010
As everyone has likely heard, we learned this week that Andrew Koenig was found dead in British Columbia. Koenig was the son of Star Trek legend Walter Koenig, known best for his role as Kirk Cameron’s best friend in the comedy Growing Pains. In addition to his career as an actor, Koenig recently spent time as an activist for human rights in Asia.
The staff at Lower Decks would like to offer our thoughts and prayers to the Koenig family as they deal with this tragedy.
Smallville 9×13 – “Warrior”
February 13th, 2010
Warrior Angel first appeared in Smallville’sfirst season as one of the show’s first allusion to Superman. From visual clues (the cover to the first comic book for both Warrior Angel and Superman are almost identical) to character clues (Warrior Angel and his nemesis, Devilicus, are very similar to the stories of Clark and Lex), it could’ve simply been a one-time reference to the fans. Instead, Warrior Angel has become a staple for the series, appearing a total of nine times so far. And, here, we finally get to meet a real-life version of Warrior Angel.
LOST 6×3 – “What Kate Does”
February 12th, 2010
After an amazing premiere, we get into the meat of the show’s final season. I’m sure a lot of people will see this episode as a “filler” episode, but I think the hour does a lot to set up the stage for the show’s final season. We get to find out what happened to Sayid, what happened to a survivor we haven’t seen in a very long time, and we get another question: what does it mean to be “claimed?”
Smallville 9×11/12 – “Absolute Justice”
February 6th, 2010
Smallville’s first two-hour movie in the show’s history is a pretty solid event. Not only do we get Smallville’s version of the Justice Society (including major appearances by Doctor Fate and Hawkman), but we get the first on-screen references to a lot of mainstream DC heroes. Not since the original Justice League episode has an episode of Smallville felt like a comic book event. But what worked for “Absolute Justice” wasn’t simply the fact that it feels like something special – it also tries to move the series forward in more ways than one.
LOST 6×1/6×2 – “LA X”
February 4th, 2010
In the past few weeks, in speaking to people about my anticipation of this season’s premiere, I found out that LOST had a lot of fans that jumped off the bandwagon at some point. Maybe it was during the show’s second season, which failed to capture some of the magic until the injection of the Henry Gale storyline. It might have been season 3’s “mini-series” and corresponding delay or season four’s nine-month absence.
But, in almost every example, it seems people got tired of not getting any answers. I never heard the argument that the show’s writing had gotten bad or that the show was too out there – it was simply that the wait was getting too long for some people. And I’ll be honest – I feel a little bad for those people. Because I can honestly say that last night’s premiere was absolutely amazing, and it featured one of the biggest answers in the show’s mythos. So if you gave up on the show, you’re missing out.
LOST Season 6 Preview
February 2nd, 2010
LOST premieres tonight on ABC, and it will launch a final season will be very bittersweet for me. Sweet because I’m looking forward to seeing the finality of the writers’ masterpiece; bitter because it will finally be over and there won’t be any more LOST to look forward to. But, like it or not, the show’s end begins tonight, and let’s take a spoiler-free (but speculation-full) look at what to expect.
Reminder – Smallville returns Friday, 1/29
January 28th, 2010
Hello everyone – just a reminder that Smallville returns after a long hiatus tomorrow night with a new episode entitled “Disciple.” It will air in the United States on the CW at 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central.
In addition, Smallville will air a 2-hour movie on February 5th (same time/channel). “Absolute Justice” was written by Geoff Johns (who wrote last year’s “Legion” episode), and it will bring the Justice Society of America to Smallville.
We’ll, of course, have reviews of all the remaining Smallville episodes right here at Lower Decks. We hope you’re looking forward to the return of Clark Kent!
V 1×3 – “A Brand New Day”
November 17th, 2009
The Visitors, now freely able to move around American cities, continue their “friendly” invasion of the Earth. Meanwhile, the resistance against the Visitors actually makes some progress as main characters meet each other. Throw in an appearance by the Fifth Column, and you have an episode of V that actually moves the story along quite nicely.
V – 1×2 – “There is No Normal Anymore”
November 12th, 2009
In the second episode of the V revival, we see two distinct camps open in regards to the Visitors. On one hand is obviously the anti-Visitor crowd led by Erica and Jack, who live in fear that their friends and colleagues could be Visitor sleeper agents. Meanwhile, the rest of the world continues to fall in love with the aliens. Some (Chad) are attracted to their power, while others (Tyler) are attracted to just about everything about them. For a series that’s moving right along, we’re already getting a pretty good idea of the rules and the stakes of the show.
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