***Possible spoilers from past episodes in this post. Read at your own risk***

I’m having trouble following the convoluted, twisty plot of Lost. As much as I loved this show in the beginning, it’s become too much, too complicated for my tired brain to keep up with. I find I don’t care about the characters anymore. I miss Charlie. Ben just isn’t that evil to me. Sawyer’s lost his sarky edge now that he’s all googly-eyed over Kate. I can’t tell whether Locke is some sort of prophet/saviour or just some loser who thinks he’s a prophet/saviour. I’ve given up caring who Kate really wants. I still love Hurley though. He’s the gentle voice of reason amongst all the madness and chaos.

I think I’m done with it. Which is kind of sad because the show really had something in the beginning. Then it seemed to delve a little deeply into its own mythos. When a show has to play a recap hour before it starts so that the people will know what’s going on, there’s something wrong.

I think it was the third season when my interest began to flag. I was tired of a flashback per episode with the hidden little ties between Oceanic passengers and the increasingly complicated and mysterious plot that didn’t (and still doesn’t) look like it will ever be solved satisfactorily. I watched out of loyalty though but the only thing that “got” to me was Charlie’s death (hey, if you haven’t seen last season’s episodes by now you probably never will.)  When the new season began, I forgot that it was coming back on and missed the premiere. And I found I wasn’t all that broken up about it.

If it was up to me, I would wrap up all the mysterious stuff so that fans are happy and then I’d let the show go.

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After much hype, the Oscars are over. And they were…. not that interesting. Jon Stewart, however, was great, laid back, funny and classy. When he brought back the woman who won for Best Song because her partner took up all the speech time so that she could ‘have her moment,’ that was classy.

For the most part though, the ceremony was a reflection of the fashion on the red carpet: safe and a little dull. A comment I’m seeing a lot of online today is why do they complain about how long the show is, yet take up valuable time showing montages rather than letting the winners have longer speeches?

Ok, ok. No one wants to hear and actor thank everyone from his agent to his junior high drama teacher, but even an extra 15 seconds or so would be nice for some of these folks who may never get another Oscar. And some of the winners are damn funny in their speeches. I could have listened to Tilda Swinton joke around a bit longer.

Plus, I sort of feel a little embarrassed for the ones who get shoo’ed offstage by insistent music when they’re still talking.

Speeches and length of the show aside, here are some of my awards for ‘Best Whatever I feel Like’ at the Oscars:

Best speech: Tilda Swinton

Best Red Carpet Moment: Garey Busey freaking out Jennifer Garner and Ryan Seacrest

Best Tattoo: Diablo Cody

Best CGI: The opening sequence of the ceremony

Best Jon Stewart Moment: Jon plays a Wii onstage 

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Since one of my favourite shows, “24″ was affected by the writer’s strike and will not return until next year, and because it’s been forEVER since I’ve watched all of it, I’ve been watching the DVDs of the first five seasons. I’m into season three now.

I used to be obsessed with this show. It was fresh and amazing and had the added bonus of one of my first teenage crushes, Kiefer Sutherland, as the star. I even created a fansite for it because I knew no one who watched it and wanted a place to talk about the show with other fans. I still run that site and it’s still fun

Anyway, the show is now like a staple in my house. Always there when you need it - that sort of thing. I watch other stuff of course. Have other obsessions. But “24″ will always be near and dear, and rewatching it from the beginning has bee a lot of fun. Even now I’m catching nuances I missed before. Like in the second season when Palmer fires Mike Novick for betraying him. I never noticed that Novick was actually crying. Made that intense scene even more powerful.

I’m definitely a rewatcher. Some folks aren’t. They watch it once and they’re done with it. Me, I like to revisit. It’s like checking in on old friends and seeing how they’re doing. Jack is still saving the world, but he’s a bit worse for wear these days. If things were different, I’d be knee-deep in Bauer-land right now and I do miss it. But until Jack is back, I’ve got my trusty DVDs.

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I’ve grown too used to my DVR. It’s far too handy. I used to kick myself a LOT back in the days of the VCR when I’d forget to record something. Especially if it was a series I didn’t want to miss an episode of or had to be gone when the show aired. But now, I’ve grown so used to setting and forgetting on the DVR that I find myself with a large, time-consuming backlog of shows I have to catch up and by the time I do, my weekend is shot.

This weekend alone, I’ve got to watch Lost, Survivor and 2 Doctor Who’s and 2 Torchwoods. That’s six-ish hours man. An entire afternoon. And if the weather finally cooperates and warms up, I am not going to want to coop myself up in front of the tube which means I’ll get even further behind. So a DVR is a blessing and a curse. Love skipping ads, love watching my stuff on my own schedule. It gives me much more freedom - until it’s time to actually watch everything I’ve recorded.

Ugh.

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I don’t understand sound editors at all. In almost every show I’ve seen, when someone is trying to be stealthy, they are invariably wearing clicky shoes that echo like a big, loud echoing thing. Jack Bauer is trying to flush out the baddie of the hour and is moving quietly through a corridor - except his shoes are clacking so much he might as well start yelling, “Hey bad guy - come out right now. I’m approaching you from the northeast hallway and am about 10 steps away from an open doorway!”

Usually it’s the chicks who have this problem because no matter what they’re profession, they’re wearing stilettos or fashionable boots with pointy heels that create a racket while trying to hide from the bad guy.

And here’s the thing - the bad guys never seem to hear it. This leads me to believe it’s really down to the sound editor who’s got to make sure that during a long chase scene, something is happening to keep the viewer interested. But clicky shoes? I mean come on. I spend so much time being irritated with the loud shoes that I lose the plot of the show a little.

Why the rant as my first post on this new blog? Because it’s been bugging me for days and I just had to get it off my chest But welcome to TV Babble. I’m Stephanie. I like TV. A lot.

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