Lost Discussion: “Three Minutes”

A determined Michael convinces Jack and several castaways to help him rescue Walt from “The Others.” With Jack away, Locke is left in charge of the hatch and must decide if he should believe Henry and not push the button, risking everyone’s safety. Meanwhile, the events that happened to Michael after he left are finally revealed. Meanwhile, Charlie struggles with Eko’s decision to discontinue building the church.

The second season finale airs next Wednesday.

Mission Stays Afloat; Poseidon Sinks

M:I III manages to stay on top, despite losing 1/2 its audience from last week. Even sadder is Poseidon’s $20 million in its opening week. Apparently the suits in Hollywood thought that dropping “Adventure” from the title would make us all forget that we’ve seen this movie already! Silly suits.

  1. Mission: Impossible III
  2. Poseidon *
  3. RV
  4. Just My Luck *
  5. An American Haunting
  6. United 93
  7. Stick It
  8. Ice Age: The Meltdown
  9. Silent Hill
  10. Hoot

More facts and figures from Box Office Mojo.

Opening this week:

  • The Da Vinci Code
  • Over the Hedge
  • See No Evil
  • Twelve and Holding

Strangers in Paradise: Immortal Enemies

“Oh, God. No.”

“You’d be surprised how many people say that in the end. I always tell them the same thing… God’s not with us.”

A crime-caesar and a crime-brutus

The Strangers in Paradise chapter or story arc that began with Love Me Tender finishes with Immortal Enemies. The fifth trade paperback, it takes Moore’s comic series/graphic novel into conspiracy-theory territory, not for the last time.

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