Inching. Towards. Break.

Spring break is next week. I'm looking forward to having some time to collect errant thoughts (of which there are many). A few pop-culture related comments:

Last week's LOST was exceptional. It is really at its best when Damon Lindelof and Carleton Cuse are writing it -- they were responsible for the Desmond ep a couple of weeks ago that nearly made me weep with nerd joy. Drew Moser has some good thoughts on Sayid and forgiveness. I swear, as long as Jack stays over with the Others (and we don't see hide nor hair of him, Juliet, or Ben, or Kate, for that matter) the show is really, really good.

Reports from the Paley fest indicate that some major plot developments in coming episodes of Heroes look suspiciously like plot lines from The Watchmen series. We all knew that Heroes was stealing lifting familiar notions from other comics, and those of us who have read some comic books (me) and many comic books (Patric(k), AV) were getting to be okay with it. Is it "creative liberty" or plagiarism? Another reason -- besides that psuedo-philosophical narration that I've rejected before and Jughead Petrelli-- for me to watch with eyebrow lifted. Now we have to wait until late April for comic book forgery.

Seen anything good lately? We went and saw David Fincher's Zodiac on Friday night. It was looooong (2h 40m!), but good. It's great that there are some significant, interesting films in the mainstream (I'm thinking of Zodiac, Children of Men). Manolha Dargis really loved Zodiac -- read her review here. Last week we saw The Lives of Others, which won the Academy Award for best foreign film, and it was outstanding -- a perfect example of Bernard Williams' "moral squeamishness" critique of Utilitarianism, and perhaps the topic of my in-the-hopper master's thesis. I think we're also planning to see Bong Joon-ho's The Host, for fun and for looks.

Tomorrow night we'll be heading to Dazzle for live music -- Ralph Alessi is in town with Ravi Coltrane. On Wednesday night (as long as all is well) I'll be running the boards for the Jazz Odyssey at KUVO. I might not talk, but I'll be pushing the buttons that will bring you Matt or Teke's fine musical choices. Tune in from 10p-12a if you're up. According to my pal at KUVO, next Wednesday (3/21/07) will guarantee not only my presence, but my voice over the airwaves as well.