Today is the last day of an era.
For the past six years I have been watching the show LOST, a mind-blowing saga that kept my interest beyond the lengths of many other TV shows. Today, at 11:30pm, it will be over, as the last episode finished playing and the tale of the intrepid survivors is brought to a close. I'm actually quite sad.
I started watching the show from the first episode, back in 2004. I originally watched because of Dominic Monaghan, who babysat me when I was younger (before he went off to make Hetty Wainthropp or LOTR), but I was quickly hooked, as was the rest of my family. The show was with me throughout high school and into my first year of college, a constant that kept me sane. It also brought my family closer together. Every LOST day we would gather together and watch it, silent during the show, but discussing events and theories during the commercials. Even now, after I've moved away from home, we have gathered today for celebration and mourning for what many would see as a simple TV show, but we see as much more.
LOST had a great community behind it. It came out as the internet was being reborn; as Facebook was created and it became more compatible. The online fandom of this show was immense. A myriad of forums sprouted up, including my favourite, DarkUFO, and Lost Media. Jorge Garcia, the actor behind the character Hurley, set up his blog a while back to keep in touch with his fans, and despite their inability to talk about upcoming episodes, the rest of the cast also stayed close to the public through interviews.The creators themselves, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, also had a wonderful relationship with their fans, teasing them about future events and possible plotlines, whilst also remaining friendly and compassionate towards the viewers pleas.
Even now, this community is strong, and it will continue to be so. After all, the original Star Trek is still beloved by many, as is X-Files, and so considering the impact that LOST has had on the first decade of the 21st century, I figure it's fan will remain loyal even after it's final bow.
So, if the unlikely possiblity of someone from on LOST ever reading this comes to pass, I would like to say one thing for the many years you have given to me and the millions of fans you have out there. Thank you.
- The Gimboid
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Draw Mohammed Day
May 20th was 'Draw Mohammed Day' according to a pretty large group that has gathered on Facebook. They all decided to draw pictures of the Islam prophet Mohammed in order to promote free speech (or something like that, different people in the group seem to have different reasons). It all started when South Park was sent death threats for trying to portray the prophet on the show. This infuriated people, who somehow don't seem to realize the meaning of the word 'taboo', and 'offensive'. Instead, these people who are drawing the prophet are blaming Islam for oppressing them and others, and just a quick glimpse on the Facebook site reveals that the majority of people participating and ranting are Atheists who are simply anti-religion in general.
Although religions can cause problems, right now it's non-religious people who are starting the fight.
For a group of people who complain about how religions cause all the problems, Atheists tend to be the ones who start the fights.
It's like a schoolyard battle. You have the kid who loves to fight (religion), and the annoying kid who's bugging them about everything and telling them that they're stupid (Atheists). Who's the one who's to blame for the fight?
Although I don't believe in God, I don't care if other people do, unless they're using it as a reason to do stupid things. If they want to waste their time going to synagogues/churches/etc, that's their business. If they're oppressing someone else because of their beliefs, though, that's something that involves everyone, and should be stopped, but you shouldn't start bugging everyone who believes in some of the same things.
It's similar to all the debates on gaming that annoy me. People saying that gamers are about to go crazy and kill everyone just because a couple people have done things and had played something like Grand Theft Auto at some point. It's all stereotyping done by people who know nothing of the religions.
Islam actually says that the only time you can kill is in self-defense. Christianity is inherently violent, but Islam at its core is decidedly less so.
Later on, governments ruled by people who believe in this nonsense decided that they could twist it around to control people. I strongly believe in keeping religion and politics separate, but for some reason, those in power never seem to do it properly. this instead become an issue with those specific people, rather than with the entire religion.
Religious extremists are not the majority, nor even a large minority, of any religions, so why pick apart what makes the other people happy if they're not hurting anyone.
How much do you even know about Islam? Who are you to judge what these people happen to hold dear to them? Are you saying that you're so ignorant that you'll do things that offend people just because you can? You may have freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean you should use all of it - other people are the most valuable thing we have on the planet, and who are you to offend them just because you have the freedom to?
You don't deserve the freedom that you have if you're going to use it to hurt others because you don't agree with them. If you're planning on doing something like this, think about what you're doing before you act on peer pressure.
- The Gimboid
P.S. As a final word, I have to wonder how people know it's a picture of Mohammed. If no one can draw a picture of him, then surely no one knows what he actually looks like beyond description in words.
Although religions can cause problems, right now it's non-religious people who are starting the fight.
For a group of people who complain about how religions cause all the problems, Atheists tend to be the ones who start the fights.
It's like a schoolyard battle. You have the kid who loves to fight (religion), and the annoying kid who's bugging them about everything and telling them that they're stupid (Atheists). Who's the one who's to blame for the fight?
Although I don't believe in God, I don't care if other people do, unless they're using it as a reason to do stupid things. If they want to waste their time going to synagogues/churches/etc, that's their business. If they're oppressing someone else because of their beliefs, though, that's something that involves everyone, and should be stopped, but you shouldn't start bugging everyone who believes in some of the same things.
It's similar to all the debates on gaming that annoy me. People saying that gamers are about to go crazy and kill everyone just because a couple people have done things and had played something like Grand Theft Auto at some point. It's all stereotyping done by people who know nothing of the religions.
Islam actually says that the only time you can kill is in self-defense. Christianity is inherently violent, but Islam at its core is decidedly less so.
Later on, governments ruled by people who believe in this nonsense decided that they could twist it around to control people. I strongly believe in keeping religion and politics separate, but for some reason, those in power never seem to do it properly. this instead become an issue with those specific people, rather than with the entire religion.
Religious extremists are not the majority, nor even a large minority, of any religions, so why pick apart what makes the other people happy if they're not hurting anyone.
How much do you even know about Islam? Who are you to judge what these people happen to hold dear to them? Are you saying that you're so ignorant that you'll do things that offend people just because you can? You may have freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean you should use all of it - other people are the most valuable thing we have on the planet, and who are you to offend them just because you have the freedom to?
You don't deserve the freedom that you have if you're going to use it to hurt others because you don't agree with them. If you're planning on doing something like this, think about what you're doing before you act on peer pressure.
Interesting thing is, I don't believe in God, but I know that you don't judge a person by what religion they identify as - you judge them by what actions they take in life. Every person is an individual.
- The Gimboid
P.S. As a final word, I have to wonder how people know it's a picture of Mohammed. If no one can draw a picture of him, then surely no one knows what he actually looks like beyond description in words.
So really all of these pictures are of some guy with a beard who people decided to call Mohammed.
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