Life of Brian

I finished LOST, so what should I watch next? I have the whole seven seasons (156 eps.) of The West Wing, but as much as I love that show, I don’t think I could watch it again. Maybe in another year. The five seasons (50 eps.) of Orphan Black? The four seasons (30 eps.) of Rectify? Those are the candidates that I have my own digital copies of.

Justified, 6 seasons (78 eps.) of its original run, plus there is also a bonus 8-episode season from 2023, all on Hulu; that might work. But I rewatched the originals back in 2023 when I knew Justified: City Primeval was coming, so… Maybe The Wire, which I’ve never seen. Five seasons with 60 episodes, and it’s on Hulu as well.

I finished The Andromeda Evolution this afternoon. There was a nice little call back to the original right at the end, but it suffers from modernism. Not the early 20th-century movement, but my definition, which is; let’s add more action every couple minutes so the audience won’t get bored. Next up on the book front is The Aviator’s Wife: A Novel. Found this in one of those “little libraries” in one of those little towns on my recent middle-of-Oregon road trip.

I started rewatching LOST back at the end of April, and I was really enjoying it. Donna and I have watched it all the way through a half dozen times. The last time I watched it was back in 2018, so even though I’m very familiar with the show, there were always a couple of bits of plot that I’ve forgotten. But this time, as each of the six seasons progressed, I was remembering it less and less. Mostly because I had blocked it out, I can’t believe how stupid this show was. I gave serious consideration to just stopping at the point where I only had 8 episodes left, but I did power through and finished it off yesterday. Fairly sure I won’t ever rewatch it again.

When I bought a couple of books back in June, one of them was a “sequel” to The Andromeda Strain. I’ve read the Michael Crichton book and really enjoyed it. I also own a digital copy of the 1971 movie that I had just rewatched a couple of months ago. This is one of the very few instances where I’ve enjoyed a movie made of a book I liked. I watched part of the first episode of a 2008 TV adaptation before quitting; I just didn’t like it. Although, if I could see it again now for free, I might give it another try.

The book is called The Andromeda Evolution, and Michael Crichton’s name is in huge letters on the cover even though he didn’t write it; in a much smaller-sized font, the real author’s name, Daniel H. Wilson is shown. It started promising, but like LOST, the longer I read, the less I enjoyed it. I’m at the 300-page mark of a 360-page book, and I’m considering stopping. Also, like not rewatching LOST, I probably won’t reread The Andromeda Evolution.