Weekday Post #72: Tasha Yar’s #1 Fan on LOST

Hey there, I Hate Star Wars Club members. Tasha Yar’s #1 Fan pointed out a LOST blaspheme that I had forgotten about. She’s absolutely right about it. I think JJ Abrams owes us an apology, or I shall follow Tasha Yar’s #1 Fan’s advice and reestablish the I Hate Star Wars Club’s boycott of LOST. Tasha Yar’s #1 Fan explains it much better than I could so I’ll allow her to make another guest post.

While I deeply respect William Shatner’s #1 Fan’s opinion, as well as his charm and good looks, I’m afraid I need to disagree with him on LOST. It’s true that J.J. Abrams has agreed to direct Star Trek 11, and that can atone for his “Jedi Moment” propaganda early in Season 1, but nothing can atone for episode 11 of the series where Boone and Locke are looking for the pregnant girl (there’s too many characters to remember everybody’s name, people!), Boone starts talking about the “red shirt phenomenon” on Star Trek. Typically, the so called extras are wearing red shirts, and viewers can rest easy that their favorite captain will not be killed, “so long as a red shirt is around.” I enjoyed the philosophical conversation up to this point, but then Locke uttered something so blasphemous I tremble to repeat it here. He said, “Red shirts die? That doesn’t sound like a very good captain.” How DARE anyone make fun of Captain Kirk? Captain Kirk is the pinnacle of gentle and wise leadership. If Captain Kirk were on the island, The Others would all be begging him for diplomatic (and romantic) relations. That doctor guy just bumbles around talking big. If he didn’t know how to read the prescription label on a few left over bottles on the plane, nobody would even know his name! I propose that we begin anew the LOST boycott until Captain Kirk gets better treatment!