Monday, May 05, 2008
LOST thoughts
Episode 10...
Let's hear it for meaningful nudity. When Jack doffed his shirt in his flash forward, people around the interwebs froze that moment to look and see if he had a scar from the appendectomy Juliet gave him back on the island. I have yet to see conclusive proof that it was there, but many sites are reporting that it was. Maybe what Juliet lacked in surgery skills, she made up for with sewing skills.
I don't think Jack had appendicitis. I think Juliet did something to him to make him think that, then wouldn't allow him to watch the surgery so she could plant some sort of tracking device or something inside him. It's like Rose said: people just don't get sick on that island.
You be the judge...
Jimmy Kimmel's post show grilling of the producers also noted that Jack was hairy last season and now has no chest hair. Kimmel's a big fan and he asks the questions that bug him evry week, and it's becoming a must watch for LOST fans. Here's this week's interrogation:
Love that he pointed out how quickly the smoke monster killed Eko, but not the soldier dudes.
At any rate -- there is something definitely going on with who is sick on the island and who isn't, a point made on the show by Rose. I'm thinking it revolves around faith or lack there of. I was also glad that Hurley brought up the theory that perhaps everyone is dead from Flight 815 and this is some kind of hell. While the producers have scoffed at after life theories, they apparently love feeding that idea.
Sawyer nickname of the week: He called Miles "Donger". Anyone know what movie that's from? Anyone?
Throwing things makes this point: I do wonder, though, why Jack and Hurley are so fragile while Kate seems so strong. And what's Kate doing for Sawyer? Ain't nothing but daddy issues on this show, so my money is on something to do with Clementine.
Timeline seems to me:
1. They get off the island, Jack goes back to work, Kate has her trial, Jack refuses to see Aaron ("Eggtown")
2. Jack reconsiders, gets together with Kate, bonds with Aaron, moves in, starts taking pills and seeing visions of Christian (last night)
3. Jack and Kate split up, Jack spirals downhill, sees notice in the paper of guy in coffin ("Through the Looking Glass")
And what is with Jack's dad popping up all over the place? Is he everyone's dad? Man, that dude slept around. The world.
So much of Jack's stuff comes from the father/son relationship and the things his relationship with his dad lacked. The scene where he asked Kate if he was a good father was very touching, but again it centered around his performance ability. Sad.
I can't think of anything that would cause Claire to leave Aaron behind, unless she really were dead. When Sawyer issued the restraining order, I got the feeling that Miles was looking at her because maybe she was really dead... not because he thought she was hot. And then... she sees Christian and leaves her baby behind.
I loved that Christian was wearing white sneakers in the scene where he met Jack at his office. Jacob, anyone?
Let's hear it for meaningful nudity. When Jack doffed his shirt in his flash forward, people around the interwebs froze that moment to look and see if he had a scar from the appendectomy Juliet gave him back on the island. I have yet to see conclusive proof that it was there, but many sites are reporting that it was. Maybe what Juliet lacked in surgery skills, she made up for with sewing skills.
I don't think Jack had appendicitis. I think Juliet did something to him to make him think that, then wouldn't allow him to watch the surgery so she could plant some sort of tracking device or something inside him. It's like Rose said: people just don't get sick on that island.
You be the judge...
Jimmy Kimmel's post show grilling of the producers also noted that Jack was hairy last season and now has no chest hair. Kimmel's a big fan and he asks the questions that bug him evry week, and it's becoming a must watch for LOST fans. Here's this week's interrogation:
Love that he pointed out how quickly the smoke monster killed Eko, but not the soldier dudes.
At any rate -- there is something definitely going on with who is sick on the island and who isn't, a point made on the show by Rose. I'm thinking it revolves around faith or lack there of. I was also glad that Hurley brought up the theory that perhaps everyone is dead from Flight 815 and this is some kind of hell. While the producers have scoffed at after life theories, they apparently love feeding that idea.
Sawyer nickname of the week: He called Miles "Donger". Anyone know what movie that's from? Anyone?
Throwing things makes this point: I do wonder, though, why Jack and Hurley are so fragile while Kate seems so strong. And what's Kate doing for Sawyer? Ain't nothing but daddy issues on this show, so my money is on something to do with Clementine.
Timeline seems to me:
1. They get off the island, Jack goes back to work, Kate has her trial, Jack refuses to see Aaron ("Eggtown")
2. Jack reconsiders, gets together with Kate, bonds with Aaron, moves in, starts taking pills and seeing visions of Christian (last night)
3. Jack and Kate split up, Jack spirals downhill, sees notice in the paper of guy in coffin ("Through the Looking Glass")
And what is with Jack's dad popping up all over the place? Is he everyone's dad? Man, that dude slept around. The world.
So much of Jack's stuff comes from the father/son relationship and the things his relationship with his dad lacked. The scene where he asked Kate if he was a good father was very touching, but again it centered around his performance ability. Sad.
I can't think of anything that would cause Claire to leave Aaron behind, unless she really were dead. When Sawyer issued the restraining order, I got the feeling that Miles was looking at her because maybe she was really dead... not because he thought she was hot. And then... she sees Christian and leaves her baby behind.
I loved that Christian was wearing white sneakers in the scene where he met Jack at his office. Jacob, anyone?
Monday, April 28, 2008
New info from last week's episode
(via popcandy)
There is a time portal/wormhole that connects Tunisia to the Island. That's how Ben ends up seemingly fallen from the sky in the Tunisian desert. That's how a polar bear skull is excavated from the Tunisian sand. And that how a small prop plane can take off from Nigeria and end up on the island. The proof: according to Google Earth, the coordinates for 'Tunisia' are: 33 deg, 53 sec N and 9 deg, 31 sec E. The polar opposite of those coordinates is: 33 deg, 53 53 sec S and 170 deg 29 sec W. If you follow those coordinates, you end up....just NE of Sydney, Australia in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, enroute to LA, and not far from Fiji.
There is a time portal/wormhole that connects Tunisia to the Island. That's how Ben ends up seemingly fallen from the sky in the Tunisian desert. That's how a polar bear skull is excavated from the Tunisian sand. And that how a small prop plane can take off from Nigeria and end up on the island. The proof: according to Google Earth, the coordinates for 'Tunisia' are: 33 deg, 53 sec N and 9 deg, 31 sec E. The polar opposite of those coordinates is: 33 deg, 53 53 sec S and 170 deg 29 sec W. If you follow those coordinates, you end up....just NE of Sydney, Australia in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, enroute to LA, and not far from Fiji.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Episode Nine -- or Ben's a bad ass again...
I've always had this feeling in the back of my mind that Ben was actually a good guy, and in the end, we'd find out all his evil actions were because he was trying to correct a great wrong. Now I'm not so sure. The smirk on his face after he obviously had just conned Sayid into being his hit man was super creepy. I can't figure out where this is going, but I sure am enjoying the ride.
Let's get to over analyzing this show shall we?
Ben has a secret room, but he also has a secret room inside his secret room, and in the second secret room, he has the ability to unleash the smoke monster (which I imagine to be some sort of nanotechnology). Unleashing the smoke monster is difficult work, as Ben emerges from the secret room more than a little bit dirty and disheveled.
In the meantime, Sawyer is able to avoid strafing automatic weapons fire by hiding under a picket fence and a picnic table. Is he one of the island's protected few? I ask this because it came up on Jimmy Kimmel's show the other night. Here's the transcript:
Kimmel: The island heals some people and doesn't heal others. For instance, Ben needed an operation from Jack to beat cancer, but it seems like Sawyer gets injured every sixth episode and by the next, he's fine. Is that just a TV thing?
Carlton Cuse: Wow. [Laughs] Where are the softball questions, Jimmy? What about the warm-up?
Damon Lindelof: The short answer is, it's not arbitrary. Yes, there is a certain degree of compressing story. The idea that everything you've seen has really happened in 110 days of real time feels fantastical, but that's the convention of the show. However, who gets sick and how fast they heal is something we talk about. In the second episode back [airing May 1], that becomes a major issue in the story. One character gets sick and another who has had experience being healed voices exactly that question: Is there any rhyme or reason to it?
Cuse: The healing is related to the degree to which you are in communion with the island at any given moment. Perhaps Ben getting sick and needing surgery had to do with the fact that he had fallen out of favor, that his connection with the island was maybe not what it had been in the past.
To that end, Claire certainly bounced back nicely after her little scrape. Looked like she even brushed her hair.I loved the fact that when Sawyer wanted to rescue Claire, Ben said, “There’s no time” and Sawyer responded, “I’ll make time.” With all the time jumping and time variations that have been introduced lately, I thought that was pretty humorous. Like the writers were winking at us with a time-making joke. And maybe the manipulation of time (adding to it or taking away from it) is a big reason the Island is the coveted prize.
Also did you all notice when Ben made this remark: “Every one of my people is prepared to die in service to this island.” “In service to” – again an Island that demands allegiance? An Island that determines when you do or don’t die? An Island that can move around or hide itself? The Island must have a soul and a will, at the very least.
The smoke monster didn't kill all of the mercenaries from Widmore's ship, because the doof the executed Ben's daughter appeared in the scenes for next week's show. So he's in the island's favor? The island's okay with random death penalties?
I think I went brain dead after Alex was shot. Actually I think I looked much like Ben did. Truly sad. I guess the whole Danielle backstory will never be told after all - maybe a victim of the writer's strike? How about a special in memorium for Nadia and that blonde extra who always wore the hankerchief on her head who got shot by the freighters? I think I remember seeing her in the background of most of the Lost gatherings, but she never spoke a word. I guess the Penelope deathwatch begins now.
At the beginning of the episode Hurley, while playing risk, said “Dude, I can’t believe you’re giving him Australia. AUSTRALIA IS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE GAME.” And it appears to be a game, because Ben is adamant that the rules has changed. What were the rules before this? It was alright to arrange a killing of Locke's dad, but execution style slayings are off limits? Wow. I need a notebook binder to keep track of all this crap.
Ben said that he knew he couldn't kill Widmore. I'm betting that Widmore is actually the man who captained the Black Rock slave ship, became shipwrecked onto the island, lost the island somehow and actually bought his own journal in the auction.
Did anyone notice the painting over the piano Ben was playing is the same painting in the hallway when Ben left Widmore's bedroom? It looks like a Cezanne.
Was this the first of Jack's addiction being introduced? He was being so shifty with Kate about the pills he was taking, and she obviously was curious because otherwise would she grill the doctor about taking a pill or two? Just say no, Jack! Dr. House takes enough painkillers for the both of you!
Farraday attempts to run some bull on the survivors by giving them a false read on the Morse Code message from the ship. This is cut off by Bernard, who is so old he can decipher Morse Code, even though it's almost obsolete in modern communications. The truth is out there, the Widmore ship ain't there to run a rescue mission.
This is really random and most likely very unrelated, but in the book The Time Traveler's Wife, the first doctor who believes Henry about his time traveling and helps him try to control it is Dr. Kendrich. My first thought when Ben said he wanted to see the Kendrich's was that he needed help with time travel sickness or effects.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on the show, because, as you can tell, I am confused about a lot of it.
Let's get to over analyzing this show shall we?
Ben has a secret room, but he also has a secret room inside his secret room, and in the second secret room, he has the ability to unleash the smoke monster (which I imagine to be some sort of nanotechnology). Unleashing the smoke monster is difficult work, as Ben emerges from the secret room more than a little bit dirty and disheveled.
In the meantime, Sawyer is able to avoid strafing automatic weapons fire by hiding under a picket fence and a picnic table. Is he one of the island's protected few? I ask this because it came up on Jimmy Kimmel's show the other night. Here's the transcript:
Kimmel: The island heals some people and doesn't heal others. For instance, Ben needed an operation from Jack to beat cancer, but it seems like Sawyer gets injured every sixth episode and by the next, he's fine. Is that just a TV thing?
Carlton Cuse: Wow. [Laughs] Where are the softball questions, Jimmy? What about the warm-up?
Damon Lindelof: The short answer is, it's not arbitrary. Yes, there is a certain degree of compressing story. The idea that everything you've seen has really happened in 110 days of real time feels fantastical, but that's the convention of the show. However, who gets sick and how fast they heal is something we talk about. In the second episode back [airing May 1], that becomes a major issue in the story. One character gets sick and another who has had experience being healed voices exactly that question: Is there any rhyme or reason to it?
Cuse: The healing is related to the degree to which you are in communion with the island at any given moment. Perhaps Ben getting sick and needing surgery had to do with the fact that he had fallen out of favor, that his connection with the island was maybe not what it had been in the past.
To that end, Claire certainly bounced back nicely after her little scrape. Looked like she even brushed her hair.I loved the fact that when Sawyer wanted to rescue Claire, Ben said, “There’s no time” and Sawyer responded, “I’ll make time.” With all the time jumping and time variations that have been introduced lately, I thought that was pretty humorous. Like the writers were winking at us with a time-making joke. And maybe the manipulation of time (adding to it or taking away from it) is a big reason the Island is the coveted prize.
Also did you all notice when Ben made this remark: “Every one of my people is prepared to die in service to this island.” “In service to” – again an Island that demands allegiance? An Island that determines when you do or don’t die? An Island that can move around or hide itself? The Island must have a soul and a will, at the very least.
The smoke monster didn't kill all of the mercenaries from Widmore's ship, because the doof the executed Ben's daughter appeared in the scenes for next week's show. So he's in the island's favor? The island's okay with random death penalties?
I think I went brain dead after Alex was shot. Actually I think I looked much like Ben did. Truly sad. I guess the whole Danielle backstory will never be told after all - maybe a victim of the writer's strike? How about a special in memorium for Nadia and that blonde extra who always wore the hankerchief on her head who got shot by the freighters? I think I remember seeing her in the background of most of the Lost gatherings, but she never spoke a word. I guess the Penelope deathwatch begins now.
At the beginning of the episode Hurley, while playing risk, said “Dude, I can’t believe you’re giving him Australia. AUSTRALIA IS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE GAME.” And it appears to be a game, because Ben is adamant that the rules has changed. What were the rules before this? It was alright to arrange a killing of Locke's dad, but execution style slayings are off limits? Wow. I need a notebook binder to keep track of all this crap.
Ben said that he knew he couldn't kill Widmore. I'm betting that Widmore is actually the man who captained the Black Rock slave ship, became shipwrecked onto the island, lost the island somehow and actually bought his own journal in the auction.
Did anyone notice the painting over the piano Ben was playing is the same painting in the hallway when Ben left Widmore's bedroom? It looks like a Cezanne.
Was this the first of Jack's addiction being introduced? He was being so shifty with Kate about the pills he was taking, and she obviously was curious because otherwise would she grill the doctor about taking a pill or two? Just say no, Jack! Dr. House takes enough painkillers for the both of you!
Farraday attempts to run some bull on the survivors by giving them a false read on the Morse Code message from the ship. This is cut off by Bernard, who is so old he can decipher Morse Code, even though it's almost obsolete in modern communications. The truth is out there, the Widmore ship ain't there to run a rescue mission.
This is really random and most likely very unrelated, but in the book The Time Traveler's Wife, the first doctor who believes Henry about his time traveling and helps him try to control it is Dr. Kendrich. My first thought when Ben said he wanted to see the Kendrich's was that he needed help with time travel sickness or effects.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on the show, because, as you can tell, I am confused about a lot of it.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
New LOST opening...
What if LOST was a bad 80’s sit com? The title theme might go something like this.
Monday, March 24, 2008
new LOST takes
These come courtesy of popcandy's LOST discussion...
So the leaving the island makes you suicidal but incapable of committing suicide?
Once leaving the island Hurley sees dead Charlie, Michael sees dead Libby – some kind of connection by guilt? They both felt guilt over the deaths – inadvertently in Charlie’s case and advertently in Libby’s?
And not yet another LIST!
Except for the absence of flashing lights, wasn’t the scene with Ben at the mic reminiscent of Professor Marvel/the Wizard of Oz at the mic manipulating others behind his curtain?
Did anyone else think that Mr. Friendly's "friend" Arturo looked a lot like the guy getting beaten up in the video that Ben showed Locke?
Mr. Friendly also stated "I don't make it back to the mainland too often" - - sounds like Ben isn't the only one to make trips off the island...
Tonight's 'flashback' is the first one in memory where the character has been telling a story to another character. As we all know, the Losties have not been very good at sharing their pasts with one another, or else Jack and Claire would be having sibling bonding time, etc... All other flashbacks/forwards thus far have been taken by the audience as truth because they've simply been memories/foretellings of events. Tonight Michael was telling Sayid his story. This makes me wonder about the credibility of the story, and whether this may be the first flash that is a lie, or is a half-truth. Doesn't it seem odd that Michael would omit the whole portion of his story that involves what happened when they followed that 325 bearing? Are we (and Sayid) to assume that Michael and Walt just magically flew back to Manhattan?
Saturday, March 22, 2008
LOST chat for season 4, episode 8
A great show to take us through the strike hiatus. A double cliff hanger with a double homicide involving Rousseau, Karl and Alex, and Sayid stupidly blowing Mike's cover to the captain of the freighter.
What's wonderful about the show right now, IMHO, is the duality of blame between Ben and Widmore, with each side's henchmen blaming the other for the fake Flight 815 found earlier. This leaves us a dilemma as viewers: is there a good v. evil situation here, with heroes and bad guys, or is the show similar to life, in that everyone has aspects of good and evil in them, revealing them at different times?
Some interesting reveals during this episode include:
Holy cow! The man in the hospital bed next to Michael (on the ventilator) is Alvar Hanso!
Check out http://getlostpodcast.com to see for yourself!
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Now if I could only remember what Hanso has to do with the island. Hold on a second while I run to the Lostpedia.....Talk amongst yourselves.....Oh yeah, he founded the original outpost on the island, and he supposedly disappeared from public view...
Also -- was Michael time jumping? Check it out:
1. Libby calls him Mr. Dawson when the other nurse says he was not carrying any ID.
2. Michael asks Libby, "What happened to me?" and she tells him he was in a car accident. He wants to know how badly he is hurt. He doesn't ask the second nurse this question because he of course knows what happened: he was trying to kill himself.
3. There is a Christmas tree in the background when the second nurse comes in, but not when Libby comes in.
4. Libby is wearing hospital gear (scrubs/ID), but later on the freighter when she appears to Michael, she is in her island duds. I mentioned earlier that she did spend a year in med school, but left to become a psychologist. So it is possible she actually worked in a hospital.
The revelation of Tom as a gay man. I never saw that coming, although some have hinted they knew it to be the case. He told Kate once "You're not my type..." I think there should be a spinoff series "Mr. Friendly in The City".
The revelation that the island does not allow you to kill yourself. Could that explain why Jack was wet on the bridge in the first flash forward? Does that mean you're immortal if you spent time on the island? Would that make Sayid a better assassin?
Michael's character continuing self-pity. It was what caused him to split from Walt in the first place.
And how tight is the time frame that allowed Michael to get home, get in an accident, recover, find Tom in an alley, get to Fiji and get on a slow moving freighter back to the island. Hard to swallow, considering how messed up they made him look in the hospital, which had Christmas decorations up, to indicate it was sometime close to where they are now. In the meantime, Tom had to get on and off the island and back again before the sub was destroyed (is that their only way on and off the island?) and in time to be killed. Now figure into that equation the time difference between the island and the real world is roughly thirty one minutes. (Ouch!)
According to the LOSTPEDIA:
Michael's flashback is suggested to have taken place sometime between Days 68 (the day Michael and Walt leave the Island), as Michael is estranged from Walt since he revealed what he did on the island, and Day 82 (the day the Others leave the barracks), as Ben is shown at his barracks house.
* Likewise, Tom's appearances would seem to have been set between Day 74 and Day 80 as he was at the Hydra before Day 74 and at the Barracks on Day 80.
Why is Michael haunted by Libby and not Ana Lucia? Once leaving the island Hurley sees dead Charlie, Michael sees dead Libby – some kind of connection by guilt? They both felt guilt over the deaths – inadvertently in Charlie’s case and advertently in Libby’s?
Is it just me, or did the captain not looked troubled by Sayid's revelation, as if he knew who Michael was all along. How weird would it be if the whole Widmore v. Ben thing is an elaborate ruse to fool the survivors of 815, because they don't want the secrets of the island, least of all its location, revealed.
That song that was playing in Michael's car...where else have we heard that??
It appeared to be a Mama Cass song, which is the same artist (different song) that desmond was jamming to in the hatch when they first found it. Is Mama Cass in a time warp somewhere?
Ben telling Michael he doesn't kill innocent people. Huh? He told Mikhail to kill the girls in the underwater station. He told Locke to kill his father (granted, that man was no innocent!).
Not to mention, we know Ben killed the Dharma population. Were they not innocent? Half of them were children. Ben, influenced by the Hostiles or not, detonated the gas that killed his father and all of the Dharmas. We know that him saying he doesn't kill innocents could be true as of right now, but in the past, it certainly wasn't. Ben kills innocents, but according to his own qualifications.
QUICK QUIZ:
Shortly after the ships heads out, Naomi and Frank have a brief conversation on deck with Michael nearby. After they finish talking, Namoi steps up from the deck to go through a door.
What do Naomi's low waist jeans reveal on her backside?
A. A whale tale.
B. Plumbers crack.
C. A tramp stamp.
Will Rousseau gunshots heal like Locke did?
As always, feel free to comment...
What's wonderful about the show right now, IMHO, is the duality of blame between Ben and Widmore, with each side's henchmen blaming the other for the fake Flight 815 found earlier. This leaves us a dilemma as viewers: is there a good v. evil situation here, with heroes and bad guys, or is the show similar to life, in that everyone has aspects of good and evil in them, revealing them at different times?
Some interesting reveals during this episode include:
Holy cow! The man in the hospital bed next to Michael (on the ventilator) is Alvar Hanso!
Check out http://getlostpodcast.com to see for yourself!
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Now if I could only remember what Hanso has to do with the island. Hold on a second while I run to the Lostpedia.....Talk amongst yourselves.....Oh yeah, he founded the original outpost on the island, and he supposedly disappeared from public view...
Also -- was Michael time jumping? Check it out:
1. Libby calls him Mr. Dawson when the other nurse says he was not carrying any ID.
2. Michael asks Libby, "What happened to me?" and she tells him he was in a car accident. He wants to know how badly he is hurt. He doesn't ask the second nurse this question because he of course knows what happened: he was trying to kill himself.
3. There is a Christmas tree in the background when the second nurse comes in, but not when Libby comes in.
4. Libby is wearing hospital gear (scrubs/ID), but later on the freighter when she appears to Michael, she is in her island duds. I mentioned earlier that she did spend a year in med school, but left to become a psychologist. So it is possible she actually worked in a hospital.
The revelation of Tom as a gay man. I never saw that coming, although some have hinted they knew it to be the case. He told Kate once "You're not my type..." I think there should be a spinoff series "Mr. Friendly in The City".
The revelation that the island does not allow you to kill yourself. Could that explain why Jack was wet on the bridge in the first flash forward? Does that mean you're immortal if you spent time on the island? Would that make Sayid a better assassin?
Michael's character continuing self-pity. It was what caused him to split from Walt in the first place.
And how tight is the time frame that allowed Michael to get home, get in an accident, recover, find Tom in an alley, get to Fiji and get on a slow moving freighter back to the island. Hard to swallow, considering how messed up they made him look in the hospital, which had Christmas decorations up, to indicate it was sometime close to where they are now. In the meantime, Tom had to get on and off the island and back again before the sub was destroyed (is that their only way on and off the island?) and in time to be killed. Now figure into that equation the time difference between the island and the real world is roughly thirty one minutes. (Ouch!)
According to the LOSTPEDIA:
Michael's flashback is suggested to have taken place sometime between Days 68 (the day Michael and Walt leave the Island), as Michael is estranged from Walt since he revealed what he did on the island, and Day 82 (the day the Others leave the barracks), as Ben is shown at his barracks house.
* Likewise, Tom's appearances would seem to have been set between Day 74 and Day 80 as he was at the Hydra before Day 74 and at the Barracks on Day 80.
Why is Michael haunted by Libby and not Ana Lucia? Once leaving the island Hurley sees dead Charlie, Michael sees dead Libby – some kind of connection by guilt? They both felt guilt over the deaths – inadvertently in Charlie’s case and advertently in Libby’s?
Is it just me, or did the captain not looked troubled by Sayid's revelation, as if he knew who Michael was all along. How weird would it be if the whole Widmore v. Ben thing is an elaborate ruse to fool the survivors of 815, because they don't want the secrets of the island, least of all its location, revealed.
That song that was playing in Michael's car...where else have we heard that??
It appeared to be a Mama Cass song, which is the same artist (different song) that desmond was jamming to in the hatch when they first found it. Is Mama Cass in a time warp somewhere?
Ben telling Michael he doesn't kill innocent people. Huh? He told Mikhail to kill the girls in the underwater station. He told Locke to kill his father (granted, that man was no innocent!).
Not to mention, we know Ben killed the Dharma population. Were they not innocent? Half of them were children. Ben, influenced by the Hostiles or not, detonated the gas that killed his father and all of the Dharmas. We know that him saying he doesn't kill innocents could be true as of right now, but in the past, it certainly wasn't. Ben kills innocents, but according to his own qualifications.
QUICK QUIZ:
Shortly after the ships heads out, Naomi and Frank have a brief conversation on deck with Michael nearby. After they finish talking, Namoi steps up from the deck to go through a door.
What do Naomi's low waist jeans reveal on her backside?
A. A whale tale.
B. Plumbers crack.
C. A tramp stamp.
Will Rousseau gunshots heal like Locke did?
As always, feel free to comment...
Monday, March 17, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
LOST ponderings...
I love a good Jin/Sun-centric episode because I rarely get a chance to brush up on my Korean. It was a very romantic episode that revealed not only Jin's undying love for Sun, but also Juliette's undying desire to be an ass. She rubs me the wrong way, even though I know what she pulled on Sun may have saved both her and her child's life.
Or is it the Ben Linus rule: when in doubt, throw a complete mindf&*% on them.
Before we start, can I just say that the lady who played the therapist in last week's episode scared me to death. I'm still having nightmares about her eyebrows.
What we learned:
Sun carries her baby to term. The Ocenaic Six will be off the island shortly.
In one of the most anti-climatic moments in show history, Michael is revealed to be Ben's spy on Charles Widmore's boat. His fake name is "Kevin Johnson". He may have been slipping Sayid and Desmond notes about not trusting the captain of the ship they are being held on.
The boat's captain points out that Ben is behind the fake wreck site of Oceanic Flight 815.
(Last week, Ben pointed out that Charles wants to use the island for financial gain. Is this a case of the lesser of two evils?). The trust issues on this show are as shaky as a Michael Mancini themed episode on "Melrose Place."
A boat crewperson named Regina commits suicide shortly before this scene by wrapping a heavy chain around her and jumping off the ship. The captain makes no attempt to rescue her, and indicates morale on the ship is low. The ship's doctor also appears to order "Kevin" to clean up a suicide scene in one of the boat's cabins. It appears something (the force of being close to the island?) is causing unusual behavior on the boat.
In a parallel flashback/flash forward, the producers make it appear that Jin is buying a stuffed panda for Sun's baby. He is not, for in his segment, a toy store employee suggest it is "the year of the dragon". The last year of the dragon according to Chinese astrology was 2000. At the end of the segment, Jin appears to be giving the panda to the Chinese ambassador in honor of the birth of his grandson. He does so in the name of "Paik Automotive", Sun's dad's business.
In the flash forward, Sun calls out for Jin during birth, but he never appears. After giving birth to a daughter, she is given the name, Ji Yeon, a name Jin gave her during a tender moment in front of the camp fire. It is in this scene that Jin also reveals a pretty good command of English.
Only Hurley shows up to celebrate the birth of Ji. Apparently there is some kind of rift amongst the "Ocenaic Six".With the exception of Hurley and Sun, all meetings between the Six are stilted and awkward. When Hurley inquires if anyone else was coming, Sun said no, and Hurley responded "Good." By the way, Hurley looked super hot in his new suit.
Hurley accompanies Sun to a grave site that is supposed to be Jin's. The grave indicates that Jin died in "September 2004", which means they believe he died the fake wreck of Oceanic 815 and that he may be still alive on the island.
According to http://www.losteastereggs.blogspot.com/, the show playing on the TV when Sun was in her room packing before she went into labor, was "Expose", starring our late Lostie, Nikki.
The Oceanic Six as it stands:
1. Jack2. Kate3. Hurley4. Sayid 5. Sun
On the bubble: Sawyer, Walt (where the hell is he, anyway?), Locke.
The preview states that someone is going to die next week, and then it shows Michael saying he's sorry about something before hitting a scary-looking red button that says "Execute". Does he blow up the freighter or something, sacrificing himself for Walt's survival? Obviously he and Walt aren't in the clear with Ben yet, and Ben probably somehow has custody of Walt and is using him as leverage for Michael to do something for him, like disrupting the freighter people from getting to him.
What say you?
Or is it the Ben Linus rule: when in doubt, throw a complete mindf&*% on them.
Before we start, can I just say that the lady who played the therapist in last week's episode scared me to death. I'm still having nightmares about her eyebrows.
What we learned:
Sun carries her baby to term. The Ocenaic Six will be off the island shortly.
In one of the most anti-climatic moments in show history, Michael is revealed to be Ben's spy on Charles Widmore's boat. His fake name is "Kevin Johnson". He may have been slipping Sayid and Desmond notes about not trusting the captain of the ship they are being held on.
The boat's captain points out that Ben is behind the fake wreck site of Oceanic Flight 815.
(Last week, Ben pointed out that Charles wants to use the island for financial gain. Is this a case of the lesser of two evils?). The trust issues on this show are as shaky as a Michael Mancini themed episode on "Melrose Place."
A boat crewperson named Regina commits suicide shortly before this scene by wrapping a heavy chain around her and jumping off the ship. The captain makes no attempt to rescue her, and indicates morale on the ship is low. The ship's doctor also appears to order "Kevin" to clean up a suicide scene in one of the boat's cabins. It appears something (the force of being close to the island?) is causing unusual behavior on the boat.
In a parallel flashback/flash forward, the producers make it appear that Jin is buying a stuffed panda for Sun's baby. He is not, for in his segment, a toy store employee suggest it is "the year of the dragon". The last year of the dragon according to Chinese astrology was 2000. At the end of the segment, Jin appears to be giving the panda to the Chinese ambassador in honor of the birth of his grandson. He does so in the name of "Paik Automotive", Sun's dad's business.
In the flash forward, Sun calls out for Jin during birth, but he never appears. After giving birth to a daughter, she is given the name, Ji Yeon, a name Jin gave her during a tender moment in front of the camp fire. It is in this scene that Jin also reveals a pretty good command of English.
Only Hurley shows up to celebrate the birth of Ji. Apparently there is some kind of rift amongst the "Ocenaic Six".With the exception of Hurley and Sun, all meetings between the Six are stilted and awkward. When Hurley inquires if anyone else was coming, Sun said no, and Hurley responded "Good." By the way, Hurley looked super hot in his new suit.
Hurley accompanies Sun to a grave site that is supposed to be Jin's. The grave indicates that Jin died in "September 2004", which means they believe he died the fake wreck of Oceanic 815 and that he may be still alive on the island.
According to http://www.losteastereggs.blogspot.com/, the show playing on the TV when Sun was in her room packing before she went into labor, was "Expose", starring our late Lostie, Nikki.
The Oceanic Six as it stands:
1. Jack2. Kate3. Hurley4. Sayid 5. Sun
On the bubble: Sawyer, Walt (where the hell is he, anyway?), Locke.
The preview states that someone is going to die next week, and then it shows Michael saying he's sorry about something before hitting a scary-looking red button that says "Execute". Does he blow up the freighter or something, sacrificing himself for Walt's survival? Obviously he and Walt aren't in the clear with Ben yet, and Ben probably somehow has custody of Walt and is using him as leverage for Michael to do something for him, like disrupting the freighter people from getting to him.
What say you?
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
LOST questions
I'm back. I was away for a bit, and then the conversion to Daylight Savings Time always jacks me up, so I'm back and ready to get up to speed. Heres the sneak peek previews for this week:
Monday, March 10, 2008
LOST bracket
The Washington Post is having a competition where you vote for your favorite LOST characters in a March Madness style bracket. Vote here.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Highlights from the popcandy LOST board
Does anyone else think that what is happening to Desmond and Fischer Stevens may be what Danielle Rousseau considers "the sickness"? They all went crazy.
The Others are immune because they've been on the island forever, Losties are immune because most of them haven't been exposed to electromagnets and radiation but Desmond and Faraday have so they are more open to receiving the illness. Plus I think it has something to do with how they got to the island. Faraday and Ben were both very particular on what degree they would need to leave the island from.
On another note, I'm so happy that Desmond and Penny got to connect! This was one trippy episode.
A thought: When we first saw Naomi with the Penny/Desmond picture and she said she was looking for Desmond, we thought she was working with Penny. Then we found out she wasn't. Now we find out that Desmond is Faraday's constant. So, maybe Faraday got the picture somehow, and that's why they were looking for Desmond. So that Faraday could connect with his constant. Because obviously he was picked for the freighter crew for some reason (the crazy island physics and his vast physics knowledge), so it would be to the benefit of this expedition's financier to have Faraday alive, hence he would have to have contact with his constant. And I guess if Widmore is the backer of this expendition, he could have gotten the picture of Desmond for the crew. Make sense? Yeah, I'm not sure it does to me either!
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but I think this episode explains the Asian "ghost whisperer"'s abilitities. He is not communicating with spirits when he turns on his machine; rather, he has set the machine to a certain electromagnetic frequency to enable him to travel through time. In the lady's house, he went back in time and watched where something was hidden. Once on the island, he dialed hmself back in time and watched Naomi's death, that's how he confirmed how she died.
The Others are immune because they've been on the island forever, Losties are immune because most of them haven't been exposed to electromagnets and radiation but Desmond and Faraday have so they are more open to receiving the illness. Plus I think it has something to do with how they got to the island. Faraday and Ben were both very particular on what degree they would need to leave the island from.
On another note, I'm so happy that Desmond and Penny got to connect! This was one trippy episode.
A thought: When we first saw Naomi with the Penny/Desmond picture and she said she was looking for Desmond, we thought she was working with Penny. Then we found out she wasn't. Now we find out that Desmond is Faraday's constant. So, maybe Faraday got the picture somehow, and that's why they were looking for Desmond. So that Faraday could connect with his constant. Because obviously he was picked for the freighter crew for some reason (the crazy island physics and his vast physics knowledge), so it would be to the benefit of this expedition's financier to have Faraday alive, hence he would have to have contact with his constant. And I guess if Widmore is the backer of this expendition, he could have gotten the picture of Desmond for the crew. Make sense? Yeah, I'm not sure it does to me either!
I guess this episode explains all of Desmond's "visions" from past episodes. His exposure to the electromagnetism from the hatch explosion has allowed him to travel to the past and future subconsciously, but not physically. This is how he knew Charlie was going to die. On the island he sees the future. Off of the island he sees the past.
Also, a central theme of the show has always been EYES. In tonight's episode, the pupils of Minkowski's and Desmond's eyes dilate while they are time traveling. In the pilot episode, I remember it beginning with a close-up of Jack's eye with the pupil constricting quickly. Coincidence?
I’m still scratching my head about Ben’s role in this whole thing. Does anyone else find it strange that, as powerful as he appears to be (and Miles confirms him to be), he keeps turning up someone else’s prisoner – first as Benry and now as Locke’s ward? How could someone so powerful let things get so out of control? How does that fit into the other control issues on the show? (I thought it was strange that Penny’s dad used a washcloth to turn on the faucet. At first I thought it was a hygiene issue – like people who flush toilets with their feet – but then I wondered if it had to do with fingerprints. He never shut the water off once he washed his hands …).
As far as Ben goes, maybe what makes him so powerful is mind control, and he is doing a crazy rendition of the Stanford prison experiment. In the experiment normal college students were put in a mock prison in the basement of the psychology building at Stanford and given roles as either guards or prisoners. The guards turned into sadists in a frighteningly short period of time, and some of the students had to be released from the experiment early. The experiment has been repeated – in one setting with good kids from religious homes – and the results were the same: those with authority over the “prisoners” turned into abusive, power-wielding sadists. The study is said to expose the darker side of human nature. Is that Ben’s mind game for Locke? To turn him into something he’s not, to make him see he too has a dark side? Already Ben has provoked Jack to violate his professional oath (“Do no harm”); now he’s turning Locke into a tyrant.
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but I think this episode explains the Asian "ghost whisperer"'s abilitities. He is not communicating with spirits when he turns on his machine; rather, he has set the machine to a certain electromagnetic frequency to enable him to travel through time. In the lady's house, he went back in time and watched where something was hidden. Once on the island, he dialed hmself back in time and watched Naomi's death, that's how he confirmed how she died.
!. Not sure about significance of water showing up in various eps, but in THIS ep it seemed to be one of the triggers that sent Des back & forth. The other trigger was changes in light.
2. Smoke monster goes back to Mirror Matter Moon ref (you'll have to Google it - I'm not sure of web site). I suspect the "storm" they passed thru to get to the freighter may have been the MMM's portal/alignment with its elliptical orbit. Again, check out MMM to understand the reference.
3. Again, a constant is something />significant<>
4. I think Lapidus may be Ben's "man on the boat." He seems very helpful & cooperative with Sayid. And where was he when the door to the sick by opened mysteriously? He's the only one of the four boaties who is doesn't appear to be hiding something, perhaps in an effort to ingratiate himself?
5. Also, keep in mind that Faraday said that not everyone is suseptible to the "side effects," so wondering why so-and-so wasn't affected is pointless.
6. Someone mentioned that Ben cannot take passports and money through his portal. I think that's incorrect. Ben knows the island, its secrets, and its intricacies, and he can obviously move back and forth with ease (when he's not locked up in some room). I'm sure that in all his years there, he has learned how to move comfortably back and forth. THAT'S the secret that Hanso/Widmore/Dharma are all seeking. Charles Widmore is trying to learn the secrets of the island so he can harness its power for his own ends. He knows, or suspects, enough to spend 350,000 pounds on a diary thats over 150 years old. A businessman doesn't spend that kind of money without expecting some kind of return.
Monday, February 25, 2008
LOST sneaks for this week
HOLY CRAP! We're getting hard core now...Was that pre-island Locke in that bunk, complete with hair?
random thoughts about LOST
My thought is that Miles is Ben's inside person on the boat and that the 3.25 million is some kind of code to Ben. Notice how Ben looks during their conversation. I have no clue what the 3.25 means but I replayed that scene and it was like Miles was definintely delivering information to him. Just a thought.
More random thoughts from the general public
The absolute *most* important thing Jack said in the courtroom was "Our plane crashed on an island in the pacific".
Really? Because to the general public, your plane crashed in the ocean way far from where you're claiming and was found underwater by a sub.
What changes to allow Jack to say "815 crashed on an island" and have people not say "No it didn't, it was found at the bottom of the ocean!"
The psychic did *not* tell Claire that *she* absolutely had to raise the baby ... the psychic told her that her baby could not be raised "by an other" (we just didn't know what "an other" was yet, so we automatically assumed he said "another")
Forgetful faraday
A thought on the cards Faraday was trying to predict:
I think he was trying to see into the future. As in, he was having Charlotte put the cards on the table WITHOUT him ever seeing them. Rather than memorizing them and telling her what they were, he is trying to peer into the future. Miles is able to commune with the dead and Faraday is fixated on the time/space issues...so I think what we saw of him tongiht was a continuation of his experiment with the clocks.
List of Things You Shouldn't Leave Lying Around Near Kate*
Suitcases Full of Guns
Tiny Airplanes
Abusive Husbands
Your Heart
Your Baby
Tiny Airplanes
Abusive Husbands
Your Heart
Your Baby
* as she is prone to kill, break or steal them
Thursday, February 21, 2008
LOST live capping
Locke gets upset when Ben tries to manipulate him, and tosses Ben's breakfast off the wall. Why is he mad? Does he want to be like Ben?
Kate and Sawyer have a heart to heart: Kate reiterates her hatred of him, he wants to discuss "the pregnancy". Is it hers? Of course, there going to keep that tease going for awhile.
Flash forward to Kate getting arraigned for her charges post-island. Remember she has a lengthy rap sheet and killed her abusive step-dad. The mean judge won't give her bail.
Just when it looks like we'll get a Jin-Sun plot update, Jack returns to camp and announces Kate is now on TEAM LOCKE. Which she surely is second guessing now, as Locke continues the long, slow descent into weirdville.
Kate goes to talk to the Ghostbuster, she asks if he knows who she is and what she did. He says I'll tell you if you give me one minute with Benny boy.
FLASH FORWARD...Kate is told by her lawyer that the least she can plea bargain for is 20 years. Kate says no, no, no. The lawyer says the only chance she has is if "he" testifies, it may get her some sympathy. No way, says Kate, you're not bringing my son into this. Well, I think that answerrs the pregnancy question, but just how far into the future is this flash forward? I mean the kid would have to be at least five to be coherent enough to testify, right? Unless --- OMG!!! She gave birth to the baby from the e-trade commercials. (DUN-DUN-DUN-DA!!!)
Apparently Locke is cooking up a good old fashioned chicken dinner. Kate seems mortified when Clair asks her to hold her baby. Good thing her baby will be born with a built in income.
FLASH FORWARD -- Kate's lawyer apologizes to her, but he had to do it -- he calls Jack to the stand!!! I'm confused, Jack is Kate's son? This show couldn't get any more weird.
Plus, now I'm scanning the courtroom for clues and other cast members. Anybody see anything?
The judge warns the lawyer that Jack is only a character witness. He tells the court that only eight survived Oceanic Flight 815. Eight? That's a damn lie.
Kate gets upset, she is told to sit down, and the opposing lawyer asks Jack just one question: Does he love Kate? No, says our boy, not any more.
What is up with Hurley and the movie "Xanadu"? Are some questions answered by watching a bad movie featuring bad music from Olivia Newton John and ELO? The movie is about a Greek muse coiming to life and falling in love with a mortal. Is Hurley an ancient Greek muse? Who has he fallen in love with? Locke? Are they planning to open a roller disco. God, I hope so.
Kate approaches Sawyer about busting Ben out so he can talk to the Ghostbuster. She does so while knocking back a glass of Dharma boxed wine. Should she be drinking in the first trimester?
Sawyer and Locke get together for some backgammon and chit chat. Sawyer wants Locke to promise not to mess with Kate. Ever. Then he drops dime on her plan to bust Ben out. But Kate knew he would do that and uses Locke's anger to get the drop on him and Sawyer.
Kate locks them up and takes Ghostbuster to see the Wizard of Ben. He asks Ben if he knows who is he and who he works for. Ben responds affirmative. And then Ghostbuster says he wants 3.2 million dollars from Ben. Ben says "what makes you think I have that kind of money?" Ghostbuster says cut the crap I know you you are and what you can do. Kate says time's up and tosses Buster into the hall.
Now I want answers! demands our Kate.
I know you are, you're Kathryn Austen and you're wanted for murder. I'd stay here if I were you, he says.
Clair comes to visit Kate in her room, oblivious to anything going on around her. Locke barges in to demand what Ben and the Buster talked about, he then tells Kate she's not wanted around these parts no more, and she has until sunup to get out of town. There ain't enough room here for the both of them.
FLASH FORWARD -- Kate's mom shows up and asks if what Jack said was true. Kate says why do you want to talk now, seeing how you was hating on me last season? Kate's mom says I have should have died years ago, but I've held on for some reason and I don't want to testify against you. I want to see my grandson. Kate says get out, you rapscallion!!!
Kate and Locke are then seen having some business time back on the island.
Charlotte and Farraday are shown playing cards, when Jack comes up and says he eneeds to talk to someone on the freighter. Now. At gunpoint he forces them to call.
Charlotte asks the freighter about Jack's friends, they say what friends?
You know, the ones who came back on the helicopter.
What helicopter? We don't have no stinking helicopter. You have the helicopter. (DUH-DUH-DUN-DAH!!!!!!)
Back to the Others compound where Ghostbuster is paid a visit by John Locke who shoves grenade in his mouth. I'm John Locke, sheriff in these here parts, and we don't take kindly to strangers coming round here causing trouble. No I'm going to come back here in a minute and you're gonna tell me who you are and what you're doing here, ya follow me?
Back to business time with Kate and Jack -- where Kate reveals she's not pregnant. "Oh so that's why you were knocking back boxed wine last night?"
MEANWHILE BACK IN THE FUTURE -- Kate's mom refuses to testify against Kate. This puts the prosecutor in a bind. She offers Kate a plea bargain of probation and time served. Kate grabs it against her lawyer's wishes. On her way out the back door, Jack confronts her. He tells her he didn't mean it when he said he didn't love her. She implies that he lied about Flight 815, and tells him to come over. He says let's grab a cup of joe. She says I don't know why you don't want to see the baby, but until you do, we are not going to see each other.
Kate goes home to her comfortably appointed home and heads upstairs to say good morning to her son. She hugs him and he says I love you, and she responds "I love you too, Aaron."
She somehow wound up with Clair's baby! Did she steal him? Does something happen to Clair??? What did Jack lie about???
Where's the helicopter??? Is there enough room on the island for Locke and Ben??? And what about Naomi?? Oh, she's dead. Nevermind.
Kate and Sawyer have a heart to heart: Kate reiterates her hatred of him, he wants to discuss "the pregnancy". Is it hers? Of course, there going to keep that tease going for awhile.
Flash forward to Kate getting arraigned for her charges post-island. Remember she has a lengthy rap sheet and killed her abusive step-dad. The mean judge won't give her bail.
Just when it looks like we'll get a Jin-Sun plot update, Jack returns to camp and announces Kate is now on TEAM LOCKE. Which she surely is second guessing now, as Locke continues the long, slow descent into weirdville.
Kate goes to talk to the Ghostbuster, she asks if he knows who she is and what she did. He says I'll tell you if you give me one minute with Benny boy.
FLASH FORWARD...Kate is told by her lawyer that the least she can plea bargain for is 20 years. Kate says no, no, no. The lawyer says the only chance she has is if "he" testifies, it may get her some sympathy. No way, says Kate, you're not bringing my son into this. Well, I think that answerrs the pregnancy question, but just how far into the future is this flash forward? I mean the kid would have to be at least five to be coherent enough to testify, right? Unless --- OMG!!! She gave birth to the baby from the e-trade commercials. (DUN-DUN-DUN-DA!!!)
Apparently Locke is cooking up a good old fashioned chicken dinner. Kate seems mortified when Clair asks her to hold her baby. Good thing her baby will be born with a built in income.
FLASH FORWARD -- Kate's lawyer apologizes to her, but he had to do it -- he calls Jack to the stand!!! I'm confused, Jack is Kate's son? This show couldn't get any more weird.
Plus, now I'm scanning the courtroom for clues and other cast members. Anybody see anything?
The judge warns the lawyer that Jack is only a character witness. He tells the court that only eight survived Oceanic Flight 815. Eight? That's a damn lie.
Kate gets upset, she is told to sit down, and the opposing lawyer asks Jack just one question: Does he love Kate? No, says our boy, not any more.
What is up with Hurley and the movie "Xanadu"? Are some questions answered by watching a bad movie featuring bad music from Olivia Newton John and ELO? The movie is about a Greek muse coiming to life and falling in love with a mortal. Is Hurley an ancient Greek muse? Who has he fallen in love with? Locke? Are they planning to open a roller disco. God, I hope so.
Kate approaches Sawyer about busting Ben out so he can talk to the Ghostbuster. She does so while knocking back a glass of Dharma boxed wine. Should she be drinking in the first trimester?
Sawyer and Locke get together for some backgammon and chit chat. Sawyer wants Locke to promise not to mess with Kate. Ever. Then he drops dime on her plan to bust Ben out. But Kate knew he would do that and uses Locke's anger to get the drop on him and Sawyer.
Kate locks them up and takes Ghostbuster to see the Wizard of Ben. He asks Ben if he knows who is he and who he works for. Ben responds affirmative. And then Ghostbuster says he wants 3.2 million dollars from Ben. Ben says "what makes you think I have that kind of money?" Ghostbuster says cut the crap I know you you are and what you can do. Kate says time's up and tosses Buster into the hall.
Now I want answers! demands our Kate.
I know you are, you're Kathryn Austen and you're wanted for murder. I'd stay here if I were you, he says.
Clair comes to visit Kate in her room, oblivious to anything going on around her. Locke barges in to demand what Ben and the Buster talked about, he then tells Kate she's not wanted around these parts no more, and she has until sunup to get out of town. There ain't enough room here for the both of them.
FLASH FORWARD -- Kate's mom shows up and asks if what Jack said was true. Kate says why do you want to talk now, seeing how you was hating on me last season? Kate's mom says I have should have died years ago, but I've held on for some reason and I don't want to testify against you. I want to see my grandson. Kate says get out, you rapscallion!!!
Kate and Locke are then seen having some business time back on the island.
Charlotte and Farraday are shown playing cards, when Jack comes up and says he eneeds to talk to someone on the freighter. Now. At gunpoint he forces them to call.
Charlotte asks the freighter about Jack's friends, they say what friends?
You know, the ones who came back on the helicopter.
What helicopter? We don't have no stinking helicopter. You have the helicopter. (DUH-DUH-DUN-DAH!!!!!!)
Back to the Others compound where Ghostbuster is paid a visit by John Locke who shoves grenade in his mouth. I'm John Locke, sheriff in these here parts, and we don't take kindly to strangers coming round here causing trouble. No I'm going to come back here in a minute and you're gonna tell me who you are and what you're doing here, ya follow me?
Back to business time with Kate and Jack -- where Kate reveals she's not pregnant. "Oh so that's why you were knocking back boxed wine last night?"
MEANWHILE BACK IN THE FUTURE -- Kate's mom refuses to testify against Kate. This puts the prosecutor in a bind. She offers Kate a plea bargain of probation and time served. Kate grabs it against her lawyer's wishes. On her way out the back door, Jack confronts her. He tells her he didn't mean it when he said he didn't love her. She implies that he lied about Flight 815, and tells him to come over. He says let's grab a cup of joe. She says I don't know why you don't want to see the baby, but until you do, we are not going to see each other.
Kate goes home to her comfortably appointed home and heads upstairs to say good morning to her son. She hugs him and he says I love you, and she responds "I love you too, Aaron."
She somehow wound up with Clair's baby! Did she steal him? Does something happen to Clair??? What did Jack lie about???
Where's the helicopter??? Is there enough room on the island for Locke and Ben??? And what about Naomi?? Oh, she's dead. Nevermind.
Friday, February 15, 2008
LOST RECAP (sorry it's late, but I have a small life)
Sayid is now a slicky boy hit man, knocking off people who have strange foreign accents. Wasn't he the guy who once said he'd never go back to killing people. Does that mean at some point Ben will have Sayid kill himself? And since when does the term "Oceanic Six" invoke fear in people? I thought they were heroes!
FYI -- I'm digging Sayid's future hair.
Farraday the geek, does an experiment: he finds out that the island is off 31 minutes in time than the rest of the world. Is that a constant 31 minutes or is it shifting? Is a few minutes added on every day? If so when did the counting start? This changes everything you realize, don't you? I'm going to have to start watching the show with a stop watch. Now every time someone is thirty minutes late like Elsa was in the Sayid Flash Forward you're thinking, "Ah, she was on the island or he was or... Nevermind.
Did the time shifting start when Desmond blew up the hatch? My brain is hurting again!
Hurley's conscience is bothering him so he confronts Locke, who looks more and more like Creed from "The Office" every day. Locke doesn't really want to hear crap like that so he locks our fat friend in a closet. This leads to the line of the night: "Great, they sent us another Sawyer."
Locke or Creed?
Little did we know it was a set up! Curses on that Creed, I mean Locke, and his evil ways. The drive to become another Ben has overwhelmed our man from Hunt Valley. And why is the house with Jacob/Jack's Dad moving around like that? Is it the portal to another time/space continuum? A link between heaven and hell? Don't look at me, I flunked ninth grade physics. Curses on that Mr. Wickwire (God rest his soul.)
One thing that bothers me is the lackadaisical 'tude of the two "the rescuers" communicate with on the ship, Regina and George. Don't they know the fate of the known world rests on their shoulders? And they just don't seem to care. "Here comes the payload, Farraday." As if they're bagging groceries! C'mon, people, can we play our parts with a little emotion?
And future Ben with his vet hospital, it looks like he's hosting fights with Michael Vick for Pete's sake. I now believe animals are being tested to study the results of time travel & maybe even to play a role in their preservation. I think the polar bear is significant in the sense that we know it is becoming an endangered animal . Another thing Ben is interested in was human fertility . I'm starting to think Ben's main concern is using time or time travel to preserve the planet . If thats the case then Ben's an alright guy .
Speaking of sports, VH-1 has noticed that Roger Clemens steroid dispensing trainer, Brian McNamee looks like Ben, here's the photo:
Vitamin B12 shot anyone?
Daniel reminds Frank to follow the exact bearing they came in on no matter what (and then stresses the point). But this is almost exactly how Ben instructs Michael to find rescue at the end of Season 2. Considering this, if Daniel has never been to the island before, doesn't his word choice (or knowledge of the bearing leading off the island) seem a bit coincidental?
I disagreed with the theory that the Freighter Four are part of Dharma, and I still believe that to be the case. But, it does seem that these four have acquired at least some knowledge about either Dharma or the island, although from where and from who is still unclear.
Whoa! Heavy stuff's a flying folks, so let's take a look at next week's show:
Oh, by the way -- the spy on the ship is Michael, IMHO...
Hurley wants to watch Xanadu? I just lost all respect for the man.
FYI -- I'm digging Sayid's future hair.
Farraday the geek, does an experiment: he finds out that the island is off 31 minutes in time than the rest of the world. Is that a constant 31 minutes or is it shifting? Is a few minutes added on every day? If so when did the counting start? This changes everything you realize, don't you? I'm going to have to start watching the show with a stop watch. Now every time someone is thirty minutes late like Elsa was in the Sayid Flash Forward you're thinking, "Ah, she was on the island or he was or... Nevermind.
Did the time shifting start when Desmond blew up the hatch? My brain is hurting again!
Hurley's conscience is bothering him so he confronts Locke, who looks more and more like Creed from "The Office" every day. Locke doesn't really want to hear crap like that so he locks our fat friend in a closet. This leads to the line of the night: "Great, they sent us another Sawyer."
Locke or Creed?
Little did we know it was a set up! Curses on that Creed, I mean Locke, and his evil ways. The drive to become another Ben has overwhelmed our man from Hunt Valley. And why is the house with Jacob/Jack's Dad moving around like that? Is it the portal to another time/space continuum? A link between heaven and hell? Don't look at me, I flunked ninth grade physics. Curses on that Mr. Wickwire (God rest his soul.)
One thing that bothers me is the lackadaisical 'tude of the two "the rescuers" communicate with on the ship, Regina and George. Don't they know the fate of the known world rests on their shoulders? And they just don't seem to care. "Here comes the payload, Farraday." As if they're bagging groceries! C'mon, people, can we play our parts with a little emotion?
And future Ben with his vet hospital, it looks like he's hosting fights with Michael Vick for Pete's sake. I now believe animals are being tested to study the results of time travel & maybe even to play a role in their preservation. I think the polar bear is significant in the sense that we know it is becoming an endangered animal . Another thing Ben is interested in was human fertility . I'm starting to think Ben's main concern is using time or time travel to preserve the planet . If thats the case then Ben's an alright guy .
Speaking of sports, VH-1 has noticed that Roger Clemens steroid dispensing trainer, Brian McNamee looks like Ben, here's the photo:
Vitamin B12 shot anyone?
Daniel reminds Frank to follow the exact bearing they came in on no matter what (and then stresses the point). But this is almost exactly how Ben instructs Michael to find rescue at the end of Season 2. Considering this, if Daniel has never been to the island before, doesn't his word choice (or knowledge of the bearing leading off the island) seem a bit coincidental?
I disagreed with the theory that the Freighter Four are part of Dharma, and I still believe that to be the case. But, it does seem that these four have acquired at least some knowledge about either Dharma or the island, although from where and from who is still unclear.
Whoa! Heavy stuff's a flying folks, so let's take a look at next week's show:
Oh, by the way -- the spy on the ship is Michael, IMHO...
Hurley wants to watch Xanadu? I just lost all respect for the man.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Episode 3 spoilers
Want to know what will happen on this week's show? Go to the comments and I will tell you, but remember, don't whine to me that I ruined it for if you go there of your own darn volition, okay?
Monday, February 11, 2008
Want questions answered
Go here, and as Paul Scheer says, your head will explode. But it's a fascinating theory nonetheless.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Friday, February 08, 2008
Recap, ep 2
First of all, I want to thank ABC for making the "enhanced" versions of the shows part of the regular schedule. In case, you didn't hear, the enhanced versions of the previous week's show will run on hour before the new episode every week. The enhanced versions, if you haven't seen them, have a running commentary going on the bottom of the screen, this updates you on all the characters and their motives. It's kind of like the old VH-1 show "Pop Up Video".
Last night, LOST introduced four new characters to the show via flashbacks. I was just saying, "What LOST really needs is more characters! I love having to set up an excel spreadsheet in front of me every week to keep track!"
All four have "special" talents such as angry ghostbuster (complete with some sort of ectoplasmic scam going), pilot, archeologist, and space cadet airhead.
Why these talents are necessary are unclear to me, but the guy who plays the police chief on THE WIRE got together with Naomi and decided that this group of weirdos were the best choice to go pick up Ben off the island of the black smoke.
Ben needs to go somewhere soon, before Sawyer kills him. Ben got punched by our boy no fewer than seven times in two individual sessions. HOwever, he has yet to give Ben a nickname! Why is he exempt? (FYI -- Best nickname last night -- he called Locke "Colonel Kurtz" perfect! Shut up, you don't know who Col. Kurtz is? Search "Apocolypse Now" on the wikipedia, pronto!) Ben's face now looks like a piece of Boarman's sausage. Ben deserves it, though, what with his smarmy "I know more than you do" attitude. Not to mention his penchant for shooting people.
Ben knows the fantastic four are there for him because he has "someone on the boat". I assume he means the freighter they claim they came from, because Mike's boat left a long time ago, although Harold Perrineau's name keeps showing up in the credits, so that boat might be circling back soon so that Sawyer can see that Walt's big now, just like Locke said. Mainly because he's now 25 years old.
I guess the theory is that Locke is the "man of faith", if so, the whole "showing the wounds" thing is right in line, as that plot line was ripped whole from the Bible. (John 20:24). Keeping captives and kidnapping rescuers isn't very God-like, however, so Locke's motives remain very conflicted to me. He faced down Ben, but acts more and more like him every day. I still haven't figured out if he is good or bad. I only know he's made more bad choices than Bill Belichick at the Super Bowl.
Jack, then, is the "man of science", although he rarely acts logical or calculating. He's more governed by emotion than Locke, hoping that his cohorts pick up on subtle things like winks to communicate the fact that there are gun-wielding compadres hiding in the bush. I don't recall Einstein winking his theory of relativity hoping someone picked up on it.
My favorite characters remain Sayid and Hurley. Hurley, the confused observer, reminds me of me. I don't know what the hell I'm doing half the time, but I am bemused by the ongoing choas around me. Where was that cabin Hurley? Back there or up ahead? Did I say cabin? I meant the airplane cabin, that's it, the airplane cabin.
Sayid, the gun toting paramilitary figure, has no horse in this race but his own damn self.Years of being strafed by A-10 Warthogs in the first Persian Gulf War have left him wearisome of the bullcrap Jack and Locke are throwing at him. Don't look for him "thinking of growing a beard" or winding up in a nuthouse, comtemplating going back to the island when he gets back. No, sir, Sayid's going to be living the high life when he gets back, with a posse of women and a penchant for drink. Maybe his partying ends badly and he's in the coffin in flash forward land. After all, how many friends can an Iraqi have in LA?
So, let's look at this week's bullet points --
-- Clearly, Penny's dad has sent those folks to get Ben because he crashed the Dharma experiment. He could care less about anyone else on the island, crash victims or not.
-- I keep thinking that this whole thing might be in Hurley's imagination in the nut house, and that would suck big time.
-- The plane in the sea is a fake because the pilot was taken by the monster back in season one. Plus, a plane bound for LA from Sydney would not wind up south of Indonesia, would it? "Maxwell", the group that found the fake plane is part of the Widmark Corporation, I'm sure of it.
-- Miles Storm (the ghostbuster) sounds an awful lot like "maelstrom". Maelstrom is a Marvel comic character who's a brilliant genticist. Other names of the new characters: C.S. Lewis, and Farraday. Lewis wrote the Chronic (WHAT?) ticles of Narnia, and Farraday was a well known physicist, known for his experiments in electromagnetics. Are these fake names?
-- What was a Dharma polar bear doing in Tunisia? Was he on vacation? Or is global warming going to be worked into the plot. If this whole thing turns into an Al Gore lecture, I'm going to be bummed.
-- Call this number 1-888-548-0034. It flashed on the screen last night.
-- What was the deal with the cow? One of Mikhail's no doubt. Why don't the polar bears eat it?
-- Charlotte's from Essex, England, Dan's from Essex MA! Now that's SCARRRYYYYYY!!!!!
-- Where is Desmond?
Any and all of your takes are always accepted in the comments section...See you next week!!!
Last night, LOST introduced four new characters to the show via flashbacks. I was just saying, "What LOST really needs is more characters! I love having to set up an excel spreadsheet in front of me every week to keep track!"
All four have "special" talents such as angry ghostbuster (complete with some sort of ectoplasmic scam going), pilot, archeologist, and space cadet airhead.
Why these talents are necessary are unclear to me, but the guy who plays the police chief on THE WIRE got together with Naomi and decided that this group of weirdos were the best choice to go pick up Ben off the island of the black smoke.
Ben needs to go somewhere soon, before Sawyer kills him. Ben got punched by our boy no fewer than seven times in two individual sessions. HOwever, he has yet to give Ben a nickname! Why is he exempt? (FYI -- Best nickname last night -- he called Locke "Colonel Kurtz" perfect! Shut up, you don't know who Col. Kurtz is? Search "Apocolypse Now" on the wikipedia, pronto!) Ben's face now looks like a piece of Boarman's sausage. Ben deserves it, though, what with his smarmy "I know more than you do" attitude. Not to mention his penchant for shooting people.
Ben knows the fantastic four are there for him because he has "someone on the boat". I assume he means the freighter they claim they came from, because Mike's boat left a long time ago, although Harold Perrineau's name keeps showing up in the credits, so that boat might be circling back soon so that Sawyer can see that Walt's big now, just like Locke said. Mainly because he's now 25 years old.
I guess the theory is that Locke is the "man of faith", if so, the whole "showing the wounds" thing is right in line, as that plot line was ripped whole from the Bible. (John 20:24). Keeping captives and kidnapping rescuers isn't very God-like, however, so Locke's motives remain very conflicted to me. He faced down Ben, but acts more and more like him every day. I still haven't figured out if he is good or bad. I only know he's made more bad choices than Bill Belichick at the Super Bowl.
Jack, then, is the "man of science", although he rarely acts logical or calculating. He's more governed by emotion than Locke, hoping that his cohorts pick up on subtle things like winks to communicate the fact that there are gun-wielding compadres hiding in the bush. I don't recall Einstein winking his theory of relativity hoping someone picked up on it.
My favorite characters remain Sayid and Hurley. Hurley, the confused observer, reminds me of me. I don't know what the hell I'm doing half the time, but I am bemused by the ongoing choas around me. Where was that cabin Hurley? Back there or up ahead? Did I say cabin? I meant the airplane cabin, that's it, the airplane cabin.
Sayid, the gun toting paramilitary figure, has no horse in this race but his own damn self.Years of being strafed by A-10 Warthogs in the first Persian Gulf War have left him wearisome of the bullcrap Jack and Locke are throwing at him. Don't look for him "thinking of growing a beard" or winding up in a nuthouse, comtemplating going back to the island when he gets back. No, sir, Sayid's going to be living the high life when he gets back, with a posse of women and a penchant for drink. Maybe his partying ends badly and he's in the coffin in flash forward land. After all, how many friends can an Iraqi have in LA?
So, let's look at this week's bullet points --
-- Clearly, Penny's dad has sent those folks to get Ben because he crashed the Dharma experiment. He could care less about anyone else on the island, crash victims or not.
-- I keep thinking that this whole thing might be in Hurley's imagination in the nut house, and that would suck big time.
-- The plane in the sea is a fake because the pilot was taken by the monster back in season one. Plus, a plane bound for LA from Sydney would not wind up south of Indonesia, would it? "Maxwell", the group that found the fake plane is part of the Widmark Corporation, I'm sure of it.
-- Miles Storm (the ghostbuster) sounds an awful lot like "maelstrom". Maelstrom is a Marvel comic character who's a brilliant genticist. Other names of the new characters: C.S. Lewis, and Farraday. Lewis wrote the Chronic (WHAT?) ticles of Narnia, and Farraday was a well known physicist, known for his experiments in electromagnetics. Are these fake names?
-- What was a Dharma polar bear doing in Tunisia? Was he on vacation? Or is global warming going to be worked into the plot. If this whole thing turns into an Al Gore lecture, I'm going to be bummed.
-- Call this number 1-888-548-0034. It flashed on the screen last night.
-- What was the deal with the cow? One of Mikhail's no doubt. Why don't the polar bears eat it?
-- Charlotte's from Essex, England, Dan's from Essex MA! Now that's SCARRRYYYYYY!!!!!
-- Where is Desmond?
Any and all of your takes are always accepted in the comments section...See you next week!!!
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
More LOST nonsense...
ABC has posted a Sawyer nickname generator...My name is "Sticks" (?)...I was hoping for something a little more pop cultury like "Whitesnake"...
A LOST feature has popped up on MySpace. They call themselves "Previously on LOST", and they recap the show every week in song, kind of like "Larry The Lost Guy" (who I have to assume is dead). This week's song is kind of plodding and annoying, but here's hoping they reach the level of Larry and his "Gilligan's Island" take every week.
A LOST feature has popped up on MySpace. They call themselves "Previously on LOST", and they recap the show every week in song, kind of like "Larry The Lost Guy" (who I have to assume is dead). This week's song is kind of plodding and annoying, but here's hoping they reach the level of Larry and his "Gilligan's Island" take every week.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
ABC sneak previews
Locke interrogates one of the "rescue" crew:
Jack does the same with a different crew member:
Jack does the same with a different crew member:
This week's sneaks
EW has posted some sneaks for this week's show...Locke apparently has some powers, Hurley lies to Locke about the cabin and Kate is confronted about Naomi...
Friday, February 01, 2008
Another plane?
That's what Whoopi Goldberg revealed on the VIEW this week, and i give her creedence because ABC produces both shows and I wouldn't put it past them to slip her some inside info to help their ratings.
LOST recap for 2/1
What can I say? It was a long time coming, but it was worth every second. I think since they set a time table for the show to end, it has stopped meandering around and the show is now focusing and heading toward a conclusion.
Thoughts on last night's ep:
1) Was that Christian Sheppard (Jack's dad) that Hurley saw in Jacob's chair? It sure looked like him and the actor Christian was listed in the closing credits. But so was Harold Perrineau and Michael wasn't in the episode. At any rate, I think it's worth noting that Hurley could clearly see someone, where as Locke couldn't. (Screen captures of Christian in the chair are at : losteastereggs.blogspot.com.)
2) Who are the Oceanic Six? Hurley, Kate and Jack are locks, and I'm willing to include Sawyer, but who else? Are Six going to get off soon?
3) What are they hiding? Jack asked Hurley if we told anyone what happened.
4) Jack was willing to kill Locke. Or was he? Could he tell if it was loaded? I still feel Locke will be killed before it's all over.
5) Was it just me or did the guy at the mental hospital who pointed out Charlie out to Hurley look like the guy who hijacked the Oceanic Air commercial and web site? And to that end, the parachutist who first met Jack looked like Charlie (he had the same hoobit-like features).
6) Annie in our office has thrown this at me: The Oceanic 6 are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Rose, Claire and the baby. Rose dies (she had cancer in the real world) and is the person in the coffin, since she had no children. They are rescued by Naomi's people, and they tell them they are the only survivors because they have doubts (thanks to Locke) about whether they are here to help. It turns out they are able to send them back, but Jack harbors guilt about leaving the rest behind.
But then again, when Jack was asked at the funeral home if he was friend or family to the "person in the coffin" he responded "Neither." I felt he was friends with Rose, not close, but he would have acknowledged knowing her.
Several spoiler sites are revealing the Oceanic Six to be: Kate, Jack, Hurley, naw I can't give that information out...E-mail me if you want to know...
That's all for now, the comment section is open for your take on it all.........
See you next week...
LOST fan
Thoughts on last night's ep:
1) Was that Christian Sheppard (Jack's dad) that Hurley saw in Jacob's chair? It sure looked like him and the actor Christian was listed in the closing credits. But so was Harold Perrineau and Michael wasn't in the episode. At any rate, I think it's worth noting that Hurley could clearly see someone, where as Locke couldn't. (Screen captures of Christian in the chair are at : losteastereggs.blogspot.com.)
2) Who are the Oceanic Six? Hurley, Kate and Jack are locks, and I'm willing to include Sawyer, but who else? Are Six going to get off soon?
3) What are they hiding? Jack asked Hurley if we told anyone what happened.
4) Jack was willing to kill Locke. Or was he? Could he tell if it was loaded? I still feel Locke will be killed before it's all over.
5) Was it just me or did the guy at the mental hospital who pointed out Charlie out to Hurley look like the guy who hijacked the Oceanic Air commercial and web site? And to that end, the parachutist who first met Jack looked like Charlie (he had the same hoobit-like features).
6) Annie in our office has thrown this at me: The Oceanic 6 are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Rose, Claire and the baby. Rose dies (she had cancer in the real world) and is the person in the coffin, since she had no children. They are rescued by Naomi's people, and they tell them they are the only survivors because they have doubts (thanks to Locke) about whether they are here to help. It turns out they are able to send them back, but Jack harbors guilt about leaving the rest behind.
But then again, when Jack was asked at the funeral home if he was friend or family to the "person in the coffin" he responded "Neither." I felt he was friends with Rose, not close, but he would have acknowledged knowing her.
Several spoiler sites are revealing the Oceanic Six to be: Kate, Jack, Hurley, naw I can't give that information out...E-mail me if you want to know...
That's all for now, the comment section is open for your take on it all.........
See you next week...
LOST fan
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