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Post by makd on Sept 28, 2004 10:43:59 GMT -5
Great review, Vlad. I loved Lost, and this series, like X-Files, Survivor, and CSI before it, grabbed MOPS, too. I didn't make a copy, , but I did respond to an article about Lost and The Fury over at City of Angel. I sent him a little note inviting him to read Lost reviews here. Don't know if he'll come, but at least he knows that there are Angelites and Buffistas who respect his work and follow his series.
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Post by Nickim on Sept 28, 2004 15:06:17 GMT -5
I really enjoyed your review, Vlad.
I was somewhat underwhelmed by Lost itself. I have some major nits to pick, but since they're all related to the medical mistakes that were shown, I won't detail them here. I will say that the blast that knocked the pregnant lady down would probably cause a placental abruption. The placenta detaches from the uterus and the baby dies. However, I'm sure we'll see her struggling through labor or Jack doing a C-section soon, maybe Part 2.
I disagree with several who felt Jack shouldn't have left to go find the nose of the plane. As the only trained medical professional, he's the one who should go looking for more survivors. The injured on the beach had already been cared for and there's really not much more Jack can do for them, but he might have been able to help others in the nose section. I think it's quite likely Charley had something hidden in the bathroom that he wanted to recover. The orange rind guy's smile is a bit creepy, but I understand him sitting in the rain. In a storm like that you're gonna get soaked anyway, so why not just let it be a nice warm cleansing shower. The pilot says his head is "fuzzy". Altered behavior is the first clue of a serious head injury, so I don't think he was being deliberately stupid when he stuck his head out the window. Also, the transceiver may be working fine, but in his fuzzy state, the pilot may not realize it.
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Post by Queen E on Sept 29, 2004 19:16:55 GMT -5
I thought he was either a heroin addict or a cokehead. Nice work on the review Vlad! Major kudos! Hey, check it out! I was right! Can I identify a drug addict or what? OK, maybe shouldn't be proud of that.
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Sept 29, 2004 20:23:23 GMT -5
Hey, check it out! I was right! Can I identify a drug addict or what? OK, maybe shouldn't be proud of that. You aren't the only one! I said he had to be a druggie cause he was a rock singer - or else he had a tiny bladder.
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Post by leftylady on Oct 1, 2004 16:56:17 GMT -5
Actually this is about part 2: The Spanish cartoon: I'm pretty good with fill in the blank puzzles so with a magnifying glass and my trusty diccionario, I improved the translation as best as visible: Orange Lightning Bolt Man: Cuales son ahora tus planes? [What are your plans now?] ?con? que te afecta decirnoslo, de todos modos somos tus titeres. [whatever makes you tell us, after all we are your puppets.] Green Cape Man: Entendemos como te sientes. lo que hacimos hace ?medio? ?siglo? estuvo mal y lo que te hicieron desde entonces esta mas alla de cualquir clase de perdon. [We understand how you feel. What we did ?a half-century ago? was bad and what they did to you after that is beyond pardon.] Pero si alguien ?illegible? ha de para por eso. [But if someone ?illegible?, he has to pay for that.] Mysterious Knobby Headed Figure: Mi plan es morir. [My plan is to die.] Por culpa de Gunther y de ustedes, estoy plagado de enfermedades pero compartiras mi dolor. [Because of Gunther and you I am plagued/tormented by disease but you will share my pain.] Perhaps someone can see what I missed. leftylady (La senora zurda)
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Post by Linda on Oct 3, 2004 16:41:16 GMT -5
Hi Vlad! Just wanted to say: Excellent review! And eetah with everyone else regarding the pictures at the end. It helps to get the many, many names and faces straight. I'm going to post comments and speculations under Part 2, however, since I watched it all at once yesterday, instead of split into two eps. (Which, btw, eetah about the inexplicable programming decisions of network execs. ) Linda, from my home computer, yay!
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Post by Lola m on Dec 15, 2004 22:11:31 GMT -5
OK - so one of the things re-watching the pilot did for me is really remind me of the Big Roaring Thing.
'Cuz boars and polar bears and other animals brought to the island by Crazy French Lady and her now-dead gang of wacky scientists don't seem big enough to have grabbed pilot guy out of the top of the tipped-up wrecked front part of plane.
Um. Unless it/they were mutated apes or monkeys in the trees above the plane part.
Which is possible, I grant you.
Lola
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Post by Rachael on Dec 15, 2004 23:30:45 GMT -5
OK - so one of the things re-watching the pilot did for me is really remind me of the Big Roaring Thing. 'Cuz boars and polar bears and other animals brought to the island by Crazy French Lady and her now-dead gang of wacky scientists don't seem big enough to have grabbed pilot guy out of the top of the tipped-up wrecked front part of plane. Um. Unless it/they were mutated apes or monkeys in the trees above the plane part. Which is possible, I grant you. Lola Nope. I'm still going with my "the island makes your subconscious thoughts real" theory. Thus, the BRT is a manifestation of someone's (everyone's?) fear. I'm reminded suddenly, though, of that Star Trek where the recreation planet made their fantasies real, and they thought folks died, but no one really did? Also, I noticed in the just-after-dark scene, on the first night, that the passengers were sort of being divided up into caretakers, and those who need taking care of - each little interaction tended to involve someone doing something for another passenger - Jack and the Marshall, Hurley and pretty much everyone, Sayid with the bonfire, whatshisface trying to feed Shannon, Jin telling Sun not to wander. Intriguingly, some of this information is misleading - like Sun, who we later learn can take care of herself. And also, two characters are interesting in this light: Jack, who's the only character shown both caring for others and being cared for by others, and Locke - who does neither.
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Post by Lola m on Dec 16, 2004 8:34:44 GMT -5
Nope. I'm still going with my "the island makes your subconscious thoughts real" theory. Thus, the BRT is a manifestation of someone's (everyone's?) fear. I'm reminded suddenly, though, of that Star Trek where the recreation planet made their fantasies real, and they thought folks died, but no one really did? Also, I noticed in the just-after-dark scene, on the first night, that the passengers were sort of being divided up into caretakers, and those who need taking care of - each little interaction tended to involve someone doing something for another passenger - Jack and the Marshall, Hurley and pretty much everyone, Sayid with the bonfire, whatshisface trying to feed Shannon, Jin telling Sun not to wander. Intriguingly, some of this information is misleading - like Sun, who we later learn can take care of herself. And also, two characters are interesting in this light: Jack, who's the only character shown both caring for others and being cared for by others, and Locke - who does neither. I had totally forgotten that Star Trek episode! And they think McCoy is dead, but then he comes strolling out with the Vegas babes on each arm. ;D So maybe the passenger who drowned is just . . . off somewhere resting, eh? Your observation about the helpers and the helped, especially how Jack and Locke were portrayed, was intriguing. It kind of foreshadows how they will become leaders in very different ways and especially mirrors the hunt for Claire that we saw in the last episode. Lola
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Post by havoc on Dec 28, 2004 14:22:56 GMT -5
Great review, Vlad - although I think you were a little harder on the (half-)pilot than it deserved. But that's just my opinion - I thought it was pretty good (not excellent) from start to finish. Um - I missed the "5" tattoo. Wonder what I could have been looking at? ;D The lifeguard's girlfriend I'm cutting some slack until she's a bitch in a non-stressed-beyond-belief situation. 'Cause, well - we all react to disaster and trauma in our own ways. She might improve. I think the labor went away 'cause it wasn't real. Hence the instruction to sit very still - don't jostle. But I agree with whoever said how the heck did she get permission to fly, anyway? Eetah about the shaky-cam. I detest that effect. It's pointless, intended to simulate what you'd be seeing if you were there, but you're not there, and it's a third-, not first-, person perspective. So knock it the hell off already! Did some checking on the #5 tat and the other two that Jack has. It appears these are the actor's actual tats, much like the elvish nine isn't Charlies, it's the actor's. On the other hand, when I popped Jack +tatoo +Lost into google, I got the season listings for Three's company. Just for the heck of it, you might look at the episode names starting with season 5. May or may not be relevant; but, a few of them were really interesting.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Feb 26, 2006 23:02:51 GMT -5
This is a really good pilot. Most pilots tend to be rather klunky. Of course it helps that we are being introduced to the characters and the situation at the same time they are. The music and the cinematography are fantastic. Hawaii is very pretty. The actors are all very pretty. both Jack and Vincent landed on the island free of the wreckage. Vincent apparently got free of animal carrier he was in, which must have been in the cargo hold. And I think animals are usually tranquilized when they're put on board an airplane. Jack and alcohol. My dad, formerly of the air force, points out that the plane crash is not at all realistic. Engines would not still be running and there would not be such explosions. Doesn't matter to me much, because explosions are cool. Jack sure was an ass to Boone about his CPR. Though I guess moment of crisis... Jack needs to work on his motivational speeches. Angel-hair pasta, ew. Jack to Kate. You're not running now. Shannon painting her toenails. So something some one like her would do in this situation. Shannon's got issues. Airline meals. Hee. Such confidence in a rescue party finding them About the monster sounds. Is that Vincent? LOL. Was the sound monkeys? LOL. monkey, monkey, monkey!! Shoes off a dead person. Locke's smiling at people with an orange stuck in his mouth why? bodys. snerk. Love the driveshaft conversation. Jack is such a kill joy. "In the middle of a comeback." *Really* creepy front of the plane sequences. Well done. Kate is tough, yet easily scared. OK. Agent Weiss as the captain!! Yay!! 6 hours out (in The Other 48 days, didn't they say "2 hours?"). turned towards Fiji. Thousand miles off course. They're looking for us in the wrong place. Why does no one insinuate that Charlie was bating in the bathroom? Because that's what I would have thought.
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