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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 8:29:13 GMT -5
Thirteen pages? Talky meat! You all is talky meat!
Okay, I have a few random thoughts (riffles through notes):
Charlie has drugs again. This is never good. On the other hand, Charlie succeeded in rescuing turnip-head, so maybe he won't need the solace of drugs. Maybe.
Aaron, by the way, is from the Bible, and means "high mountain". Aaron was the brother of Moses.
Locke is now certifiable.
Locke called Hurley "Hugo". I think Locke is the only one who calls Hurley by his real name. Is Locke being manipulative or respectful?
I think the Big Roaring Thing scared Locke this time.
So, there are no Others, just the French Chick? Or, is French Chick being played by The Others, so they can snatch Walt?
About which, who are these people? Recruiters for the Island School for Evil Mutant Children?
The person who threw the Molotov Cocktail onto the raft looked like a woman. If so, could she be French Chick's long-lost daughter Alex?
On the whole, I'd say they raised more questions than they answered. I was not impressed, but maybe it was just the lack of sleep.
Yes, now we know the comic book was Hurley's, but I wasn't really aching for that answer.
Oh, and I said there was Krell machinery in that hatch! Now we have a deep dark elevator shaft. Gotta be something down there, maybe whatever's generating the Big Roaring Thing. Id Monster, I say!
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 9:39:32 GMT -5
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 9:43:17 GMT -5
OMG - Hurley "You got some Arzt on you." How good was Jorge's delivery of that? I nominate him for a S'cubie Emmy award!! *snrotl*H.M.S Multicultural Testosterone Oh! We should have awards!! I must think on this. Now that the season is over, we should have nominations from "our" shows, and awards . . . we need an original name for our awards . . . not Emmys, but something like that. Spike-eys? S'cubies? Oh, S 3=SSS. Esssys!
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 9:48:01 GMT -5
Oh! We should have awards!! I must think on this. Now that the season is over, we should have nominations from "our" shows, and awards . . . we need an original name for our awards . . . not Emmys, but something like that. Yes! We should totally do this!!! The Golden S'cube (instead of globe) Awards? Hmmmmm. Something wrong there . . . ;D Little golden Spikes on pedestals... Anne, and you can visualize that any way you like
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 9:50:32 GMT -5
Nooo!!! I was just getting to like little Walt. Jin has to save Sawyer, right? I mean, he's going to be okay. Those guys were way too creepy to be up to any good. I wasn't expecting that at all. I was expecting other castaways. How did they know about Walt? WTF??? Jin MUST save Sawyer. I have decreed it. He must save Sawyer and then Michael and all of them find some floating wreckage and use it to get back to the island and then they KICK some serious ASS to find our little mutant darlin' Walt. Right? Right. Anne, distracted by how good Jin looks with the longer hair with the little bit of curl...
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 9:53:30 GMT -5
No answers! They suck. Pretty much my conclusion. I hereby pronounce myself monumentally unsatisfied by LOST. Big overture. Little show. I even fell asleep during one of the insanely long ad breaks. I may decide I care more, later, but right now - irritated by the complete lack of useful answers, and the presentation of more questions. I got an email from my best buddy Daria this morning. Her review: LOST SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pretty much right there with her. We wuz robbed. Another show falls victim to Chris Carter syndrome - the creator gets too engrossed in thinking up nifty little mysteries, and forgets that they will eventually need to be answered. Right now, if the show didn't come back next season, I wouldn't be heartbroken. I'll watch, but I won't enjoy it.
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Post by SpringSummers on May 26, 2005 10:25:07 GMT -5
I've got no problem with the decision Jack made there. As Sara told us Greg mentioned, Kate & Locke are the two trackers, you don't want to lose both of them. I do have a problem with the way Jack went about making this decision. First, he agreed to the "short straw" business, even though he apparently had no intention of letting the chips fall where they may. Then, he deceived Kate into thinking she was carrying the dynamite. I don't mind a leader leading. I do mind him "tricking" me into following. On the other hand, if Jack doesn't pull his little deception they'd still be standing there arguing over who gets to carry the dynamite. This way she's happy because she thinks she's carrying the goods, he's happy because he knows he is, and they all get back to the hatch before nightfall. Win-win all the way around. Disagree. This is the method of a leader with no confidence in himself or his followers. All Jack had to do was say, "I'm definitely carrying one of these. The rest of you draw straws." Or - "Locke - if you're up for it, you and I will carry these." If Kate or Hurley start to protest, he just cuts them short with the same kind of statement he made to Kate: "You want me to lead, you'll have to take my direction. We don't have time to argue. Now let's get moving." or some such thing. It just isn't true that they would have necessarily spent a lot of time arguing. I doubt they would have. Kate didn't argue much when Jack did finally tell her upfront.
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Post by SpringSummers on May 26, 2005 10:30:02 GMT -5
Oh! We should have awards!! I must think on this. Now that the season is over, we should have nominations from "our" shows, and awards . . . we need an original name for our awards . . . not Emmys, but something like that. Spike-eys? S'cubies? Oh, S 3=SSS. Esssys! How about the "S'cubie Cuties" in honor of Patti? And The Cutie goes to . . . etc.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on May 26, 2005 10:36:01 GMT -5
Spike-eys? S'cubies? Oh, S 3=SSS. Esssys! How about the "S'cubie Cuties" in honor of Patti? And The Cutie goes to . . . etc. I like that! You've got my vote.
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Post by Lola m on May 26, 2005 12:16:22 GMT -5
Thirteen pages? Talky meat! You all is talky meat! Okay, I have a few random thoughts (riffles through notes): Charlie has drugs again. This is never good. On the other hand, Charlie succeeded in rescuing turnip-head, so maybe he won't need the solace of drugs. Maybe. That would be a good outcome, but I wonder as well. I mean, he did take a statue - unbroken, so I presume drugs are still inside. So the next time life goes sideways on him . . . what will he do? Then again, it might be like an acoholic who is a bartender. Kind of proving to themselves each day that they don't need to partake? Hmmmm. *yup* He's calling it a test and probably thinks it was a "momentary failing" kind of thing, but I don't know . . . I want to know exactly what he saw and/or felt. #rofl1# More brainshare!! You go, girl! Work that theory! ;D
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Post by Lola m on May 26, 2005 12:17:20 GMT -5
Jin MUST save Sawyer. I have decreed it. He must save Sawyer and then Michael and all of them find some floating wreckage and use it to get back to the island and then they KICK some serious ASS to find our little mutant darlin' Walt. Right? Right. Anne, distracted by how good Jin looks with the longer hair with the little bit of curl... Mmmmm. Liking Jin a LOT in this ep.
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Post by ElleKC on May 26, 2005 13:55:07 GMT -5
I really liked the finale. I think it was truly representative of the season as a whole. Mystery, adventure, danger, a little humor. Bits of character development added to the mix. I think the writers did answer a couple of questions. Most importantly that the "others" are real, and not just CFL's imaginary enemies. We found out that the Black Rock is a ship, that the hatch does not belong to a submarine, and that the island is a whole lot bigger than anyone expected. We learned more about Jin's backstory. The other characters learned more about Locke, Hurley, and the CFL. I am one who likes the unanswered questions. The writers couldn't answer all the questions in the first season finale! What would they do next year? Besides, I was a big fan of the X-Files until they started answering the questions. Better no answers on a well-made show, than really lousy answers or a blandly-written show. Then again, I can appreciate that not everybody is a fan of delayed gratification. P.S. Spring, I'll start looking right away!
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Post by Sharky on May 26, 2005 16:23:09 GMT -5
Hmmm....
Arzt is partz? Is there any reason left to watch....
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Post by Sharky on May 26, 2005 16:29:32 GMT -5
Better no answers on a well-made show, than really lousy answers or a blandly-written show. Then again, I can appreciate that not everybody is a fan of delayed gratification. Best of all would be decent answers slowly revealed on a well-made show. It's all in the pacing. If they go too slow, then I for one start to think there's no wizard behind the curtain, just an aging snake-oil salesman. If they go too fast, then they risk running out of mysteries too soon. Right now, I'm hoping they pick up the revelation rate a bit next year.
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Post by Rachael on May 26, 2005 16:29:56 GMT -5
Jin MUST save Sawyer. I have decreed it. He must save Sawyer and then Michael and all of them find some floating wreckage and use it to get back to the island and then they KICK some serious ASS to find our little mutant darlin' Walt. Right? Right. Anne, distracted by how good Jin looks with the longer hair with the little bit of curl... Oh, yeah. I might watch just to look at DDK every week. So, he dies, I'm out. I have spoken.
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