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Post by Matthew on Sept 22, 2005 10:24:48 GMT -5
Huh.. I was completely pole-axed by it being Desmond: figured it out from the accent as he held the gun on Locke, before he said "brother" but it surprised me, though it did fit in with the idea I had that Desmond was a Miracle Man. And I don't know about the sound: I watch with captioning on, because I have so-so hearing, anyways. I didn't see it coming either, only figuring it out about the same time you did. From Greg's reaction to my blurting out "I bet it's Desmond" I'd say he also was surprised. The sound seemed fine to us--we actually had more trouble with it during Invasion, when we'd crank up the volume during the show and crank it back down for commercials. Yeah, the sound on "invasion" was truly awful. Bad as at the penguin movie, if not worse.
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Post by Pixi on Sept 22, 2005 10:35:39 GMT -5
Also - to add to the number mix
Sara and Mr. Rutherford were brought into the ER at 8:15.
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Post by Sara on Sept 22, 2005 11:01:16 GMT -5
Also - to add to the number mix Sara and Mr. Rutherford were brought into the ER at 8:15. *makes mental note to seriously start paying better attention to what's going on in the background during flashbacks*
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Post by Queen E on Sept 22, 2005 12:01:42 GMT -5
I understand this. Try watching a submarine movie with my ex, who was on one. Writing so that the pros don't get pulled out of the story by the errors is difficult to the point of nearly impossible. Like watching an actor walk up to a completely strange computer with proprietary software and make it work immediately. I'm much more forgiving about this kind of stuff than Rich, but it does give me a little jolt. "It would drive you crazy if we were watching an army movie and they were all saluting backwards and ... invading all willy-nilly. " "Now with the flying kick! From a dead stop! What's powering it, raw enthusiasm?"
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Post by Sara on Sept 22, 2005 13:18:50 GMT -5
Forgot about one other moment I suspected was meant to help answer a small mystery from the first season--think the magnet that pulled the key on Jack's neck toward it was what kept Sayid's compass from working properly?
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Sept 22, 2005 13:20:32 GMT -5
Also - to add to the number mix Sara and Mr. Rutherford were brought into the ER at 8:15. There had better be a really good payoff for all these "coincidences".
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Sept 22, 2005 13:21:27 GMT -5
Forgot about one other moment I suspected was meant to help answer a small mystery from the first season--think the magnet that pulled the key on Jack's neck toward it was what kept Sayid's compass from working properly? Good catch, Sara! Do you think the whole bunker is magnetized? The computer wouldn't work properly, though, if it was. This probably has nothing to do with Lost at all, but bunker-guy's keyboard had a button marked "execute". There's a Kate Bush song, Deeper Understanding, about someone who falls in love with an interactive computer program; her keyboard has an "execute" button. I saw the button and started wondering if Desmond has a computer "friend". For some reason, the geodesic dome bunker also reminded me of an old SF movie, Silent Running. Probably not relevant, though.
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Post by Sara on Sept 22, 2005 13:22:51 GMT -5
And one other interesting note: there's a guy named Desmond Morris who's a noted zoologist and ethnologist. On a show with folks named Rousseau and Locke, I have a hard time believing that's a coincidence.
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Post by Sara on Sept 22, 2005 13:25:19 GMT -5
Forgot about one other moment I suspected was meant to help answer a small mystery from the first season--think the magnet that pulled the key on Jack's neck toward it was what kept Sayid's compass from working properly? Good catch, Sara! Do you think the whole bunker is magnetized? The computer wouldn't work properly, though, if it was. Nope. Plus the pull on the key would have been constant while Jack moved through the bunker. And I imagine they'd have been a little hesitant about handling metal weapons.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Sept 22, 2005 13:26:03 GMT -5
And one other interesting note: there's a guy named Desmond Morris who's a noted zoologist and ethnologist. On a show with folks named Rousseau and Locke, I have a hard time believing that's a coincidence. Nice, again. Too many coincidences, though. I don't see any way they can tie all the bits together into anything coherent. Chris Carter syndrome strikes again.
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Post by Rob on Sept 22, 2005 13:36:16 GMT -5
Yeah, his reaction to Hurley disappointed me. Then again, it also didn't surprise me. Actually to be honest, altho I love Hurley to death, if I was stranded on an island with someone who thought that 'numbers' were either bad luck or somehow cursed, I would have probably (when I was younger) think he was a little goofy to believe that way. And that might color how seriously I would take anything he had to say. Which would be a bad thing on my part, because what he has to say is important, no matter his beliefs. So, I think I'm a basically a 'Jack' in rl, except he's younger, hotter and male. So...with all the other bizarre things that have happened, you wouldn't open your mind to the possibility? I don't know. I just don't understand what Hurley's done wrong. He's loyal, keeps things light, does whatever he is asked...yet no one on the island shows him the barest hint of respect, even after his easy handling of Rousseau and the battery. Of course, I could be overly defensive of Hugo because we're both weight-challenged (though Jorge Garcia appears to have lost several pounds). Jack probably would've reacted the same way if it'd been Charlie or Kate as well. I'm curious what Locke's response to Hurley's story would be, though. I'm betting he would at least listen.
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Post by Rob on Sept 22, 2005 13:38:09 GMT -5
And one other interesting note: there's a guy named Desmond Morris who's a noted zoologist and ethnologist. On a show with folks named Rousseau and Locke, I have a hard time believing that's a coincidence. Nice, again. Too many coincidences, though. I don't see any way they can tie all the bits together into anything coherent. Chris Carter syndrome strikes again. So, in summary...you're not happy with the show?
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Post by Karen on Sept 22, 2005 13:38:33 GMT -5
And one other interesting note: there's a guy named Desmond Morris who's a noted zoologist and ethnologist. On a show with folks named Rousseau and Locke, I have a hard time believing that's a coincidence. *That's* what my brain was trying to pull out from dusty recessess all day! Thanks, Sara! The name 'Desmond' was niggling at me, because I knew that I'd heard that name and that it was in conjunction to something scientific. Kept thinking it had something to do with monkeys somehow. Another piece to the puzzle?
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Sept 22, 2005 13:40:23 GMT -5
Nice, again. Too many coincidences, though. I don't see any way they can tie all the bits together into anything coherent. Chris Carter syndrome strikes again. So, in summary...you're not happy with the show? More like "meh". If I miss an episode, I'm not going to be heartbroken. I do love Hurley, though.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Sept 22, 2005 13:43:44 GMT -5
Actually to be honest, altho I love Hurley to death, if I was stranded on an island with someone who thought that 'numbers' were either bad luck or somehow cursed, I would have probably (when I was younger) think he was a little goofy to believe that way. And that might color how seriously I would take anything he had to say. Which would be a bad thing on my part, because what he has to say is important, no matter his beliefs. So, I think I'm a basically a 'Jack' in rl, except he's younger, hotter and male. So...with all the other bizarre things that have happened, you wouldn't open your mind to the possibility? I don't know. I just don't understand what Hurley's done wrong. He's loyal, keeps things light, does whatever he is asked...yet no one on the island shows him the barest hint of respect, even after his easy handling of Rousseau and the battery. Of course, I could be overly defensive of Hugo because we're both weight-challenged (though Jorge Garcia appears to have lost several pounds). Jack probably would've reacted the same way if it'd been Charlie or Kate as well. I'm curious what Locke's response to Hurley's story would be, though. I'm betting he would at least listen. Locke does treat Hurley with more respect. He's the only one who calls Hurley by his real name, for example. The problem is, I wonder if that's just part of Locke's plan to seduce Hurley over to the Dark Side of the island. Somehow, I don't see Hurley falling for it; he's smarter and more perceptive than that. Locke certainly looked like a fanatic in this episode.
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