Lost! - Page 99

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-08-2010, 09:44 AM

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It's a four-letter word. It's not spoilery. And according to Damon Lindelof himself, it is what Lost "always has been…always will be."

That word is...

Love.

Grody!

I'm sorry, but when a plane crashes on a mysterious island involving a smoke monster, a button that saves the world every 108 minutes, and time travel escapades, the predominant story is not about Love.

Betty · 04-08-2010, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Grody!

I'm sorry, but when a plane crashes on a mysterious island involving a smoke monster, a button that saves the world every 108 minutes, and time travel escapades, the predominant story is not about Love.

I agree. That's nearly as bad as it all being a dream.

Stan4dSteph · 04-08-2010, 10:52 AM

Love is a pretty all encompassing topic, and I actually like that idea. How is love "grody?" Would it be better if it were all about death and hate?

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 04-08-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Grody!

I'm sorry, but when a plane crashes on a mysterious island involving a smoke monster, a button that saves the world every 108 minutes, and time travel escapades, the predominant story is not about Love.

My hope is that his statement is very general, and that he's saying the show is really about the relationships between people, and the love that exists within those relationships. Regardless of what the Island is, regardless of the story, you're supposed to care about and relate to the people. And I do think, in general, Lost has done a very good job of that. It gets muddied when they try to introduce too many characters in a season, especially towards the end, because that's time taken away form the people you're invested in. Deadwood suffered a lot in its 3rd season because it focused way too much on story lines that involved new characters no one cared about.

That the article focused so much on romantic love was concerning and is, yeah, grody.

And apparently Jacob didn't want any gay people on his island. So, again, I call him a dick. Heh.

bewitched · 04-08-2010, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

My hope is that his statement is very general, and that he's saying the show is really about the relationships between people, and the love that exists within those relationships. Regardless of what the Island is, regardless of the story, you're supposed to care about and relate to the people.

I agree. It's what I meant when I said that love anchors people. It anchors emotions, it anchors relationships and maybe it even anchors you to the world you belong in.

innerSpaceman · 04-08-2010, 11:50 AM

That's cause Jacob's deep in the everlasting closet. I should know. He's my husband in a future life that takes place in what you would call the 1700's.

Actually, they haven't added a bunch of new characters this season, and that was wise. Two or three of note, and one of those is dead already.

Oddly, even though most of them have even been given their own episode, I think the effect of this season has been to push the original Losties way into the background. They don't seem to be involved with the plot, and despite cameos in other episodes - seem to have a decidedly passive role in the direction the story seems to be going --- other than to simply "be" candidates-in-waiting.

I note that the yowza episodes have been about Ben Linus, and Richard, and now Desmond. Sayid's and Jack's weren't bad ... but Sawyer's was meh, and Kate's reportedly SO bad that I haven't even bothered watching it. Jin and Sun's was kinda kool. Has Hurley had his yet?

But the "plot" of the season seems all about everyone BUT the originals. I'm kinda forgetting about them, and I wonder if that's gonna be troublesome for a big finale?

Whatever. The season is finally getting good ... and maybe, like others before it, the plodding start will come to make sense in the overall scheme.

Too bad this is the last season. I've a feeling Dr. Brad might have played a bigger role in the next.

(Oh, and EH1812, those pointless new characters in Deadwood's 3rd season were supposed to play big roles in the 4th that never happened. I think it's wise to add new characters in all but the final season. Unlike Lost, most series don't know when that's going to be.)

Gemini Cricket · 04-08-2010, 11:58 AM

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Too bad this is the last season. I've a feeling Dr. Brad might have played a bigger role in the next.

I have a few friends who are on a waiting list to be an extra on the last episode. Also, the lovely lady who plays Sheila Franklin in our production of "Hair" was in the latest episode, too. I'm not sure where she is, tho...

AND... the nurse chasing Merry the Hobbit also auditioned for the "Dixie Swim Club" which I was assistant to the director for. She's fabulous, but we didn't cast her.

JWBear · 04-08-2010, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

That's cause Jacob's deep in the everlasting closet. I should know. He's my husband in a future life that takes place in what you would call the 1700's.

Hands off, bitch. He's MINE!

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Has Hurley had his yet?

The next episode is supposed to be Hurley-centric.

Gemini Cricket · 04-08-2010, 12:24 PM

I wish I would have been cast as the guy who got microwaved at the beginning of the episode. That would have been cool.

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-08-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I wish I would have been cast as the guy who got microwaved at the beginning of the episode. That would have been cool.

I wish I could have "known" him. The guy who played Simmons (Jonathan Arthur) is a cutie!

04-08-2010, 10:52 AM	#3
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	Love is a pretty all encompassing topic, and I actually like that idea. How is love "grody?" Would it be better if it were all about death and hate?
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04-08-2010, 11:50 AM	#6
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	That's cause Jacob's deep in the everlasting closet. I should know. He's my husband in a future life that takes place in what you would call the 1700's. Actually, they haven't added a bunch of new characters this season, and that was wise. Two or three of note, and one of those is dead already. Oddly, even though most of them have even been given their own episode, I think the effect of this season has been to push the original Losties way into the background. They don't seem to be involved with the plot, and despite cameos in other episodes - seem to have a decidedly passive role in the direction the story seems to be going --- other than to simply "be" candidates-in-waiting. I note that the yowza episodes have been about Ben Linus, and Richard, and now Desmond. Sayid's and Jack's weren't bad ... but Sawyer's was meh, and Kate's reportedly SO bad that I haven't even bothered watching it. Jin and Sun's was kinda kool. Has Hurley had his yet? But the "plot" of the season seems all about everyone BUT the originals. I'm kinda forgetting about them, and I wonder if that's gonna be troublesome for a big finale? Whatever. The season is finally getting good ... and maybe, like others before it, the plodding start will come to make sense in the overall scheme. Too bad this is the last season. I've a feeling Dr. Brad might have played a bigger role in the next. (Oh, and EH1812, those pointless new characters in Deadwood's 3rd season were supposed to play big roles in the 4th that never happened. I think it's wise to add new characters in all but the final season. Unlike Lost, most series don't know when that's going to be.)
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I wish I would have been cast as the guy who got microwaved at the beginning of the episode. That would have been cool.
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