Lost! - Page 137

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-24-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Am I the only one that was really annoyed by what seemed like extra commercial breaks?

DVR.

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

I want to see the Hurley and Ben spin-off series.

"Hurley! Did you eat all the mangoes again?"
"Guess I have to fess up, dude. There's no one else here."
"Huuurleeeeeeey!!"
*wumpwoe music cue*

It writes itself. And yeah, absolutely must be animated. Think Beetlejuice, or Clerks.

That, and James Ford, Detective. Gritty but always ends with James patting Miles on the back, saying with a grin, "Son of a BITCH!"

Pirate Bill · 05-24-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

DVR.

I do, and I did. But a break to skip past the the commercials is still a break. And while less annoying than a 4 minute wait, it's an interruption to the flow.

The Target commercials caught our attention and I did back up to watch those. Hilarious!

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

So after Jack shoved the stone carrot into the hole, the only way for him to get out was by climbing the rope or did he do a water flume out?

I think there's a way out downstream. He got flushed just like MIB's body.

innerSpaceman · 05-24-2010, 10:18 AM

I wish I'd thought to take pictures. As usual when I'm having a good time, thoughts of photography go by the wayside.

My drowned-Charlie costume didn't pan out, but there was a Locke/Anti-Locke, a Hurley, a fifth-season Jack complete with bushy beard, pills and booze, a really good Daniel Faraday, and a Zoe (is that the name of Widmore's assistant whom I was so happy to see throat-slashed last week?)

Our names on the wall was my favorite touch, I think. I hated to cross mine off, but I really don't want to be a candidate for anything. I'm gonna treasure my Oceanic boarding pass though. Glad I remembered to swipe it, but so upset I forgot to see the KITTIES. Aaaarrrraggghghg!!!

Ghoulish Delight · 05-24-2010, 10:28 AM

By the way, who here watched the 2hr pre-show?

We did. While in the middle of it I found myself sort of wishing I wasn't watching it. I've purposely avoided the podcasts and such. I'm a TV show purist in the sense that I want what I need to know to be shown on screen during your allotted time slot. I want to see the show and decide what it means to me, not have the producers hold my hand and tell me what they want me to get out of it. If they can't communicate that within the confines of the show, then they've failed at creating their show. So I was kinda bummed that I was going into the finale with that "guidance" for the first time.

But in the end I was glad I watched it. I still take the points away for it needing to be there. But the show had gone wildly off track, and watching that helped me focus on what the creators and writers considered the important elements and forget about the extra stuff they tried on for size but never got to fit. Even if a lot of what they defined as important was only so in hindsight, I took it as, "Here are things we tried that worked and aided the themes that we had in mind, don't worry so much about the stuff we tried that didn't. Our bad."

scaeagles · 05-24-2010, 10:33 AM

So....I'm curious. Does anyone have a specific way they wished it had ended?

I was somehow hoping that the two sideways timelines would merge and they would all end up back on the island. There was never really an explanation of how the people at the temple ended up at the temple. I was hoping for a sort of Matrix-like regeneration of Zion....that this group of people would end up back on the island, but they would be the inhabitants of the temple. The people who understood what the island was and what the powers of the island were....almost becoming the others to anyone else who ended up on the island.

Maybe that's lame....don't know. I just wasn't happy with the walk off into the light thing.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-24-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

The people who understood what the island was and what the powers of the island were....almost becoming the others to anyone else who ended up on the island.

You'll have to tune into the animated series to find out.

I think the only big thing that I'm bugged about them leaving unanswered is the gap between the massacre of the Dharma project and the Others inhabiting Dharmaville. All very murky and confusing. And frustrating that it goes away with a bunch of, "eh, the island was what you bring with you" hand waving. I'm not broken up about it, just wish I knew what they were thinking when they set all that up.

Gemini Cricket · 05-24-2010, 11:03 AM

I hope no one actually tries to dive into the water where Sawyer and the lady who killed Locke did. That area is hugely dangerous and there are rocks just beneath the water. People commit suicide in that area all the time. Also, they are quite the swimmers. They swam 41 miles.

And iSm is wrong. Sawyer is hot with or without his shirt.

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-24-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Also, they are quite the swimmers. They swam 41 miles.

No, they swam to the boat.

Ooh, remembered another thought - throughout the series, Jack would say "this is what I am supposed to do, this is what is supposed to happen" and be totally wrong. For him to push Desmond out of the way and say he knew he was the one who should plug the hole left me wondering that perhaps he was wrong. Maybe if he just let Desmond do it, they could have both lived. I kind of like that ambiguity. It ties into what GD's been saying about Jack's flaws. Jack finally learned to deal with the possibility of being wrong.

Gemini Cricket · 05-24-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

No, they swam to the boat.

Ah. That's what that boat was doing there.

Question:
So after Jack shoved the stone carrot into the hole, the only way for him to get out was by climbing the rope or did he do a water flume out? I was kind of confused by him being on the rocks and all dry and all that.

Also, dogs = cool. That's the message Lost has been trying to convey all this time.

innerSpaceman · 05-24-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I hope no one actually tries to dive into the water where Sawyer and the lady who killed Locke did. That area is hugely dangerous and there are rocks just beneath the water. People commit suicide in that area all the time. Also, they are quite the swimmers. They swam 41 miles.

Oops, I hope the show doesn't inspire any copycats.

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

No, they swam to the boat.

Ok, so if they swam to the boat ... that means Desmond didn't take the boat.

WTF happened to Desmond??!?

05-24-2010, 10:18 AM	#3
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I wish I'd thought to take pictures. As usual when I'm having a good time, thoughts of photography go by the wayside. My drowned-Charlie costume didn't pan out, but there was a Locke/Anti-Locke, a Hurley, a fifth-season Jack complete with bushy beard, pills and booze, a really good Daniel Faraday, and a Zoe (is that the name of Widmore's assistant whom I was so happy to see throat-slashed last week?) Our names on the wall was my favorite touch, I think. I hated to cross mine off, but I really don't want to be a candidate for anything. I'm gonna treasure my Oceanic boarding pass though. Glad I remembered to swipe it, but so upset I forgot to see the KITTIES. Aaaarrrraggghghg!!!
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05-24-2010, 10:28 AM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	By the way, who here watched the 2hr pre-show? We did. While in the middle of it I found myself sort of wishing I wasn't watching it. I've purposely avoided the podcasts and such. I'm a TV show purist in the sense that I want what I need to know to be shown on screen during your allotted time slot. I want to see the show and decide what it means to me, not have the producers hold my hand and tell me what they want me to get out of it. If they can't communicate that within the confines of the show, then they've failed at creating their show. So I was kinda bummed that I was going into the finale with that "guidance" for the first time. But in the end I was glad I watched it. I still take the points away for it needing to be there. But the show had gone wildly off track, and watching that helped me focus on what the creators and writers considered the important elements and forget about the extra stuff they tried on for size but never got to fit. Even if a lot of what they defined as important was only so in hindsight, I took it as, "Here are things we tried that worked and aided the themes that we had in mind, don't worry so much about the stuff we tried that didn't. Our bad." __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-24-2010, 10:33 AM	#5
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	So....I'm curious. Does anyone have a specific way they wished it had ended? I was somehow hoping that the two sideways timelines would merge and they would all end up back on the island. There was never really an explanation of how the people at the temple ended up at the temple. I was hoping for a sort of Matrix-like regeneration of Zion....that this group of people would end up back on the island, but they would be the inhabitants of the temple. The people who understood what the island was and what the powers of the island were....almost becoming the others to anyone else who ended up on the island. Maybe that's lame....don't know. I just wasn't happy with the walk off into the light thing.
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05-24-2010, 11:03 AM	#7
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I hope no one actually tries to dive into the water where Sawyer and the lady who killed Locke did. That area is hugely dangerous and there are rocks just beneath the water. People commit suicide in that area all the time. Also, they are quite the swimmers. They swam 41 miles. And iSm is wrong. Sawyer is hot with or without his shirt.
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