Lost!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Don't all Hawaiian residents get a copy? Like the oil money in Alaska?

Well, apparently they're overstocked on classic Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum P.I. DVDs. Once they get through passing those out, then they'll start on Lost. I hear that with every Lost DVD that they give out they'll also include DVDs from Jake and the Fatman and Byrds of Paradise (LOTS of those, I hear).

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I suppose his [Hurley's] flaw is allowing himself to become controlled by his belief in "the curse", an inability to take responsibility for making the best of his life despite any bad luck he might have. Still seems like a weak flaw compared to everyone else's.

Ah, but the link provided by your wife reminded me that Jacob didn't touch Hurley (or Sayid for that matter) until after they'd left the Island. Implying (to me) Jacob had different selection criteria for them than for the rest of the candidates. Sayid just happened to indeed have a fuctup life. Maybe Hurley was chosen, well because Jacob just obviously really liked Hurley and thought he would be awesome for the Island.

[innerSpaceman]

Um, CP, I meant after that. Once they pulled Desmond up, what happened to him? He simply disappeared. If he was going to Desmond-disappear, they should have left him in the cork room where that was supposed to happen. Instead, sloppy writing or editing had them "save" him only to have him completely disappear with no explanation.

And it was stupid having Jack "save" Desmond, since he knew full well that Desmond can withstand the energy of The Light, and all he had was a hit on the head - while Jack had a fatal stab wound. Dumb.


Stupid editing and poor post-production compensation were also responsible for Ben escaping the unescapable tree fall. Lame.



scaeagles - I would have liked it much better, too, if the sideways timeline actually converged with the Island. I think them all being dead the whole time in the sideways world of matrix-fantasy was a cop-out, and kinda too creepy.

In that sense, did Juliette's detonation of the nuclear bomb really "work?" Faraday was wrong. Flight 815 didn't go on to land safely in Los Angeles. I suppose it was successful in that the Island did not blow up, and I guess the Dharma-stuck Losties were all catapulted forward in time to meet up with the other present-day Losties. But I'm not happy that Faraday was made wrong and the alt timeline is just where most Islanders go when they eventually die.


I'm just happy to be right that the story was about Limbo the whole time and though the writers can create a lot of good stuff, they were pulling most of that stuff out of their asses.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Um, CP, I meant after that. Once they pulled Desmond up, what happened to him? He simply disappeared.

I still don't get what you're referring to as a disappearance. They pulled him up and the next time they show Ben and Hurley, Desmond is lying unconscious on the ground. That's when Ben says Desmond's going to be ok, etc as I mentioned above. Is there a scene with those guys after that that I'm forgetting?

I was a little taken aback at Hurley's reaction to seeing Desmond instead of Jack. If the line were just "Desmond?" instead of "NO!" it wouldn't make him seem as bad.

Speaking of Bigfoot - GD pointed out to me that Hurley doesn't really have any flaws, so how is mixed up in all this mess anyway?

I like 98% of what this guy says.

Unneccessarily Censored LOST

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I hope ABC broadcasts a pop-up finale soon.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

They left the boat behind. Surely Desmond found it and used that to meet up with Penny. But I am sure there will be an extended version of the final on DVD, so maybe we'll see that along with Ben being freed from the tree that could not be moved.

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, left the boat behind once they were on Gilligan's Island, or whatever that neighbor island is called. How would Desmond get there from the Mystery Island? Um, he's kind of a major character. They had just had a scene where they pulled him up by a rope. Oh, but Hurley screamed "No" when he realized it wasn't Jack. Did he throw him back down?? Is that the kind of Jacob he's gonna be??


Anyway, Very.Sloppy.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, but Hurley screamed "No" when he realized it wasn't Jack. Did he throw him back down?? Is that the kind of Jacob he's gonna be??

That would be hysterical. Hurley is the new Ben-Flocke-Jacob combo.

ETA: It's fun to go back and read through the beginning of this thread....from May/June of 2005 at the end of season 1.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Anyway, Very.Sloppy.

I don't think it was sloppy, I think it was purposely indeterminate. The answer lies in the Ben and Hurley Variety Hour. He remained on the island, trying to get off, with the help of Hurley as the new #1 (btw, I'm assuming the "#2", "#1" exchange was a nod to The Prisoner), all the while dealing with new arrivals, helping the ones who deserve it and deciding if any of them are worthy of taking over for Hurley so that he can die and join everyone else.

[Gemini Cricket]

I was trying to figure out the whole tree falling on that guy thing. He looked like he was squished but he was really fine.

All the falling rocks reminded me of the classic Star Trek TV series.