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That's weird. I could've sworn you were a Lost nuthugger
Yeah, we used to be pretty active in these threads. Not so much. I think it's also partly that I don't hang out with the same people I used to watch LOST with.I guess I don't see anything here re: the dui's as a reason to leave the show.
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Yeah, we used to be pretty active in these threads. Not so much. I think it's also partly that I don't hang out with the same people I used to watch LOST with.I guess I don't see anything here re: the dui's as a reason to leave the show.
ahh Jeepie...I remember those days when all we had was time to discuss shiitt like Lost.
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Well **** those guys. New sets and plot lines for the finale? aw;eiufh ds;if vh'Lost' producer: finale has new sets, questions"Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof tells THR the crew built new sets for the final moments of the ABC hit drama and that fans should expect to ask themselves, "What did they mean by this?" after the show ends. "We did not shoot the final scene of the series on the final day ... for reasons of maintaining the secrecy of the show, and we had to build some sets for the finale -- the construction of the new sets took awhile so that's the work that we did last," Lindelof said.Lindelof said he understands why some fans have been frustrated with the final season's "flash sideways" device, and promised that it will be explained."We knew the new storytelling device would be controversial," Lindelof said. "We started showing people this thing, and people don't know what it is. They don't know how it connects back in the show. We're throwing this huge mystery into a show that already has a bunch of mysteries at a time when the audience expects us to be closing doors and not opening them."The producer also brushed off speculation about Desmond being absent from the show's final cast photo."A cast photo that includes some characters but not others is beyond our area of involvement," Lindelof said.As for the nagging question of whether fans be satisfied by the ending, Lindelof said the finale will not employ a "Sopranos"-style fake-out, but he emphasized that viewers will definitely be left with questions." 'The Sopranos' ending only worked on 'The Sopranos,' " Lindelof said. "The series finale has to fit the show. We're trying to end lost in a way that feels 'Lost'-ian and fair and will generate a tremendous amount of theorizing. We're going to be as definitive as we can be and say this is our ending, but there's no way to end the show where the fans aren't going to say, 'What did they mean by this?' Which is why we're not going to explain it."Here's Matt Belloni's full interview with Lindelof: [Video interview at link]

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This is pretty interesting.The Pipe Labyrinth Behind "Lost"It'd have been hard to imagine and understand "Lost" 15 years ago. Its apparently unlimited hyperlinked stories and easter eggs, connected to a gazillion fan files, is only possible because of technology. Amelia Beamer describes the hypertext labyrinth behind it.This article by independent scholar Amelia Beamer was originally published in issue #101 of the British peer-reviewed journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.I want to examine the popular ABC TV series Lost as an example of a recent cultural creation, that of the hypertext narrative. For those not already familiar with it, the series involves a large cast of characters marooned on a tropical island after a plane crash. It is a character-based narrative: episodes thread lengthy flashbacks of characters' backstories with immediate plots of day-to-day survival and interpersonal relationships, and a larger "mythos" involving the strange and apparently supernatural (or science-fictional) happenings on the island. I will argue that, though television as a medium is linear, Lost is essentially a hypertext narrative, interested in the side-to-side transactions and common histories of the characters, and that its hypertext content also plays with genre protocols, pop culture, audience interaction, and even the nature of storytelling.[continued at link, long article]

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This episode can be summed up in three words:Holy ****ing shit.

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So is Frank dead, too? They made it seem like he got jacked up by the door blowing off in the sub. Of course, that also leaves it open-ended and he could have narrowly escaped without it being shown. Otherwise...no sub, no pilot. Fun episode. I figured some major characters were going to start getting picked off at some point soon but didn't expect three within ten minutes of each other.

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So is Frank dead, too? They made it seem like he got jacked up by the door blowing off in the sub. Of course, that also leaves it open-ended and he could have narrowly escaped without it being shown. Otherwise...no sub, no pilot. Fun episode. I figured some major characters were going to start getting picked off at some point soon but didn't expect three within ten minutes of each other.
was wondering the same thing. Frank has to be alive. Has he been on the show for two years as a red herring??? I mean his part has been useless if you think about it. I also fell out with Jin and Sun's death. It has been 3 or 4 seasons? of trying to find each other and when they do they die after one episode. weird? of course I did see Jin walk past John in the hospital so the alt timeline might take over thus keeping them alive-
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i just read the finale has been expanded to 2 and a half hours
Yeah, I heard that too. I'm not clear if that means there's going to be more content, or more advertising.Regarding last night's episode...Why was Locke's facial scar more pronounced? Is it as literal as power--meaning it's growing or lessening?I really wanted Jin or Sun to scream at the other "Think about our daughter!" Still, it was nice to have the watery call back to Charlie's sacrifice.The shot of Claire and Jack in the vending area, looking at the mirrored lid of the music box, was a recreation of a shot in the pilot.The last scene with Shepard and Locke was really great for me. Locke explaining how his accident occurred, and his responsibility reminded me how great the acting on this show can be. Terry Quinn was fantastic--especially when contrasted with Hurley's breakdown on the beach. Jorge Garcia is not up to the emotional breakdown the scene required.
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was wondering the same thing. Frank has to be alive. Has he been on the show for two years as a red herring??? I mean his part has been useless if you think about it. I also fell out with Jin and Sun's death. It has been 3 or 4 seasons? of trying to find each other and when they do they die after one episode. weird? of course I did see Jin walk past John in the hospital so the alt timeline might take over thus keeping them alive-
The key point is they are dead on the island..I have a feeling the alternate timeline will be "reality". The crash never happened, but these people are all linked somehow..IMO
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It was probably the best ep yet but still didn't do much for me. I thought the Jin/Sun scene was just for emotional reaction and provided nothing to the plot. Plus who cares, they are alive in the alt time so no biggie for me. Personally the only interesting part of this season for me has been all their lives in the alt time. I would have just enjoyed watching nothing but that all season. I still find the island stuff to be endless ramping up and it's getting old. I was excited when Kate was shot hoping that she was a goner. Bummer. At least Sayid is finally truly dead. Yay!

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MiB leveled those fools. Plus how the hell is Sawyer not dead? When you're unconscious you can't hold your breath while your buddy Jack swims you to the surface. THOSE LUNGS SHOULD BE WATER SATURATED.

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MiB leveled those fools. Plus how the hell is Sawyer not dead? When you're unconscious you can't hold your breath while your buddy Jack swims you to the surface. THOSE LUNGS SHOULD BE WATER SATURATED.
TV!OR THEY CAN"T BE KILLED!OR SUSPENSEFUL TV!OR I got nothing else.lol
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MiB leveled those fools. Plus how the hell is Sawyer not dead? When you're unconscious you can't hold your breath while your buddy Jack swims you to the surface. THOSE LUNGS SHOULD BE WATER SATURATED.
that was my first thought too, but my wife pointed out that he had the oxygen tank in his mouth..not that that is much better, since being unconscious he wouldnt be able to hold it in...I was a little pissed that Jack would save Sawyer (who was solely responsible for the sub sinking, not too mention, he just kicked Jack off of a boat in the middle of the ocean) as opposed to helping Jin free Sun
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Wow, I disagree with most of you. That episode was terrible and I thought the acting sucked too.When they were all kneeling behind 1 foot bushes "hiding" I thought it was ridiculous. Next week looks much better, but the preview really pushed on the black/white good/evil and left it as maybe Jacob/Smoke monster are not what we think they are.

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When they were all kneeling behind 1 foot bushes "hiding" I thought it was ridiculous.
Have to agree with this, that was pretty hilarious. And, how convenient, the sub is completely unwatched until a couple people show up just a bit too late to stop it from leaving. With only a few weeks left, I'm just letting that stuff go and focusing on how everything is going to be resolved.
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Also, why was Locke hiding behind the bushes? Uh, he's the fucking smoke monster, he's basically immortal.Why were Jack and co risking their lives when they could just be like, "Hey, immortal smoke monster, go kill those people in the sub and then we'll leave the island. In the meantime, we'll sit here in safety so, you know, we don't get killed."

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Also, why was Locke hiding behind the bushes? Uh, he's the fucking smoke monster, he's basically immortal.Why were Jack and co risking their lives when they could just be like, "Hey, immortal smoke monster, go kill those people in the sub and then we'll leave the island. In the meantime, we'll sit here in safety so, you know, we don't get killed."
Because this is TV and if you make to much sense it spoils the suspense and surprise.
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yawn pretty much the entire thing was just to explain adam & eve. would have been ok at the beginning of the season, but at this point worthless. didn't even start to explain what/why the island/the light is, why it needs a guardian, what the guardian actually does, what makes a candidate for guardian, what smokey is, all the egyptian symbolism, who the mom was, how she was able to kill the others and fill the well (implication was she was not an earlier form of smokey), how jacob encountered MiB as the smoke monster and why they are playing a game with seemingly arbitrary rules etc etc.also didn't explain the confusing implication that smokey today actually still IS the original dead MiB (based on his relationship with jacob, using same phrases, drawn parallel desire to leave) - not just a separate entity with its own motives taking MiB and other dead people's forms.

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