Monday, March 29, 2010

You're Gonna Have to Defend Your Answer

New poll is up!

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

tonight's episode

whoa...good one.

LOST tunes...

Here's what some dude sez about some music on LOST.

A Television Show

LOST is on tonight. Did you know this? Had you heard? Just in case you haven't, I thought I would fill you in. It's a show about these characters. It's pretty cool. They're on an island. And the island talks. I know, right? It's nutty! Who ever heard of a talking island before? I know I haven't! Up until this show came on 5 years ago.

For those of you who haven't seen this television program, let me fill you in on some basics.

1) In the pilot episode, a bunch of people parachute out of a burning blimp. Some died when they hit the shores but that's just because it was Normandy and a lot of burning blimp refugees died on the shores of Normandy. It was sad. Even for the burning blimp refugees that survived their parachute. They were sad. Because their friends had died. So to cure their sadness, they walked around the island of Normandy for about 600 days or so. But it was really about 30. After that first month or decade, the island started talking to them. End Season 1.

2) In Season Two, a man named John Locke was invented by a man named Pete Townsend. They shook hands and opened up a door that unlocked a strange new world. In that world there was a man named Desmond Monkey Hands who had to keep pushing a button because if he didn't, there would be no universal health care. It was pretty scary. He had to push the universal health care button every 600 minutes or so. But it was really about 30. Oh, and there was also this other character who was a Care Bear. His name was Hurley Bear. He came down from the mountains wearing some clothes. That's where Season Two Ended.

3) In Season Three, all hell broke lose! No joke! It started right where Season Two left off with Hurley Bear all up in his clothes and talking to Desmond about the pot monster. Did I tell you about the pot monster? He was like this pot smoke that just floated around the island getting everybody high and like, doing things to them. It was really scary stuff. I don't know how to explain it really. Oh yes I do. It's like when you accidentally drop your Koosh ball in the sink or the pool or the ocean. That's what happened to Jack. Jack is another character on the show. He dropped his Koosh Ball in the ocean in the pilot episode when he parachuted from the burning blimp. He was very sad. Not just because his Koosh ball was all wet and it would take at least a day for it to dry but also because his dad died. The rest of Season Three was pretty much just nonsense.

4) In Season Four, Claire had a baby and everyone else was safe at home. Yeah, they got off the island. It was righteous. It meant something. They got to eat things like Bubba Burgers with ketchup. They were all very happy about that because back on the talking island, all they had to eat was Bubba Burgers and mustard. But there was only a little bit of mustard to go around and by Season Four ALL THE MUSTARD WAS GONE!! So they were all happy about life back at home. But they still felt sorry for leaving Claire and her baby on the island with no mustard. So they went back. They had to go back. Jack said so.

5) Season Five was awesome. They went back to the talking island and Jack and Kate had lots of sexy time and pineapples. Kate was Jack's doberman pincher in a sideways universe but he never knew that because the character who played Kate was Gweneth Paltrow and she was too busy missing her train. So instead, they all decided that it would be fun to roll on up for a magical mystery tour and take a yellow submarine back to 1977. When they got there, there was this farmer and his name was Sayid. Sayid told them that Cobra was the best Nintendo game EVER! And everyone pretty much agreed except for this tall glass of water named Sawyer who thought it was really Bubble Bobble. Sawyer was a homosexual but everyone respected him. Especially this guy named Miles who could talk to Bruce Willis.

And now you're pretty much caught up! Oh, but LOST is in it's final season now and there's only like 8 episodes left before the series finale. So what's happened so far this season is that we FINALLY found out that Claire's baby is actually Rosemary's baby. And Woody Allen is suing for custody. Stay tuned!!

LOST airs tonight at 9:00pm EST on ABC.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Awesome!

Judging by the press release, it looks like it's a Richard-centric episode next week. (Maybe those of you who watched it on real tv already knew this from the coming attractions, but I don't know.) I think this will be an awesome episode, I really want to know more about this enigmatic character!

It's a Small World

In a previous post I came to the conclusion that there are several parallels between many of the characters, here are some of the top of my head, please add your own.

It can be as specific as:
Sayid and Eko both killed (a chicken and a person, respectively) in their childhoods to prevent their brothers from having to do so.

To as broad as:
Sawyer, Kate, Ben, Jack, Claire, Hurley, Locke, and Miles have daddy issues.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Can We Trust Claire?



I really liked this episode (and no, not because Sawyer was half-naked through most of it). I did like that Jack was no where to be seen, but my favorite part was when Locke bitch-slapped Claire. Awesome!
Do you trust Claire's apology to Kate? I read some blogs that said she couldn't be trusted, but think about this:
  • Locke explained to Kate that the reason he told Claire the Others had her "BYE-bee" (that's Australian for "baby") was because it would give her motivation to hate them.

  • Around the time Locke smacked Claire he told her that Kate took good care of her baby. Now Claire realizes that Locke lied to her.

  • Perhaps now Claire has, not only, lost her hatred towards the others, but she has also lost her trust and allegiance in Locke. Maybe her apology was true now that she realized that she was actually on the wrong side all along.

What do you think?

Jacob Is My Homeboy


There are quite a few guesses as to who the Man in Black and Jacob actually are.
I've read about and even spoken to some of you about the possibilities.

Regardless of how this plays out, one thing has become increasingly apparent to me.

The parallels between Jacob (McLostiepants) and Jesus (Christ).

Here's the evidence:

Faith in someone you have never seen before. (see Richard)

Devotion to a cause and doing what you believe is right in order to preserve that cause. (See Ben)

Confusion over the fate of those around you and what your purpose and path is. (see Locke or Jack)

Frustration over why someone who's intentions were supposedly pure would have let so much pain and suffering occur. (see anyone who has believed in Jacob)

With that said, does this make the Man in Black Satan? He did offer favors to those who agreed to do his bidding. Did he claim their souls? (see Sayid)

Is he appealing to the faithless or non believers? (see Sawyer)


Let the Bodies Hit the Floor (some LOST for thought)

Locke found two bodies in Season 1 and nicknamed theme Adam and Eve. Jack estimated that they had been dead for approximately 50 years. With them, was a pouch with one black and one white stone. Who were the bodies?

Jake and Kate? Jack still has the stones...and Kate usually follows him.

Rose and Bernard? They never cared if they died, as long as they were together; Interracial colors.

Jacob and the MIB? Perhaps their original bodies?

Bert and Ernie? Rubber Duckie, you're the one.

Two Locke's? Only Lost could come full circle and have a good Locke and an evil Locke...together.

Fun Fact: Locke once taught Walt about Backgammon. He told him it was the oldest game in the world. "Two players, two sides. One is light, one is dark."

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Dr. Linus

I went to bed thinking about how anticlimactic last night's episode was. ABC clearly mentioned something about Ben's demise in last week's preview (and those previews are starting to get on my nerves!), and I figured that meant his death. Did he die last night?

Nope.

Stupid writers.

But then I woke up this morning around 3 and came to the conclusion that I actually enjoyed last night's episode. Why?

1) The alternate universe showed us that Ben could have turned out to be good. Instead of killing his father, he takes care of him. Instead of choosing what's best for Ben Linus, he opts to put his student ahead of himself. Maybe that's what the alternate universe is supposed to be: a mirror of these characters' true selves?

2) That scene at the end (which I could have done a screen capture on but my computer doesn't have Flash) in which Jack and Hurley happily reunite with Sun, Lapidus, Ilana(?), and Miles on the beach—when the camera flashed to Ben standing off to the side, my heart went out to him. Ben in that scene was like the kid last picked for kickball on the playground. Poor Ben. So unpopular.

3) I saw another side of Richard. Richard, who'd always held the answers. Richard, who'd always been calm and composed. Richard, who'd given his life to Jacob. This time, Richard didn't have the answers. He'd lost faith in Jacob and didn't know what else to do. Of course, Jack came to the rescue. Oh heroic Jack.

What are your thoughts on "Dr. Linus"?

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

What's Your Best Guess?

So apparently it is spring break and I do not have class tonight. Do you think I'll be able to watch LOST tonight -- like a normal person -- as opposed to on abc.com later in the week?
Let's review all variables:
1. Kate needs to feed three people after arriving home around 5:30.
2. Kate needs to look after, bathe, and otherwise care for a rambunctious, strong-willed toddler who is also a self-proclaimed princess/mermaid/kitty.
3. Said princess/mermaid/kitty-toddler needs to be sound asleep by 8:59 pm for Kate to even think about starting to watch LOST.
4. Kate really likes LOST and hasn't seen one episode on the television this whole season which makes the prospect of doing so tonight very enticing!
5. Kate gets ABC on two channels, one from NY and one from CT, as far a she knows, the CT ABC is still working, but she's not 100% sure about that.

I'm crossing my fingers that I get to watch it... but I remain optimistically pessimistic (or is it pessimistically optimistic?).

So What Are Your Predictions?

Will he die, or is ABC just pulling our leg?

Monday, March 8, 2010

ATTN: Creative WR Lost fans!

We're creative. We're passionate. We're crazy about Lost!

ABC's having an Ultimate LOST Fan Promo Contest. It's asking fans to create 35-second finale promos on its Web site. Check it out: http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/fan-promo-contest

Wouldn't it be awesome if one of us won? We should all make one and enter, and post our entries (if possible) here!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Pretty Richy Beauty System


Why hello, friends. Over the past sixty years people have been asking me about my beauty regimen. Until now I've kept all of this a secret, but now, with my 60-day no-risk trial offer of the Pretty Richy Beauty System, you too can look flawless, even on a remote island immersed in an ultimate battle between good and evil (or evil and evil, depending on how you look at it). But I divert...
With the Pretty Richy trial offer you will get:


  • double black, extra plumping, 12x magnifying mascara


  • super-black guy liner made from LOST island coal (excavated from a mine 1000 feet below the orchid station)


  • Wrinkle reducing mud mask made from south Pacific super-smoothing mud


  • Exfoliating scrub made from ground crab and other mystery crustacian shells (all shells come from creepy crawlies we've pulled off of dead bodies left to rot on the LOST beach)


  • Calming night cream made from a mixture of Dharma quality mayonaise and that stuff they injected into Claire when she was pregnant (hey, if it works for fetuses, why not grown metrosexuals?)


  • Dharma quality tweezers and eyebrow stencils for perfectly sculpted eyebrows


  • Elixer of life; this bonus supplement is made from a secret blend of vitamins, herbs, and other homeopathic substances found around the island


And, if you order before the island moves through time or space again, we'll throw in an Aljira survivor tote bag to store all of the products. The Pretty Richy Beauty System is what every manly girly-man needs to keep pretty. We don't have a use for money or credit on the LOST island, so our new low price of your immortal soul is all it takes to get you started! Call or click (or send a signal through the lighthouse) today!


Thank you and god speed!

Inner Struggle

Oh, Sayid ...

I was truly rooting for you from the beginning. Even after you tortured Sawyer because I knew you were doing it to save the bratty Shannon. Even after it was revealed that you used to torture innocent people. Even after you agreed to work with Ben Linus to assassinate Charles Widmore's allies. Even after you went to 1977 and shot the innocent boy who'd grow up to be the evil Ben Linus.

I'd always thought that you were struggling to unleash the good you had deep down and let it overtake the bad things you've done throughout your life. Out of all the Oceanic survivors on the island, you seemed to be the most level-headed and the most knowledgeable when it came to surviving. You also seemed to have an instinct for knowing who could and could not be trusted. And off the island, you reinvented yourself as a worker building houses with a charity organization after your missions with Ben.

But it looks like you've truly embraced the dark side now that you've died and been resurrected. I got chills at the end of "Sundown" as you and Claire walked over dead bodies at the temple and met up with unLocke/FLocke. Even though you had so much potential to be good, you also have so many abilities to be a truly evil villain.

I'm terrified by what you are now capable of doing as an unLocke/FLocke lackey.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Good Shephard










This is shaping up to be the most lopsided kickball game ever.

Team Flocke has Sayid, Claire, and a confused Kate.

Sayid and Claire are so F'n evil right now. I don't even know how or why but it's the only thing I know for sure.

Despite what you might assume, Sawyer should still be considered a wild card. He may have played nice for 3 years in the Seventies but this is a man who does his best work when he's thinking for himself.

Team Jacob isn't really a team, but rather anyone else who isn't with the black shirt dude.

We have Hurley, Ilyana, Sun, Miles, Lapidus and...

Ben was in this group, but now we will have an epsiode devoted to his demise. If the show can make us care about it's most despicable character... it can do ANYTHING!

Lapidus and Miles are around for comic relief. Which is fine, because Sawyer hasen't been funny in awhile. Lapidus could use a new Tommy Bahama shirt and Miles should be given the gold for outrunning the smoke monster.

Richard Alpert (with his magical mascara and age defying skin cream) shouldn't be forgotten. He's probably one of the only people on the island who knows what's what. I'm going to venture a guess that he pops out of the woods somewhere and meets up with Hujack (Hugo-Jack).









At this point, Jack seems to be entering every scene kicking and screaming, and he's always been rather predictable. We're supposed to assume that his doctor brains are going to figure out how to do the right thing. I'm not so sure. Jack has made the most confident decisions out of anyone, but he has a horrible track record of making good ones. Ah, the hell with it. Jack is a boy scout. He's practically Captain America. He came to this island to do two things: administer CPR and kick ass. Well, he's fresh out of CPR!

On a side note: I have this uneasy feeling that at some point we are going to have watch him administer his famous "I will pound the crap out of your chest" CPR on Hurley.

The jury is still out on Jin, who was last seen watching Clocke (Claire-Locke) share a weird moment. He obviously recognizes that Claire is batshit crazy. Friendly faces aren't what they used to be.

The painfully slow build to the reunion of Jin and Sun should be a good payoff. Cue the sad music and montage though, because one of these two probably won't make it.

Hey, you Jin some and you lose Sun.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Sundown

Well, I still can't figure out how to comment on other posts... so I apologize for not having much else to say besides this: I am more confused than ever.

Jimmy Fallon's Parody

Have you all seen Jimmy Fallon's parody of our favorite show?

Step Up

Dear LOST,

You best be steppin' up your game tonight. I get that you don't have enough time left to answer all our questions. That's fine. But um, could you answer one or two maybe? And I don't mean answers that lead to more questions like Locke Monster telling Sawyer that the reason he's on this island is because his name is on a wall. See, that's not an answer. All that is is a procrastination tactic. I know this game well. You're not fooling me with your shenanigans.

You know what would be good? You know what you should do tonight? Just blow up the temple and be done with it. Why are you introducing new characters now? Nobody gives a damn about Planet of the Apes pony tail guy. "English tastes bitter on my tongue." Oh yeah, Guy? Well your whole freaky society tastes like bullshit on mine. Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here? Yeah. I'm gonna sick Biff on your ass.

Here's a tip: Don't have anyone go anywhere. Not on the island anyway. Not anymore. I don't care what you do in Sideways Land, but on the island, people need to sit the fuck down and just talk to each other. Here is an example of dialogue you might try using:

Hurley: Dude, so like, what's going on here, for real?
Jacob: Oh, I'm glad you asked, Hurley. You see, it all started when...

It is at this point where an ANSWER can be given. But no, you won't do that. That would be too easy. Instead, you'll insist upon Claire jumping out of the jungle with her boney monkey baby, thereby causing Hurley to turn his head for a second and allowing Jacob to disappear. Next, Claire will start shooting all willy-nilly-like and some worthless extras will die horribly. And by horribly, I don't mean that it will be gruesome and painful; I mean that they are such terrible actors that they will grab their chests with one hand and raise the other to the sky proclaiming "Why, Jacob, why?" and then crumple to the dirt like the piles of throwaway James Lipton garbage that they are. Dear LOST, don't be like that.

Please do something useful tonight. Please shock us. Give us a WOW moment or two. I think we deserve it. Don't invent some impossible carousel and throw it on the beach, only to have Jack walk up to it, take a ride and proclaim, "How come we never saw this before?" That would not be kosher. Oh, and if you're going to visit Sideways Sawyer, can you please please PLEASE make him slightly different than he really is but also have strange things about him that he notices and is all like "Well I never noticed that before. I wonder what that could mean?" Yeah. That'd be great. Like give him an ear on his chest. When he opens his shirt he could be all "Did I always have that ear on my chest?" and consider it for a few seconds but then realize that yes, he always had an ear on his chest. Then you can have him continue on with his normal everyday Sideways business and not explain it at all. That would be keen. Thanks.

Please don't get me wrong LOST. I still heart you like whoa. It's just that sometimes (and by sometimes I mean like... always) you make me want to open up the top of my skull and poke that gooey mass with pound cake. I could do it too. Anything is possible with you.

Sincerely,
Sideways Shaka

P.S. Kill Kate. Kill Kate. Kill Kate.


Don't Want to Spoil the Fun ...

I won't be reading these articles, because they supposedly contain spoilers that were recently revealed about the end of the show. I suggest you avoid them too. But here they are if you just can't stand being in the dark:

Seattle P-I's 13 Clues
EW intern at the Paley Fest
Who's Not the Mom of Jack's Son? (accidentally read this one)
Stars Have No Clue What's to Come
Something About Water

Enjoy! (or don't!)

Monday, March 1, 2010

Jacob Spy vs Other Guy Spy?


The following are excerpts from the Wikipedia page on Spy vs Spy:

"The comic features two spies, Black and White, who are constantly warring against each other, and coming up with increasingly sophisticated ways of doing away with the other."

"The only difference between them are the color of their clothes: one dresses in white, the other in black."

"Neither spy is portrayed as good or evil since both of them are equally ruthless towards each other."

Our friends on LOST are obviously a little less hands on (ie: no booby traps or dynamite). Really, their rules of war have yet to be fully defined.

A LOST sense of humanity.

I'm new to this so I figured I'd start out with something that's been on my mind for awhile now.

Jack is an asshole.

Everyone is else too.

There is something maddening about the selfishness of the Oceanic 6. Originally, I was miffed because they've seen so many around them perish and still continue to be so self absorbed with their own purpose.

Now that they've returned to the island (most of them willingly), I'm convinced that they have a total disregard for human life. They boarded the Ajira Airways flight 316 knowing they would return to the island. What about everyone else on that plane?

Oh, I'm sorry unnamed characters you're about to meet your certain demise and/or be stranded on a magical island for the first time. I'm sure you have loved ones and actual lives, it's just too bad that the only people who would be able to give you insight are way too busy doing far more important things.

Similarly, Jacob's method appears to be that of weeding out potential 'candidates' from an insanely long client list. With a death toll rivaling that of a Rambo movie, it seems like massive amounts of collateral damage is a common theme here.