[Movie] LOST

This is the only thing I need to know about Season 3.

From IGN:

Quote:

The producers spoke of writing the characters with the actors in mind, and how Terry O'Quinn's dissatisfaction with Locke's role last season became reflected as Locke became increasingly frustrated pushing the button in the hatch. Lindelof recounted O'Quinn saying, "I want a knife in my hand, and to kill stuff!," and then added, "Oh, you'll get your knife back John Locke."

Finally.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Season 2 Locke was redeemed, for me, in the finale when he said "I was wrong." Terry O'Quinn did an amazing job in that sequence.

But they really need to bring back the old Locke.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Eleo

Spoiler:

Boone and Locke. Yes, somehow Boone is in an episode and not in a flashback. Presumably speaking from the dead, kind of like how Ana-Lucia and Yemi did, I guess

I have a feeling that this episode is going to be awesome.

I don't know why anyone bothers with the clipshow.

And I guess I should read up on the Lost experience. At first I loved this idea, but then I realized that this will (more than likely) turn out to be what the Matrix tried to do. You know, having outside source material that is supposed to give you a better understanding of what is going on in the show, but ends up alienating 3/4 of the audience that have never seen it.

I have a good feeling about this season, but I just hope it still keeps my interest. I just started watching 24, and that has consumed most of my time and has prevented me from watching the entire second season on DVD.

Speaking of the second season, everything is so much better on DVD. Not only are you able to watch episodes back to back, but the quality of the sound and picture is amazing.

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True, but when I record the show (on VHS) so that, you know, I can watch it back to back, the quality becomes crap and I still have to fast forward through commercials.

DVDs really are the only way to watch TV shows for me now.

I'm really contemplating whether I should just skip the third season and wait for it to come out on DVD. Either that, or I'll have a friend of mine Tivo it and burn the episodes on a DVD.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Lost is the only show I record. It's also the only show I actually watch on TV now (except for gameshows and the like).

Anyway, that Lost experience video about the numbers and what not seemed to reveal a lot, didn't it? I kind of wish I didn't see it now.

I wonder how they'll mention all of this in the show. Some of that information is pretty vital (especially the equation).

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I thought all that stuff with Gary Troupe would just turn out to be a giant red herring. I guess I was wrong.

Isn't J.J. Abrams directing episode 7 this season? I agree that he should be more involved. His ideas can still be found, but I definitely miss his writing/direction (i.e. the first two episodes of Lost).

FELIPE NO

Man oh man. No discussion?

The opening sequence pretty much kicked my ass. Very well done.

This was a pretty damn good episode, but I wouldn't say that it tops the pilot episodes.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I like how I have no idea where the direction of this show is going now.

At the end of last season it was annoying, but after tonight's episode it is pretty satisfying.

God, I just hope that they can tie together all the loose ends from the first and second season in a rational manner with all this new information. This show deserves a coherent conclusion when it finally ends.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I guess what I liked the most about this episode was that the characters were actually entertaining and not taking shit from the Others. With Jack teasing Juliet about him being a repo man and Sawyer's figuring out the cage, it just seemed like they are finally acting the way they should in a tense situation.

Plus, I enjoyed how Kate actually had that fragile look on her face and not the "tough chick" type persona that has been shoved down our throats.

Jack, Sawyer, and Kate were finally likable again, and that is a huge plus with me. The dialogue was really well-written and we can at last connect with the characters.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Jazz, you're just simply wrong about how the show is being handled.

And as Majin pointed out, I think the situation called for the shouting and anger. The guy was just kidnapped and the Others are known for killing people when they feel like it.

Also, I partly agree with your statement with the flashbacks. I think the stories of Eko, Locke, Jack, Sayid, Desmond and Hurley are still interesting. The rest of the cast, however, really don't need anymore new flashbacks.

New characters (from the camp) are going to be introduced soon, so we'll hopefully get new stories after the break.

I do believe that they will start having flashbacks of the Others (much like what they did with the first 5 minutes of the premiere), just not yet because of the situation that Jack, Kate, and Sawyer are in. So it only makes sense that they would start off with a Jack flashback this season since they've done so for the past two seasons.

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I mean, yeah, I too wish the characters would talk more with each other, but I in no way see this as a problem or unrealistic.

The only episode that I can remember that had this problem of "no communication between the characters" and having it directly affect the quality of the episode was Fire+Water. Every other instance that people have pointed out (you guys aren't the only ones with this opinion) is just the result of the viewer knowing more than the characters in the show.

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Maybe it's just me, but in my interactions with people in their 30s and older, there is very little difference between adults and middle schoolers.

In fact, I would go as far to say adults are more annoying.

So, I guess I just don't agree that the drama is being forced. It seems that people are projecting what THEY would do in the situation instead of just watching what the characters actually end up doing instead.

Once the mystery is solved and the show is finally over, all that will be left for most people is the drama. So, it makes sense that the drama is infact a big part of the show, and I feel for the most part they've done a great job in making us care about what happens in their past. Yes, some of it is running thin, but it has yet to become a problem in my eyes.

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The acting was so great in the premiere that I just can't seem to understand why anyone would find that episode boring.

I was speaking idiomatically.

He told Jack, and all he said to him was "they're just numbers." The old lady in his flashback said the same thing. He's told Charlie his is worth millions, but Charlie doesn't believe him. He's hinted at how he is bad luck, and people just shrug it off.

A better example would have been on episode 4 when Locke doesn't scream out to everyone "I SAW THE FUCKING MONSTER" but instead pretends that the whole thing didn't happen. I'm hoping that this will be resolved one day (maybe when they give a full answer of what the monster is), but probably not.

I'm pretty sure the lack of communication stems from everyone on the show being insecure with who they really are so they keep the secrets so that they do not further embarrass themselves which would leaves them vulnerable.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

In the past two episodes, Sawyer has been simply amazing. I can't wait for his flashback this season.

I really do feel that the writers have strengthen the flashbacks in these last two episodes, and I hope they continue with the strong dialogue.

The whole Alex thing is a huge question mark, but at least they haven't forgotten about the character. I don't know how she fits in all of this (especially her mother), but it's going to be exciting to finally find out her true intentions.

Great episode. Especially the last 5 minutes. I'm glad they didn't do the "last second twist" deal and actually gave time to the scene. It really did make all the difference.

FELIPE NO

I don't know why people haven't realized that this show is more about the characters than the mythology.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Much like what they did with Ethan, they have a main character (Locke, again) interact with those two as if they've been with them since the beginning. I guess it really is the only way to introduce new characters from the camp. My problem isn't how they introduced them, but how over the top that one actress was. God, we don't need another Claire running around.

That was an awesome episode. Locke's dream sequence with Boone probably revealed a lot more than we think right now, and I love how they redeemed Locke. It was definitely a confusing episode, and much was not explained (and probably never will for a long time). However, the episode was very entertaining and is already one of my favorites (Locke centric episodes usually are).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It was rumored that Nikki and Paulo would be introduced by

Spoiler:

Claire finding them having sex in Jack's tent.

Apparently the scene has been cut out. Which is fine by me, because when I read that it still seemed kind of an awkward way of introducing the characters.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm pretty sure that it implied that he was a farmer trying to impersonate a hunter. Afterall, it wasn't until he was on the island that Locke wasn't "lost" anymore, so he finally became the hunter that he always wanted to be. I have a feeling that we haven't seen the end of this flashback, but I could be wrong.

Locke being in the wheelchair probably started his "don't tell me what I can't do" phase, so I hope we will learn more about that this season.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

There is no doubt that the writers are "extending" the show more than it needs to be, but I feel people are definitely over exaggerating it. It's not a credible negative against the show yet.

After watching episode three again, the two new characters are barely noticeable.

Have we forgotten how Arzt was introduced? Ethan? Almost the exact same way.

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I would be patient right now concerning the (huge) question mark on how Locke, Desmond, and Eko survived. I'm pretty sure the answer to this will come later in the season. Desmond was acting as if he knows more than what he has told thus far.

As I've noted in this thread before, it took us over 10 episodes to find out that Locke was the one who hit Sayid over the head and crushed the radio in the first season, even though we knew this for a very long time.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I keep wondering if in S5 (if they get that far with keeping the story intact), they will FINALLY enlighten us, completely and wholly. Is that how long we have to wait to get EVERYTHING answered?

I have a feeling that the answers will come on the very last episode of Lost.

A pretty good episode overall tonight. Next week should be a really good one, but the ABC previews have let me down before.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Because there is not an official map of the island(s) to show how the fuselage, hatch, The Black Rock, tail section, etc. are proportioned on the island, I don't think it is a stretch of the imagination that they just haven't reached that side of the island. Desmond's sailing around is definitely curious, but he said (I think) that the currents kept bringing him back, so we don't know if he actually sailed around the island.

How Rousseau's ship missed it is another story, though.

Anyway, I would like to say that I do wish that the writers would throw up their hands in defeat and simply call this a sci-fi show. Saying that everything will have a logical explanation in the end just isn't going to work out and they might as well cut their losses and go fucking crazy. It's obvious that they want to, but they are holding themselves back.

I say this because I love that theory posted above, but I know they will never use something like that because it will go over the audiences' heads.

FELIPE NO

Because I watched the first season on DVD, I didn't learn about how every mystery would have a "logical" explanation until I started reading up on Lost on the Internet during the first half of season two. I had always assumed that Lost was a sci-fi show up until then.

I was pretty disappointed when I heard that EVERYTHING was going to be real. But, whatever. It's the twist and turns (i.e. the revelation of the Black Rock, discovering Ethan was an Other, etc.) that I love the most about the show. And the monster. The monster really is the only reason why I wouldn't mind this being a sci-fi show. Because I love that damn monster.

I just wish it would come back. And do something.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I think they were just talking in general on how would he feel rather than it being set in stone.

Spoiler:

It really is only a matter of time before they kill Jack. Should be very dramatic.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Tonight's episode really needs to pull through.

I mean, all of the episodes have been really good thus far (in my opinion), but the third season has yet to have any sort of definitive direction on where things are heading.

I really hope that the next two episodes do just that, and the previews for tonight make it seem like this will happen.

There's nowhere I can't reach.