Lost

[bodhi]

A retooled "Gilligan's Island" as seen by the Brothers Grimm. It could be much worse. It's on my TiVo list.

I'm waiting for it to turn into Gilligan's Island re-written by HP Lovecraft.

Don't ask the Professor what he can build with two coconuts and some bamboo.

 

[Negative Zero]

a friend and i were just talking about this show as the new Gilligan's Island.

instead of a professor, we have a doctor;
the Skipper seems to split into two people, Locke and the chubby DnD player (c'mon you know he games );
Kate would likely be Marry Ann;
Ginger seems to now be written more bitchy that was possible way back then
and the Howells are now reclusive and Korean!

~NegZ

 

[Aulayan]

Nah, Ginger's a man in Lost. Charlie seems to be Ginger. A "celebrity".

 

[Fast Learner]

then there's the kid and his "dad." somehow i don't buy that he's the kid's father. there's always an bit of awkward silence whenever some refers to "your son" or "your dad" plus he didn't know if the kid could read spanish or his age. i think he might be the dea mother's latest boyfriend or new husband. or, like my wife says, he might be the kid's father, but they're just estranged. *shrug*

The boy already said that he was living with his mother in Australia, and that she had recently died. The awkwardness makes perfect sense, I see absolutely nothing weird there.

 

[Negative Zero]

well, if the guy was his dad living with him and the mother, it stands to reason that he'd likely cling even more to the only parent left. as opposed to their current reactions. but then i might be reaching

~NegZ

 

[Fast Learner]

You haven't experienced the awkwardness of an estranged child, then. And good for you.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

The boy already said that he was living with his mother in Australia, and that she had recently died. The awkwardness makes perfect sense, I see absolutely nothing weird there.

At Kristin's Eonline chat, the propounding theory about their relationship seems to be that

Spoiler

the dad kidnapped the son

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[Negative Zero]

You haven't experienced the awkwardness of an estranged child, then. And good for you.

indeed i haven't, and no complaints there! but estranged was one of the possibilities i mentioned.

the kidnapping idea did cross my mind briefly, but for some reason i never gave it more than a passing thought; though it does have merit.

~NegZ

 

[Sarigar]

What I'm wondering is what is the connection between all of these people? Because, if there is a big conspiracy type answer here then all of the people on the island will have something linking them together which is, in their minds, a plane crash.
Definately have to watch these again Saturday, at which point everyone will have another dozen theories as to what is going on. And it is because of this that most of us will continue watching this show, but many others will not. Is it sci-fi, is it drama? It just might be too weird for mainstream.

 

[Ambrus]

Am I the only one who thought that the bear was more likely an albino brown bear rather than a polar bear? If I was in the tropics, it would be my initial theory. It's more likely than a "lost" polar bear.