Lost

[dreaded_beast]

Sure, the animals were fake. No big deal. Should we be expecting that they use real boar?

Well, don't know if it qualifies as a real boar, but here in Hawaii (where Lost is currently being shot), the locals go up into the mountains with a couple of dogs and hunt wild pigs. From what I've heard, the wild pigs can be as nasty as boars and look like what Locke dragged back. So I would think it would be somewhat easy to get a "wild pig" here, but I don't really no the "logistics" of making Lost, so I don't know.

Anyways, I liked Locke from before, but after this episode, I have to say he has become my favorite character, after Sawyer.

I'm surprised noone has talked about this more, considering this is EN World: Locke is a gamer!

 

[John Crichton]

Yeah, but getting a wild pig to behave is something completely different. Fake animals are just fine with me. Unless it is a show about horses or something. Then you need the real deal.

 

[WizarDru]

That's just the thing: using real animals is a big expense, and getting even trained ones to behave during a shoot is difficult. Every additional take on a location shot is expensive, too. I'd wager most of the show's expense is the location shooting, and the special effects a significant, but lower part.

 

[Capellan]

According to last week's TV Guide (and I have no idea how reliable they are), the crew tried to use real pigs, couldn't get them to do what they needed, and so had to go with CGI.

 

[Crothian]

Okay, another good episode. I'm really liking that Locke he had a good supporting role tonight. Interesting that they killed off someobne, though I guess it was bound to happen since of the 47 left we know about a dozen.

 

[Darrin Drader]

It was e great episode, but it leaves some questions.

Spoiler

such as, what does the doctor's mother refer to as "what he did"? Why was the coffin empty? Was that really his father? Why did his father skitz out and go to Sydney?

 

[Chun-tzu]

The drowning scene at the beginning left me with the same impression as the beginning of the first episode, actually. There were, what, a dozen people standing around on the beach? WTF? Jack is the ONLY one that can swim? Okay, we find out later that the other guy (the lifeguard!) was there, too, but still, I'm left wondering WTF.

In the beginning of the first show, I was amazed that there were so many people apparently just standing around like morons after a plane crash, with no idea what to do. And somehow, Jack is the ONLY one with half a brain in these situations. Now, you could argue that they were in shock, but it still comes off weak to me. Are people really so sheep-like? Locke, Kate, and Sayid all seem to be pretty together. Where were they while all this was going on? I buy that Jack is the best one to lead them. But they don't have to make him some kind of super-hero to show that.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Are people really so sheep-like?

Put real people into real situations and you might just be surprised. I was in Boy Scouts growing up, so I know how to deal with the outdoors. When I was in college I used to go on a lot of campouts with others who didn't understand the outdoors. You would be surprised how people will just stand around without a clue and rely on those who know what they're doing.

 

[Chun-tzu]

Put real people into real situations and you might just be surprised. I was in Boy Scouts growing up, so I know how to deal with the outdoors. When I was in college I used to go on a lot of campouts with others who didn't understand the outdoors. You would be surprised how people will just stand around without a clue and rely on those who know what they're doing.

That I can understand, but watching someone drown, and getting up from a plane crash are both life-or-death situations. Isn't it common sense to get away from a plane crash (or car crash) before something bad happens to you? I'd find it much more realistic if we saw some of the others doing something, anything, besides standing around like sheep while someone's life is in danger.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Lost has been pick up for a full season.