Why No Lost?

[Krug]

If you haven't seen it already:

Still makes me laugh.

Hah I was about to say they seemed to generate plots with a twenty sided dice.

 

[satori01]

Last night ventured way too close to "you're your own father" paradox nonsense, with the Lostees becoming the bearers of knowledge to the rather clueless-looking Others. And the focus is heavily on characters that aren't that great to begin with. Juliet's still dull. The redhead hasn't had any real attention, so whatever's happening to her has little gravitas. Locke lost his coolness factor a long time ago, which is probably the saddest blow Lost has suffered. So for me, Sawyer and Desmond bore a heavy burden in terms of entertainment.

I just completely disagree. On possible interpretation is that the Others are keyed to to the time/space of the island and thus never experience the jump, while the Losties and Juliet are keyed to regular space time.

Does anyone remember, was Locke in the Valley when the first jump happened? Perhaps the Temple is the Valley the Others were assembled in.

As for Locke losing his cool factor...whatever...agree to disagree.

As for Juliet...agree to disagree....the character is understated and the actress plays that very well.....frankly Kate has been bugging me for awhile now....but I appreciate understated.

As for the red head.....clearly she is more plot device, definition for Faraday now....very little different that Saul Thigh's wife in Battlestar...only in Lost they do not suddenly make her the object of the main plotline for the last 2 years (final 5 cylons) out of the blue and then just drop it.

Lost always has had compelling development on the characters it has needed. It has been implied she was born on the island, and her role was necessary to establish that Faraday has seen this condition from his experiments.

As for the "Padame" little blond girl...my money is that is Faraday's mother.

 

[Remus Lupin]

Caught up on line yesterday. I actually thought I was one step ahead of the show when I figured out who Charles Whidmore must be, but then the show went and let the cat out of the bag. He was a jerk back then, too.

 

[LightPhoenix]

One little thing I liked is that they immediately set the ground rules in the beginning (with Desmond/Daniel) for changing the past - ie, you can't. Since Widmore is alive in the present, fate simply won't let him die in the past, even if Locke had tried.

Of course, what I don't get then is how Locke can meet Richard, since they hadn't met until Locke was two. Unless maybe Richard already knew Locke when they first "met," which I guess could be a way around that problem. Argh.

Charlotte needs a constant...

 

[Mallus]

As for the "Padame" little blond girl...my money is that is Faraday's mother.

I thought that at first too... but now I think it's Charlotte's mother. Didn't she at some point allude to the fact that the island is somehow her 'home' (which fits her name --she's C.S. Lewis trying to return to Narnia as an adult)?

 

[Remus Lupin]

I'm betting she's the woman in the basement that Ben is talking to at the end of the second episode, who says he's only got 70 hours. And yes, I think she's Farraday's mom too (Ben's in LA, Farraday's mom is in LA, the mysterious woman in the church is in LA).

 

[Felon]

One little thing I liked is that they immediately set the ground rules in the beginning (with Desmond/Daniel) for changing the past - ie, you can't. Since Widmore is alive in the present, fate simply won't let him die in the past, even if Locke had tried.

It's good to have ground rules, but how faithful they'll be to them remains to be seen. They've had to fudge plenty of stuff in the past due to failing to compensate for little unforseeable details, like getting rid of Walt--at one time a very important character--because someone failed to notify them that kids grow.

I think it would be fitting for Desmond to be the one to do Whitmore in. Ought not to go around just casually lopping off hands.

Of course, what I don't get then is how Locke can meet Richard, since they hadn't met until Locke was two. Unless maybe Richard already knew Locke when they first "met," which I guess could be a way around that problem. Argh.

My take is that Richard hears Locke telling him that he's their leader, so Richard goes to check him out. Seems that Locke is lacking some character traits, which we all already knew (or most of us knew, at least).

 

[Mark]

I thought that at first too... but now I think it's Charlotte's mother. Didn't she at some point allude to the fact that the island is somehow her 'home' (which fits her name --she's C.S. Lewis trying to return to Narnia as an adult)?

Are you saying that Faraday is Charlotte's father?

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Of course, what I don't get then is how Locke can meet Richard, since they hadn't met until Locke was two. Unless maybe Richard already knew Locke when they first "met," which I guess could be a way around that problem. Argh.

I think Richard did know Locke, and the reason he was disappointed when he met the "young" Locke was because he was searching for him due to their having met in the past, but when young Locke failed the test, Richard thought he hadn't found the right John Locke and would have to keep looking.

I thought that at first too... but now I think it's Charlotte's mother. Didn't she at some point allude to the fact that the island is somehow her 'home' (which fits her name --she's C.S. Lewis trying to return to Narnia as an adult)?

Plus Daniel and the woman have that discussion about her looking similar to Charlotte. It's definitely her mother.

 

[Remus Lupin]

Still no new threads? I just caught up on the last episode online and was hoping that there might be some reaction, partiuclalry to the big revelation that Jin is still alive.