Tonights episode was called Ab Aeterno. A recap of all the commercials might be more fitting seeing as they had a longer air time than the actual show. This is really bothering me with only 7 episodes left. If they are going to have this many ads we need WAY more information than they are giving us. We found out nothing new until there were only 10 minutes left in the show. "The time is now" my ass...
Seeing as they are clearly not going to answer most of our questions unrelated to Jacob and the Smoke, we might as well focus on these issues. So tonight we are told that the island is sort of a giant cork keeping evil from entering and spreading into the world. Hell was referenced an awful lot considering the writers say it is not biblical.
Besides this, we now know Jacob and the Smoke are in some kind of disagreement over whether or not there is good in people. Jacob believes that people can understand right and wrong without his guidance, where the smoke monster believes people will choose evil over good. Jacob brings people to the island to prove him wrong... and has ended up killing all but a few that he has brought. So who is good and who is evil? Jacob's decisions have gotten tons of people killed, and we've seen many people die at the clutches of the smoke. Neither seems very good.
One thing that does seem to make sense is why Jacob let Ben kill him. He said in this episode he can't interfere with people's sins. He would have been interfering had he gone all kung fu on Ben like he did Richard in tonights episode. Jacob wants people to "help themselves" and choose the "right" path on their own, thereby proving smokey wrong.
What does this all mean in a larger context? It is clear that Jacob and the Smoke are not the highest powers, but we can assume that little blonde boy may be. Unfortunately they would rather show us commercials than any info on this. I'd like to think the Smoke somehow escaped from Hell but the island is acting as some sort of purgatory with Jacobs powers keeping him out of the real world... or maybe until he proves to Jacob there is good in him.
Final note. There is a major inconsistency in the show, but the writers couldn't have screwed up this bad, could they?
When Jacob and Smokey are sitting on the beach in the season 5 finale, the Black Rock is drifting slowly in the ocean and it is a sunny day. In tonights episode we see it crash on the island at night during a thunderstorm, smashing the statue. This one completely escapes me. I hope this is intentional or I think all Lost fans will be very angry with the lack of attention paid by the writers.
Hopefully next weeks episode gives us something worthwhile instead of trying to please "new" viewers that haven't invested 6 years of attention into the show. Suddenly ignoring all the details in a show which has survived on continuity and thick plot construction just to gain new viewers is bull shit. I hope that ABC realizes what they are doing.
No trailer or sneak peeks yet, but it's probably better that they don't bring our hopes up just to let us down.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
LOST Season 6 Episode 6 "Dr. Linus"
Who would have thought Ben would end up on the "good" team?
After killing his father and hundreds of others in the Dharma Initiative, the serial killer we all love is on our side. This is good news to me. Ben has done so much wrong but he has finally faced up to it, and I think we all know there has been good in him all along. It still seems strange that he is on Jacobs side after he killed him.
We finally know that Richard came on the "Black Rock" ship we have seen since season 1, and we also find out that living forever has not been as great as it seems. Richard wanting to kill himself and Dogen's speech before he died lead me to believe there has been a lot of deception from Jacob and the Smoke Monster, which is interesting because one is pegged as good and the other evil. Beyond this, Richard says that "it's considered a gift to be touched by Jacob." So what does this mean for Jack, Hurley, Sawyer, etc? Do they have eternal life as well or do they get a different "gift"? We will find out soon enough.
Other food for thought:
Jacob touched all of the Losties before they went to the island. He touched Hurley after he had already been to the island when he met him in the cab last season. Is this significant?
What do the "flash sideways" have to do with anything? Is this just an alternate reality created by the bomb set off in last seasons finale, or will our characters somehow end up in this other reality or vice versa.
Things to note in the alternate reality:
Ben did in fact go to the island and cares for his father. How did the island sink and what caused Ben and his dad to leave before it occured?
Also, Locke says his father is invited to his wedding, so he clearly became paralyzed some other way. You don't invite the man that paralyzed you and stole your kidney to your wedding.
Last note:
Widmore is back to the island. Which team will he play for? I'm going to assume Jacobs because of his previous position with the "others", and also the fact that he wanted to protect John Locke in season 5. He may have known that the smoke would take him over if he died.
We still don't know who "Wallace" is unless it was a code for Widmore. We also don't know who the blonde boy is, nor where Desmond will come into play in the final episodes.
Next weeks episode is called Recon, and I can't say with any real certainty what is going to happen, they have continued throwing curve balls this season and your guess is as good as mine. There is a trailer and sneak preview below.
After killing his father and hundreds of others in the Dharma Initiative, the serial killer we all love is on our side. This is good news to me. Ben has done so much wrong but he has finally faced up to it, and I think we all know there has been good in him all along. It still seems strange that he is on Jacobs side after he killed him.
We finally know that Richard came on the "Black Rock" ship we have seen since season 1, and we also find out that living forever has not been as great as it seems. Richard wanting to kill himself and Dogen's speech before he died lead me to believe there has been a lot of deception from Jacob and the Smoke Monster, which is interesting because one is pegged as good and the other evil. Beyond this, Richard says that "it's considered a gift to be touched by Jacob." So what does this mean for Jack, Hurley, Sawyer, etc? Do they have eternal life as well or do they get a different "gift"? We will find out soon enough.
Other food for thought:
Jacob touched all of the Losties before they went to the island. He touched Hurley after he had already been to the island when he met him in the cab last season. Is this significant?
What do the "flash sideways" have to do with anything? Is this just an alternate reality created by the bomb set off in last seasons finale, or will our characters somehow end up in this other reality or vice versa.
Things to note in the alternate reality:
Ben did in fact go to the island and cares for his father. How did the island sink and what caused Ben and his dad to leave before it occured?
Also, Locke says his father is invited to his wedding, so he clearly became paralyzed some other way. You don't invite the man that paralyzed you and stole your kidney to your wedding.
Last note:
Widmore is back to the island. Which team will he play for? I'm going to assume Jacobs because of his previous position with the "others", and also the fact that he wanted to protect John Locke in season 5. He may have known that the smoke would take him over if he died.
We still don't know who "Wallace" is unless it was a code for Widmore. We also don't know who the blonde boy is, nor where Desmond will come into play in the final episodes.
Next weeks episode is called Recon, and I can't say with any real certainty what is going to happen, they have continued throwing curve balls this season and your guess is as good as mine. There is a trailer and sneak preview below.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
LOST Episode 6 SUNDOWN
The Pickup Game Begins
The losties finally started picking teams this episode. Claire, Kate, and Sayid are all with the "dark" team. Sayid has a lot more blood on his hands after killing Dogen, Lennon, and essentially letting in the smoke which killed plenty of others. Jacob's team looks like it will have many more people we know including: Hurley, Jack, Miles, Ilana, Linus, and Lapidus to name a few.
It looks like we won't be seeing Hiroyuki(Dogen) anymore but he still has some importance. Lennon noted just before Sayid slashed his throat that Dogen was "the only thing keeping it out." It being or old friend John Locke. This seems like a video game reference where the smoke can't enter the temple until he defeats the temple master. Knowing the writers,JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, this could all be part of the "game" being played.
Where is Sawyer? He is not with the rest of his apparent "team" at the end of the episode, and he's been gone since we last saw him with "Locke" 2 episodes ago in The Substitute. Richard is also missing, and hasn't been seen since he talked to Sawyer then ran into the woods. He said he was going to the temple, so where is he? Jin is also missing.
Other questions remain... Who was the blonde boy the smoke couldn't seem to interfere with? The game master? He made it very clear that "there are rules." What is the significance of the alternate reality? Time will tell. Although as Daniel Fairaday put it in season 4, "Time is sort of a relative term." Unfortunately for us, time is running out for the show and based on the final episode titles I don't see a lot of older questions being answered.
For example: What really happened to Desmond when he turned the fail safe key? What was Ben doing when he drained the water in the tunnel and said "I'll be outside"? At the time we were led to believe he was summoning the smoke, but it's clear now that he had no connection to it whatsoever. Also, who built the wheel that moves the island? These and many other questions remain. The good news is we are finally starting to get some answers.
Next weeks episode is called Dr. Linus, there is a preview and sneak peak below.
The losties finally started picking teams this episode. Claire, Kate, and Sayid are all with the "dark" team. Sayid has a lot more blood on his hands after killing Dogen, Lennon, and essentially letting in the smoke which killed plenty of others. Jacob's team looks like it will have many more people we know including: Hurley, Jack, Miles, Ilana, Linus, and Lapidus to name a few.
It looks like we won't be seeing Hiroyuki(Dogen) anymore but he still has some importance. Lennon noted just before Sayid slashed his throat that Dogen was "the only thing keeping it out." It being or old friend John Locke. This seems like a video game reference where the smoke can't enter the temple until he defeats the temple master. Knowing the writers,JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, this could all be part of the "game" being played.
Where is Sawyer? He is not with the rest of his apparent "team" at the end of the episode, and he's been gone since we last saw him with "Locke" 2 episodes ago in The Substitute. Richard is also missing, and hasn't been seen since he talked to Sawyer then ran into the woods. He said he was going to the temple, so where is he? Jin is also missing.
Other questions remain... Who was the blonde boy the smoke couldn't seem to interfere with? The game master? He made it very clear that "there are rules." What is the significance of the alternate reality? Time will tell. Although as Daniel Fairaday put it in season 4, "Time is sort of a relative term." Unfortunately for us, time is running out for the show and based on the final episode titles I don't see a lot of older questions being answered.
For example: What really happened to Desmond when he turned the fail safe key? What was Ben doing when he drained the water in the tunnel and said "I'll be outside"? At the time we were led to believe he was summoning the smoke, but it's clear now that he had no connection to it whatsoever. Also, who built the wheel that moves the island? These and many other questions remain. The good news is we are finally starting to get some answers.
Next weeks episode is called Dr. Linus, there is a preview and sneak peak below.
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