Low Moral Fiber on 1/3/2007 at 17:02
I'm with Tonamel. That episode was yet more filler, but it was damn good filler. I had a goofy grin on my face through the vast majority of it.
Rug Burn Junky on 1/3/2007 at 17:13
Quote Posted by Dia
Once again I agree. It's as though the authors have gotten lazy and are just throwing one flashback after another at us with each episode because they a.) either don't know where the hell they're going with this, or b.) were out too late the night before and their brains have turned to mush. I got up and did other stuff during the flashbacks and didn't feel as though I really missed anything. I'm getting very, very bored with Lost.
(
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1407114#post1407114) I guess it just takes some people longer than others.
Dia on 1/3/2007 at 19:46
Guess I was in denial. And the series started out so very well too. Shame, that. I'm beginning to think there's a nasty virus circulating among some of these series authors that causes seriously bad writing; even 24 has become nothing more than a glorified soap opera now.
What we need is another sci-fi western.
Fafhrd on 2/3/2007 at 08:30
Quote Posted by guy another board
If you didn't enjoy yourself watching this, you're never going to enjoy Lost.
Too damn many people have gotten bogged down in demanding to know more of the mystery in this show, and don't seem to care about the characters any more, which is dumb, because the show was always more about the characters than the mystery.
This was a great episode for a bunch of reasons. Largely because it was an actual light, honest to god
fun episode, which this show hasn't had since Shannon got shot, but also because it injected hope into characters that had been basically hopeless all season. It also dropped in some stuff that's obviously going to pay off later. Sawyer didn't pick up a map in the back of the car and say "Looks like Dharma was building a dirt road for something" just because. And now they've got a freakin' CAR. The Others don't have a car (that we've seen). This is a significant tactical advantage.
DaveW on 2/3/2007 at 11:58
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
Too damn many people have gotten bogged down in demanding to know more of the mystery in this show, and don't seem to care about the characters any more, which is dumb, because the show was always more about the characters than the mystery.
I must've missed that bit. It's never been more about characters, it's always been equal or slanted towards the mystery, but this was pure characters which is annoying given what we're told in previous episodes. There was nothing on Jack going off with the others, where they live etc. so this episode served absolutely no purpose other than just filler.
fett on 2/3/2007 at 13:08
Fafhrd - we ARE bogged down in wanting the mystery revealed and it's the fault of the writers. When we decided to watch this show after the first few episodes, it's because the island was bizarre, there was unexplainable phenomenon, and people had mysterious pasts that were yet to be revealed. If it had been a show about Hurley's emotional development, or how damn funny Barbie and Ken were, I would have turned over to watch a Friends episode. What's happening here is a bait and switch plain and simple. The writers have nowhere left to go with the plot so now they want to focus primarily on character development - and it's obvious. Barbie and Ken are a desperate attempt to force new characters into the story for just this reason. What happened to Rose and her husband? Where's Ben's flashback? Hell, we still don't know how Hatch ended up in a wheelchair, or what happened to Hurley in Australia. That would have been way more interesting that how he bought a fucking chicken shack and has a deadbeat dad.
bassmanret on 2/3/2007 at 13:26
Maybe I'm too forgiving and/or easily amused, but I loved this episode. Some of the stuff I liked:
1. Hurley at Libby's grave: "I've been scared the whole time on this island, except when I was with you". [sniff, sniff]
2. Hurley smacks Charlie, then: "Snap out of it!". Then, "Let's look death in the face and say, 'Whatever dude'".
3. Hurley trying to make himself understood by Jin: "I UNDERSTAND!!!"
4. Hurley convincing Sawyer to help with the car: "There's beer" ...no argument.
5. Various Sawyer-isms: "Well, look at that, somebody's hooked on Phonics!"
"...Jiminy Cricket"
[teaching Jin english, pointing at Hurley] "...International House of Pancakes"
3 Things to say to a woman
6. Hurley's Mom: "I have needs" [Ack! Need that mind-eraser dude from Heroes after that mental image]
7. Psychic lady to Hurly: "I want you to remove all your clothes" [again, mind-erasure please]
For me, Hurley is hilarious, so I had no problem putting the earth-shattering "Revelations" on hold.
Dia on 2/3/2007 at 14:53
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
And now they've got a freakin' CAR. The Others don't have a car (that we've seen). This is a significant tactical advantage.
Yeah, but what are they gonna do when they run out of gas?
Quote Posted by fett
What happened to Rose and her husband? Where's Ben's flashback? Hell, we still don't know how Hatch ended up in a wheelchair, or what happened to Hurley in Australia. That would have been way more interesting that how he bought a fucking chicken shack and has a deadbeat dad.
Seconded.
Gingerbread Man on 2/3/2007 at 15:28
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
And now they've got a freakin' CAR.
hahahaha what?
Now I'm even
more sure this show burned itself out halfway through season two.
Turtle on 2/3/2007 at 16:46
I don't think they're ready to build a ramp to jump that van over some sharks, yet.
It looks like they're just finding more and more remnants of people who lived on the island before, like the dart Sawyer stepped on.
I'm guessing in the next few episodes they'll find more signs of former civilization.
And for the record, I stopped really caring about the mysteries long ago.
I watch the show, see what happens to these characters I'm familiar with, and when a question is answered I say, 'Oh, that's what that was about.'
