What's happened to Lost, more specifically what's happened to the writing. Why do the producers feel like they need to dumb it down? "Hey doc, wasn't it weird when we got that phone call about your body washing ashore?"

Lost has such a dedicated audience, dare I say a "cult" following that puts a microscope on every nuance of the show. Yes, we all remember the doc's body washing ashore in a previous episode.

C'mon, there's a better way to write this thing.

I can forgive a lot of things, suspend disbelief and play along...just can't excuse this...is it just me?

Posted by Henry at 5:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I'm beginning to believe on the island "mind over matter" is an explanation for:
Locke's ability to walk, the African-American woman's cure for cancer, Claire surviving the attack on her bungalow, etc. Don't have a lot of time to explain my theory, Lost will start soon, but it's something to chew on. (to be continued, later)

Posted by Henry at 7:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

The episode "Something Nice Back Home" revealed that Jack and Kate eventually end up with each other...for a short time at least. Jack finds out that Kate is still doing "favors" for Sawyer and messes up things a bit with his jealousy. How is Kate able to talk to the islanders via a standard wireless phone?

Continue reading "Jealousy killed the cat" »

Posted by Melcolm at 9:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Saw some video of this week's Lost episode as well as read a synopsis. Wow. The plot thickens. Looks like it might be a jaw-dropping episode. Can't give you too many details...Doug doesn't encourage it.

Posted by Henry at 3:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

There was some discussion that viewers didn't see the Jack's appendix-removal scar during shower scene in last week's episode. This lead some to believe it never happened (the shower scene... or the operation).

Henry dug up this screen-grad, and I enhanced it...

...the scar is there! The theories can stop now.

Posted by Doug at 5:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

After the roller coaster thrills of last week's episode, I thought "Something Nice Back Home" was a bit of a slow-down.

Before I delve too far into the plot and details of last night, I have a new theory: dead people on (and off) the island are all the same person/thing. Could it be possible that every time someone sees a dead person (like Jack's dad, Charlie and next week's Jacob) they are actually seeing someone or something (smoke monster) that projects an image of the dead person.

Maybe there is technology on the island that allows a person to look like someone else OR maybe the smoke monster is able to look like a person. Remember when Mr. Eko looked into the smoke monster and saw all his own memories and thoughts, including images of his brother? Could smoke monster be capable of more? Was the smoke detector's failure in Jack's office a hint that smoke monster was there? It's all nano-bots, I think.

ANYWAY, here's what I was left with last night:

• The promos for the show drive me CRAZY! "The island claims one of the survivors as its own." What? Was that Claire? What does that mean? Is she dead?

• I don't think we've ever travelled past the point in time when Jack and Kate meet at the airport at the end of season #3. Time jumps on the show seem to occur in the space prior to that and after the 6 are off the island.

• Sawyer may be alive in the future. Kate seems to be talking to him on the phone.

• Jack's addictive behavior seems to be aided by jealousy of Sawyer.

• Are we finally convinced Jack and Claire are step-siblings?

• Why did the island let Jack get sick?

• Jack is an irresponsible pill taker! Never mix meds with alcohol!

• Dan is still irritating. Jin, please break his fingers like you promised Charlotte.

• Jack's proposal to Kate was a nice moment.

• Jack was reading Alice in Wonderland to Aaron. Is this a clue?

• Hurley tells Jack in the future that they are already dead. HMMMM.

• Miles can see dead people. Or, at least, he can see the past. Is Miles a time-shifter like Desmond?

• When Juliette told Kate about Jack kissing her, I almost punched the TV. But then I realized her intentions were good. This proves my theory: Juliette's a blabber mouth, don't tell her anything (or kiss her).

• I feel the most sorry for Hurley. He needs something good to happen to him.

• Sawyer is standing up for everyone!

• We might now have a clue how Sun gets off the island (Jin's threat to Charlotte).

• Russo and Carl are really, really, really dead. In-the-ground dead.

• Next week's promo finally shows us Jacob. Sigh. Why show him in the promo? He DOES look like Eric Stoltz in "Mask." REMEMBER: Jacob is dead. What we see is really just smoke monster pretending to look like Jacob. That's what I think.

• Change your batteries in your smoke detectors! It's saves lives, sanity and a fortune in prescription medication costs.

Posted by Doug at 10:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Did you find yourself rooting for Ben? This episode, "The Shape of Things to Come" perpetuates my thought of how this season revolves around Ben, and how he may be a "good guy". This week's show had the ingredients that made Ben look like a hero:

Continue reading "Ben, the dingo..." »

Posted by Melcolm at 5:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Season 4 opens another can of kick-butt-ery goodness.

I'm going to sound completely fan-boy here, but I'm still giddy over this episode.

"The Shape of Things to Come" is NOW my favorite episode of the year... and I come to this conclusion based on this criteria:

• The most amazing scary appearance of the smoke monster, EVER! Finally the monster is back to being scary and EVIL! Like a tornado from hell!
• Ben is a bad-a$&. Ben became a whole new character for me. He's tough, resourceful and willing to let his kid die for some reason we don't yet know.
• Ben has the greatest piano bench ever!
• Ben has a huge arsenal.
• Ben controls the smoke monster.
• Ben apparently "warped" or teleported to Iraq. What the...?
• Ben totally manipulated Sayid in Iraq. His recruitment plan was devious!!!! Ben's parting smile was so creepy... but awesome.
• Alex's death was heartbreaking. I actually felt sorry for Ben.
• Claire got blasted with a rocket launcher! And she lived!!
• Penny is now a target.
• Jack is going to die from appendicitis.
• Dan is an evil liar. Dan deserved a butt kicking.
• Bernard can understand Morse Code.
• What is going on between Charles Widmore and Ben?!
• Is the doctor from the ship dead and alive at the same time?
• Was Hurley's quote (while playing Risk) about Australia being the key, a clue?
• LOST is awesome.

What did you guys think?!

Posted by Doug at 11:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

I can't wait... it seems like a year since the last episode.

We no go uninterrupted until the end of the season, right?

Posted by Doug at 5:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

but I'm looking forward to Thursdays.

Posted by Henry at 11:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)