After last week's episode of LOST I was really excited about the remainder of the final season. However, that excitement was significantly tempered after this week's episode. I am not able to articulate why I didn't like it, but I really didn't like. The flash sideways stuff really seemed to drag, and the on island stuff was meandering and unsatisfying. I have heard a lot of positive talk about this most recent episode, but I don't agree with that at all. I thought it was weak. Even though it gave us some more answers than "What Kate Does", I found it just as pointless to watch. Maybe I need to watch it a second time and see if I will change my opinion.
This episode did remind me how much I enjoy the character of Hurley. I love how he says the things that the audience is thinking. He is one of the few things about LOST that has been solid from the beginning. I love the show, and without Hurley, I wouldn't like it nearly as much. The other thing this episode reminded of is how much of a bitch Jack is. I really liked the guy at first, but as this series has progressed he gets worse and worse. When he smashed the mirrors I actually got a little pissed. It seems like the characters of LOST are always undermining their own chances at making sense of their situation. When Jack smashed those mirrors he screwed us. The is the final season and there aren't that many more episodes left. He could have turned the thingy and we all could have seen what Jacob looked at as he checked in on his candidates, or whatever he was doing. Instead of indulging us a little bit, Jack had to go and bust shit up. How much longer are the writers going to pull this crap. We're running out of time.
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LOST: "The Substitute"
Let's make one thing clear.
Man In Black = Smoke Monster = Evil Locke = Fake Locke = Flocke
First off, I wanted to make an observation about the episode "What Kate Does". We still don't know what is possessing Sayid, but there were a lot of clues that would hint it is the same thing that Russo thought to be possessing her crew back in the day. As part of the test to see if Sayid was "infected" they electrocuted him. Not coincidentally when Sayid first met Rousseau back in season 1 she strapped him down and electrocuted him. In that meeting Rousseau was very skeptical of Sayid saying things like "I know what you are" and "you, and the others like you". At the time the meaning was unclear, but she seemed to be saying he was "infected". After shocking him a bit they start to talk about Nadia. Sayid states that she is dead because of him. Upon hearing this Rousseau completely changes her tone and touches his face, looking very close into his eyes. Like the temple dwellers, was Rousseau testing Sayid by shocking him? What was it that made him pass this test back then, that he now failed? Whatever has taken over Sayid is going to be very important to the rest of the season, and remains a pretty big mystery right now. I am confident that when we find the answer to that, we will also learn what was going on with the French crew, and possibly other inhabitants of the island. (Christian Shepherd, Claire)
Happy V-day
Another weekend is over, and another work week is upon us. This, like every weekend, went by way too fast. I feel like I just left work on Friday evening moments ago. This Valentines day was fairly uneventful, which is completely okay by me. Hopefully it was equally okay with my lovely wife.
This past week has been described by several terms including "snowpocalypse" and "snow-mageddon". The northeast saw 50+ inches of snow coming in a chain of storms over the last several days. The federal government was shut down Monday through Friday this past week, at an estimated per-day cost in lost productivity of $100 miillion. Late in the week a storm shut down our operations in the Dallas area. They saw more snow than they have seen in years all along the southern US. Save Hawaii, every state had snow on the ground at one point last week. That is pretty impressive. Ironically as the winter Olymics kicked off in Vancouver, they were dealing with warm temps and rain; putting a major damper on the outdoor events.
Another major event that highlighted this past week was the creation of my custom-made argyle snuggie. Amanda has been on a sewing kick and has been pumping out the snuggies. I am sure I will post a picture of me in my snuggie at some point. It still isn't 100% complete. Amanda still needs to attach the custom pockets to hold my cell phone and ipod. When it is finished I will add a picture to this post.
That is about all I have for this week. Didn't have much to say about the most recent LOST episode; not enough to justify a post anyway. There is another new episode this week that focuses on Locke that I am definitely looking forward to. Hope y'all have a good week, I will try to check in again soon.
-deric
This past week has been described by several terms including "snowpocalypse" and "snow-mageddon". The northeast saw 50+ inches of snow coming in a chain of storms over the last several days. The federal government was shut down Monday through Friday this past week, at an estimated per-day cost in lost productivity of $100 miillion. Late in the week a storm shut down our operations in the Dallas area. They saw more snow than they have seen in years all along the southern US. Save Hawaii, every state had snow on the ground at one point last week. That is pretty impressive. Ironically as the winter Olymics kicked off in Vancouver, they were dealing with warm temps and rain; putting a major damper on the outdoor events.
Another major event that highlighted this past week was the creation of my custom-made argyle snuggie. Amanda has been on a sewing kick and has been pumping out the snuggies. I am sure I will post a picture of me in my snuggie at some point. It still isn't 100% complete. Amanda still needs to attach the custom pockets to hold my cell phone and ipod. When it is finished I will add a picture to this post.
That is about all I have for this week. Didn't have much to say about the most recent LOST episode; not enough to justify a post anyway. There is another new episode this week that focuses on Locke that I am definitely looking forward to. Hope y'all have a good week, I will try to check in again soon.
-deric
LOST Is Back: LA X
This past Tuesday we all got to watch the first episode of the final season of LOST. One of my biggest fears was realized when we saw them all on flight 815 making their way safely to Los Angeles. However, I think the writers tempered my disappointment by having the alternate timelines. We aren't sure exactly what is going on, but it seems like there is an alternate universe where Jack's plan worked, and the plane never crashed. It is unclear whether there is any connection between this alternate world, and the one we are seeing back on the island. There were a few small clues that may suggest that for instance that the Jack that landed in LAX is effected by things that happen to the Jack that is on the island, and visa versa. I have no clue whether this actually is the case, but it will definitely be interesting to find out. I have a feeling that at the end of this season the two timelines are going to merge, and somehow become one. No real evidence for that, I just think that might be the direction they are going.
There were a few small, but noticeable changes from the flight 815 that crashed, and flight 815 that lands safely. I need to watch the episode again, but here were the ones that I picked up on. First off, Hurley makes it a point to say that he has only had good luck. He doesn't have to worry about getting scammed because nothing can go wrong for him. This is very different from the "original" Hurley who is convinced that the numbers have cursed him. We also saw a different attitude from our buddy Boone. He was flying back to LA alone, unable to convince Shannon to come with him; and he seemed happy. I thought it was a nice touch that at the end of his conversation with Locke he made a comment to the effect of: "If this plane goes down I am sticking with you."
There were a few small, but noticeable changes from the flight 815 that crashed, and flight 815 that lands safely. I need to watch the episode again, but here were the ones that I picked up on. First off, Hurley makes it a point to say that he has only had good luck. He doesn't have to worry about getting scammed because nothing can go wrong for him. This is very different from the "original" Hurley who is convinced that the numbers have cursed him. We also saw a different attitude from our buddy Boone. He was flying back to LA alone, unable to convince Shannon to come with him; and he seemed happy. I thought it was a nice touch that at the end of his conversation with Locke he made a comment to the effect of: "If this plane goes down I am sticking with you."
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