.018 Lost Review-let.

[krickets]

To quote, demonqueen666:
"So nice to see Lost is just as dedicated to making NO SENSE WHATSOEVER as usual."


WORD.



→ So Jacob really is dead? Extreme disappointment. It's a good thing that Hurley (and Miles) can talk to dead people/gods/mysterious entities.

→ I loved Richard manhandling Ben like that. "I think you should say hello to him first!" *shove*

→ I did not love evil!Locke manhandling Richard in such a manner. That was not okay, Evil!Locke! You hear me?!?!
→ (Sidenote: Though the idea of Richard in chains is mildly intriguing.)
→ (Sidenote #2: Where is he taking him? Bargaining chip at the temple?)

→ Claire! That was a beautiful 1-second return + throwaway line. Nice wig. I hope this isn't an indication of your projected screentime levels this season. That adds up to about a half a second per episode. That'd be like 8 seconds total. That would suck.

Comments

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

Random:

I feel like maybe if we were absolutely confident that the writers/creators knew what the fuck they were doing and actually did have some big, explainy, sense-making ending in store all along, it would be a lot easier to fall into that "omg i don't get it at all, this is awesome" state of mind until we got to said ending. lol But instead, it just feels like they're going what's the most random thing we can do? Sweet, let's try that. Or something lol

Anyhoo *shrug*. I was sort of ruminating over that in the shower this morning. Off to brush my hair! Have a good morning yourself :)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

It does feel like that's what they do. On a consistent basis. They keep adding new characters (most of them less cool than others) as some sort of misdirection -- they're just trying to distract us from the fact that they have had no idea what they were doing throughout the majority of the series. I think they do have an endgame in mind, it's too fill our brains with so many random details that we'll forget all the shit that didn't make sense, didn't add up, and was overall a disappointment. Sadly, I think we're on to them.

This morning I was thinking, if someone told me this is what the final season premiere would be after I had watched the pilot, two things would have happened. I would have stopped watching the show then and there. Or B) I would have said, "It will all make sense by the time I watch these first five seasons." I would eventually learn that I was wrong. But as I'm here now, there's not really any stopping.

SIGH. Now I know what it's like to be in chains, Richard.