tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post4780121939411389049..comments2024-02-19T19:53:01.688-08:00Comments on Cathode Tan: Lost: Through The Looking GlassJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-79036723770467576482007-05-24T13:06:00.000-07:002007-05-24T13:06:00.000-07:00Sorry, linkSorry, <A HREF="http://lost-and-gone-forever.blogspot.com/2007/05/through-looking-glass-instant-reactions.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-62763691210744865842007-05-24T13:05:00.000-07:002007-05-24T13:05:00.000-07:00The Lost And Gone Forever blog had an interesting ...The Lost And Gone Forever blog had an interesting suggestion - that the new seasons will take place in the "future" and the flashbacks will go back to days on the island:<BR/><BR/>http://lost-and-gone-forever.blogspot.com/2007/05/through-looking-glass-instant-reactions.html<BR/><BR/>There is some merit to this. It would speak directly to the question now in the forefront - why not leave the island? It would also help alleviate that the backstories were starting to get stale and overworked this season.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-59374922529159808522007-05-24T12:51:00.000-07:002007-05-24T12:51:00.000-07:00Yeah the Juliet kiss/Kate love speech was confusin...Yeah the Juliet kiss/Kate love speech was confusing at best. Especially since it seems like we've missed out on some Juliet/Jack conversation.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, I think Charlie's death was avoidable. He also could have escaped that portion and sealed it off in time, I think. But he was in a fatalistic mood and they had spent a lot of time setting it up. I grant it would have been at least hard for him to escape, so maybe he just accepted his fate.<BR/><BR/>I really wish they had cleared up who was in the coffin. I'm assuming they might be covering their bets? Dunno. It also felt like a huge tease. I would guess either someone like Ben that Kate naturally hated or Sawyer that she could have easily fallen out with before getting home.<BR/><BR/>And yeah - I agree the future might be mutable. It's just that right now the best evidence, imo, that it will be mutable is that it seems unlikely that the writers will let the lead protaganist end up this way. It's a pretty sad footnote.<BR/><BR/>Course the other possibility is that there is a portion of storyline where Jack does return to the island. I'd prefer to see the future changed though.<BR/><BR/>It's just that with what have right now, we've got a crappy outcome for a character which doesn't really appear to be his fault - it's just the fault of the insanity (and partly shoddy writing) of the writing.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-61473343441952579622007-05-24T12:41:00.000-07:002007-05-24T12:41:00.000-07:00Sorry, my point was that the future is mutable. We...Sorry, my point was that the future is mutable. We have seen a possible future, but as Desmond has demonstrated, even if you know how things could turn out one way, you can still change them.<BR/><BR/>It's not that this was a premonition -- it's that the future can be changed, even if you've seen a glimpse of it. We have glimpsed a future, and now it is up to Jack, et al. to change it. They will find out shortly that they need to undo what they did.<BR/><BR/>Just to be painfully clear: Jack called for help, and the future we saw is the result. They can still change the future, and the result we saw may never come to pass. Some event in the first hour of the premiere in Spring 2008 will make it clear that they should have listened to Ben.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546761703943819030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-1063055803948893302007-05-24T12:12:00.000-07:002007-05-24T12:12:00.000-07:00I would agree that one of the most frustrating asp...I would agree that one of the most frustrating aspects is their refusal, or inability, to talk to each other about what's been going on! That just doesn't make sense and drives me nuts!<BR/><BR/>And I groaned loudly when Jack kissed Juliette, and even louder when he shortly thereafter told Kate that he loves her! Okay ...<BR/><BR/>And can someone explain why, once the water pressure equalized, Charlie didn't even try to swim out of the newly-opened portal? I know he believed in his deadly fate, but still ...<BR/><BR/>Who do you think was in the coffin? (Or did I just miss that fact?) Based on Kate's reaction at the end ("why would I go to the funeral"), I was thinking it might be Ben.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696497451974380368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-593005466764812792007-05-24T11:31:00.000-07:002007-05-24T11:31:00.000-07:00I'm not sure we can put Jack's flashforward into t...I'm not sure we can put Jack's flashforward into the same camp as Desmond's premonitions. We have nothing in the plot to suggest Jack would see the future, nothing in this story to assume he is even acknowledging these same scenes that the viewer is seeing and nothing to suggest they could be altered even without Jack's knowledge.<BR/><BR/>I would like to this to be true, don't get me wrong, but the writing suggests more strongly that they're setting up a "OK, no we've removed you worrying about this thing - so let's focus on what happens in between" scenario.<BR/><BR/>And I did find a lot of the episode very enjoyable - but this main part of it felt like a cheap twist at some expense to me.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-737690322118431392007-05-24T09:49:00.000-07:002007-05-24T09:49:00.000-07:00As I've said before, shows like this need a full r...As I've said before, shows like this need a full reset occasionally. This is the full reset. (For the X-Files, by comparison, I would have had Mulder realize that there are some things that need to be secret and have him switch sides and work against Scully and Doggett. That is, he becomes Cancer Man. I digress...)<BR/><BR/>And I think that we can view the flash forward in the same vein as Desmond's flashes. He sees a potential future but has managed to change it at least a few times. I suspect the same will be true for Jack and Kate. More than suspect. I feel confident that it will be the case.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed every minute that I saw (missed the first five). Seeing Ben finally get the crap beat out of him was sweet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546761703943819030noreply@blogger.com