tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post6585319368229471084..comments2024-02-19T19:53:01.688-08:00Comments on Cathode Tan: Lost: Par AvionJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-72804568179376846842007-03-16T07:20:00.000-07:002007-03-16T07:20:00.000-07:00Yeah - I would agree. That's why if anything I'd ...Yeah - I would agree. That's why if anything I'd compare him to a Dr. Smith character. He's "with the group" but running his own agenda which is often contradictory to the group - hence making him something of a subversive antagonist.<BR/><BR/>It's a great character archetype ... but I think it's an odd shift from the Locke who was making speeches on the beach not so long ago and -extremely- convenient to the writers who don't want to cough any details.<BR/><BR/>We might be seeing some of the cracks between the plot that was originally laid out for this season and updates they may have made to appease the fans. Hence the jokes about little sense certain plot points make or references to characters acting strange. The writers know its jarring, but they're at least trying to make the characters admit it's weird. <BR/><BR/>So hopefully I was dead wrong about the week before ... or at least correct that it had "bottomed" but is now trying to dig itself back out. Once the oddness shakes out, maybe the show will be sensible again.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-73691376659322306842007-03-16T07:14:00.000-07:002007-03-16T07:14:00.000-07:00Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I don't think Lock...Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I don't think Locke pushing the guy was an 'oops.' Last week seemed stupid for him, too, but now I'm not so sure. Now I'm beginning to think that Locke is heartily pursuing his own goal, whatever that may be (I used to think it was just finding out what's going on, now maybe not just that). He's been working at cross-purposes for awhile, and I think that's just starting to come out. The C4 in his pack was a big tip-off, as was his lying about going after Jack. I think this will tie in to whatever he saw in the jungle in season one (which we know now was NOT the smoke). In other words, what looks like incompetence probably isn't, what seems out of character actually fits back in to his earlier obsession with the hatch - he'll do anything to reach his goals and eyepatch dude was clearly not going to be any use (maybe Locke doesn't care so much about the Others as he does about the Island - this would tie in with his frustration when Ben was a captive). I think him killing eyepatch guy was also meant to bring us back to his past - the undercover cop in the woods - and make us think he really did shoot that guy to protect his new life. More than anyone else, Locke isn't interested in getting off the island. He doesn't care about rescuing Jack. I think they're prepping for him to be another antagonist, this time against both the Losties and the Others (which was how I thought it would be in Season Two).Deaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676351336106101412noreply@blogger.com