Alright bitches. Remember how I posted that jankety two minute thing?
Gone!
Though I suck at technology, Dave and B have mastered the fine art of podcast uploading. Hallelujah! B tagged them all as podcasts over in the label section of the blog to the right, but I'm slapping them down here as well. Just cuz.
Tabula Rasa
Pilot Part Two
Pilot Part One - final thoughts
Pilot Part One
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Showing posts with label Bridgette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bridgette. Show all posts
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Walkabout by Bridgette
*Disclaimer – I make fun of LOST because I love it so much. Also, I constantly write in sentence fragments and capital letters. I defy the laws of grammar.
“Walt, you gotta keep that Dog quiet!” says Michael, and one of the greatest episodes of LOST ever begins. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? You are stranded on an island, and your dog RANDOMLY wakes up and starts barking his head off…and you chastise it? It’s trying to tell you something, dick. I've got mad love for Vincent. He always knows what's going on.
Something interesting, too. What’s in the fuselage? Is it sawyer? Nope. It’s Pumbaa. Pumbaas with a vengeance is more like it. Something interesting though, before the attack of the piggies – Sayid says, “everyone in there’s dead.” Knowing what we know, is he talking about the actual people who died in the crash, or is he talking about all of them? I’m pretty sure he was talking about the actual dead people, but you never know. Sam and I discuss at length on our podcast recording the fact that it’s pretty weird that there’s what sounds like a T-Rex in the jungle, and the people are absolutely terrified of the boars when they run out. Really Sayid? Sawyer, where’d your gun go? Just funny. I guess I’d be scared, but I wouldn’t think that the Iraqi Torturer would be screaming over some piggies. Also, you gotta love when Locke just busts out his suitcase full of knives.
Okay, lets get a little more serious here.
Rose in this episode is just amazing to me. I love her. I think I’d react in ways similar to hers if my love was missing. I love how she is confident that Bernard is alive. I feel like I would know too, if I loved someone that much. I admire such wise and poised characters like Rose. They love life, and they know life, and they make other people better by just being around them. Jack decides he needs to talk to her, even though he’s not a psychiatrist, and she gives him a little more than he gives her, I think. I love when she tells him, “You’ve got a nice way about you, Good soul.”
I really identified with Claire and the gang for most of the series. Charlie and Hurley trying to catch the fish was adorable. When they plan the little funeral type gathering, you feel greatly humbled by the fact that there are lives ending around them, and the most that they can say about the people is where their layover was going to be, or what seat they were in. I think love is a huge message in this show, (notice all the couples in that little heaven room?) and I think the fact that the couple who were so in love with each other had the most evidence for Claire to talk about. Watching this now, I really saw where that fit this show. They WERE very important.
Have you noticed I haven’t talked at ALL about Locke yet, and this is HIS episode? What can I say that Sam hasn’t. Seriously, this man is amazing. All of his stories are mind blowingly awesome, sad, humbling, triumphant…he goes through such a range. Rewatching this, I found more hate for his stupid office manager guy than ever before, especially since you know that the things he is saying are to a handicapped man. I felt like I was watching a middle schooler. I really hope that character wasn’t based off of a real person. I loved that Colonel Locke was his title basically due to the fact that he played a game similar to Risk with a good friend. I have a hard time watching this episode or even thinking about this episode without tearing up, but it brings an important message – whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. Locke could have done that damn walkabout…but he got something better. He got a REAL walkabout. I’m really excited to do a little more studying of Locke’s story knowing what we know now. I just can’t get over how horrible that office guy was to him. There had to be a devil set aside for that guy.
Some really important things came from this episode. Jack definitely has some Daddy issues. Shannon’s defense mechanisms are using her appearance to get someone else to take care of her. Sayid is still the island’s go to tech guy. Rose is wise, Claire is a humanitarian, and Hurley and Charlie are going to be Bffles. Most importantly, that secret that Mistah Locke wanted to tell Walt was that his poor legs didn’t work until he crashed in that sand. Think about someone Shannon who just stood there screaming instead of helping people and then think of Locke who wiggled his toes, had the greatest miracle of his life happen, and spent no more than a second relishing in his own joy and divinity before rushing to help others. Who would you be?
“Walt, you gotta keep that Dog quiet!” says Michael, and one of the greatest episodes of LOST ever begins. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? You are stranded on an island, and your dog RANDOMLY wakes up and starts barking his head off…and you chastise it? It’s trying to tell you something, dick. I've got mad love for Vincent. He always knows what's going on.
Something interesting, too. What’s in the fuselage? Is it sawyer? Nope. It’s Pumbaa. Pumbaas with a vengeance is more like it. Something interesting though, before the attack of the piggies – Sayid says, “everyone in there’s dead.” Knowing what we know, is he talking about the actual people who died in the crash, or is he talking about all of them? I’m pretty sure he was talking about the actual dead people, but you never know. Sam and I discuss at length on our podcast recording the fact that it’s pretty weird that there’s what sounds like a T-Rex in the jungle, and the people are absolutely terrified of the boars when they run out. Really Sayid? Sawyer, where’d your gun go? Just funny. I guess I’d be scared, but I wouldn’t think that the Iraqi Torturer would be screaming over some piggies. Also, you gotta love when Locke just busts out his suitcase full of knives.
Okay, lets get a little more serious here.
Rose in this episode is just amazing to me. I love her. I think I’d react in ways similar to hers if my love was missing. I love how she is confident that Bernard is alive. I feel like I would know too, if I loved someone that much. I admire such wise and poised characters like Rose. They love life, and they know life, and they make other people better by just being around them. Jack decides he needs to talk to her, even though he’s not a psychiatrist, and she gives him a little more than he gives her, I think. I love when she tells him, “You’ve got a nice way about you, Good soul.”I really identified with Claire and the gang for most of the series. Charlie and Hurley trying to catch the fish was adorable. When they plan the little funeral type gathering, you feel greatly humbled by the fact that there are lives ending around them, and the most that they can say about the people is where their layover was going to be, or what seat they were in. I think love is a huge message in this show, (notice all the couples in that little heaven room?) and I think the fact that the couple who were so in love with each other had the most evidence for Claire to talk about. Watching this now, I really saw where that fit this show. They WERE very important.
Have you noticed I haven’t talked at ALL about Locke yet, and this is HIS episode? What can I say that Sam hasn’t. Seriously, this man is amazing. All of his stories are mind blowingly awesome, sad, humbling, triumphant…he goes through such a range. Rewatching this, I found more hate for his stupid office manager guy than ever before, especially since you know that the things he is saying are to a handicapped man. I felt like I was watching a middle schooler. I really hope that character wasn’t based off of a real person. I loved that Colonel Locke was his title basically due to the fact that he played a game similar to Risk with a good friend. I have a hard time watching this episode or even thinking about this episode without tearing up, but it brings an important message – whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. Locke could have done that damn walkabout…but he got something better. He got a REAL walkabout. I’m really excited to do a little more studying of Locke’s story knowing what we know now. I just can’t get over how horrible that office guy was to him. There had to be a devil set aside for that guy. Some really important things came from this episode. Jack definitely has some Daddy issues. Shannon’s defense mechanisms are using her appearance to get someone else to take care of her. Sayid is still the island’s go to tech guy. Rose is wise, Claire is a humanitarian, and Hurley and Charlie are going to be Bffles. Most importantly, that secret that Mistah Locke wanted to tell Walt was that his poor legs didn’t work until he crashed in that sand. Think about someone Shannon who just stood there screaming instead of helping people and then think of Locke who wiggled his toes, had the greatest miracle of his life happen, and spent no more than a second relishing in his own joy and divinity before rushing to help others. Who would you be?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Tabula Rasa, by Bridgette
Shannon, my loathing of your ignorance is burning during this episode. Seriously, when she yells about just killing the air marshal so that he’ll stop screaming… wow. WOW.
Now that that’s out…here we go.
Kate. I love her. A lot of people don’t, but I really do. I can relate to her. I am a passionate loyalist to those I love and while I don’t ever condone murdering someone, it pains me to label her as “wrong” for what she did. I guess we don’t know that yet though. Obviously it wasn’t a good choice, but yeah…I’d definitely think about doing the same thing. This episode was kinda boring to me – her back story stuff is much less interesting to me than her on island time or even her future time. The court marshal revealing everything is cool, and as of so far on this episode we think Kate is bad – but we see that goodness when she tries to make sure that the farmer gets his money and she tries to help him as much as she can. Was it necessary for the farmer to have a fake arm? Yes. It was. : )
I love that Michael promises Walt that he’ll find Vincent (by the way, just to reiterate, I LOVE Vincent) when it stops raining, and then, of course, it stops. I’m really starting to think that someone has control of the weather on this island. I think my favorite storyline in this episode is Locke making the whistle throughout the whole thing, finding the damn dog so easily, and then giving it to the man who is accusing him of creepsterness so that he can become a hero to his son. I love that. Random acts of kindness are insanely important. (although this one maybe didn’t seem as random because there was so much involved.) What did Locke have to gain from doing this? Nothing really. I can imagine that being stuck on an island doing things like this would keep me alive. As I’ve said before, Hurley would be my best friend. I’d be right by his side building that golf course.
The Kate/Sawyer/Jack drama starts over the air marshal and whether or not he should be put out of his misery. I don’t know that I’d wanna be put out of my misery, so I don’t know that Sawyers choice was the best, haha, especially since he missed. I find their little love triangle to be really annoying later on so I was really bored by this part. I was probably interested more the first time. Maybe Sam and I were just gabbing, I dunno. Talking about Mickey Rourke or some noise.
So what did we learn? A lot about a lot of people. I forgot to write about the whole Sun and Jin stuff. There’s a lot I forgot to write about I guess. I think the most important part of this episode is that our characters are getting to know each other. Hurley and Sayid become friends. People are finding out what’s going on with Kate. Jin and Sun interact with the rest of the castaways a bit more. John Locke is a good man, not a pedophile. Charlie is adorable, and Shannon is a child.
A rather important moment to end on:
Jack says, "We all died three days ago. We deserve a clean slate." If you’re reading this blog, I’m assuming you know the ending.
Your thoughts?
Now that that’s out…here we go.
Kate. I love her. A lot of people don’t, but I really do. I can relate to her. I am a passionate loyalist to those I love and while I don’t ever condone murdering someone, it pains me to label her as “wrong” for what she did. I guess we don’t know that yet though. Obviously it wasn’t a good choice, but yeah…I’d definitely think about doing the same thing. This episode was kinda boring to me – her back story stuff is much less interesting to me than her on island time or even her future time. The court marshal revealing everything is cool, and as of so far on this episode we think Kate is bad – but we see that goodness when she tries to make sure that the farmer gets his money and she tries to help him as much as she can. Was it necessary for the farmer to have a fake arm? Yes. It was. : )
I love that Michael promises Walt that he’ll find Vincent (by the way, just to reiterate, I LOVE Vincent) when it stops raining, and then, of course, it stops. I’m really starting to think that someone has control of the weather on this island. I think my favorite storyline in this episode is Locke making the whistle throughout the whole thing, finding the damn dog so easily, and then giving it to the man who is accusing him of creepsterness so that he can become a hero to his son. I love that. Random acts of kindness are insanely important. (although this one maybe didn’t seem as random because there was so much involved.) What did Locke have to gain from doing this? Nothing really. I can imagine that being stuck on an island doing things like this would keep me alive. As I’ve said before, Hurley would be my best friend. I’d be right by his side building that golf course.
The Kate/Sawyer/Jack drama starts over the air marshal and whether or not he should be put out of his misery. I don’t know that I’d wanna be put out of my misery, so I don’t know that Sawyers choice was the best, haha, especially since he missed. I find their little love triangle to be really annoying later on so I was really bored by this part. I was probably interested more the first time. Maybe Sam and I were just gabbing, I dunno. Talking about Mickey Rourke or some noise.
So what did we learn? A lot about a lot of people. I forgot to write about the whole Sun and Jin stuff. There’s a lot I forgot to write about I guess. I think the most important part of this episode is that our characters are getting to know each other. Hurley and Sayid become friends. People are finding out what’s going on with Kate. Jin and Sun interact with the rest of the castaways a bit more. John Locke is a good man, not a pedophile. Charlie is adorable, and Shannon is a child.
A rather important moment to end on:
Jack says, "We all died three days ago. We deserve a clean slate." If you’re reading this blog, I’m assuming you know the ending.
Your thoughts?
Monday, June 14, 2010
Pilot, Part 2 by Bridgette
This episode started my anxious love/hate relationship with the soundtrack to LOST. Sam and I were discussing – music moves me so much that I don’t even realize it sometimes. I have a hard time playing the game, “Scene It” because of the background low toned “baaaahhhhssss” that drive me over the edge! The soundtrack to LOST is mind-blowing, especially in the first seasons. I guess I love it through the whole series, but it was just weird to look back at the difference between the sweeping sorrowful music of the last season and this suspenseful stuff.
Oh Sayid and the transceiver. I love how he says that. Sayid is working on his mission to get the damn thing to work, and of course he does because, well you know, he’s Sayid. The troops march up the mountain and finally get it to work and we hear Danielle, the numbers, and we get a great sense of doom when the cast realizes how long that damn message has been broadcast. That gave me chills. I would be very upset at that moment!
Kate’s whole bathing scene for some reason never struck me as being there to show Sun’s longing for freedom until now. I guess it’s because I know the whole story now…I dunno.
Okay what’s more strange…the fact that there is a polar bear in the jungle or that no one gives a crap that Sawyer is packing heat and no one knew?
I feel like this episode has a lot of foreshadowing; Sun watching Kate bathe, Sawyer skimming his letter, and of course – the most important part – “Mistah Locke” teaching Walt about Backgammon. (and scaring the world shitless when he asks Walt if he wants to know a secret!) I’ve never been a fan of Michael, but when Walt explains at this part that he never even knew Michael and has to be with him because of the circumstances it does make me sad. Vincent is missing, but Jack gives us hope that he’ll be found! Anyway – about the Backgammon – We get the famous quote, “"Two players, two sides. One is light. The other, dark." Wonder what that was all about? :)
I’m feeling like the second time around, these episodes are loading with exposition, then I have to realize – hey – you watched this for six years – DUH. :)
Oh Sayid and the transceiver. I love how he says that. Sayid is working on his mission to get the damn thing to work, and of course he does because, well you know, he’s Sayid. The troops march up the mountain and finally get it to work and we hear Danielle, the numbers, and we get a great sense of doom when the cast realizes how long that damn message has been broadcast. That gave me chills. I would be very upset at that moment!
Kate’s whole bathing scene for some reason never struck me as being there to show Sun’s longing for freedom until now. I guess it’s because I know the whole story now…I dunno.
Okay what’s more strange…the fact that there is a polar bear in the jungle or that no one gives a crap that Sawyer is packing heat and no one knew?
I feel like this episode has a lot of foreshadowing; Sun watching Kate bathe, Sawyer skimming his letter, and of course – the most important part – “Mistah Locke” teaching Walt about Backgammon. (and scaring the world shitless when he asks Walt if he wants to know a secret!) I’ve never been a fan of Michael, but when Walt explains at this part that he never even knew Michael and has to be with him because of the circumstances it does make me sad. Vincent is missing, but Jack gives us hope that he’ll be found! Anyway – about the Backgammon – We get the famous quote, “"Two players, two sides. One is light. The other, dark." Wonder what that was all about? :)
I’m feeling like the second time around, these episodes are loading with exposition, then I have to realize – hey – you watched this for six years – DUH. :)
Friday, June 11, 2010
Pilot, Part 1 by Bridgette
Jack opens his pretty little eyeball. It’s sad to know this time around that I’ll watch him close it for the last time later. If you listen to the podcast, we spend a lot of time discussing whether or not we think that the whole series is about Jack. I can see how some people think it would be, and I think that deep down I do too, but I was never the biggest Jack fan, nor did I spend the entire series thinking it was all about him – I think I chose for my LOST experience to be more about the other characters, but I do agree that Jack was changing A LOT. AS far as discussion about what the end means – I’ve kinda given up. I pretty much agree with what anyone else has to say about it, and I can never find a solid, “this is the end of LOST according to Bridgette.” Maybe this project will help me to do that!
In looking for similarities to the finale and foreshadowing and all of that magic, I wasn’t like intensely overwhelmed like I think every LOST fan hopes to be. I did think it was pretty cool that I hadn’t re-watched the first episode in forever and now I know that when the airline staff rushes past Jack and Rose that they were going to get Charlie from the bathroom.
I guess just a few things to touch on would be:
How much I love Vincent – seriously, I just love him. It would be so soothing to have Vincent around in such a stressful situation. Sam and I also talked about how Vincent weaved in and out of their lives at times that seemed pretty important. It seems to me that Vincent was typically used as a reason for everyone to go out into the jungle - but I also think about how he laid next to Jack as he died in the end.
Hurley as a character is so incredibly different in the beginning that he is at the end – our dear sweet Hurley who everyone loves so much. Not that Hurley wasn’t lovable at the beginning, but when you know his story and you’ve seen the man weep on a beach you kind of feel like he’s your best friend.
For some reason Boone really cracked me up when he brought back all of those pens.
One of the biggest memories of the LOST experience for me has got to be the scene of the plane crashing. You know, the one where the plane RIPS IN HALF and bodies are FLYING OUT THE MIDDLE?!?! Holy buckets – I forgot how well done that scene was. I can’t even imagine surviving that!
So here’s what I’ve really been thinking about – the end of the episode where Kate, Jack, and Charlie go into the jungle, and find the plane and the Pilot. (Oh, Matt Parkman!) This is when we are introduced to our darling Smokey. Well…kind of. I swear to you, I thought it was a dinosaur for so long! At any rate – we talked in the podcast a bit about why The Man in Black is doing what he’s doing at this point. Why is he scaring everyone? Why doesn’t he just take people out? I think any good villain has to show you how scary they are and what they can do before they start really doing it. I guess my other question, and I’m going to try to kind of watch this through the seasons is this: can he control the weather? It seems to me that conditions were always just right for good old NotLocke.
When the monster rips the pilot in half, Charlie says, “What the hell just happened?” I remember thinking the same exact thing, and that is why I loved LOST from the beginning. :)
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