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Progress: The Great American LOST Re-Watch Thread *SPOILERS*
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Mah boy Sawyer has an awesome introduction.
Sawyer is fucking awesome; not because he's had Kate, Juliet and Ana Lucia, not because he "shot a damn bear", not because he's killed three others... but because his very first speaking lines in the entire damn show are
CHARLIE: Might be monkeys. It's monkeys, right?
SAWYER: Sure it's monkeys. It's Monkey Island.
Sawyer is fucking awesome; not because he's had Kate, Juliet and Ana Lucia, not because he "shot a damn bear", not because he's killed three others... but because his very first speaking lines in the entire damn show are
CHARLIE: Might be monkeys. It's monkeys, right?
SAWYER: Sure it's monkeys. It's Monkey Island.
Kitschkraft
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chase said:
Suit yourself.
Anyways, right now, I have it like this :
Seasons :
S1 = S4 > S5 > S2 >>>> S3
Favorite episode of each season :
S1) Walkabout
S2) Live Together, Die Alone
S3) The Man Behind the Curtain
S4) The Constant
S5) The Incident
Live Together, Die Alone is still my favorite finale. I would say that season 2, while lagging in some parts, had the best opening and best beginning. The opener with Desmond in the hatch was just brilliant...maaaaake your own kind of music, maaaake your own special soooong, maaake your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings alooong.
Favorite Characters :
1) Ben Linus
2) John Locke
3) Sayid
4) Desmond
5) Jack
Based my characters on a rough sum of everything : Story, personality, centric episodes, and level of involvement in plots that I find interesting. Longevity plays a factor by default. For instance, there's awesome characters like Mr. Eko and Faraday that would probably have made the cut had they been around longer (It's a damn shame about Eko, I hear that the producers had rather large plans for him).
Maybe this rewatch will change things.
Kitschkraft
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LOL, enjoying yourself?
Not to mention that none of the gaming companies have really come out and stated how ownership of the things we download this gen are going to work next gen.
I wouldn't be surprised if those episodes he downloads are tied to the 360 only, and if he has to buy again for Xbox Next.
Unless I missed the memo.
neoism said:
Not to mention that none of the gaming companies have really come out and stated how ownership of the things we download this gen are going to work next gen.
I wouldn't be surprised if those episodes he downloads are tied to the 360 only, and if he has to buy again for Xbox Next.
Unless I missed the memo.
BenjaminBirdie
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Liara T'Soni said:
Yeah, I didn't do it. It looked perfectly fine on the DVD.
StrikerObi
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Man this is a cool idea for a thread. I just wish the Blu-Rays for Seasons 1 & 2 were out already so I could watch those 
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
Wait, is the final season beginning Jan 12 or do we still not know?
SpeedingUptoStop said:
Since they signed the deal for the last 3 seasons, season 4 started on January 31st and season 5 started on January 21st. This is just assuming that season 6 will start at the end of January, and since it has the same number of episodes as season 5, it should.
JayDubya said:
From the man defending Wheel of Time
Assuming you haven't watch Lost, it's a great show and honestly isn't THAT hard to follow. Maybe it helps that I always watch the previous season just before the new one starts but I'm always baffled at people complaining how confused they are about what is going on.
There's certainly a lot of stuff there if you want to explore that but you don't really need to know all the references to philosophers, religions, and general history. It's more an added dynamic for fanatics and it's great if you're into rewatching shows to see just how many things you missed the first time around. And if you ever are really confused, lostpedia.com is a great resource. Though you'll probably want to avoid character sections since they're now filled with spoilers for s1-5 but the specific episode pages should be pretty safe.
negreenfield
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Agreed, the middle of season 2 is the only significant stretch of poor episodes for Lost. I think if there were any time for people to lose interest it would be during this time. However the beginning and end of that season were great.neoism said:
pollo said:
He really is. Although I guess that's why he was brought to the island in the first place.
I'm guessing the Jacob we saw in the cabin was Facob from the beginning, so everything involving that was just leading him along. Along with any interactions he had with people like Christian. Since Jacob did touch him, he probably had good intentions for him on the island, but Facob jumped in and took advantage of an oppertunity.
stuburns said:
Well, you got the whole "Fake Locke" telling Richard to tell Locke he has to die. It puts the thought into Locke's head, which eventually leads him down that path.
It's also possible he introduced the notion of Locke becoming "leader." Since that now seems like a result of the time loop. Others meet Locke in the 50's (he says he's their leader, by Jacob), disappears. Others keep track of him, wait for him to show up. He does in 2004, but doesn't know of his involvement yet. Locke is eventually told he's the next leader (who told him, btw? Never seemed Official or Obvious.) He's about to take on his role as Leader, BOOM Time travel. Loop starts.
Even Richard, talking to Jack this last episode, mentions that there doesn't seem to be anything special about Locke.
I guess because I just assumed Ben decided who was going to take over from him none of that other stuff really mattered to getting Ben to kill Jacob.Lonestar said:
Richard was in communication with Jacob, seems odd Jacob would tell him to have Locke take over if he knew Facob was fucking with him.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Don't do it.
Save your money for the entire series on Blu-Ray when it comes out! Maybe get an episode or two, but I don't think redownloading episodes (since you'll run out of space) when you want to watch again will be any fun.
Until then, torrent if you must.
Stub, it's probably why they tested him throughout his youth. The "which of these items is yours" and the science fair/high school thing. Jacob might not have been YES, YES HE IS THE ONE, but he becomes a person of interest, because hey...he's from the future. That's a nifty trick.
stuburns said:
Do we know exactly when they last were in contact with Jacob though? Jacob's group said he hadn't been in the cabin in a long time and someone else had been using it. And it didn't seem like Richard was contacting him while Ben was leader as he didn't seem to realize that Ben had never actually met him.
fistfulofmetal
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What time would this be happening on these days or is it just watch the episode that day and talk about it?
Ceres said:
Initially I thought that Richard may have been in contact with Facob at the cabin this whole time, but he knew where Jacob actually was, so that throws that idea out the window. Plus, since it seems like Richard arrived on the island when the Black Rock did, I'm sure he knows who's Jacob and who isn't.
fistfulofmetal said:
There isn't a set time to watch every episode, but BB said if someone wanted to jump into the thread and see if anyone wanted to watch it at the same time as other people, then that would be cool.
Good point, there's a chance Richard hasn't spoken to Jacob in a very long time, the last time we know for sure was Ben's healing I think. But I don't get why Richard knew he was in the foot and Ben didn't. Even if he'd been pretending to speak to him, Richard must have told him where to go to speak to him right?Ceres said:
Tim-E said:
Well, Richard probably does know what he looks like as Jacob made him the way he is and that probably meant he was regularly contacting him at some point. However, it seems only the leader of the Others is supposed to ever speak with Jacob. If Ben never saw him, and Locke was the new leader, Richard may not have personally spoke to him for several decades (1954 was the last time we can assume he was THE leader). By 1977 we assume Widmore is the leader. Maybe Ben was never supposed to be leader but Richard assumed Jacob wanted him to be based on people from the future trying to save him.
In the seventies Eloise is the leader, Rich said it in the finale. Presumably she leaves the island to have Faraday, Charles becomes the leader till in the nineties when Ben takes over.Ceres said:
In the seventies though, Richard did say to Charles that Jacob said to save Ben.
Future PhaZe
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Part 1 of the Pilot is done
Man its been a while but it brings back so many memories. It's interesting to see how different these characters are in the beginning. Kate seems much older and world weary while Jack actually seems much younger and far more bold. I just watched the S5 finale a couple of days ago but I'm already finding it hard to believe how far the show has really come from a plot perspective while watching just how much more grounded the show was from the get go.
Man its been a while but it brings back so many memories. It's interesting to see how different these characters are in the beginning. Kate seems much older and world weary while Jack actually seems much younger and far more bold. I just watched the S5 finale a couple of days ago but I'm already finding it hard to believe how far the show has really come from a plot perspective while watching just how much more grounded the show was from the get go.
Ceres said:
I don't think Ben was ever supposed to lead. Jacob seems as if he sees that everyone can be good, while Smokey/Facob obviously thinks that people are nothing but corrupt. Ben did a bunch of really awful shit like kill everyone in the Dharma Initiative, let his daughter be murdered, etc. and these were things that Smokey probably wanted him to do, while Jacob didn't like any of it. It is probably because of things like this that Ben was able to get cancer in the first place, because he was never supposed to lead.
I actually think Facob might be the good guy.
Jacob wanted them to kill the DI and move into the barracks, and UnLocke said it was something he didn't think the island would want. Now knowing he was Facob at the time seems to imply Facob didn't support the murdering of the DI.
If Jacob wants people to be randomly slaughtered, and Facob doesn't, I don't think the good/evil thing is going to be so clear cut.
Jacob wanted them to kill the DI and move into the barracks, and UnLocke said it was something he didn't think the island would want. Now knowing he was Facob at the time seems to imply Facob didn't support the murdering of the DI.
If Jacob wants people to be randomly slaughtered, and Facob doesn't, I don't think the good/evil thing is going to be so clear cut.
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