LOST - ANYONE ELSE WATCHING? (at US airing pace)

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[savage727]

Anyone listening/watching the Podcast of LOST from iTunes?  I have not subscribed to it yet as the reviews have been really mixed.

Only about 14 hours to go on the East Coast of the U.S. until tonight's show!!   

[Roz]

Which one Ed? There's quite a few including LOST cast, or the official ABC one minute recap of previous episodes, or the Official LOST podcast.

I haven't really listened to them yet, but I have downloaded quite a few. I just watched the first video podcast and I have to say you might need a pillow, they talk so slowly and say so little, so if you don't want to watch it I'll summarise it below (beware, some of you might regard some of this as spoiler material)
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This season we'll find out how Locke ended up in a wheelchair

We might find out under what circumstances Jack got his tatoos

They called this season "a season of answers" but somehow I doubt that!

They confirm that there are factions of others, so maybe the 'LOST boys' (kids) are separate from Ben/Henry's lot.

There was slight discussion of the shark with the dharma symbol, the polar bear, and various other zoological oddities, Damon pointed to his hat and said it gave a clue but the res is too poor to be sure what's on there, it looks like a Dharma symbol, so I can only assume that it has a symbol in the centre (remember that we have the pearl station etc. So maybe Damon is wearing the symbol of the aquarium/zoological station that the others are currently keeping the prisoners in - remember Sawyer was in a cage used to teach animals the necessity of teamwork to get food, and Jack was in an aquarium of some sort

[pinksamstar]

cant wait to find out about locke in the wheelchair!!!!

[savage727]

Hi Roz:

I am thinking it is the official one from ABC as it was on the iTunes home page under Podcasts.  I did notice that it features two of the Producers who act pretty stupid on most of the Podcasts hence the negative reviews.  Most people said it was better off when it was audio only as they think these two guys are pretty awful on the video now.

[savage727]

Well folks last night's show was another outstanding one!     I really do not like "The Other's" and that woman who is Jack's keeper is really a piece of work.  I like the way Sawyer is standing up to them!   
Interesting info about Sun & Jin's past as well.  Is it me or do "The Other's" seem arragorant and assuming thinking they are better than our Survivors?  It's like they have human test subjects to play with instead of animals now!     I am glad Sun blasted that woman on the boat!  Let's see if she died or they bring her back and have Jack operate on her.  I loved the bit about "Ben" telling Jack that The Boston Red Sox won The World Series and Jack's response was classic!  You have to understand American Baseball and The Boston Red Sox to appreciate the way he responded!!   

[grecopa]

Yeah, I think it was also interesting that Ben said he was born on the island.  Maybe these are 2nd ,3rd generation others that have warped the intentions of the original experiments into something they were never meant to be.  Or maybe the Others are the real experiment!!    He also seemed a bit scared of Sawyer and the way Sawyer is plotting.  I can't wait to see what's up with the young couple.

[Eve]

Interesting thing about last night's episode. Up until now, I wondered why Sun was on the island. Everyone else who is "good" has been abducted by The Others. So, last night we find out she wasn't faithful to Jin.  Also, I wonder if it wasn't Sun who murdered the boyfriend. He was clutching those pearls, plus when she shot the "other", the "other" said something to the effect of "I know you won't shoot me." Sun said, "You don't know me very well. "

HMMMM?  Could she have really killed her lover to save Jin?

[Roz]

I loved the bit about "Ben" telling Jack that The Boston Red Sox won The World Series and Jack's response was classic!  You have to understand American Baseball and The Boston Red Sox to appreciate the way he responded!!   

Maybe, but you don't have to be a genius to work out that it's just an unlikely outcome.

Eve, do you really think Sun killed the bald guy? I don't think so, I may very well be wrong, but I don't think she slept with him either. I think she was on the verge of it when they were interrupted by her father, and she did tell Jin that she had never 'been with' another man. Perhaps it's my British optimism speaking, but that's my view of it. I don't see her as capable of murdering her 'lover', look how hard she found it to shoot 'the other'? She's also quite a slight lady, and doesn't seem capable of throwing her lover's dead body off the side of a building, but it is interesting that you mention he was clutching the pearls.

I think we'd all be a bit afraid of Sawyer if he was our enemy, he's entirely unpredictable (well according to Capn Jack it's the honest men you can't trust but in this case I think it's harder to understand what Sawyer is thinking!).

[Bryanjs14]

All I know is that this weeks episode looks quite amazing!

Looks like we might get to see a little more of our black smokey friend. Did anyone see all the bones in the cave Locke went into in the preview?

[Eve]

[ Eve, do you really think Sun killed the bald guy? I don't think so, I may very well be wrong, but I don't think she slept with him either. I think she was on the verge of it when they were interrupted by her father, and she did tell Jin that she had never 'been with' another man. Perhaps it's my British optimism speaking, but that's my view of it. I don't see her as capable of murdering her 'lover', look how hard she found it to shoot 'the other'? She's also quite a slight lady, and doesn't seem capable of throwing her lover's dead body off the side of a building, but it is interesting that you mention he was clutching the pearls.

I think we'd all be a bit afraid of Sawyer if he was our enemy, he's entirely unpredictable (well according to Capn Jack it's the honest men you can't trust but in this case I think it's harder to understand what Sawyer is thinking!).

I really don't know, Roz. Maybe it's my American cynicism  .
You're quite right that she doesn't seem physically able to throw a man's body out of a window.  She is slight of frame, as you said. However, one common theme running through this show is that everyone on the island has a sordid past or skeleton in their closet or something of that order.  She always seems so good, so perhaps it was my mind racing to conclusions.  But it was the way she shot "Colleen" and said, "You don't know me!" That made that pop into my head. There are a couple of characters that we have yet to find out why their pasts are so sordid. (Claire, Locke, Rose & Bernard. etc.) But for instance, we finally found out a creepy, stalkerish side of behavior from our hero Jack last week.  Up until that point, he was a victim of his father and his cheating wife, and a little too "goody goody", if you will.  I like him a bit better now.

[grecopa]

I like Jack a bit more now too, Eve.  I guess because I can't say that I blame him.  I would be just as stubborn in that situation.  I would definately make one hell of a stalker! 
About the pearls, did Sun actually take the gift?  I thought she refused it.    How about this senario - Sun hires another hit man to kill the boyfriend, but he gets there AFTER Jin. 

[Eve]

Or Sun or her father knew Jin would not be able to go through with it, so Sun or her father sent someone to follow Jin.

[Bryanjs14]

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I loved tonights episode...how the HECK did Desmond know about the Speach Locke gave at the end? GOD even more questions now lol! I liked Lockes vision he had, and seriously? Locke growing the wacky weed? It would appear that flashback will continue since it was not resolved at all.

[Eve]

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It certainly clarifies 'why' Locke started to doubt himself in season 2, having been duped big time twice.  That was something I wasn't quite understanding - how he went from being so certain about the island and destiny to being this (pardon the pun) lost, wayward person.

[Roz]

Locke's not a farmer he's a hunter

It's also possible he's used whatever he gave to Boone/put on his wounds when Boone saw Shannon die (for the first time?).

Locke's a fav character of mine so I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I love the fact that although Locke is a very wise and dependable man, we have also seen many of his frailties... and strangely it only seems to make me respect him more He's come into his own now 'that awful' Jack is out of the camp (who didn't want to be the leader for the whole first season, and then demanded everyone's respect throughout the second, much to my disgust).

We might be in for 2 Locke eps this 'year' because we are supposed to find out how he ended up in a wheelchair this season

Desmond's 'premonition' was weird. I wonder what Desmond's true role is. Although friendly enough he seems troubled and doesn't seem to integrate with our 815ers at all. I hope we get another Desmond ep soon. Desmond and Locke seem to get on very well with a mutual un-stated understanding of each other (what does one snowman say to the other?)

And boy was it great to see Boone again... is this Inkworks' final chance to get a costume card/auto card in? I think that the rumours that Ian S is angry with the LOST team for writing him out must be false or he wouldn't bother going back for the flashback/hallucinogenic scenes.

[savage727]

Another interesting episode last night but I did not care for the Locke angle presented in which he is in cahoots with drug dealers - give me a break already!  Is that the best the writers can come up with?   

[Roz]

Well, after what John had just been through (originally being rejected by his parents and then internal organ theft from the people he'd least expect it from) you can't really blame the man for finding himself a hippy family.

[5594mike]

Well, after what John had just been through (originally being rejected by his parents and then internal organ theft from the people he'd least expect it from) you can't really blame the man for finding himself a hippy family.

Ture True Roz!!


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next weeks episode looks messed up in the preview, with sawyer gettin betten up in front of kate and getting tied up and tested on that table
Poor sawyer

[savage727]

Interesting episode last night!  Our buddy Sawyer can sure take a beating!  The pacemaker bit had me going there for a bit!  Why don't I care or have any feelings for that "Woman Other" who Sun blasted and dies on the table?  Maybe because she was an obnoxious you know what?  Her husband needs a dose of the same medicine in my opinion!!     I like the Hatch Dude who now sees the future!!    

[Roz]

So!

Who do you think has a tumour on their back? I automatically assumed that it would be one of "the others", but what about Locke? Could that be the cause of him being in the wheelchair? We have been told we'll find out about Locke's wheelchairbound-ness in this series, so it would make sense for us to follow a story-line like that

I like the Hatch Dude who now sees the future!!    

Correction... you like the SCOTTISH Hatch Dude who now sees the Future

I like Desmond too, he and Sawyer are my 2 fav characters in this series. These "others" sure have a weird definition as to what consitutes "the good guys" if you ask me.

The thing I like about the people who make LOST is that they actually employ people from Britain if they want a British accent. Admittedly Desmond/Henry is only half Scottish and didn't move there til later, but he has a great accent. In so many things they just ask people to do British accents, for instance desperate housewives currently features the world's WORST English accent which is attempted weekly by a Scot I find it painful to watch... so I don't