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Re: Staying Lost After Lost – LA X

realcoolioman — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:45:55 -0000

Great points. The Temple has always felt forced to me. It just IS. Dogen is just a pretty superfluous character. He has no right to be in the flash-sideways with the Losties if Eko and Michael can't be. I realize Eko had other acting commitments, but it still bugs me. The Temple scenes remind me of the cages in Season 3. They just feel slow, but this time the Losties are choosing to stay there willingly, which makes it a little more merf-ed

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – The Life and Death of Jeremy Benthem / LaFleur

Jess Smart Smiley — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:23:05 -0000

Hi,

my name is Jess Smart Smiley and I'm an illustrator and avid Lost fan, living and working in Utah. I'm working on a look n find book based on Lost (like Where's Waldo?, but Lost) and thought you might like to know about it, since you're re-watching the entire show.

The book will be filled with scenes, characters, and items from the show. Imagine looking for Hurley and Sawyer, ankhs and Apollo bars in full color, hand-drawn scenes!

I'll be self-publishing the book and running it as a project on Kickstarter and wanted to see if you'd be willing to help spread the word about our favorite show? Of course, I could email you some information and pictures from the project, but I wanted to see if you'd be on board for helping a fellow fan?

Thanks a ton and long live LOST!

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Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Whatever Happened, Happened” & “Dead is Dead”

Ddh — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:04:12 -0000

I was wondering about why the Others took children, too, especially in the light of the scene where Charles Widmore wanted Ben to kill the baby he took from Danielle. Perhaps as it became increasingly obvious that babies could not be born on the Island, the Others decided that they needed replacements, so they kidnapped children whenever possible to raise as future Others. Another motive might have been that survival for children on the Island would be precarious, and perhaps they thought they were offering the children a more certain chance of survival by taking them.

Re: Recollections from What Kate Did – Season 2

rosie1843 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:07:10 -0000

Kate betrayed her mother by murdering Wayne, dragging the older woman into an insurance scam and later, lying to her over the real reason why Wayne was murdered.

Good grief! How long are you going to pretend that Kate did nothing wrong by killing Wayne or that Diane is some uncaring mother who dislikes her daughter?

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – The Life and Death of Jeremy Benthem / LaFleur

rosie1843 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:19:44 -0000

["
This was a purely Season 2 episode. It didn’t strike me with too many answers. "]

I disagree. The story arc regarding Sun's pregnancy lasted until Season 4. This WAS NOT purely a Season 2 episode. And the average "LOST" episode tends to raise questions instead of providing answers.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “What Kate Did”

rosie1843 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:17:53 -0000

["
And she felt really sorry too."]

No she didn't. When she finally admitted her reasons for killing Wayne, she failed to express any remorse whatsoever. Why are you trying to give her an excuse for her actions?

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “What Kate Did”

rosie1843 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:16:44 -0000

Kate was not trying to help her mother. She made that clear in her "confession" inside the Hatch that her reasons for killing Wayne were purely selfish. Why do so many fans continue to harbor this lie that Kate was trying to help her mother. It's ridiculous.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “There’s No Place Like Home”

ddhearn — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:42:46 -0000

I agree about the Island having a lot to do with what happens, and influencing people. I think the Island pulled a super long con on MIB, who thought he was getting his loophole by duping Locke, but ultimately was himself duped by the Island (and maybe Jacob, too). Since I always believed Locke was right about the Island it just saddened me when nobody would believe him, but I agree with you that it was on that raft where Jack began to see the truth. Will listen to the podcast now.

Re: WTAL – “The Beginning of the End” and “Confirmed Dead” Rewatch Podcast Details!

Alex — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:14:30 -0000

Avid fan! - i love your work on here. I just did my first piece about LOST on my blog
pitchofdreams.wordpress.com

@alexburrell

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “The Other 48 Days”

Danielle Rush — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:12:18 -0000

This is my favorite "LOST" episode of all time.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Through the Looking Glass”

erinava — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:39:32 -0000

He killed Joanna, Scott (or was it Steve?) and attempted to kill Charlie. He was born into Dharma. So maybe that has something to do with it.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Through the Looking Glass”

Elizabeth — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:49:22 -0000

This line cracked me up:
" Ben seems like a politician of the Others. Pretending to know what's going on, pretending to follow rules, but really just a jackass."

Why do you think Ethan wasn't "truly Others"?

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “The Brig”

Romina — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:57:37 -0000

OMG, so weird! I am rewatching lost like you are and i am about to start watching this episode! I´m from Uruguay and a lost fan :) I agree with you in the "letting go" part that all characters seem to be undergoing during this season, the appeareance of Anthony Cooper is very important for both Locke and James to move on.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Expose”

Ryan — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:10:36 -0000

Okay i know this prolly isnt the right blog to put this in, but i have info on the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42. (This won't give anything away for you people who havent seen it yet.) anyways... the numbers if typed in a bunch of diferent orders into the coordinance, u will get various points in africa. idk how that ties in with the show but i thought it was interesting.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Expose”

guest — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:45:46 -0000

I agree with you completely about this episode. Having heard for so long about how bad it was, and only remembering their death scene from when I first saw it six years ago, I was expecting this to be a rather ho hum hour, but I really enjoyed it. Like you, I loved seeing scenes from earlier in the show, but from Nikki and Paulo's point of view. I think the first time around I didn't appreciate seeing the return of a few of the characters that had been killed off, but this time it was great fun to see them again. I've been wondering about what Nikki really said at the start of the show. Hurley thought she said "Paulo lies", but I think she may have been saying "Spider bite". That certainly would make more sense. And that death scene...even now that I know what was going to happen, when Nikki's eyes suddenly opened again right before being buried alive, all I can say is "razzle frickin dazzle!"

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Par Avion”

Louis G. — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:18:26 -0000

Great article. Remember, what Mikail says doesn't contradict Jacob, it actually confirms that Jacob purposely did not put candidates (or flawed people) on his list because he wanted them to remain separate from The Others - probably so the candidates could go on their own journey and find their own way to the role of Protector. Hell, Locke was special in the eyes of The Others and Jacob didn't put him on the list because his purpose was not to be their leader but to be a candidate to be Protector. It's also another example of Jacob completely misleading people or at least not telling anyone about the true nature of his actions. I do believe that Jacob gave The Others that list that Pickett and Mikail referred to though - I think he was taking "good" people, possibly to try to create a "good" society in an effort to prove MIB wrong. This is probably even what Ben is referring to when he says "we're the good guys, Michael" (although I think he may have also been referring to The Others as good as opposed to Widmore and his men, who he knew was looking for the island at that time).

It's really interesting how something like the list is mentioned in season 3, and we really don't understand it until the series is over , or at least until after Jacob talks to the candidates at the end of season 6. It's really cool to look back and see how hints like these were dropped seasons in advance. Also, I wonder if Claire was chosen as a candidate before she got pregnant and was just crossed off when she gave birth to Aaron. She had some "mommy issuses" before she got to the island.

Re: WTAL Rewatch Podcast – “Stranger in a Strangeland” & “Tricia Tanaka is Dead”

Ddh — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:16:27 -0000

I agree that Strange in a Strange Land was not Lost at its best, but I think Tricia Tanaka is Dead was a wonderful character driven episode, and since this show really is mostly about how these various characters grow and change and heal, I thought this was an important episode. I haven't seen any of the episodes since they first aired (I did watch the show from the Pilot on) so I could be wrong about this, but this episode seems, to me, to be about how Hurley finally begins to overcome the pain of his father's desertion AND overcomes the "curse" of the numbers that has plagued him since he won the lottery. I believe that his courage in facing possible death with hope that the careening van would start (unlike the car he tried to start as a boy) was rewarded by the Island with a joyful victory over some of his inner demons. So, to me, this was an important episode.

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – Stranger in a Strange Land / Tricia Tanaka is Dead

sg911911 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:47:44 -0000

Tricia Tanaka is Dead is my favorite episode! Different strokes for different folks....

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Flashes Before Your Eyes”

Erik — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:19:53 -0000

That is a fantastic idea. Kate's episode about seeing the black horse when the marshal is driving causes the EM or whatever to make her see a horse on the island. Maybe Walt's talent/mind isn't so developed as the others that it takes for him to actually read the comic book with the polar bear in it to cause it to exist on the island.

As a side note, I'm still ticked off that Sun, who had the perfect opportunity to tell Jin that she had an affair about 2 or 3 different times, opted to hold out and let Juliet have that ammo and slam it in her face, getting everyone ticked off in the process.

Erik

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “The Cost of Living”

Michael Farriella — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:51:32 -0000

Hey gals. Your podcast is great and I love listening to it. In response to your conversation about the monster vs eko interaction in the show I think I have this figured out.

I've thought about this and I've come to the conclusion that the monster has never killed someone who is a candidate. It was clearly stated that he can not kill the candidates. They are protected by Jacob. The confusion about this is his name "tunde" on the wheel. I believe this is eko's last name. Remember, yemi could have been a candidate also. The rules of the writers cannot be broken. The last explanation should be trusted. If the monster could not directly kill a candidate then eko was not a candidate.

Moving on. I believe the monster has the same methods. It comes to you in the form of someone who has passed (dogen stated this) and offers you what you really wan deep down. For Ben it was the forgiveness from his daughter. Eko, was a confession to his brother. Sayid was Nadia. Claire was her son. Jin and sun each other, Sawyer and Kate to leave. Oddly enough he couldn't offer jack and Hurley anything.

His tactic did not work on eko. Seeing as he was not a candidate he was no use to him. The means of him dying by being smashed against the trees violently in the shape of a cross was like the monster mocking eko's faith. This was the first time I felt the monster was sentient.

Just my view.

Re: WTAL Rewatch Podcast – A Tale of Two Cities

Cathy Gee — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:23:35 -0000

I'm on Season 2 episode 3 rewatch.

Re: WTAL Rewatch Podcast – A Tale of Two Cities

Resistance — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:07:23 -0000

I'm not that far in my re-watch. I just got into Season 2 and I have really been enjoying it. Can you help my #LOSTshirt get printed? http://bit.ly/jx9wcE

Re: Staying Lost After Lost – “Live Together, Die Alone”

Jeremy Mauss — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:11:00 -0000

excellent point on the letter!

Re: WTAL Rewatch Podcast – Lost Finale Anniversary Special NOW AVAILABLE!!

Ddh — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:46:39 -0000

Great Podcast! It really whet my appetite for Season Three, though, unlike most of you, I enjoyed Season Two a lot. I guess I'm just not that critical a viewer. I just enjoyed seeing ANYTHING about these beloved characters.

I was thinking about Nikki and Paulo (who I haven't seen since the season was broadcast, so don't remember too well). One thing I do remember, though, was that during Season Two and into Season Three I heard a lot of talk from reviewers about how Lost could just go on and on, focusing on different survivors of the crash and their back stories. Remember, nobody really knew where this show was heading at the time, but it was already obvious that the characters were a big part of it. Perhaps Nikki and Paulo were an attempt by the writers to explore this possibility, or even to show how it wouldn't work. In either case, I'm glad they went in the direction they did with the show.

Re: LOST Mini-Rewatch-a-thon WINNERS – 8 Favorite LOST Episodes

Elizabeth — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:04:29 -0000

When does this marathon start? I would love to get in on it for part of it if possible. Also, isn't it Tricia Tanaka?