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Lost
Lost Theory Time
May 8th
So I didn’t post about last weeks episode because I thought it was a little anti-climactic, and this weeks episode didn’t tell us much that we didn’t already know (and I’ve had more than enough of love triangles thanks), but while I was having a shower getting ready to watch Star Trek last night a Lost theory popped into my head.
What if Locke is not the leader of the others?
What if Richard Alpert told Locke he was their leader only because Locke himself told Richard the very same thing in the past, but in Locke’s future? It’s a self fulfilling prophecy! The thing is, even if he isn’t their leader nothing is going to dissuade Richard Alpert of the fact because we know in the future when Locke first meets him and he tells Locke he’s their leader Richard is 100% convinced it’s a fact (even though he’s probably not entirely convinced right now).
Whaddaya think?
I am Noble, and Stuff
Apr 26th
I really enjoyed the Noblegarden event this year. I refer to it in the past tense as I am now titled-up and done. Now for Children’s Week.
I should really stay away from spoiler sites but this weeks season 3 finale for Heroes is supposed to… well, I won’t say.
As I’ve already mentioned, Heroes has been lacking this season for me. It has felt like the show has been meandering from plot point to plot point to some kind of conclusion, though I’m not certain I will care by the time it arrives. Where previous seasons have dealt with character crises in multi-episode arcs, this season has dispensed with that and taken the easier (ie shittier) route of:
Last week he was loving shape shifting, this week he has an identity crisis
Now his ex-wife is back, lucky we killed off the fling
and such stuff.
Even worse is that they’ve got characters revisiting emotional plot points that have already been used (to death). Hello? Haven’t we been here already? I honestly can’t imagine how the show could possibly be rescued from the pit of mediocrity it has dug itself into.
Lost on the other hand, I simply cannot wait to see this weeks episode with Faraday back I presume a lot of things are about to happen. Actually, I kinda know what it is already (damn spoiler sites tempting me) but the knowing hasn’t reduced my excitement.
I’ve finally figured out what it is about Fringe that I might not like. It reminds me of X-files in that each week you never know if you’ll be seeing something that matters to the overall story or some pointless side-thing. I hope this weeks episode doesn’t go off on some unrelated tangent.
More Lost
Apr 20th
I really love the pairing of Miles’ cynicism and Hurley’s optimism that they’ve been doing a lot of, but it makes me fear that they’re going to kill off Miles because I think he’s finally turning into a character I might one day give a damn about. The opposite has happened with Jack and Kate. I am just sooo sick of both of them and the less time they spend on screen the better, so it’s fortunate that they’ve taken a back seat for most of this season.
I have to say that while this episode didn’t really tell us much that we didn’t already know (except that one of the Ajira Air survivors was somehow back on the mainland and working for the island before the crash), I think that the guy who plays Ben’s dad is a great actor.
So the reveal has been made that Faraday left the island and is now back. Next weeks episode is only a rehash of previous ones so it’s going to be yet another week before we find out what has been happening with Faraday for three years.
Things are going to start heating up now too after one of the security guys knows that Sawyer and Kate took Ben to the others. I’m interested to see how they’ll overcome that little obstacle short of killing the guy.
Lost and Heroes Update
Apr 14th
Lost has been really good this season and last weeks episode didn’t disappoint. I’m so glad that with just one more season left they’re really giving us a long hard look at what is and has been going on. Previously, in situations such as that presented in last weeks episode, when presented with a place as mysterious and interesting as ‘the temple’ they would have cut away and not really shown anything. Nowadays they’re really opening the floodgates of information. I particularly liked what happened when Lapidus rejoined the crash survivors and I think it hints at what happened with Danielle’s friends.
One piece of information I hadn’t thought on which occured to me last night. The scene where Ben and a young Ethan are skulking about Danielle’s shack intending to kill her suddenly made me think “Wait, that’s Ethan: son-of-dharma-woman-from-24. How the heck did he join the others if Ben killed them all?” Interesting things occuring in the land of Lost and I look forward to next week.
Heroes on the other hand is absolute rubbish. After having a promising season 1 the show has gone downhill dramatically. Every episode feels like filler, which isn’t surprising considering they fired to of the lead writers of the show. I keep watching it in the vain hope that my patience is going to pay off but I am increasingly losing hope.
An example, this weeks episode it was revealed that Angela had a sister who miraculously was still alive and kicking at the same place she’d been left 50 years ago. The purpose for introducing her? Who the fuck knows, but I sure as hell don’t give a damn about her. Where nearly every episode of season 1 had great momentum, featuring a multitude of character arcs, these days every episode drags on interminably.
There’s another show I’ve started watching, but I’m not sure about it yet: Fringe.
A Convenient Explanation
Apr 3rd
The most recent episode of Lost, which has mostly been pretty good this season, featured a discussion between Miles and Hurley about the time travel that has occured. They spent the customary amount of time covering what had already been explained leaving me wondering what the point of the discussion was until Hurley asked why, if Sayid shot Ben from the past, Ben didn’t recognise Sayid when he was tortured by him in the future. I was worried they were going to gloss over this so I’m glad they’re covering it, but later in the episode it was revealed the writers of the show took the easy way out with a memory wipe.
While I can’t imagine how else they would have resolved it, I’m really disappointed they took such a cliched path to explain an interesting plot inconsistency.
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