February 22, 2007
More Lost loose ends
"Stranger in a Strange Land" really sucked me in.
I kept looking at the time because I was afraid the episode was going to end any second, and there were so many things I wanted to understand. (And of course, KNEW I wouldn't... but that's part of the charm, right?)
A few questions were answered, but so many new ones replaced them.
We know:
• Juliet and the Others do not live on the island where they're keeping Jack. That's just where they “work.” Of course, all of that should be in past tense now, since they abandoned the island and headed for "home." Where-ever that is.
• Cindy, the stewardess from Flight 815, is okay and has some pretty healthy-looking kids.
But what was she there “to watch?” An execution? Too bad. Jack saved the day.
• Sawyer is completely and undeniably in love with Kate. She’s the woman he’d “name stars with.” So what’s her deal? So… she wants to rescue Jack. Does that mean anything more than just that? Honestly, who could walk away from a friend in a dangerous situation and just forget about it?
• The Others steal children “to give them a better life,” according to Karl. But what does that mean?
But here’s what really stood out for me:
• The symbol on Juliet’s back is similar to the Buddhist Wheel of Life and its Four Truths which encapsulate exactly what is going on in Lost.
(LINK: http://www2.bremen.de/info/nepal/Gallery-2/Wheel/Wheel-Expl.htm)
It’s also similar to a version of a sun symbol that is a tribute to the god of Thunder or the sky god, Taranis. The only thing is that both of these have a circle around them. Juliet’s did not. It was a combination of a cross and an “x”. Maybe I’m reaching here, but the Buddhist Wheel of Life really fits.
The real meat, to me, centered on Jack.
• The title of the episode, “Stranger in a Strange Land” is an interesting choice. • Since a book of the same title chronicles a man abducted by aliens and who winds up being a sort of messiah or savior.
(LINK: http://www.wegrokit.com/stranger_in_a_strange_land.htm)
Which brings me to Jack. Is he a messiah? A god? THE Messiah returned? Here’s why I think this:
• The woman who gave Jack the tattoo fearfully explained that “her gift” lets her see who people are. “It’s not a decoration. It’s a definition.” But she was certainly afraid of what she saw in Jack.
• So what did she see? “You are a leader. A Great Man. But this, this makes you lonely and frightened and angry.” Damn. She nailed it. But there’s that “Great Man” thing again.
• In the beginning of the episode… I thought it was a little funny how Tom said to Jack, “Why would we want to kill YOU?” I noticed the emphasis on YOU.
• And then at the end, The Sheriff points out her translation of Jack’s tattoo: Jack’s tattoo: “He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us.”
• Well. Juliet is not one of “them” anymore, either. Now that she’s “marked.”
Anybody think I'm nuts? Wait. That's a given.
Movable Type 4.1
This show is asking many more questions than it is answering. I loved the original premise.But now we have a whole new island of people that I'm just not interested in. What about Michael and Walt. So they built Walt up to have this special ability and then we drop him like a hot potato. That's bad planning. What about Rose and Bernard? When do we see real commitment and love on an adventure show? What about Sun and her husband (he hasn't been on for so long I've forgotten his name). What about Penny's scientists who found the source of the energy burst? We haven't heard any more about that either.
I think the problem with the writer's on this show is that they haven't written a book. If you create characters and clues you should follow through and resolve them. All the writers seem to do here is add more clues, more characters and more questions without resolving anything, except for occasionally killing off a character or two.
I'm trying to figure out who this person is that is reuniting with the group on the island next week. I've stared at the back of the head of this woman for a while saying "Who is that!" So who is that!
a side note
yeah! my boat came. now i can sit in it while watching lost and eating dharma crackers.
thanks guys
I completely agree with Yale. My husband and I are growing tired of the new stories while so much is unaswered. We are on the verge of not watching any more. I look at a show like Heroes, which is of lesser quality than Lost, tie up ends, answer questions AND generate new ones, and it's much more satisfying to watch then Lost has become. If they don't change pace, we're done watching- a few of my co-workers have already stopped...
I love the creativity in this show. One of my main issues with it (in additions to the above, with which I agree) is that people just don't behave realistically. If I were trapped on an island, I would not be falling in love, nor would I be content to sit in a camp eating food that fell from the sky while doing laundry. I would collecting info, assigning tasks, and taking stock of what we knew, with the hope that as a group we could act cohesively and wisely. Instead, the "leader" hides info from everyone and all the other crash victims might as well not even be there. The show is becoming dumb in my opinion. It needs to progress and the plot threads need to tighten up and close, and soon!
I think some of you are getting upset too early in the season...Does something incredibly exciting have to happen every second for all of you to be happy with a show. I think the world has finally stopped reading books and become so impatient that a really good story will never be able to be told with properly paced crescendos of character development while twined together with the pace of the plot.
I'm still excited about how the writers are going to wrap it all up. I think it's fun to be frustrated with the speed of the plot development...it makes you want more, makes you think more........But I guess people don't want to think anymore, they just want everything so easy...
The overall project name is "life Extension." Perhaps they discovered that predistination is one of the primary problems to living forever. They are experimenting with ways to get around it; the magnetic hatching being one of them.