LOST: Season 5

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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Poncier wrote:
    Its kind of unfortunate that a moment like Widmore saying "he's my son too" which should have made us go "Holy Shiznit!!" only now makes us go "thats what I figured".

    I agree. Unfortunately that's not the only unfortunate thing about where this show has gone. I was about four weeks behind and I just got caught up online. I watched the first couple of minutes of last week's recap show online and it really made me sad for how good this show used to be.
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Anybody else really jonesing for this episode??
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  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Anybody else really jonesing for this episode??



    I saw it last night with Carlton Cuse and a few hundred students at Ohio State. It's one of my favorites of the entire season, and sets up next's weeks finale perfectly. The last scene sent me into a WTF frenzy.
    I have to watch it again tonight.
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    sigh eternally wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Anybody else really jonesing for this episode??



    I saw it last night with Carlton Cuse and a few hundred students at Ohio State. It's one of my favorites of the entire season, and sets up next's weeks finale perfectly. The last scene sent me into a WTF frenzy.
    I have to watch it again tonight.

    YOU SAW IT ?!?!

    OMG You are freaking lucky! Did they do a Q&A?
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  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    Yes. There were about 30 students lined-up to ask all sorts of questions dealing with the show and the entertainment industry. He answered quite a few questions that are on the top of the list of hardcore fans, but also refused to answer others.
    He's a very cool guy.
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    sigh eternally wrote:
    Yes. There were about 30 students lined-up to ask all sorts of questions dealing with the show and the entertainment industry. He answered quite a few questions that are on the top of the list of hardcore fans, but also refused to answer others.
    He's a very cool guy.

    Was he an alum?
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  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    No. He said he went to Harvard. He got a lot of jeers because they have the Dharma Initiative headquartered out of the University of Michigan. He said the only reason they did that was because they had a bunch of footage from the 70's of hippie protests on campus, so it was a natural choice.
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,543
    I really enjoy reading this thread by all of you....however LOST is only about 10% as good as it used to be. I watched Season 1 on DVD this past weekend just for fun and it was SOOOO good then, some episodes were actually scary and really left me thinking WTF....now, its just so boring. I have not missed an episode in all 5 seasons and that is the ONLY thing keeping me watching. They should have found a way to end it after season 3.

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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    ofthegirl99 wrote:
    I really enjoy reading this thread by all of you....however LOST is only about 10% as good as it used to be. I watched Season 1 on DVD this past weekend just for fun and it was SOOOO good then, some episodes were actually scary and really left me thinking WTF....now, its just so boring. I have not missed an episode in all 5 seasons and that is the ONLY thing keeping me watching. They should have found a way to end it after season 3.
    Interesting point.

    A local TV station has been running the early shows in syndication on Saturday nights at midnight. It took me a while to figure it out and I didn't always want to stay up to watch it but when I did, WOW, what a treat. Seeing all these characters that aren't around anymore and seeing things that had happened ages ago . . . . I saw Walt trapped by the polar bear. When Locke and Boone found the drug smugglers' plane and Locke saw the light from the hatch. When Charlie killed Ethan. Then the episode where they finally got into the hatch and came face to face with Desmond.

    Just a couple of weeks ago was the episode where Walt appeared to Shannon all dripping wet and talking backwards. Sayid tried to convince her it was a dream so she took Vincent and went looking for him. In the meantime, the Tailies were crossing the island to join up with the survivors on the beach. Sawyer's bullet wound became infected and he couldn't travel so Eko, Michael, and Jin were carrying him even though Ana-Lucia wanted to leave him behind. They had trouble lifting him up an embankment and when they finally got him up there they realized that one of their group, Cindy, was gone. All around them they could hear that whispering that meant the Others were near. In another part of the jungle it was raining and Sayid had caught up to Shannon and was trying to convince her to go back. Suddenly she saw Walt and this time Sayid saw him too! She ran after Walt and there was a gunshot. Sayid grabbed his stomach as if maybe he'd been shot then ran after Shannon. She staggered toward him bleeding and collapsed. Then we saw Ana-Lucia holding the gun and knew what had happened. And I thought, Man! Remember when Lost was exciting and did every kind of unexpected thing instead of just being weird? :shock: :D8-)
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    whoprincess wrote:
    ofthegirl99 wrote:
    I really enjoy reading this thread by all of you....however LOST is only about 10% as good as it used to be. I watched Season 1 on DVD this past weekend just for fun and it was SOOOO good then, some episodes were actually scary and really left me thinking WTF....now, its just so boring. I have not missed an episode in all 5 seasons and that is the ONLY thing keeping me watching. They should have found a way to end it after season 3.
    Interesting point.

    A local TV station has been running the early shows in syndication on Saturday nights at midnight. It took me a while to figure it out and I didn't always want to stay up to watch it but when I did, WOW, what a treat. Seeing all these characters that aren't around anymore and seeing things that had happened ages ago . . . . I saw Walt trapped by the polar bear. When Locke and Boone found the drug smugglers' plane and Locke saw the light from the hatch. When Charlie killed Ethan. Then the episode where they finally got into the hatch and came face to face with Desmond.

    Just a couple of weeks ago was the episode where Walt appeared to Shannon all dripping wet and talking backwards. Sayid tried to convince her it was a dream so she took Vincent and went looking for him. In the meantime, the Tailies were crossing the island to join up with the survivors on the beach. Sawyer's bullet wound became infected and he couldn't travel so Eko, Michael, and Jin were carrying him even though Ana-Lucia wanted to leave him behind. They had trouble lifting him up an embankment and when they finally got him up there they realized that one of their group, Cindy, was gone. All around them they could hear that whispering that meant the Others were near. In another part of the jungle it was raining and Sayid had caught up to Shannon and was trying to convince her to go back. Suddenly she saw Walt and this time Sayid saw him too! She ran after Walt and there was a gunshot. Sayid grabbed his stomach as if maybe he'd been shot then ran after Shannon. She staggered toward him bleeding and collapsed. Then we saw Ana-Lucia holding the gun and knew what had happened. And I thought, Man! Remember when Lost was exciting and did every kind of unexpected thing instead of just being weird? :shock: :D8-)

    I agree with you both. I have tried to like this season, but I just can't. One of the Locke episodes was the only one that I enjoyed.

    ofthegirl99, I am sticking with it for the same reason you are, just because I have come this far. A friend of mine was asking me about it the other day because he was thinking of joining Netflix to watch it and I told him not to get involved. It's not worth it.
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    I love this season. Okay, there isn't as much action but I love putting them back to dharma, thought it was a great way to explain those years whilst still advancing the storyline. As for it ending after series 3, no way! If anything, 2 and maybe 3 were my least favourite seasons. I like how Lost has a definitive story arc and isn't like the other tv shows which drag it out for as many series as possible til the viewing figures drop and they're forced to wind up the entire storyline in 2 episodes. Once all 6 series are done I reckon it'll hold really well as one continuous film, although it would be a tad long.

    Looks like the season is pretty much winding up now to set the scene for the final season, awesome.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I thought Season 4 was pretty strong. This one has been mixed. But I'm sticking with it till the end now that I've come this far.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
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    _ Posts: 6,657
    fowls wrote:
    Once all 6 series are done I reckon it'll hold really well as one continuous film, although it would be a tad long.

    Do you think they'll eventually put it all together in the right order for us? That would be worth watching!
  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    How do you kill an invisible man?
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    _ Posts: 6,657
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    How do you kill an invisible man?
    That's what I was wondering. I thought he was already dead - or at least not alive.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    How do you kill an invisible man?
    Like this?
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    How do you kill an invisible man?

    He's not invisible to Locke....
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  • Black Diamond
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    chromiam wrote:
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    How do you kill an invisible man?

    He's not invisible to Locke....

    Exactly!! I have to disagree with the people who have not liked this season. It has been extremely strong throughout. Not the off the charts episodes that you would get once a season (however last night would qualify) but really consistent. Love the Dharma stuff and a lot of answers too.
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    My thoughts on the "the show has gone downhill" comments are that its what happens when an engaging show starts to let you in on some of its secrets. The show has started to reveal itself and let you behind the curtain, so of course people are going to be alittle less interested when they know the answers. Plus, some people may not agree with the answers or the way in which they were arrived at. Honestly, I have enjoyed the turn the series has taken and evolved into.... and the way it has still stayed true to its original plot and character structures (Jack and Locke being foils, although now Jack being more a man of faith and belief and Locke wanting answers).
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    edited May 2009
    chromiam wrote:
    My thoughts on the "the show has gone downhill" comments are that its what happens when an engaging show starts to let you in on some of its secrets. The show has started to reveal itself and let you behind the curtain, so of course people are going to be alittle less interested when they know the answers. Plus, some people may not agree with the answers or the way in which they were arrived at. Honestly, I have enjoyed the turn the series has taken and evolved into.... and the way it has still stayed true to its original plot and character structures (Jack and Locke being foils, although now Jack being more a man of faith and belief and Locke wanting answers).

    I agree, the show had to start giving answers at some point, and some people were going to be dissapointed with them. It takes away some of the mystery. If they were still on the island with no answers, the show would have died long ago. I like this season and last nights episode.
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