I'm doubting that is an ABC sanctioned promo.
This is a recent "controversial" climate change ad, it has nothing to do with Lost.
That is disturbing. I just watched The Golden Compass this morning and was loving me some polar bears and watching those two clips has sort of soured my night. I'm glad that the LOST ad is a fake, though, because I love LOST.
That is disturbing. I just watched The Golden Compass this morning and was loving me some polar bears and watching those two clips has sort of soured my night. I'm glad that the LOST ad is a fake, though, because I love LOST.
I agree, glad it is fake. Seemed cruel.
That is disturbing. I just watched The Golden Compass this morning and was loving me some polar bears and watching those two clips has sort of soured my night. I'm glad that the LOST ad is a fake, though, because I love LOST.
I agree, glad it is fake. Seemed cruel.
How are you going to handle the Tuesday night situaiton? Are you in a time zone where you can listen to Best Show and LOST? or do you have to catch up, like I'm going to have to?
How are you going to handle the Tuesday night situaiton? Are you in a time zone where you can listen to Best Show and LOST? or do you have to catch up, like I'm going to have to?
That is disturbing. I just watched The Golden Compass this morning and was loving me some polar bears and watching those two clips has sort of soured my night. I'm glad that the LOST ad is a fake, though, because I love LOST.
I agree, glad it is fake. Seemed cruel.
How are you going to handle the Tuesday night situaiton? Are you in a time zone where you can listen to Best Show and LOST? or do you have to catch up, like I'm going to have to?
Get a DVR, sister!
Is this the safe zone part of the FOT board where I can give my theories for season 6:
Jacob's enemy is actually the smoke monster and has been manipulating Christian Shepard and every other dead character we see roaming the island.
How about the tubby but lovable teacher who bit the dust in his second episode?Arzt. I'm thinking about making that my next project.
How about the tubby but lovable teacher who bit the dust in his second episode?Arzt. I'm thinking about making that my next project.
I heard on the radio that LOST fans were protesting to move the presidential address, so it wont preempt their TV show. Get off the island once in a while, would ya lost fans? Dumb.Well, dumb or not, they got their wish.
I heard on the radio that LOST fans were protesting to move the presidential address, so it wont preempt their TV show. Get off the island once in a while, would ya lost fans? Dumb.Well, dumb or not, they got their wish.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9u2Wu7d_Rw[/youtube]
Biggest unanswered question is why is this not a Broadway musical yet? Mandy Patinkin as Locke and Alan Cumming as Ben Linus, it would be brilliant. Get crackin' Andrew Lloyd Webber!!!
Is this the safe zone part of the FOT board where I can give my theories for season 6:
Jacob's enemy is actually the smoke monster and has been manipulating Christian Shepard and every other dead character we see roaming the island.
I hate this show so much
Biggest unanswered question is why is this not a Broadway musical yet? Mandy Patinkin as Locke and Alan Cumming as Ben Linus, it would be brilliant. Get crackin' Andrew Lloyd Webber!!!
I've already written two songs: "What?....WALT!" and "Fair Enough, You Can Tell Me What to Do".
I love this show while recognizing that Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford) is the worst actor ever in the history of Earth.
I love this show while recognizing that Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford) is the worst actor ever in the history of Earth.
I love this show while recognizing that Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford) is the worst actor ever in the history of Earth.
I was thinking he was the second worst to Mathew Fox but that's just me. I heard that they are remaking Escape From NY and I really think Josh Holloway would make the best Snake Plisken... and Jack Burton... and the "Overboard" guy... and Tango or Cash (whichever one Sly wasn't).
I love this show while recognizing that Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford) is the worst actor ever in the history of Earth.
I was thinking he was the second worst to Mathew Fox but that's just me. I heard that they are remaking Escape From NY and I really think Josh Holloway would make the best Snake Plisken... and Jack Burton... and the "Overboard" guy... and Tango or Cash (whichever one Sly wasn't).
Are you ... are ... you ...
MAKING FUN OF KURT RUSSELL?!!??@@%$$%%^&
"Sawyer face."
"Kate face."
Is Terry O'Quinn the only good actor on this whole damn show?
Michael Emerson loses a ton of points for his wheel-turning scene.
Is Terry O'Quinn the only good actor on this whole damn show?
Michael Emerson loses a ton of points for his wheel-turning scene.
Jorge Garcia, dude.
Harold Perrineau is a good actor, but you wouldn't know it from this show.
Is Terry O'Quinn the only good actor on this whole damn show?
Michael Emerson loses a ton of points for his wheel-turning scene.
Jorge Garcia, dude.
I'm glad we found out that Jack's son would look like Alan Ruck
Jorge Garcia, dude.
Is masterofsparks the only good jokester on this whole damn thread?
Jorge Garcia, dude.
Is masterofsparks the only good jokester on this whole damn thread?
Sorry Dave ... SOMEBODY implied that Kurt Russell wasn't a good actor, and a red mist dropped over my eyes.
Oh and the Asian dude who talks to ghosts is a good actor. But he's not given much to work with on this show.
For the record, SOMEBODY didn't imply that he was a bad actor, just that Sawyer is the new Kurt Russell. Maybe SOMEBODY thinks Sawyer is a great actor and the only Loster that could possibly fill Mr Russell's shoes. I'd like to make it clear that I think Mathew Fox is the worst actor on Lost by leaps and bounds. I'm on board with Michael Emerson being the best actor on the show. Sure, the wheel scene was lame but NO ONE on that show has done great in every one of their scenes.
Some really good actors have had small roles on the show (I'm thinking specifically of Lance Reddick, John Hawkes and Titus Welliver).
I also like the guy who plays Frank Lupitas.
The first few episodes that Juliette was on I thought she was a great actress but then I realized that she just uses a facial expression that works for any emotion.
Last night's episode was very informative. When I draw up my will, I will be sure to put it in an envelope and then write LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT on said envelope with a black Sharpie.
The first few episodes that Juliette was on I thought she was a great actress but then I realized that she just uses a facial expression that works for any emotion.
SHOW BETH MITCHELL THE RESPECT SHE DAMN WELL DESERVES!
Some really good actors have had small roles on the show (I'm thinking specifically of Lance Reddick, John Hawkes and Titus Welliver).
I also like the guy who plays Frank Lupitas.
As for other Deadwood actors, William Sanderson was hilarious in his lone appearance as Oldham. He delivered one of my favorite lines:
"Maybe I should've used half a dropper ... Oops."
Some really good actors have had small roles on the show (I'm thinking specifically of Lance Reddick, John Hawkes and Titus Welliver).
I also like the guy who plays Frank Lupitas.
As for other Deadwood actors, William Sanderson was hilarious in his lone appearance as Oldham. He delivered one of my favorite lines:
"Maybe I should've used half a dropper ... Oops."
Paula Malcomson, too. She's introduced only to get shot in the gut.
edit: Forgot. Calamity Jane was Juliet's sister.
Some really good actors have had small roles on the show (I'm thinking specifically of Lance Reddick, John Hawkes and Titus Welliver).
I also like the guy who plays Frank Lupitas.
As for other Deadwood actors, William Sanderson was hilarious in his lone appearance as Oldham. He delivered one of my favorite lines:
"Maybe I should've used half a dropper ... Oops."
Paula Malcomson, too. She's introduced only to get shot in the gut.
edit: Forgot. Calamity Jane was Juliet's sister.
And Joanie Stubbs is Sawyer's baby mama.
Speaking of connecting people to other roles they've played, every time the guy playing Jacob shows up, I keep waiting (hoping?) for him to say "Your name's Lebowski, Lebowski."
Some really good actors have had small roles on the show (I'm thinking specifically of Lance Reddick, John Hawkes and Titus Welliver).
I also like the guy who plays Frank Lupitas.
As for other Deadwood actors, William Sanderson was hilarious in his lone appearance as Oldham. He delivered one of my favorite lines:
"Maybe I should've used half a dropper ... Oops."
Paula Malcomson, too. She's introduced only to get shot in the gut.
edit: Forgot. Calamity Jane was Juliet's sister.
And Joanie Stubbs is Sawyer's baby mama.
Speaking of connecting people to other roles they've played, every time the guy playing Jacob shows up, I keep waiting (hoping?) for him to say "Your name's Lebowski, Lebowski."
Silas Adams was The Man in Black/Smoke Monster before he turned into Locke.
Last night's episode was very informative. When I draw up my will, I will be sure to put it in an envelope and then write LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT on said envelope with a black Sharpie.
I'm taking classes on how to be better organized, and they actually tell you to do this. True story.
It's not really an "acting" show, is it?
It's not really an "acting" show, is it?
True, it's more plot driven than performance driven. At times I think the writing needs it to be over dramatic but with that said did I mention that I think Matthew Fox is horrible?
It's not really an "acting" show, is it?
It's not really an "acting" show, is it?
It depends who you ask. According to the show-runners, the show is all about the characters, whereas I could honestly give a fuck about the people on the show.
It's not really an "acting" show, is it?
It depends who you ask. According to the show-runners, the show is all about the characters, whereas I could honestly give a fuck about the people on the show.
Even so, I'd still shade the meaning between "character" and "acting." TV is littered with great characters played by so-so actors, right?
Daniel Faraday was Maggie Gyllenhaal's boyfriend in Secretary.
Daniel Faraday was Maggie Gyllenhaal's boyfriend in Secretary.
He was also in that movie "Spanking the Monkey."
Daniel Faraday was Maggie Gyllenhaal's boyfriend in Secretary.
He was also in that movie "Spanking the Monkey."
I think many of the actors on Lost are terrible, the characters are unpleasant almost to a man/woman, and the story itself tries too hard and wants you to know it. Even so, the hour goes by in a flash, so something about it must hold my interest.
I think many of the actors on Lost are terrible, the characters are unpleasant almost to a man/woman, and the story itself tries too hard and wants you to know it. Even so, the hour goes by in a flash, so something about it must hold my interest.
Is it the fact that Sawyer is somehow chubby and cut at the same time?
It has nothing to do with Sawyer, although I do find him less repellent than Jack, whom I loathe.
I am having a lot of trouble getting into this season. :(It feels slow, but I think that's because they don't have a million story threads to follow like in seasons past.
Also, Mario Van Peebles directed it what?
Also, for the record...I am enjoying this season.
Also, for the record...I am enjoying this season.
Me too. Join me over here at the Geek's table. I wear it proudly.
Also, for the record...I am enjoying this season.
Me too. Join me over here at the Geek's table. I wear it proudly.
Gladly!
Ben is so far and away my favorite character, so having an episode focused on him was great.
Anybody watch the finale of "Psych?" What was up with the ending?
Anybody watch the finale of "Psych?" What was up with the ending?
I'm several episodes behind. I'll let you know what I think of the ending when I finally get there. If I remember.
It could be a while. I'll get a tattoo. More durable.
It could be a while. I'll get a tattoo. More durable.
So you're more of a Jack girl than a Charlie girl.
(Actually, my biggest Lost crush was Mr. Eko. Remember him?)
I know! Hubba hubba, eh?
SPOILER ALERT IF YOU DID NOT WATCH THIS WEEK
The ending of this week's episode was the least THUD-worthy ending yet. "We ain't taking the plane, Freckles. We're taking the sub." THUD. That's not very exciting at all. The THUD needs to be saved for something like "The Black Rock arrived on the island full of polar bears." THUD.
SPOILER ALERT IF YOU DID NOT WATCH THIS WEEK
The ending of this week's episode was the least THUD-worthy ending yet. "We ain't taking the plane, Freckles. We're taking the sub." THUD. That's not very exciting at all. The THUD needs to be saved for something like "The Black Rock arrived on the island full of polar bears." THUD.
I agree, far and away the least exciting ending the show has ever done. The only way that was an acceptable episode closer is if the conversation ended right there, and we get another cliffhanger a few episodes from now where Sawyer and Kate storm the submarine, and a guard on the sub gets the drop on Sawyer, who says "Might wanna check behind ya' there, Das Boot" and the guard turns around only to get knocked out by Kate, and then they run to the control room and see all this complex shit you need to actually pilot a submarine and Sawyer admits "Uh...I just kinda assumed I'd know how ta drive one of these things on accounta I saw that movie with Frasier from Cheers on cable once..." THUD.
I still enjoy the show, even though I think this season has been all over the place, quality-wise. The sideways-flashing deals are annoying and eating up way too much time in what should be the final season where we get answers and watch people on the island get beaten to death by smoke monsters. I really wish they'd stop introducing new characters and instead spend time with important, previously introduced Magic Scotsmen and Magic 6'10" twelve year olds. Right now, there's still too much "What's going on?" "You wouldn't believe me if I told you!" "Yes I would!" "Oh? Well, I'll tell you everything...LATER!" junk that plagued the second and third seasons, which is insane for this, the final one.
Right now, I'm just hoping for Sayid to turn good again and kill both Jacob and the Smoke Monster - we've been denied the Sayid/Smoke fight for six years now - or for him to just stay evil and kill both Jacob and the Smoke Monster anyway, because he's Sayid and it's cool when he kills people.
I know! Hubba hubba, eh?
'Member, he would walk around Oz shirtless w/that teeny weeny hat perched on his large skull? 'MEMBER?
A long time ago the writers said the mythology and character-based narrative they had planned between the first and second seasons would have lasted four seasons.
If you break the crucial story down, it certainly seems that way.
We are just sort of coasting until what I assume is a revelatory and underwhelming final four.
The only thing I can really say to the naysayers is this:
This is on basic cable on American television. It is an ultra-serialized science fiction drama(dy) mystery ripe for overanalysis. No matter how blah it can actually be, it is very important and a testament to writing nerds overcoming producer schmucks.
At the end of the LOST day, the good guys win.
much more people are watching than did The Sopranos
(Actually, my biggest Lost crush was Mr. Eko. Remember him?)
I love that guy, I have a crush on him too ... he was also on Oz.
much more people are watching than did The Sopranos
Actually, not really. This current season is averaging around 9 million viewers, and last season around 11 million. Those are roughly the same numbers "The Sopranos" had when it was on. Lost peaked way higher (23.4 million vs 13.4 for "The Sopranos"), but it seems like a pretty big portion of the "Lost" audience has bailed since those early years (or is possibly just waiting for DVD).
--Jouster, TV nerd
i suppose watching Oz was worth it, but it was the least pleasant TV show I've ever watched, and sometimes it was more like a Harmony Korine movie than "gritty realism."
I still hear the between scenes percussion in my head about 15 times a day. Please help me.
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Beth Shue is locked in that room on Widmore's submarine.
Beth Shue is locked in that room on Widmore's submarine.
You talking about Chuck Widmore?
Beth Shue is locked in that room on Widmore's submarine.
You talking about Chuck Widmore?
Indeed. He's a wealthy industrialist!
I hope they give us some background on Alpert's friendship with Timothy Leary. And that the Grateful Dead pop up on the island!
I hope they give us some background on Alpert's friendship with Timothy Leary. And that the Grateful Dead pop up on the island!
I'd love seeing a frizzy-haired, dirt-caked Claire twirl around to the strains of "Box of Rain" while clutching that makeshift Alf-thing she had in the crib.
I hope they give us some background on Alpert's friendship with Timothy Leary. And that the Grateful Dead pop up on the island!
I'd love seeing a frizzy-haired, dirt-caked Claire twirl around to the strains of "Box of Rain" while clutching that makeshift Alf-thing she had in the crib.
I hope they give us some background on Alpert's friendship with Timothy Leary. And that the Grateful Dead pop up on the island!
I'd love seeing a frizzy-haired, dirt-caked Claire twirl around to the strains of "Box of Rain" while clutching that makeshift Alf-thing she had in the crib.
I'm pretty sure Hurley tried to sell me high-powered blotter acid in the Red Rocks parking lot back in '77. He was in a blue VW van. But someone that only he could see told him not to, so he said "Never mind, dude."
I hope they give us some background on Alpert's friendship with Timothy Leary. And that the Grateful Dead pop up on the island!
I'd love seeing a frizzy-haired, dirt-caked Claire twirl around to the strains of "Box of Rain" while clutching that makeshift Alf-thing she had in the crib.
I'm pretty sure Hurley tried to sell me high-powered blotter acid in the Red Rocks parking lot back in '77. He was in a blue VW van. But someone that only he could see told him not to, so he said "Never mind, dude."
this you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcf2CO65lf4
That last episode gave me enough answers that I wonder if I really need to watch the rest of the series. That wine conversation kind of summed up the biggest question for me.
I just don't buy this Jacob = good, SM = evil malarkey. And the idea that the island is plugging the entrance to Hell is too hokey for words. Shades of hellmouths and The Sentinel.
(I really hope they don't reveal his name to be Esau)
Anybody watch the finale of "Psych?" What was up with the ending?
In other words, pretty wimpy as hells go.
Is this the safe zone part of the FOT board where I can give my theories for season 6:
Jacob's enemy is actually the smoke monster and has been manipulating Christian Shepard and every other dead character we see roaming the island.
MORE SPOILERS
I think that scene in the finale between Jacob and other dude (maybe smoke monster? or at least on the smoke monster's side?) was the beginning of a battle for the soul of humanity. It's always been a very moral show, and the choices people made on the island both good (Charlie giving up drugs and becoming a decent person, everything Sawyer) and bad (Sayid giving into his demons) matters. It's a big chess game, or backgammon if you prefer. And I think that Jacob and other guy are either deities or something mystical, and they're in a dialectic battle over man. I don't know who believes what, but I'm guessing Jacob is the optimistic one, not necessarily good. I mean, the others claim to be the good guy, but we don't know who they follow. And the Dharma Initiative- are they just interlopers or are they there with an ideological backing?
But yeah, this show has been about a moral struggle since the start. That these people can start over, can redefine who they are, or can remain the same messed up people they were before crash landing on ABC.
or backgammon if you prefer.
Technically the numeral 6 is singular, so maybe that's allowed.
Technically the numeral 6 is singular, so maybe that's allowed.
Nope.
But reasonable people can disagree.
JACOB: Do you have a cup?
JACK: Actually, I do!
The best line on Lost is:
"That douche is my dad." -- Miles Straume
Why do they play that indiana jones music in the parts that are all indiana jones-y?
My own prediction is that we aren't going to find out anything that we really care about (e.g. why the island can be moved and why the Dharma Initiative gave a shit about it in the first place and what powerful magnetic force lies within it and what that stupid button and symbols were in the hatch), but that the flash sideways will allow for two endings, one happy, one tragic. For example, one in which Jack and Kate embrace at a wedding alter, and another one where Jack is dead in her arms on the island. Or one in which Jack and Kate end up together and another where Sawyer and Kate end up together leaving the island by sub and Jack decides to stay behind while the island sinks into the ocean.
I'm supposed to be working right now.
Just realized that the scene where Driveshaft (with Daniel on the keys) plays for Mrs. Widmore was the most awkward thing I have seen on TV since, like, the 1970's. It reminded me a lot of when The Doobie Brothers guest starred on What's Happenin'.
Y'all are some str8 up haterz. I loved it.
It was the goddamn dog that did it to me. I can't stop thinking about Vincent laying down next to Jack. I am SO easy.
Whatever, I'm done withnetworktv anyway.
And I agree 100%, Sarah, that checking off all of the mysteries would have been a fatal mistake (As the writers themselves point out, George Lucas chose to explain the Force with midichlorians, and look how satisfying that was). I am more than happy that the writers left us wondering about the nature of "the light." That deserves to be mysterious forever. But there were a few mysteries that took up so much time on the screen that ignoring them seemed a little odd. Why did the island cure some people of cancer but not others? Why could no babies be born on the island, but then some could? The button in the hatch? C'mon. At least give us that.
I don't think necessarily we wanted the instructional reel guy to come out and explain things to us, but it wouldn't have killed them to have thrown us one or two 'oh, so that's what that was' bones.
In the second-to-last episode they made the man in black more ambiguous; he wasn't necessarily evil but definitely was curious and skeptical of superstition, and Jacob was kind of a momma's boy then boom, MiB is pure evil again. So in a way we end up with that 'there are questions you shouldn't ask and places you shouldn't go' anti-science message found in various sci-fi/fantasy and Bible stories over the years. 'Shut up, kid, you ask too many questions. I'm gonna turn you into a smoke monster now. How do you like that?'
For whatever reason the ending reminded me of the ending of Labyrinth
David Bowie's package? Pregnant Pause
It was the goddamn dog that did it to me. I can't stop thinking about Vincent laying down next to Jack. I am SO easy.
David Bowie's package? Pregnant Pause
Band name and album title. Buffcoat = brilliant.
For whatever reason the ending reminded me of the ending of Labyrinth
David Bowie's package?