tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post218693751076335394..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Lost 6.08 "Recon"Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29119872496595780602010-03-24T10:39:56.938-04:002010-03-24T10:39:56.938-04:00Awesome episode!
Note when James said he made a ...Awesome episode! <br /><br />Note when James said he made a choice between a life of crime and becoming a cop.<br /><br />Is this more insight into the choice each character has? Battle between good/evil? hmmmmBeth Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424490023601623612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-76518294743807054102010-03-22T22:04:51.609-04:002010-03-22T22:04:51.609-04:00Well, whaddaya know! I was just reading the latest...Well, whaddaya know! I was just reading the latest from Fishbiscuit, and she answered the question about exactly which episode of “Little House” Sawyer was watching. (It’s really true – there were so MANY heart-to-heart talks in the show just like this one, that it was hard to nail down which one we were seeing. Even for a fan like myself, who has seen every “Little House” episode many times.)<br /><br />This scene was from “Remember Me”, a two-part story that guest-starred Patricia Neal as Julia, a widow with three children who knew she was dying, and she was trying to arrange for her children to be adopted and settled in a new life once she was gone. I guess, SPOILER ALERT! She spoke to the people of Walnut Grove during a church service, explaining the situation, and asking them to consider the possibility of adopting John, Carl and Alicia. She asked Charles Ingalls to be the executor of her will, to see that her children were properly cared for, and he agreed. So she dies, and her funeral takes place at the end of part one.<br /><br />Then I did a Google search and found this: “Immediately following Julia's emotional funeral, Charles begins working to honor her final request. As John, Carl, and Alicia board temporarily with Mr. Edwards and Grace, Charles is approached by a few potential adoptive parents, and he is opposed by many – including his cherished daughter Laura – when he makes a controversial decision about the children's futures.”<br /><br />That controversial decision was to allow the two boys – but not Alicia – to be adopted by a farmer and his wife. The farmer wanted the boys because they would be strong, able-bodied farm hands, but Alicia was too small to do much, and he felt he couldn’t afford the financial burden of all three. It’s an agonizing decision, but Charles agrees, because no one else has come forward to adopt the children. Meanwhile, Isaiah Edwards and Grace have grown so close to the children that they can’t bear to see them torn apart this way. Isaiah and Grace have been courting for quite awhile, and they suddenly and dramatically decide to get married on the spot so that they can adopt the three children. Talk about a weepy ending! Classic "Little House".Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-68649522183371249222010-03-22T19:04:39.659-04:002010-03-22T19:04:39.659-04:00[also posted on Dr. Linus]
A comment on the islan...[also posted on <i>Dr. Linus</i>]<br /><br />A comment on the island sinking. What makes me believe it's not the bomb, and that Ben and Roger did not leave on the evacuation is the line Roger gives Ben at dinner:<br /><br />"Imagine how different our lives would have been if we'd stayed. [...] Who knows what you would have become?"<br /><br />This certifiably suggests that they left out of choice and not because of some imminent threat to the island. Mentioning the possibility of a future had they stayed there.<br /><br />verif: <b>station</b>... really? could there BE a bigger sign?Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036549649615941601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-38045597597063158782010-03-22T16:17:25.141-04:002010-03-22T16:17:25.141-04:00Correction, I'm pretty sure Jin says
"You...Correction, I'm pretty sure Jin says<br />"Your friend" and not "You're friend".Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036549649615941601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-40442651398682299382010-03-22T16:16:22.687-04:002010-03-22T16:16:22.687-04:00Just had a crazy thought. May mean nothing but her...Just had a crazy thought. May mean nothing but here goes!<br /><br />When Jin asks Claire who told her the Others took Aaron, her reply is:<br />C: "How can I be so sure? First my father told me, and then my friend told me, so I'm pretty damn sure."<br />J: "You're friend?"<br />C: "My friend!"<br /><br />And later, when Locke walks in Claire's shack and Jin exclaims "John", she immediately corrects him with a laugh, "That's not John, this is my friend."<br /><br />Point is, she knows Locke is not John himself and refers to him as <b>'her friend'</b> but still referred to Christian as <b>'her father'</b>. Is it because the Christian she saw was NOT a manifestation of the black smoke? or because she couldn't notice it was the smoke monster? or... other ideas?<br /><br />Just some mulling until tomorrow night!Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036549649615941601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-56796619148932047932010-03-21T19:19:00.156-04:002010-03-21T19:19:00.156-04:00...which is why we will continue to have conversat......which is why we will continue to have conversations like this LONG after the final LOST banner has boomed onto our screens<br /><br />VW: chuttr - what happens when you try to chatter while you shudderRebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78075115399131331082010-03-21T19:17:10.527-04:002010-03-21T19:17:10.527-04:00...and more importantly, many of those small aspec......and more importantly, many of those small aspects will never be further explored, leading to many permanent interpretations!<br /><br />Think Annie, Sawyer's visit to Kate, and now possibly Charlotte snooping.Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036549649615941601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-79812600664608659412010-03-21T19:12:24.294-04:002010-03-21T19:12:24.294-04:00I think this is the wonder of Lost - that twenty d...I think this is the wonder of Lost - that twenty different people can watch it and come away with SO many different interpretations. :)Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-74260249957144202582010-03-21T18:43:33.100-04:002010-03-21T18:43:33.100-04:00NOTE: Principal Reynolds, played by William Athert...NOTE: Principal Reynolds, played by William Atherton, who also played Walter Peck in... Ghost Busters!<br />(in was on this weekend, he looked familiar).<br /><br /><br />@E.B. I'd missed the right dresser on first viewing, and noticed the absence of t-shirts. Upon second+ viewing, that was my interpretation anyways. As you can see, Sonshine had has different one!Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036549649615941601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-79004391405507389542010-03-21T18:28:47.432-04:002010-03-21T18:28:47.432-04:00@Benny & SonshineMusic
As a mildly dyslexic p...@Benny & SonshineMusic<br /><br />As a mildly dyslexic person who regularly mixes up right and left...I missed that. :-o Thanks for the clarification/explanation. :)E.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11108275657965234552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-84777304719315253402010-03-21T17:58:34.921-04:002010-03-21T17:58:34.921-04:00I just rewatched the episode with my Dad since he ...I just rewatched the episode with my Dad since he was out of town on Tuesday and I had one major thought to throw out there and another comment to make.<br /><br />Thought: In S5(4?) Sun pairs up with Widmore to take down Ben. Now all parties have returned to the Island, but Sun and Ben are (albeit temporarily) on the same team. I don't know if there will be any fallout from her Widmore alliance, but I thought it was interesting.<br /><br /><br />Also, weighing in again on the drawer/Charlotte/Sawyer thing. I debate on whether to do this, but in rewatching it...<br /><br />-she waits until he leaves the room and then scurries to the left drawer.<br />-opens it up and paws through it rather frantically - not casually as though she were simply trying to find t-shirts. She is sifting and lifting, obviously (imo) looking for something.<br />-she pulls out the binder and the picture falls out.<br />-she smiles a very knowing "ah-ha" smile and opens the binder<br />-But it apparently wasn't what she was expecting, because she immediately looks shocked.<br /><br />Also, when Sawyer asks her what she's doing she acts very guilty and gives a weak response.<br /><br />I know we could debate this all day long and I'm sure I won't change anyone's mind, but it seemed even more clear to ME on rewatching it that she was looking for something specific.<br /><br />But seriously, what do you think about the Sun/Widmore thing?Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-84781704644516830492010-03-21T17:37:08.776-04:002010-03-21T17:37:08.776-04:00@E.B.: (and other as well)
The whole situation go...<b>@E.B.:</b> (and other as well)<br /><br />The whole situation goes as follows:<br />- She asks for a t-shirt;<br />- He tells her TOP drawer on the RIGHT;<br />- She opens the TOP drawer of the LEFT dresser (which was higher/top-most than right dresser) and looks on the right;<br />- Can't find a t-shirt and looks around, finds the Sawyer file;<br />- James is angry throws her out;<br />[...]<br />- James tells Miles she looked in the wrong drawer.<br /><br />The whole thing seems to makes sense from all characters' perspectives.<br /><br />Charlotte: She thought the <b>top-most</b> drawer, on the <b>right within it</b>. Can't find a t-shirt so looks around - should not have done that regardless.<br /><br />James: He meant <b>top</b> drawer on the <b>right dresser</b>. He was understandably angry.<br /><br />The mis-communication comes from James having two dressers of unequal heights side-by-side, that's really what we should be debating!Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036549649615941601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-75205769755830055952010-03-21T17:27:11.806-04:002010-03-21T17:27:11.806-04:00RE: Sawyer letting Kate go in the flash sideways
...RE: Sawyer letting Kate go in the flash sideways <br /><br />Knowing that even as a 'good guy' Sawyer is a bit of a rascal, it doesn't ring untrue to me that he'd let a pretty lady get away when he was off duty. Particularly if he was off duty on a revenge mission he was keeping on the down low. After all, he was doing the deed with a suspect, so his 'ethics' aren't exactly sterling.<br /><br />RE: Charlotte and the Sawyer's Drawer<br /><br />Did anyone else note that there were no t-shirts in that drawer anyway! It was the drawer he said for her to look in. All I could think is why the heck would you send a person you barely knew (canoodling aside) into the drawer where you kept your private file? Something's weird about that whole scene and I don't think it's necessarily Charlotte snooping.<br />~~~<br />I was so RELIEVED that Sawyer said he wasn't with UnLocke, and that he doesn't appear to have totally crossed over to the dark side as Sayied has. Oh, and I am bummed about <i>that</i>, like so many of ya'll. For me the irony is someone we've basically liked and rooted for, Sayied, is now bad; and someone we've disliked and mistrusted because of his wicked ways, BenLinus, is now good (?). Great themes of choice and redemption, which rang very familiar for me as a person who holds to the Christian faith. Judas and Peter, anyone?E.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11108275657965234552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-45153091537508966602010-03-21T17:02:25.732-04:002010-03-21T17:02:25.732-04:00Nikki: Oh, and I completely forgot to say this in ...Nikki: <i>Oh, and I completely forgot to say this in my post, but I was disappointed and saddened that Charlotte was not with Daniel in the sideways world. Unless Daniel was somehow never born?</i><br /><br />I didn't get to do the full re-watch with ya'll, but for some reason I never bought real romantic love between Charlotte and Daniel despite what was said in the episodes/scenes with them. I always felt that Daniel felt guilty and responsible that another person was getting sick and dying from the time travel illness like the girl from his experiments. I thought his words in those episodes were geared more toward giving a dying Charlotte a drive to pull through and live, and hope, as well as (dying)comfort. I felt "his love" was like a brotherly love.<br />Did anyone else get this or did I just miss something?<br /><br />I totally agree that Widmore can't leave the sub, and can't set foot on the Island.E.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11108275657965234552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-12075371886435125532010-03-21T16:12:19.285-04:002010-03-21T16:12:19.285-04:00DavidB22Morris:Will somebody please tell me who th...<i>DavidB22Morris:Will somebody please tell me who the hell LaFleur is and what is he to Sawyer? There's gotta be some hidden meaning in that name, and we just don't know.</i><br /><br />There is a servant called LaFleur in an old book called A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. It is a thinly veiled fictionalized account of the real travels of the author, and is somehow related to Tristam Shandy. The author of the book, Stearn, referred to it as <i>"a Work of Redemption and declared that its aim was ‘to teach us to love the world and our fellow creatures.’</i> <br /><br />http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-SntmntlJrnythrghFrncndtly.html<br /><br />Is this related to our Sawyer/Ford/James? I don't know. It is interesting that he references this name to himself in the flashes where he seems to be better man, so to speak.E.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11108275657965234552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-22771284725803810232010-03-20T10:46:46.598-04:002010-03-20T10:46:46.598-04:00I definitely knew right away that the scene with S...I definitely knew right away that the scene with Sawyer in the hotel room was a police sting, what still served as a great surprise was I was convinced the woman was the one who was a cop/marshall/FBI agent. <br /><br />I'm even more convinced than ever that this season is NOT the end. There's just too much still going on. It might be the end of the TV show, but I don't believe for a second it's the end of Lost.Brrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070797331698356704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-63735246262372461522010-03-19T22:16:21.062-04:002010-03-19T22:16:21.062-04:00I'm reeeeaaally late with my LOST blog this we...I'm reeeeaaally late with my LOST blog this week, so apologies. But you can now read my blogified thoughts on Recon in the usual spot:<br /><br />www.sagaciouspenguin.blogspot.com<br /><br />Cheers!Sagacious Penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02300030494408133540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-10335291937344178112010-03-19T19:36:15.813-04:002010-03-19T19:36:15.813-04:00@Jessica: That is a really intriging idea that Jac...@Jessica: That is a really intriging idea that Jacob would give the AU losties the opportunity to actually chose to have their plane crash and go through all of the stuff they've been through in order to save/change/help the world and/or island. It would sort of be ironic that Jack wanted to set off the bomb so that none of it would happen and he ends up choosing to set it all in motion. In a way it is sort of a combination of freewill and fate. <br /><br />I forgot to mention before, and I am so sorry that these wishes are so belated, but congrats to Marebabe and Sonshine. Marebabe: I hope your work schedule wont keep you from this blog I love to read your thoughts every week. Sonshine: good luck in your continued education and an early welcome to the world of teaching -- It's the hardest job you'll ever love!!<br /><br />VW: mulasy: What my cat is everyday of her life!Pamalambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617679287511267937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-71319210497171342102010-03-19T14:18:45.576-04:002010-03-19T14:18:45.576-04:00In the scene with Miles and Sawyer in the police s...In the scene with Miles and Sawyer in the police station, when Miles brings Sawyer a cup, the cup appears to have a temple, black smoke monster, and a row of black boxes around the bottom, which could be the hieroglyphics we have seen on the countdown clock in the hatch and elsewhere. Did anyone else notice this or have a clear screen capture?arleecenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-52307363094450608492010-03-19T14:01:49.336-04:002010-03-19T14:01:49.336-04:00@Blam said...flashsideways events could be taking ...@Blam said...flashsideways events could be taking place "before" the main Lost universe we know instead of "after" it<br /><br />I was discussing this with some folks, trying to flesh out a theory. The theory got this far: the flash-sideways is what originally happened and what we have been watching the last 5 seasons is really an "alternate" timeline. At some point in the flash-sideways future, Jacob reaches out to the candidates to offer them the opportunity to save/change/help the world by going on this adventure and that the timeline was then reset to cause the 815 crash. Kinda silly? I know. But hey who knows what's going on in the deep recesses of Darlton's twisted mind!?Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465366984953974907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-46239412826944753502010-03-19T11:20:44.095-04:002010-03-19T11:20:44.095-04:00I too noticed Locke's flabulous chest this epi...<br> I too noticed Locke's flabulous chest this episode.<br /><br />Did anyone else think was strange to hear James introduce himself to Zoe as Sawyer? Granted, it set up the "Is your real name even Zoe?" / "Is yours Sawyer?" exchange, and we see that he was at least in part being wary, but the majority of characters have been calling him Jim or James for the past couple of seasons, and I wasn't even sure that he self-identifies as Sawyer anymore.<br /><br />I have more stew fodder for Teebore and, well, all of us overthinkers. This episode and the discussion here got me wondering if maybe Esau/Smokey really is a manifestation of Jacob's psyche after all, something I'd previously not bought into. This could be why "he" can't kill Jacob, if Jacob is somehow bound by the same inability to take his own life that Richard, <i>et al.</i> are. And it would explain how the little blond boy, who looked more like a young Jacob, could ["also"] be a young Smokey (although I've seen blond kids grow up to have black hair and salt-&-pepper beards like Esau did on the beach in the Season 5 finale). What it <i>doesn't</i> explain is how Smokey could have become so independent that, Jacob's potentially Obi-Wan Kenobi death aside, it feels less like he's fulfilling Jacob's wishes (even subconsciously) rather than being a true adversary.<br /><br />VW: <i>objets</i> — French objects. Really. Actually a word in French.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-8184434407600988522010-03-19T10:49:54.681-04:002010-03-19T10:49:54.681-04:00Teebore: I shall have to stew on this a bit.
Add ...<br><i><b>Teebore:</b> I shall have to stew on this a bit.</i><br /><br />Add onions for flavor, but strain before serving, please.<br /><br />VW: <i>boophala</i> — A shout-out from Ms. Betty (not Rubble, not White; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Boop" rel="nofollow">this one, whippersnappers</a>).Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-81779029438733865862010-03-19T10:46:35.975-04:002010-03-19T10:46:35.975-04:00humanebean: Cue the preview for next week's ep...<br><i><b> humanebean</b>: Cue the preview for next week's episode. Cut to me jumping up and down on the couch, whooping uncontrollably, feverish with anticipation. </i><br /><br />You could have slapped me with a fish. This had so better live up to expectations. And that might even be possible. 8^)<br /><br />VW: <i>notess</i> — 1. A lady jotter-downer. 2. bee, cee, dee, arr, tee, vee, <i>etc.</i>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-5872274338413267932010-03-19T10:43:00.630-04:002010-03-19T10:43:00.630-04:00redeem147: I have a horrible suspicion that Richar...<br><i><b>redeem147</b>: I have a horrible suspicion that Richard doesn't know as much as we hope he knows. But I want to know what he does know.</i> <br /><br />I know.<br /><br /><i><b>JS</b>: Should we be thinking about Greek or Egyptian mythology? Any crazy mothers in those? </i><br /><br />Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! You could say.<br /><br /><i><b>Nikki</b>: ALF has officially become a horror demon for me now!</i><br /><br />Whaddaya mean "now"? ALF was plenty creepy <i>before</i> the squirrel-bones baby came along. <br /><br />VW: <i>chizat</i> — A talk with Snoop Dogg.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-49523530288806380562010-03-19T10:39:32.737-04:002010-03-19T10:39:32.737-04:00Nikki: Sayid scared me. I’m so incredibly sad abou...<br><i><b>Nikki</b>: Sayid scared me. I’m so incredibly sad about him.</i><br /><br />That was weirdness.<br /><br /><i><b>Nikki</b>: OK. Widmore’s been trying to get back to the island for over 20 years and now that he’s here he’s just sitting on a sub jotting notes,</i><br /><br />That was also weirdness, although <b>Florian</b> made a good call about him possibly not being allowed back on the Island yet.<br /><br />VW: <i>guole</i> — Avocado dip without the <i>cam</i>.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com