tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post6353609324926081794..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Lost: All You Need Is Love?Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-50830445208978733052013-07-19T22:22:53.333-04:002013-07-19T22:22:53.333-04:00Kate is the soulmate that Sawyer has pined for? A...Kate is the soulmate that Sawyer has pined for? Apparently, Lindelof and Cuse thought otherwise by the series finale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-28967171070024960252010-04-14T16:09:37.409-04:002010-04-14T16:09:37.409-04:00@Jennifer and Rebecca: Interesting theory about th...@Jennifer and Rebecca: Interesting theory about the family relationships. I’m currently pondering/crunching on that one. My initial reaction is that the theory has merit. The only thing that makes it hard to think about is how many different actresses have played Emily. A flow chart would be helpful! I always thought that they cast teenage Emily with a young actress who bore a physical resemblance to Swoozie Kurtz. I have a harder time morphing her face into Carrie Preston. I guess my official response is “I don’t know.”<br /><br />@crazyinlost: Admit it. You’re a Monty Python fan, aren’t you? “Hell’s Grannies”, gangs of little old ladies who prey on fit young men. (Pension day is the worst.) :)Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78894372417198011492010-04-14T11:19:25.403-04:002010-04-14T11:19:25.403-04:00@Jennifer S: Yes! I have been saying that for AGES...@Jennifer S: Yes! I have been saying that for AGES, but have never before found anyone to agree with me. I totally believe that they are half brothers!Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-70695804843597583822010-04-14T10:17:49.062-04:002010-04-14T10:17:49.062-04:00I have one nitpick, Nikki. I still maintain that t...I have one nitpick, Nikki. I still maintain that the woman who showed up to tell Locke he was a result of immaculate conception (the Swoosie Kurtz version of Emily), was not his mother at all but someone hired by Anthony Cooper. The reason I think that is that I believe Emily Locke married Roger Linus and died giving birth to Ben, and that Ben and Locke are half-brothers. If Anthony Cooper was willing to go to the trouble of tricking Locke out of his kidney, I don't think he would shrink at hiring an impostor to play Emily -- why bother tracking her down when he knows Locke won't know the difference? I was a little surprised at easily Locke took that bait, until I discovered how desperately he wanted his real parents.JenniferSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-76524849389542461332010-04-14T04:53:56.408-04:002010-04-14T04:53:56.408-04:00@Marebabe-I love what you said, and bless you for ...@Marebabe-I love what you said, and bless you for finding the courage to share it with us. Plus, I totally agree!<br /><br />word verif-granies-watch out for them! They hang out in gangs and beat you with their purses!crazyinlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244716189842389576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-2343027059398889252010-04-13T20:48:36.869-04:002010-04-13T20:48:36.869-04:00Nikki,
Wow, so beautiful! I'm all welled up!...Nikki,<br /><br />Wow, so beautiful! I'm all welled up! We know the show boils down to what someone'll do for love but it's easy to forget that what with all the other 'stuff' going on! So it was nice to see all the love in one succinct package. You're awesome and very well loved!TiaSabitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15256692449213421359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-61777923580401047762010-04-13T16:40:30.129-04:002010-04-13T16:40:30.129-04:00I ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ The Beatles, and I ♥ ♥ ♥ Lost. And how m...I ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ The Beatles, and I ♥ ♥ ♥ Lost. And how much do I love that Nikki combined my favourite band of all time and my favourite TV show into one blog post? <br /><br />I think that in the end (the love you take is equal to the love you make), love is all the Losties need. <br /><br />VW: nutflu. When a nut has the flu.Gillian Whitfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776289103891165089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-73017040235754360882010-04-13T16:31:35.074-04:002010-04-13T16:31:35.074-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gillian Whitfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776289103891165089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-12273590060149428162010-04-13T15:59:29.930-04:002010-04-13T15:59:29.930-04:00@TM: You really are on a roll today, waxing eloque...@TM: You really are on a roll today, waxing eloquent all over the place. Love your haikus. :) When you mentioned the sort of marital bickering we’ve often seen with Rose and Bernard, it reminded me that there are no perfect marriages, because all humans are flawed. Doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And I smiled to recall one of Fishbiscuit’s discussions of the inter-racial couple, calling them “black and white... er, brown and pink.”<br /><br />I did some more thinking about Rose, particularly her reaction to Bernard’s surprise gift of a visit to Isaac of Uluru. She yelled at him: “I didn’t ask for this!!” Seems an odd reaction, coming from a woman of faith. But then I imagined this scenario: when Rose received her grim diagnosis, she immediately took it to the Lord in prayer, asking, “What should I do?” And the Lord answered: “Wait.” So she was content to wait, but Bernard was anxious to DO something to get her healed, and got her an appointment with Isaac.Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-30513328801088705262010-04-13T15:06:28.952-04:002010-04-13T15:06:28.952-04:00I have another take on the Rose & Bernard thin...I have another take on the Rose & Bernard thing which also makes me squirm just a bit. Bernard's race was intentionally withheld from the viewer and a bit of a reveal. While they were apart, their anguish for reunion was was so palpable and pure that it invoked Aristophanes' speech from Plato's Symposium regarding the primordial state of androgynous man before God cleaved him/her into the two incomplete halves that would always seek reunion. Which is also to say the black and white Yin and Yang symbol of perfect balance. Subsequently, their squabble and discord was so odd and inscrutable until we saw their retired marital bliss, isolated from the chaos of bomb-chasing and button-pushing. Funny how the blend of erotic and platonic love that is the true nature of married love is really that way and is honored as such in all ancient and advanced civilizations, East and West...TM Lawrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-47732158848010470352010-04-13T13:59:22.278-04:002010-04-13T13:59:22.278-04:00Hey, TM Lawrence!
Wow, excellent Lost-inspired re...Hey, TM Lawrence!<br /><br />Wow, excellent Lost-inspired rewrite of 1st Corinthians chapter 13!!<br /><br />LOVED it!!Donna S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-40781362495533072712010-04-13T13:10:59.374-04:002010-04-13T13:10:59.374-04:00We’re talking about love here, and Nikki, you ment...We’re talking about love here, and Nikki, you mentioned Rose and Bernard among LOST’s loving couples. I have a thing to add, and I first thought of this last summer during our S1 rewatch, but I didn’t bring it up then because I felt shy about discussing matters of faith on a pop culture blog. But the time has finally come.<br /><br />Rose is a woman of faith. We’ve clearly seen it, but it was so long ago that it’s easy to forget. Remember that BEAUTIFUL scene, when Charlie was so lost and freaked out over his heroin withdrawals? He was crying as he said, “Help me.” And Rose said she wasn’t the one who could help him. She took his hand and began to pray. That’s one of my all-time favorite scenes in LOST. She is used to praying. She prays a lot. She’s on a very familiar footing with the Lord, and she is not at all surprised or alarmed when the Lord ANSWERS. Speaking of love, Rose loves the Lord, and loves her neighbors.<br /><br />As a Christian, here is my explanation for Rose’s serene calm and unwavering trust that Bernard was all right after the crash. Probably the first thought she had after regaining consciousness was directed at the Lord: “Is Bernard all right?” And she clearly heard the answer: “Yes.” And that was enough for her. It wasn’t some sort of psychic connection, but belief in the comforting words the Lord spoke to her heart. I further think that when she sat apart in the first few days following the crash, she was “praying without ceasing.” Praying for Bernard, praying for the people around her who were trying to cope with the problems of survival on the Island, praying for all the concerns on her heart. This woman is all about love. That’s what I see when I look at Rose.Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-45083554067431610502010-04-13T13:10:20.099-04:002010-04-13T13:10:20.099-04:00Great post, Nikki! This reminds me of the beginni...Great post, Nikki! This reminds me of the beginning of Emanuel Swedenborg's <i>Divine Love and Wisdom</i>:<br /><br />"Love is a person's life. People know that love exists, but they do not know what love is. They know from common speech that it exists. For instance, people say that he loves me, that a king loves his subjects and the subjects love their king, that a husband loves his wife, and a mother her children, and vice versa; also that this or that person loves his country, his fellow citizens, his neighbor. So, too, in regard to matters apart from person, as when it is said that someone loves this or that thing.<br />But even though love is so frequently mentioned, still scarcely anyone knows what love is. Whenever someone reflects on it, he cannot then form for himself any mental idea of it. Therefore he says either that it is not anything, or that it is merely some stimulus flowing in through his vision, hearing, touch, and social interaction, which thus affects him. He is totally unaware that love is his very life, not only the general life in his whole body and the general life in all his thoughts, but also the life in every single particle of them.<br />This the wise person may perceive from considering the following proposition: If you take away any impulse having to do with love, can you form any thought? Or can you perform any action? Is it not the case that as the affection belonging to love cools, in the same measure thought, speech and action cool? And the warmer the affection grows, the warmer they grow?<br />Still, the wise person perceives this not from any concept that love is a person's life, but from his empirical observation that it is so."<br /><br />I agree with you - I think it's all going to come down to love, since EVERYTHING comes down to love in the end. (As a Swedenborgian I keep hoping they'll show a character reading his <i>Divine Providence</i>, which is all about fate vs. free will. VERY unlikely, but still, I can hope!)Coleman Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234708796898086806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-27798251909937369752010-04-13T12:19:19.364-04:002010-04-13T12:19:19.364-04:00A Haiku pentad before Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it's...A Haiku pentad before Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it's off to work I go:<br /><br />Unleashed, chair-bound, pulsed<br /> Twisted roads must be traversed<br />‘Ere Des and Pen unite<br /><br />Charles roasts or toasts<br /> McGuffin scotch shared or not<br />Truer hearts break through<br /><br />Deathwish Charlie sparked<br /> Love’s straight path and Dan refines;<br />Fate made Manifest!<br /><br />In this LAX<br /> Or Island time, live entwined<br />Or alone you die.<br /><br />Eye opened to Love<br /> Charles and Charlie play part<br />Hide and Seek Penny.TM Lawrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-66837363238236206392010-04-13T12:13:09.611-04:002010-04-13T12:13:09.611-04:00You guys kill me...
You control the horizontal, N...<br><i>You guys kill me...</i><br /><br />You control the horizontal, Nik, but we control the vertical... 8^) Sorry!<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-2464393951487174132010-04-13T11:56:59.625-04:002010-04-13T11:56:59.625-04:00TM: Your words are always so lovely. I love it whe...TM: Your words are always so lovely. I love it when you post here!!Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-38840777017022450312010-04-13T11:56:41.822-04:002010-04-13T11:56:41.822-04:00Oh BLAM you beat me by about 20 minutes... the hai...Oh BLAM you beat me by about 20 minutes... the haiku post is scheduled to go live at noon, and I actually open it saying, "I hope this goes up before people spontaneously break into haikus on other posts!" LOL!! You guys kill me...Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1670970437838461862010-04-13T11:53:03.699-04:002010-04-13T11:53:03.699-04:00"Penny's my half-sis.
I'll tell you w...<br>"Penny's my half-sis.<br />I'll tell you where to find her."<br />"That's creepy, <i>brutha</i>."<br /><br />"I had a vision<br />and felt true love." Yeah, that's 'cause <br />you <i>swallowed drugs</i>, dude.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-54898186692277414702010-04-13T11:48:47.097-04:002010-04-13T11:48:47.097-04:00"I" am actually a Burtonian (Robert not ..."I" am actually a Burtonian (Robert not Richard) dwarf sitting on the shoulder of giants. I have in toddler innocence stolen Nikki's cows and would mercurially return them, post haste: Nikki's genius simply ricocheted from a weary postmodern Lost world back in time to the timeless truth of the epistle before it pinged again and struck my ear and laid me flat, made me smile, made me cry, til I lay in awe on the bedroom floor and said : "Oh, oh, smother me Mother..TM Lawrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-64847561676948606342010-04-13T11:42:58.498-04:002010-04-13T11:42:58.498-04:00@humanebean: You said, “Now, I ask you – where els...@humanebean: You said, “Now, I ask you – where else on the internets will you find Smoke Monsters, modified Bible passages, mentions of cleavage and Man’s Search For Meaning? Just another day here on Nik at Nite!” When I read that, I realized that a large part of LOST’s wide (but not universal) appeal is that it is a show about Life, the Universe, and EVERYTHING! There really is something for everyone – quantum physics, shirtless Sawyer – and for people who like to sample everything on the buffet, it’s a feast!Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-75150269652760694672010-04-13T11:41:24.249-04:002010-04-13T11:41:24.249-04:00I can't believe HB hasn't jump-started the...<br>I can't believe HB hasn't jump-started the haiku, so let me throw some out there:<br /><br />All you need is love.<br />Love is all you need. Well, that<br /><i>and explanations.</i><br /><br />On this island is<br />a magic box that fries you<br />good (except Desmond).<br /><br />"Desmond! MacCutcheon?"<br />"Charles! Yes, thank you." "So." "Hi."<br /><i>mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah</i><br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-51214177633896276512010-04-13T11:33:57.260-04:002010-04-13T11:33:57.260-04:00@humanebean: I hope that Locke truly finds his red...@humanebean: <i>I hope that Locke truly finds his redemption and overcomes the sense of futility that ended his life the first time around. How cool would that be?</i><br /><br />Very cool indeed. I too am hoping for some kind of redemption/heroic triumph for the one true Locke before show's end. <br /><br />Great stuff, Nikki. Spot on, as always.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-42790727293962467702010-04-13T11:32:47.272-04:002010-04-13T11:32:47.272-04:00Well done, Nikki. Though my zombie-like devotion (...Well done, Nikki. Though my zombie-like devotion (<i>a concerning form a love but no less valid than any other!</i>) compels me to enjoy everything you write:D<br /><br />@TM - I'm an idiot and I thought you said you actually speak 9 languages. I had a hard time concentrating after that as you morphed into a James Bond type character in my head and were throwing secret knives you had hidden in your sleeves. <br /><br />The second read was just as good :)Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-58796096878546589682010-04-13T11:24:46.396-04:002010-04-13T11:24:46.396-04:00Nikki and TM Lawrence: Well said, both of you.
So...<br><b>Nikki</b> and <b>TM Lawrence</b>: Well said, both of you.<br /><br />So... In "The End"... Will the love they take be equal to the love they make?<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78359544714510079132010-04-13T11:23:25.942-04:002010-04-13T11:23:25.942-04:00A momentary diversion, not entirely off-topic: sin...A momentary diversion, not entirely off-topic: since I'm reading Clay Eals' exhaustive biography of the late, great songwriter/performer Steve Goodman and listening to his music alongside, I thought these lyrics might be appropriate.<br /><br />With a nod to <i>LOST</i>'s Dharma Initiative, low-tech approach, I give you Steve Goodman's "Video Tape":<br /><br />'If your life was on video tape<br />Wouldn't everything be all right<br />When your head hurts the morning after<br />You could roll it back to late last night<br />You could replay all the good parts<br />And cut out what you don't like<br />Oh wouldn't you be in good shape<br />If your life was on video tape<br /><br />If everybody had esp<br />Everything would be ok<br />We could see trouble coming<br />And we could step out of the way<br />When the grim reaper comes to call<br />We could arrange to be out of town<br />It would be the great escape<br />And you could put it on video tape<br /><br />I don't have a video recorder<br />I don't have a crystal ball<br />And when i'm not with my baby<br />Then i don't have very much at all<br />I can't predict the future<br />And i sure can't change the past<br />But i know it will all make sense<br />If you love me in the present tense'<br /><br /><br />For more info on Steve: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman<br /><br />And, for more info on Clay Eals' bio of him (published by Nikki's ECW press):http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Goodman-Facing-Clay-Eals/dp/1550227327/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271172145&sr=1-2<br /><br />We now return you to your regularly scheduled <i>LOST</i> discussion, already in progress.<br /> ; ]humanebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717844158635399246noreply@blogger.com