Comments on: Thoughts on Lost – Across the Sea http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Michelle Thu, 13 May 2010 05:45:19 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-332 It's when he's talking to Mr. Eko -- I had to go look this up, mind you,<br>it's not like I'm a walking Lostpedia. I mean, in Season 1, just after Locke<br>first sees the smoke monster, he tells Jack or whoever that he's looked into<br>the soul of the island. But then, in the episode where Mr. Eko dies ("The<br>Cost of Living"), the two of them have a conversation about the smoke<br>monster where Locke says he saw a bright light and Eko says, "That is not<br>what I saw." It's when he's talking to Mr. Eko — I had to go look this up, mind you,
it's not like I'm a walking Lostpedia. I mean, in Season 1, just after Locke
first sees the smoke monster, he tells Jack or whoever that he's looked into
the soul of the island. But then, in the episode where Mr. Eko dies (“The
Cost of Living”), the two of them have a conversation about the smoke
monster where Locke says he saw a bright light and Eko says, “That is not
what I saw.”

]]> By: rosemartelli http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-331 rosemartelli Thu, 13 May 2010 05:27:32 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-331 When was that, Michelle? Don't recall smoke monster = light at all! When was that, Michelle? Don't recall smoke monster = light at all!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Michelle Thu, 13 May 2010 05:22:37 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-328 Thanks, Mike! I think you're right, the show seems to be leading toward Smokey's death. I think it's too much to ask, but I wish that there were a way to keep the real Locke alive at the same time. Poor guy's been through so much. Thanks, Mike! I think you're right, the show seems to be leading toward Smokey's death. I think it's too much to ask, but I wish that there were a way to keep the real Locke alive at the same time. Poor guy's been through so much.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Michelle Thu, 13 May 2010 05:20:58 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-329 Fredrik, you just reminded me that the first time Locke sees the smoke monster, he sees nothing but light. Oooooh. Fredrik, you just reminded me that the first time Locke sees the smoke monster, he sees nothing but light. Oooooh.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Michelle Thu, 13 May 2010 05:20:11 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-330 Shoot -- Rose, I responded to your comment via email, but it apparently didn't go through. Now I can't remember what I said, except YES to the cyclicalness. I think we were supposed to recall the gassing of DHARMA when we see the burned-up village. At least, that's where I went. Shoot — Rose, I responded to your comment via email, but it apparently didn't go through. Now I can't remember what I said, except YES to the cyclicalness. I think we were supposed to recall the gassing of DHARMA when we see the burned-up village. At least, that's where I went.

]]> By: Mike http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Mike Thu, 13 May 2010 05:08:12 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-327 Great review, as always.<br><br>Thanks for the reminder about how Locke Monster must eventually die. And I think the show is definitely leading to that event in the endgame.<br><br>The resolution of the Adam & Eve mystery leads me to believe it will be the model for the few answers to be revealed in the remaining episodes. We won't see the answer coming and it won't be as important to the plot as we originally assumed it would be. Great review, as always.

Thanks for the reminder about how Locke Monster must eventually die. And I think the show is definitely leading to that event in the endgame.

The resolution of the Adam & Eve mystery leads me to believe it will be the model for the few answers to be revealed in the remaining episodes. We won't see the answer coming and it won't be as important to the plot as we originally assumed it would be.

]]> By: Fredrik Högstedt http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Fredrik Högstedt Wed, 12 May 2010 23:14:26 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-326 I thought this episode was awesome, but flawed like you say. The deal with MiB, however, is that his body has gone through the same thing as Locke's. Or so I think. I thought this episode was awesome, but flawed like you say. The deal with MiB, however, is that his body has gone through the same thing as Locke's. Or so I think.

]]> By: rosemartelli http://www.smartgrrrl.com/thoughts-on-lost-across-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-325 rosemartelli Wed, 12 May 2010 22:22:37 +0000 http://www.smartgrrrl.com/?p=653#comment-325 I pretty much agree with everything you've brought up here. I think at this point, it's not worth anybody's efforts to worry/gripe that the writers are only raising more questions -- or rather, that the point is to accept the fact that not only will this Lost narrative not answer everything, but that the grand themes of Life In General are ultimately unanswerable. Throughout the series has been the whole faith v. fact debate, and in a way this ep was the writers sending the cue to just go with faith from here on out? Too meta an interpretation? But not, because this is Lost?<br><br>I def think that you've got to answer in your own head at this point "But how did CJ Cregg [or whatever her West Wing character name was] get there?" with a general notion that throughout time there have been people like her on the island who have done what needed doing to preserve what needed preserving and/or save their own hides/fates. <br><br>A bit of cyclicalness that I haven't seen addressed in the blogosphere is the repetition/irony of Janney killing her faction of Others in order to save Jacob, even though ultimately it was at the expense of her other, MIB son, then Ben kills the Others and then Ben kills Jacob because MIB said. <br><br>One more larger issue for me: Throughout the series has been the black/white/good/evil motif, yet to be this ep strongly suggested that there is so much gray in the characters' motives/actions and in what even defines good and evil. Can a force of good kill for the sake of preserving a good lifeforce? Is individual will inherently evil and vice versa?<br><br>I am not as good at writing about this stuff as you and others... or Others *gasp*!! I pretty much agree with everything you've brought up here. I think at this point, it's not worth anybody's efforts to worry/gripe that the writers are only raising more questions — or rather, that the point is to accept the fact that not only will this Lost narrative not answer everything, but that the grand themes of Life In General are ultimately unanswerable. Throughout the series has been the whole faith v. fact debate, and in a way this ep was the writers sending the cue to just go with faith from here on out? Too meta an interpretation? But not, because this is Lost?

I def think that you've got to answer in your own head at this point “But how did CJ Cregg [or whatever her West Wing character name was] get there?” with a general notion that throughout time there have been people like her on the island who have done what needed doing to preserve what needed preserving and/or save their own hides/fates.

A bit of cyclicalness that I haven't seen addressed in the blogosphere is the repetition/irony of Janney killing her faction of Others in order to save Jacob, even though ultimately it was at the expense of her other, MIB son, then Ben kills the Others and then Ben kills Jacob because MIB said.

One more larger issue for me: Throughout the series has been the black/white/good/evil motif, yet to be this ep strongly suggested that there is so much gray in the characters' motives/actions and in what even defines good and evil. Can a force of good kill for the sake of preserving a good lifeforce? Is individual will inherently evil and vice versa?

I am not as good at writing about this stuff as you and others… or Others *gasp*!!

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