John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
I will return to this episode entry later. I'm still getting caught up.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Lost Season 5, Epsiode 4: "This Place Is Death" Airdate: 2/11/09
As most are aware, I try to avoid spoilers when it comes to the show. I even try to avoid the show synopsis when I can, but I slipped when looking up the title for this episode. It said something about Locke and I thought we would see how he dies, but that wasn't the case because after he leaves the island, he goes to see Ben, not only to give him Jin's wedding ring, but also to put his plan in action. So how Locke dies remains a mystery for now.
It was another fast paced episode which of course left the viewers asking more questions even though it answered a few from previous shows. For one, we now know that Eloise Hawking is Faraday's mom. Desmond confirmed that as he entered the scene. What else did we learn? Oh yeah, Charlotte was not allowed to have chocolate before dinner. What does this mean? Nothing really. They were just showing that she was taking those mental trips through time like Faraday's lab rat, Theresa Spencer. However, unlike Theresa who is still "tripping" in the present day (or when ever she is), Charlotte bites the big one. Call it a hunch, but something tells me that Daniel will cause some major problems by trying to change the future by altering the past. They even hinted around to the fact that he had been there before in a dialog between Faraday and Charlotte. Perhaps even since he has been there before, Daniel is already in the future trying to fix everything he messed up, and that is why those who left the island have to come back. Hmmmmmmm? A little "Butterfly Effect" maybe? Oh, this is totally off subject, but when have I been able to stay on track. I have been following Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore on Twitter and they are quite fun to watch FYI... back to LOST.
As soon as the show ended last night, my good friend Paul posted something on my Facebook wall, that I missed. I wrote the name down, but didn't decipher it. The name on Ben's carpet cleaning van: Canton-Rainier. It's an anagram of "reincarnation." Good catch Paul! Not sure what to do with that info just yet, but it may come into play soon... or they are trying to throw the die-hard Losties off.
Other things to discuss amongst yourselves, or in the comment section:
1. Ben loses it, feeling under appreciated tells Jack to go ahead and shoot him, but do we completely trust Ben. He seems to know all and stay one step ahead. Maybe because he has already been through everything before... maybe?
2. Charlotte speaks Korean... and "Klingon." (Reference to Star Trek. The remake being directed by... guess...JJ Abrams). She also grew up on the island as a child of the Dharma Initiative, but left with her mom (probably at the advice of Faraday who was the "crazy man" of her past).
3. The Well. Located near the Orchid. It looked ancient. I was hoping some light would be shed on the four-toed statue.
4. Christian Shephard shows up at the bottom of the well to help guide Locke, but he can't pick him up. He can only tells Locke what he needs to know. Is he just a spirit? Christian had told Locke that "he" had to move the island, but when he told this to Mr. Linus, Ben moved the island because he knew how. But all along, Locke was the one who was supposed to move it. Locke tells Christian that Richard says he will die to which he responds, "that's why they call it sacrifice." Locke is the sacrificial lamb who will die so that the others may live? Anyone? Anyone?
5. The Black Smoke. Been a while since we have seen it in that detail. It retreated to a temple. I don't recall ever seeing that temple. Is that the place that Richard referenced last season?
... have to get to a meeting. More later!
It was another fast paced episode which of course left the viewers asking more questions even though it answered a few from previous shows. For one, we now know that Eloise Hawking is Faraday's mom. Desmond confirmed that as he entered the scene. What else did we learn? Oh yeah, Charlotte was not allowed to have chocolate before dinner. What does this mean? Nothing really. They were just showing that she was taking those mental trips through time like Faraday's lab rat, Theresa Spencer. However, unlike Theresa who is still "tripping" in the present day (or when ever she is), Charlotte bites the big one. Call it a hunch, but something tells me that Daniel will cause some major problems by trying to change the future by altering the past. They even hinted around to the fact that he had been there before in a dialog between Faraday and Charlotte. Perhaps even since he has been there before, Daniel is already in the future trying to fix everything he messed up, and that is why those who left the island have to come back. Hmmmmmmm? A little "Butterfly Effect" maybe? Oh, this is totally off subject, but when have I been able to stay on track. I have been following Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore on Twitter and they are quite fun to watch FYI... back to LOST.
As soon as the show ended last night, my good friend Paul posted something on my Facebook wall, that I missed. I wrote the name down, but didn't decipher it. The name on Ben's carpet cleaning van: Canton-Rainier. It's an anagram of "reincarnation." Good catch Paul! Not sure what to do with that info just yet, but it may come into play soon... or they are trying to throw the die-hard Losties off.
Other things to discuss amongst yourselves, or in the comment section:
1. Ben loses it, feeling under appreciated tells Jack to go ahead and shoot him, but do we completely trust Ben. He seems to know all and stay one step ahead. Maybe because he has already been through everything before... maybe?
2. Charlotte speaks Korean... and "Klingon." (Reference to Star Trek. The remake being directed by... guess...JJ Abrams). She also grew up on the island as a child of the Dharma Initiative, but left with her mom (probably at the advice of Faraday who was the "crazy man" of her past).
3. The Well. Located near the Orchid. It looked ancient. I was hoping some light would be shed on the four-toed statue.
4. Christian Shephard shows up at the bottom of the well to help guide Locke, but he can't pick him up. He can only tells Locke what he needs to know. Is he just a spirit? Christian had told Locke that "he" had to move the island, but when he told this to Mr. Linus, Ben moved the island because he knew how. But all along, Locke was the one who was supposed to move it. Locke tells Christian that Richard says he will die to which he responds, "that's why they call it sacrifice." Locke is the sacrificial lamb who will die so that the others may live? Anyone? Anyone?
5. The Black Smoke. Been a while since we have seen it in that detail. It retreated to a temple. I don't recall ever seeing that temple. Is that the place that Richard referenced last season?
... have to get to a meeting. More later!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Lost Season 5, Episode 3: "The Little Prince" Airdate: 2/4/09
BesixDOUZE! BesixDOUZE! I know many other important things happened in this episode, but this was a blatant "Lost" closeup of an item so you know I had to bust out in a little Google action. "BesixDOUZE" was written on the fuel can on the beach by Locke. It's French for "B612" which is the name of an asteroid. It's also happens to be the name of the asteroid in the children's book "The Little Prince."
This book was written by a French aviator who was involved in a plane crash (the writers like to make references like this a lot) and stranded in the desert. Sometimes these references are nothing more than that-this person or that person was in a plane crash and there is nothing deeper than what is on the surface. This book, though a children's story makes some very profound points about human nature. I have never read the book but, according to the wiki, there is a famous line when translated from French says, "one can not see well except with the heart, the essential is invisible to the eyes." I really like that line. I think I may pick up this book and read it... Of course I'm falling into the trap of one of the evil hidden agendas of this show-to sell more books and get people to read more.
The little prince's asteroid, btw, was about the size of a house and had three volcanoes and a rose. I may be digging too deep, but do you think the writers might be suggesting that this island is an asteroid than can transcend time and space...other dimensions? Another dimension, another dimension, another dimension... Sorry... Beastie Boys just came on my iPhone... Where was I? Oh yeah, can somebody get Jeff Bridges on the line? We may have some sort of "Starman" reference here, though the writers said, "not alien," right?
So what else happened in this episode?
Jin is alive! That should take the "vengeful beeotch" right out of Sun... When they can prove it to her. Jin must have been, as Faraday put it, "with in the radius" when Ben turned the wheel. But now he is 16 years in the past (need to double check the timeline, but I thought that the distress signal had been running that long) with a very young Danielle Roussesu and her "team." I assume that he will flash around and eventually hook back up with the rest of his people.
Miles and Juliette are getting nose bleeds and will soon experience the same things as Charlotte, unless they can stop the time jumping when they get to the Orchid. Mrs. Hawking must know exactly when they shut it off, hence the 70 hour ultimatum to Ben. They'll have to be back on the island by then... Or Ben has to shut it off to save them, and in doing so, traps them there... Forever. Just some thoughts.
Some references to the numbers:
Kate's address: 42 Panorama Crest
The boat slip: Slip 23 at Long Beach Marina.
We now know that they could potentially run into their past selves on the island. When Locke sees the light from the hatch, he knew exactly when they where: the night that Boone died and when Claire gave birth to Aaron. Sawyer even prods Locke about going over to talk to "himself," but Locke says he needed to have the pain he did in order to to where he is today. Faraday said you can't change what has already happened, but if you are able to see your past self and past friends, don't you think you would be able to? Or, would it be that the past self wouldn't see you, but maybe hear "voices" or see "ghosts" or black smoke maybe? The Others from the past can see and interact with the Losties, but we don't know yet if they can interact with their past selves. Will they even touch on this?
So who was in the canoe shooting at Locke's team? As far as time, it was after the crash of 815, and close to current island time which should be in early 2005 now, right? I know the time thing is confusing because when we see Jack and Kate it's 2008ish, while on the island it should be still 2005 if they ever get back to normal.
Why did Ben send the lawyer after Kate? Did he not think Jack would be able to bring her in? Dan was also the attorney for Claire's mom who had sued Oceanic and was there by coincidence.
What did I miss? I know I missed something, but I have written this blog entry entirely from my iPhone and my eyes are crossed looking at this screen. Plus I need to do something else to get my mind off of this show for a while. Maybe I should unplug from everything for a little while... Yeah right! Like that'll happen. Until next time!
This book was written by a French aviator who was involved in a plane crash (the writers like to make references like this a lot) and stranded in the desert. Sometimes these references are nothing more than that-this person or that person was in a plane crash and there is nothing deeper than what is on the surface. This book, though a children's story makes some very profound points about human nature. I have never read the book but, according to the wiki, there is a famous line when translated from French says, "one can not see well except with the heart, the essential is invisible to the eyes." I really like that line. I think I may pick up this book and read it... Of course I'm falling into the trap of one of the evil hidden agendas of this show-to sell more books and get people to read more.
The little prince's asteroid, btw, was about the size of a house and had three volcanoes and a rose. I may be digging too deep, but do you think the writers might be suggesting that this island is an asteroid than can transcend time and space...other dimensions? Another dimension, another dimension, another dimension... Sorry... Beastie Boys just came on my iPhone... Where was I? Oh yeah, can somebody get Jeff Bridges on the line? We may have some sort of "Starman" reference here, though the writers said, "not alien," right?
So what else happened in this episode?
Jin is alive! That should take the "vengeful beeotch" right out of Sun... When they can prove it to her. Jin must have been, as Faraday put it, "with in the radius" when Ben turned the wheel. But now he is 16 years in the past (need to double check the timeline, but I thought that the distress signal had been running that long) with a very young Danielle Roussesu and her "team." I assume that he will flash around and eventually hook back up with the rest of his people.
Miles and Juliette are getting nose bleeds and will soon experience the same things as Charlotte, unless they can stop the time jumping when they get to the Orchid. Mrs. Hawking must know exactly when they shut it off, hence the 70 hour ultimatum to Ben. They'll have to be back on the island by then... Or Ben has to shut it off to save them, and in doing so, traps them there... Forever. Just some thoughts.
Some references to the numbers:
Kate's address: 42 Panorama Crest
The boat slip: Slip 23 at Long Beach Marina.
We now know that they could potentially run into their past selves on the island. When Locke sees the light from the hatch, he knew exactly when they where: the night that Boone died and when Claire gave birth to Aaron. Sawyer even prods Locke about going over to talk to "himself," but Locke says he needed to have the pain he did in order to to where he is today. Faraday said you can't change what has already happened, but if you are able to see your past self and past friends, don't you think you would be able to? Or, would it be that the past self wouldn't see you, but maybe hear "voices" or see "ghosts" or black smoke maybe? The Others from the past can see and interact with the Losties, but we don't know yet if they can interact with their past selves. Will they even touch on this?
So who was in the canoe shooting at Locke's team? As far as time, it was after the crash of 815, and close to current island time which should be in early 2005 now, right? I know the time thing is confusing because when we see Jack and Kate it's 2008ish, while on the island it should be still 2005 if they ever get back to normal.
Why did Ben send the lawyer after Kate? Did he not think Jack would be able to bring her in? Dan was also the attorney for Claire's mom who had sued Oceanic and was there by coincidence.
What did I miss? I know I missed something, but I have written this blog entry entirely from my iPhone and my eyes are crossed looking at this screen. Plus I need to do something else to get my mind off of this show for a while. Maybe I should unplug from everything for a little while... Yeah right! Like that'll happen. Until next time!
Lost Season 5, Epsiode 2: "Jughead" Airdate: 1/28/09
Oh WOW!!!! Charles Widemore was originally on the island as a part of Richard Alpert's army!!!! You'll have to excuse my excitement. I stay away from spoilers most of the time. This may have been common knowledge on some of the spoiler sites, but it is big news to me. So now the big question(s): what does Widemore do to get tossed of the island in the first place? Will it be answered this season? Is it his cocky little, power hungry attitude that causes him to be tossed off the island just as Lucifer was tossed from the Heavens? Ooooooooooooooooooooo. Could that last statement have legs? I know the writers have vehemently denied since day one that the Losties are in purgatory so I hate to even bring it up... and I'm not suggesting purgatory but rather the eternal battle between Heaven and Hell... starring Charles Widmore as Satan and Jacob as GOD, with special appearances by archangel Richard... where am I going with this? I DON'T KNOW. At least not yet. Let me give my mind a break and just cover some of the other things in this episode:
1. Desmond and Penny have a baby 3 years into the future which is technically present day now, right? The baby's name is Charlie. Awwwwwww, how sweet!
2. Desmond goes to Oxford to find Daniel Faraday's mom. That's where he finds out about Theresa Spencer (the girl's who's mind is stuck jumping though time). At her house he finds out that Widemore is her benefactor, and has bank rolled Faraday's work at Oxford. Also, the guard on the island in the 50's looks like Theresa Spencer, so sayeth Daniel.
3. Faraday's mom is in Los Angeles. Any chance that she might be Mrs. Hawkings? Just throwing that out there. It probably wouldn't be that easy.
4. On the island, they are 50 years in the past. It's 1954 according to the ageless Richard Alpert. Also Locke was born May 30, 1956.
5.The Hydrogen bomb is named "Jughead" hence the name of the episode.
6. The "Others" speak Latin. Did we know that? Or is that new? I can't remember.
7. Daniel professes his love for Charlotte.
I'm sure there is more. I'll re-watch it tomorrow night and see what I missed. I'm sure there are some things. We now return you to your regularly scheduled life...
1. Desmond and Penny have a baby 3 years into the future which is technically present day now, right? The baby's name is Charlie. Awwwwwww, how sweet!
2. Desmond goes to Oxford to find Daniel Faraday's mom. That's where he finds out about Theresa Spencer (the girl's who's mind is stuck jumping though time). At her house he finds out that Widemore is her benefactor, and has bank rolled Faraday's work at Oxford. Also, the guard on the island in the 50's looks like Theresa Spencer, so sayeth Daniel.
3. Faraday's mom is in Los Angeles. Any chance that she might be Mrs. Hawkings? Just throwing that out there. It probably wouldn't be that easy.
4. On the island, they are 50 years in the past. It's 1954 according to the ageless Richard Alpert. Also Locke was born May 30, 1956.
5.The Hydrogen bomb is named "Jughead" hence the name of the episode.
6. The "Others" speak Latin. Did we know that? Or is that new? I can't remember.
7. Daniel professes his love for Charlotte.
I'm sure there is more. I'll re-watch it tomorrow night and see what I missed. I'm sure there are some things. We now return you to your regularly scheduled life...
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