Lost Thoughts
Feb. 24th, 2005 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshAnother very good episode of Lost last night.
First things first. When Jin went to the Korean guy's house to deliver his father-in-law's message, did anyone else see Hurley on the TV program the little girl was watching? It was just a little flash but it had to be him. There were several really good Hurley moments this week. I was particularly impressed with his effort to help Jin relax by offering to take him fishing, and you could see that Jin was torn. But I loved that last scene, when the batteries in Hurley's CD player finally died. I have to admit, my first thought when he walked across the screen wearing his headphones was, 'Holy shit, how have his batteries not died yet?' and then they did. Poor Hurley looked like he was going to crumble. I think the music has been proving a solace to him that he sorely needs and now it's gone. I think next week is going to be Hurley's episode and I'm very eager to learn more about his past and where they are going to take his character now.
I was a bit disappointed in the raft burning 'mystery'. The writers were a bit heavy handed, I thought, and I was convinced from the first that it was Walt that had burned it, which made it painful to see Jin being made the scapegoat for some pretty flimsy reasons.
That first conversation between Michael and Walt about the buildings of New York City was an amusing look at a father and son who have very little ability to communicate. Poor Walt clearly doesn't have any interest whatsoever in 'buildings' and the plea to go play ball with Vincent was a blatant attempt to flee. Malcolm David Kelley (Walt) has a very expressive face and when the camera looked at him after showing us the burning raft, it was all written there for everyone to see. And then they tried to make us think Jin had done it by showing that he had burns on his arms. It just seemed too obvious that he must have been trying to put the fire out and I really felt for him when even Sun jumped to assume he was guilty.
We learned a lot about Jin's character this week. Yet another tortured soul on this island chock full of tortured souls. It was too sad to learn that he, too, wanted to escape to America and start over with a new life for him and Sun. But he's so stubborn. He is feeling betrayed by Sun and so even though they both still love each other, he won't accept her plea that they start over and try again. I think there is still hope for them however, once things cool down. One or the other will be endangered somehow and the other will come running, or Sun will have to translate something for Jin and it will start them talking again, or something. (I know, I'm a romantic optimist, but I can't help it, I hope they'll get back together eventually.)
The previews for next week look really good! But then after that we have a six week hiatus. That is going to be painful. :(
First things first. When Jin went to the Korean guy's house to deliver his father-in-law's message, did anyone else see Hurley on the TV program the little girl was watching? It was just a little flash but it had to be him. There were several really good Hurley moments this week. I was particularly impressed with his effort to help Jin relax by offering to take him fishing, and you could see that Jin was torn. But I loved that last scene, when the batteries in Hurley's CD player finally died. I have to admit, my first thought when he walked across the screen wearing his headphones was, 'Holy shit, how have his batteries not died yet?' and then they did. Poor Hurley looked like he was going to crumble. I think the music has been proving a solace to him that he sorely needs and now it's gone. I think next week is going to be Hurley's episode and I'm very eager to learn more about his past and where they are going to take his character now.
I was a bit disappointed in the raft burning 'mystery'. The writers were a bit heavy handed, I thought, and I was convinced from the first that it was Walt that had burned it, which made it painful to see Jin being made the scapegoat for some pretty flimsy reasons.
That first conversation between Michael and Walt about the buildings of New York City was an amusing look at a father and son who have very little ability to communicate. Poor Walt clearly doesn't have any interest whatsoever in 'buildings' and the plea to go play ball with Vincent was a blatant attempt to flee. Malcolm David Kelley (Walt) has a very expressive face and when the camera looked at him after showing us the burning raft, it was all written there for everyone to see. And then they tried to make us think Jin had done it by showing that he had burns on his arms. It just seemed too obvious that he must have been trying to put the fire out and I really felt for him when even Sun jumped to assume he was guilty.
We learned a lot about Jin's character this week. Yet another tortured soul on this island chock full of tortured souls. It was too sad to learn that he, too, wanted to escape to America and start over with a new life for him and Sun. But he's so stubborn. He is feeling betrayed by Sun and so even though they both still love each other, he won't accept her plea that they start over and try again. I think there is still hope for them however, once things cool down. One or the other will be endangered somehow and the other will come running, or Sun will have to translate something for Jin and it will start them talking again, or something. (I know, I'm a romantic optimist, but I can't help it, I hope they'll get back together eventually.)
The previews for next week look really good! But then after that we have a six week hiatus. That is going to be painful. :(
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Date: 2005-02-24 06:41 am (UTC)I don't know if Sun and Jin will get back together or not. This show is pretty unpredictable.
"Six week hiatus". Hmmph.
What happened to the old days, when a new show came on in September, and except for Christmas week, you could count on a new show every week until April? old fogey mode on:*grumblemumblemumble*stoopidtvpeople* old fogey mode off.
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Date: 2005-02-24 07:39 am (UTC)There are shows I used to attempt to watch but they were so unpredictable as to schedule I gave up. Good way to get a decent show cancelled, but perhaps the scheduling people aren't thinking about that... or perhaps they are...
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Date: 2005-02-24 12:57 pm (UTC)That would *never* work nowadays. How sad.
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Date: 2005-02-24 04:58 pm (UTC)The other thing that really ruins all chances for a good show is presenting the episodes of a new series out of order. Trying to get to know new characters and settings when carefully plotted out arcs are thrown into disarray is very difficult.
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Date: 2005-02-24 04:36 pm (UTC)