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[liptonrm_backup]

Well, friends and compatriots, there was a new Lost last night.



TREBUCHET!!!!! YAAAAAAY!!!!! </ history geek moment>

Locke is quite possibly the coolest character I've ever seen on tv. He's complex and tragic and he fascinates me. It's no wonder that his episodes are among the best of the series (IMO, no succeeding ep has yet exceeded 'White Rabbit', the first one to focus on Locke). The man has issues and layers and I want to know everything about him. I want to know his whole life story and why he is the way he is. Even with everything that we saw tonight about his parents there is still so much more that I'm dying to find out. His story, both in flashback and in 'real-time' was gripping and extremely emotional. I'm overwhelmed, I think I could spend viewing after viewing picking apart the metaphorical symbolism of everything that was going on. And that dream? Duuuuuude.

It goes without saying that Terry O'Quinn is an amazing actor. And it was never more evident then it was last night. Wow. He is completely and utterly believable as Locke, a character that a lesser actor could easily turn into some sort of crazy religious nutjob. Yeah, he's definitely got that going on, but O'Quinn provides us with a Locke who is sympathetic, emotional and layered as well as being creepy. Frankly, it's the sympathy that he brings to the character that makes him, in my opinion, more creepy rather then less so. Cause crazy religious nutjobs are only dangerous when they're charismatic enough to gather followers around them. Otherwise they'd be that smelly guy with straggly hair out on the street corner holding a sign saying that the End is Nigh. He's done good for a Yupper, eh?

Here I was tonight, just starting to like Boone. Sure it helps to view him as Robin to Locke's Batman but he was actually starting to be rather likeable. I liked his lines, I was intrigued by the story about his nanny Theresa and now I want to know more about him and they had him fall off that freaking cliff! Of course, just as I'm starting to like him it looks like they're going to kill him off. Sure, it's been sounding like they're going to wait till the season finale to do the killing but I don't trust JJ Abrams and Company anymore then I trusted Joss Whedon or Chris Carter. Why, oh why do I watch tv shows created by people who like to hurt me?

But, yeah, if anyone were to die it would probably have to be Boone. His defining role in the show is as Locke's shadow. He has possibility but no real plot significance and no skills that aren't exceeded by other castaways. Poor Boone, I still hope you don't die even if you're the most expendable. And my friend Dan is going to be awfully disappointed, he started watching Lost all for teh pretteh of Ian Somerhalder.

I enjoyed the 'comedic' sub-plot. It proved that both Jack and Sawyer can be pretty dang engaging when they want to be. And though Kate still annoys me she was more inocuous. Michael, Jin, Hurley and Sun were used to good effect in the little cameos they had and seeing Sayid weld the glasses together was very Macguyver. It all amused me muchly.

All right guys, speculation time. What do you think that glowing light in the hatch was? Why did Locke have to sacrifice Boone to make it work? Will they dispose of the heroin before Charlie finds it? Will Boone's radio contact do any good? Why haven't they started planning an expedition to the Black Rock yet? Whatever happened to the monster in the jungle? Will Claire actually have her baby next week and if she does will it actually survive for long as babies are notoriously hard to deal with on tv sets?

ETA: auntiemeesh had a very good observation about Locke's character and how he is generally self-centered. In the hospital he said "He [his father] wouldn't do this to me." and on the hatch after Boone's accident he was asking the Island why it was doing that to him. Fascinating, I hadn't picked that up.

Questions, questions and more questions and JJ says that some answers (but not all) will be forthcoming in the 2 hour long season finale on May 25. I'm not sure that I trust him. So many show creators have treated me so badly in the past. *melodramatic sniffle*

OT: liz_marcs has posted the Ultimate Mary Sue Soundtrack which she has entitled Attack of the Mary Sues, Volumes 1 & 2. I have not downloaded it yet but it looks absolutely, hillariously wonderful. The horror of the Mary Sue is something all fans everywhere can agree on, it's our great unifier;-).

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[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks for the pimp.

I can't believe how much fun people are having with the soundtrack. Actually, most of the tunes are pretty good (as a few people pointed out), although you have your standard ear-splitters.

I had fun putting it together. It was a good learning experience on how to format the Africander soundtrack (also 2 CD) which I hope to finish soon.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

My pleasure. It's all about sharing the joy;-).

The whole idea is just so much fun. It doesn't get much better then reveling in the campy side of fandom and poking fun at Mary Sue who we all courted in the past but mostly grew out of, mostly.

I can't wait to have it all downloaded and really looking forward to the Africander soundtrack. The more music the merrier.

[hiyacynth.livejournal.com]

LOST=good.

I'm with you on Boone. I read that Josh Holloway article the other day and made a list of the 14 major characters, with notes on how much backstory and potential fore-story they have going on, and Boone came up as the one to go, followed closely by Claire and Jin. Shannon was on there, too--sort of a toss up as to whose backstory that was really exploring--but because they've gone with the Shannon/Sayid thing, I doubt they'll kill her off. They need for someone to be having teh sex while Jack, Kate, and Sawyer do the Often Annoying Dance of Sexual Tension.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Poor Boone. Of all the main characters he is the most useless. I've seen people say that Charlie is pretty dang useless himself, but there is more forward momentum in his story. You can see how he's being set up to go places and grow.

I say this, and yet I can't help wanting to see what they could do with Boone's character as well. If he is the one to go I'll be sorry to see it, which is quite the testament to the actor and writers.

Not only is Shannon necessary for teh sex, she is also the only person in their little group who speaks french. Though, if she were to die I'm sure they'd find another cute, blonde, french speaker among the castaways who was winging her way back to Chicago after a Con in Sydney. Then she would be the one to have all teh sex with Sayid. It'd all work out.

[baylorsr.livejournal.com]

I decided this morning that they're just screwing with us about killing someone off, and the person who dies is going to be -- Rose. And then they'll say, "Yes, she's a main character! She is, really! We didn't say it would be a MAIN main character who gets killed!"

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

WAAAAH! Not Rose! Rose is teh kewlest!!!

There is nothing tv people like more then giving faulty evidence to the audience. That and running their shows so long that they lose everything that made them great. I bet they laugh about it while they're smoking crack in those 'development' meettings they have.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

The MacGuyver moment was awesome. Now, of course, I've got the theme music running through my head, lol.

I wonder how many of those questions we'll be left to ponder over the summer.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Sayid can make me glasses whenever he wants 'sall I'm sayin'. ;-)

Oy, knowing the way that tv people like to screw with me we'll never get the answers to anything. But then, I could be indulging in a little melodramatic pessimism there.