We’d better do a LOST thread, then…

> if it?s been broadcast, talk about it to your heart?s content

Broadcast in America? I think if that’s the case we should stop any chatter about the latest episode until the Wednesday night, just to give everyone a chance get it watched.

Although, having said that, Sky is only a few days behind so that would non-torrenters are a bit fucked. Quandary.

You guys aren’t prepared to wait 72 hours? Sheesh.

That said, Friday night is an awful time for Sky to show Lost. It needs to be on Sunday, after 24. That’s the law.

We’re waiting 72 hours for the HD version. It’s just we’ve got to watch a rubbish SD version in the meantime.

Noooo, no spoilers until after Friday! I can’t watch until then coz my machine is in Silicon Hospital :-(

Ah, furry muff.

> Let?s just say something was finally answered

Was it the question “What will happen in the first episode?”

I’d get a torrent going, but it would take it till Sunday to get the full episode…quicker to watch on the friday.

>Was it the question ?What will happen in the first episode??

Ha! No, I haven’t gotten that one in awhile. Anyone who has express interest in the show this late in the game has been pointed to the DVD’s and told not to ask me anything. It’s too complicated to explain. Really really.

>I found it amusing the way they were covering certain actors (namely that annoying wossface blonde girl from season one) not coming back

Shannon. Ugh. Good riddance. I also noticed that Anna-Lucia and Libby weren’t shown, either, but Frogurt had an appearance, thankfully with no dialog. Why did they feel the need to include him? Bring on the flaming arrows.

And John.

> I found it amusing the way they were covering certain actors (namely that annoying wossface blonde girl from season one) not coming back by having slight differences in the timeline (I bet that?s NEVER explained).

What’s interesting about that particular difference is that surely the bomb going off had no impact on Shannon’s decision to stay in Australia? Unless…maybe in this timeline her dad never died in that car crash. Something like that. It probably will never be explained. They could easily have said she was in the bathroom. I’m sure Maggie Grace did return to film something at a later time. We shall see.

> As far as I?m concerned, Lost is all about Ben and Desmond and Daniel. And Richard.

I don’t think Desmond or Daniel Faraday are going to have much of a role, which is so sad considering how great their connection was in arguably the best ever episode, ‘The Constant’. They were easily two of the best cast members, Henry Ian Cuisak in particular a fantastic actor.

I’m guessing they had to kill Faraday and leave Desmond with his ‘happy ending’ because they knew the whole storyline was just too big for them to deal with when they had to focus on the other core characters for the final season. I doubt this is the last they’ll appear onscreen (obviously Jack’s already seen Desmond, whether he was actually on the plane is up for debate) but their stories are essentially done. Bummer.

> So far my quest for a HD version is proving fruitless. God, I miss Mininova.

I don’t watch Lost so I haven’t been on a quest for a HD version, but apparently http://www.monova.org/ is meant to be the ‘replacement site’ for Mininova, may be worth checking out if you haven’t already…

Seb, you’ve really got to watch ‘The Constant’, even though, in retrospect, killing off Faraday and cutting Desmond’s role down maybe lessens its impact. I still reckon it’s one of the best single episodes of anything I’ve ever seen. That, ‘The Shape Of Things To Come’ and the 2-part finale are, for me, Lost’s real peak. I’ll be very surprised if they can top those.

Oh yeah, just occurred to me some parallels between this “alternate timeline” and earlier series:
Jack resuscitates Charlie after choking, just like when he was hung by Ethan.
Charlie tells Jack he was “meant to die”, which echoes his inescapable death as predicted by Desmond.
People lose the same things on landing at LAX as they did on the Island – Jack loses his father’s body, Jin loses his watch. Edward Mars loses his captive. Not sure about Locke’s knives but didn’t Boone or Sawyer or somebody pick them up originally before they got back to Locke?

I’ve never seen Lost. What have I missed so far? ;-)

So it’s better than Robin’s Nest then? Well I could still watch it. I dont really know anything about it apart from an Island and something about a trap door and a polar bear. Is it ending soon?

I think one of the things that makes LOST so great is all theorising and debating it brings up from episode to episode. I feel like people watching the complete box set through in a couple of months will miss out on all the other parts of the LOST universe.

Oh, and this made me laugh. A lot.

> and then all of a sudden the Locke-version was around?

But at that point no one even knew that *wasn’t* Locke. After the finale it was assumed the Man in Black was the Smoke Monster, but there#’s big difference between fan assumption and the show confirming it.

Well, MiB is obviously not in Locke’s body as Locke’s body was in the coffin.

That’s what I meant to say, Man in Locke isn’t Man in Black. And what does that make Walt?

>Oh, and this made me laugh. A lot.

Best. Link. Evah. Me and the hubby got a good laugh out of that!

There was a photo of a woman in the paper a day or two, and she was the spitting image of Hurley. Unfortunately, I can’t find the picture, or remember the story. So… pointless, really.

I haven’t seen the finale yet, but I’m wondering what you think hasn’t been explained?
I think they’ve done a pretty good job of explaining most of what’s happened since day 1 – certainly all the important stuff.

Well, ignoring anything that can be explained away as being to do with Island’s powers (which I hadn’t expected to get an answer to)…

Why they were all (including non-candidates)connected before the Island?, What happened to Walt and why was he seemingly so important in the first two seasons?, Why did Charlie go mad before Aaron’s baptism?, What was all the time travel about?, What did Widmore actually want beyond a vague exploitation of the Island’s power?, Why did Claire leave Aaron?, What possessed Sayid?, What was all that bollocks about Jack’s tattoo?, Why did Sayid end up with Shannon rather than Nadia? Why did Ben kill Locke after talking him out of killing himself? Why did Ben believe he was in control of Smokie?

For starters.

I’d also like an explanation for the numbers, but apparently this was covered in spin-off media. Which is lame.