Wednesday, February 24, 2010

LOST: Random Thoughts and Questions I Want Answered!!!



This "Last Supper" pic of LOST is a bit sacriligious but totally cool as well. Notice the strategic placement of the characters.

So I watched Season 3 this past weekend and I found it to be a great refresher course on several subsequent things LOST. (Yes, the whole season because that's what weekends are for.) Season 3 is quintessential.

I wanna give a shout out to Mr. B. and the guys from 281 for reading my blog.

What is the true significance of the numbers?

WE WANT A RICHARD-CENTRIC EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will Flocke (Fake Locke) kill Sawyer?

Will Sawyer join forces with Flocke?

What will Ilana do with Jacob's ashes?

Did Richard arrive on the Black Rock as a slave? Is that what Flocke meant when he said "It's good to see you out of those chains?" He couldn't have said it as they traveled to the Statue because Richard would have known it wasn't Locke.

How does Walt play into all of the recent developments? After all, he is "special."

Why did Claire show up in the cabin with Jack's father Christian? Is Christian a manifestation of the MIB?

How did Ben control Smokey when he unleashed it on the Freighter Folks if he didn't even know that the MIB is Smokey or who Smokey is?

How does the island wind up under water?


Shout out to my fellow I.S. 68 LOST fans: Lopez and Monaco.

Where is the rest of the statue of the Egyptian goddess Tawaret?

Lost is the best show ever!

I hope the new season of Glee doesn't overlap with Lost.

Namaste!

LOST: The Final Season: Episode 5: Lighthouse





"Lighthouse" was a Jack-centric episode. We learned that JACK HAS A SON in the alternate parallel universe/flash sideways. So the big question is Who's the baby mother? This is huge! I was explaining to a friend that when The Hatch exploded, it changed everything, not just the events of September 22, 2004, i.e. the crash of Oceanic flight 815. Anything could have happened up to that point. Therefore, it is reasonable that Jack had a son. We also leanred that just like Michael and Walt, Jack doesn't seem to know much about his son, namely the fact that his son is a musical prodigy. I think this will be huge in the next few episodes. It's TOO OBVIOUS for Kate to be the mother...that would just be too simple for the complexity of LOST. The Samurai turns up in Jack's flash sideways as the father of a child auditioning for the same music school that Jack's son David is trying to get into.




We caught up with Claire and the BIG REVEAL was that she and Smokey/Flocke/The MIB are "friends." This came much to Jin's surprise being that he is aware that this person is not Locke. How's he gonna get himself out of this situation? Perhaps they will all go back to the Temple. Claire was pretty upset to learn that Kate has been raising Aaron for the last three years. Claire is clearly the new Rousseau. And speaking of Rousseau, her name was on the wheel at the top of the lighthouse. That means she was a candidate.

There weren't too many big reveals in this episode but what was kinda cool was the 360 degree contraption at the top of the lighthouse that dials up candidates' names and shows vignettes from their lives in a mirror. Jack angrily broke the mirrors when he found out that Jacob had been watching him. This was kinda weird...I figured so what? Is it more important to Jack that he was being watched or the reason why he's on the island in the first place? Again, there were numbers attached to the names. There MUST BE more significance to the numbers so we are patiently awaiting that reveal.

However, it is cool that Hurley has ongoing, sporadic communication with Jacob. The Samurai backed off when Hurley told him he was a candidate. So Jacob still gets respect even after his death.

All in all, I was looking for more big reveals in episode 5 but I guess they are coming soon. We were reminded that "Adam and Eve" the two dead bodies in the caves (from season 1) were still laying around and that are obviously two of our Losties. My guess is Rose and Bernard. It could also be Kate and Sawyer. Who knows? I thought that Jack would remind Hurley that it couldn't be the two of them as Hurley suggested because one of them is a female. ABC built enormous anticipation with next week's trailer...



...but they promise that "questions will be answered." Can't wait! LOST is the best show ever!!!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

LOST: The Final Season, Episodes 1-4



So we're 4 episodes into the FINAL SEASON OF LOST (The best show ever) and I'm just getting around to my reviews. These 4 episodes have thus far answered several important questions and resolved a couple of mysteries, however, the season is just getting started and there are many more enigmas yet to be unveiled.

Season 6, Episodes 1 and 2: LAX Part 1 and LAX Part 2:
Jack's plan (blowing up Jughead) worked (or did it?) and the Losties arrive safely in Los Angeles. However, they are still on the island at the same time. It's a parallel timeline! First we had flashbacks, then flashforwards. Now it's flash sideways! What is Desmond doing on the plane headed from Sydney to LAX??? He should have been in the Hatch at that time. The producers say we're gonna get all the answers this season but this is another pretty big question right out the gate.

The MIB is the Smoke monster. (Huge revelation)

The characters keep running into each other at LAX. The Man in Black (Jacob's nemesis) who we met at the end of Season 5 has overtaken John Locke's body and is now on a mission. We learned why there was ash around Jacob's cabin. Juliette and Sayid both die but then Sayid comes back to life after taking a dip in a strange jacuzzi at The Temple under the leadership of some bearded Asian dude who's in charge. Noteworthy are the Egyptian themes and the Kemetic Ankh.

The MIB tells Richard, "It's good to see you out of those chains." Message board fans have linked this to an ancient Greek myth...more on that later.

One more thing...If Juliette's message to Sawyer (via Myles who talks to the dead)was "It worked," how does she know??

Season 6, Episode 3: What Kate Does:
So Kate hijacks a cab that Claire (who we haven't seen for quite some time) was in. Claire was on her way to meet the adoptive parents in LA, who we learn are now separated and therefore won't be adopting Aaron. This is aligned with episodes from ealier seasons where it is established that Claire is supposed to raise Aaron and no one else.

Sawyer leaves the Temple and Kate follows him. He has clearly had enough and goes back to his old Dharma house for some quiet time, reflection and mourning. Sayid gets tortured by The Others and Claire shows up at the end very Rousseau-esque with a gun. According to the Asian leader dude, she is infected with the same supposed illness that Sayid now has. Pretty good episode.

Season 6, Episode 4: The Substitute:
OK so just when we thought we were going to get a Richard-centric episode, turns out it was a MIB (Man in Black) centric episode. We are still in the dark as to why Richard does not age and who he really is. Revealing and amazingly revelatory, we got some insight as to the numbers' significance. We saw Ilana take some of Jacob's ashes and then she, Ben and Sun buried the real John Locke back at the original beach.

The MIB takes Sawyer to a cave (shot at a beautiful cliffside location BTW) where the Losties' names are all over the walls. Some names are crossed out and the MIB states that Jacob brought everyone to the island to see if they were suitable for the job of leader. I enjoyed this episode.

Weekly recaps forthcoming from this point. Lost is the best show ever. This final season has been awesome so far. It's kismet that the show moved from Wednesdays to Tuesdays because I'm now working until 9 pm on Wednesdays.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Asian Barbecued Ribs



My nephew and I are about to tear these bad boys up!

The recipe was not that difficult. All it took was some sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, Chinese five spice, pineapple juice, ketchup, hoisin sauce, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, minced garlic and fresh smashed ginger. Oh yeah, and the ribs, of course, trimmed of excess fat. The ribs came out sweet, spicy and sticky. I opted not to garnish with sesame seeds.

Now if it would just stop snowing...

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