Lost: Across the Sea
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shah_of_blahBut first, totally unrelated to Lost--a PSA. Of a sort. So, many people are struggling through finals right now, and hopefully not reading my LJ if that's the case, but, well. As of 11pm last night, I am officially on vacation, hence using today to catch up on all the TV I missed in the last few days. But one thing that helped me out a lot this past week was this awesome little app called Self Control. You can download it for free, and then you create a blocklist and designate a time period. For example, I blocked Facebook and Livejournal for several hours yesterday, and until the time was up my computer would not let me access either website. Awesome! Self control for the people who have none. Okay, /psa.
Lost: Across the Sea
I was really distracted during the birth scene because she didn't cut the umbilical cords.
Oh my god I actually know something about this episode! The game is called Senat. It's an ancient Egyptian boardgame, the predecessor to backgammon. I recognized the set-up and some of the markings on the board. You have pieces, one color for each player. My board is white and green, but they have to be all symbolic and stuff so it's black and white. Uh, but you move along the board, setting up blocks for the other player like in backgammon. And like in backgammon, a single piece is vulnerable. There are also a couple designated safe spots where the other player can't attack you. And there's one one spot that's a trap--if you land on it, you get sent back to an earlier point.
"What's dead?" He reminds me of Cain right now. I'm not very up on my biblical stuff, but I read Byron's Cain a few weeks ago. His big ol' problem in most of the play is that he's terrified of death. He's never seen it, doesn't understand what it is...only knows that it's something that will happen to him because of his parents' crime. I guess part of that applies.
What did MIB say about his mom? That she was crazy, right?
"I've made it so you can never hurt each other." Hmm, what do you think would have happened to Cain and Abel if they'd been physically incapable of killing each other?
Lol, glowy cave.
"If the light goes out here, it goes out everywhere." I'm assuming this is somehow talking about electromagnetism. Also reminds me of those eternal flame myths. Except I don't remember anything about them...
Ugh not this HPV ad again.
Wait wait wait so is little!Jacob confirmed as the boy Not!Locke was seeing? I don't totally remember what he looked like. But I did read this theory about how it was a sign that Jacob was regenerating.
Looks like they can hurt each other.
Allison Janney reminds me a little bit of Libby.
I still don't like adult!Jacob because I can't look at him without thinking of Paul from Dexter.
"They're greedy, manipulative, untrustworthy, and selfish." Doesn't sound so far from most of our Losties.
"I have no idea because you wouldn't tell me, mother." Damn straight. Single most frustrating thing about this show. Nobody ever tells anybody anything.
I like MIB.
She filled his well in with dirt? 1) How did she do it so quickly? and 2) Why can't he just dig it up again?
OH SNAP! Killed his mother! Hey, is that the same knife Dogen gave Sayid? Look at me, remembering things!
This reminds me now of those boyfight videos George Bluth made of Michael and GOB.
Oh yeah. You fucked up, Jacob. You created the smoke monster. Not so good now.
Hello Jack and Kate. Wait, what? Did I miss something? Uhh this is a season 1 flashback thing? Geez Lost, not everybody is a crazy fan who memorizes the show. Seriously, cut me some slack. So the Adam&Eve skeletons are MIB and his mother? But he don't stay dead.
Well, okay.
Lost: Across the Sea
I was really distracted during the birth scene because she didn't cut the umbilical cords.
Oh my god I actually know something about this episode! The game is called Senat. It's an ancient Egyptian boardgame, the predecessor to backgammon. I recognized the set-up and some of the markings on the board. You have pieces, one color for each player. My board is white and green, but they have to be all symbolic and stuff so it's black and white. Uh, but you move along the board, setting up blocks for the other player like in backgammon. And like in backgammon, a single piece is vulnerable. There are also a couple designated safe spots where the other player can't attack you. And there's one one spot that's a trap--if you land on it, you get sent back to an earlier point.
"What's dead?" He reminds me of Cain right now. I'm not very up on my biblical stuff, but I read Byron's Cain a few weeks ago. His big ol' problem in most of the play is that he's terrified of death. He's never seen it, doesn't understand what it is...only knows that it's something that will happen to him because of his parents' crime. I guess part of that applies.
What did MIB say about his mom? That she was crazy, right?
"I've made it so you can never hurt each other." Hmm, what do you think would have happened to Cain and Abel if they'd been physically incapable of killing each other?
Lol, glowy cave.
"If the light goes out here, it goes out everywhere." I'm assuming this is somehow talking about electromagnetism. Also reminds me of those eternal flame myths. Except I don't remember anything about them...
Ugh not this HPV ad again.
Wait wait wait so is little!Jacob confirmed as the boy Not!Locke was seeing? I don't totally remember what he looked like. But I did read this theory about how it was a sign that Jacob was regenerating.
Looks like they can hurt each other.
Allison Janney reminds me a little bit of Libby.
I still don't like adult!Jacob because I can't look at him without thinking of Paul from Dexter.
"They're greedy, manipulative, untrustworthy, and selfish." Doesn't sound so far from most of our Losties.
"I have no idea because you wouldn't tell me, mother." Damn straight. Single most frustrating thing about this show. Nobody ever tells anybody anything.
I like MIB.
She filled his well in with dirt? 1) How did she do it so quickly? and 2) Why can't he just dig it up again?
OH SNAP! Killed his mother! Hey, is that the same knife Dogen gave Sayid? Look at me, remembering things!
This reminds me now of those boyfight videos George Bluth made of Michael and GOB.
Oh yeah. You fucked up, Jacob. You created the smoke monster. Not so good now.
Hello Jack and Kate. Wait, what? Did I miss something? Uhh this is a season 1 flashback thing? Geez Lost, not everybody is a crazy fan who memorizes the show. Seriously, cut me some slack. So the Adam&Eve skeletons are MIB and his mother? But he don't stay dead.
Well, okay.
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Date: 2010-05-12 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-05-13 12:27 am (UTC)(Also, I'm not sure I've ever told you this, so: I LOVE your icon!)
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Date: 2010-05-13 05:08 am (UTC)And thanks! It's by the very talented
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Date: 2010-05-13 01:24 am (UTC)I was amused that the former Claudia Jean killed a Claudia. Heh.
This episode reminded me of what Deadlock was to BSG. Televisionary's review today really brought 4.5 of BSG to mind in fact.
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Date: 2010-05-13 05:24 am (UTC)I don't think it was quite on the level of Deadlock. I certainly didn't hate it. It was just a little...boring, which is not optimal for one of the last episodes...
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Date: 2010-05-13 05:39 am (UTC)Also it brought up more questions than it answered.
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Date: 2010-05-13 06:32 am (UTC)Either way, the last episodes have got to be a hell of a lot better than this.
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Date: 2010-05-18 04:44 am (UTC)Hee! Yep, Jacob seemed to realize that. But it killed MIB (his not having a name really bothers me, I call him Esau) and now I'm wondering how MIB comes back to life.
I love Alison Janney. :-)
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Date: 2010-05-19 02:50 am (UTC)Hee, my dad was complaining about that during tonight's episode. You know, he's been around for centuries and nobody ever calls him by name...