So just got through the big season 5 finale of Lost last night...
What did everyone think?
I thought it was really good, and while some of it was a bit obvious, there were still cool moments, and of course headscratchers! SPOILER Locke's dead in the cliffhanger, again?!? So who is the living Locke? The final scene in the foot with Jacob they reference the loophole, from the opening scene, where Jacob's on the island with another man, who apparently wants to kill him, if only he could find said loophole. So who was that man? (and what did I recognize him from, it's driving me batty... and I'm too lazy to IMDB it...) What is this loophole? What is Jacob? And how is this man Locke, or vice versa. I mean, we know it's all something to do with Egyptian gods, or some such, but I'm no student of anything outside comics and pop culture. So is Jacob an Egyptian god of life/death (I know this was speculated, as to what Egyptian stuff was in play for weeks)?
It was kind of neat how Jacob was there giving a "little push" at the moment of crisis for all of our cast... How? And to what end?
Who are these self proclaimed "good guys" with their shadow of the statue talk?
And, are we really going to see the cast back on flight 815 and landing safe at LAX next season? Or is that a red herring? Seems to me, if they do put the cast back together, on the other side of flight 815... it's ripe for that proposed movie there's been talk of in the past. Then the cast could have some reason to find the island or some such.
But if that's where we are at the start of the final season, where do we go from there? If that's not where we are, what does Juliette's detonation bring?
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Good stuff.
Thoughts??
I posted this over on my DeviantArt journal last nigte, so check over there for some discussion... HERE
Also, you can check out the always stunning breakdowns by Doc Jensen on EW.com HERE And The Beat does a recap with lively discussion each ep HERE
If you're as big a Lost fan as me, then last night was a big one. The show is top notch all around, but they really go all out with each season finale, from blowing the lids of mysterious hatches, to giant 4 toed statue foot remnants, to mind bending flash forwards... the finales pack a wallop.
So how about season 4, last nights wrap up?
While not as crazy as season 2 or 3, it is a slow burner, stacked with plenty, and plenty, of tasty morsels.
I won't go into all of it, but man, I'm still in love with this show, and can't wait (8 months) for more!
If you follow the show and haven't checked it out yet EW.com's Doc Jensen is an indispensable source of scholarly Lost knowledge, check out season 4's finale wrap up HERE
Another day, another shitload of people, and the sell-outs continue, as Friday (tomorrow) has also sold out as well.
I tried to get shots of interesting attendees, but missed a couple... most notably, Stan Lee as he was whisked by in front of my table surrounded by security. Alas, my camera takes forever to set for a shot, so I missed him! I did grab Sid Haig (Captain Spaulding of House of 1000 Corpses, and The Devils Rejects fame), and he was cool enough to hold this pose for a ridiculously long time...
There were at least 3 slave Leia's walking around, this was perhaps the best (there's no shortage of them around cons these days)...
And this morning, as I grabbed my copy of Comics From Mars #1 (by Paul Pope), and King City volume 1 from Tokyopop (by Brandon Graham), I found the Cherry Darling amputee model, and got her picture (along with a mob of other photogs)!
My wife, Tami, made it to the show, for the first time this trip, around quarter to 5, just in time to hit the Lost season 4 panel... I'll try and upload some pics on that later... Sounds like they basically highlighted how "everything ties together, and they know where it's all going", ha ha. Look forward to more flash forwards, the Dharma initiative fully revealed early on, the return of Michael (who appeared as a surprise guest on the panel), and the significance of Rousseau and her story over the next two seasons.
Tomorrow I've got two good friends hitting the show, Randy Kintz (Jason and the Argonauts), who's also from Portland and will likely be hanging at the table, and Javier Hernandez (El Muerto), who's got a screening of the independent film adaptation of his comic at 9PM at the con. Tami and I, and likely some friends, plan to attend the Aztec Zombie Wilmer Valderrama feature!
Idol was anti-climatic (Blake didn't wanna/need ta win), but you can't deny the power the show now has in the fading music industry.
Survivor was perhaps the best season since Pearl Islands and Rupert (or even longer), with many twists, shocking developments, and the ever prevalent wrinkles the producers throw out actually made for some great results again and again. (Plus I was pulling for Earl)
Heroes, haven't watched the last two episodes yet, so the jury's still out on that... but I'll tell you now, I dug on Lost a lot more than Heroes after both came back from their respective breaks.
The Lost finale was great on so many levels and really paid off the whole third season in big ways, while also setting up a new formula to not only spin things around for the final 3 (shortened seasons), but hopefully do away with the dreaded, redundant flashback sequences! So much action - the others beat-downs, big character moments - Hurly saving the day, cool settings - the undersea station, and the twist ending - bearded drugged-out future Jack. For those that tuned out this season, you're missing out!
You can check out EW's comprehensive coverage of the show, including wrap ups and speculations, HERE
Despite views to the contrary, and waning interest, I think Lost is beginning to hit on all cylinders again. Sure they've stretched things out, and had some really weak moments, but as we swing towards season finale time, the show is getting much better. Last nights episode was a great one, thanks I'm sure to the writing debuts of one Brian K Vaughan, so, if you're still getting your Lost on, you must check out the Entertainment Weekly episode wrap-ups. They're filled with much more than a play-by-play of the episodes, and delve into the subtext of one of the densest shows on TV, highlighting all the little elements that tell what ultimately is going on, and build what potentially may come. They're very smart, and a great addition to the experience of following the show.
