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Lost from the beginning (NO SPOILERS)
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Walkabout:
Struggling with his addiction to stims, Dr. Franklin walks the station in an attempt to meet himself. Oh wait...wrong Walkabout.
As for this Walkabout:
Well, after this episode I think Locke is my favorite character so far. The ending absolutely threw me for a loop. What is going on? What cured him? How amazing bad-ass is he that he can just stand up, and start hunting boar single-handedly. It's interesting to note. This is a guy that back in civilization was living in fantasy. He plays his war-games, and thinks he has an actual relationship with his phone-shrink. Yet here, he is suddenly living his fantasy. He's an explorer, and a hunter. He's quickly becoming respected. Oh yeah, and he can walk. I get the sense that Locke would have no desire to leave the island if given the opportunity.
What else? Well there's a bit of foreshadowing that there may be more survivors from the other half of the plane (as if there weren't already an insane amount from this half) and Jack is possible hallucinating a man in a suit, but possibly not. There's also a somewhat amusing scene of Hurley and Charlie trying to fish. I thought they both seemed rather hopeless until we see Charlie actually caught one. The look on his face when he realized Shannon had been using him was priceless, too. I guess the musician thought he had his first island groupie.
I like the way that they're slowly introducing us to the characters, by giving them each their own episode with flashbacks that fill us in on the circumstances that brought them here. With a cast this large, it could have been a mess. However, each one seems to be getting their due. Some people said to mention once I got to Locke's episode, as that's the one that brought them in for the long haul. Well, I have to agree. I'm in.
Oh yeah, and with this episode I think I've finally got everyone's names. Took them long enough.
Struggling with his addiction to stims, Dr. Franklin walks the station in an attempt to meet himself. Oh wait...wrong Walkabout.
As for this Walkabout:
Well, after this episode I think Locke is my favorite character so far. The ending absolutely threw me for a loop. What is going on? What cured him? How amazing bad-ass is he that he can just stand up, and start hunting boar single-handedly. It's interesting to note. This is a guy that back in civilization was living in fantasy. He plays his war-games, and thinks he has an actual relationship with his phone-shrink. Yet here, he is suddenly living his fantasy. He's an explorer, and a hunter. He's quickly becoming respected. Oh yeah, and he can walk. I get the sense that Locke would have no desire to leave the island if given the opportunity.
What else? Well there's a bit of foreshadowing that there may be more survivors from the other half of the plane (as if there weren't already an insane amount from this half) and Jack is possible hallucinating a man in a suit, but possibly not. There's also a somewhat amusing scene of Hurley and Charlie trying to fish. I thought they both seemed rather hopeless until we see Charlie actually caught one. The look on his face when he realized Shannon had been using him was priceless, too. I guess the musician thought he had his first island groupie.
I like the way that they're slowly introducing us to the characters, by giving them each their own episode with flashbacks that fill us in on the circumstances that brought them here. With a cast this large, it could have been a mess. However, each one seems to be getting their due. Some people said to mention once I got to Locke's episode, as that's the one that brought them in for the long haul. Well, I have to agree. I'm in.
Oh yeah, and with this episode I think I've finally got everyone's names. Took them long enough.
Still get chills when I watch Walkabout...That color coding was basically nothing. I couldn't even explain it.
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Thanks, I had them down already. Now please remove that incredibly spoilerific image where even someone that is just starting the show can figure out what the color coding means (or at least have a good idea), and I'll try to forget what I just saw.
That color coding was basically nothing. I couldn't even explain it.
Ok, thanks. Sorry, for snapping. But I see several characters outlined in red and I think, well.....
Sorry, I didn't even notice the color coding, honestly. Those have meant many different things while the series was running, I just looked back over them and they're definitely not whose dead/alive at the end of the series... don't want to induce panic though. 
White Rabbit:
Jack's turn for a past. Oh look, he has daddy issues. Well, I guess someone here, had to. Of course his daddy issues are a bit more complex than most, seeing as his dad is dead, and possibly haunting him. I'm not entirely ready to write it off a hallucination, especially since the body is missing (dun dun DUN!) I will say I didn't quite follow how his father went from stuck up doctor putting down his son to raving drunk taking a random trip to Australia. I like how Jack finally steps up to his de facto leadership role. True leaders don't choose to be one, but are chosen by those they would lead.
The other story, about the water, is pretty routine. Some suspicions get flung around, and then they find another source. The revelation that it was Boone really did nothing for me. It was more like they wrote out the story before they decided on a culprit, so they picked one via dartboard.
Jack's turn for a past. Oh look, he has daddy issues. Well, I guess someone here, had to. Of course his daddy issues are a bit more complex than most, seeing as his dad is dead, and possibly haunting him. I'm not entirely ready to write it off a hallucination, especially since the body is missing (dun dun DUN!) I will say I didn't quite follow how his father went from stuck up doctor putting down his son to raving drunk taking a random trip to Australia. I like how Jack finally steps up to his de facto leadership role. True leaders don't choose to be one, but are chosen by those they would lead.
The other story, about the water, is pretty routine. Some suspicions get flung around, and then they find another source. The revelation that it was Boone really did nothing for me. It was more like they wrote out the story before they decided on a culprit, so they picked one via dartboard.
Christian starts drinking more and more in Jack's flashbacks. You'll see what eventually pushes him over the edge and sends him to Australia in one of the later episodes.
Not really a spoiler, because it doesn't really get brought up again, but I don't think that was any kind of therapist. I seem to recall thinking it was just a 1-900 sex line. A "Want to speak with hot girls now?" kind of thing, & it just was a case of her letting him babble on about whatever he felt like, because he was a regular, & it was running up a big tab
Like I said though, not really a notable plot point, of any kind
The next big milestone, imo... Charlie's episode. Man, was I completely riveted by that one. Terry O'Quinn is truly a master. Such a great beginning to season one, that you are never even really prepared for how insanely good things get later on, in the developing season
Yeah, I don't really understand why, in threads like these, people always have to come in with "OMG, just wait until you get to the Bob the Builder episode! It's filled with all sorts of crazy things that...well, just wait and see. But you will love it, if you have any soul whatsover. And just wait until you see who dies!" It's like the majority of posters-in-the-know become crazy promo monkeys.
Better to just let the first time viewer discover these things as they go. I'm much more interested in OdoWanKenobi's views being unbiased by other posters' expectations.
The island is on the back of a giant turtle that's floating through space! That's the ending!
Seriously, I'm a little surprised you haven't heard about how it ends yet. I've seen people on tv and radio talking about it these last few days.
Damn, I should have guessed! I thought Boone looked suspiciously like Twoflower.
Also about not getting spoiled, I don't watch all that much TV or radio, and have been avoiding practically everything Lost related out there. I've even bookmarked this thread so I can go straight here without seeing any thread titles in the Lost forum. I'm freaking committed. Clearly so considering I watched three episodes today.
I felt the same way after that episode, a lot of us did. In my opinion, Locke is the best thing about Lost and I feel that the quality of the show has a correlation with how Locke is portrayed each season. He has his ups and downs, but on average he's an awesome character.
Nobody else on this show has issues with their parents.
Certainly not everybody.Don't worry. I think that's about it on the mysteries. It's pretty straightforward from here on.
*snicker*
I always love listening to someone's impressions on LOST just when they start watching.
To this day, the most spine-chilling moment in the series came at the very end of the pilot when the castaways are listening to Rosseu's (frightening) distress call. Saayid figures out that it's transmitting on a loop for sixteen years. Charlie looks around and says, "Guys... where are we?"
BLACKOUT
L O S T
I still get chills when I see that.
To this day, the most spine-chilling moment in the series came at the very end of the pilot when the castaways are listening to Rosseu's (frightening) distress call. Saayid figures out that it's transmitting on a loop for sixteen years. Charlie looks around and says, "Guys... where are we?"
BLACKOUT
L O S T
I still get chills when I see that.
This thread is a lot of fun. I'm going to go back and watch the whole thing again eventually myself, but first I've got to finish my DS9 rewatch.
@OdoWanKenobi: You are indeed in for a heck of a ride.
I'm going to go back and watch the whole thing again eventually myself, but first I've got to finish my DS9 rewatch.@OdoWanKenobi: You are indeed in for a heck of a ride.
I'mma wait for the complete series on blue ray, then I'll start over.
House of the Rising Sun:
Jin goes crazy and jumps Michael. Jack decides it's better to move everyone to the water source, which causes a split. This I can totally buy. It's a fair question, really. At what point do you give up hope of rescue and focus on survival? I really don't know which camp I would fall in. Of course, Jack's camp having Lock, Charlie, and Hurley would probably make it a lot more fun. Locke also continues to prove why he's a badass, as he's the only person that's figured out what Charlie is really doing when he disappears. Then he takes it one step further and does something about it, in a very cathartic scene.
Meanwhile in flashback land, we learn about Sun and Jin. I was actually really compelled by this story, but I'm a romantic at heart. They seem so much happier before the could be together, before Jin started working odd hours, and thinking that he could just buy Sun's love. Before he started coming home covered in blood. But then, at ticket line at the airport, when he pulled out the single flower, I almost shed a tear. I completely understand Sun. I think Jin has no idea just how immensely important that one small gesture was.
I will admit disappointment in the revelation that Sun can speak English. I thought it was a bold move on the writers' part to make two main characters unable to communicate with the rest of the cast through normal means. Sun being able to speak English (which Jin will find out about, eventually) seems to me to be a bit of a cop out. It's the writers taking the easy way out of working around the language barrier, instead of trying to do something interesting with it.
Jin goes crazy and jumps Michael. Jack decides it's better to move everyone to the water source, which causes a split. This I can totally buy. It's a fair question, really. At what point do you give up hope of rescue and focus on survival? I really don't know which camp I would fall in. Of course, Jack's camp having Lock, Charlie, and Hurley would probably make it a lot more fun. Locke also continues to prove why he's a badass, as he's the only person that's figured out what Charlie is really doing when he disappears. Then he takes it one step further and does something about it, in a very cathartic scene.
Meanwhile in flashback land, we learn about Sun and Jin. I was actually really compelled by this story, but I'm a romantic at heart. They seem so much happier before the could be together, before Jin started working odd hours, and thinking that he could just buy Sun's love. Before he started coming home covered in blood. But then, at ticket line at the airport, when he pulled out the single flower, I almost shed a tear. I completely understand Sun. I think Jin has no idea just how immensely important that one small gesture was.
I will admit disappointment in the revelation that Sun can speak English. I thought it was a bold move on the writers' part to make two main characters unable to communicate with the rest of the cast through normal means. Sun being able to speak English (which Jin will find out about, eventually) seems to me to be a bit of a cop out. It's the writers taking the easy way out of working around the language barrier, instead of trying to do something interesting with it.
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