Comments on: LOST: “One of Us” http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/ A pop culture blog by Mormons but not about Mormonism Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John K. http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31086 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:08:39 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31086 I think it is becoming more and more clear that LOST is has really just been an elaborate hoax this whole time. They wanted to set the world record for most slow motion scenes on a beach where people hug with sappy piano music playing in a sad attempt to elicit some emotion from the viewer.

]]> By: Clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31085 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:43:20 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31085 Nah, I actually favor a hard science fiction interpretation ala Forbidden Planet. On the other hand there is that knowledge of the future and the time travel. Plus some of Hurley’s flashbacks… So the fantasy reading might be safest.

But I think they’re on Atlantis, that the island is like the island of the Tempest, and that the main plot parallel is Forbidden Planet. The numbers though definitely move it to either really bad science fiction or else the magical.

]]> By: john f. http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31084 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:32:12 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31084 See, I keep changing my mind about whether I want a mystical/magical explanation or a rational/scientific explanation. Your intuition sides with the mystical/magical, as must be the case, it seems, given the power of the numbers, the “monster”, and all of the other aspects that can’t be explained rationally, even with greater insight into the Others.

]]> By: Clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31083 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:30:05 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31083 John, I think we’ll find that the Island provided that information. A lot of the information the Others have had over the last while was well beyond what could be gathered easily. Either the island can know this stuff the way it let Desmond time travel or else the “monster” reads minds and told them about it. My guess is they learned of it the way that Locke’s father appeared.

]]> By: john f. http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31082 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:51:29 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31082 What really doesn’t make sense is how Juliet could know that Sawyer killed that guy. That is not intel that Mikhail could have gotten sitting in front of those screens after the plane had crashed.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31081 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:50:56 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31081 It’s possible. We’ll see. I’m still curious if there is a real behind the scenes master or if Ben is actually the Prospero/Morbius character. If he is then I suspect you’re right that he’s involved in the plane crash.

However we still have the mysterious figure that Desmond ran into in his time traveling adventure. So clearly there is more going on.

]]> By: Teresa http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31080 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:42:11 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31080 When Ben first described the “magic box” which would bring anything you wished for, I couldn’t help but think that maybe he “wished” for a neurosurgeon — thus causing the plane crash and bringing Jack to the island.

Of course, that ignores the whole Desmond not pushing the button thing. But I can’t help but feel that it wasn’t an accident that brought Jack to the island.

Thoughts?

]]> By: clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31079 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:08:50 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31079 Apparently the clip is up at YouTube, although it’s an extended one so you might have to fastforward to get to the creepy part in question. Links to YouTube don’t work consistently in comments for some reason so here’s the link:

Edit: my bad. That’s just the wedding dinner. The song isn’t in this clip. But it gives you an idea of the movie. The full movie is up on YouTube though. (It’s from 1931 and is public domain now)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6355110065089064433&q=public+domain

Probably you’ll not want to download the whole thing just to get the ending though.

]]> By: clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31078 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:04:40 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31078 BTW – have anyone of you seen the clip from Freaks where they say that? It’s pretty chilling. Kind of amazing considering when the movie was made.

For those of you not up on it a woman seduces a midget who is a millionaire and part of a freak show. At the end the freak show denizens “make” the lady a freak like them. There’s the rain storm and you have all these real life midgets, people with no legs, and other carnival show folks from the 1930′s crawling and hoping through the mud and the rain towards her singing it. It’s pretty creepy.

]]> By: BTD Greg http://kulturblog.com/2007/04/11/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31077 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:22:51 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/04/lost-one-of-us/#comment-31077 “That explains a lot. I’m surprised they’ve not explained more about the Dharma guys on the show itself.”

Keep tuned, clark. There’s an upcoming episode that will feature flashbacks from DHARMA initiative founders.

““One of Us” is also the famous line from “Freaks.” If this reference is intentional, I would say that Juliet is not long for this world…”

Yeah, I meant to mention this in my post, but it must have slipped my mind at the time. Very famous line. It’s been parodied many times on many shows, including the Simpsons.

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