Anyone here attending the NY comic-con?

I'll be attending on Friday and Sunday. If you wanna talk Lost with me in person, keep an eye out, and I'll be more than happy to discuss this season with you.

Message to the people who make the episode promos

SHUT THE FUCK UP! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! FROM HERE ON IN YOU CAN RUN THE CLIPS YOU PLAN TO SHOW, BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE, CUT OUT THE FUCKING NARRIATIVE! YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW BADLY YOU HURT THE SHOW WITH THIS PROMO! I cannot believe that anyone would overhype an episode like this. "Three of the biggest mysteries will be revealed," THOSE QUESTIONS WERE NOT ALL THAT BIG? I had to watch this episode TWICE before I understood what counted as a "mystery!" I walked away from the episode feeling disappointed when I should have felt like I enjoyed this episode! When I think about it, this was a really good, but overhyped episode. HAVE YOU PEOPLE REALZIED THAT LOST IS HAVING IT'S WORST RATINGS EVER? You probably caused the show to lose some of it's viewers for good, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THAT FUCKING PROMO! SHUT UP! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! DON'T EVER DO ANOTHER FUCKING PROMO LIKE THAT AGAIN! YOU'LL GET THIS SHOW CANCELLED FOR SURE!

3x9 - "Stranger In A Strange Land" Present

So the promo promised to reveal three of the biggest mysteries on the show. What are they, you ask? Lets take a look.

MYSTERY #1: What is the fate of the Taillies who were captured during the first 48 days? They're fine, living a better life, and they're there to watch something. Not all that big considering that scene was one of the many "Lost Moments," ABC aired during the hiatus.

MYSTERY #2: Why don't the Others have a medical doctor? Because they're doctor was a man named Ethan, who was ultimately killed by Charlie. COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME, WHAT KIND OF MEDICAL DOCTOR MURDERS, CAPTURES, AND HANGS PEOPLE BLINDFOLDED? MIGHT I ADD THAT IT WAS VERY SMART OF BEN TO SEND HIS ONLY DOCTOR TO DO THIS SORT OF DIRTYWORK?

MYSTERY #3: What do Jack's chinese tatoos say? "He walks amongst us but he is not one of us." Now what do they mean? Not that I haven't been curious, but I don't think it's all that big in the mythology of the show.

I'll be bashing the people who made that promo later, right now lets get to some more noteworthy things about this episode.

1. Jack is attempting to forge an alliance with Juilet. A very dangerous move, as we don't know where Juilet's loyalty truly lies.

2. How did Ben's stitches get infected so soon? We all know that Jack is a professional, and if the Others have any clue about medical treatment at all, one can assume that all of the equipment used for the surgery would have been sterilized.

3. That symbol Juilet is marked with is the Mark of Cain. It "is God's symbol of both shame over Cain's actions, and a commandment that he not be killed." - http://www.lostpedia.com.

That about does it. I'm not gonna write about the scenes with Karl, Kate and Sawyer (although Sawyer was really kind to Karl), as you could have seen that dialogue coming. Stay tuned for my message to the people who make the Lost promos.

3x9 - "Stranger In A Strange Land" Flashbacks

So here we are with a good Jack flashback. I've been waiting for the story behind his tatoos for a while now.

1. Jack's new girlfriend is Achara, a chinese vixen who's adept at flying kites and "defining" people. It should be noted that Achara seems to posess the same sort of clairevoyance as Desmond.

2. Achara tells Jack that he is a leader, a great man, but he feels angry, frightened, and alone because of this. Yup, sounds like our guy.

Parting thoughts: I'm gonna take a wild guess that this flashback takes place VERY close to the day of the crash. It would make sense that Jack would have gone away in the wake of his divorce for an indefinite period of time seeing as how he was in Thailand for over a month. I don't think Jack would have come straight back to America after being kicked out of Thailand.

3x8 - "Flashes Before Your Eyes" Present

Not a lot happened in the present. This was mostly a flashback episode. There is one major revelation that I would like to talk about and that is the impending death of Charlie. I am going to say right now that Charlie is not going to die. My reasoning is the flashback for this episode where Desmond and Charlie briefly meet. Charlie is singing, "...maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me," I don't mistake concidence for fate anymore, and I'm going to say that Desmond may actually die in Charlie's place.

Musical Interlude

Here's the music video for Wonderwall.

My Hurley Theory

It's pretty simple, because he played the numbers in the lottery, Hurley wasn't supposed to be able to get on that plane. Watch his "Exodus" flashback. Everything that could possibly prevent him from boarding the plane (the alarm clock burning out, the full elevator, the car battery dieing out, and other obstiacles) happened yet he still got on the plane. I remembered thinking that the Others might be wary of him for this exact reason, and sure enough, they let him go in "Live Together, Die Alone." I'm thinking now that he's thwarting destiny.

3x8 - "Flashes Before Your Eyes" Flashbacks

Oh my god, wow! G, my beef with the show is gone. No more, I've buried the hatchet as I feel the show has once again kicked into high gear.

1. After turning the key, Desmond wakes up in his loft. I'm going to say that he travelled through time and wound up re-insterting himself into that point in his life.

2. Ouch, Charles Widmore is a mean bastard. It seems that he did not know about Desmond and Penelope until that very moment.

3. Charlie Pace was singing "Wonderwall" by Oasis. I will post the video for that song in another blog but the lyrics Desmond caught him at were, " 'Cause maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me, and afterall, you're my wonderwall." Foreshadowing perhaps? (On another note could Oasis be the real life basis for Driveshaft?)

4. The woman at the jewerly shop seems to be very knowladgeable about the universe. She seemed to know beforehand that Desmond was set on a path that he couldn't escape from. Even if he proposed to Penelope, I imagine he still would have found himself on the Island some way or another.

Parting thoughts: This flashabck answered a major question about the show regarding destiny. Destiny exists on this show. It is every castaway's destiny to be on the Island. One way or another they would have ended up there (except possibly Hurley, more on that in another blog). It is everyone's destiny to die at one point or another and nothing can be done to change that. If a person is going to be killed, there is nothing anyone can do to prevent it, one way or another that person will die.

3x7 - "Not In Portland" - Present

Jack, Juilet, Tom, and Ben

1. Will Juilet please pick a side? Kill Ben, don't kill Ben, she's flip-flopping worse then John Kerry! Okay, NOW she's helping Sawyer and Kate escape... for real. She's not changing her mind this time... good. Okay, onto the next one!

2. We were just about to get a straight answer from Tom for a very good question, "why just take him to a clinic," BUT NOOOOOOOOO! Jack had to go and cut ANOTHER artery and we'll probably never really know!

3. Yes it is possible to wake up a short while after undergoing anesthesia. They hold back so that you're not out for too long after you undergo surgery, so that scene with Ben wasn't entirely unrealastic.

4. Why does Jack tell Kate to leave him behind? Is Matthew Fox going to leave the show?

5. Is Juilet a prisoner? How many others are stuck there and for what reasons do the Others have for keeping them there against their will.

Kate, Sawyer, Alex and Karl

1. What is that room that Karl was trapped in? Some of the messages on that screen are, "we are the causes of our own suffering," "God loves you as He loved Jacob," "everything changes," and something about being a good seed. Could someone post the other messages for me?

2. BEN IS ALEX'S FATHER? Didn't I just slam that theory last week? Maybe he raised her and he's her father in that sense, because I believe she refers to him as "Ben." What's Ben's beef with Karl anyway?

3. Juilet killed Pickett! So that's what happens when you ignore the boss.

Parting thoughts: So this is what the producers meant by this season being like "Indiana Jones." I can't wait until the rest of the castaways come back to Island number 2. Maybe Paolo and Nikki will get killed in the crossfire :).
SHUTDOWN!

3x7 - "Not In Portland" Flashbacks

Wow. This is my 23rd post. How appropriate that it comes with the return of Lost! Now lets go and see what Juilet's life was like.

1. Juilet's from Miami? That was a total fakeout at the beginning. I thought she was like Ben and had lived her whole life on the Island.

2. She sucessfully inpregnated a male fieldmouse (what's the point of doing that?) and her sister with her research.

3. Did the "good" people from Mittelos Bioscience cause that bus accident? It seems suspect that they would come to Juilet immediately after she identified her ex-husband's body at the morgue. Could Ethan have possibly been driving the bus? We've known him to do gruntwork in the past. While I'm at it, how were they able to keep Juilet under such high surveilence?

4. "We're not exactly in Portland." Is that how they rope people in to joining? Why the secrecy? It's obvious they're the "Others" we've all come to know and love, but why would they be dishonest with potential recruits? The answers to all this and more to be revealed... WHENEVER THE WRITERS DECIDED TO REVEAL IT!

Parting thoughts: We have been seeing a lot of impossible medical miracles on this show, which leads me to believe that there are at least four hot spots for where these miracles happen. They are: the Island, St. Sebatsian's Hospital, the faith healer's ranch in Australia, and Miami, Florida. What exactly is it about these places that allows for these miracles to happen? I cannot say.

Less than a week left...

NOTE: All theories alluded to in this blog are either in the comments of the Lost Community blog over at thelostcommunity.blogspot.com or were introduced in the Lost Community Podcast.

I just wanted everyone who took the time to read this (all one of you), to know that I haven't forgotten about this blog. I'd like to say that I've been walking the Earth like Kane and Kung-Fu, hiding out in the Apollo chocolate factory, trying to locate Rachel Blake so I could ask her out, or even hunting down spoilers for future episodes, but alas, all I've been caught up with other shows. Lost returned with such a wimper this season that I've been wildly entertained by Heroes, Prison Break, and 24.

I've got to say that I am very disapointed in the apparent lack of hype there has been for Lost during the hiatus. While Heroes was on its big hiatus, there was new information coming out every week. By that I mean real nuggets of info on upcoming episodes, spoilers, names of upcoming actors/characters, production photographs, all stuff that kept the show fresh in a viewer's mind.

What did ABC do when Lost went on hiatus? Well... they really didn't do anything. The show that was supposed to tide us over the past twelve weeks was Day Break. As an incentive to Lost viewers, they would add one 30(?) second clip from an upcoming episode per week about half-way through the show. Day Break was cancelled after only six episodes. The remaining Lost moments were made available on abc.com. The only other note worthy things ABC did was put out two official podcasts, but they were so far apart (and the second one was so short), that I nearly forgot about Lost.

Can you really blame me? The show has been having a lack luster season so far. We learned very little about the island, very little about the Others', and next to nothing was revealed in the flashbacks. What's the biggest revelation thus far? That there are two islands? That Sun is a liar? That Jack has a hard time letting go? That the monster/island communicates with certain people in mysterious ways? THAT HENRY GALE'S REAL NAME IS BEN LINUS? Some of these we could have figured out on our own, the other two are just weak. Whatever you do, dear reader, DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THAT GOD-AWFUL 24-ESQUE CLIFFHANGER THAT CLOSED OUT 2006!

Now I must say that this lack of information has really hurt the Lost fan community. I'm just shocked at the number of people who are grasping at straws, trying to come up with something that remotely makes some kind of sense. One person said in a comment on the Lost Community blog, with no basis at all mind you, that the Others were trying to appear to be human, but not actually human. SHUTDOWN! What did this person think the Others to be I wonder? Could he have been thinking of the skin-job Cylons you see on Battlestar Galactica, or possibly the Homnuculi you see on Fullmetal Alchemist? There is no basis for this theory. One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy couldn't be any less baseless with his wild proclimations.

Another theory, read over episode eight of the Lost Community Podcast is that there are twelve factions of Others, the basis being some skewed Biblical refrence that I didn't catch on the show, and that Ms. Klugh lead the faction that oversees the children that were captured during the first 48 days. SHUTDOWN! This person clearly missed that all important scene where she tells Michael to rescue Ben from the hatch. Lets also not forget the scene in the season two finale where Ben shows up on the dock. Every one of the Others acknowledges Ben's full authority over them. Even Mr. Friendly seemed nervous when Ben asked him about his lack of a beard. There are at most two factions of Others people, those directly loyal to Ben, and those loyal to Juilet. That is all we can say regarding their situation UNTIL MORE GETS REVEALED ON THE SHOW!

I also gotta love the theories surrounding Rousseau that have been constructed over this season. The first one, and this sickens me to no end, is that Ben is Alex's biological father. The basis for this is simply that Ben's last words to Juilet before he went under the knife were, "did Alex ask about me?" and that's it! This person had nothing else to base that theory on but that ONE FIRGGIN LINE! I nearly crushed my iPod when I heard that one. Ben at one time sleeping with Rousseau? I almost lost my lunch when I heard that one.

The second theory, and this one is even more baseless then the first, is that Rousseau and her team were members of the DHARMA Initiative, and that they were all killed in the "incident" referred to in the Orientation film, and that Rousseau was so tramuatized that she doesn't remember anything about DHARMA at all. SHUTDOWN! Lets go back to episode nine of season one, Solitary, in when we meet Rousseau for the very first time. Remember what she says? THAT SHE KILLED EVERY MEMBER OF HER CREW WHEN THEY GOT INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS! She got there maybe before the "incident" but she admitted to killing every one of them with one month of being on the island. Also watch the scenes in the hut. Notice the absence of a DHARMA logo? IT'S BECAUSE SHE NEVER WORKED FOR THEM!

Now I'm not going to condem Lost just yet. Lets not forget that the season isn't over and there is still time for the show to turn itself around. However, if these episodes are any indication, I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel for season three. All we can do now is wait until Wednesday.