tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post7835637709541901729..comments2023-04-29T05:49:10.011-04:00Comments on Mistaking Coincidence For Fate: Lost Episode Review 6.14: "The Candidate"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475817897723801757noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-61514271884027358912012-09-28T00:03:14.476-04:002012-09-28T00:03:14.476-04:00Jin would have never made it to the surface alive ...Jin would have never made it to the surface alive without an air tank. Never. He was right to stay with Sun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-85677198799387930882010-05-09T20:11:11.556-04:002010-05-09T20:11:11.556-04:00J,
Thanks for the link. Here is this week's p...J,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. Here is this week's post.<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pt_TRmAM_0<br /><br />We found our footage from the flash-sideways. Look out for an "Everybody Loves Hugo" episode sooner or later.<br /><br />we are also converting our very first vlog from the pilot episode from VHS.<br /><br />any other shows you blog about?<br /><br />RRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281998700243475245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-80917542411111199282010-05-07T14:00:23.632-04:002010-05-07T14:00:23.632-04:00I am sure no one is going to read this since it to...I am sure no one is going to read this since it took me a few days to swallow this episode (and a baby to take care of!) But here goes: I kind of agree with Matt that being constricted by time has made it difficult for the writers to give the characters the end stories they deserve since they took so much time to give us the stories that created them (and made us love them). Knowing there is a possible alternate life for the Losties also made this epi conflicting because, sure the alt-life seems like a better one because for one, even though they have some issues, things aren't as bad as they were in the island time line before flight 815. And two, at least they aren't dead.<br />Having said that, the non-Island Losties are not the same people that we have come to care about over the last few years. Sawyer who was a big selfish jerk and came to care about the welfare of others. Or the Jin who was controlling and indifferent to anyone else became a loving husband and friend to everyone and Sayid who fell in love again after his difficult past - these guys are now dead. I don't see how the alt-life can replace these characters whose lives were changed by the island. I feel like I don't really know those other people. If they are trying to show us that a life without Jacob's interference was better for the Losties, but not for mankind, is that the sacrifice that has to be made?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939593555643148973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-63742663510949074072010-05-07T11:53:11.987-04:002010-05-07T11:53:11.987-04:00Totally agree with Matt about Sayid not leading th...Totally agree with Matt about Sayid not leading the assault. It reminded me of when Jack asked Ana-Lucia the cop rather than Sayid the soldier about "training an army."<br /><br />also, anybody else notice how much they're messing around with day-night cycles this season? For no apparent reason? It's got to be at least 5 days since anybody got any sleep.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307407854003120055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-48593468847704503542010-05-06T13:25:44.844-04:002010-05-06T13:25:44.844-04:00While I was surprised by the lack of mention of th...While I was surprised by the lack of mention of their daughter as well, I think Kerin makes an excellent point. Consider, too, that Jin getting off the sub is by no means equal to him getting off the island and back to his daughter.<br /><br />Even with this said, I shared what I'm hearing is a common disappointment with this scene. It's the downside of the show's ambition, that it really hasn't given itself the time to really do right by all its characters.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691984621770091029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-90201556152354029092010-05-06T13:01:42.916-04:002010-05-06T13:01:42.916-04:00About the Sun/Jin dying together issue..first let ...About the Sun/Jin dying together issue..first let me preface with.. I am a mother of a 10 month old, so I get where everyone is coming from about the orphan thing. With that said, there's a few reasons it had to end that way...<br /><br />Throughout the series Jin and Sun's marriage has always been the story, the ring exchange brought that right back to us...it was never about about their daughter<br /><br />I don't think Jin could've been a healthy parent if he had left Sun to die alone, his guilt would've tormented him. Not to mention, Jin was already "dead" to the world...how would he have explained his return?<br /><br />We know Ji Yeon was being looked after, they talked about that at the beginning of the episode AND I think they did exchange a "look" on the sub and he knew why Sun was urging him to leave.<br /><br />I feel like people forgot that Sun left her daughter by choice to find her husband -- which I was pissed about at first, because one must assume she knew that the possibility of getting back to their daughter together was slim to none. <br /><br />All in all, I just think that Jin had to die with Sun or their storyline would not have been correctly told.Kerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429488340252651365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-46039940344043399642010-05-06T07:57:40.506-04:002010-05-06T07:57:40.506-04:00I agree about sun and jin. i kept hoping that sun ...I agree about sun and jin. i kept hoping that sun would say that jin couldn't stay because they have a daughter. as a mother there's no way she would not be thinking of her daughter being without a mother or father. I was crying, then abruptly stopped when the scene went all titanicy on us...the producers are better than to echo one of the cheesiest movie moments in history!stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932463938520396487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-6602319244167331292010-05-05T14:03:07.620-04:002010-05-05T14:03:07.620-04:00Because Iraq is mostly desert? :)
There's been...Because Iraq is mostly desert? :)<br />There's been alot we see Claire do with a very pregnant belly with ease. I am unphased anymore. She shouldn't have been able to have that discussion with Jack without having to leave to pee atleast 3 times.Missiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951110098375762357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-59211336780322146882010-05-05T11:02:00.378-04:002010-05-05T11:02:00.378-04:00I want Missie's sense of this, even though it&...I want Missie's sense of this, even though it's a minor point. When Claire popped out of her chair with the 8 months plus pregnancy belly, that looked a little too easy.<br /><br />Just curious: why is Sawyer in charge of tactics during the sub assault when you have a relentless killing machine with practical military experience along for the ride?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691984621770091029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-34238750966906936032010-05-05T09:57:08.454-04:002010-05-05T09:57:08.454-04:00Honestly I was kinda shocked that Sun didn't p...Honestly I was kinda shocked that Sun didn't pull the Ji Yeon card either. And part of me thought when their hands came apart at the end we'd see Jin swimming to the surface - that would have been kinda cool if he stayed with Sun until she died, then swam away to save himself. <br /><br />But you're right in that all the deaths this episode felt a bit contrived. Smokey's master plan was to try and get all the candidates to kill themselves in one fell swoop. After all, they'll never trust him again now and really the only person left he could possibly get to kill them for him is Claire. <br /><br />Someone other than Sayid and Frank needed to die to make the scene work and you're totally right in that it would have worked if it was just Sun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475817897723801757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-30595972024243029092010-05-05T09:48:12.379-04:002010-05-05T09:48:12.379-04:00I think I still rank Charlie's death as a bett...I think I still rank Charlie's death as a better, moving moment than Jin and Sun's, for 2 reasons. One, the echo of Titanic was just a little too loud for my taste, and two, I was mostly pissed that they chose to orphan their daughter, and neither of them mentioned her. Struck me as more selfish than Charlie or Sayid's death.<br />We never got to see if Smokey made good on his deal with Sayid to give him what he wished for most.Missiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951110098375762357noreply@blogger.com