Heather, apparently having been entertained by my rant on what will happen on Lost, wanted to know what I thought of the premiere. I think my rather bizarre and illogical rant may have been part right. OK, maybe just a fraction. I think I was right about the bunker being a government facility. However, I may have had the wrong government.
Tonight’s episode did just what I expected - it was enough to wet the whistle, but not enough to satiate my thirst. I think by now we all know that nothing is every really gonna get answered, we’re just gonna wait and wait and wait for the truth (the entire time people just taking in all the commercials ABC can show (did you know that in any given 60 minutes of lost, only 40 of it are actually TV show? Clock it some time.)) Granted, I normally watch recorded TV after the fact, so this doesn’t bother me too much. At any rate, in the event we do learn, its because the ratings fell and they jumped the shark.
There were a few interesting things that popped up. The numbers again (you had to watch really close, but they were there in the opening sequence) and then the sum of the numbers a little more prominent. The flashbacks that become uber relevant (more on the flashback in general later) were kinda nifty, as it was more backstory into Jack (though his hairpiece was just bad, and his dad looked a lot, lot older.)
I really like how this show uses flashbacks. Normally they would seem trite, or just a way to sneak in a new plot line or character. I realize thats what Lost did, but since the present and past are so diverse, it becomes a pretty convincing storytelling device. Plus, it’s the only way to see the past for these people. (Though, I have to admit, I’d like to see them done in chronological order so that we could see a contiguous timeline, but I don’t think the average American has the attention span for that.)
If you want some entertaining theories, check out the Fark.com Lost thread. Some of them I quite like (oh, and you may need to scroll a bit.)
Personally, I think its pretty obvious. Government Bunker, lone captive that saw Kate and wanted some lovin’. She’s not dead. No good TV show would kill off a female lead unless she wanted off the show, and usually then they just write them out for a chance to come back. Besides, without her, that show becomes nearly a sausage fest, and no one wants that. Beyond that, the magnet is what threw off the compass, and the old computers are part of a government listening/relay station. The new appliances went in when that guy took over. I’m guessing his serum is to prevent some type of radiation poisoning from something he’s covering.
Anyway, comment your questions, I’ll make my guesses.
UPDATE at 8:53:
So on the drive home I had Preston and Steve on from MMR, knowing they were big, big lost fans. Boy did they come through. Remember that scene with Walt in the forest with Shannon? Coulda ya make out what he said? Nope. Cause it was backwards. And Preston and Steve reversed it. So, as far as anyone could tell, Walt actually said “Don’t touch the button, the button is bad.”
(somewhere, an orchestra just went Dun Dun DUNNNN)
Great. So now there’s a button to worry about. Anyway, off to find the recording to see what the heck Desmond typed into his console.