Just had to point it out (even my wife noticed it): this week’s book on Lost was The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
It’s going on the list…
Just had to point it out (even my wife noticed it): this week’s book on Lost was The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
It’s going on the list…
Okay, I’m spending too much time on this, but… after reading the comments on my post last night and thinking about it more, here’s how I think they should have ended the episode:
Sayid, while interrogating/torturing the Guy Who May or May Not be an Other, finds out something equally ambiguous and creepy from him—something that makes Sayid pause, sit back, uncertain of what to do next. Meanwhile, Jack and Locke are in the middle of their confrontation, just as it played out before, and while Locke is in his haste trying to enter the number, the timer reaches zero… and cut to black.
That’s right, a cliffhanger ending. I’d be fine with that, I think it would much better than the cop-out hieroglyphics. It would have been a stronger ending. Keep all of Sayid’s flashback, that’s fine, just end on zero and forget the goofy speech with Charlie on the beach.
They totally need to hire me as a writer. :)
This was an amusing read, and devilishly detailed: The Lost Ultimate Theory. I won’t guess as to the accuracy of it—quite a bit seems too science fantasy for my taste—but I will say that if the producers are ever looking for new writers for the show, they should contact this guy.
I’ve been informally keeping track of the books that appear on Lost, so of course I caught tonight’s little Easter egg. Anyone else catch the title of the book Locke was shaking through when Sawyer found him in the hatch? The text on the cover read “Owl Creek Bridge”, and a quick sweep on Wikipedia reveals:
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a short story by Ambrose Bierce originally written in 1886…. [It] is the story of a man who is sentenced to death by hanging at the Owl Creek Bridge of the title.
You can go to the page to read the spoilers about it, I won’t reveal them here. What’s interesting is, I remember seeing this on an old episode of The Twilight Zone!
I don’t know if it’s supposed to fit into the show’s mythology, or the writers just liked the book enough to put it in there and mess with people’s heads. I suppose that could go either way…
So these days the one show during the week I have to watch is Lost. Any other show I could miss and catch in reruns and it’s no big deal. What can I say—I’m hooked. I’m along for the ride, and despite my best intentions to simply sit back and enjoy the story as it unfolds, I find myself getting caught up in rampant speculation about—well, everything. So, it’s spilling over into a long blog post that will contain spoilers and that has no central thesis, just random musings and speculation about the show.
Now that the TV season is mostly over I thought I’d post one of my self-indulgent rants on the various television shows I watched and how I’m still a slave to the tube. So, even though everything is over and everyone who was going to watch has watched, there will be spoilers. Click through to read on.