I did too, but three years from 2005 (when they were rescued) is 2008 so. . .
― Alex in SF, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
when is the purge supposed to have happened again?
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
The 80s, Juliet said.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
They'll be way out of there by the purge, Ben hasn't spent all that energy getting back there just so his younger self can gas them. Well I assume not.
― Matt DC, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
scribbles on the blast door map:
- Believed to have divested from project in 1985 following AH/MDG incident - Caduceus station believe to have been abandoned due to AH/MDG incident of 1985 - Multiple escape conducts blocked after incident
― abanana, Friday, 20 March 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Ben is still in the present anyway and has no reason to go back in time (yet).
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 20 March 2009 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
no the purge took place in 1992 - ghost of Horace told Locke in 2004 that he had been dead for 12 years.
― Roz, Friday, 20 March 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah. But 1977 is 30 years before 2007.
― President Keyes, Friday, 20 March 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I would love to see a donkey capable of pushing that donkey wheel.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Friday, 20 March 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"I would love to see a donkey capable of pushing that donkey wheel."
photoshop hero, where are you??
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 March 2009 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
When I end up not getting my thesis written by May, I hope my dept. is photoshop friendly.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Friday, 20 March 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i41.tinypic.com/wwf41h.jpg
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Friday, 20 March 2009 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
That donkey is lookin mighty lonesome for some horse-panionship...
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 March 2009 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
― Nhex, Friday, 20 March 2009 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't really want a whole episode about how they could settle into Dharmas unsuspiciously - just get on with it - but actually I really enjoyed it. That Phil guy seemed suss though - "People don't call him James" - i.e. where'd you get that name from.
Do we know when the 816 plane crashees (including Sun & Lapidus) are meant to be? Also why does Frank look so weird now?
Baby Ben is great casting. Sayid's head must be well messed up trying to put into place that that's actually Ben.
― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 21 March 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
That Phil guy seemed suss though - "People don't call him James" - i.e. where'd you get that name from.
loved this bit altho initially thought maybe cos the guy is so stiff/bythebook he probably called him james when he first met him
isn't Dharma more 'surname first' anyway? this in turn maybe explaining why the Others under ex-Dharma Ben always referred to 815ers by surname.
wow that is nerdy
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Also why does Frank look so weird now?
Normal looking beard/mustache guy: guy you now have trouble maintaining eye contact with and can't really explain why
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http://www.katfm.com/images/80s_nerds/Alex_Trebek.jpg:http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Imported/BioPix/C/bio_02/alex-trebek1.jpg
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080423/Lost/frank-ladipus_l.jpg:http://i44.tinypic.com/wwep37.jpg
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
dying here
― Local Garda, Monday, 23 March 2009 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
as with the "what" one, should've included a random Vincent bark
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 23 March 2009 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Re-watched Enter 77 last night and was surprised to realize I'd forgotten that Sayid had been to The Flame before, with Kate, Mikhail, Locke, and Ms Klugh. Duh. The first shot of him coming across the cabin looked so much like the first shot we saw of Dharma!Jin finding Sayid in handcuffs, wandering around.. funny stuff.
In conclusion, the Nadia-cat is probably Sawyer.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
ha I saw that one too. the height of "Locke is dumb" plotting
― dmr, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
that episode still bugs me with its self-destruct button that only works by BEATING A COMPUTER AT CHESS.
― Roz, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too. "Oh no! The hostiles have taken over the station! I'd better sit here for 15 minutes and play chess!"
I *am* still holding out hope that Michail's "but you, John Locke, I have a passing memory of.. But I must be mistaken, the John Locke I knew was"---(is interrupted by Rousseau, no one ever asks him what he was about to say)" ends up being something relevant and not just a throwaway.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
At the time, I remember thinking that he was about to say "in a wheelchair" -- but now it seems like it could be much more significant.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Exactly the sort of lame shit that the Dharma Initiative would come up with surely?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
great point re Mikhail knowing Locke. guessing Mikhail got to the island around the same time as Danielle (didn't he defect from Russian army during Afghanistan conflict?).
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Looks like that was more than just an assumption on my part:
MIKHAIL: Of course I don’t know you, Sayid Jarrah. How could I? And you, Kate Austen, are a complete stranger to me. But you John Locke, you I might have a fleeting memory of, but I must be confused, because the John Locke I know was paral—
ROUSSEAU: Hey! Look at this! Over here…come on.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
"..paraletic after we drank all the Dharma beer following the purge."
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I must be confused, because the John Locke I know was parallel universe John Locke
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
the John Locke i know was paral - that is Russian word for total douchebag
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, sorry - when I rewatched last night I didn't hear his "para." I lose for speculating without checking transcriptions :P
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
paral...egal for the hanso foundation
― I will "Build This City" on your GODDAMN GRAVE (jjjusten), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
was "paralympic shot putt champion in 1954"
― Local Garda, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
OH SNAP.
― LaMonte, Thursday, 26 March 2009 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm, so will the island heal that little gunshot wound?
― WmC, Thursday, 26 March 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
got to, right
― dmr, Thursday, 26 March 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
i think sayid just made ben into BEN.
or sayid + the island
― GÖDEL ESCHER BOCK BOCK BOCK (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 26 March 2009 03:09 (fifteen years ago) link
"i'm larry, this is my brother darryl, this is my other brother darryl" was their sayid!
― andrew m., Thursday, 26 March 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
by "their sayid" i mean of course the "he's our you" thing
― andrew m., Thursday, 26 March 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm guessing that Jack is somehow gonna miraculously save Ben's life
― peter in montreal, Thursday, 26 March 2009 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I Carlos Castaneda as liked this week's literary reference ... right before acid sugarcube teepee time travel
― dmr, Thursday, 26 March 2009 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked
hahaha damn didn't see that one coming.
― Roz, Thursday, 26 March 2009 05:08 (fifteen years ago) link
heh definitely
Also: William Sanderson, fuck yeah!
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 March 2009 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah Larry + Billie Holiday + teepee was lols.
poor baby ben no wonder dude grew up so messed up. the kid who plays him is awesome btw - he's got the bug-eyes + monotonous speech pattern DOWN.
― Roz, Thursday, 26 March 2009 05:17 (fifteen years ago) link
is this the most cold-blooded killing of a child ever shown on TV?
― Roz, Thursday, 26 March 2009 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Could be, though I feel like there might've been a terrible one or three on The Wire. Besides, Ben's probably going to miraculously survive. The kid is doing a pretty good acting job, too.
Another thought: Man, I hope this doesn't mean they're going to kill off Sayid. Finding your life's real purpose isn't a good thing on the Island! Will we ever get his wife's death scene? Will it happen during his own death episode?
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 March 2009 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
If Sayid really wanted to kill the kid he would have beheaded the little fucker and seen what the mysterious healing island has to say about that.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 26 March 2009 07:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha!
― bear, bear, bear, Thursday, 26 March 2009 07:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i was thinking more of primetime network TV but yah The Wire has had a couple of brutal ones. xpost to nhex
and yeah kid-ben is not dead although he is most definitely gonna turn out an even worse person thanks to being shot by the guy he was rescuing. nice one sayid!
lols @ "three years no burning buses, y'all are back for one day..."
― Roz, Thursday, 26 March 2009 07:35 (fifteen years ago) link