"I Hope You're Happy Now, Jacob"--The LOST Season 5 Thread

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I am wondering if perhaps there is a power above Jacob/Nemesis, just as there turned out to be a level above Ben/Widmore. I think the island itself has some level of power that isn't due to Jacob or Nemesis, and probably will not be explained by the end of S6.

that power is the statue maybe?

not the actual structure but whatever it represents

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One of the things that was disappointing about this finale was that Richard seems to be nothing more than Obi Wan Jacobi's immortal messenger boy and has next to no authority.

They've been hinting at this pretty much since Richard first appeared. With the exception of saving Ben's life and hitting Ellie over the head, he's done pretty much nothing but mediate.

I am wondering if perhaps there is a power above Jacob/Nemesis, just as there turned out to be a level above Ben/Widmore. I think the island itself has some level of power that isn't due to Jacob or Nemesis, and probably will not be explained by the end of S6.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, May 18, 2009 12:58 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that power is the statue maybe?

― Local Garda, Monday, May 18, 2009 1:00 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Maybe da smoke monster or whoever/whatever smokey's acting guard dog for? Was it the statue that smokey was having a face-off w in that heiroglyph?

Sorry, kind of a fixation of mine.

it looked like the statue, and it's shadow on the ground, not smokey

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LOOOOOOOOOOOL

locke & ben especially hearty real life lols

Smokey's presence is a good slow-burn lol

what kills me is that's just how john locke dresses (dressed?)

this one kills me too

http://mcdorky.net/lj/gifs/lost-jackisgob.gif

Bloopers and continuity errors
During Kate's flashback to the 1980s, bottles of Malibu Tropical Banana and Absolut 100 Black can be seen on the shelf. Both products were not introduced until 2007.

When you're fucking around with time travel & multiple timeline stories you really should try to avoid shit like this.

eh. the biggest offense was juliet's flashback anachronism. what the fuck were they thinking?

Yeah, same with that one. It was like they couldn't be arsed setting up another vintage looking set.

or setting up a fuckin vintage hairstyle?

I definitely thought it looked too contemporary, but I'm not sure I could pinpoint how.

clearly Juliet is from the future. And so is her sister. And..ok that doesn't work.

Couldn't pinpoint how? I'd say that pretty much everything about the scene, from the interior design of the home to the way people were dressed, was pretty 00's.

That flashback was so WTF with regard to design/context that I still suspect it wasn't accidental.

That whole flashback was pretty much the dictionary definition of "half-arsed". It's almost like they didn't bother because they knew everyone would just go "fuck off" and fast forward through it/go and put the kettle on.

I fast forwarded jin/sun's wedding vows.

I'd say that pretty much everything about the scene, from the interior design of the home to the way people were dressed, was pretty 00's.

Well, yeah, that's my point, though. There was nothing in particular I could single out and say, with certainty, "that blouse would never have been worn in the '70s." Perhaps I need to review a screencap.

nothing in particular? everything about the scene/set/character design was wrong.

it infuriated me even more on 2nd viewing

Duh everyone knows if a scene takes place in the 1970s, people need to have afros, bellbottom jeans and mood rings and be sitting in a den with fake wood panelling and a fucking Twister board on the floor.

http://i39.tinypic.com/kbr3g5.jpg

Artwork should be Farrah Fawcett poster, shell should be a pet rock.

Couch should be a beanbag chair, sticks in a vase should be a lava lamp.

yay, juliet died.

Mom should be Donna, Dad should be Eric.

http://i39.tinypic.com/347jko2.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/104ngyb.jpg

Everyone knows ottomans weren't invented until 1988, what a boner.

i think it's the camera/lighting. period stuff is usually given a bit of a tint.

back when the whole world was kodachromed

basically! old stuff is always a bit yellowish, to make it seem like a faded photo.

seriously are n/a and jaymc defending this scene?

no i think jaymc is just trying to figure out WHY it seems new. it is kind of interesting to unpack what specifically makes a scene look old.

No, I'm making fun of you.

wait, of me?

if you didn't detect anachronisms in that scene then you are fucking idiot

wait, of me?

― s1ocki, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:42 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Naw.

lol YOU ARE FUCKING IDIOT.

;)

if you didn't detect anachronisms in that scene then you are fucking idiot

― cutty, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:42 AM (35 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Give some specifics dude, because everything in those pics looks like stuff that could have existed in the '70's. I agree it seems vaguely "wrong" but on the other hand I'm not seeing anything definitely anachronistic.