I don’t know why you’re here, if you’re too sensitive for a joke like that.
Cancer isn’t funny to most civilised human beings with a semblance of a soul.
Good lord. :rolleyes: I’m glad that people like this don’t pop up every time one of us says something like “if the writers don’t start answering questions soon I’m gonna kill somebody” or “…gonna die” to screech about how “DEATH ISN’T FUNNY!!!”
OMG I knew somebody who died once!
flees room in tears
:rolleyes:
I already have cancer and this episode just worsened my prognosis. The doctor says I’ll be lucky to survive to the end of the season if I keep exposing myself to the humorless jags who take everything seriously on this message board.
I wasn’t kidding either. This episode really was cancer-inducing. A musical montage at the end? No character development, and the whole ‘Jack in Phuket’ backstory shows no signs of intertwining into the underlying plot of the show. Seems to me like think this was a case of “Episode is kinda dull, add smoking hot and sultry Cambodian tattoo artist liberally to taste and serve hot … maybe no one will notice.”
:mad: I knew somebody who fled the room in tears once! IF YOU DID IT IN REAL LIFE YOU WOULDN’T JOKE ABOUT IT!!
:smack:
I encourage you to see God Said Ha! and Wit before making such pronouncements.
Besides cancer, which sucks, here’s another thing that sucks.
I am so unbelievably frustrated with (i) the Losties’ inability or unwillingness to ask the questions that seem obvious to us, and (ii) the Others’ inability or unwillingness to answer those questions when the Losties actually do ask.
Cases in point:
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Alex asks Jack “Why did you save Ben?” Jack says, “Oh, I get to ask you a question too then!” Alex says, “Shoot!” I’m waiting for Jack to ask “What the hell is going on here?” But no. Jack asks “Where is Juliet?” or some similarly insipid, stupid question. It’s like using one of your three wishes for a really good burrito.
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Jack really did ask flight attendant chick what’s going on. But she got all spacy-eyed, as though she didn’t understand the question, and the child next to her was like a shiny object that distracted her simply by existing. A frustrating non-answer to a legitimate question would be a nice way of building suspense occasionally. But jeebus, we need to hear a legitimate answer once in a while.
Well, that’s because he feels all attached to her now. They’re both stranded far from home, with a common “enemy” now. Ooooh, this means true lurve!
Or he’s trying to use her to get off the island, but I just don’t know that he’s smart enough to figure out how to do that.
I didn’t think of that but you’re probably right. I was wondering at the time what the children came to see, and it is most likely Juliet’s punishment/execution.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
–George Bernard Shaw
I think the “5” was explained as a memento for his first surgery in the story he tells Kate about ‘counting to 5’ to deal with his fear.
That used to be one of my sigs. I love that quote.
Depends. What kind of burrito is it?
I hated, hated, hated this episode.
While Sawyer and Kate, who have a known dissident at their disposal, do not ask for any information at all, and simply help him with his after school special girlfriend problems, and send him on his way.
All so that eventually they can have a talk wherein we learn that Sawyer has a soft side, and Kate is a just ever so conflicted.
BTW, if any of you Lost writers are reading the boards, may I just say, once and for all, WE GET IT!
That’s an underlying problem with this show. The characters CAN’T ask the questions that real people would ask in the same circumstance because the answers are what the producers either don’t know yet or do know but are saving for the last episodes. This fatal flaw gets emphasized every time a protagonist is in a position to ask a crucial question of one of the Others and doesn’t do so. It’s maddeningly unrealsitic to the audience and takes us right out of the suspension of disbelief.
A recent article in Entertainment Weekly talks about the dropping ratings and viewer frustration with the show, and the producers are aware of the problem. It remains to be seen if they will correct this downward course.
Rather than piling on another dozen layers of mystery, I think they’d be smart to start unraveling the twisty mess they’ve created and bring the thing to a solid mind-blowing conclusion at the end of the next season. Before it goes down the unfortunate “X-Files” and “Twin Peaks” road.
I read that article too, but episodes like this week’s make me wonder if they really comprehend the level of dissatisfaction among the fans right now.
So what I don’t understand is, why introduce these situations at all? If you’re not willing to have your protagonists ask questions of the kid from Other Camp, why have them take him to their island in the first place? If Jack isn’t going to get anything useful out of Cindy - nor even really try - why put them in the same scene? Agggghhhh…
Still enjoy the show, though.
Achara. That’s the name of the Thai chick. Ick. Jack and she had negative chemistry and her giving him the tongue completely wigged me out. [stereotype] Was I the only one who thought she’d be a prostitute? Especially with her funky hair, over-protective brother, post-production voice over and really bad boob job. All that was missing was the bad Jazz.[/stereotype]
I love Jack. Or rather I love Matthew Fox. This episode wasn’t great.
Why the hell doesn’t Jack “accidentally” put some dirt into Ben’s wound? I’m all for the Hippocratic Oath, but the second someone tries to kill me and my friends, all bets are off.
I don’t understand why Ben would make them leave their island to return to the other one. Yes, the Originals know where Othertraz is, but there’s only one way to get there and that’s by boat. Surely it would be harder for them to get there via boat vs. walking to the other side of their own island.
I think that was the point. A weak form of misdirection up until Jack tails her back to her office.