Best quality, that is. This was posted in a few places: DarkUFO, BuddyTV, and Doc Arzt.
Here are the changes that I noticed:
You know who hasn’t been added? Walt. Apparently Vincent ranks higher than Walt.
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First of all I should say SPOILER ALERT. I personally don’t think that anything that happens at Comic-Con is a spoiler but some people do. So you’ve been warned.
Secondly, you should probably check out these videos from Comic-Con:
Now on to the analysis:
If one wants to remain completely untainted by spoilers of Season 6, official or otherwise, then don’t read ahead.
The Comic-Con 09 panel was posted on Saturday. Here are the other official videos that were shown at Comic-Con.
Episode:Jack, Kate and Charlie find the cockpit of the plane. They make it to the front and find that the Pilot is still alive. The Pilot is quickly and thuroughly eviscerated by Smokey.
AnalysisThis is the first time that we see Smokey’s handy work. You could say that this is his first appearance. What I want to discuss here is his motives. It seems as though Smokey just randomly chose to kill the poor Pilot. But there must have been a reason, Smokey’s not an animal (ba dum dum tssh). I’ve always thought about this, Smokey must have some purpose that dictates all of his actions (I have a new half-theory that maybe Smokey is a paradox course-corrector).
We’ve heard that Smokey is a Security System, so perhaps he’s rooting out threats. So what kind of threat did the Pilot pose to the Island? Perhaps Mister Pilot person might have had more luck contacting the outside world, maybe he would have saved everyone, getting them rescued. It seems unlikely.
So here’s where I need your help. Why did the Pilot have to die?
Currently my best guess is that they had him there just to show the audience that Smokey is dangerous and unknown. It’ very possible that he died becuase he was just a guest star. This kinda makes this scene un-Vital, but I guess that’s part of the process, if we can manage to debunk these scenes then that helps us just as much.
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Here is the next episode from sl-Lost’s In preparation for Season 5 videos. This one is about one of my favorite characters, Desmond.
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Here is the next episode from sl-Lost’s In preparation for Season 5 videos. This one is about the dead(ish) characters in Lost.
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Here is the fifth episode from sl-Lost’s In preparation for Season 5 videos. This time it’s about the couples that have formed during the course of the show.
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The writers did a very strange thing when they wrote this episode. They chose to have Hurley as the central character. Hurley is rarely a driving force in a storyline and when you look back it hardly seems like he’s around for most of season 4. But I believe having him open the season was a genius idea. It did what a season premiere should do, it took the insanity down a notch. Luckily for us taking it “down a notch” doesn’t mean much in Lost. This episode opened up many a new mystery.
The Oceanic Six was introduced, which was enough to keep us all buzzing around water coolers (I think I need a better office job, that could never happen where I work). The intro of the O6 kept us guessing for a long time, but it wasn’t a lasting mystery. That is what we asked for so we should be thankful for that.
Jacob was seen, and more importantly Christian was seen in Jacob’s cabin. It was all crazy stuff, I’ll talk about it more below.
The survivors and their on-island friends were split into two distinct and slightly opposing groups. This allowed us, the fans, to divide ourselves into Locke supporters and Jack supporters (guess who I went with).
And right at the very end we met the second of the Freighter Folk, and my new favorite character, Daniel Faraday.
Quite the eventful episode. And it was only the beginning of the craziness.
This episode had everything we could ask for in an episode, new mysteries, new characters, divisions, engaging flashes, and intense emotion. The perfect start to an amazing season. As far as premieres go, I think this one was very good. Compared to the season 2 and 3 premieres this one was a classic.
9.0/10.0
That went very quick. Somehow season 3 seems so much shorter than the other seasons, perhaps it’s because I enjoyed it more.
In case you’re forgetful or nostalgic here are the links to my other season reviews:
Let’s get right down to it
301 – A Tale of Two Cities – 6.0
302 – The Glass ballerina – 1.0
303 – Further Instructions – 8.0
304 – Every Man For Himself – 4.0
305 – The Cost of Living – 8.5
306 – I Do – 3.5
307 – Not in Portland – 10.0
308 – Flashes Before Your Eyes – 10.0
309 – Stranger in a Strange Land – 1.5
310 – Tricia Tanaka is Dead – 8.0
311 – Enter 77 – 7.5
312 – Par Avion - 7.0
313 – The Man From Talahasee – 10.0
314 – Expose – 9.0
315 – Left Behind – 8.0
316 – One of Us – 8.0
317 – Catch 22 – 8.0
318 - D.O.C. – 7.5
319 – The Brig – 9.5
320 – The Man Behind the Curtain - 10.0
321 – Greatest Hits – 8.0
322 – Through the Looking Glass – 9.5
So that makes an average of about 7.4. The average for season 2 was 7.0 and for season 1 it was 6.5. It doesn’t surprise me at all that the average is going up.
But I’d like to show you some fun we can have with the numbers. I’m not alone in despising the first 6 episodes of season 3. Let’s call them season 3 part 1. That would mean that S3 part 1 got an average of 5.2. S3 part 2 gets an average of 8.2. I believe those episodes deserve there respective scores. I, genuinely, enjoyed all of those later episodes, with the exception of Stranger in a Strange Land.
As for other episodes I hated, “The Glass Ballerina” comes to mind. That episode bored me to death (not literally). “Par Avion” was pretty weak but was saved by the fact that it was Claire’s last flashback (fingers crossed) and her big reveal was some moderate fun. “I Do” and “Every Man for Himself “are bad in their own ways but it’s mostly just the pace. Those first six episodes had a terrible pace.
As for episodes that stood out to me, there were many great episodes. I loved all of the episodes I gave 10.0s to, obviously. I recommend that you rewatch those episodes, they were awesome and a half.
I feel that Lost really stepped up in this season compared the previous seasons. It moved solidly away from Drama and into Sci-fi with episodes like “Flashes Before Your Eyes” and “The Man Behind the Curtain”. The main difference between this season and the others was the addition of Brian K. Vaughn to the writing staff. I believe he saved the show. He’s a modern genius of storytelling and I’m sure we will hear a lot about him in the coming years. (If you haven’t already I recommend that you check out his comic series Y: The Last Man. It is a glorious story. It’s currently being made into a movie, but I would love to see it made into a TV show…on cable.)
In my opinion Season 3 is about The Others. That’s not to say we completely understand the now, or have cleared up all (or any) of the mystery surrounding them. But now we can at least put faces to the mysteries. Season 3 started out in The Others camp, and ended with most of The Others retreating and many of them being killed by our survivors. They had their day in the sun now it’s the survivors turn.
We also got a glimpse into their backgrounds. We got to see a lot of Juliet’s past life and her recruitment process. We even got to see what it was like to be an Other. We saw Ben’s childhood and even the Purge. And all through the season we met a large amount of Others: Patchy, Ms Klugh, Mr. Friendly, Pickett, Richard and many more. It’s almost as if we know them now, almost.
If season 2 is about Locke’s journey, then season 3 is about Jack’s. Jack desperately tries to get off the island, first by way of Ben and The Others, and eventually he formulates a plan around Naomi and The Freighter Folk.
One would suspect that if this season is primarily about Jack, then he would get the most face-time. Not completely true, he goes missing for quite a while during his time with The Others and his plans and intentions are kept hidden from the viewer until the season finale. So while it seems as though he moves the story along, he still manages to stay out of the limelight (what a strange expression).
This season also introduced one of the main themes of Season 4, the Freighter Folk. Naomi landed on the island spinning a wonderful tale of rescue and hope, and then she was stabbed in the back.
Anywho, stay tuned for season 4 reviews.
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(You may notice that I am reviewing this entire episode instead of splitting it up like I’ve done for the other finales. I did this because season 5 is starting a week earlier than I anticipated, so I have to accelerate my revlysis schedule slightly.)
There was so much about this episode that was so good. A lot of the time was full of action and fun, but there was still a lot of great stuff there. And you really can’t beat the mood of this episode. Everything is tinged with that sense of danger. And now that season 4 is over all that potential danger is laid out for us.
Besides the obvious twist, this flashforward was very boring. But that was kinda the point, it lulls us into a false sense of familiarity and then BANG it throws the show for a loop. I was considering lowering the score, because compared to the other flashforwards it was pretty weak, but I can’t ignore that the episode was still very amazing and mind-bending, then and now.
Charlies death scene and what happened before it with Penny’s transmission was just too awesome. I love it when they pull the rug out from under us like that, taking away our hope that Penny was going to swoop in and save the day. And the inclusion and near reunion between her and Desmond was irresistibly good.
Also the final scene with Jack and Kate is amazing and mind-blowing. You really can’t beat that, and I don’t think they will try any time soon.
Aaand the part when Jack talks to Minkowski, it just gets better and better. That conversation is so short and it gives us no info, but the potential is just incredible.
9.5/10.0 Do the finales seem to get better and better the more times you watch them?
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