Lost: Season 3 (Spoilers)

[Covert Rain]

I just can't buy that the show writers would hand us the next main character to die on a silver platter. Has anything up to this point been so easy or obvious?

 

[PortlandCardFan]

I just can't buy that the show writers would hand us the next main character to die on a silver platter. Has anything up to this point been so easy or obvious?

Desmond could be wrong... He did have the wrong night in his flashback.

 

[SO91]

I only got to see the last 20 minutes of last night's episode, and started watching right around the time the guy with the red shoes died. Did I miss anything of importance?

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

last night's episode reminded me a lot of the Movie "The Matrix."

 

[Nasser22]

For whoever said it, yeah it did seem like Final Destination kind of. I loved that episode. I do think it's possible that Desmond has done this multiple time, if so, that really sucks for him. Unlike some of you though, I love to keep getting knew questions to think about. This just made me want to keep watching more.

 

[D-Dogg]

I think he's flashing currently, not reliving it over again Groundhog Day or Replay style. He sees a bit ahead.

I really loved this episode..it got back to the kind of stuff I really liked about lost in general...the overall weirdness of it all. Cage matches and the Jack/Sawyer/Kate triangle got old, fast.

 

[jenna2891]

I think he's flashing currently, not reliving it over again Groundhog Day or Replay style. He sees a bit ahead.

I really loved this episode..it got back to the kind of stuff I really liked about lost in general...the overall weirdness of it all. Cage matches and the Jack/Sawyer/Kate triangle got old, fast.

amen, brutha.

 

[General Chaos]

I have a feeling Desmond will be killed off soon. His talent is too big to allow the rest of the stories to remain important.

 

[D-Dogg]

Desmond, brutha, is my favorite character on this show, brutha.

 

[FischerKing]

Yeah - Des is one of my favorites on the show.

I don't think he will be killed anytime soon. Actually I think he will make it to the end. I think Charlie is going to die before this season is over.

Shawn

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Yeah - Des is one of my favorites on the show.

I don't think he will be killed anytime soon. Actually I think he will make it to the end. I think Charlie is going to die before this season is over.

Shawn

I'm with you brutha...

I think he'll make it to the end so he can see Penny

 

[bratwurst]

Sorry to spew chunks... but here are my thoughts.

1st Season - fantastic, mind blowing each episode. Was really happy I waited and could watch on DVD, so I could go on to the next episode immediately.

2nd Season - still pretty good. Same thing with the DVDs but didn't mind waiting a night here and there before watching the next episode or two.

3rd Season - doesn't bother me in the least that I won't see the next episode for a week, in fact, I'll tivo it and probably not even watch until Thursday or Friday.

IMO, this is because of a lot of the same issues other people have:

• There are too many tangents, and I don't really give a rats ass about most of the new characters
• I feel like a lot of the characters that were previously built up at great length are now completely forgotten about
• They changed the focus to the Jack/Sawyer/Kate cage match for too long at the beginning of this season
• So many unanswered story line points there's no way they're going to cleanly wrap this up, and if they do, its going to take way too long to do so. Kind of like the Xfiles going on for 4 seasons too long, and still not getting to a decent conclusion. At some point, I'm going to cut my losses just like I did with that series too.
• What mysterious island phenomenon are we discussing this week? Or do we simply forget about all the other mysterious crap for this week, and decide to introduce time travel/alternate time universes or whatever the hell you want to call it instead? What is this, Dr Freaking Who?

I could keep going. I'm annoyed because this is the only show I watch, and its jumping the shark, which by the way, had some weird dharma stamp on it, but that was the first season so forget about it ever being mentioned again.

 

[Louis]

Sorry to spew chunks... but here are my thoughts.

1st Season - fantastic, mind blowing each episode. Was really happy I waited and could watch on DVD, so I could go on to the next episode immediately.

2nd Season - still pretty good. Same thing with the DVDs but didn't mind waiting a night here and there before watching the next episode or two.

3rd Season - doesn't bother me in the least that I won't see the next episode for a week, in fact, I'll tivo it and probably not even watch until Thursday or Friday.

IMO, this is because of a lot of the same issues other people have:

• There are too many tangents, and I don't really give a rats ass about most of the new characters
• I feel like a lot of the characters that were previously built up at great length are now completely forgotten about
• They changed the focus to the Jack/Sawyer/Kate cage match for too long at the beginning of this season
• So many unanswered story line points there's no way they're going to cleanly wrap this up, and if they do, its going to take way too long to do so. Kind of like the Xfiles going on for 4 seasons too long, and still not getting to a decent conclusion. At some point, I'm going to cut my losses just like I did with that series too.
• What mysterious island phenomenon are we discussing this week? Or do we simply forget about all the other mysterious crap for this week, and decide to introduce time travel/alternate time universes or whatever the hell you want to call it instead? What is this, Dr Freaking Who?

I could keep going. I'm annoyed because this is the only show I watch, and its jumping the shark, which by the way, had some weird dharma stamp on it, but that was the first season so forget about it ever being mentioned again.

Agreed.

I'm almost ready to remove it from my season recordings list on my DVR.

 

[Russ Smith]

It was so long ago I can barely remember but who was it that told Claire that her baby was going to be "evil" and she had to make sure she raised it? That was some sort of psychic fortune teller right?

I wonder if Desmond has any insight there?

And for that matter, how come her baby was such a huge part of the early show(kidnapping her etc) and now it's a total afterthought?

 

[Pariah]

Here's a thought: do you think Claire's baby (aaron?) might be one of the people on the island -- he would be a product of time travel...existing on the island as both infant and adult.

He could maybe be Alex's boyfriend? Henry? (didn't Henry say he's been on that island his whole life?) Maybe Aaron, Henry and Alex's BF are all the same people from different times?

I have no idea why any of that would make sense, but it's a thought.

 

[bratwurst]

Here's a thought: do you think Claire's baby (aaron?) might be one of the people on the island -- he would be a product of time travel...existing on the island as both infant and adult.

He could maybe be Alex's boyfriend? Henry? (didn't Henry say he's been on that island his whole life?) Maybe Aaron, Henry and Alex's BF are all the same people from different times?

If they take the time shifting to that kind of extreme, I'm definitely finished with this show.

 

[Nasser22]

I don't understand how some of you don't like this new one. They said this series will end soon so I'm sure they'll answer some questions, but they have time. I love this time shifting and new mysteries stuff...

 

[abomb]

Man, you guys dont spoiler ish in this thread...

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Man, you guys dont spoiler ish in this thread...

The thread title says spoilers.

 

[Shane]

Just read in the paper up here(front page) that rating have severely dropped for this show. Said that it is fading fast. A network exec was quoted as saying that it has slipped to far to fast and that it will be back for one more season next year and that will be the end of lost. Sucks if true. I still really like it.

 

[Chaplin]

Just read in the paper up here(front page) that rating have severely dropped for this show. Said that it is fading fast. A network exec was quoted as saying that it has slipped to far to fast and that it will be back for one more season next year and that will be the end of lost. Sucks if true. I still really like it.

I wouldn't read too much into it--part of their problem is the huge break between episodes, and 2 episodes after a big break is not the best gauge on where the show is.

If ratings pick up and they hit a home run with the finale (which is still possible, and probable), then these articles you've been seeing won't mean much. The last 2 episodes have been the best of the season so far, they just need word-of-mouth to overcome the gap between episodes 6 and 7.

 

[Nasser22]

Why did they have that gap anyway?

 

[Shane]

Why did they have that gap anyway?

Because they are stuuupid. They have done that with the show since it came out. Hafd way to many gaps in between episodes. I would like to know whos bight idea it was to start doing TV shows that way.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I love time shifting etc, that's what made the Terminator movies so interesting to me, but this is a new twist on it to be sure since Desmond seems to have partial memory of what's happening, most of the other people don't, except for the woman who didn't want to sell him the ring.

And the part that I really didn't like is if Charlie was supposed to die trying to rescue Claire, why the hell was Charlie out in the forest a mile away? the only reason Charlie ever got involved in that rescue was Desmond saw it before it happened and went running, Charlie would have been nowhere near the beach otherwise. Just didn't make any sense, if you replay that incident without Desmond seeing the future, Claire drowns with Charlie a mile away doesn't she?

I love the time shifting also. It really messes with your mind.

Regarding Charlie being too far away, I thought about that too. I came to the same conclusion Jason did, Des brought him into the jungle on purpose to keep him from entering the water.

 

[PortlandCardFan]

I love the time shifting also. It really messes with your mind.

Regarding Charlie being too far away, I thought about that too. I came to the same conclusion Jason did, Des brought him into the jungle on purpose to keep him from entering the water.

If Des did then he did it unknowingly. You remember the confused look on his face while he was envisioning Claire's demise?