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Some Like It Hoth
Well, this was one of those episodes that asked more questions than it answered. But they were good questions. Spoilers after the break…
Dead is Dead… or is it?
Absolutely great episode last night. It sure seemed to me like the writers were trying to imply that the new Locke is the monster. That doesn’t mean he IS, of course, but that’s sure what they were trying to make us think. He just HAPPENS to disappear conveniently when Smokey’s about to show up, and HAPPENS to reappear conveniently with a rope right when Ben needs it.
Now, I happen to think they’re misleading us with that one — they want us to think Locke is Smokey, but it’s going to turn out to be something different. No question the island’s got some sort of special interest in Locke now, and no question it’s not happy with Ben for trying to keep Locke out of the picture. So will Ben manage to let go of his ambition and surrender leadership to Locke? I think not. He’s Ben, after all. But maybe he’ll at least be able to refrain from shooting the guy…
The Dharma Initiative Arcade Machine
Posted by admin in Humor, Lost, Technology on April 3rd, 2009
Yes, I actually built this. In my garage. Yes, I could probably outdo Hurley for the world’s biggest geek award. But … it’s totally worth it.
Note the custom Dharma logo it uses. I know, that’s really awful, but… I had to.
Also note that it’s running Galaga. That also happens to be the name of the submarine Locke blew up a couple seasons back. It was so named, I’ve heard, because the writers played a lot of Galaga while they were brainstorming ideas for the show.
Oh, and it wasn’t planned from the start to have a Dharma Initiative theme. I’ve wanted to build an arcade cabinet for years. Thinking up a theme for the decoration came later, when I decided I didn’t just want another plain-jane “MAME ARCADE” theme for it. Why build something crazy like that if you’re not going to be unique? I bet I’m the only person in the whole world with a Dharma Initiative arcade game!
The Nature of the Island
I have been pondering recently the central mystery of LOST: what exactly is the nature of that stinking island, anyway and what’s so important about it?
Whatever happened, happened
I gotta admit, I had this week’s episode of LOST pretty much pegged.
This is going to contain spoilers, so you’ll have to click through to see the rest of this…
A few Lost theories
<strong bad> I FREAKING HATE SAYID!! </strong bad>
Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, I’ve been knocking around a few theories about what’s going on on Lost lately. Obviously there are a lot of crazy possibilities opened up by the last episode. I’m working on the assumption that Faraday was right, and whatever happened is what happened: Ben’s not dead and he’s not going to be dead. In fact I would say that getting shot is what turned him into a scheming evil genius in the first place. Well, that, and getting beaten by his dad who really doesn’t like him very much.
But I have this theory about what really turned Ben evil once and for all. The gunshot isn’t it. Roger’s abuse isn’t it. No, what really happened is this: Ben was in the cafeteria getting a sandwich and chatting with Hurley, when he happened to mention this movie that was about to come out called Star Wars. Hurley, being a consummate nerd like myself, can’t resist, and lets it slip that Darth Vader is Luke’s father.
I don’t know about you, but if someone had spoiled that for me in 1977, it would have messed my life up big time!
And, a buddy of mine from work came up with this idea that little Ben and big Ben aren’t the same person. Maybe big Ben just assumed the identity of the young deceased one or something. Now, I wasn’t sure about this theory at first. But then I got to thinking. Little Ben lights a van on fire and somehow manages to rig it so that it drives itself into a building and turns the whole thing into a blazing inferno, all to create a diversion so he can sneak into the jail and let Sayid out. My buddy was right… this boy is not Ben Linus. He’s freakin’ MACGYVER!