The Official "Lost" the series discussion

[Deberg_1990]

I figured I would start a thread for this and see what happens....there seemed to be quite a few viewers on the board for this show the past few weeks.....I like the direction the show is taking so far......episode 3 tonight at 7 central on ABC....

[Mr. Plow]

Just for the record, I don't quite "get" the show the way most of you do. That's why I come in here - to piece it all together.

Some, if not most of you, will see the smallest writing on the wall and then tie it to something in season 1. My memory isn't that good. I see the writing and go "What the hell does that mean?" Then I come in here, see you guys piece it together, then I play it up to my wife like I knew it all along. "Oh honey, you didn't know about the time travel angle of the show? How cute."

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Off-topic but you think Juno was realistic??

An extremely, smart, witty teenager who is obviously sharper than anyone in her circle of life chooses not to use birth control or protection when having planned sexual intercourse?

Not buying it.

It's not supposed to be realistic, it was RESONANT.

Nobody talks like the characters in Juno, but you kind of feel it'd be kind of cool to talk that way on occasion.

Smart girls don't get knocked up like that, but you kind of feel it'd be cool if people reacted so warmly and empathetically if she did.

It's highly stylized, but still relatable, making it resonant.

Saying Juno isn't realistic is like seeing this


And responding 'no one sits like that when playing guitar.'

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

It's not supposed to be realistic, it was RESONANT.

Nobody talks like the characters in Juno, but you kind of feel it'd be kind of cool to talk that way on occasion.

Smart girls don't get knocked up like that, but you kind of feel it'd be cool if people reacted so warmly and empathetically if she did.

It's highly stylized, but still relatable, making it resonant.

Saying Juno isn't realistic is like seeing this


And responding 'no one sits like that when playing guitar.'

I PM'd him for a response to my simple question:

Do all intelligent people never make a mistake?

He wouldn't answer it. Instead, he said I google something and it would show he and 10 million others have the same feeling.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Just for the record, I don't quite "get" the show the way most of you do. That's why I come in here - to piece it all together.

Some, if not most of you, will see the smallest writing on the wall and then tie it to something in season 1. My memory isn't that good. I see the writing and go "What the hell does that mean?" Then I come in here, see you guys piece it together, then I play it up to my wife like I knew it all along. "Oh honey, you didn't know about the time travel angle of the show? How cute."

I do the same thing except when I go to my wife with these brilliant insights I've stolen, I say, "It's so apparent that you don't really get this show. If you can focus a little bit, I'll try to explain it in terms you can understand."


Sorry Dane, I'm just playing around.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

I PM'd him for a response to my simple question:

Do all intelligent people never make a mistake?

He wouldn't answer it. Instead, he said I google something and it would show he and 10 million others have the same feeling.

You're a ****ing jackass.

Thanks for sharing.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

It's not supposed to be realistic, it was RESONANT.

Nobody talks like the characters in Juno, but you kind of feel it'd be kind of cool to talk that way on occasion.

Smart girls don't get knocked up like that, but you kind of feel it'd be cool if people reacted so warmly and empathetically if she did.

It's highly stylized, but still relatable, making it resonant.

Saying Juno isn't realistic is like seeing this


And responding 'no one sits like that when playing guitar.'

Yay! You liked the movie and found it "resonant".

I didn't like the movie and found it to be a waste of time.

Good for you.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yay! You liked the movie and found it "resonant".

I didn't like the movie and found it to be a waste of time.

Good for you.

Yay! You're working in H'wood, doing H'wood stuff, and your assessment is so acute you found a little movie that made some $500M and got an oscar a 'waste of time.' Good luck with that. Maybe you can help Jon Peters develop more movies with giant mechanical spiders.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Yay! You're working in H'wood, doing H'wood stuff, and your assessment is so acute you found a little movie that made some $500M and got an oscar a 'waste of time.' Good luck with that. Maybe you can help Jon Peters develop more movies with giant mechanical spiders.

Thanks for insulting me for not liking a movie.

You're so cool.

Oh, and the movie made $225 million worldwide, not $500 million. So get your facts straight if you're going to insult someone.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Thanks for insulting me for not liking a movie.

You're so cool.

Oh, and the movie made $225 million worldwide, not $500 million. So get your facts straight if you're going to insult someone.

Actually, Dane, no one is insulting you for not liking a movie. They are insulting you for your reasoning, demeanor, providing no answers, and overall condescending tone, as evidenced by this part of the LOST thread.

And that's the final thing I'll say in this thread that isn't LOST related.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Actually, Dane, no one is insulting you for not liking a movie. They are insulting you for your reasoning, demeanor, providing no answers, and overall condescending tone, as evidenced by this part of the LOST thread.

And that's the final thing I'll say in this thread that isn't LOST related.

Great, even better.

I'm being insulted for the reason I didn't like the movie and not answering YOUR stupid ****ing question, to which you already know the answer, Asshole.

Additionally, I provided a detailed response via PM as to why I didn't care for the movie, yet you conveniently left that out when announcing to the forum that I didn't answer your question.

You want a condescending response? How about this: I'm really glad you think you're cool because you like this trendy, "hip" arsty little movie. A movie that I found precocious and unbearable but somehow, touched a nerve with a ****ing douchebag who lives in Lawrence, KS.

There's your condescending answer, Prick.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Great, even better.

I'm being insulted for the reason I didn't like the movie and not answering YOUR stupid ****ing question, to which you already know the answer, Asshole.

Additionally, I provided a detailed response via PM as to why I didn't care for the movie, yet you conveniently left that out when announcing to the forum that I didn't answer your question.

You want a condescending response? How about this: I'm really glad you think you're cool because you like this trendy, "hip" arsty little movie. A movie that I found precocious and unbearable but somehow, touched a nerve with a ****ing douchebag who lives in Lawrence, KS.

There's your condescending answer, Prick.

No offense intended, Irish, but it *was* a pointless and insulting question.

[greg63]

I must begin watching this show.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Thanks for insulting me for not liking a movie.

You're so cool.

Oh, and the movie made $225 million worldwide, not $500 million. So get your facts straight if you're going to insult someone.

Dude, you know I'm not one to just pile on. But you're the one who insulted everyone who didn't jizz themselves over your pet theory as not understanding the show, on the same day that you offered up an assinine and out of touch assessment of a rightly enjoyed movie. And you work in H'wood, ostensibly having a hand in what we get to see.

That merits some comment.

In short, is there a possibility, however slight, that you just didn't understand Juno, or that people who DO understand Lost might STILL have valid reason to disagree with your theory?

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by patteeu

No offense intended, Irish, but it *was* a pointless and insulting question.

How so?

He said that was why the movie was unrealistic. I asked a simple question based on his premise and he refused to give an answer. Obviously, the film couldn't be unrealistic if it is realistic to think intelligent people make mistakes.

No one was knocking him because he disliked the film. They knocked him because he said it was unrealistic and the reason he gave for it. I don't see how the question was pointless. And it certainly wasn't insulting.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Dude, you know I'm not one to just pile on. But you're the one who insulted everyone who didn't jizz themselves over your pet theory as not understanding the show, on the same day that you offered up an assinine and out of touch assessment of a rightly enjoyed movie. And you work in H'wood, ostensibly having a hand in what we get to see.

That merits some comment.