>: 31 THE OTHER 48 DAYS
and now, an all-new extended episode of LOST.
no words sweeter.
didn't know, so that was a wonderful way to begin. and then no flashbacks! it was all a flashback. loved the opening shot, just long enough to wonder what's going on before the pieces start zinging in, nice sound effects. aaaaand, it's an alternate pilot. that was so bizarre, really felt like they just pressed the reset button. thing is, i don't get how they survived at all (i know, the island saved them). were they IN that tail when it crashed into the ocean? seems like pretty massive suspension of disbelief required. ah well, that i got. it was obviously going to be the 'let's humanize ana lucia' episode which i'd say they did to pretty good effect. they went ahead and showed us the little boy's bear early on. when eko and bernard were sitting talking by the fire, i was on edge, knew the others were looming! well-played with eko, how they made it seem like he was the bad guy, we knew the story but it totally felt like watching an already-aired pilot, like they were trying to misdirect us, but acknowledging that we wouldn't be.
interesting how much this group felt like our group (it did suck seeing the cast's, even maggie's!, names go by knowing they wouldn't show) same debates about the beach, the fire, getting rescued. when ana was talking bernard off the seat, i could hear jack's voice saying her words, identical tone. same with goodwin debating on the beach, sounded like locke. nice job making me not trust nathan initially, he seemed sketchy from the get-go, all a ruse. hilarious that she dug the pit.
only real plot advancement came with goodwin's last chat. so, they want 'good' people? for their post-hippie co-op society? wonder if they killed the first 3 dudes and indoctrinated the next 9 or what. the strongest then the good ones. so the pants/bare legs alternation of 2 wks ago was def other/survivor/other/survivor with the boy bringing up the rear.
continuity glitch: last wk, the others started whispering, everyone got scared, ana said run! and commercial break, didn't see them again until the barrel was smoking. this wk, we got whispering, ana drew then shot shannon. no run! i'm just saying.
it was great seeing things lead up to what we know. those drums sold me on it. loved how they kept going over Day 46, Day 47, relentless. and again, we end an episode no further past last wk's cliffhanger, they even gave us the EXACT THREE SAME CLOSING SHOTS sayid holding shannon sayid pissed ana unapologetic, with those drums it got me pumped for next wk! i thought this wk was going to be them explaining themselves and flashing back on bits from the first 48, but i liked this method much better. a whole first season with these people with no flashbacks and small character development, just the broad strokes. small part of me is sad we didn't get a new minute past last wk but i'm not listening to him so much anymore, i loved the episode and enjoy how they're treating time as fluid, not bound by linearity, perfectly happy to set a big cliffhanger up then go back the next wk, layer it, and give you the same cliffhanger again, heavier with plot. that's gutsy.
cb stubblefield's words on barbq come to mind: (it's) like the mississippi, it's long and takes it's own sweet time.
no words sweeter.
didn't know, so that was a wonderful way to begin. and then no flashbacks! it was all a flashback. loved the opening shot, just long enough to wonder what's going on before the pieces start zinging in, nice sound effects. aaaaand, it's an alternate pilot. that was so bizarre, really felt like they just pressed the reset button. thing is, i don't get how they survived at all (i know, the island saved them). were they IN that tail when it crashed into the ocean? seems like pretty massive suspension of disbelief required. ah well, that i got. it was obviously going to be the 'let's humanize ana lucia' episode which i'd say they did to pretty good effect. they went ahead and showed us the little boy's bear early on. when eko and bernard were sitting talking by the fire, i was on edge, knew the others were looming! well-played with eko, how they made it seem like he was the bad guy, we knew the story but it totally felt like watching an already-aired pilot, like they were trying to misdirect us, but acknowledging that we wouldn't be.
interesting how much this group felt like our group (it did suck seeing the cast's, even maggie's!, names go by knowing they wouldn't show) same debates about the beach, the fire, getting rescued. when ana was talking bernard off the seat, i could hear jack's voice saying her words, identical tone. same with goodwin debating on the beach, sounded like locke. nice job making me not trust nathan initially, he seemed sketchy from the get-go, all a ruse. hilarious that she dug the pit.
only real plot advancement came with goodwin's last chat. so, they want 'good' people? for their post-hippie co-op society? wonder if they killed the first 3 dudes and indoctrinated the next 9 or what. the strongest then the good ones. so the pants/bare legs alternation of 2 wks ago was def other/survivor/other/survivor with the boy bringing up the rear.
continuity glitch: last wk, the others started whispering, everyone got scared, ana said run! and commercial break, didn't see them again until the barrel was smoking. this wk, we got whispering, ana drew then shot shannon. no run! i'm just saying.
it was great seeing things lead up to what we know. those drums sold me on it. loved how they kept going over Day 46, Day 47, relentless. and again, we end an episode no further past last wk's cliffhanger, they even gave us the EXACT THREE SAME CLOSING SHOTS sayid holding shannon sayid pissed ana unapologetic, with those drums it got me pumped for next wk! i thought this wk was going to be them explaining themselves and flashing back on bits from the first 48, but i liked this method much better. a whole first season with these people with no flashbacks and small character development, just the broad strokes. small part of me is sad we didn't get a new minute past last wk but i'm not listening to him so much anymore, i loved the episode and enjoy how they're treating time as fluid, not bound by linearity, perfectly happy to set a big cliffhanger up then go back the next wk, layer it, and give you the same cliffhanger again, heavier with plot. that's gutsy.
cb stubblefield's words on barbq come to mind: (it's) like the mississippi, it's long and takes it's own sweet time.
posted by rb at 10:58 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home