>: 3rd Season Ascending
well, the time is upon us.
will we meet new characters as compelling and well-acted as desmond or eko or (not) henry gale? will we be given another new song to shake our fists up at the heavens to with the power and emotional depth of mama cass's "make your own kind of music"? logic would indicate that the bar has already been raised too high, but i believe there is a chance.
i'm going to spitball some predictions, just for fun.
Q: who will be our featured flashback performer?
A: i'd go with jack, but he was the leadman last season and his flashback was more recent than either of his fellow prisoners. probably kate or sawyer, thinking it's got to be one of the prisoners. yeah, KATE.
be really cool if they led with flashbacks of (not) henry or tom the not-bearded man, but thinking they'll hold that close to their vest until later, if not forever.
Q: will we get present-tense off-island shots of penny widmore as she reacts to the news that brothah hume's anamolic location has been determined?
A: i feel like we'd be lucky to get five minutes of this chick in these first 7. but they might surprise me.
Q: will we find out what the DEAL has been with (not) henry and these others?
A: my guess is: yes, i bet we get a pretty good talk about it. would be so cool if the flashback was all-others, even threading back through 1st season stuff. i think they've GOT to produce some more concrete answers out of the gate or people are going to get pissed and bail. and lindelof knows this.
(and i realize this counteracts the end of my first answer. don't care. i, like the universe, abide in a state of quantum indeterminacy)
Q: what's the deal with that statue with 4 toes left over from peter jackson's set of middle earth, first glimpsed by sayid and the koreans?
A: i think we're going to have to wait some time to get down the road on this one. when he saw it, stephen king rolled his eyes and called "too many mysteries!" but i guess my upper threshold has not yet been reached
(or even sighted, maybe)
Q: what...actually happened at the end? (or, what's the deal with the failsafe/white flash?)
A: it seems to me like it dispelled the ridiculous geolocational electromagnetic energy that the swan and button-pushers maintained for lo those many years. why they didn't just do that in the first place rather than set up a button with 13.3repeating chances of failure daily is a plot point requiring explanation, if so.
what a wonderful lead-in for...
Q: what is the final fate of eko, desmond, and locke?
A: honestly, seems like they should all be smashed into paste. anything that could kick that QUARANTINE door 45 minutes over to try and smash claire should have ground those boys up.
BUT, allowing that there are survivors, i'm going to go with:
eko: alive. the character's just too good and he is one hardy-looking dude. certainly the odds-on favorite to survive the Great Crunch. plenty of room for character growth and he still needs to build that church.
locke: if he's not the latest sacrifice the island demanded, i'm thinking he's certainly lost the use of his legs. maybe that's too pat of a plotpoint, but it's impossible to ignore.
desmond: almost certainly toast. they could pull an eye-of-the-storm type manuever and keep him around but he got a hell of an arc in a single episode's worth of flashbacks and you could sure say his story was over, unlike for instance libby. he served his purpose. + think about the finale's title, we don't KNOW of anyone who died, but of the contenders, brothah hume was the only one alone.
Q: what is the big plan jack had before he even left camp?
A: no idea, we'll see.
Q: have we seen the last of walt and michael?
A: SURELY not. that would be madness. bet they don't make the premiere, though.
and the question MOST on america's mind...
Q: jack or sawyer, freckles?
A: i'm going to go with the scruffy southern longhair with a penchant for nicknames. and jack dies.
i should really wait another half-hour until 1:08 to post this but what the hell...
will we meet new characters as compelling and well-acted as desmond or eko or (not) henry gale? will we be given another new song to shake our fists up at the heavens to with the power and emotional depth of mama cass's "make your own kind of music"? logic would indicate that the bar has already been raised too high, but i believe there is a chance.
i'm going to spitball some predictions, just for fun.
Q: who will be our featured flashback performer?
A: i'd go with jack, but he was the leadman last season and his flashback was more recent than either of his fellow prisoners. probably kate or sawyer, thinking it's got to be one of the prisoners. yeah, KATE.
be really cool if they led with flashbacks of (not) henry or tom the not-bearded man, but thinking they'll hold that close to their vest until later, if not forever.
Q: will we get present-tense off-island shots of penny widmore as she reacts to the news that brothah hume's anamolic location has been determined?
A: i feel like we'd be lucky to get five minutes of this chick in these first 7. but they might surprise me.
Q: will we find out what the DEAL has been with (not) henry and these others?
A: my guess is: yes, i bet we get a pretty good talk about it. would be so cool if the flashback was all-others, even threading back through 1st season stuff. i think they've GOT to produce some more concrete answers out of the gate or people are going to get pissed and bail. and lindelof knows this.
(and i realize this counteracts the end of my first answer. don't care. i, like the universe, abide in a state of quantum indeterminacy)
Q: what's the deal with that statue with 4 toes left over from peter jackson's set of middle earth, first glimpsed by sayid and the koreans?
A: i think we're going to have to wait some time to get down the road on this one. when he saw it, stephen king rolled his eyes and called "too many mysteries!" but i guess my upper threshold has not yet been reached
(or even sighted, maybe)
Q: what...actually happened at the end? (or, what's the deal with the failsafe/white flash?)
A: it seems to me like it dispelled the ridiculous geolocational electromagnetic energy that the swan and button-pushers maintained for lo those many years. why they didn't just do that in the first place rather than set up a button with 13.3repeating chances of failure daily is a plot point requiring explanation, if so.
what a wonderful lead-in for...
Q: what is the final fate of eko, desmond, and locke?
A: honestly, seems like they should all be smashed into paste. anything that could kick that QUARANTINE door 45 minutes over to try and smash claire should have ground those boys up.
BUT, allowing that there are survivors, i'm going to go with:
eko: alive. the character's just too good and he is one hardy-looking dude. certainly the odds-on favorite to survive the Great Crunch. plenty of room for character growth and he still needs to build that church.
locke: if he's not the latest sacrifice the island demanded, i'm thinking he's certainly lost the use of his legs. maybe that's too pat of a plotpoint, but it's impossible to ignore.
desmond: almost certainly toast. they could pull an eye-of-the-storm type manuever and keep him around but he got a hell of an arc in a single episode's worth of flashbacks and you could sure say his story was over, unlike for instance libby. he served his purpose. + think about the finale's title, we don't KNOW of anyone who died, but of the contenders, brothah hume was the only one alone.
Q: what is the big plan jack had before he even left camp?
A: no idea, we'll see.
Q: have we seen the last of walt and michael?
A: SURELY not. that would be madness. bet they don't make the premiere, though.
and the question MOST on america's mind...
Q: jack or sawyer, freckles?
A: i'm going to go with the scruffy southern longhair with a penchant for nicknames. and jack dies.
i should really wait another half-hour until 1:08 to post this but what the hell...
posted by rb at 12:06 PM
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cheers, mate. and now, paint.
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