Lostlessness

Don’t Drink and Facebook

Dead Prophet — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:00:43 +0000

Glenfiddich and the Internet lead to rough goes…

I’ve seen you kicks

Dead Prophet — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:18:08 +0000

You’ve got like 40 cents to your name.

Pudding

Dead Prophet — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:49:44 +0000

Quote from last year [Lost: The meaning of the numbers]

It’s time, Lost fans, to stop obsessing over what that recurring sequence of six mysterious numbers means. Not even series co-creator Damon Lindelof knows. ”I think that that question will never, ever be answered. I couldn’t possibly imagine [how we would answer that question]…

Again, the numbers were the bait, the answer doesn’t exist until a decision is made not based on plot, but on how long can the audience put up with either not knowing, or not knowing enough.

I like pudding.

Faushzer | Not the Faushzer

Dead Prophet — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:32:56 +0000

Jack’s dad, can’t remember his name right now, has a daughter that he wants to see. Is it Claire and is the baby Jack’s nephew?

Who the hell cares! Why, the writers are still deciding. It’s not a predermined story line. That’s the fricken pisser here. There is no greater mystery to solve. No great stone to overturn that will tell the whole story.

Be warned and be aware. This is the fate of those who wait. Misery and feigned mystery. Let’s call it Mist-ery. False shadows in across the misty blue that could be anything they need to be and become what they have to be then switch to what they should have been then turn out to be nothing. We’re the pawns in this little game.

Downtime…

Dead Prophet — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:27:34 +0000

Not sure why, but was down today for about 30 minutes. Had to repost a couple entries.

What I don’t know…

Dead Prophet — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:34:53 +0000

I don’t know a lot. And I don’t think I’m alone. I think the writers of the show are in the same boat, or on the same plane as I am.

I am the Story

Dead Prophet — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:15:07 +0000

So, in thinking this through, there is a sense I get that the writers are trying to make me feel what the islanders are supposed to be feeling, that they are pawns in a game they don’t know the rules to.

There seem to be no rules in this story, so it’s unfair to try to figure anything out. Libby was a useless point of plot as her character did not advance the story. Anna Lucia was the same. Her presence did NOTHING to advance any plot. Unless you, like me, believe the plot is not about the characters in the story, but the audience watching the show. We are the story.

Mr Echo and the Status of No-Need Visions

Dead Prophet — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:10:14 +0000

So Mr. Echo / Locke have a vision that leads them to the main hatch where they discover a new video tape that gives them information about something that is supposed to be important to the Darma chaps but in the end means NOTHING because the hatch has a fricken fail-safe key. So the vision validates the presence of hyper-spirituality but the vision only served to prolong the episode so that the finale could end on episode 24.

Again, it’s not about the story, it’s only about the yarn.

No Known Plot

Dead Prophet — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:04:07 +0000

Mentioned before, worth expounding.

What is the plot of Lost? There is no plot; no governing story arc. It’s not a story of survival. It’s not a story of escape. It’s a story of discovery, but not in a true sense, only in a cautiously revealed sense. We don’t discover what we want, we have certain false truths revealed through tiny windows of opportunity. Discovery is not a plot. It’s like a book with no ending… hey buda boom buda bam.

That’s what this show is. It is a show with no ending, just small payoffs and new beginnings. It works as entertainment; it fails as story. I swear to you that the writers are making things up as they go and are then trying to figure out how to tie things together.

Like why were the numbers engraved on the hatch. No other reason than the writers needed a twist. Why is michael getting off the island with Walt? Easy, not because the story dictated it, but Walt (the actory) was like 10 when then show started and is close to 13 now but they’ve only been on the island 70 days and Walt (the character) is still 10. Or why is there so much easy food, how else could they account for hurley’s (the actor) weight. Not a story, they just forget to negotiate weight loss into the contract.

It’s not about making sense, it’s about making it last.

Pudding of Proof

Dead Prophet — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:55:07 +0000

Want more proof the story isn’t a story but is actually just about stringing the audience along?

Let’s talk Libby. Elizabeth. She existed for no reason. Her character served no purpose. Sure, we weren’t put through her back story, but we were given a carrot at the end of Hurley’s binge episode. “Oh no, Libby is a stalker from the same hospital as Hurley”. And then dead. Oh wait, she’s back to give up her boat to Desmond. Still dead.

One could say it didn’t advance the plot, but that’s the brilliance (ie, money mongerers) of the writers. There is no known plot.