http://armstrongcircus.com/ Go with what you know en-us http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/853/#comment_18263 Where did you get the name Esaus? Here is the first time I've seen Esaus in reference to Flock/MIB... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:25:32 EST taylor Barriger http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/784/#comment_18262 Hello! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:01:56 EST buy_viagra http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/784/#comment_18261 Hello! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:06 EST viagra_alternative http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/833/#comment_18260 Nice article as for me. It would be great to read more concerning that theme. Thanx for giving this material. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:47:51 EST Marcus http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/853/#comment_18258 Weren't Ben and his dad part of the evacuation prior to the Incident caused by the bomb at the bottom of the shaft in 1977ish? They were on the island right? Sayid shot Ben back then. Ben got fixed. Bomb gets rushed to hatch. Dr evacuates island. Ben and dad leave. Incident happens. But Ben and dad are gone -- sooooooo, they just continue living post Dharma. Right? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:12:52 EST Ross Graham http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/853/#comment_18257 Loved Ben's internal story arc in this episode. Especially his redemption scene. The look on his face when Ilana showed such grace to him was quite moving. It was obvious that he'd never experienced the grace of forgiveness before and Michael Emerson's reactions were subtle yet obvious and spot-on. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:19:58 EST james r. http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/853/#comment_18256 Two words: "Cheese curds." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:09 EST joshua http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/826/#comment_18255 Incredible. armstrongcircus.com kicks ass. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:58 EST Abel http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18254 just saw this post but i have to say - that's one well-placed Myst joke right there. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:06:43 EST davis http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18244 Renaud wins. Renaud always wins. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:08:19 EST joshua http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18243 I don't believe Dogen knew the full extent of what the island would be or do to him; in that sense he was somewhat duped. "Come, to a a tropical island, full of women and magic ..." No one forces Sayid to kill anyone, yet he always does. He wants to deny who he is; just like Ben said, but even as a boy he's the one willing to kill. Maybe not revenge always; but at the very least violence. Apparently Esau/Locke speaking is equal to some sort of possession (though Sayid was brought back to life somehow). I was reading a very interesting theory today (clame). Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:51:42 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18242 Also, does Lost have to pay a royalty to Christopher Walken every time Keamy appears? Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:45:40 EST Renaud http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18241 "Keamy is also back. And still a douche. Sayid seeks revenge for his brother's sake. Not much different than his "hit-man" days with Ben — ah, the memories." I wouldn't say getting picked up in van by Keamy's guys is seeking revenge. Sayid actually rarely seeks revenge. It's almost like the fates are throwing revenge in his face and he ALWAYS fails. "Dogen talk about how he was duped into coming to the island (by Jacob) to save his son (but Dogen would forced to stay forever on the island). Sayid then drowns him. You know, revenge." I wouldn't say Dogen was "duped." He knew of the sacrifice he had to make. Also it was his fault that his son was dying. Contrary to Sayid's situation, MIB does not tell Sayid of his sacrifice to get want he wants. Every time MIB speaks, I am reminded of Jesus in the desert. "I'll give you anything you want." I doubt MIB will be true to his word where Jacob was. Wouldn't be great if MIB gave Sayid, not Nadia, but Shannon who also dies in his arms. Oops! Also, why can't they give Sayid noise-cancelling headphones to kill MIB. That would have worked! What about the theory that Jacob and MiB are the same person? "Every man has a scale within him", which may symbolize that Jacob & MiB are not warring externally, but internally. Maybe this is why MiB is trapped on the island? Seems a little to cerebral but could be fun. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:43:25 EST Renaud http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/784/#comment_18240 Hello! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:53:39 EST viarga http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/826/#comment_18239 i genuinely enjoy your own posting taste, very remarkable. don't quit and also keep posting due to the fact it just simply nicely to follow it, impatient to view way more of your own content pieces, goodbye :) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:49:09 EST Snisrecuccurb http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18238 I think it was made purposely unclear whether Dogen was telling Sayid the truth about killing NJL. Why did Sayid hesitate? He always hesitates. Is he under the same spell that Claire is? Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:22:21 EST Mike http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18237 Umm, what was Jin doing tied up in the pantry of Keamy's Kitchen? Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:06:00 EST DK http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18236 I wonder, in passing, if we should be attaching "mythology" significance to the repeated use of "Catch A Falling Star" in the show. Are we looking at celestial beings/bodies incarnated on earth? Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:14:09 EST Joshua http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/852/#comment_18235 This one was good, although very confusing on why someone did what, the end capped it with the epic "we're going to war" look and feel and Kate sort of dumb founded. Next week should be very interesting... it better because I'm going to miss it two weeks from now because I'll be on a job so I need an episode that answers some questions or I will not be able to function... that last part was a joke... just so you... yeah, well... you know! Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:19:01 EST Bobby http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18233 Ooooooo, I like the idea of Jack killing his father, though I'd prefer Christian to kill Jack (Jack's pretty annoying). Juliet eh? That's not a bad guess. Did they show any pictures when Jack was in their house? Also, Faraday is the piano teacher would be pretty great. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:42:43 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18232 I have been saying this since the beginning that Christian Shepard is a key player. He has to be. He is Anakin Skywalker. He's got two kids on the island. I think Christian has been on the island before and his raising of Jack has been in preparation for the island. Also Claire says that she has not been alone but with her Dad and her friend. Maybe Christian wasn't under Smokey's spell. I think it plays well that Jack may have to kill his father. Also, who is Jack's wife in the alternate story? My hunch is that it's Juliet. Also I am gambling big time that Jack's son David has a piano teacher named Daniel Faraday. They were playing the same exact song on the piano. I still think these stories are going to converge and that they are not multiverses. Or that the island story will end and we'll be left with the alternate story. I think one big question you missed was who is Wallace? There was a name on the dial for a Wallace. Could it be Waaaaaalt!? or Desmond? Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:05:15 EST Renaud http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18230 I think Desmond is the one coming to the island: #108 on the Lighthouse-Donkey-Wheel is "Wallace." But I like this Christian idea. Did you notice that Jack overcomes his lifetime issue -- father/son communication breakdown -- in the alternate timeline? Just like Locke overcame his i-can't-accept-being-limited issue in the last episode, and Kate got over herself enough to help Claire get to the hospital. I don't know what it means, but going back in time and detonating the bomb has certainly helped each of them make progress in the alternate timeline. Island-as-birthright is a fun possibility. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:55:20 EST Joshua http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18228 -Robozo -- GOOD memory. Forgot about that (clame for recap of that one). Fringe uses mirrors as a means to "see" the multi-verse; seems like LOST is borrowing a tad from that. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:38:55 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18227 I too am curious about Widmore and that whole gang. The main antagonist has definitely switched to NJL and I am not sure how the other bad guys all fit in. I am interested to see how it all works out. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:55:05 EST Nathan Gilmer http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18226 The castaway version of Jack had his appendix removed on the Island back in season 4. Juliet performed the surgery, and Jack initially wanted to perform the surgery on himself, and even when Juliet talked him out of it, he still tried to coach her through the process by... watching her in a mirror. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:03:25 EST Robozo http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18225 I think the person Jacob is trying to get to the island is Desmond. Although, it could be Charles, Walt, or Eloise. Also, this ep was the 108th Lost ep produced. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:51:16 EST Jake from Memphis http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18224 My head hurts, where's the Tylenol??? Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:10:27 EST Bobby Marko http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/851/#comment_18223 I think the other guy coming to the Island is none other than....WAAAAAAAALLLLT! Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:02:06 EST Noah http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18220 I am very frustrated with the sideways universe. To me, it feels like the producers/writers are trying to further develop the characters who have already been developed. We already know and love these people! Who cares about what's going on in the sidewaysverse?! I don't care about these new similar characters. I care about the ones who crashed on the island, those who have been developed for 5 seasons. Here is how I feel about this season and how I think it differs from others...Though I have been frustrated during the beginning of other seasons (like the beginning of season 4; introducing time traveling tidbits and new characters), I still enjoyed each episode thoroughly. The time traveling was brought to us in a very calculated manner. Farraday was cryptic, but we assumed time travel was involved when he launched the "payload." I remember thinking, "Oh no, corny time traveling. This is going to screw up everything." Yet somehow, it ended up being a perfect dynamic to the show that I really enjoy. Almost every minute of every episode of season 4 I loved. Season 6, however, has been presented to me as a chore. Perhaps the sidewaysverse will intertwine with the survivors time line; in fact, I'd bet the farm it will. But, I am not enjoying the time spent on this "new" take on our old friends. I could care less that Jack sat in a different seat on the plane or that the plane in the sidewaysverse left a month later than flight 815. The acting and dialogue are superb by Fox, O'Quinn and Emerson; but why should we care? This season is giving us a very unbearable struggle. It is like having a choice to get into shape. You can either run on a boring treadmill or you can play racquetball (replace racquetball with your favorite aerobic activity...if you have one). You reach the same end, but the degree of fun and enjoyment is extremely different. What saves me in all of this is the trust I have in Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, and the rest of the Lost writing and production team, the fantastic acting and dialogue (I can watch those scenes w/ Dogen and Jack over and over!), the minuscule answers we are getting, and the hope of these nearly unbearable "flash-sideways" become enjoyable or just ending altogether mid-season. I hope the producers will put me in my place by the time the show is over. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:26:18 EST Jake from Memphis http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18219 Don't worry, it's not happening. But while we're at it, CLAME. :) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:54:02 EST Lance http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18218 In honor of the Throwdown (which I can't attend and don't wish to believe it's actually happening or I'll become so depressed that I might kill a baby narwhal) ... CLAME Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:08:14 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18217 What if the multiverse story is their stories if Jacob never touched them. Also the producers promised that the story would not be a dream or just someone's consciousness or the Garden of Eden. I did think briefly of the possibility that Jacob is the "bad" guy. Jacob did wrestle the angel. However, it seems odd that the MiB is so pessimistic about the ship finding the island saying they always corrupt, kill. Jacob says that it only ends once and everything else is progress. I hope the show doesn't answer ALL the questions. I hope it just gives us the motives of the characters. There's a lot of time left to get a lot of those answers. Oh and I do want to hear one last good "Waaaaaaaalt!" scream. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:42:04 EST Renaud http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18216 -Bryan: Oh right, duh; the bomb exploded in the 70s. Ugh, I can't get the timeline right at all. I try to think, but I quickly get confused. It's all a psychotropic hallucination of a insane hedgehog. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:41:25 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18215 @Paul Ethan was on the island before the plane crashed, but was he on it when the bomb exploded? I don't think he was on the island yet, so the fact that it is gone before he makes it to the island makes sense. Uh, as much as Lost makes sense anyhow. :-) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:48:54 EST Bryan http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18214 I'm with you, Chris ... I've hoped/expected for a while now that Jacob's essentially the bad guy who's deceiving an awful lot of people (including us) just for the sake of "the island" ... we seem to be getting closer to that realization, though I doubt that the writers would make it so linear and causal as that in the end. Here are some other interesting Jacob-related things I'd like to see: - We find out that there's a direct correlation between the whole pregnancy/babies thing on the island and the fountain-of-youth/Richard phenomena and the Jacob/MIB being "reborn" as other people (or in their "shells"). - Not-Locke/MIB/smokey and his antithesis, Jacob Jr. (whomever that ends up being ... believe me, more names will get crossed off after Locke's), finally get off the island, causing it to somehow sink to the bottom of the ocean forever ... and this incident somehow then CAUSES the multiverse/flash-sideways we've been seeing (where all the characters' situations sort themselves out by the end of this season). - A white smoke monster (Jacob). - We see the Black Rock landing on the shore in front of Jacob and MIB, and off it walks the original survivors, looking all old skool pirate-y. We then find out that the same people have been coming to the island, repeatedly, (in a creepy-Ben-voice) "for a ve-ry long time" ... drawn there again and again throughout history by Jacob (and MIB?). - We find out that the ash that keeps Smokey out is actually the ash of Jacob's burned body ... and it has to do with Smokey & Co. being able to cross over between death and life. - The "sickness" that's been referred to (Rousseau, Sayid, Claire, etc) has something to do with actually knowing the truth, with getting outside of the control and mythology of Jacob and his antithesis. Those in the temple (including Richard) don't yet have this "knowledge of good and evil". - Charles Widmore is somehow very closely connected to Jacob ... remember, he made (and changed "the rules". One of those two, probably Widmore (hmm, sounds like "white"), is the teenager that not-Locke sees in the woods ... and Sawyer can see him because he ... oh crap, my brain just imploded. Remember, we still have fourteen more episodes ... that's at least 40 more plot twists. Here we go! :) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:14:40 EST Lance http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18213 Ethan also appeared in bizarro world, and he was on the island before the plane crashed as well. So, obviously much more had changed, aside from the plane not crashing. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:36:47 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18212 So, here is my big question from last night. If we assume the real John Locke is in a timeline created by the bomb (plane does not crash, we see island at bottom of the sea) How does Ben Linus show up at that school. Wasn't he on the island, in his own time, when the bomb exploded. He should be gone. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:56:17 EST Bryan http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18211 Please refer to the "dial" as the "frozen donkey wheel" from here on out. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:39:16 EST shane http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18208 I'm not buying the numbers thing. But I loved how many questions it raised! And I love how LOST is remaining mysterious, albeit mythological, up until the very end. Wouldn't these numbers mean Jacob knew who the final 6 would be? Why did Not Locke cross out "4:Locke"? Doesn't that mean there's only 5 now? How were those numbers on the Hatch? How did Leonard (crazy guy who told Hurley the numbers) hear the numbers in the first place? And why was Hurley the only one of the 6 to have recollection of the numbers? Could the "Numbers 6" be related to the "Oceanic 6"? Obviously cursed? Why them? Could the name Shephard be Jack's dad? Could Kwon be their baby? What's Aaron's last name? What role will jungle woman Claire play; was her name crossed off already? Does that mean she's dead? Were other people's names who are still alive crossed off? et al. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:19:57 EST DK http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18207 Also, look for the final episode when the last of the not-crossed-out names is crossed out, and the man in black is all like "hah, I won" and a rock falls revealing "108 - Austen". Then it turns out Kate was the key to everything, she throws the ring into mount doom and everything resets, Jacob and MIB are erased from existence and we are left scratching our heads Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:32:39 EST Chris Mikesell http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18206 Stop worrying about what we don't know the answers to. The writers will let us know everything they want us to know. The guy who plays Christian is signed on to do more episodes, so I'm sure we'll see him again. I'm REALLY hoping that the Not-Locke guy is actually the good gut and Jacob turns out to be the bad guy. I mean look at all the evidence against Jacob being the good guy. He set the 6 not crossed off on their path to come to the island. He caused the planes to crash on the island, killing a fair amount of "expendable" characters. His protectors had a list of people who were flawed (Kate was on this list and was even told that she was flawed), and have killed those people, or at least don't seem phased or worried about killing people (for example, upon meeting the survivors, one of the first things Dogan does is order his men to shoot them all). Is the Man in Black/Not-Locke the bad guy? "But he threw the white rock into the ocean..." well, he also said it was a joke. I like to think at the moment Not-Locke and Jacob are in a stalemate situation where Not-Locke is waiting for Jacob to make his next move. But all in all, my favorite theory that I've read is "What if all of this is just a elaborate application process for a big brother big sister program for Aaron?" "Imagine the series ending with Jin taking Aaron to a Dodgers game." Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:24:55 EST Chris Mikesell http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18204 The little boy telling Not Locke you can't kill him.... ever heard of Job from the Bible? God told Satan you can do all of this stuff to him but you can't kill him. Now, Sawyer is by no means a Job but his world has been turned upside down with the loss of Juliet, he's alone, isolated, on an island, he's confused, etc. He's bound to listen to anyone who promises a light at the end of the tunnel. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:56:17 EST Bobby Marko http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18203 With the numbers, they can only use 6 characters (since they're using 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 as the basis - though there has to be at least 42 names up there). I think Kate is going to end up with Not John Locke; especially if someone pleads with her to not do it ... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:38:54 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18202 Also interesting that Kate wasn't on the list of names in the cave. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:34:45 EST Robozo http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18201 MYST is exactly what I think about every time I watch the show. Someone needs to turn that series (Myst, Riven) into a series ... it'd be amazing. I love the _idea_ of their mythology, I'm just getting antsy and pessimistic that they'll be able to pull it off — after being disappointed by the likes of Matrix, Dune, et al (where a solid mythology comes unhinged). They're using Christianity, Egyptian gods, Greek gods, science, numerology, psychology ... I'm just worried it's going to be a St. Elsewhere ending and all be the imagination of Aaron as he stares at a snow globe. I think John is one of the few characters that has changed; but I'm not sure I trust that bizarro universe is even real, so any changes there to me seem false — true in one sense, but misleading in that we're not sure that is the real world or a tangent universe that will eventually collapse. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:32:34 EST Paul http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/850/#comment_18200 I thought a couple of character arcs were advanced. Bizarro John's acceptance of his deadlegs was a huge step forward from the old John, a sea change. And Ben Linus actually confessed, and expressed real regret, at Dead John's grave. Admittedly, Sawyer has regressed. But I'm seeing hope for the future here. And hey, I *like* mythology. I feel like I'm playing Myst again, for the first time, whenever I watch lost. And that's a good thing. 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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:07:37 EST DK http://armstrongcircus.com/blog/849/#comment_18187 My mind is starting to hurt over this but I will agree, not liking this Sawyer. Someone made a suggestion that is interesting... That Jacob was actually getting everyone back to the island to close the loop hole, that he represents evil and the man in black is actually good. Something to ponder. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:26:58 EST Bobby Marko