tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post955359987551573839..comments2023-10-29T03:18:11.093-05:00Comments on Schmoker Sense: Early Reaction to Lost 616: "Oh---hell yeah!"Schmokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03985960616299425129noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-80459967812786776422010-05-19T15:46:52.899-05:002010-05-19T15:46:52.899-05:00If he is, he went out with a bang. Richard is not...If he is, he went out with a bang. Richard is not emotionally significant enough to me to care one way or the other. I would not be surprised if he were still alive somehow, but I would also find him dying in such and quick a shocking manner entirely in keeping with the way death has been used all season long. Death doesn't wait for people to be ready for it, or for them to have wrapped up all their business. Death comes when death comes. That's part of life, and I think that has been a comment Lost has made over and over through the years, and especially this season.Schmokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985960616299425129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-65001002960669683662010-05-19T12:02:55.542-05:002010-05-19T12:02:55.542-05:00Do you think Richard is really dead?Do you think Richard is really dead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-34845666262093201022010-05-18T23:28:40.613-05:002010-05-18T23:28:40.613-05:00If you are right Schmoker (and I am not saying you...If you are right Schmoker (and I am not saying you are), then Darlton made a huge mistake telling the two stories concurrently. I think it would have worked out much better to tell Island story first (and get Jacob's mom and Richard's wife out of the way early), then tell the Sideways story in the second half. <br /><br />It was a cool idea to mix them up, but I think ultimately it failed them. It created more confusion and annoyance than tension, and they wasted what could have been a lot of excitement for us had we understood it better while we watched it. I think this was a great, great episode, but I think the season will be the one that best plays out on DVD rather than watching it once a week for 20 weeks.Another Guy Named Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-27667082979995077002010-05-18T23:06:30.497-05:002010-05-18T23:06:30.497-05:00I have been someone who has said all along that th...I have been someone who has said all along that there is something wrong with the Sideways world, but maybe what was wrong with it was that they needed to wake up. Maybe it is to defeat Smokey there, as you say, or maybe it's to live out their lives there. Or maybe it is to somehow wipe out the Sideways and go back and fix what they got wrong the first time through.<br /><br />It was cool. When Desmond walked into Sayid and Kate's cell was when I started talking to my TV, Schmoker. I said, "It's time to wake up, cellmates."<br /><br />Yes, I can see Sawyer walking up to Juliet now, and she gets her memory back and says, "It worked." She probably thinks it's just Jughead that worked, but maybe it's some new plan to fight or live in the sideways-verse that worked, and that's the end.Big Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-42848994654978871512010-05-18T22:53:31.881-05:002010-05-18T22:53:31.881-05:00I also have no coherent thought right now, Schmoke...I also have no coherent thought right now, Schmoker. IT ROCKED is all I can say, too. It doesn't add anything to the discussion to say that, but IT ROCKED.Kevin Not Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-13201195190600016772010-05-18T22:45:26.310-05:002010-05-18T22:45:26.310-05:00Wow, this is not at all how Doc J has it. He stil...Wow, this is not at all how Doc J has it. He still feels Jack or Ben will take over as Island guardian, and that this is all still Jacob's plan at work. He didn't seem to give the idea of the Sideways continuing much credence at all.<br /><br />But you are persuasive, Schmoker. It does make sense. I have to think about it more. I'll come back for your recap and let you know what I think.Peter Potzignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-73195253833286573352010-05-18T22:26:11.995-05:002010-05-18T22:26:11.995-05:00I don't know that to think now. All of a sudd...I don't know that to think now. All of a sudden I am rooting so hard for the sideways world to be real. All of a sudden because up until now I had been just wanting it to go away. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it at all. Now I'm just hoping they can save it. I guess that means I am espousing your theory here, Schmoker, but it's not a theory I've ever considered before.Pegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-65014080015434704522010-05-18T22:12:26.649-05:002010-05-18T22:12:26.649-05:00And, hey, maybe that is what Juliet's "It...And, hey, maybe that is what Juliet's "It worked" meant. <br /><br />Maybe what worked was the plan to go Sideways, get their memories back, maybe beat Nameless there after they do, or defeat Widmore if he does in fact turn out to be evil, and then live out their lives after going dutch for coffee?Schmokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985960616299425129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-46248361028677975002010-05-18T22:09:26.607-05:002010-05-18T22:09:26.607-05:00Perhaps some of those who died in the Island world...Perhaps some of those who died in the Island world live, but some of them who lived in the Island world die in the Sideways.<br /><br />What is Sun and Jin live, or Sayid lives, but Jack and Kate die?Schmokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985960616299425129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174368.post-68153329615414181202010-05-18T22:08:16.989-05:002010-05-18T22:08:16.989-05:00Oh ye of little faith, Schmoker. It indeed rocked...Oh ye of little faith, Schmoker. It indeed rocked hard, but what did you expect? I was surprised you got so disillusioned when Sun and Jin died. They had it in the bag all the time. Don't know whose theory is right, or if what you are spinning is right, but I do know it will be as slick as shit through a goose. <br /><br />I do like the idea that people will die in the sideways world to balance out the sacrifice. If that is where it all ends, it makes sense that people are going to have to die again. At least some of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com