spongy

I can't be the only one waiting for the new season, can I? Anyone else jonesing to see what happens next, or did they lose you somewhere along the way?

Enquiring minds want to know!!

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ratbastid

AAAAAAAA I'm fucking DYING.

October can't come soon enough.

Frosstbyte

I think rb put it as well as I could put it. I have long greatly appreciated your avatar and title, rb. So many unanswered questions!

fresnelly

Thanks for starting this thread, spongy. I've been keeping myself sated by following the 'Lost Experience' webgame.

As soon as they start showing promos I'll be giddy like a schoolgirl.

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Daoust

Has anybody heard any juicy tidbits as to what season three might bring upon us? I have to admit, I'm entering season three as a wee bit of a skeptic. I don't know how much longer I can stand being dragged inch my inch through this... this will be a pivotal season for me. If the producers/writers resort any further toward mediocrity (not that they're there yet, but I feel them slipping there, slightly) then they might lose me... No more black monsters. No more polar bears... But more Kate...and more Sun.

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Jove

I just re-watched all of season two over the weekend and at now I am obsessed with the show again. I wonder what will happen to Jack, Kate and Sawyer, poor saps have been taken by the hostiles.

spongy

I have heard a couple of minor spoilerish things.. just to be safe Spoiler: I read that desmond will be a regular, kate will pick between Jack and Sawyer, and also that this season the Others will be major onscreen players.

As for teasers, ABC has already run some including a cool one where they say what they used to be before the crash... tres cool! Probably available at abc.com i will post a link if I find it.

Here's the link ... the cool vid I mentioned plus a little more

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MiSo

i just started watching the show and got hooked.

started watching from the second season.
i saw all the episodes in about 3 days.

Ample

HUGE LOST fan here!!!

I dont think this would be a "spoiler", but here is what the first few shows are going to be called.

A Tale of Two Cities
Further Instructions
The Glass Ballerina
Every Man for Himself
The Cost of Living

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Charlatan

Still trying to figure out bit torrent. I don't think they start to air Lost 3 here until next summer... They just finished their run of Lost 2...

I'm not even getting into the fact that they just started running House on a cable channel that I don't get... I take solace in the fact that it is last season's House.

...fresNELLY, giddy as a schoolgirl...

I can just see you waving your forearms like Smithers screaming in joy.

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absorbentishe

Yup, I can't wait for the new season. It's become the only show I need to watch.

Jove

It was unfortunate Hurley did nothing to help Jack, Kate and Sawyer, but I guess his only choices were:

1. Walking back to camp and informing people of the situation
2. Attacking "Henry Gale" and getting shot by Henry's crew and dying.
3. Announcing to Henry Gale and crew that they messed with the wrong people and have started a war.

ratbastid

Yeah, I can see that. Tackling him the same way he did Sawyer...

The Others had the whole thing completely set up. They'd out-thought Jack and the Losties from the get-go. I think Fenry got caught on purpose. I think it was a recon mission.

Dissociated

Definately looking forward to it. I think Lost is a terrific show.

randygurl

I am definitely looking forward to the start of Lost - I'm surprised I made it through a whole summer without it
And I can't wait to finally sit down and watch the extras from Season 2 - the DVD's came out last week!

Rekna

Season 3 hasn't appeared on Tivo's season pass manager yet. Anyone know if this is usual for Tivo?

ratbastid

They're GREAT.

Reese

I got the Season 2 dvds the friday before they were released and I'd watched them all before Sunday This is the first season that I'm going to watch week to week. I don't know if I'll be able to stand it. On DVD I don't mind as much when one episode goes off with a gun stuck to someone's head, and the next episode rewinds 2-3 days and shows it from a different perspective and goes off at the same spot the other episode did.

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Jove

I agree Cybermike, the cliff hangers are brutal especially during the 5 minute commericals, which are extremly annoying. I do like on season 1 & 2 box set how I can skip the ending credits and go on to the next episode.

One more week until season 3!

haywood5179

This Wednesday (9/27) at 9 ABC is showing a recap episode.

Too bad I would really like to stop watching TV. Maybe that needs to wait until after Lost.

It is painful watching weekly episodes compared to the DVDs.

Catdaddy33

Whats more painful (at least short-term) is they are only showing 6 epidsodes in 2006, they will show the remaining episodes starting in Jan. The bright side is no repeats. Considered DVRing them, buut too many folks I know watch the show and will spoil it for me.

Jove

One more day!

Has anyone seen a teaser preview of season 3 yet?

Jove

Fantastic episode!

Within seconds of the plane splitting in two, Fenry Gale ordered two scouts to investigate the people on the plane. All I have about the others on the island is speculation and I am sure further within the season, we will figure out who they are and what they are doing on the island.

I like how they went deeper in Jack’s past and how he became extremely obsessive over whom Sarah was dating and she would not tell him a damn thing even when he called everyone on her list, including Jack's dad..

I like how they placed Sawyer in a cage like he was a wild animal and since he does act like a wild animal on some occasions, it was great to watch him figure out how to get food.

Grasshopper Green

The first few minutes were WOW!

I started watching late, and just today watched the season finale for last year...it's going to stink having to wait week by week to find out what happens next.

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lindalove

Okay, so... I just want some goddamn answers, not more mysteries. At this rate, this show is gonna get cancelled before we know anything.

ratbastid

Dude, I SCREAMED OUT FUCKING LOUD when the punchline for the first few minutes happened.

TexanAvenger

That was you? Did you get my return yell?

Even if I don't have all the answers yet, at least I can take solace in that Sawyer and Kate can only have eye-sex from that distance.

Frosstbyte

Quoted for truth. Miserable episode. Intriguiging moments but this episode shows a disturbing direction for the new season. Part of what was always awesome about Lost was weaving the group with the individual. This episode entirely lost that. Additionally, it gave us no perspective. Everything that happened in this episode I could've easily assumed from the end of the last episode. There was no exposition. There was no explanation. Hell, there weren't even new questions raised!

Thanks for an hour of NOTHING. Fortunately next week looks like it improves on some of those problems.

Additionally, I'm going to assume that MonomAnny hasn't seen the other seasons, so I won't spoil anything for him. The opening really was the best part. It was all downhill from there.

Moskie

I think I agree with you Frosst... but I think I liked the episode overall more than you did.

The opening scene was great. It was really ballsy of them to give us all that insight into the Others' situation right away, without having to wait into the new season at all. I liked it a lot. One thing we learned was that the Others did not plan for or arrange the plane crash.... I've always wondered if the Others "brought" the survivors there... but now it looks like it was as much a surprise to them as it was to Jack and company.

But then the rest of the episode was nothing too special. You're on the money about there being no exposition. And what's even worse, there was plenty of oppotunity for it. I mean, why didn't Jack or Kate ask more questions of their captors? What did Kate and Henry/Ben talk about over their meal? They might not have gotten anything answered, but it seemed awkward that they didn't even try.

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NoSoup

Yeah, I'm going to agree. Overall, I was rather disappointed with the episode - to be honest, as we delve deeper and deeper into Jack's past I like him less and less.

Anyway, it didn't really answer anything, so it was pretty much like I was back watching season two. Here's to hoping the next episode is much better.

As far as season premiers go, this is one of the poorest I've seen (not that I've seen that many)

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surferlove007

I didn't care for the episode...well watching it with people oggling Kate isn't the most fun for a girl to partake in especially when shes under the weather.
I thought it was kind of boring...didn't make much sense, didn't really tie up any loose ends. I agree NoSoup, Jack's past is becoming worse as the series progresses. He seems like an obsessive creep. Oh well, if it doesn't get better I'll disregard the show, hopefully that won't happen.

Lokus

Moskie, it was Desmond who brought the plane down because he didn't press the button that one time almost causing an "incident".

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Jove

You are not going to get your damn answers from the first episode of season 3 because this show will provide more questions than answers. By the end of season 3, you will get maybe one or two answers, but 50 more questions.

If I were taken by the others, I probably would be disoriented from the drugs and feeling a little out of place to ask coherent questions.

You would think the most educated individual on the plane, Jack, would have been asking more questions to Julia or Ben about their mission on the island, but he didn’t, why? One reason would be finding a way out of the newest hatch and then having a random stranger who might be potentially dangerous walk in the room with a folder filled with information about his life.

How would this make you feel? Would you be asking questions? Would you be comfortable enough to talk to someone who:
1. Killed people at your camp
2. Kidnapped a pregnant woman and left one person for dead
3. Threatened to kill one of your friends because you were looking for the guy who was looking for his son, but was taken prisoner by the others.
4. Might perform scientific experiments on you and or your friends, which might be painful.

I like asking questions and if I were on the island captured by Ben and his comrades, I would ask:

1. Who are you?
2. Who am I?
3. Why are you here?
4. Why am I here?
5. What is the secret of the universe?
6. Are you him?
7. Were you at one time a doctor?
8. Why do you talk like that?
9. Where did you get this food?
10. Is this all a dream?
11. Why are you experimenting with animals and humans?
12. What did you do to Walt?
13. Why are you taking our people?
14. What makes me different from anyone else?
15. What is the Dharma Initiative?
16. Are you working for the government?
17. Is this entire island a psychological experiment?
18. If this island is a psychological experiment, did I pass the test?
19. What is up with the smoke mist monster?
20. Why do we have to press the button every 108 minutes?

warrrreagl

In case anybody cares, the brand new Tivo that Grancey purchased last weekend confirms that the novel being discussed in the book club was Stephen King's "Carrie." I was able to freeze-frame on the cover and on the binding.

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Jove

I noticed Julia was reading a Stephen King book, but was unsure of what story. Thanks for the tip!

guthmund

Fantastic! I was just getting ready to scour the internet searching for that little tidbit.

The show has always had that spooky, Prisoner-esque vibe, but it was especially conspicious last night. I swear, I kept expecting Gale to look over the breakfast table and tell Kate they'd get what they wanted 'by hook or by crook.' The Sawyer bit was entertaining and my dislike of all things Jack has grown significantly. It might also be kind of fun to try to figure out why a zoo/aquarium is on an island in the middle of nowhere, but overall, I didn't really like the premiere.

I just felt like there were too many, "Jeezy Creezy, how stupid can you possibly be?" moments for me to get into it.

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fresnelly

But the Others aren't answering are they? You can ask them until your blue in the face, and you won't get anything but unreadable expressions. That fact was driven home by last night's episode.

I believe the Others are essentially a Genesis/Garden of Eden commune preparing for the aftermath of the "End" of the world. Google the Lost Experience Webgame summary and you'll see my reasoning.

With this in mind, they consider the Plane survivors to be petty and unenlightened; stubbornly trapped in a vain and ultimately doomed worldview - not to mention dangerous. Remember that a number of Others have been killed. As we've now seen, the Others have social connections with each other. They're not just employees and co-workers. That fact shouldn't be ignored.

All through the premier I was cheering Jack in his aggressive tactics. I wanted Jack's wife to reveal her lover's name, his father to break down in repentance, Julie and Ben to feel his wrath... In short, I wanted Jack's path of desctruction to succeed. As the disastrous fallout of Jack's actions toward his wife and father were revealed (not to mention his and Julie's near death directly resulting from his primal distrust of Ben), it was clear how my sense of what is "right" was being manipulated by the show. Therein lie Lost's major themes: Trust, Faith, Enlightenment, Letting go the cult of self, We're all connected... I invite a more erudite member to cement this for me

The Others are intentionally inscrutable because in their own minds, they've acheived their state of enlightenment. The survivors are old world intruders who need to be treated like children until they come around.

Jack: "Do you think I'm stupid?"
Julie: "I think you're stubborn."

When Julie said that Dharma was "along time ago" and that "it doesn't matter". I believe her.

If you're going to continue enjoying the show, you're going to have to appreciate the character development themes as much as the mysterious expository trappings.

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warrrreagl

Another tidbit. When Julia opened the show by playing Pet Clark's "Downtown," the CD case she actually selected from the stack was Talking Heads' "Speaking in Tongues," wasn't it? The CD itself that she loaded into the player was blank though (no printing).

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ratbastid

Oh, I couldn't disagree more--I think the episode satisfied a lot of questions and raised a whole bunch more, which is exactly what every episode is intended to do.

There's a contingent of LOST fans who are angry in every episode (particularly major episodes like season premieres and finales) when there aren't Answers. But, look--the point of the show is the mystery. They could just trot J. J. Abrams out to explain everything about the island and everything on it, which would satisfy your curiosity, and there'd be no show anymore.

warrrreagl

I think it's safe to say we have our first openly gay character on Lost, right? Gay or brain-dead.

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