This may be where the producers' comparison of Locke with Randall Flagg may come into play. Perhaps he's actually learning magic from the island or whatever it is that's stomping around on it?
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 12, 2005 4:22:12 pm PST #4700 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
beathen - Jan 12, 2005 4:23:59 pm PST #4701 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
On a tangent - at the Alias party when Jack and Sydney are outside and Nadia opens the door did anyone else notice that the song that was being played was "You All, Everybody" or am I hallucinating?
SailAweigh - Jan 12, 2005 4:24:03 pm PST #4702 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
comparison of Locke with Randall Flagg
Totally ignorant, here. Who's Randall Flagg?
JenP - Jan 12, 2005 4:24:43 pm PST #4703 of 10000
but I don't buy that he's magic enough to have mixed up a special IncestOff variety of hallucination goop.
I had this reaction, too. The only thing I can come up with is that Locke figured whatever the vision was, it would fall the way Locke needed it to, because that's what The Island would arrange. But now I'm ascribing all kinds of motivation to Locke that I'm not sure I really have evidence for.
JenP - Jan 12, 2005 4:26:39 pm PST #4704 of 10000
A character in Stephen King's book, The Stand. Someone who remembers it better will have to flesh it out. I just remember that he was creepy, and I think bad.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 12, 2005 4:30:35 pm PST #4705 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just remember that he was creepy, and I think bad.
Considering the last line at the end of a chapter about a minion that had disappointed Flagg was "There were worse things than t memfault something pretty damn unpleasant ; there were teeth." I'd have to give a big "Hell, YES!"
Jessica - Jan 12, 2005 4:31:39 pm PST #4706 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On a tangent - at the Alias party when Jack and Sydney are outside and Nadia opens the door did anyone else notice that the song that was being played was "You All, Everybody" or am I hallucinating?
YES!! I heard it too, and came in to see if anyone else noticed. The Abramsverse is contiguous!
Anyway, back to the tv.
SailAweigh - Jan 12, 2005 4:32:33 pm PST #4707 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ah! One of the books I put on my "to be read" list and haven't gotten around to. Hm, may have to actually read it.
Kathy A - Jan 12, 2005 4:33:00 pm PST #4708 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
(I also don't think the actors playing Shannon and Boone were strong enough to make this ep work.)
Yes. This.
Randall Flagg is basically the devil in The Stand (played by Jamey Sheridan in the TV miniseries, which is why I still get a start seeing him in L&O:CI).
Someone over at TWoP said that seeing how Locke is indoctrinating Boone made him think of how Holtz must have raised Connor in Q'ortoth.
JenP - Jan 12, 2005 4:33:03 pm PST #4709 of 10000
Well, there you go. It's funny, I remember the odd detail from the book, but I really couldn't summarize it. I remember he was central to the goings on in the book... people were flocking to him or something. But details like that, I do not remember.