And just think: they could have eaten it!
I've eaten bear meat. It doesn't taste like chicken.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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DavidS - Oct 25, 2004 8:52:22 am PDT #501 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Vonnie K - Oct 25, 2004 8:53:06 am PDT #502 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I think Lost has declared itself as a genre show. It could be a modern fantasy (all our wishes come true! But in a fuck-up unpredictable ways! Or, they are in a purgatory!) or it could be Sci-Fi (weird alien/goverment/big brother with some advanced technology, engineering the fall of the plane, then experimenting on the passengers--bringing on polar bears, giving Locke new legs, resurrecting/cloning Dr. Sheppard to observe Jack's emotional response, etc.) Mundane explanations based on our current level of science wouldn't do it.
le nubian - Oct 25, 2004 8:53:49 am PDT #503 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
At its base, there needs to be an explanation for:
1) the "monster" that picked up the pilot's body (and probably killed the boar in Locke's ep;
2) the person/thing killing people 16 years ago in the French woman's plea for help;
3) Jack's dad walking/running around; 4) Locke walking
5) OMGWTFPOLARBEAR
Whatever the situation is (magical realism, I don't know)...it definitely is in the land of the fantastic.
Sean K - Oct 25, 2004 9:00:00 am PDT #504 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Not to speak for Jess, but I think I got what she was saying....
She's not saying she doesn't want it all to be rational reality goodness, or that there can't be sci fi/fantasy elements.
She just doesn't want there to be an overarching mythology. Explanations ! = mythology.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 25, 2004 9:36:22 am PDT #505 of 10000
What is even happening?
Explanations ! = mythology.
I'm not sure I think the explanations are going to be every day ones, so when I used the word "mythology" I meant explanations+rules, working on the assumption that there is a fantastical element. Now if it turns out to be more along the Jurassic Park lines, where rich people/corporation/mad scientists have caused the fantastic through everyday means (dropping a polar bear off on a tropical island; breeding some ginormous animal), and if Locke's recovery was just a fluke ala getting amnesia from a bump on the head, and regaining one's memory from a bump on the head, then the rules behind it (and in my personal lexicon, the mythology) is realistic world happenings.
Oh my word. I just read that back to myself. If Jess thought she was going to win the not-explaining-myself-well award today, I've just ripped it from her hands.
When come back, bring articulation.
Sean K - Oct 25, 2004 9:41:50 am PDT #506 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Actually, considering I'm having my own communications failures and missteps today, I'm seriously considering deleting my explanation, just because I fear I've done more harm than good.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2004 9:43:33 am PDT #507 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
No no, both of you, leave them! That way I look less crazy.
DavidS - Oct 25, 2004 9:44:56 am PDT #508 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No no, both of you, leave them! That way I look less crazy.
You all seem to be contradicting either my point or Jess's point while thinking you're agreeing with my point/Jess's point.
I think you're all crazy.
Sean K - Oct 25, 2004 9:47:26 am PDT #509 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
::dives head first into extra-crazy-land, just to help Jess look less crazy::
Dana - Oct 25, 2004 9:48:02 am PDT #510 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I think you're all crazy.
Hey, is that a polar bear?