the joys of converting others to the church of lost
So my roommate has always wanted to watch Lost but had never gotten around to doing it, and so a few days ago I broke out my season one DVDs that I brought back to school with me for such an occasion. It's loads of fun because she knows almost nothing about the show except that there's a plane crash and Charlie dies (and, as she puts it, "everyone dies in the finale," but that's not entirely accurate), so like everything ever is surprising to her. Also it's interesting to see how she views some of the characters, like how right now she thinks Jin is kind of a jerk whereas I know that he's not because I know his backstory. It's so hard for me not to spoil things for her, although on occasion I will tell her to pay attention to something because it'll be important later, or I'll say that the answer to that won't be revealed until a later season. Because seriously, watching the first season with the knowledge of the entire series with someone who's seeing it all for the first time makes for a weird experience.
Anyway, we're watching "Hearts and Minds" right now, and when Smokey started chasing Boone and Shannon through the jungle my roommate was all "I WONDER IF THAT'S LOCKE PRETENDING TO BE THE SMOKE MONSTER" and me with my later series knowledge wanted to be all "IF ONLY YOU KNEW" bu I didn't say anything because most of the time when she's speculating I just keep my mouth shut because I don't want to spoil anything for her. Well, unless we're in the middle of the scene and she's freaking out and then I just say "...just keep watching."
And, as with our video game playthroughs, bunches of inside jokes are arising from this. Most notably, we refer to Smokey as "the production crew" after a comment once of us made during "Walkabout" when Locke sees the monster that "OH MY GOD HE SAW THE PRODUCTION CREW." We also frequently refer to Kate as "Criminal" (much to my pleasure, she's not really a fan of Kate), along with recycling our favorite Birth By Sleep joke of "GO HOME, VEN" whenever someone's not wanted.
And here's some live commentary as we get to Shannon being "attacked" by the production crew Smokey.
"Well that's great. There's blood everywhere. Oh. Oh. Ew. Well that's not good. Now Boone's going to be even more angsty. And I was just starting to like her. This isn't going to end well. He's gonna kill Locke. THERE WAS JUST BLOOD ON HIM. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. So now he's hallucinating?"
"Yup."
"I don't think it's good that everyone's hallucinating on the island. WHAT THE FUCK? How did he come up with that concoction? Was he just experimenting on people?"
"I guess?"
"He felt relieved? Well that's not good. Is he like your guru now? I'm going to teach you everything about life? I think the island's talking to Locke telling him how to do things, because he's way too experienced to have just been working at a box company. Unless he was looking up island concoctions or something. Because it looks like he was mixing peanut butter and syrup together. He was just like 'Oh, this sap looks good.' I mean, how did Locke know that was going to happen?"
"... I dunno."
Needless to say, she's kind of creeped out by Locke. We're watching the beginning of "Special" now and she's all "WHO SHOWS A 10-YEAR -OLD HOW TO THROW KNIVES? THAT KNIFE'S THE SIZE OF HIS FOREARM!" I'm totally excited to see all of her perceptions change over the course of the series. (She totally loves Hurley though, and I'm sure that's never going to change because Hurley has all the awesomeness and common sense.)
Anyway, we're watching "Hearts and Minds" right now, and when Smokey started chasing Boone and Shannon through the jungle my roommate was all "I WONDER IF THAT'S LOCKE PRETENDING TO BE THE SMOKE MONSTER" and me with my later series knowledge wanted to be all "IF ONLY YOU KNEW" bu I didn't say anything because most of the time when she's speculating I just keep my mouth shut because I don't want to spoil anything for her. Well, unless we're in the middle of the scene and she's freaking out and then I just say "...just keep watching."
And, as with our video game playthroughs, bunches of inside jokes are arising from this. Most notably, we refer to Smokey as "the production crew" after a comment once of us made during "Walkabout" when Locke sees the monster that "OH MY GOD HE SAW THE PRODUCTION CREW." We also frequently refer to Kate as "Criminal" (much to my pleasure, she's not really a fan of Kate), along with recycling our favorite Birth By Sleep joke of "GO HOME, VEN" whenever someone's not wanted.
And here's some live commentary as we get to Shannon being "attacked" by the production crew Smokey.
"Well that's great. There's blood everywhere. Oh. Oh. Ew. Well that's not good. Now Boone's going to be even more angsty. And I was just starting to like her. This isn't going to end well. He's gonna kill Locke. THERE WAS JUST BLOOD ON HIM. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. So now he's hallucinating?"
"Yup."
"I don't think it's good that everyone's hallucinating on the island. WHAT THE FUCK? How did he come up with that concoction? Was he just experimenting on people?"
"I guess?"
"He felt relieved? Well that's not good. Is he like your guru now? I'm going to teach you everything about life? I think the island's talking to Locke telling him how to do things, because he's way too experienced to have just been working at a box company. Unless he was looking up island concoctions or something. Because it looks like he was mixing peanut butter and syrup together. He was just like 'Oh, this sap looks good.' I mean, how did Locke know that was going to happen?"
"... I dunno."
Needless to say, she's kind of creeped out by Locke. We're watching the beginning of "Special" now and she's all "WHO SHOWS A 10-YEAR -OLD HOW TO THROW KNIVES? THAT KNIFE'S THE SIZE OF HIS FOREARM!" I'm totally excited to see all of her perceptions change over the course of the series. (She totally loves Hurley though, and I'm sure that's never going to change because Hurley has all the awesomeness and common sense.)