Comments | janie_tangerine: for the meta challenge at <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/thequillstation">thequillstation</a></strong>, part I: Deus Ex Machina

janie_tangerine

for the meta challenge at thequillstation, part I: Deus Ex Machina

Feb 28, 2009 23:26

Okay, this be the first part of the metaing I spent the afternoon doing. Well, Kant broke my head for most of the morning. I also re-watched both the episodes and I am seriously, seriously getting worse. Last time I watched Do No Harm I started sobbing at the end, now I started in the middle. Whaatever. I'm doing two entries, I'll link the second ( Read more... )

lost, meta: lost, lost season 1

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janie_tangerine February 28 2009, 23:53:27 UTC

Ha, I was actually commenting on J/S on your meta. LOL. We share the brain indeed ( ... )

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janie_tangerine March 1 2009, 13:09:14 UTC

LOL, Sun would bitchslap you. ;) But ha, I want too ( ... )

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elliotsmelliot March 3 2009, 23:58:45 UTC

Kudos on this great review. I totally agree that this is Boone’s showcase episode, and that anyone who calls his characterization weak obviously skipped this episode. I’ve always like this one, because I was such a Locke fangirl early on, and the whole Theresa imagery freaked me out. Plus it marks the almost-first appearances of Bernard and Desmond!

most of all, it’s my favourite because I am convinced that this is the only episode in Lost where Boone is the great character he could have been.

This is an excellent point. If the island was truly about purgatory, it would fit with the idea that the island is done with Boone because he has reached his potential, learned something about himself, and move beyond his earlier obsessions. Of course if it is not about this, Boone is merely a pawn in teaching Locke a lesson.

That John Locke never learns from his mistakes.I never properly considered all the parallels between John’s flashback with Cooper and his sacrifice of Boone. They are both all about John’s commitment to an idea to the ( ... )

janie_tangerine March 4 2009, 07:59:58 UTC

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I just have such a thing for this episode. Indeed.

that anyone who calls his characterization weak obviously skipped this episode.YES, yes and yes. That's it. And really, that's enough of a reason here. It really doesn't get any better than here. And ha, totally Locke fangirl too... up to this point. I guess it probably shows because I did spend some time on Locke here but I really, really used to like him. Alas ( ... )