[random meta-like thinkings.]
in my continuing quest to not get fired for being a slacker, i have discovered that if you volunteer, every couple of weeks or so, for some horrible task that no one else wants to do (like sticking mailing labels to 2000 envelopes), you are far less likely to get stuck with horrible projects that you did not volunteer for, plus then everyone thinks you're really a team player, too. it's working out pretty well for me.
(why, yes, i AM sticking mailing labels to 2000 envelopes today, thank you kindly for asking.)
so i read somewhere - one of the tv guide stories, maybe? - about how jj & co. originally didn't intend to have this many main characters, but they auditioned people (like jorge garcia) who didn't fit in role they'd thought of and so they created a role for him. and while i'm glad they did - i think that hurley's episode is probably the best episode, to date, in terms of pulling more than one puzzle piece together - i think it might be a little out of their control at this point.
case in point: boone. where was boone last night? you don't have to give him lines, man, just let me know that he hasn't been squished by the invisisaur. and boone and locke - for several episodes, through other major plotlines, they were fascinated and captivated by the big metal thing in the jungle. and we didn't get any resolution on why they were interested in it or what they found (did we?), which bothers me less, but what bothers me is that they just ... stopped going out in the jungle together. why? give me two throw-away lines that explain that, explain why boone and locke are no longer hanging out together, and i'll be happy, but just drop it and i'll want to punch you in the nose.
(ask joss how i feel about things being dropped. well, really, ask insidian: we had to stop talking about the wes/lilah relationship and how the mindwipe worked in angel s5 because i just got so upset about it.)
i appreciate - more than i can say - how they're building the myth AND the characters all at once, and i think some episodes have handled it better than others, but at the same time, i often feel like they've got too many balls in the air and they're letting some fall instead of having just not thrown them up to begin with.
THAT SAID. perhaps i am alone in this, perhaps i am not, but it's how i feel.
and now, hurley.
i thought last night's episode was brilliantly paced, incredibly well-written (i love hurley, have i mentioned that? I LOVE HIM.) and overall, just a really smart episode. we got some island myth. we got some hurley back story. we got some more connections to other people on the island (hurley totally owns locke's box company, man). it balances all three things that make the show interesting - the mythology, the characters, the seemingly random but definitely there connections - and it made hurley an even more sympathetic character than he already was.
he's trying so hard to be good, to do things that are nice and kind, for the people he loves, and it's all backfiring, and i think that this episode makes the whole show worthwhile. there's a reason people are falling onto this island. those numbers. any smart math people make any sense of those numbers? is there a pattern i'm not seeing?
things i want to know:
+ why no one has thrown a message in a bottle into the ocean yet.
+ whether or not hurley was actually in that mental hospital.
+ whether the french lady is responsible for all those booby traps on her own, or were they there before.
+ why hurley was on korean tv.
+ what locke's deal is, in terms of actual handicap, not just in-a-wheelchair-handicap, pre-crash.
things i am writing here to keep track of for myself:
+ sawyer and boone in the police station together.
+ sawyer meeting jack's dad.
+ hurley on tv in korea.
+ hurley owning locke's box company.
in conclusion, i love hurley.
(why, yes, i AM sticking mailing labels to 2000 envelopes today, thank you kindly for asking.)
so i read somewhere - one of the tv guide stories, maybe? - about how jj & co. originally didn't intend to have this many main characters, but they auditioned people (like jorge garcia) who didn't fit in role they'd thought of and so they created a role for him. and while i'm glad they did - i think that hurley's episode is probably the best episode, to date, in terms of pulling more than one puzzle piece together - i think it might be a little out of their control at this point.
case in point: boone. where was boone last night? you don't have to give him lines, man, just let me know that he hasn't been squished by the invisisaur. and boone and locke - for several episodes, through other major plotlines, they were fascinated and captivated by the big metal thing in the jungle. and we didn't get any resolution on why they were interested in it or what they found (did we?), which bothers me less, but what bothers me is that they just ... stopped going out in the jungle together. why? give me two throw-away lines that explain that, explain why boone and locke are no longer hanging out together, and i'll be happy, but just drop it and i'll want to punch you in the nose.
(ask joss how i feel about things being dropped. well, really, ask insidian: we had to stop talking about the wes/lilah relationship and how the mindwipe worked in angel s5 because i just got so upset about it.)
i appreciate - more than i can say - how they're building the myth AND the characters all at once, and i think some episodes have handled it better than others, but at the same time, i often feel like they've got too many balls in the air and they're letting some fall instead of having just not thrown them up to begin with.
THAT SAID. perhaps i am alone in this, perhaps i am not, but it's how i feel.
and now, hurley.
i thought last night's episode was brilliantly paced, incredibly well-written (i love hurley, have i mentioned that? I LOVE HIM.) and overall, just a really smart episode. we got some island myth. we got some hurley back story. we got some more connections to other people on the island (hurley totally owns locke's box company, man). it balances all three things that make the show interesting - the mythology, the characters, the seemingly random but definitely there connections - and it made hurley an even more sympathetic character than he already was.
he's trying so hard to be good, to do things that are nice and kind, for the people he loves, and it's all backfiring, and i think that this episode makes the whole show worthwhile. there's a reason people are falling onto this island. those numbers. any smart math people make any sense of those numbers? is there a pattern i'm not seeing?
things i want to know:
+ why no one has thrown a message in a bottle into the ocean yet.
+ whether or not hurley was actually in that mental hospital.
+ whether the french lady is responsible for all those booby traps on her own, or were they there before.
+ why hurley was on korean tv.
+ what locke's deal is, in terms of actual handicap, not just in-a-wheelchair-handicap, pre-crash.
things i am writing here to keep track of for myself:
+ sawyer and boone in the police station together.
+ sawyer meeting jack's dad.
+ hurley on tv in korea.
+ hurley owning locke's box company.
in conclusion, i love hurley.