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Living Dead Girl

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Chuck

on May 14, 2008

in TV

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Yep, Claire’s dead. It all started when the mercenaries bombed the Other’s camp.

“But Chuck, she can’t be dead. She’s all talkin’ and breathin’.”

You say defiantly.

“Sawyer found here, lifted her up and brought her back. She just had headache.” you smugly say.

Well, yes that’s true, but riddle me this… why is she with Jack’s (her) dad in Jacob’s cabin all chummy (Christian’s avatar sure was never chummy with Jack on the island). Why would Christian tell Locke “It’s best you don’t tell anyone about her.” Why? I’ll tell you why…

Because she’s dead.

The headache was a symptom of a fatal head trauma that took several hours to kill her. She died in her sleep. What Miles saw was her Island reinforced spirit/soul/avatar walking away. She is now an agent of the Island, in it’s service. Locke has no idea that Claire is Christian’s daughter, so why would he see the two of them together? Why? I’ll tell you why…

Because she’s dead.

This is the reason why Claire is not one of the Oceanic 6, It would have been paramount to the survivors to get Claire and the baby off the island. But why wasn’t Claire one of the 6? Why? I’ll tell you why…

Because she’s dead.

No Speed Racer, No!

Published

jason

on May 12, 2008

in Movies

. 0 Comments

Did you see Speed Racer this weekend? No??? Don’t feel bad, neither did anyone else apparently. Speed Racer has officially bombed at the US box office.

At an estimated 200 million dollar cost and an opening weekend take of only 20 million, it’s doubtful we’ll be seeing any sequels. Apparently it was expected to do at least double that this weekend as it failed to knock Iron Man out of the number 1 spot.

Hopefully this picture of Christina Ricci looking hot will cheer you up. Or at the very least you can admire her hair and dress.

If you saw it and you still have your vision, please post to let us know what you thought.

More NIN Love

Published

jason

on May 5, 2008

in Uncategorized and music

. 0 Comments

http://theslip.nin.com/

New Nine Inch Nails album, not just instrumental this time either. In his effort to constantly outdo himself this one is entirely free. Yes, free.

Once I get it downloaded and give it a listen I’ll let you know my thoughts.

I am Jack’s inflamed Appendix.

Published

Chuck

on May 2, 2008

in TV

. 1 Comment

OK, the latest episode of LOST (”Something nice back home”) had a ton of stuff in it, but I’m going to concentrate on Jack for this post. First of all, what the hell is wrong with this guy? He can’t be happy unless there is something to fix. This has been a running personality trait since the beginning of the show. However, in the flash-forward, he completely sabotages his happy life. Did you notice it happened the second he told Hurley he was happy? And what was his next move? Of course it was to ask Kate to marry him! This character is nothing if not true to type.

Jack is in an unending loop of Tragedy…Fix Tragedy… Be Happy…Sabotage Happiness…Tragedy…well, you get the idea.

Okay, first…Aaron. When he tells Kate “You aren’t even related to him” it was said in a way that the next line could have been “but I am, I’m his Uncle!” I think they know. What do you think?
Second, let’s discuss the Appendix issue. Since I am a firm believer that NOTHING is a coincidence on this show, it is no accident that it was Jack’s appendix that became an issue. The appendix has no apparent function in the human body except to become infected, burst an spew toxins and waste into the human body. Jack’s appendix is a literal allegory to what’s happening with him. He can’t control his surroundings, everything is coming crashing down, and he’s realizing he can’t save everyone - so what happens? His body begins to process the bad and needs to get rid of it, but since he has an inability to ask for help, there’s nowhere for this stuff to go…but to his appendix.

My theory is that while people don’t get sick on the island - the island is trying to purge Jack of his idea of rescue. It is becoming increasingly evident that these people are meant to be on the island. And that the island will do what it needs to do to keep them there.

OK, so let’s talk about the Flash-forward. Jack is shirtless. Why? He’s never been shirtless on the show before, Sawyer handles the beefcake, not Jack. So why? Since, coincidences are not option, my guess is they want us to see that Jack does not have an appendectomy scar. Now he would have healed just fine (Island physics), but would he heal scar-less? I don’t think so. So that being said, is Hurley right, are they dead? I doubt it, but Jack is seeing his dad, and so is Claire…and so is Myles. Yes, Myles…these are not hallucinations, they are manifestations.

The island wants Jack back, and this is the beginning of his decent into madness as we can see by his drinking binge.

Overall I liked the episode, good stuff for the future, good reveals, in the grand scheme of the show, I give it an 8.