tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post23557533009654345..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Lost 5x11: What Happened, HappenedAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-742636300322395442009-04-06T14:47:00.000-05:002009-04-06T14:47:00.000-05:00I like that theory; it sure seems to fit what we'v...I like that theory; it sure seems to fit what we've seen so far.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-80890007033425991402009-04-06T12:29:00.000-05:002009-04-06T12:29:00.000-05:00You make it seem like Jack being a dick is a new t...You make it seem like Jack being a dick is a new thing for him...<BR/>I've come to the conclusion that going into smokeys' temple makes you an Other some way or another. So when Danielle states that her crew became sick, i think they just became Others. It also seems that perhaps smokey goes about the island and judges people - if they pass, it drags them to the temple (like it tried to do to Locke in season 1) - if you fail, it wails on you (like Mr Echo). I don't know, it's a new theory.Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-8703707750064197062009-04-05T21:57:00.000-05:002009-04-05T21:57:00.000-05:00Yeah, I only brought up course corrections because...Yeah, I only brought up course corrections because it came up on another blog. <BR/><BR/>And while I think you're right about most things "happening" the way they always did, we do know course corrections exist in the Lost universe in some capacity, thanks to Ms. Hawkings' explanation to Desmond. But perhaps those only apply to Desmond, for whom the rules don't apply, presumably. <BR/><BR/>As for Jack being a dick, I know what you're saying, and agree for the most part. I definitely didn't like the old "do the first damn fool thing that comes to mind in a desperate attempt to fix things" Jack. <BR/><BR/>I just would have liked Jack to seem a little less enthused about not taking action. Like, if his initial impulse is to help Ben, because that's what he does, but then stops himself, because he realizes that's old Jack and now the island needs him to be new "man of faith" Jack, it would have been fine, and he wouldn't have seemed like a dick. <BR/><BR/>Instead, he never even entertained the notion of helping, and came off as smug and self-righteous, even though he was, technically, doing what he was supposed to do, both in terms of his new attitude and history.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-91849014263055475362009-04-05T21:31:00.000-05:002009-04-05T21:31:00.000-05:00"Was Jack meant to operate on and save Ben, making..."Was Jack meant to operate on and save Ben, making Kate and Sawyer's actions and Ben's initiation into the Others a matter of course correction? Or was Jack doing what Jack always did by sitting it out?"<BR/><BR/>Me thinks you're looking for questions where there are none. I know you love your time paradoxes, but just look at the title of the episode. What happened, happened. There are no course corrections. Jack didn't operate on young Ben and never had in any parrallel timeline. What happened is how it always happened. That's how I see it, anyway.<BR/><BR/>And as for Jack being a dick, I don't necessarily see it that way. People seemed annoyed that Jack was always eager to run off and be a hero. Now that he didn't, people think he's a dick.<BR/>The way I see it, Jack figures that he's always been rushing off to save people and it really hasn't gotten him anywhere. That combined with the fact that Ben is evil and history is unchangable makes him decide that it's not worth his while. I don't really blame him.<BR/>Of course, in not choosing to save Ben he ends making Ben the man he is. But I suppose Jack doesn't realize he's in a fictional drama where such irony is abundant.Dr. Bitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568570859981368717noreply@blogger.com