It's A Surprise.
May. 16th, 2023 03:56 pmI'm still wandering through rewatching the first season of Lost, but at a much more relaxed pace than my first watchthrough, so you're no longer being bombarded with five posts about Lost per week. I'm sure you all miss it.
It was a good decision to revisit the first season after falling in love with Jack! I am a predictably big fan of his 'I've been going crazy trying to make everyone feel safe. I haven't been sleeping because I want everyone to feel safe' in 'Solitary'.
In my ongoing quest to understand everything about Jack Shephard, I'm compelled to note that, according to 'Raised by Another', Jack talks in his sleep! A girlfriend told him but didn't tell him what he said; 'Whatever it was, she didn't like it.'
Lost creators, I demand to know more about this. Was his girlfriend angry, or was she worried about him? (I'm leaning worried; Jack's a mess, and I feel whatever he's saying in his sleep is likely to highlight that.) What was he saying? Was he desperately shouting instructions to colleagues who weren't there, trying to save patients he'd lost in real life? Was he just sobbing and apologising in his sleep? Was he reciting all 386 Pokémon at the time in National Pokédex order?
'All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues' is a great episode to watch now that I've developed an intense love for Jack and a correspondingly intense desire to see him suffer. He's so desperate! He has no idea how to stop! He's trying to hard to keep his tone professional, but he doesn't quite manage to keep his voice steady or his eyes dry while turning in his father! He falls down a hill and someone stamps on him!
I bet Jack absolutely hates being tied up in bed but also finds it really turns him on, so he's conflicted. I made this note because I just woke up at three in the morning and suddenly it's all I can think about.
(The next morning, I woke up, went 'I feel like I wrote something down last night?', checked my phone and laughed aloud to find the above lines on it.)
Below the cut, I talk briefly about what I'd change about Lost if I could, with full-show spoilers.
( Things I would change about Lost. )
Lost isn't perfect. There are times when it isn't even good. But it's so passionate and uncynical; it hands you these characters and goes, 'Look, these are all disasters, but they were created with love and we hope you love them too.' It's the sort of heartfelt mess I can't resist; there's a reason VIII and XV are two of my favourite Final Fantasy games.
It was a good decision to revisit the first season after falling in love with Jack! I am a predictably big fan of his 'I've been going crazy trying to make everyone feel safe. I haven't been sleeping because I want everyone to feel safe' in 'Solitary'.
In my ongoing quest to understand everything about Jack Shephard, I'm compelled to note that, according to 'Raised by Another', Jack talks in his sleep! A girlfriend told him but didn't tell him what he said; 'Whatever it was, she didn't like it.'
Lost creators, I demand to know more about this. Was his girlfriend angry, or was she worried about him? (I'm leaning worried; Jack's a mess, and I feel whatever he's saying in his sleep is likely to highlight that.) What was he saying? Was he desperately shouting instructions to colleagues who weren't there, trying to save patients he'd lost in real life? Was he just sobbing and apologising in his sleep? Was he reciting all 386 Pokémon at the time in National Pokédex order?
'All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues' is a great episode to watch now that I've developed an intense love for Jack and a correspondingly intense desire to see him suffer. He's so desperate! He has no idea how to stop! He's trying to hard to keep his tone professional, but he doesn't quite manage to keep his voice steady or his eyes dry while turning in his father! He falls down a hill and someone stamps on him!
I bet Jack absolutely hates being tied up in bed but also finds it really turns him on, so he's conflicted. I made this note because I just woke up at three in the morning and suddenly it's all I can think about.
(The next morning, I woke up, went 'I feel like I wrote something down last night?', checked my phone and laughed aloud to find the above lines on it.)
Below the cut, I talk briefly about what I'd change about Lost if I could, with full-show spoilers.
( Things I would change about Lost. )
Lost isn't perfect. There are times when it isn't even good. But it's so passionate and uncynical; it hands you these characters and goes, 'Look, these are all disasters, but they were created with love and we hope you love them too.' It's the sort of heartfelt mess I can't resist; there's a reason VIII and XV are two of my favourite Final Fantasy games.
