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    Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season

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    Image of odinbearded odinbearded
    10/24/09

    In reply to Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season
    I, for one, am OK with this. Yeah, I want the answers. But I would much rather have some unanswered questions than have everything answered with a great deal of half-assery. #lost
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    10/24/09

    @odinbearded: Agreed. Answer the big questions (which they should have good answers for) and leave some hints for the other stuff. The fans are going to debate it all anyway so unanswered questions are better than half-assed answers. #lost
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    10/24/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: And not every question has to be answered with a philosophical truth bisected by a conspiracy.

    Q: "Where did he go for ten minutes???? OMG!!!"

    A: He was taking a dump.

    Since the creators decided that Libby's nuthouse story would be simple and down-to-earth, I'm glad they didn't force it in. Resolution would be nice, but we've had experience with forced small stories that don't advance the major plotlines.
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    10/24/09

    In reply to Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season
    "Scheduling issues for Mira Furlan"? What else does she have going on? Another straight-to-DVD "Babylon 5" movie? #lost
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    10/24/09

    @ophmarketing: There was a post from one Furlan's major fans on the Fuselage, years ago, right when Furlan was leaving the show, that indicated she was unhappy filming in HI with the limited use they made of her character. It was promptly removed by the moderators, but there may have been some truth to it. #lost
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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    10/24/09

    @theysaidwhat: I met her last year at Big Apple Comicon, it seemed to me she felt something similar. #lost
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/24/09

    In reply to Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season
    I think it would be awesome if the first scene of next season was:

    Libby: I think you've all met my father Jacob. #lost
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    10/24/09

    (because they've said 900 times that Libby is not coming back) #lost
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    Image of mosquitosBuzzz mosquitosBuzzz
    10/24/09

    @twophrasebark: That would be AMAZING! a perfect mindF surprise eh. #lost
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    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    10/24/09

    In reply to Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season
    To be fair, they've already basically explained what Rousseau's deal was. I feel like her arc has been sufficiently explored. Not a dealbreaker for me, I can live without more Furlan.

    On the other hand, if they're doing the whole "what if 815 landed" thing it'll be tough not having a Michael. Let's hope we at least get a final Walt appearance. His connection to the island is one mystery that absolutely needs explaining #lost
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    10/24/09

    @Blue_Thark: Unless they really planned all this out from the first year and pre-filmed Walt scenes for the final season, I don't see how they can show him as though the plane landed. He'd be what, 10 or 11? And now he looks like he's about 25, even though he's probably 17 or 18. #lost
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    10/24/09

    @theysaidwhat: I wasn't implying he should appear in the "what if" scenario - without Michael that wouldn't make much sense anyway. But they should bring him back if it continues in the "present" timeline. They've already said they'd be explaining his accelerated growth rate.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/24/09

    In reply to Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season
    I guess I am going to be standing in the Hose Jobers line.

    We have how many fucking stories about Kate's boring slo-mo story, and you can't get it together to tell one short half an hour explanation of who Libby is?

    Remember when they were telling us about how they had a stop date to "Complete the story".

    HOSE. JOB. #lost
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    10/24/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Libby was in the mental asylum because she had a breakdown after losing her husband. That is why she readily gave Desmond her boat. What else needs 'splaining?
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    10/24/09

    @NerD: Blattella: yeahhh kate is pretty unlikable at this point.

    but i dont get what the big deal with libby is. we know she lost her husband and gave desmond his boat. we know she was in hurley's mental hospital. and we know she got shot. thats enough for me. #lost
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    Image of krztov krztov
    10/24/09

    @GreyHammer: her husbands name was dave, thats where she got the boat for desmond, now what was the name of hurleys imaginary friend? dave. that really shouldve been fleshed out more. #lost
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    Image of TomSkylark TomSkylark
    10/24/09

    @NerD: Blattella: I think part of the problem is that "LOST" has created really wonderful secondary characters, many of whom don't get enough screen time as the "major players," some of whom just seem like big balls of pathos and boring back stories. Juliet and Sawyer were the exceptions, for me, but, well. I guess one of those isn't going to pan out so well in terms of screen time, right? #lost
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    10/24/09

    @krztov: Don't mistake coincidence for fate. ;) #lost
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    10/24/09

    @TomSkylark: Yeah, I know they've written themselves into a corner, and over promised.

    I am just so tired of Kate's story, and want to know a little more backstory.

    I don't know, I just wish they had made a defined story arc at the beginning and stuck to it. #lost
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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    10/24/09

    In reply to Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season
    Aw, no Furlan is shame.

    Still, the real mystery is why BKV isn't in the writers room this year. I think that could cause a big drop in quality (his episodes were consistently my favorites).

    We shall see... #lost
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    Image of LolaInSlacks LolaInSlacks
    10/24/09

    @PVIII: I thought he was developing movies based on his comics and other stuff like that. Like finishing up Ex Machina. #lost
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Is it just me or does the closing theme have a western kinda sound? #startrek
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Check out how Gary Mitchell looks at the guy in the space suit. Priceless. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Notice the closing credit theme music sounds a lot more like a Western. Which was Gene's intention for the show... #startrek
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    Image of joetato joetato
    10/19/09

    @twophrasebark: Gene pitched Star Trek to the networks as a kind of "Wagon Train To The Stars." Westerns were the most popular shows back then. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    does the blu-ray player play regular dvds? i'm tired of keeping up with the joneses #startrek
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Women's role in Star Trek 2009. No woman has an authoritative rank, they wear short skirts and stay behind doing nothing while the men go up against the evil forces guns blazing saving the galaxy without their help.

    The roles for women in Star Trek have taken a nose dive for which I highly doubt these writers even care about. After all, they want to honor canon, right? And canon did state that women can't become Captains of a Starship. Did you see any female Starship Captain in the 2009 movie?

    This is it folks. The ONLY Star Trek franchise out right now and it's only sole female character is limited to just sitting around answering calls. That's where you want to keep it? #startrek
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Jeyl was starred Jeyl was unstarred
    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    10/19/09

    @Jeyl: Gripe much? #startrek
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    Image of Jeyl Jeyl
    10/19/09

    @Daveinva: "Gripe much?"

    Only when they don't give Uhura anything to do. #startrek
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/19/09

    @Jeyl: she had plenty to do! she was keeping everyone up to date, collating reports, baking cookies, doing the laundry..... #startrek
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Speaking of "irritating", one thing that always irritated me in the original ST is Kirk beating Spock at chess. Gimme a break... Spock could and would beat Kirk with both his eyes closed. #startrek
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    10/19/09

    @Roklimber: I think the point of that was that Kirk made risky, illogical moves that Spock wasn't prepared for. The larger point being that irrational emotional choices are sometimes better than logic. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Yes, I know that that's what it was supposed to mean, but anyone who knows how to play chess knows that risky illogical moves lead to a very quick defeat. It was a bad analogy from the start. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Roklimber: The average viewer would recognize a chess board, even a 3D one, and understand it's a game that relies on brains and skill with very little luck involved. Maybe it wasn't the best analogy, but it was probably the easiest to make. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: I think a much better analogy would have been a game that involved chance as well as skill, such as poker. In fact, TNG used that to drive the same point home with Data, and that was pretty effective, in my view.

    Imagine Kirk playing poker with Spock, who couldn't/wouldn't lie and therefore couldn't/wouldn't bluff. On the other hand, his face would be inscrutable. That would have been a lot more realistic and a lot more fun to watch, I think. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Roklimber: In The Corbomite Maneuver Kirk specifically contrasts poker with chess to Spock (that's the one where Kirk bluffs the captain of the huge alien ship who is himself bluffing). They weren't subtle in the original series so chess was just the analogy for logic (several references to checkmate in tough situations for example). TNG did make good use of poker as analogy though. #startrek
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Having sat through plenty of crappy, rushed sequels I've got no problem with them taking the time to get it right. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    Given that the season three box set also includes season three, it's good that there's some incentive for fans to buy this thing.

    If season 3 of TOS is what you're going to call "incentive."

    The delay doesn't seem like that much of a surprise, though, since the writers just kept saying they have nothing written. Whatever, guys, just please don't make me have to hear the word yeoman. Also: 3D chess? Please? #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @shoroko: Actually, Franklin Mint made a 3D chess set years ago. I only know cause I happened to get one. It's pretty cool. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @shoroko: No, my point was that if the DVD set also includes season three, they really ought to throw in some reason for buying the thing. :) #startrek
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/19/09

    @shoroko: I think the delay is so they can continue to float more internet trial balloons about it. Sometimes, it seems they are interested in making something neutral that won't be attacked than in making something original and creative. #startrek
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    10/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Bland and inoffensive, that's the way to success! #startrek
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    Image of Pants McCracky Pants McCracky
    10/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Two words -- "Spock's Brain." And lots of marijuana. I meant six words. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Bah, I cannot read. And definitely is a valid point. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: That wouldn't really surprise me. But I still have the impression that all they're really working from right now is 'Spock has more Inner Conflict and Kirk flirts with more chicks.' #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @shoroko: If they have more than that, I would be surprised. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Pants McCracky: ARENA! Update the Gorn with some Stan Winston grade effects! (Also, we get to see the rock one more time!) :-D #startrek
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Star Trek's Unaired Second Pilot Coming to Blu-Ray, But Next Trek Movie Delayed
    The season three box set includes season three? My god, what will they think of next? #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: @shoroko: No, my point was that if the DVD set also includes season three, they really ought to throw in some reason for buying the thing. :) #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: I'm just guessing that that's the case. I think if they were smart, they would leave season three out, though. #startrek
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I was thinking that season 3 would make one hell of an extra for say, season 2.

    Sorry to make fun, I was just very amused by that sentence. #startrek
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