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Again between two guys a hell of a lot smarter than you. Me and James. Just a reminder Channelup is in Italics, James in regular font. Yo buddy Last night's lost was nothing if not interesting. I liked it (thought it could have been an hour and a half) and thought it did a pretty good job setting up next season. Writing about it was insanely hard as I had a lot of trouble gathering my thoughts and putting them in a coherent format. I obviously wanted to avoid just straight summarizing, but there was so much going on. Anyway I thought I would add a couple of more thoughts that didn't make it into my post. - I kind of mention this but the good/evil thing is really going to be the main focus of the last season I think. Ben and Mystery Island guy leading the charge to keep the island secret from everyone with others (Richard Alpert maybe? Shadow of the statue group?) fighting for their own end games. That storyline has the potential to be awesome and maddening at the same...

Well that was interesting. Mrs. Channelup and I went to a friend's house to watch the finale so I was stuck writing notes on little pieces of paper and trying to not be anti-social. (Spoilers ahead) I was apprehensive about watching it outside of my own living room because I thought there would be needless distractions. Man was I wrong. Watching Lost is an activity best shared. So much is going on, it is good to have some different viewpoints. That being said, Mrs. Channelup and I walked home and I just kept saying over and over again, "How the hell do I write about this?" She replied, "You'll think of something. You have a gift." I agreed and sprinted home. I think I am just going to do this bullet point style with some quotes. How else would I even begin to sum up two hours of Lost ? "They come fight, they destroy they corrupt. It all ends the same." - unknown character "It only ends once. Everything before that is just progres...

Well Lost wraps up a fantastic season (dare I say one of the best?) and the Channelup family is headed to a Lost party. I am dressing as Sawyer and Mrs. Channelup is going as the smoke monster. I usually write at a breakneck pace during the episode so I can post my thoughts immediately after its over. That won't happen tonight unless I am allowed to bring my computer, not talk to anyone, and shhhhhhh any side conversations that might spring up during the two hour finale. Because of this I wanted to get some pre-show thoughts in. Has there ever been another show that could spark so much debate, questioning, conversation, and camaraderie among internet loser bloggers who have nothing better to do than sit around and think about the secrets of the island (present company included)? The reason this season, in my mind, has been so successful is the writers have seemed focused on getting more answers and working us towards an endgame. This season took no episodes off, rarely introd...

Last week I wrote about how Lost had fractured its story arcs to a point where entire episodes went without mentioning key characters. Tonight everyone was a player. Two groups have formed in the fight for the island. In the present, Locke and company are working to ensure that events on the island (past and present) solidify his role as leader of the Others . In the past, Jack wants to follow the late Daniel Farraday’s advice and disrupt the flow of time by setting off the bomb. It must be nice to be John Locke. His supreme confidence in his abilities and understanding of the island have put him firmly in charge of both the Others and, more importantly, Ben. To say he has made Ben his bitch is putting it lightly. He taunts Mr. Linus with his ability to talk to the island and knowledge of Jacob. I like Ben being put on his heels. We also get some clues about Richard Alpert when Ben says he has been an advisor for a “very, very long time.” We knew Richard had some issues with ...

Between two guys a hell of a lot smarter than you (me and my buddy James). He found some faults with my post about Lost on Wednesday. I am posting the (basically) full back and forth. Feel free to read and be amazed by our Lost acumen (unless you are one of those Lost freaks in which case we probably sound like idiots). Enough parentheses for you? You are about to enter a Genius-at-work zone. For sake of fluidity James is in normal font and I am italicized James hey dude, i like the idea that lost has been all about motives...but don't you think you stopped 1 huuuuuge step short of what daniel's motivations were? Why stop the hatch being built? Why stop desmond from failing to button push? Why stop oceanic 815 from crashing? Why stop his crew? To save Charlotte! Forever he is like "yeah you cant change things," and then Charlotte dies, and he goes their all misty eyed telling baby charlotte to get on a boat and leave. It seems like at the very least he does...

Fantastic episode (and i mean really fantastic) that began to tie a great deal of this season together. Faraday's return to the island triggers a series of events that well.. it's Lost , with every answer comes more questions. HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD! The key theme in this season has been motives. Specifically, what has driven the characters to/ back to the island? Tonight we get both with background on the enigmatic Daniel Faraday, or as Sawyer calls him "twitchy" or "HG Wells." When Faraday sees a picture of the Oceanic crew also in the past as part of the Dharma folks he subs it back to the island to save them all. Faraday's mother has been the driving force in his quest to discover time travel and the island has been her motivation for him the whole time. Daniel's motivation is to stop basically the entire history of Lost's storyline. Stop energy release, stop hatch from being built, stop the pushing of the button, stop Desmond from faili...

Last week Mrs. Channelup and I cursed when the scenes for this week's Lost told us tonight's episode would be a "Lost Special." We hate these recap episodes. Everyone does right? We immediately turned it off although if any show could benefit from a look back like this, it's Lost . With so many characters, plot lines, twists, turns and history I can see how the less intelligent would have a problem following the action. Not me, I'm a genius. I understand everything and basically have the ending figured out already. I don't want to ruin it, but when the series is over I will tell you if I was right. For those with lower IQs I hope you enjoyed tonight's "episode."