TheCC Staff
05-09-2008, 06:01 PM
by Alan Noah (http://www.alannoah.com/)
*SPOILER WARNING*
May 9th, 2008 - Lost, at its best, answers an old question and then promptly poses a few new ones. Last night’s episode posed some new questions, but didn’t give us much new information, and it made for an overall frustrating experience.
Let’s first examine Locke’s flashback. Seeing his mother give birth to him was, in this reviewer’s opinion, one of the most pointless flashbacks we’ve ever seen on the show. “Name him John!” Oh, so THAT’S how John got his first name! That’s been bugging me since season one! Alright, enough sarcasm. The presence of Richard Alpert off the Island and monitoring Locke’s progress was a nice twist. The sense that Locke (as well as our other Losties) were destined to come to the Island is nothing new, but the lengths to which Alpert went to monitor Locke brings to light larger questions: Was he destined to be the Island’s savior from birth? Why was he unworthy for the Island at a young age? What is the significance of him choosing the knife over the Book of Law? Was the Island this involved in bringing more of our characters to the Island? And what’s Abaddon got to do with everything?
Click Here to Read the Whole Review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/May/Lost_Cabin_Fever/)
*SPOILER WARNING*
May 9th, 2008 - Lost, at its best, answers an old question and then promptly poses a few new ones. Last night’s episode posed some new questions, but didn’t give us much new information, and it made for an overall frustrating experience.
Let’s first examine Locke’s flashback. Seeing his mother give birth to him was, in this reviewer’s opinion, one of the most pointless flashbacks we’ve ever seen on the show. “Name him John!” Oh, so THAT’S how John got his first name! That’s been bugging me since season one! Alright, enough sarcasm. The presence of Richard Alpert off the Island and monitoring Locke’s progress was a nice twist. The sense that Locke (as well as our other Losties) were destined to come to the Island is nothing new, but the lengths to which Alpert went to monitor Locke brings to light larger questions: Was he destined to be the Island’s savior from birth? Why was he unworthy for the Island at a young age? What is the significance of him choosing the knife over the Book of Law? Was the Island this involved in bringing more of our characters to the Island? And what’s Abaddon got to do with everything?
Click Here to Read the Whole Review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/May/Lost_Cabin_Fever/)