Nman's LOST Corner

Blog closed...for now

2008-06-01T07:32:00.000-07:00

Putting this blog on hibernating mode Hehe..

I'll just stick to my main blog here:

http://trylobyte.wordpress.com/

See ya there! :-)

LOST: Season 3 Quick Rewind

2008-04-17T20:45:00.000-07:00

Quick run through of what I remember about the Third season episode by episode. Remember, this is done through memory.

A Tale of Two Cities
Juliet is hot. The Othersville and plane crash. Jack in an aquarium, Sawyer in a Cage and Kate taking a shower. Jack goes crazy again. Hydra Station.

Glass Ballerina
Sun is a liar. Sayid and Jin shootout with the Others. Sun shot Colleen. Benjamin Linus. Red Sox won the world series.

Further Instructions
Locke sees Boone in his airport dream vision. Locke saves Eko from Polar bear. Desmond is naked. Hunter or Farmer. Nikki and Paolo.

Every Man For Himself
Needle to the heart. Heart will burst. Ben beat Sawyer. Mice and Men. Separate islands. Don't you read.

Cost of Living
Confess Eko! Paolo in the Pearl Station toilet. "you speak to me as if I'm your brother". Monster pwns Eko. Eko dies. "We're next"

I Do
Kate married the guy from Firefly. Kate and Sawyer sex cage. Jack saw them on the monitor. Jack takes the upperhand. "Kate damn it RUN!!!!!!"

Not In Portland
Juliet and her sister. Her asshole ex husband boss gets hit by a bus. Mittelos and Richard Alpert. Karl in room 23. "Don't come back for me"

Flashes Through My Eyes
Desmond gets drunk. "You don't know the bloody hell happened to me" Desmond time trip. "The Universe has its way in course correcting itself"

Stranger in a Strange Land
Jack gets Tatoo in phuket. Bai Ling have sex with Jack. Jack gets beaten up.

Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
Hurley finds Dharma van. Hurley, Charlie, Sawyer & Jin jumpstart the van. Shambala! Dharma beer.

Enter 77
Sayid badass. Mikhail Bakunin aka Patchy. Locke plays chess. The story of Hostile vs Dharma aka the purge. Ms Klugh gets shot by Mikhail. Locke blows up Flame Station

Par Avion
Claire was a goth. Claire is Jack's half sister. Birds to send letters for help. Sonic fence and Mikhail supposedly dies. Tom throws like a girl.

Man from Tallahassee
Locke got pushed by his dad and fell off 8 storeys. Locke confronts Ben. "you're in a wheel chair and I'm not" Locke blows up submarine. Locke's dad on the island!!!!!!!

Expose
Nikki and Paolo were crooks. Nikki is a bitch. Paolo is a dumbass. They both get buried alive. Medussa spiders. Diamonds. Dr Arzt.

Left Behind
Others leave with Locke. Kate and Juliet mud fight. Monster flashing Juliet (ok, that doesn't sound right). Sonic fence stops monster. "She's coming with us"

One of Us
People distrust Juliet. Claire is sick. Juliet saves her. Pregnant people on the island dies. Juliet earns every one's trust. Juliet is still working for Ben. "see you in a week"

Catch 22
Desmond, Charlie, Jin and Hurley trekking ito the jungle. Desmond see Charlie die. Desmond was a priest.

DOC
It's Jin's baby. Sun will die if she doesn't get off the island. "I hate you Ben"

The Brig
Anthony Cooper = The real Sawyer and Locke's dad. Sawyer kills Cooper. Locke humiliated by Ben in front of every Others. "Ben has been wasting our time with fertility problems. We need someone to remind us that we're here for bigger things" "I'm on my own journey now"

Man Behind the Curtain
Ben has serious daddy issue; his dad hates Ben because his mother died giving birth to baby Ben. Ben hates Dharma and wants to join the Hostile. Dharma people got killed by deadly gas. Locke wants to see Jacob. Ben shows Locke Jacob. Jacob needs help from Locke. Jacob got furious and shakes his Cabin. Locke gets shot by Ben. OMG!!

Greatest Hits
Charlie list down his greatest moments in his life. Charlie volunteers to swim down to the Looking Glass station to disable the jamming signal. Charlie expected to die but didn't...for now. Jack gets pumped up to blow up the Others. "We're gonna blow them all to hell!!!"

Through the Looking Glass Pt1
Jack and co goes to the radio tower. Sayid, Jin and Bernard blows up several Others and gets captured. Desmond and Charlie struggled with the Others in the underwater station. Locke wakes up to see Tall Walt. "You have work to do"

Through The looking Glass Pt2
Sayid, Jin Bernard rescued by Sawyer, Juliet and Hurley. Hurley uses the Dharma van to pwn an Other. Sayid breaks an Other's neck with his legs. Sawyer shoots Tom execution style. Mikhail blows up a glass in the looking glass. Charlie drowns. 'Not Penny's Boat'. Jack beat up Ben. Locke kills Naomi. Locke points a gun to Jack. Jack makes the call. Rescue is coming. OMG!! FLASHFORWARD!!! "We have to go back!!!!!!!!!!!!"

LOST Season 2 Quick Rewind

2008-04-16T01:21:00.000-07:00

Quick run through of what I remember about the Second season episode by episode. Remember, this is done through memory.

Man of Science, Man of Faith
"Make your own Kind of Music!" Desmond inside the hatch. "You?!"

Adrift
WALT!!! Locke meets Desmond. Push the button. WALT!! UDERS!!!

Orientation
Locke meets Helen. "Dr.Marvin candle, Namaste" Dharma Initiative. Incident. Degroots. "See ya in another life brother"

Everybody Hates Hugo
Dj Quall. Hurley and food. Ana Lucia and the tail section.

...And Found
Sun & Jin. The others walking bare feet. Mr.Eko WALT!!

Abandoned
Shannon is actually a nice girl. Bang! She's dead. Ana Lucia Shot her.

Other 48 Days
Ana lucia, Mr.Eko, Libby & Bernard survive multiple other attacks. Zack and Emma kidnapped. Goodwin is an other.

Collision
Mr.Eko meets Locke. Sawyer in the shower with Jack. Sayid tied up. Sun and Jin reunite.

What Kate Did
Kate kissed Jack and left What?! Kate killed her daddy. Do not attempt to communicate with the computer. Dad?!

Psalm 23
Mr.Eko and Yemi. Priest in Nigeria. Drugs. Yemi gets shot. Eko face the monster.

Hunting Party
Michael running away. WALT!!! Jack goes crazy. "This is our island" "You and me aint over Zeke"

Fire + Water
Stupid episode. Charlie goes crazy. Locke beats up Charlie.

Long Con
Sawyer cons everyone to get guns. New sheriff in town.

One of Them
Sayid beat up Ben...erm...I mean 'Henry Gale'. Locke and Jack bicker at each other.

Maternity Leave
Claire high on drugs with Ethan. Alex & Rousseau saves Claire. Staff station.

Whole Truth
Sun is pregnant. Yo Daddy-O! Ana lucia, Sayid & Charlie find Henry's Balloon.

Lockedown
Locke stuck inside the hatch. Blast door map. Henry Gale is a fraud.

Dave
Hurley in mental institution. Hallucinate Dave.

SOS
Rose & Bernard story. Frogurt. Craig, Jerome and Richard.

Two for the Road
Ana Lucia bodyguard of Jack's dad. Michael shoots Ana Lucia & Libby. WTF

?
Mr.Eko & Locke finds the Pearl. Locke lose faith and Eko regains faith. "I'll push the button"

Three Minutes
WALT!!!!!!! Michael taken to the fake village. "They take me to this room and made me do some test" "who's James Ford?"

Live Together, Die Alone pt1
Desmond's back and he's drunk. Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Hurley and Michael set off to take down the Others. Sayid, Jin & Sun on Desmond's boat. Four toed Statue

Live Together, Die Alone pt2
Locke & Desmond vs Eko & Charlie. To push the button or not to push the button. Kelvin Inman. Fail Safe key. Desmond & Penny love story. I crashed your plane brutha!!! It's all real Brutha!!! See ya in another life Brutha!!!! I was wrong....Warning! Warning! KABOOM!! Sky turned purple. Jack, Kate & Sawyer captured. "Who are you people?" "We're the good guys Michael" Arctic station find the electromagnetic anomaly. "We found it"

Season 3 coming up

LOST Season 1 Quick Rewind

2008-04-15T04:33:00.000-07:00

An old friend sent me this message just now through MSN. He said something like:

"Yo wassup. I just watched Lost, have u seen it?"

I was blown away. 'What do you mean have I seen it?! I've been a big fan of it for the last 4 years!!'

So yeah, turned out he just saw the pilot episode from ABC.com. Currently, he's watching episode 3 of Season 1, Tabula Rasa aka the first Kate episode. Kinda funny how he sent me messages while watching the episodes. Comments he made like "the korean guy is such an asshole!" and "the blonde sister is so hot!" makes me feel nostalgic. Ah..the good days of Season 1.

You realize that so much have changed. Before Jin speaks English to Jack, he was indeed such an asshole to his wife. Before Kate is this annoying girl flirting with Jack & Sawyer, she was a mysterious badass chick. Before Sayid becomes a badass, he was already a badass!! I mean, who would've guessed by watching Jack waking up in the jungle that the show is all about a battle between a douchebag leader of a corporation and a creepy leader of an island community.

So here's a quick run through of what I remember about the first season episode by episode. Remember, this is done through memory.

Pilot pt1
First episode. Chaos on the beach. Explosions. First heard the monster sound, scared the shit out me. Jack, Kate & Charlie hiking to the front section. Pilot was played by Greg Grunberg (now we know his name is Seth Norris). Pilot dies.

Pilot pt2
Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, Charlie, Shannon & Boone go to higher ground. That cool music when they climbed the hills. Sawyer shot a polar bear ! 16 years French transmission. "Guys where are we?"

Tabula Rasa
Kate's flashback in Australia. She's a fugitive. Sawyer shoots the Marshal and missed!! He dies eventually.

Walkabout
Boars. "We hunt!" Knives! Locke badass! Randy the jackass boss. Locke face the monster. "Don't tell what I can't do!!" He's in a wheel chair!! I love this show!

White Rabbit
Jack sees dead father. Goes crazy. "What if everything that happened..Happened for a reason" empty coffin! The monster stole his body probably! "Live together, die alone"

House of the Rising Sun
Jin was good until he works for Sun's dad. Michael hate Jin. Sun speaks English!

Moth
Charlie's addicted to drugs. Withdrawal. "I'm a bloody rock god!" Charlie's brother Liam. Cave in with Jack. Charlie throws heroin to the fire.

Confidence Man
"Dear Mr. Sawyer, you kill my parents" Sawyer gets tortured. Sawyer gets to kiss Kate. Sayid a badass. Sawyer is actually a tortured soul. Sayid walks away from the camp.

Solitary
Sayid's love interest back in Iraq, Nadia. Sayid meets Rousseau. "The others. They whisper" Hurley's inaugural Island cup. "They're sick!" "Watch them, watch them closely"

Raised by Another
Claire and the fake psychic (or is he?). Claire's nightmare. Hurley's Census. "Craphole Island", "rape caves". Ethan is freaky.

All the Best Cowboy have Daddy Issues
Jack has daddy issues. Christian Shephard is drunk. Jack fights Ethan. "Redshirts" "sounds like a piss poor captain" Locke and Boone find the Hatch. Charlie almost die.

Whatever the Case may be
Sawyer tries to open a briefcase. Briefcase have guns. Kate wants toy plane. Shannon singing La mer

Hearts & Minds
Boone and Shannon episode, who cares they die later anyway LOL. They slept with each other!!! Shannon vision death. "I felt relieved"

Special
Walt. Walt! Walt!! WALT!!! Michael's backstory. Feel sorry for the guy. Polar bears and the comic book. Walt is special. WALT!!!!

Homecoming
Claire's back and Ethan too. Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid & Locke team up to take down Ethan. But Jack gets all the glory. Charlie shoots Ethan!! Charlie and the photocopy machine LOL

Outlaw
Boar hunting. Robert Patrick. Sawyer shoots the wrong guy. Sawyer doesn't shoot the boar.

...in Translation
Raft gets burned, Michael blame Jin. Everybody hates Jin but he's actually a good guy. Sun speaks English in public. Jin is upset. "we're not the only people on this island and we all know it" "boat?!".

Numbers
4 8 15 16 23 42. lottery. Hurley's a millionaire. Hurley meets Rousseau. "I want some freaking answers!!!" They get batteries.

Deus Ex Machina
Locke's fucked up father, Anthony Cooper. Kidney stolen. Boone falls with the Nigerian plane. "I did everything I asked you to do then why did you do this! WHY!" lights come out of the Hatch. WTF!

Do No Harm
Boone dies. Claire gives birth. Jack has issues. "find John Locke"

Greater Good
Sayid interrogates Locke. Sayid plays Half Life. Arab terrorists. Shannon tries to shoot Locke. "take me to the hatch"

Born to Run
Kate creates a fake ID. Jin poisoned (or was it Michael? I forgot). Sawyer expose Kate's past.

Exodus pt1
The others are coming. Find the dynamites. Black Rock. Raft sails off. The beautiful music at the end. Sun & Jin breaks my heart.

Exodus pt2
Arzt blows up. Dynamites. Playing operation. "buzz~!" "you like to play games John?" "She stole ma BABY!!" Charlie punches Sayid, dumbass!!

Exodus pt3
The monster is a black smoke!!!! Man of Faith vs Man of Science. "Boone was a sacrifice that the island demanded" "Give me the boy" WAAAAAAAAALT!!!!!!!!! Raft explodes. Hatch explodes. What is inside the Hatch?

Season 2 coming up

I've been neglecting this blog Hehe

2008-02-26T02:31:00.000-08:00

Yeah yeah, I've been neglecting this blog for my other blog. Fear not, I'm planning to post more soon. Several stuff I like to write about.

My LOST Season Pattern Theory

This is the place where I published my 'one hit wonder' theory. Reading it again, I laughed at how outdated it is. The premiere of the fourth season of Lost shot an arrow to the theory. It opened with Hurley rather than a new character as I predicted.

Mark commented on my theory and pointed this problem even before Season Four premiered.

mark said...
I think your on to something NMAN. But I think Seasons 4, 5, and 6 starting with new characters when there is so many already is probably not true. I think if you look at what the season starts out as really we see close ups and then it is revealed to us where we really are. Season 1, was on jacks eye, then we reveal were on the island, then its during the plane crashing. Season 2, was desmond and him then working out, fixing breakfast, then we realize hes in the hatch. Season three was juliet listening to music in a house, then she goes outside, then sees the plane blow up, and then we realize we were in some other-ville. I think season four and five and six will start the same. We'll see something or some stuff happening then we'll realize where, not who, but where we are. It will most likely be off the island, or on the freighter, since on island, and somewhere else on the island, have already been used.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:59:00 AM

There's also the fact about the recent spoiler on NY Post. Damon outlined the theme of the upcoming season as follows:

Season 4 - who gets off the island and the fact that they need to get back

Season 5 - why they need to get back

Season 6 - what happens when they get back

Now it seems that my theory is wrong (S4 - rescue, S5 - return). But I think that from now on, each season will have two themes, one for present time and the other for the flash forward. I'm working on updating this theory along that idea.

Not Penny's Boat

Check out my post on the Freighter gang here. BTW, it's ok to highlight the spoilers because the episode "Confirmed Dead" already aired.

Stay tuned for more updates

Season pattern theory

2007-11-26T16:57:00.000-08:00

I don't update this blog daily or regularly. You see that I spend more time on my other blog (http://trylobyte.wordpress.com/). This place is where I would put any thoughts that I have on my favourite show Lost. It's not meant to be a big fan site where every character and episode information is available.

So here's a theory I have that shows a pattern on the themes of each season finale. It can also help to predict themes of future seasons. So here it is, "The Seasonal Thematic Pattern Theory"

For every season finale of Lost, there are two types of cliffhangers: Primary and Secondary. The themes of the primary cliffhanger will be carried over the next season to serve as its major theme. The theme of the secondary cliffhanger (clfh) is the theme of the season after that. Confused? Doesn't make any sense? Here's an example:

Season 1
Hatch door blown up (Primary clfh) & Walt kidnapped by Others (Secondary clfh)

The theme of the primary clfh was the Hatch which was the dominant theme of the second season. The theme of the secondary clfh was the Others which obviously was the main theme of the third season.

Season 2
Jack, Kate, Sawyer captured (Primary clfh) & Penny (Secondary clfh)

The primary clfh involves the Others (the theme of the next season) while the secondary clfh was about the possibility of rescue (what looks to be the theme of the upcoming fourth season).

Here's a diagram form of the theory:

As you can see from the diagram, I predict that the real 'end game' of the show would be first revealed at the season finale of the fourth season as a secondary cliffhanger (marked on the diagram as a question mark). I also made several other predictions as well such as the theme of the 4th and 5th season. The upcoming 4th season would probably be about 'Rescue'. It will show how the survivors get rescued and leave the island. But as you all know, something is wrong and they need to go back to the island. Thus the fifth season will be about their 'Return'.

This theory can also be used to see who opens the season premiere. The previous three seasons were about the Survivors, Hatch and the Others so the seasons were opened by Jack, Desmond and Juliet respectively. With this theory, we know that the next two seasons will be about 'Rescue' and 'Return'. Therefore, the character that opens these seasons will have to be connected to their respective theme.

The fourth season is about 'Rescue' so I think it will open with a new character aboard Naomi's freighter. The fifth season will be about 'Return' so probably that season will introduce a new character (or a new set of characters) who would be important in getting the survivors return to the island.

NOTICE: This is now a LOST Blog

2007-11-22T20:08:00.000-08:00

I have decided to make this blog a "Lost" theme blog. From now on, non-related Lost post will be at my other blog http://trylobyte.wordpress.com. I'll update this post later.

Minor updates

2007-11-13T20:15:00.000-08:00

This blog is still work in progress (it will always be work in progress anyway). I did some very minor updates. Firstly, I changed the title of my blog from boredom corner to Nman's corner (like i said 'very minor' updates) because Boredom corner doesn't sound nice. Secondly, I've added a list of links and I called it 'Nman's Internet Habit' because those are the websites that I visit everytime I browse the internet. Those are the so called 'essentials'. I think you could get an idea of what kinda person i am or what interest me from those links.

The blog is still new and I don't even know if people are visiting...hehe...sometimes I feel like I don't know who I'm writing to. If you stumble upon this blog feel free to put a comment. Just a 'hi!' is enough :-)

Stephen King's The Stand

2007-11-12T22:56:00.000-08:00

It's been tough for Lost fans for the past few months because we have to wait till February next year for a new season instead of this Fall. What's even more depressing is that we might get to see only 8 new episodes next year if the the writers' strike does not stop immediately. To get my Lost "fix" I decided to buy The Stand a novel by Stephen King which the writers of Lost have mentioned to be their inspiration for the show. This can be clearly seen from the many parallels between the novel and the tv show (I'll save that for another post). Anyway, I finished it in two weeks and it is easily one of my favourite novel. Furthermore, this is my first Stephen King novel (I've only watch movie adaptations of his work)

**BEWARE OF MAJOR SPOILERS**

Plot

The novel is thick (approx. 1300 pages) and it has an evolving story. It started as an account of the fall of the American society due to an outbreak of a deadly virus (created by the government of course) through the eyes of several characters who mysteriously are immuned to it. By the middle of the book the story shifted gear into some sort of "road trip" story where the characters travel across America and meeting new characters. Eventually, the survivors are divided into two camps: the "good guys" at Boulder, Colorado under Mother Abigail (a 108 years old black woman who talks to God) and the "bad guys" at Sin City itself, Las Vegas ruled by Randall Flagg aka the dark man aka Walkin dude. By this time, the story changes into a socio-political commentary where our heroes tries to rebuild civilization from scratch. Towards the end, some of our heroes make a 'Stand' against Flagg at Las Vegas with a surprise ending that some readers may dislike.

Characters

You could say that I've basically ruined the whole plot in the last paragraph but the real strength of the novel is not the plot but the characters. This novel is long and the story drags in the first half of the book but slow plot development is compensated with deep character development. By the end of the book, you will feel as if you've known these characters for a long time. Stu, Frannie, Glen, Harold Lauder, Nick, Larry Underwood, Tom Cullen, Randall Flagg, THE TRASHCAN MAN!!! and even minor characters such as the Kid and Rat man are all simply unforgettable. What makes it more depressing is that more than half of the main characters don't make it till the end of the novel!

I like all the characters and have enjoyed reading them but if I have to pick I would say Larry Underwood and Glen Bateman. Larry is a cocky, short tempered, one hit wonder rock star who turned into one of the leaders of the survivors and made a huge sacrifice at the end. Glen is an old pessimistic sociologist who always comes up with theories that actually prophesised the events of the novel (eg. the Society A & Society B hypothesis). His 'confrontation' with Randall Flagg is one of my favourite part of the book.

The Ending **SPOILERS**

I know there are people who hated the conclusion at Las Vegas. Why didn't the 'Hand of God' just destroy Flagg in the beginning? Personally, I believe that the 'Hand of God' can only be summoned until the characters reached their so called 'redemption' or apotheosis in their personal journey. This story isn't simply about good vs evil, its about the individual journey that these characters take. Glen was an atheist (Or an agnostic, i can't remember) but later he accepted his fate when he was sent by Abigail to go West. Out of the four guys that went West, he was the strongest and most ready to face death. Consequently, he got killed first but not before laughhing his ass off at Randall. But hey, maybe Stephen King was just plain lazy and drunk when he wrote about the Hand of God but whatever the real reason behind the 'Hand of God' I like stick with my explanation.

As for the Epilogue where Randall Flagg is alive, that fits in with the theme of Good vs Evil where instead of one side winning over another, they are locked into an eternal battle.

In short, I highly recommend this book. I hope they can adapt this into the big screen but since its long so it would probably divided into 2 or 3 movies. Yeah I know, there was a miniseries in which I remember watching when I was a kid. I can't remember how faithful the miniseries was to the novel, it was so long ago.

Welcome to my Corner!

2007-11-12T18:31:00.000-08:00

As you can see from the title (Boredom corner) I created this blog just out of boredom. **EDIT: It's no longer called Boredom Corner** But offcourse boredom alone doesn't force you to make a blog, there are other reasons as well. Such as:

I always have several thoughts/ideas or opinions that i just keep in my mind. Storing your thoughts in your head for a very long time isn't a good idea. So this blog could act as my way putting those thoughts out of my head.
When I started blogging back in 2005 with "MSN Space" nobody i knew was blogging. Now almost everyone i know is blogging!! So i want to hop into the blogging bandwagon again. BTW, for those who are curious here's my old blog Yes, this one is basically a "remake" of my old MSN space (Even the title is the same!!). You can ignore that blog.
I wanted to post comments on Darkufo, a Fan site of Lost the tv show (in case you can't see the obvious, yes i'm fan of Lost). The only way you could post comment on the site was to have a blogger account. So I joined blogger!
I already have a Google account through my Gmail.

I can admit that this blog is work in progress. But hopefully it will grow unless I decided to pull the plug. I never intended this blog to last for a very long time but hey..who knows, we'll just see what happens. So I guess that's it for today (I think). Stay tuned for some random thoughts or musings from me.

Nman

PS; English is not my first language so I'm sorry if I butchered the language with horrible grammar. I'm trying my best :-)