Go Ahead And Tell Locke What He Can't Do - He Doesn't Mind
source: http://io9.com/5474095/go-ahead-and-tell-locke-what-he-cant-do-he-doesnt-mind
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Is it too soon to wonder if Lost's latest gimmick is falling a bit flat? At the very least, last night's episode was the second in a row that Sawyer stole, and that feels significant. Spoilers below.
I'm not sure whether it counts as a spoiler that Lost is showcasing two different realities this season - one in which the castaways are still stuck on the island, and one in which their plane never crashed. But there are already rumblings that the "flash-sideways" reality, featuring the same old characters in a new context, is more of an interesting exercise than a thrilling storytelling device.
Fancast's Matt Webb Mitovich even asked Locke actor Terry O'Quinn about it yesterday:
Q: If there's been one knock on Lost's new season, it's that the alternate reality where Flight 815 didn't crash has left people a bit cold. Are those storylines going to get more compelling?
A: I have no way to read that kind of thing; I simply do my best when I'm performing it. But I've been told by one person who's seen it that in the episode coming up, [the "sideways" storytelling] really kicks in.
In any case, the "flash-sideways" format was especially jarring last night, since we weren't even watching the same Locke in the Island-verse as in the LA-verse. The Island-verse version of Locke, of course, died at Ben's hands a year or so back, and since his corpse was brought back to the island, he's been impersonated by the Man In Black, aka the Smoke Monster, aka Smokey. Meanwhile, the LA-verse version of Locke was never healed by the island, and thus still grapples with his disability.
So last night, the two Lockes went two different ways. Smokey, who's apparently stuck being Locke forever, railed against the restrictions the island wants to put on him, shouting Locke's famous rallying cry, "Don't tell me what I can't do!" twice for good measure. Meanwhile, the O.G. Locke, back in L.A., went through a slow (and painful to watch) process of realizing that people should tell him what he can't do, partly with the help of a slightly patronizing Rose.
A big part of the "flash-sideways" segments seems to be the puzzle-hunting aspect, looking for all the stuff that's different in this world, plus the chance meetings between Oceanic 815-ers along the way. For instance, not only is this Locke still with his beloved Helen (and planning their wedding), but he's also friends with his dad, judging from Helen's remarks, plus his cubicle wall.
We get to see Locke interact not only with the still-cancer-stricken Rose, but also the happy-go-lucky Hurley, who gets major points for correctly identifying Randy Nations as a douche. And then, of course, all of this culiminates in Locke getting a substitute-teacher job at a school... where a very different Benjamin Linus is a teacher.
More at the link . . .
http://io9.com/5474095/go-ahead-and-tell-locke-what-he-cant-do-he-doesnt-mind
I'm not sure whether it counts as a spoiler that Lost is showcasing two different realities this season - one in which the castaways are still stuck on the island, and one in which their plane never crashed. But there are already rumblings that the "flash-sideways" reality, featuring the same old characters in a new context, is more of an interesting exercise than a thrilling storytelling device.
Fancast's Matt Webb Mitovich even asked Locke actor Terry O'Quinn about it yesterday:
Q: If there's been one knock on Lost's new season, it's that the alternate reality where Flight 815 didn't crash has left people a bit cold. Are those storylines going to get more compelling?
A: I have no way to read that kind of thing; I simply do my best when I'm performing it. But I've been told by one person who's seen it that in the episode coming up, [the "sideways" storytelling] really kicks in.
In any case, the "flash-sideways" format was especially jarring last night, since we weren't even watching the same Locke in the Island-verse as in the LA-verse. The Island-verse version of Locke, of course, died at Ben's hands a year or so back, and since his corpse was brought back to the island, he's been impersonated by the Man In Black, aka the Smoke Monster, aka Smokey. Meanwhile, the LA-verse version of Locke was never healed by the island, and thus still grapples with his disability.
So last night, the two Lockes went two different ways. Smokey, who's apparently stuck being Locke forever, railed against the restrictions the island wants to put on him, shouting Locke's famous rallying cry, "Don't tell me what I can't do!" twice for good measure. Meanwhile, the O.G. Locke, back in L.A., went through a slow (and painful to watch) process of realizing that people should tell him what he can't do, partly with the help of a slightly patronizing Rose.
A big part of the "flash-sideways" segments seems to be the puzzle-hunting aspect, looking for all the stuff that's different in this world, plus the chance meetings between Oceanic 815-ers along the way. For instance, not only is this Locke still with his beloved Helen (and planning their wedding), but he's also friends with his dad, judging from Helen's remarks, plus his cubicle wall.
We get to see Locke interact not only with the still-cancer-stricken Rose, but also the happy-go-lucky Hurley, who gets major points for correctly identifying Randy Nations as a douche. And then, of course, all of this culiminates in Locke getting a substitute-teacher job at a school... where a very different Benjamin Linus is a teacher.
More at the link . . .
http://io9.com/5474095/go-ahead-and-tell-locke-what-he-cant-do-he-doesnt-mind
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