MentalMaden

Oooooooo documentaries.

American Movie- about an amateur (very amateur) filmmaker trying to make a horror movie. Only something real can be this odd. A fun fun movie.

Dig!- If you're into indie music. It follows two bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols throughout their careers. Great insite into friendships and rivalries in music.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston- Another music doc, but trust me the subject, Daniel Johnston, is so unique you don't have to be a music lover to get sucked into this one. Example- his father telling the story of Daniel in a schizophrenic state causing him to crash the plane they were both flying in and the photo taken after of Daniel smiling while being loaded in an ambulance. It is a fascinating movie.

Based on your tastes that I've seen so far I think you'll at least appreciate Lost in Translation.

Add me to the pro In Bruges camp. A great independent movie about mob hitmen. If you like your comedy dark and British....give it a spin.


And if you haven't already, speaking of Brit films........ Layer Cake. See Bond before he was Bond.

Our thread is a white.

Code 46- Thinking man's science fiction. Based on a few of the others you've liked, I think you'll dig it.

Children of Men- don't let Capt. Foamy hear this. I absolutely love this movie...try it. I think you will too.

I think we need a bigger forum.

We're on a mission from War Witch.

Did we give up when the Germans trolled Pearl Harbor?

"Listen, damnit, we will win!"

What is your major malfunction?

Gator!!!

I would almost think Locke...but it could have been Shannon.

I've been holding out for a complete collection anyway. Can't wait, but it is good to hear it will be included on the season 6 set for those who have bought the previous seasons already.

Reading my first two sentences I realized I worded them a bit confusing.

In the end it was said that releasing the MiB to the outside world would be catastrophic, so it's apparent who the "bad guy" was. And while Jacob could be considered the good one (meh....) I think his lack of interaction with other people and being raised by batshiat crazy mother made him just a tad bit callous and allowed him to use humans as game pieces for his own personal amusement/loneliness.

More random thoughts:

I contended once they were introduced that the good/evil of Jacob/MiB wasn't as clear cut as it seems. It did, though, turn out that it was pretty much true in the end. But as Ben pointed out to Hurley, Jacobs methods were crap and maybe there is a better way to do things. Does anyone else think that Jacobs way of dealing with the island and his "rules" were a direct reflection of the way he was raised....essentially alone with no knowledge of the outside world or how people interact.

I wonder if Jacob had people crash into the island over the years out of a sense of loneliness? Given that Ben implied Hurley could make it where people didn't have a hard time leaving, does anyone else think Jacob made it hard to leave so he could have those people around him by convenience? Was the game that Jacob/MiB played as children transformed into a more grown up "game" of watching people come to the island and seeing what their interactions (or lack thereof) would do to them, as implied in an early discussion of theirs.

And is it the fact that Hurley had a much different upbringing and understood and truely cared for other people the reason he turned out to be "a great number one"?

Just a few thoughts.

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Flying Jack-Punch is my new favorite word.

I'm not going to lecture people on how their viewing experience is supposed to be.

BUT For those who have complained about the finale not being about answers I'll simply say this. From day one all answers left the viewer with even more questions. Also from day one they have given insite into peoples lives through flashbacks, flash forwards and side ways. The show has always been about and focused on the people, their pasts and their interactions. The show is and was always about the human condition. The "mysterious" island stuff was merely a way to amplify to the viewer who these people are and what makes them tick. I understand the little itch in the back of the brain wanting to know exactly what [island feature X] is but to focus on those questions really is missing the point of the show. The show is about the drama of life and peoples interactions; what helps us move forward and what keeps us back......under the backdrop of a tropical island with polar bears, whispering dead people and time travel; of course.

There are answers out there, I've heard a few already. But because they didn't give them doesn't mean the experience is less profound or anyone has been shortchanged. We got the show they always intended to give us. Sure it ended up being more about friendship and love and personal connections than science fiction. Personally I'll take an emotionally moving-cathartic finale over an informative one. This was literally The End, it needed to feel that way. (My thoughts at least)

I took it being baby Aaron in the scene because everyone else was in their "Island time" bodies, so why would Aaron NOT be in his? That was, afterall, the form he was in when Charlie and Claire made their connection with each other. Whether or not it was a "construct Aaron" or not, I'm not sure. But when the actual Aaron departs I'm sure he'll be in his "chosen" form.

Food for thought:

When Desmond first said, "see you in another life, bruthah." to Jack way back when.

Coincidence, writers foreshadowing, or Des already seeing things others can't?