Lost ?/?/? - "The New Man in Charge"
By
BafflingBeerMan,
Posted on: 2010-08-26 17:31 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
I think there's no possible way they could answer every question in ten minutes, and they decided to go with answers for things that kind of got abandoned as the seasons went on, like why there were polar bears on the island, and about the pregnancy problems. It also shows a bit of what the Dharma Initiative was like on the mainland.
The part about Walt was a good way to allow him to finish the show, since he had such an abrupt end to his run, due to his rampaging case of puberty.
I don't see it as an FU to the fans at all, because they've made it pretty clear that some things were left up in the air intentionally. Focusing on some of the smaller things was good.
Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
Like I said, Malcolm David Kelly looks like a completely different person, even from what I remembered from his cameo in Season 5.
I will always think the "Hurleybird" mystery and whining was the most asinine aspect of complaining about Lost and when Dr. Chang mentioned the "hybirds" and the cheesy special effect of the covered cage occurred, I was laughing out loud. That's where I got most of the FU feeling, as if TPTB were like "You want an answer to this? It was really inconsequential. We are going to make it as ridiculous as can be and still have it make sense." I enjoyed it 
"Ben is short for Frank."
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Late to the party, I know, but I finally finished my re-watch of the season and saved this bonus episode for last. I gotta say, it was enjoyable. Though, I was under the impression that we'd see more of Ben and Hurley. It gave me a few good chuckles though. I wonder if they were trying to insinuate that Walt would be taking Hurley's place, or if he was just being offered a role in the work on the island. I hope it's not the former. Hurley as the leader just seemed so right to me.
Now I need to watch all the bloopers and deleted scenes. As well as a recommended commentary episode.
Oh, and is it me, or does the finale sometimes feel like a really well executed recap episode? Like the way all recaps should ever be done?
@Rylas
Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
I think the implication is that Hurley is going to groom Walt to take his place, but not immediately. First, he will have to help Michael, and maybe perform some other odd jobs, but yeah, Hurley only being the leader for maybe five years max doesn't really seem that long/important.
And yes, the finale was a well executed recap 
So much so, I was pining for the days Dom Monaghan had longer hair.
"Ben is short for Frank."
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Reason #23 why I love Lost and Michael Giacchino's score: on the Season 6 soundtrack, there is a song entitled "Sayid After Dentist"
I also think his Jacob Theme is one of the best for the characters. I also love Locke and Hurley Themes.
"Ben is short for Frank."
-Baffling Beer-Man, The Tenacious 3: The Movie
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Oh my, the SoundTrack also has Claire/Emilie de Ravin singing "Catch a Falling Star" from the end of Sundown. It is ultracreepy.
"Ben is short for Frank."
-Baffling Beer-Man, The Tenacious 3: The Movie
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SPOILERS TO FOLLOW!
So I just got done watching the epilogue "The New Man in Charge" from Lost: Season 6 DVD and I haven't decided yet if it is the biggest FU to Lost fans or the biggest fan service to Lost fans. Either way, I enjoyed it!
Basically, it is split into two parts: Ben shutting down the pallet drops and Ben visiting Walt(!) in Santa Rosa Mental Hospital to recruit him to come back to the Island. A lot of injokes and mysteries were solved:
-The pallet drops have been going on for the past two years at least. The people in charge of the drops have no clue where they are going (drops are made by drones) and the coordinates of the drop keep changing (confirms that the Island is constantly moving). The two men who man the pallets have no clue that Dharma was shut down.
Ben gives them the chance to ask two questions (one each). The first guy asks about where the drops are happening and the second asks about why they need to drop Polar Bear Biscuits to a tropical Island...which leads to the first Orientation film...for the Hydra!
-Here, Pierre Chang introduces himself as...Pierre Chang. He says if knowledge of his name became public fodder he would have to change it (implicit: because of what the Hydra actually is for). What is it for? Genetic mutation of animals. Including the Hurleybird! (Chang calls it a "Hibird"). He goes on to talk about the Polar Bears, mentioning the cages, and says they will be eventually transported to the Orchid station for electromagnetic study. But it is important that the female polar bears are not pregnant around the Orchid Station due to the electromagnetic energy causing gestation problems! ANSWER!
-We also learn what Room 23 is: an interrogation room where Dharma took Hostiles. Chang mentions they want to study them and figure out their culture, especially why they worship an Island diety known as Jacob. The film we later see being shown to Karl is used by Dharma to give the Hostile a temporary case of amnesia so they don't remember being captured and the truce seen in S5 remains in tact. Interesting to note that, while not seen here, the film contains a slide that says "God Loves You As He Loved Jacob." Is it possible that Dharma was trying to convert The Others, ala Christians in the New World?
Ben then pops up in Santa Rosa Mental Hospital asking for "Keith Johnson." For a minute, I thought he was going to talk to Leonard about the Numbers, but no, it is WALT! Seems Walt went crazy when he kept on expecting someone, anyone, from the Island to come for him. By the way, Malcolm David Kelly looks huge! Walt and Ben have a nice back and forth conversation about Ben kidnapping him. Ben says he can't change the past, but he is truly sorry. Ben eventually convinces Walt to leave the hospital by saying even though Michael is dead, Walt can still help his father. Walt goes with Ben to a Dharma Van. Inside the van is Hurley. Walt is happy to see Hurley and Hurley basically tells Walt that he was never supposed to leave the Island, that Walt is special, and that Hurley has a job for Walt (next ruler of the Island?) It ends with Hurley saying it is time to go home and the van riding off into the night.
Now, I say it is almost like an FU (in a funny way, to me at least) to the fans because in the first half, the Dharma workers are only allowed one question and Ben shuts them down after that, saying he can't say anymore. They are all like "But what about this? And this? AND THIS?" And the Orientation video is crammed full of stuff like the Hurleybird, which was a nonsense "question" to begin with, it came across to me as everyone involved saying "Here are the not so serious answers to your questions." Michael Emerson has said that sometimes it felt like Ben was in an unintentional comedy, and this epilogue, at times, feels like a comedy. But is great fanservice because it is almost like they heard, in advance, what people would be asking about and actualyl answered them in a straightforward way. It wouldn't have felt out of place during an actual episode, though it is somewhat light in tone. Definitely recommend it.
Oh, and I watched the deleted scenes. Nothing too major revealed there, though it does explain what Desmond saw when he got electromagnetized and I think it clears up some of his motivations.
"Ben is short for Frank."
-Baffling Beer-Man, The Tenacious 3: The Movie
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