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ozmissageI was planning on posting a list of the most romantic Lost scenes today, but I grew frustrated trying to come up with more than eight that I really loved so I tossed that notion out the window and decided to go for something our show has no shortage of---WTF just happened moments?
Nobody and I mean nobody, does twists like Lost. I’ve honestly never seen a gutsier show. There are only two things one needs to remember when watching Lost:
1. Anything can and will happen…seriously, weirdness is a fact of life on craphole island.
2. No one is safe. You are going to love these people and they are going to die in ever increasingly horrific and creative ways. That’s just how it goes.
These are the 15 moments that most thoroughly blew my mind. Clips/links provided.
*A/N 1: I know there’s at least one moment not on this list that most definitely should be…but I’m saving it for my final list which will go up tomorrow or Tues. So just know I haven’t lost my mind, it’s coming…
*A/N 2: OMG TWO DAYS!!! Ahem.
15 “Holy Polar Bear, Batman! Did That Actually Just Happen?” Lost Moments
1.Ben moves the island.
And here I was thinking “moving the island” was a metaphor. Silly me. Of all the things Lost has pulled off, Ben moving the island with a frozen donkey wheel has to be the ballsiest and quite possibly coolest moment of them all. Emotional, weird, and down-right jaw-dropping--- it’s everything a good WTF moment should be.
Island goes bye-bye
2.“We’re going to have to take the boy.”
This scene goes from hopeful to wrenching in like five seconds flat. Every time I hear Tom utter those words I shudder. And watching Walt scream for his father as he’s taken off into the night with a bunch creepy, hill-folk? That’s one hell of a way to end a season.
3.Michael shoots Ana Lucia, Libby, and then himself.
This is a perfect example of why one should never be spoiled for Lost. As a big Michael fan, I never would have believed him capable of killing anyone so the moment he turns his gun on Ana both shocked me and broke my heart. Also, Perrineau acts the hell out of this.
4.“We have to go back, Kate.”
The ultimate Lost twist: this isn’t a story about how they get off the island. And thus everything we thought we knew about this show got tossed out the window. Awesome.
5.Locke is dead. No, like for real this time.
Full disclosure: I figured out Locke wasn’t Locke when “Dead is Dead” aired, so this wasn’t terribly shocking for me. (Come on, any Buffy fan worth their salt can spot The First when they see it.) Still it was nice to have my suspicions confirmed, and it put an awfully depressing period at the end of Locke’s story.
6.“He changed the rules.”/Ben calls out Smokey.
Sometimes I feel like I’m involved in some sort of High Noon type standoff with the Lost writers. I always underestimate just how dark they’re willing to go. Much like Ben, I thought Keamy was bluffing when he threatened to shoot Alex. Turns out we were both wrong. This scene is so devastating it was almost nice to have it tempered with the badassery of Ben unleashing Smokey on the Freighties.
Keamy shoots Alex
Unleashing Smokey
7. Monster eats the pilot.
The original WTF moment. Grunberg gets eaten by the monster. Six years later, Regis Philbin is still convinced it was a dinosaur.
8.The cabin scene.
Take a cabin in the jungle, add a ring of ash, and one pissed off Jacob…um, Smokey… Locke
(I’m still a little fuzzy on that part) and you have a recipe for the spookiest Lost scene ever.
9.If anything goes wrong, Desmond Hume will be my constant.
Just what it says on the box. Man, I would give anything to be able to sneak a peak at Dan’s journal. Not that I would understand a word of it.
Dan’s Journal
10.“You speak to me as if I am your brother.”
To date this is the closest we’ve come to getting confirmation that Smokey=magically appearing dead people. And it’s also the end of Mr. Eko who goes out every bit as hard-core as he came in.
*A quick note: I don’t know if this is addressed in the season six premiere and I don’t wanna know until Tuesday so if you’ve already watched it for the love of all that is good and lost-y don’t spoil me in the comments.
11.Hi, statue!
I was tempted to go with the first appearance of the statue or the full-statue reveal, but my favorite statue cameo came at the beginning of “La Fleur”. That moment when Miles spots the back of the statue is so damn cool I can’t even say. In my personal canon, Jacob and Esau are sitting on the beach at that very moment having their loop-hole conversation.
12.Sayid shoots baby Ben.
Oh, Sayid. I still don’t think he’s ever really going to come back from this.
13.Desmond turns the failsafe key/Penny gets a call.
Remember way back in season two when we thought there might not be a world for the castaways to go back to? This is the moment that blew that theory out of the water. Des causes a disturbance in the force and somewhere Penny gets a call. This also established Penny/Des as the ultimate Lost couple. Sorry quadrangle, when it comes to sheer epicness you’ve got nothing on these two.
14.“No, we’re the survivors of Flight 8-1-5!”
Man, this scene had me convinced they were all dead. Making this list is like taking a trip down debunked theories lane.
15.Ben shoots Locke, leaves him to die on a pile of dead Dharma folk.
Benjamin Linus proves once and for all he is one cold-hearted son of a bitch…and the most interesting character on the show.
Nobody and I mean nobody, does twists like Lost. I’ve honestly never seen a gutsier show. There are only two things one needs to remember when watching Lost:
1. Anything can and will happen…seriously, weirdness is a fact of life on craphole island.
2. No one is safe. You are going to love these people and they are going to die in ever increasingly horrific and creative ways. That’s just how it goes.
These are the 15 moments that most thoroughly blew my mind. Clips/links provided.
*A/N 1: I know there’s at least one moment not on this list that most definitely should be…but I’m saving it for my final list which will go up tomorrow or Tues. So just know I haven’t lost my mind, it’s coming…
*A/N 2: OMG TWO DAYS!!! Ahem.
15 “Holy Polar Bear, Batman! Did That Actually Just Happen?” Lost Moments
1.Ben moves the island.
And here I was thinking “moving the island” was a metaphor. Silly me. Of all the things Lost has pulled off, Ben moving the island with a frozen donkey wheel has to be the ballsiest and quite possibly coolest moment of them all. Emotional, weird, and down-right jaw-dropping--- it’s everything a good WTF moment should be.
Island goes bye-bye
2.“We’re going to have to take the boy.”
This scene goes from hopeful to wrenching in like five seconds flat. Every time I hear Tom utter those words I shudder. And watching Walt scream for his father as he’s taken off into the night with a bunch creepy, hill-folk? That’s one hell of a way to end a season.
3.Michael shoots Ana Lucia, Libby, and then himself.
This is a perfect example of why one should never be spoiled for Lost. As a big Michael fan, I never would have believed him capable of killing anyone so the moment he turns his gun on Ana both shocked me and broke my heart. Also, Perrineau acts the hell out of this.
4.“We have to go back, Kate.”
The ultimate Lost twist: this isn’t a story about how they get off the island. And thus everything we thought we knew about this show got tossed out the window. Awesome.
5.Locke is dead. No, like for real this time.
Full disclosure: I figured out Locke wasn’t Locke when “Dead is Dead” aired, so this wasn’t terribly shocking for me. (Come on, any Buffy fan worth their salt can spot The First when they see it.) Still it was nice to have my suspicions confirmed, and it put an awfully depressing period at the end of Locke’s story.
6.“He changed the rules.”/Ben calls out Smokey.
Sometimes I feel like I’m involved in some sort of High Noon type standoff with the Lost writers. I always underestimate just how dark they’re willing to go. Much like Ben, I thought Keamy was bluffing when he threatened to shoot Alex. Turns out we were both wrong. This scene is so devastating it was almost nice to have it tempered with the badassery of Ben unleashing Smokey on the Freighties.
Keamy shoots Alex
Unleashing Smokey
7. Monster eats the pilot.
The original WTF moment. Grunberg gets eaten by the monster. Six years later, Regis Philbin is still convinced it was a dinosaur.
8.The cabin scene.
Take a cabin in the jungle, add a ring of ash, and one pissed off Jacob…um, Smokey… Locke
(I’m still a little fuzzy on that part) and you have a recipe for the spookiest Lost scene ever.
9.If anything goes wrong, Desmond Hume will be my constant.
Just what it says on the box. Man, I would give anything to be able to sneak a peak at Dan’s journal. Not that I would understand a word of it.
Dan’s Journal
10.“You speak to me as if I am your brother.”
To date this is the closest we’ve come to getting confirmation that Smokey=magically appearing dead people. And it’s also the end of Mr. Eko who goes out every bit as hard-core as he came in.
*A quick note: I don’t know if this is addressed in the season six premiere and I don’t wanna know until Tuesday so if you’ve already watched it for the love of all that is good and lost-y don’t spoil me in the comments.
11.Hi, statue!
I was tempted to go with the first appearance of the statue or the full-statue reveal, but my favorite statue cameo came at the beginning of “La Fleur”. That moment when Miles spots the back of the statue is so damn cool I can’t even say. In my personal canon, Jacob and Esau are sitting on the beach at that very moment having their loop-hole conversation.
12.Sayid shoots baby Ben.
Oh, Sayid. I still don’t think he’s ever really going to come back from this.
13.Desmond turns the failsafe key/Penny gets a call.
Remember way back in season two when we thought there might not be a world for the castaways to go back to? This is the moment that blew that theory out of the water. Des causes a disturbance in the force and somewhere Penny gets a call. This also established Penny/Des as the ultimate Lost couple. Sorry quadrangle, when it comes to sheer epicness you’ve got nothing on these two.
14.“No, we’re the survivors of Flight 8-1-5!”
Man, this scene had me convinced they were all dead. Making this list is like taking a trip down debunked theories lane.
15.Ben shoots Locke, leaves him to die on a pile of dead Dharma folk.
Benjamin Linus proves once and for all he is one cold-hearted son of a bitch…and the most interesting character on the show.
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Date: 2/1/10 12:29 am (UTC)Your lists are really getting me excited. Thanks to your trips down memory lane I watched The Brig and Man Behind the Curtain this afternoon. Good times!
I'm curious to know which are your favourite romantic moments. I was thinking of doing another list. Maybe I'll try this one.
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Date: 2/1/10 04:09 pm (UTC)Ooh, those episodes are both so amazing! I know s3 isn't terribly popular in fandom, but it has so many of my favorite episodes I think I'll always love it the best.
The romantic stuff on Lost has never really resonated with me that much. The only two pairings that really do anything for me are Des/Penny and Juliet/Sawyer. There are moments where I've cared about the other relationships, but they're few and far between. Still, I might post a short list...I did manage to come up with 10 that I really loved.