Re: 4th Season Lost - The Other Woman - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

tdciago wrote:
> On Mar 7, 5:00?pm, "Neil Harrington" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> It seems like gobbledegook because it is gobbledegook.
>
> Good grief. I think it's time to tear that page off your word-a-day
> calendar.

Maybe it's time I made a macro so I wouldn't have to keep typing it out.
It 
is practically impossible to discuss this show in any sort of depth
without 
the word "gobbledegook" or some other word meaning gobbledegook. This is 
largely a gobbledegook-based show with enriched gobbledegook added. In
order 
to watch the show contentedly you have to have a high gobbledegook 
tolerance. The writers apparently have taken Advanced Gobbledegook 401 and

passed with high marks.

>
>> What do any of those
>> have to do with anything? Knowing that Annie gave Ben a doll as a
>> child enhances your understanding of the situation how, exactly?
>
> The producers have already said that Annie is of "seismic" im****tance
> to the story.

So how does *that* enhance your understanding of the show?

I don't give a flying fargle what "the producers have already said." If
it's 
im****tant or has any relevance to the story, it should be in the show
itself 
as we all see it on TV. Having the producers explain or elaborate on the 
story outside of the show itself is as bad as it would be for an author to

write a book and then spend a lot of time explaining it orally to the 
readers.


> The fact that adult Ben is still toting around the doll

When was he last seen doing that? I haven't noticed the doll in any recent

episode.


> she gave him should make it clear that Annie is a big part of his
> psyche and his motivation, but of course you will say that's
> gobbledegook, too.

No, not yet anyway. It may develop into some more gobbledegook but we'll 
have to wait and see. Fair is fair.

>
> Maybe you need a timeout from the show.

Maybe you shouldn't even suggest that. I suspect a lot of erstwhile
viewers 
have already taken a timeout from the show -- and made it a permanent one.

Remember, the complaints you see here are just from a few of us  who are 
still watching.

Neil