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I actually agree with you, I didn't mean to say that Eko was evil, I just worded my thoughts wrong. Friends?! : )

No, he didn't see through the ruse. Yemi said "are you ready to be forgiven?" or something to that effect, and Eko made his big speech. Then Yemi was visibly less warm and said "You speak to me as if I am your brother" at which point Eko says who are you and all that jazz

do you mean the Black Rock the ship, or the black rock that represents MIB? IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? TRYING TO KEEP MIB IN THE BOTTLE AHHHH I rant on about this a few comments under this, but this got me thinking even more. the Black Rock destroys the statue of tawaret, the symbol of rebirth. the black rock aka MIB does not believe in rebirth, he thinks all humans are always corrupted. and when he enters the remaining vestiges of tawaret 150 years later to destroy jacob ( who himself is a symbol of rebirth), he does it by having finally turned ben evil and proving MIB right: there is no rebirth. BUT WAIT, DERE'S MORE: cuz ben, after all he has done -is- reborn. thanks to the help of someone under jacob's guidance. oh, you, Lost. oh, you.

oh, but then the baptism jacob gives richard. richard is reborn, right next to the shattered statue of rebirth. dirnfuontuofntnvvtinvnvtito +jacob must have picked richard on purpose. he must have picked a man he knew would ask to be granted immortality, because otherwise MIB was just going to murderize his ass as soon as he didn't do what he wanted. <333333

I usually post long essays, but there's not really much to say after this episode. Besides, the theory that the bottle smashing could be the hydrogen bomb. So MIB = Evil? Something that I thought of was that if you were Jacob or Smokey and knew thata fucking hydrogen bomb was going to go off on the Island, you'd figure out a way to do something about it. Also, it is interesting that Jacob said the Island was meant to contain an evil buildup, while a few seasons ago (before all this God/Devil shtuff) they said the numbers were put in to prevent a catastrophic electromagnetic buildup. Evil = Electromagneticismcity? But then, it was Desmond allowing the build-up to occur that (supposedly?) caused the plane crash? But THEN, isn't Jacob the one who brings people to the Island? So Jacob = Electromagneticismicity = Evil = MIB? also, Richard's ship breaks the statue meant to represent rebirth? and then he is granted immortality, no longer able to die (be reborn in the afterlife) HMMMM the warthog was definitely the MIB in animal form. he knocked the nail out of Richard's hand to make him more desperate and easier to manipulate when the time came. I doubt that Richard screaming "I'LL KILL YOU, I'LL KILL YOU" at the MIB (unknown to him) is hardly a coincidence on the writer's part, considering how murder was such a big deal to him. speaking of, Jacob straight acknowledges that there is a Hell when Richard asks him about it. totally noticed the shot of Richard's eye after the Smoke Monster encounter. could that mean that at the very beginning of LOST, Smokey had just been hovering above Jack's face? That makes sense, that he would examine everyone as soon as they got there. And then if we saw Smokey did have something to do with the Hydrogen bomb, didn't we see Kate's eye open at the beginning of Season 6? Then Smokey could have been hovering over them then too, observing the events? The Smoke Monster kills those who are already evil, because he has nothing to prove by letting them live. That could be why he killed Eko, because though he had seen his past the first time, he was not sure of how he felt about it. With the speech that he gave to MIB/Yemi, he pretty much cast himself into an impenetrable moral middleground. "Yeah I did fucked up shit, but fucked up shit happened to me. It is what it is." which means that Smokey had nothing to prove anymore, and why he got pissed. And then, of course, he killed Eko in the shape of a cross. Good thing other religions don't exist. woops. guess there was more nerdjuice in me than I thought. I really only made this post to say that Richard is fucking hot. because Richard is fucking hot. great acting on Nestor Carbonell's part too. can we clap it up for this man?

it's like a Hulk party up in here

whoa. I thought this post was from today. how did I even wind up on a post from a month and a half ago? oy.

yeah. I'm a really big T-Pain fan (Seriously, everyone youtube the song "Phantom.") but the auto-tune was like garishly prevalent on this joint. I remember when THR33 RINGZ (!) came out he kept saying "auto-tune's on the way out." I guess he is still butthurt about Jay-Z so went in the complete opposite direction. or realized that he could still use it as a gimmick to do shit like get in Bud Light commercials because mainstream America is fucking late to every party ever. I'm gonna go with both.

I don't think a lot mainstream (white) audiences are aware that Tyler came up doing plays, and first got superfuckingrich from the VHS sales of the recorded performances. I witnessed it firsthand. my dad use to make bootleg movies, and in those days (THOSE DAYS!) you had to manually play a tape in a dualdeck VCR and have a blank tape in the other side, recording it. I don't know if that's a clear explanation, but pretty much at all times of the day there were three movies playing on separate TVs all over the house. So I saw a lot of movies. A lot of times. And when the play version of Diary of a Mad Black Woman caught fire around 2002, it was aaaall Madea aaaall the time in my house. I would get home from school, and a young'n would be attempting to lie to Madea about how that bruise got on her eye (spoiler: the husband did it -- "girl, you ran into a shelf? Was it movin'?!"). I'd finish my homework and go into the front room and Brown would be pop-locking and snapping his suspenders. Or Madea would be chasing that one Bitch With the Bad Attitude That Nobody Likes and Isn't Treating Her Man Right out of the house, pistol in hand, as the crowd erupted in thunderous applause ("peace be still..." *takes gun out of purse* "piece be steel"). I was thrilled freshman year when the film version of Diary of a Mad Black Woman opened to huge success. I never got the chance to see the actual film. As I got older, I actively avoided his work and to this day have never seen a Perry film (though Why Did I Get Married Too looks super intense. sry guys.). And don't feel I need to. I saw about 30 minutes of DoaMBW on TBS a couple years ago, wherein which the Cheating Asshole Lawyer Husband cheated, and then was an asshole to his wife, and then got shot in a courtroom by his angry client or something, and then was paralyzed, and then then the wife tortured his Cheating Paralyzed ass for bigtime yukyuks. And we ("we") all know it. His core black fan base that is. We know Tyler is pandering. We know he's a union buster. That's horrible, he's horrible. But he's our union buster. We built him from the ground him, not some studio. His representations of black people may often be basic and insulting and reinforce stereotypes. But at least we're there. And more importantly he can use his power to open doors for other, more creative black films and filmmakers. Like when he became an executive producer on Precious and helped a great film reach a much wider audience. And also who the fuck else is going to give Lou Gossett Jr a job? What I'm saying is, I spent the entirety of this post nodding and going "yep. that's Ty." And so shall it ever be.

Leguizamo and Rock are good examples. also, can we still count Dave Chappelle? can we count Donald Glover yet?

I meant that Pierre Chang was alive in the alt universe. Are we assuming that in the alt timeline, everything that transpired in the real '77 still happened? I don't know if I buy that. Because Ben was given to the Others in '77, but in the alt-verse he apparently stayed with the DHARMA initiative which is why he ended up leaving the Island with his father. I mean, it's possible, but I don't know. I miss Faraday too. I need to watch Season 5 again though. Even with all this knowledge and theorizing, honestly, if someone asked me "so, why did they set off a hydrogen bomb?" "what was the deal with desmond's shifting realities?" "what's a constant?" I'd just shrug.

episode title, "Through the Looking Glass." I mean. also, I was kidding about Farraday. maybe. Farraday went back to 2004 and stole Charlie's beard.

besides the fact that this episode was full of awesome acting start-to-finish (Locke, Sawyer, and Miles are easily the most fun to watch on this show, and this episode was full of them, and they were on point. even Charlotte kicked ass), there were so many little clues and hints. like, every scene had something interesting. when Sawyer is talking to Zoe, at the very beginning of the conversation, you can see in his eyes when she says something that fucks up her credibility and how he goes back and forth between believing her and calling her bullshit. when Sawyer tells Locke that everyone on Ajira is dead, Locke responds with "that's terrible! what happened!" he sounds almost...sincere. and even if not, it is close. without even making a big deal of it, I really -am- engaged in Flocke's character. he's just as fascinating and conflicting as Ben was in his heyday. I'm under his spell! I think we all are, which rules. because it's working on the people on the Island as well as the viewers. when Locke is talking to Kate he says "growing pains that could have been avoided...if things had tuned out...different." and there is a noticeable swell in the music. turned out different. oh, like if there was an alternate universe? you know who had a crazy mom? farraday. farraday went back in time and became a smoke monster. if Locke can take the shape of dead people and assume their stories and pasts. and Miles can read the thoughts of dead people. what do you think will happen when/if Miles and Smokey ever meet? explosion! remember when Desmond could shift in and out of the past+present/island+real world? do you think that is related to the alt-verse? the TV show Sawyer was watching related on SO MANY LEVELS. talking about having faith, and taking it a day at a time, because it will all pay off in the end? ya, shut up you impatient viewers! that was the most striking to me. like I said, everything else said can apply on a million levels. go on hulu right now. go to when kate and locke first talk about claire. look at the smile Locke tries to force as he reaches his hand to Kate (which she doesn't take). and while you're at it, go to this Sawyer/Locke exhange: "what if someone is there who wants to do ME harm?" "I'm not worried about that" the way Sawyer says "OH YER NAHT, HUNH?" is so awesome. zombie sayid is so fucking intriguing it's driving me CRAZY. God. when Sawyer enters with widmore, widmore stands up and tries to shake his hand. sawyer doesn't take it. then, when Sawyer makes the deal, he stands up and extends his hand. "Believe me, God ain't got nothin to do with it" Sawyer says to Zoe when he talks about Locke and the others on the main island. reminds me of him saying "Hell Yes" (Yes, Hell) to joining Locke (aka "Evil Incarnate") in the cave. Pierre Chang is alive. If Ben still had something to do with the DHARMA initiative, then it follows Pierre would have too. Was Alt-Miles born on the Island? This is the first time they acknowledged that the flight the alt-Losties were on was "815." Oh, and the conwoman tells Sawyer it is 8:42 blahblahblah. After Sawyer punches the mirror, he has a bandage on his hand for the rest of the episode. nice touch. the way they chose to shoot Sayid, over Claire's shoulder, while she is trying to kill Kate. That is such a good shot set up. is that called blocking? I am not professor film. Good blocking, LOST! this show is on its shit. The past two and a half episodes have been on par with the best of this series, and I have no reason to believe it will slow down. Kate was cooking rabbit for dinner. Sawyer liked that. rabbit, watership down, alice in wonderland, the rabbits in the DHARMA videos for time experiments. the episode title Follow the White Rabbit blahblah. this episode is fucking stacked top to bottom, doggies. and yet you can just say "fuck it" and just sit back and enjoy it without thinking about any of that shit, and take it at face value. my friends who have never seen LOST have watched the past couple weeks and have been totally engaged anyway, after not giving a shit at all for ohhh five years. That is how you know Lost is on its shit. I am running on three hours of sleep, and instead of passing out after my last class (GOTTA PARTY, ST PADDY'S DAY BRO AND BROSISSES), I am nerding the fuck out. thx

word up. if she ain't signed to Downtown yet, it's a matter of time. also the juxtaposition between her style and voice compared to the beat and pretty much everyone else in the video is really jarring and interesting.

can we get a White Williams progress report? robyn rules, btw

I don't like that Gabe's tone is so pissed off now. This was the best episode of the season. It solved mysteries without springing new ones (MAGIC CAVE?! MAGIC LIGHTHOUSE?!) up. in fact, it hearkened back to the roots of the show in a totally natural way, ex. going to the black rock (also funny is the plot point centered around how volatile the dynamite was on the Island, combined with Arzt being all over the alt-timeline). and now the rest of the season is definitively set up, with the two factions and also widmore coming so it's coming together. jack's transformation and subsequent explanation for it is completely natural. I think his smashing the lighthouse was dumb as shit on shit but it works now. and it brought down the conflict from being about Jacob and Smokey, which pissed people off, to showing that is still essentially a mechanism to show who these characters are and their discovery of themselves. also, smokey can turn into fucking spiders (RIP niki and paulo- as someone said, great reference ahhh) so there are easily a million different plausible (within the show's universe) ways that he could have unchained the shackle. this episode had literally everything people complained that was missing from season 6, and none of the shit they were pissed about being there. temple's gone, dogen's gone, even fucking kate didn't make an appearance. CHIN THE FUCK UP, GABE

Illana had the gun in one hand, so she would have been unable to get her other hand to the trigger before Ben shot her.

I'm starting to think....I don't know... All of our LOSTies have lost something (no pun intended. or maybe the pun is very intended by the writers) or someone and get them back in the alt verse. Locke did not lose Helen, Jack did not lose the chance to be a father, Sayid did not lose Nadiyah. and back on the Island, The Smoke Monster promised Claire to help return her lost son.

Gabe really, really hates people who are financially successful.

I love Tik Tok, unabashedly. It's not a guilty pleasure, or whatever, I think it's a really great song. But if 3!OH!3 aren't "MEGA DOUCHEMASTERS" then I don't know who are.

so, no one else had the pants scared off them by this trailer? man. : (

with the Locke episode, I really thought they were stepping shit up. but then this felt like a step backwards. ughhhhh losttttt

It's interesting her name is Glasser, because the first thing I think of whenever I hear her music is the Bat for Lashes joint off Two Suns.

As wide of the breadth of artists Gabe made sure to name in his post, in an effort to passive aggressively(?) discredit Justin Beiber, curiously enough none of them are even related to the lineage that birthed Beiber. Why the hell are Crosby Stills and Nash even being mentioned in a post about a pop/r&b artist? Because when I was 8, I was listening to *Nsync which I'm sure would have elicited some sort of response similar to this back in the day. And then Justin Timberlake made one of the best R & B albums of the past decade. Also if Ben pushed the frozen blog donkey wheel and moved Stereogum and all its monsters back two decades, what do you think the response would have been to the music Usher was making when he was 13-15? Or the first songs New Edition put out? A Tribe Called Quest? Pavement? No shit you don't like Justin Beiber. I mean I understand the post was double-binded in a protective sheen of knowing irony, but it's clear what you were trying to get across in the core of it. but ah might be wronnnnnnnng

Naomi's murder is one of the best Lost moments ever. insane. hilarious. right up there with Jack playing football with the Others for me. a mystery that isn't brought up nearly enough is Ben's magic box that Locke's father suddenly apparated into. Perhaps it was Smokey the entire time?

oh no, I totally get -why- Tone Locke (hoooly shit. that is such a good name) shape-shifted into whatsherfaceben'sdaughter. I just don't understand -how-, if he's supposedly stuck. Perhaps killing Jacob kept him in the form of Locke? btw, this was one of my favorite episodes of Lost ever. maybe it's just how bad I thought the first two were, but I can't get over how satisfying it felt on every level. So good to see Sawyer back acting like Sawyer. He gets so annoying whenever he's in love.

maybe it's just really obvious to everyone else, but my friend didn't notice the song Sawyer was playing was all about meeting the devil and making a deal with him. and when Locke cut down Alpert, the way he tried to tempt him was very reminiscent of how Satan tries to tempt people- promising instant gratification in exchange for devotion, while criticizing Jacob the same way y-hweh often is. The Losties were all touched by God/Jacob when they were most vunerable emotionally. DEY FOUND GOD/RELIGION. OR IT FOUND DEM! and also, when Sawyer agreed to follow Locke, his last words were "hell yes." Yes, Hell. now I could be tripping, but after the Stooges' devil song, LOST luggage, etc., I woudn't put it past them at all. also also, Locke's fiance's shirt said Peace & Karma, but she had black fingernail polish which is really a strange choice. again, could be tripping. but doubt ittttt! I sincerely, sincerely doubt that the numbers are just there to be there. That doesn't even sound realistic. Of course they're going to explain them. It's either that Smokey doesn't know or is lying. It's strange, because Smoke Monster has kind of supplanted Ben in a lot of ways. He is the mysterious villain manipulating our characters on, getting motherfuckers murdered and trying to kill them, constantly having people be like "DONT TRUST HIM" with startling bursts of vunerability and also his and Jacob's 'You Can't Kill Me' chess game is reminiscent of Ben/Widmore's. He even is stopped from killing someone by an apparition (for Smokey, it's White Walt/Young Jacob/Old Aaron for Ben it's his daughter/smokey). also, if Smoke Locke turned into Ben's daughter to keep Ben from trying to kill Smoke Locke near the end of last season, why did Ana Newcia say that Smoke Monster was trapped in Locke's form? retcon! sidenote: You know who rules? Everyone who came on the freighter. The pilot, Miles, Farraday. Charlotte was kind of boring, but as a plot device ruled. And Keamy was such a great villain. Genuinely scary as shit.

So then if it's supposed to be disrespectful to question someones masculinity, then if it isn't homophobic, it's still sexist. It implies that being feminine is bad. It's a result of bigoted thinking. Ideal straight men are this way, ideal straight women are that way. People who don't fit into those categories are given labels which are then thrown around to be as hurtful as possible. It's not even like "nigga" where one can argue that a person who is not black could be using it in a respectful fashion to foster cameraderie. If you see someone you think might be gay, you yell out faggot, and possibly beat the shit out of him. If you see a straight guy who you want to beat the shit out of, you call him a faggot to liken him to something undesirable and unrespectable. Just like you call someone a piece of shit, because hey- shit is awful. Faggots are awful. What Louis CK, as funny as he is, is doing is trying to strip someone of their feelings- dismiss and minimize their pain for his own gratification. Which is what happens to homosexuals on a daily basis, even without him (or Ronnie, or people who are for some reason defending Ronnie) adding on.

also, jerking robots guys! put a smile on!

also, jerking robots guys! put a smile on!

Maybe it's because I like the Black Eyed Peas (I think Will I Am is an excellent producer, and totally earned his place in pop culture by knowing how to work the shit out of a massive pop song), but uhhh why they gotta be stupid assholes? WHY, GABE, WHY? "Reset"? I really enjoyed this video and song.