God loved Jacob: The Orchid station orientation video
Didn't know this had been out there for so long — it's footage from the orientation video for The Orchid station ... a lot more footage than we and Locke saw last night.
Does this mean ...
... that that's how the island moved, just like a bunny?
There are two subliminal frame that flash in the middle of this film. The first is a nondescript, fuzzy image of a building in the center of a cityscape. The second is text on a red background; it reads: "God loves you as he loved Jacob."
From the looks of the way this was put together, these Dharma hippies were onto something all right, but they didn't really know how to handle it.
So they answered who's in the coffin, but "Lost" has never gotten back to the question that's burning in my overwrought little brain: what the hell's up with the four-toed statue?
Some more thoughts and theories after opening last night's coffin ...
John Locke — the real one, the philosopher — was a staunch advocate of individual rights, a traditional view in his day and one that birthed democracies such as ours. Jeremy Bentham, however — again, the real philosopher — advocated for utilitarianism, an idea that any action is morally good so long as it benefits the most people (the ends justify the means). So as the "Lost" Locke transitions into the Bentham alias, does that foreshadow how his thoughts will guide his action ... and what ever "bad stuff" is about to happen on the island?
I guess the admission ticket to this island, at least for Jack, is a coffin. He arrived with his dead dad in a box — who promptly disappeared, leaving Jack to demolish the coffin in rage — and now he's under orders to go back to the island, this time with Locke in a box. And I assume Locke will also rise from the dead and freak people out as a very calm ghost prone to sudden appearances.
Speaking of: Here's something another eagle-eyed blog commenter saw last night. In the scene when Michael's efforts to keep the bomb's battery frozen literally fizzle out, between the whispers and the appearance of Christian, there's this frame:
Had that video camera always been in the room? Either way, who set it up, and why are they watching? Is this further evidence of the Panopticon...?
A commenter to Doc Jensen's regular recap at Entertainment Weekly had already copied and reversed the creepy backwards voice on Kate's phone near the end of the episode: "According to a sound file sent to me by reader Russ Boyd, the backward voice on Kate's phone said, 'The island needs you....You have to go back before it's too late.' "
Hey, what about that nearby second island, where Jack, Sawyer and Kate were originally imprisoned by the Others? The folks in the copter last night said they didn't see it. So did the disappearing zap have some kind of blast radius, whisking it away, too? And maybe Faraday's boat full of passengers? Perhaps Jin jumped from the freighter and got zapped away, too?
“We’re not the only ones who left the island.” Remember, the Oceanic woman walked back from the cockpit of the plane to speak with the O6, btu before she got to them she nodded and smiled hello to someone sitting up front, off-camera. Who dat?
And, finally, my favorite comment from another blogger this morning: "Where's Vincent?"
As revealed this morning on ABC's "Good Morning America," the production of "Lost" filmed three different endings to last night's Season Four finale — as a means of confounding any spoilers and sneak peeks.
Basically, it was the same final scene, but with three different people shown in the coffin ...
There was the real scene, which we saw last night, showing Jeremy Bentham in the coffin to be ... John Locke!
But they also apparently filmed one shot of the coffin with Sawyer in it, and one shot with Desmond in it.
Silly ruses, sure, but fun to think of the implications of each of those, especially Desmond ...
This will take some processing. But here are a few immediate thoughts following the big Season Four finale tonight of "Lost":
Namely — the name Jeremy Bentham. It's yet another moniker on this show borrowed from real life. Bentham was a philosopher (a contemporary of the real John Locke...yikes) who, according to this early but dead-on "Lost" theory, proposed the idea for the Panopticon, a type of prison:
"The concept of the design is to allow an observer to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) prisoners without the prisoners being able to tell if they are being observed or not, thus conveying a 'sentiment of an invisible omniscience.' In his own words, Bentham described the Panopticon as 'a new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind, in a quantity hitherto without example.' "
Discuss.
Some other notes:
In the continuation of our original flash-forward, when Kate backs up the car, they speak of Bentham. Kate says to Jack, "You believed him." Which implies that the impossible must come true in our bleak "Lost" future — empirical Jack comes around to spiritual Locke's way of thinking. It also is further proof that Locke somehow gets off the island. You know, proof other than his corpse...
Lots of spooky whispering tonight. Whispers in the jungle before the Others appear and slaughter the remaining mercenaries. Whispers before Christian appears to dismiss Michael from his duties, and his life. Penance paid, buh-bye!
Miles not only implies that Charlotte had previously been on the island, she herself later remarks that she's "still looking for where I was born." Another child possibly born on the pregnaphobic island? She's at least in her 20s. Who's daughter could she be?
Hurley playing chess with Mr. Eko. Nice.
Kate's dream about Claire, who shouts: "Don't bring him back!" Kate goes in to hold sleeping Aaron's hand, and she apologizes — as if she thinks Claire was chastising her for taking Aaron off the island? Or was Claire warning Kate not to return Aaron to the island in this upcoming journey Ben says the O6 must make back to the island?
Counting down the minutes to the 'Lost' season finale?
We are, too. And trying to get straight in our heads all the new information that was laid out in this truncated but still action-packed Season Four of ABC's maddening and marvelous drama.
Wade in the water: Jack remains all wet in tonight's Season Four finale of "Lost."(ABC)
Speculation seems to be leaning toward tonight's finale shedding some light on just who is in the coffin we saw in the first series of flash-forwards — at the funeral only Jack attended.
That's all well and good, of course. Me, I'm hoping we circle back to what I still consider one of the most intriguing plot crumbs-slash-red herrings in the whole series, summed up in Sayid's quizzical statement at the end of Season Two: "I don't know what I find more disquieting: the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, or that it has four toes."
What are your theories, and what do you hope happens tonight?
Downtown Milwaukee will soon have a permanent reminder of the ‘‘Happy Days’’ television show.
A bronze statue of Arthur ‘‘Fonzie’’ Fonzarelli, played by Henry Winkler, will be dedicated Aug. 19 along the Milwaukee River, VISIT Milwaukee announced today.
‘‘Happy Days,’’ which was set in Milwaukee, aired from 1974 to 1984.
Most of the show’s stars are expected to attend the ceremony, including Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley and the show’s creator, Garry Marshall. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams from ‘‘Laverne & Shirley,’’ a spinoff of ‘‘Happy Days,’’ also are expected to attend.
American Idol: Cook's Guitar Hero ad and the Jonas Brothers
Cook's ad for the game by Activision is pretty funny:
Finally, someone that the kids might actually know. The Jonas Brothers performed to cheers.
David Archuleta sings with One Republic on their song "Apologize."
Last year's winner, Jordin Sparks is back with "One Step at a Time."
Gladys Knight auditions Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
Carrie Underwood, one of the most successful Idol winners, is back with "Last Name."
And not to be outdone, Archuleta also cut a "Guitar Hero" ad. Archuleta is a boxers guy. Judging from Cook's ad, he either wears briefs or goes commando.
It's Nickelback's "Hero." It's better suited for Cook's vocal styling than Archuleta's.
Cook and Archuleta had to plug the "Love Guru." It was kind of funny to see Mike Meyers make fun of Cook's facial hair (he tries to shave him at one point) and Archuleta's age.
Syesha Mercado sang Seal's "Waiting for You" with Seal. The performance falls kind of flat.
As expected, Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi took home the mirror-ball trophy for season six of "Dancing With the Stars." I was hoping for an upset, that Jason Taylor might edge her out, but the skater was just too way out in front for anyone to catch her. She did prove herself all season with great dancing, but then dancing is part of what figure skating is all about.
It came down to the battle of the superstar athletes as NFL man of the year Jason Taylor squared off against Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi in the championship round of "Dancing with the Stars." In the end, it was the first lady of figure skating who took home the mirror-ball trophy, having been at the top of the leaderboard heap for pretty much the entire season and scoring a perfect 90 out of 90 points in the two-night championship finale.
Departing in the first hour of the two-hour grand finale was Cristian de la Fuente, who nearly broke down in tears as he and partner Cheryl Burke accepted their third-place finish. The hunky Chilean actor, who finished out the season despite a severe injury to the tendon in his left arm (he goes under the knife for reparative surgery on Friday) bit his lips a few times to regain his composure.
Also awarded on this night was the trophy for the first-ever Junior Champions of "Dancing with the Stars." No surprise there, either, as 13-year-olds Brandon and Brittany took home the prize, presented by three Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as a treat for the beaming Brandon who remarked earlier this season that he like the squad very, very much.
After 10 weeks of competition, Jason Taylor finally got his perfect score of 30 from the judges tonight on the finale. Kristi leads the championship round with 90 out of 90; Jason trails with 81 out of 90. So yes, it comes down to the viewers' votes.
Will Kristi prevail as expected? Or will this season end in a stunning
