Monday, February 8, 2010

In defense of Stranger in a Strange Land

image I’ve already leaped to the defense of Exposé. Now I’m taking on the Spock’s Beard (per @justinkeyes) episode of LOST and giving a bit of apology for giving it a little rewatch.

So let it not be said that I’m not afraid of taking risks.

First, regarding Stranger in a Strange Land let’s just jump through all the Bai Ling scenes and any reference to Thailand.  I’m on board with having @mjgoldman dump those in the editing bin when mastering the LOST complete series Bluray set.

But the activities on Hydra Island, might bear a bit of re-watching as we revisit the Temple Others in episodes to come.  First, it’s the only episode were we see Cindy and Zach and Emma, so it bears re-watching (again with the skipping part) just to see how they’ve imagechanged (or not changed) since 2004.  Also we have the others Sheriff putting Juliet on trial or shooting Danny and allowing Kate and Sawyer escape with Karl.   While the Jack-Juliet bus has left, the revelation of her tramp stamp mark/brand might come back into play as we learn more about the Temple Others.

Beyond those little vignettes I’m unsure if The Island scenes bear any re-watching unless you want to revisit Kate and Sawyer angst, or Krazy Karl spouting off, “God loves you like He loved Jacob.”