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The Magister Ludi of the Masse
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Freudian slip with "when time cave for them?" Also, I think it only makes sense that the big question in LOST is not really a straight answer because in all honesty wasn't one of he big tenets of the show about science vs. faith? The cave as a tangible source is the "science" but the air of mystery in terms of what it

See I honestly didn't mind the ending. It was ambiguous just like everything else on the show, but loaded with moral implication and thematic satisfaction. Not something logical or tangible, but emotionally resonant and it FEELS right. I also cried like a fucking baby. It also validated everything the characters went

There are FAR too many comments for me to peruse them all, but has anyone mentioned Lost's "Stranger in a Strange Land?" It is clearly the worst of that series. Who the fuck cared about Jack's tattoos? I was never a "answering the mysteries is most important" kind of Lost-watcher. I thought it's strength was in its

In response Mr. Gonzalez, logistically yes I suppose Larry should have seen the tornado to make a direct parallel, but I think the movie seems to suggest that God, or whatever supernatural force, tests all of us in this similarly tragic manner. So for the son he gets the iconic tornado and Larry gets the phone call.

I agree Juan the Owl, I was excited for both Blomkamp and Del Toro when their names were floated around, because of what they could add to it. Just because you aim for continuity in terms of the universe doesn't mean you can't give off different thematic vibes, and create a fresh aesthetic. Especially when you

The tornado directly reflects Book of Job when God came to him in a "whirlwind" to basically set him straight after the three rabbis had seemingly steered him onto an incorrect path of worship.

The real triumph of that final (f)act is it takes the themes of the separate sequences (one in black and white, one in color) and blends them together in the singular moment where we see him contradict his moral code.

I wish I could talk to the ghost of Michael Jackson. That would be SWEET!

Off what I think are his best albums (Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, and Black Album) I think D'evils, Renegade and Public Service Announcement are my favorites for lyrical content. Jay-Z gets p'owned on his own song in Renegade though, in the same manner as he slaughters Drake on "Forever."