As realistic as person-sized, bipedal turtles in ninja garb could look, yes.

It makes it much more sadder. When the Man in Black says "Help me," he's basically sizing Locke up in order to impersonate him, but Locke thinks that it might be a real sign of his importance.

The Dharma Initiative brought the polar bears to the island for their experiments. Science stuff. It's that simple. The other suggestions are mostly just window dressing to keep your attention until the real reveal happens—in a very understated manner, during the second season of the show.

This episode is definitely one of the show's best, for the introductions made to the mythology, the revealing backstory, the chemistry between Locke and Ben, and above all, Michael Emerson's masterful performance.

I'm pretty sure that people dislike the movie because it is poorly written, to be honest.

Well, that's a yp, not an mp.

Are you even trying anymore?

But she was one of the worst things about it! After everything Shymalan did, but still.

I AM MAGNETO MASTER OF MAGNET

I thought Only God Forgives was awesome, but I won't begrudge anyone the opportunity to knock it.

Okay, I'll bite…how exactly is Drive pretentious and/or muddled?

What's scented meat?

He was definitely a mess at that moment in the story, yes.

To be fair, how can that not be the default response when you're dealing with this show?

*Sighhhh*

Yaphet Kotto tried giving that same speech to a xenomorph, but it didn't work out nearly as well.

Suggesting that Lost was not about the characters is a little ridiculous, considering that basically every single episode of the show was based around the characters and providing some insight into their lives.

It also replaces Vaas with a bad guy that has much less personality, much to the story's detriment.

Does a B+ make him sound like he's the second coming?

Wrong!