http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/ A games writer in the UK who also sometimes tries to make things. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16985 James Lyon Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:17:30 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16985 Oh, and Anonymous was me, if that matters. http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16982 Tentaculat Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:11:52 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16982 Ahoy there. I have a suggestion regarding spoilers, though I'm not sure if it's possible with the rather restrictive and poncey Web 2.0 nonsense of today, Jim-lad. I'm sorry, do you mind if I call you Jimmy? The site is called James, you see, and you have pictures of pirates here, you see and Jimmy has hilarious connotations. Ahem. LOST: It wasn't obvious from the start that it was a flash-forward, the writers intended it to be that way. I don't know how you worked it out, but then I can't figure out how to put italics into comments, so perhaps I'm just stupid. Or am I? Or AM I? Apologies if this comment annoys you, Jim-lad. There is madness here, but it is a purely benevolent madness. Btw I am not a dissonant element, I am a resonant molecule. Please don't ban me. LOL! What? WHAT? The suggestion is as follows; imbue the spoilerific paragraphs with the color #ccd8e4 (which coincidentally is your background for your blog). It's cheap and tacky, just like PC Zone, except that isn't cheap, and is actually bound together quite well - but isn't as good as PC Gamer, natch. Thank god for that, I've been trying to shoehorn the word 'natch' into this comment the past 3 paragraphs. I re-read your Oblivion review today, and I decided I liked it more than the game itself. Perhaps I'm just crap at roleplaying, I mean come on; this was supposed to be a piratey concept comment, yargh! Screw it.
I'm sorry, do you mind if I call you Jimmy? The site is called James, you see, and you have pictures of pirates here, you see and Jimmy has hilarious connotations.

Ahem. LOST: It wasn't obvious from the start that it was a flash-forward, the writers intended it to be that way. I don't know how you worked it out, but then I can't figure out how to put italics into comments, so perhaps I'm just stupid. Or am I? Or AM I?

Apologies if this comment annoys you, Jim-lad. There is madness here, but it is a purely benevolent madness. Btw I am not a dissonant element, I am a resonant molecule. Please don't ban me. LOL!

What? WHAT?

The suggestion is as follows; imbue the spoilerific paragraphs with the color #ccd8e4 (which coincidentally is your background for your blog). It's cheap and tacky, just like PC Zone, except that isn't cheap, and is actually bound together quite well - but isn't as good as PC Gamer, natch.

Thank god for that, I've been trying to shoehorn the word 'natch' into this comment the past 3 paragraphs. I re-read your Oblivion review today, and I decided I liked it more than the game itself. Perhaps I'm just crap at roleplaying, I mean come on; this was supposed to be a piratey concept comment, yargh!

Screw it.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16979 Anonymous Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:27:50 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16979 "It was obvious from the start of the first episode that it was a flash-forward and not a flashback." Oh dear, then shame me on me for this never once crossing my mind. When Kate met Jack at the end, all kinds of conspiracy theories whizzed through my mind until I realised it was actually, er, the future. I put towards my defence the fact that Jack's flashbacks were always the boring ones. Never was that much interested in his past life. Overall, it was a pretty good season even though there were a few clunkers. While there wasn't as exciting a buildup to the finale as one or two, I think it answered a lot more questions than those series did (and cracked open a whole bunch of new ones, natch).
Oh dear, then shame me on me for this never once crossing my mind. When Kate met Jack at the end, all kinds of conspiracy theories whizzed through my mind until I realised it was actually, er, the future.

I put towards my defence the fact that Jack's flashbacks were always the boring ones. Never was that much interested in his past life.

Overall, it was a pretty good season even though there were a few clunkers. While there wasn't as exciting a buildup to the finale as one or two, I think it answered a lot more questions than those series did (and cracked open a whole bunch of new ones, natch).]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16949 Pentadact Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:12:09 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16949 Good point about DL. Sylar does seem to see Hiro coming at him from quite a distnace, though, and he's exhibited more resilience than he needed there on many occasions before. The reason it irritates me is that I'd been waiting for the explanation of how Hiro manages to slay him the way we see it foretold, and it turns out there isn't one. I can see that Peter could be too overwhelmed to use his powers, but the other nine saner alternatives to what they went with are still kind of nagging. Apart from anything, how was Nathan even able to get near Peter without dying? The whole reason Claire needed to be the one to kill him was that her invulnerability made her the only one who'd even be able to get within shooting range of Peter when he started to go nuclear. Yet Nathan is able to physically hold him in late stages of explodiness - seconds from detonation - without even exhibiting discomfort. Tim Kring said in an interview "You're not supposed to be thinking about that." I get the feeling we're not supposed to be thinking at all.
I can see that Peter could be too overwhelmed to use his powers, but the other nine saner alternatives to what they went with are still kind of nagging. Apart from anything, how was Nathan even able to get near Peter without dying? The whole reason Claire needed to be the one to kill him was that her invulnerability made her the only one who'd even be able to get within shooting range of Peter when he started to go nuclear. Yet Nathan is able to physically hold him in late stages of explodiness - seconds from detonation - without even exhibiting discomfort.

Tim Kring said in an interview "You're not supposed to be thinking about that." I get the feeling we're not supposed to be thinking at all.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16945 Thomas Lawrence Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:42:18 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16945 In partial, non-committal defence of your Heroes plot-holes: DL deliberately didn't phase around the bullet because he was in front of Niki and wanted to protect her from it. Run it back again - he's stepping in front of the bullet. The whole final fight was clumsily and slowly staged, but what I think we were supposed to get from it was: Sylar was meant to be too distracted to notice Hiro running to stab him; Peter was too overwhelmed by explodiness to use any of his own powers, including flight, hence the need for Nathan. I don't get why Claire couldn't just have shot him, though. Except perhaps that shooting didn't work on Radioactive Ted? Or maybe Nathan didn't want Claire to have to go through that? Or perhaps everyone believed that Peter really would die if he was shot, in a non-recoverable way? I'm grasping, really I am. As for Sylar's survival - I'm reserving judgement on it for now, although I will say I liked the character too much to have him die that way.
DL deliberately didn't phase around the bullet because he was in front of Niki and wanted to protect her from it. Run it back again - he's stepping in front of the bullet.

The whole final fight was clumsily and slowly staged, but what I think we were supposed to get from it was: Sylar was meant to be too distracted to notice Hiro running to stab him; Peter was too overwhelmed by explodiness to use any of his own powers, including flight, hence the need for Nathan.

I don't get why Claire couldn't just have shot him, though. Except perhaps that shooting didn't work on Radioactive Ted? Or maybe Nathan didn't want Claire to have to go through that? Or perhaps everyone believed that Peter really would die if he was shot, in a non-recoverable way? I'm grasping, really I am.

As for Sylar's survival - I'm reserving judgement on it for now, although I will say I liked the character too much to have him die that way.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16848 Tentaculat Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:27:14 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16848 Spoiler warning for those who haven't watched this stuff yet: I still rather enjoy Lost. I don't understand why many people think it's no longer any good, when you have characters as interesting and geniunely spooky as Ben, or Locke, or as charming as Desmond. You articulate really well the way I feel about 24. I was soo glad that Bauer didn't get killed at the end of it all. I wasn't sure if this would be the last season or not (it isn't), so I had a geniune fear that Bauer might die. The writers seem eager to kill people off. The end of the season was apt and good television, with only the slight hint of suicide - but nothing came of that. We're spoiled for good TV today. Btw, no thoughts on Prison Break?
I still rather enjoy Lost. I don't understand why many people think it's no longer any good, when you have characters as interesting and geniunely spooky as Ben, or Locke, or as charming as Desmond.

You articulate really well the way I feel about 24. I was soo glad that Bauer didn't get killed at the end of it all. I wasn't sure if this would be the last season or not (it isn't), so I had a geniune fear that Bauer might die. The writers seem eager to kill people off. The end of the season was apt and good television, with only the slight hint of suicide - but nothing came of that.

We're spoiled for good TV today. Btw, no thoughts on Prison Break?]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16754 Dabs Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:03:12 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16754 Just one thing: I don't think Jack's dad is necessarily supposed to be dead. Remember, his coffin was empty when Jack found it back in the 4th episode of season 1, and I remember reading that Lindelof and Cuse said, when questioned on the subject, that the whereabouts of Jack's dad, "is something you should be wondering about". So, ridiculousness of the whole island-brining-people-back-to-life possibility aside, it's not necessarily a lie that Jack's dead wasn't dead in those flash-forwards. http://www.pentadact.com/2007-06-01-the-finale-post/#comment-16670 Graham Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:07:42 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-06-01-the-finale-post#comment-16670 In the first episode of Heroes, an eclipse was used to link all the characters together in spite of their geographically disparate locations. In the finale, it was used to bring the season full circle. One assumes.
One assumes.]]>