LOST Finale Predictions!

Okay so here we are. The finale! I am posting these spoiler free, total speculative predictions based on the information the show has provided for 4 seasons. My two predictions are as follows.

Who is in the coffin.
Jon Locke 99% Sure
Desmond Hume 1% slight possibility

Locke will be meeting his demise because...
-In season 2 Locke and helen discuss obituaries. She tells him it's the only time people will always say something nice about you. (jack carries an obit during Through the looking glass.)
-ben Warns Locke in cabin fever that there are consequences to being chosen
-Jack is torn by the death of the person in the coffin, and also feels regret towards leaving the island. Locke wanted them to stay and jack wouldn't listen. He has been working as jacks spiritual guide and rival since the episode white rabbit where the theme of science and faith come into play.
-Locke has work to do, as said by taller ghost walt. Like micheal he can not die until he fulfills his destiny. Which may happen with saving the island.
-Locke with the exception of ben would cause the most animosity between himself and the Oceanic six.
-He with the exception of desmond, is the only main player whose future we don't yet know.

Demond may be dead because
-The writers introduced a plot device in the form of a charles dickens book which will be the last thing he reads before he dies. Desmond has yet to read this, and as said to him the only way that can work is if he knows when that is going to happen. Allowing the viewers to know that date would work in the same vein and set up season four.
-The animosity he may have could be that he did not help ferry the survivors to the boat, although it is more likely that he is now working for widmore. Which would be a big problem for the oceanic six. He may be working to hide and keep penelope alive which would result in him turning on Sayid whom he has been working with as of late in a sort of futuristic parallel of how things have changed.
-The resulting conflict of Bens war with widmore may take desmonds life while trying to protect Penny.

Who will die during the escape
Micheal Dawson 90% Sure
Jin Kwon 9% Chance
Juliette Burke 1% possibility

Micheal is going to die because...
It has been alluded to since episode 8 when he said he came here to die.
It is the only way to redeem himself.
He will never be forgiven by the survivors

Jin might die..
-To add emotional impact on micheals death. Like anna lucia, her death was not a big problem for viewers, since she killed shannon, so libby was also axed to make the impact more emotional.
-Michelas similar crime may call for a similar consequence of jins death by exploding freighter as well as some red shirts.
-It is more likely Jin will not die but it will be ambiguous as to whether he survivors or not until next season.

Juliette could be killed since..
-Her story is more done than others
-Without ben or his outside world others in play her on island missions are done
-Unlike other people, she could return home without a care and go back to being happy
-I just have a funny feeling this might happen


Oh and as for the finale twist. I have no idea what so ever.

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I have spent the week not writing or doing.. anything. I started re watching LOST with my friends from season one and finished it in only 5 days. SO I'm going to have to try and go outside this weekend because I'm actually tired from just sitting around. I'll write up an LOST episode re-cap tomorrow, and my speculation for the finale. Also I'm going to write about House which had an amazing part 1 finale. Very awesome stuff, can not wait for part 2.

Hasbro not taking the Risk

First let me say I love Risk. I actually played it last night. Which is why I was excited to find out there is going to be a new Risk game coming out this fall. Not only in board game style, but also for video game consoles via download through options like Wii Ware and Xbox Live Arcade. I for one will probably be getting both so I can play at home and online.

This brings us to the title, thanks to the folks over at Joystiq.com for the pictures below.

This is by far one of the coolest most stylish games I have ever seen. The look alone is enough to make me want to play it. Not only that but the new rules are set to make the game more strategic but at the same time, allow a group of friends to sti down and finish the game in a decent amount of time. I would love to play a two hour game of Risk, since the game can sometimes go on forever.

Unfortunately, we won't be getting that amazing beautiful board game. "And sadly, it won't be the Risk future generations remember, either. When Hasbro unveils the new version of Risk this fall, the commercial release will eschew the subdued aesthetic of Black Ops for the standard bright colors and decided optimism of the classic conquest title."-Joystiq.com

Sure it will be the new board and game play, but the styled look got me so excited to play it. This less stylish more colorful and family friendly look just makes me disappointed that hasbro has decided to do this. Either way though the game should be great, and I can't wait until fall comes around to play it.

A Little Dexter love

In the show dexter, he uses his own fake blood and tools of murder to try and replicate the blood spatter at crime scenes. This game me an awesome idea. Why not do the same thing to a big piece of canvas. So I played with the first two, used different knifes and other sorts of destruction to see the different effects you can get. So I ended up using a carving knife, a a butchers knife/cleaver, and your standard steak/sharp knife. The cleaver was the most fun, it let me get the big pool of blood in the middle because of it's fat surface area. I let the paint sit on the top of it and hit it into the canvas and let it drip down off it, you can see that in the middle. So on the final piece I did my best, mixed different reds and attacked the board with slashes and stabs. Sorry if the quality is not so good, bad lighting in my tv room, so I can't seem to get a bright enough picture.

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Finally the signature, is also glossy, I used a hot glue gun and free handed the name DEXTER onto it and painted over it, leaving the blood on his name shiny so it looks like it's still wet. Also lucky for me, the back wall in my entertainment room is red so It didn't need a frame, it just blended in perfect. There's nothing more fun than acting like a deranged serial killer at 2am :)

LOST Episode Breakdown 4.11 'Cabin Fever'

This weeks episode of LOST was right up their with some of the best. Leading right into next weeks episode and part 1 of the season finale. The only downside to this episode was the inclusion of Keamy, which has to be the most hated character by me since Biff from the back to the future series. I can't wait to see some island karma come his way. For those of you who have seen the episode, or are looking for a written breakdown, push the button. Anyone who has yet to see this weeks episode go to ABC.com and watch before reading this to avoid any spoilers.

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Alright! Wow what an episode. Following LOST, lets start from the beginning. No really all the way at the beginning, back some 40 years ago about 3 months before John Locke was even due. That's right, this week we are greeted by a flashback, how retro for LOST. Apparently their was more mystery concerning the crippled box man during his lifetime. In fact this is information John is not yet privy to, making it all the more juicy.

"Everyday it's getting closer, going faster than a roller coaster." Truer words couldn't have been chosen. The LOST writers seem to have a knack for picking groovy songs from the past to suit the episodes needs. This line represents the looming finale which is coming next week, as well as the pace of the show. Not only is this season coming to an end, but the answers we want and the closure that many of us so patiently wait for are is on its way and developing right before our eyes. Not only do we get to see the young rebellious Emily Locke get blindsided by a car before meeting the famous Tom Sawyer aka Anthony Cooper we find out John just like a certain favorite other of ours was also born prematurely. Seems like Ben and Locke have more in common each day.

Google Maps Anyone?

Not only was Emily blindsided, but so were the viewers. It seems that Ben after showing his first true human emotions, has accepted his new role and Johns. While Hurley, Ben and Locke are walking around aimlessly, thinking each one was following the other. Not that this would be the first time we have seen survivors lost in the jungle, but all of a sudden the secretive man behind the curtain, the one malevolent and creepy Henry Gale, is as confused and lost as the rest of them.

Stepping out of the jungle and back to our friends on the freighter I although not surprised am happy to see Micheal very much alive and well. At this point I am beginning to really like the captain Gualt since he seems to want to help the survivors of 815. Unfortunately for him, Keamy came around and tried with no avail to put a bullet in his head. Although Micheal cringed in fear, I have a feeling there was a part of him that wished keamy could finish the job that the universe wouldn't allow him to. Though just like the pawn shop pistol Micheal bought with Mr Paiks watch the gun simply did not fire.

After 12 years you'd think that tree would stay down?

Back on the island we see locke waking up to the sound of chopping wood. He is visited by the ghost of horace goodspeed. The man responsible for ben even being on the island in the first place. The only thing is, we saw Horace die in the purge 12 year ago, which means we now have a date of 1992 for the purge. In a ghostly scene reminiscent of psychological suspense thriller 1408 the ghost brought locke a message in a repetitive display of chopping down the same tree over and over. The only disappointing part about this was when locke woke up and it was just a dream, although it did not cheapen the event. Especially when ben gave locke an almost nostalgic look and said "I used to have dreams too" in a tone which made him appear disappointed and longing for the days of his power.

If that scene with John Locke wasn't enough to quench your thirst for mythology, then you are in luck. In the next scene we find the young emily locke visiting baby john in the hospital. We find out that although he was 3 months premature, he also managed to survive diseases and viruses that could ravage a healthy adult. Almost in an eerie way similar to micheals ability to be unable to die the nurse's have claimed locke to be a miracle baby, also referencing an older senile emily locke when she tells john he was immaculately conceived. Which is all a bunch of great analysis, because not only do we see emily decline to hold baby john and run out of the room, she decides she can not raise him and her mother inquires about adoption. Which would have been enough for me, but the LOST team seemed set on really delivering by placing none other than the ageless Richard Alpert outside of the room looking in through the glass window. YES! He is back, and we will get to what is going on next, but I have to say I am ecstatic about Nestor's return to LOST.

So we once again return to the 3 amigos trekking through the woods towards or away from jacobs elusive cabin. The fact is none of them know, so locke brings them on a detour where hurley gets to meet the once great DHARMA initiative. We also get to see be's reaction as he is looked at as a murderer by locke and he explains to hurley that it was not his decision. Not only that but he also tells hurely that jacob, gave him the orders and was the true leader of the others.

My new Cell phone wallpaper! Love this creepy doodle.

What's better than seeing baby locke.. KID LOCKE! Actually not really, since he lived in a foster home with what didn't appear to be the world's best mom. Not only that but he was quite the quiet child who even at a young age loved his games and was picked on by others around him, mirroring his future self before the island. So how can this scene even be relevant? Well just ask Richard Alpert, who came to visit young locke. Although the foster mother does not know his true intentions, she gives locke a stern warning to be on his best behavior, like a puppy at a pet store, young locke sits wide eyed and hopes to be chosen. Before they sit down with one another, richard makes a startling discovery, well not to him, but to us viewers it was quite the creepy image.

Choose your destiny..

After viewing young lockes crayon drawing of the smoke monster looking visiting him or even attacking someone they sit down to talk. Richard pulls out a collection of items and asks young john which items belong to him. "To keep!" young locke explains with a surprised and cheerful glee. "No" Richard says, which of these are already yours. So lets just take a look.

We have the compass, A vial with what I assume to be island sand, the comic book, The book of laws a baseball mit and a knife. First he takes the sand, then he picks up the compass and seems to examine it, until finally he pulls the knife. In a very disappointed and almost angered way Richard takes his things exclaims that this was a mistake and leaves. Although this does not mean as Ben put it in season 3 "He is not who we thought he was", it just simply means young locke is not ready yet. Although I suspect richard can wait a few years, it should be that long for a man who does not age.

Orchid Station Logo!

Going back to our frieghter folk we see keamy and gualt in the captains room, each have a key which keamy took from gualt to open the secondary mission. Apparently Charles Widmore knows more about this island than anyone out side of it. Keamy says Widmore told him this is were Ben would go and what to do. the front cover of the book has the Orchid station logo on it, so for anyone who expects the temple or jacobs cabin, sorry but the answer was right their on the show. So now we know they expect ben to head to the Orchid Station and are going their themselves, as well as have a plan to torch the entire island.

Sayid leaves to save his friends one last time

Right after this we see captian gualt trying to help Sayid and Desmond, I knew gualt was good! Sayid suggests that the only way to save their selves and friends is to get them off the island, so he gets the captain to give them the zodiac raft. Hmm are we going to be seeing a nautical escape from the island? Could be! Well just see next week although, I hope the writers didn't forget about desmonds vision of claire and the helicopter. Though, until she dies there won't be any reason to discredit desmonds vision either.

So back in the jungle the fearless leader John Locke finds this dream guest stars body in the DHARMA crypt and pulls out a map. A map leading to none other than jacobs cabin! Not only do they set off on the road to the mysterious cabin, but John manipulated hurley into following them by thinking he had the freedom to leave but was less safe doing so. Ben recognizes this and congratulates him saying "Not bad John" although locke states he's not ben and not like him, Ben gives him a sinister and even jealous look saying, "No you are not".

Back to the past, we see the nerdy John Locke once again trying to fit into a society which rejects him. He has an apparent gift for science as founded by his science fair project and his mind, which seems contradictory to the man of faith we know him for. Alpert tried to once again recruit John to the island using summer camp as a cover for the others to get a hold of him. We also see John is not yet ready to accept that he is different and he holds onto these ideas of normalcy and sports everything he is not. Until he finally breaks and says his classic line "Don't tell me what I can't do!", in classic style.

Meanwhile on the freighter, good old frank lapidus pays our friend Micheal a visit. Asking him why he didn't tell him he was a survivor, obviously Micheal did not trust him, although Frank for being a so called conspiracy theorist has a hard time believing their boss put that plane on the bottom of the ocean. Micheal explains that frank can not bring them back to the boat because if he does then Keamy will kill everyone on the island! Talk about a great lead in for the finale. If we thought the others rag tag team of guys battling our oceanic survivors was epic, Keamy and his small army are going to be the battle of a lifetime.

Looks like... something....

Taking Micheal down to the engine room, we spot keamy being packed up for the mission ahead with a small electronic device on his arm. A tracker? An electromagnetic defense mechanism, or sonic grenade weapon to help fight off the smoke monster? Those are my guesses.

Abaddon Devils Advocate or Orderly

One more flashback for our friend Mr Locke. It's John later in life, during rehabilitation. He is being wheeled by none other than our mysteriously creepy friend Abbadon. I suspect abbadon is playing the devils advocate to Alpert since he not only suggest to locke that he take a walk about, setting up his reason for going to Sydney, but tells him all he needs is his Knife and his Wits. Pulling him in the other direction than Richard wanted, as we clearly saw his disappointment in young lockes choosing of the knife. Reaffirming my idea that Widmore's team has a polar opposite goal of Jacob and Bens.

Afterwards, taking head of his warning, Frank stands up to Keamy and says he won't take them to the island. Only moments before we saw omar mention how it was weird that the people on the island said he washed ashore with his throat slit. Keamy makes a very strong argument by telling frank he will die, frank explains to keamy that if he dies, there is no way he is getting back to the island. So Keamy slits the throat of Doc Ray. Then when captain Gualt steps in, keamy shows him the device on his arm and has gualt killed. So frank readies the chopper to spare the rest of the crew and himself. Although that is not all he does, as the Helicopter passes the island he drops a phone so they can track them and either follow or stay clear of Keamy. Personally, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near them. Although I loved seeing Juliet's concern for jack, since those two belong together, and make a much better couple than kate and jack.

For a dead guy, he sure seems to get around.

So the final scene arrives. Hurely finds the cabin, Ben passes the torch to John by stating his time is over, and he and hurley elect to stay outside. Inside Locke finds one of my all time favorites, Christian Sheppard! Who is not only keeping up his exercise with visits around the island and off the island, but is now even chatting it up with locke. After exchanging pleasantries and explaining he speaks on behalf of jacob, christian asks John if he knows why he is their. He answers by saying that he was chosen to be. More creepy than the remark by christian that he was absolutely right, was the creaking from claires chair. She not only greets john but tells him not to worry. This puzzles him severely. Christian tells him there is no time for answering his questions right now because Keamy is on his way to the island and none of that will soon matter.

Need a moment?

In a very light hearted scene, meant to both break the current tension and give our minds a rest we see one of the funniest calm moments shared by Ben and Hurley. The two of them have great chemistry together due to their total opposite characteristics. Hurleys lax mood and calm unwrapping of the candy bar is unsettling by the lonesome grimace on Ben who accepts half from him. New best friends forever! With charlie gone could we see Ben step in! not likely, but I just couldn't help but laugh during this scene.

Move the.. what?

Finally, after killing time with that scene so we don't get the specifics on what went down in the cabin locke emerges. Instead of the normal vague statement leaving us to wonder what he was told, the episode ends with locke saying. "He wants me to move the island" Cut to black. Put that up for two on my theories which were affirmed tonight. See you all next week!

Scrubs last episode on NBC the beggining of the end.

After many official unofficial confirmations it has been found that my current favorite sitcom will be brought to ABC next season to finish out their series. With approximately 17 more episodes for their 8th and finale season. This is absolutely great news, although old news.

As for last night's episode I was both pleased and upset. It was obvious that this episode was meant to air before Kelso left sacred heart as the chief of medicine, so I expect it to be put in the right spot during the DVD. Not only that, but it was annoying how they just now brought up the kiss both Elliot and JD almost shared, considering that too shows how early on in the season this should have been placed.

As for the episode it's self. I loved it, very funny, a little over the top silly for even scrubs at times but still an absolute great episode overall. It sits aside from the routine formula alongside last seasons 'My Musical' which is one of my absolute favorite episodes yet.

So I am happy we went out with a very well done over the top fantasy episode (I mean who doesn't love the giant janitor?) but am sad to see the season end so soon. Here's to one more season which gives the show just enough time to ease JD and Elliot back together without making it absurdly forced.

Exploring The Blogsphere

I'm still just testing the water right now. Learning what you can do with this. I added a banner on the side to support Barack for the election. I might add some others for any petitions or for interests of mine. I'll be doing a write up or two next, stay tuned.

Title? New blog?

Why the hell not? Stay tuned.