Lost

[Becks]

Tell me there's not hibernation in the US too?! How will Andy and I cope?

Two episodes tomorrow night...Series two just gets better and better.

[Nails]

Mr Azureus has been very forthcoming -series 1 on the way to the dvd player -and mr azureus say no adverts!

[PeterG]

Looks like you've got to wait until the 11th January for any more. Perhaps you should ration the last two.

[Wendles]

Don't you just hate those people with fancy technology who already have access to future series and flaunt it in front of us 5 station bound mortals.. so I'm on Series 6 of West Wing yaboosucks!

And yes Babybel it did belatedly occur to me that I would be sharing the jackpot with a few other people.drrr

[Wendles]

It's Wednesday....and it's something to do with Dad!! You Latin experts, what does Deus ex Machina mean - God and Machines? God was a Machine?

[Wendles]

"In some ancient Greek drama, an apparently insoluble crisis was solved by the intervention of a god, often brought on stage by an elaborate piece of equipment. This "god from the machine" was literally a deus ex machina." So there you go!

[rocky]

i'm no literature expert and i'm not going to pretend i am, but i believe Deus ex Machina (Machine of God) is a tool used by writers to bend a plot to fit the outcome they want.

for example the plane arriving at the end of Lord of the flies is a Deus ex Machina for reasons i remember understanding at the time.

also in the final scene of Donnie Darko he mutters "Deus ex Machina" before gretchen gets hit by the car.

i don't watch lost.

[pyrat]

interesting point rocky.

aye theres no more fookin lost till sometime into january. feckers.

[rocky]

as if by magic iTunes just started playing the Donnie Darko soundtrack.

spooky.

[Nailest]

I think intially, the Deus ex Machina was brought on to resolve some otherwise intractable plot point in a play. If we're hoping for any sort of resolution here, I think we'll be dissapointed. The hatch could just be Macguffin for all we know.

Maybe it's meant literally rather than metaphorically. The island is a God and/or a machine. It certainly seemed to want a sacrifice from Locke. "The god from the machine", may be a point about worshipping technology. Like putting all our trust (faith?) in great hulking lumps of metal to travel vast distances through the air.

[DesignatedDriver]

how do you open a hatch that has no handle?
from the inside.


reckon light a fire around the structure. it heats the air inside and pops the hatch. or ruptures a wall - either way he's gettin in there.

as to whats inside - samsonite.
Flickin the light switch on and off.
chantin
"I know a song that will get on your nerves,
get on your nerves,
get on your nerves,
I know a song that will...."

[samsonite]

well its not me inside, but in u got the nationality right.

im not a very nice person. im coming very close to telling you all everything today.

[Becks]

Noo, don't do it! We need plenty of ammo to wind Wendles up this weekend!

[Wendles]

Too true, the 'Dad' lead was infuriating enough - what an unbelievable b... not very nice man he was. Remember I'm heading your way with my Richard and Judy bottle of wine Samsonite and I might not share it if you spill all!! Good episode though- what has Locke done to deserve it?!
Are you developing a Scottish accent Becks??

[Lizi Beee]

Dammit, i've been sucked into this whole watching of lost now! keep being in the lounge when mum is watching and then see half of it, so i have to watch the other half... i annoy her loads though cos i keep having to ask who everyone is and what the history of all the characters and their interlinkage is... well confused by locke though... he seems quite on the delusional side of things to me...