–O

Fashion is obviously very important to the Losties who always look *fabulous* no matter what harrowing circumstances they may be in.

Fashion Diva Kate opened this episode in her DIY tube top. Sometimes, when you’re sitting on the beach in your jeans in the hot sun, tank top straps are just too much to bear.

Also new for her this week is the headband made of something that looks like weeds. Obviously nothing more than a fashion statement as it doesn’t actually keep her hair out of her face at all.

The boys in Otherville have access to plumbing, washing machines, hair dryers, etc. so their clothes are all looking their best these days. Hurley’s clearly using hair product, and Sawyer’s been ironing his shirts. Even Locke is wearing a nice clean shirt, and he’s always the last one to change. Ben’s been shaving, so there’s no shortage of razors…

Which means the scruffy beard they all have is FASHION! A little more than a 5 o’clock shadow, The 9 o’clock shadow is all the rage on the island. Probably cause the guys see that it really works for Jack.

Since all the pregnant women on the island die before they can give birth, there’s no baby clothes for poor little Aaron. They’ve just sort of tossed a blanket over him. There probably aren’t any pampers on the island either. Claire has her work cut out for her.

She has such a difficult job being a clueless new mom and looking after her giant two month old baby with no supplies. Poor dear is so tired she left Aaron with Hurley and went home to take a nap. Didn’t even get her shoes off before falling into such a sound sleep that all the yelling and screaming and gunfire and explosions didn’t wake her up.

Meanwhile, in Iraq in the future, Ben’s rockin’ the “Don’t pay attention to me, I’m just a photographer trying to blend into the local culture” scarf, while Sayid, in mourning (again), shows us his serious side in a classic black suit.

You’d think someone would have thought it strange that he suddenly ran off into an alley in the middle of the funeral procession carrying the casket of his dead wife to her grave, but then they probably thought it was strange that he’d wear a black suit to a Muslim funeral too.

If you love a man in uniform, you’ll love Keamy who was decked out in camouflage being the kind of bad boy all the women fall for. Seen here with subjugating Alex, looking like something out of French BSDM Vouge.

We’re hot!

Ben knows that London is one of the fashion capitals of the world! He made sure to color his hair and put on a fine suit and coat before trying to blag his way into the elevator that goes to Widmore’s penthouse. Good thinking Ben! No one would believe your lies with your natural hair color!

A much better look for him than the Dharma parka he woke up wearing in Tunisia. Totally out of season. What a fashion faux pas!

That’s all for this episode… Always remember, just because you’re fighting to survive on a weird mysterious desert island doesn’t mean you can’t be beautiful.

Back to you Big-O!

I’d love to hear what all of you think about this episode, so leave a comment!

You’ll have until June 30 to enter the contest. Rules are found here, and you can enter Lostscape here.

Oh, and by the way, DarkUFO has already posted the location to all the hidden parts if you’d like to get through it quickly.

I found this article a week or so ago and I felt some of it definitely had the Cranky Fanatic spirit in it. Here’s an excerpt: 

Shouldn’t Danielle have seen the ambush coming? Rousseau didn’t land on the island yesterday; she’s fully aware of the Others’ potential for evildoing. I find it hard to believe that a woman who (supposedly) survived on the island for sixteen years would walk into an ambush without being suspicious. Even Karl questioned Ben’s motives for sending them into the jungle, for crying out loud! I understand that Danielle thought leaving the Barracks was the best way to protect Alex, but why was she so quick to trust Ben, the man who abducted her daughter? Rousseau may be crazy, but she’s not stupid. Remember how paranoid she was when Sayid first encountered her? She had traps set up all around her camp and didn’t trust anyone. How did this gun-wielding survivor turn into a sitting duck three seasons later?

You can read the rest here.

• Today Cuse and Lindelof are giving a keynote presentation at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) conference in Las Vegas. Hopefully some audio of this surfaces soon. If you were able to attend the conference and get audio feel free to send it in for Big-O to play on a podcast.
• Friday, April 18th, the video podcast where the producers take video questions from fans is set to be released. I’ve heard from DarkUFO that this has already been recorded a week or two ago. Hopefully there are some interesting tidbits about the rest of Season 4 and the future of Lost in the podcast.
• There is a new schedule for the rest of Season 4, which will now include an extra hour. There will be 4 consecutive 1 hour shows starting April 24th. Then Lost will break for two weeks and return on May 29th with a 2-hour conclusion. This will make Season 4 14-hours long in total.
• April 29th the Season 3 soundtrack will be released. The soundtrack will be 2 discs. The first disc will be a selection of tracks from all of the episodes except the finale (Through The Looking Glass) with the second disc being the entire soundtrack for Through The Looking Glass.

That’s about it for now. I’ll certainly be looking forward to all of this stuff, especially the Season 3 soundtrack as I’m a big fan of Michael Giacchino.

I’m congested, and I’ve been a listener of Big-O’s show for over a year now. I’ve been blogging over on the DarkUFO Forum and Media Mentions sections, I also helped out with the Via Domus and Find 815 sections when those were going. What recently caught the attention of Big-O however, which ultimately led me on a path to write this sentence, was my own blog, Audibly Lost. There I blog less about Lost and more about the fan community that surrounds it. 

I hope to bring some interesting stuff to the Cranky Fanatic blog in the coming weeks, and I look forward to consuming your time, especially if you’re at work. 

Tune in next Wednesday at 9:30pm Eastern time when we’ll be doing a group commentary for Lost season 3, episode 8, “Flashes Before Your Eyes“!

The first thing I want to focus on is getting more quality content to the web site in the form of blog posts. I’ve got the audio end covered, but I’ve always wanted to have more articles on the site than just the podcast posts. I’ve tried more than once to blog myself and it just doesn’t seem to be in my blood.

So, here’s where you come in. I’m looking for people to contribute to my site in the form of blog posts. At the moment I’m focusing only on LOST, but other than that, I’ll take anything. If you’re good and finding Lost news, or even if you just have a lot of opinions, then I’ll probably like to hear what you’ve got. I also won’t have a problem linking back to your own site if you have something to promote. I’m generous with the link love

You don’t have to have previous experience but I will want to see a sample of what you’ve written before I sign you up. Either send me a link to something LOST related you’ve written, or just write up a new article and email it to me. If you’re interested in helping out then contact me and we’ll work out the details.

One person has come on board already, and that is the one and only Congested! He’s a regular on the live shows but usually stays only in the chat room until the recorder is off. He is a regular contributer to DarkUFO’s site, and has his own LOST blog as well which I’ll let him tell you more about when he posts. He’s also the one who sent me the exclusive coverage of the Damon and Carlton interview at the Promax conference.

Congested, welcome to the team!

That being said, I would love your help in making sure that everything is working properly. Please poke around the site and tell me if anything is broken!

Be sure to mark your calendars for next week! We will be playing Lost Jeopardy on Wednesday, April 2nd at 9:30pm Eastern time and it should be TONS of fun!!

[Edit: The file as originally posted had the volume set too low. This has now been fixed.]

NOTE: This episode originally contained a spoiler about 49 minutes in. This has now been removed from the audio, and I’ve posted some rules of conduct to help ensure this doesn’t happen again. Sorry to all who got surprised by that!

Hurley begins to suspect that Sawyer may be involved in an island mystery surrounding two fellow survivors, and Sun learns the truth about her past kidnapping attempt by The Others?

Ben tries to talk Locke out of his destructive plan by offering him some island secrets. Meanwhile, Kate’s reunion with Jack does not go off as planned when she discovers he has made a deal with the Others. Flashbacks focus on Locke. Richard Alpert: Nestor Carbonell.

Enjoy!