LOST Thoughts: Season 6, Episode 6

9 Comments Posted on Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 - 08:00 am by Bryan Allain

(If you don’t watch LOST, these posts will be torturous to you. I apologize in advance. Just skip them and come back on Wednesdays, where I will try to make it up to you.)

My brother Jordan and I are back to discuss a few things related to episode 6 of LOST’s final season, “Sundown”.

(Jordan’s thoughts will be the ones in blue)

one note before we start. Jordan mentions this down below, but the writers have confirmed that Kate’s last name was written on the cave wall and was crossed out. (the clip was mistakenly left on the editing room floor) So “51 – Austen” was on the lighthouse wheel, not crossed out and it was on the cave wall, but it was crossed out.

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Season 6, Episode 6, “Sundown”

My 10 biggest Observations/Questions/Thoughts

1. Why didn’t Dogen kill Sayid? With a scalpel to his neck he sees the baseball hit the ground and he stops as he thinks of his boy. But was that a reminder of a deal he had made not to kill anyone (explaining why he didn’t kill Sayid with the pill either) or was it just a reminder of the fragility of life?

I am clueless about this one. I hope we are going to get a little more backstory on Dogen but they are running out of time. I actually just read an article where Carlton and Damon mention that there are things they won’t be able to answer that they wanted to answer because they have barely any time left in the series.

2. One other thing about Dogen. Lennon made it seem like it was more than just the ash that was keeping Smokey out of the temple. Lennon said it was Dogen himself, and once Sayid killed Dogen it was a free for all. Makes you wonder how much power the ash had to keep smokey out in the first place. Not really sure what was so special about Dogen that his mere presence kept Smokey out.

Yeah hard to tell if Lennon is just misguided or if he knows something that we don’t know.

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Advertising Brilliance #001

15 Comments Posted on Mon, Mar 8th, 2010 - 09:48 am by Bryan Allain

I recently realized I was born to be in advertising. Not sure why it took me this long to see it, but it’s only a matter of time before every major ad firm is begging me to join their staff and every major company is on my doorstep asking me to hock their wares.

I’m sure I could make some calls and get hired by an ad agency in 10.5 seconds, but that’s not how I roll. I’d rather do my thing and let them come to me.

Please don’t be alarmed by the sheer genius and awe-inducing power of what you’re about to see. And please don’t try to donate money to me for sharing these…I’ll be dropping these on you pro bono every week until I get hired to do this full time. It shouldn’t take long…

If you’re an ad agency and you want some of this, it’s bryanallain-at-gmail.com.

If you’re a company with a product to sell, ditto.

I’m changing the game…we are all witnesses.

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Saturday Cowbell

6 Comments Posted on Sat, Mar 6th, 2010 - 11:21 am by Bryan Allain

Totally forgot this video existed until yesterday.

It’s from 2006, and it’s me playing a rather uninspired cowbell on stage with my favorite band of all time, Caedmon’s Call.

(I make an appearance at the :07 and the 1:07 mark wearing my red sox sweatshirt)

It was always a dream of mine to play on stage with Caedmon’s, still makes me smile to watch it.

Got me thinking, if you could play cowbell on stage with any band in the world, who would it be?

Bonus points if your answer rhymes with Pickleback.

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Everyday Absurdities by Tyler Stanton

2 Comments Posted on Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 - 11:27 am by Bryan Allain

My friend Tyler has a new book out that will make you laugh fairly hard.

You won’t be buckled over and in pain from laughing, because let’s face it, books don’t usually make you do that unless they have a secret pouch of nitrous oxide in the front cover that releases when you open it.

But this book will make you laugh a whole lot more than a bag of 48 quarters would. That I can assure you.

I like to think I know funny, and Tyler is one of the funniest people I know. I mean, check out the promo video:

Click here to buy one before you die.

And have a great weekend.

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