Abandoned: RemixThe Society for the Study of Lost has released the first issue of its journal, Lost Online Studies, which includes such gems as Dr. Amy Bauer's examination of letter and messages on the show, Truffula's detailed documentation of the secrets held by the various and mysterious LOST clue-based Web sites, Johnnie Pippen's study of the music of LOST, and much, much more.
In the "much more" category, you will also find a contribution by yours truly -- Abandoned: Remix. Readers of this site will recall my various complaints about the execution of Abandoned, the episode in which Shannon met her maker (link here, but if you haven't read the post, just go ahead and read the Remix first).
"Abandoned: Remix" is a full-episode script -- a presentation of the episode as I would have liked to see it. It's not so much a fan-fic as a critique, but it's a story nevertheless (with a detailed explanation of its goals at the end). It won't be to everyone's taste, but such is life. I hope it entertains some of you, at least, and I hope it makes a point as well. After you check it out, feel free to come back here to leave a comment, for good or for ill.
(By the way, this was written well before the airing of "What Kate Did," a stipulation I offer for one reason which will become apparent when reading the script. I would have done that episode differently too, but I've already said my piece about that and I won't further belabor the point.)
Despite my reservations about various aspects of the show this season, I'm looking forward to its return next week with "The 23rd Psalm," a Mr. Eko-centric episode. I've tried to downscale my expectations a bit during the hiatus, and I hope to take what comes and enjoy it for what it is. Even with my various complaints about Season Two, there still isn't much on broadcast television that compares to LOST these days.
And if I can't get over my angst, well, there's always the DVD of Nowhere Man to drool over. (American Gothic too! How did we get so lucky in one year? If you saw American Gothic during its original broadcast run, you should know that the episodes were aired out of order, and one crucial episode was censored altogether. Believe me, it's a whole different show when seen as intended.)
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I realize it's been shamefully long since my last post here (or anywhere else). Unfortunately I don't have much substance to add beyond some stray thoughts I had recently regarding "Abandoned". This could certainly be straw-grasping attempts to salvage something that could/should have been better than what we ended up with. It's also partly, in conjunction with the ridiculous lambasting of Da Vinci Code shilling documentaries on cable the past few weeks c/o the big popcorn movie's release. Admittedly, the presentation of all these documentaries is more for the sake of selling tickets, but they all did remind me of all those plethora of thoughts out there regarding the sacred feminine... and the allegory in Grimms' original Cinderella. "Abandoned" was pretty much a (cheap, unimaginative) retelling of the "Cinderella" storyline, yes? "Cinderella" which has been used as allegory for the disregard, abuse or ignorance towards the sacred feminine. So Shannon was "Lost's" version (one of them) of the depiction of the lost goddess?
Shannon - sweet, innocent teenage girl dreaming of being a ballet dancer - loses her inheritance by way of a wicked stepmother. Innocence shattered and apparent no means of support, puts Shannon on a path of degredation and decadence... living essentially like a prostitute or concubine (the Magdalene prior washing Christ's feet with her hair). Of course, Magdalene's actual history has been debated, but Shannon seemed every bit the whore as the Vatican would believe Magdalene had been for centuries (history is written by the victor) ... the filthy little cinder girl sweeping out the chimney. At least in one reality (::insert your excellent various ideas about non-linear time, memory and Schroedinger's Cat here:), but if Shannon is the little cinder girl, then where is her slipper? Her prince? ... Sayid? The beach hut? Walt? Boone's death (I'd go into Boone's possible messianic parallels but I fear this is getting long and rambly as is)? Ana Lucia's bullet (a release from Samsara / the false reality / the lead box?)
Still, always a pleasure to read your intriguing thoughts on LOST (despite a few of us spamming your blog with nonsense). ;)
~Sesostris
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