Originally posted by: Tiptup
Locke has been great the last few episodes, but his character seemed totally off from the end of season one through to the beginning of season three. These last few episodes have been fantastic though. It makes me wonder how many different writers compose this show. It seems like the characters are on and off half the time as if they're constantly being taken two directions. The main strength of this show was the character drama in my mind and they need to be consistent for that drama to continue.
Oh, and I also jokingly wonder why this show kills off, removes, or ignores every African-American character.
(Seriously, I really liked Rose and Bernard. I want to see them in the show more.)
Locke has been great the last few episodes, but his character seemed totally off from the end of season one through to the beginning of season three. These last few episodes have been fantastic though. It makes me wonder how many different writers compose this show. It seems like the characters are on and off half the time as if they're constantly being taken two directions. The main strength of this show was the character drama in my mind and they need to be consistent for that drama to continue.
Oh, and I also jokingly wonder why this show kills off, removes, or ignores every African-American character.
(Seriously, I really liked Rose and Bernard. I want to see them in the show more.) Yeah, they can sometimes be pretty inconsistent with a character, and that really spoils the show IMHO. Like Jack playing football with the others. That was retarded, Jack is extremely distrusting, put you shelf in his shoes and think if they said "Alright you can go free. In the meantime... wanna play some football" you'd look at them like they are nutz and say "Just get me off this f-ing Island!" Then in the very next epiosde we have distrusting Jack back. It made no sense, they just did it for a end of episode gag, but I don't think it is worth being inconsistent for the sake of gags. However, in the case of Locke, I felt the way you to, Tiptup, at the beginning of the season, now I think they have him much more back to himself. Season one he was this myterious great outdoorsman, then we find out more about him and realize he was NOT at all the way we thought he was. Then as we learn more and more about his past we learn more and more about how insecure he is. The guy had been taken advantage of his whole life. In most of his flashbacks we see him being taken advantage of. Even Ben tried to take advantage of him when they had him captive in the hatch as "Henry", because he know he was an easy target. Since he was on the island he always tried to be the tough guy and the peacemaker. Now he is making a stand and deciding he doesn't want to be the insecure John Locke he has always been (but he still is) and is trying to take the inititive on things. He has some rational reason for what he is doing, what that is, we don't know. He intentionally blew up the communication center, and he intentionally blew up the "only way off the island". By the end of the season Locke is going to be backup on top as one of the best characters of the show.