Comments on: The Russian connection

By: The Russian connection [The Lost Blog @ Ectio.us]

The Russian connection [The Lost Blog @ Ectio.us] — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:40:05 +0000

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By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:19:31 +0000

I was thinking “Why would Klugh and Mikhail choose to speak Russian?” Compared to English and other lanuages Russian is very hard, and I think unless Klugh grew up speaking Russian, it h cases thwould be easier to choose another lanuage to use in cases such as the one we saw in this episode, like German. But then the thought occured to me that besides speaking Russian because Mikhail is Russian maybe they choose to speak Russian because the chances of the Losties knowing what they were saying would be slimmer. Maybe the Others know lots of lanuages, and if you think about it they have lots of time on their hands (when a plane hasn’t recently crashed on the island that is) to learn them. I don’t know where this takes us except knowing that the Other’s are culturally diverse.

By: SpinPapi

SpinPapi — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:58:13 +0000

Uatu wrote:

I think it’s a bit silly to insinuate there is a racial undertone to any development in the story. The diversity of the cast was an interesting element, but Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje wanted out and Harold Perrineau’s contract dispute precluded their exit from the show. To imply some kind of coordinated offing of black characters is just looking for something that isn’t there.

I don’t think the person you are commenting on was implying that the producers hate Black people or anything like that, only that it’s a shame the diversity of characters on the show is waning, and especially that the most interesting Black characters are being killed off. It’s simply a fact that they are being killed off (unless Ms Klugh’s death was faked). And it’s simply an opinion that it’s a shame. An opinion I share.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:32:57 +0000

Lesley wrote:

J Woods has an excellent analysis at Powells Books website and goes further with the Russian information by translation of the document in the Flame. An interesting read for the die hards.

Just read Wood’s analysis and it is indeed pretty interesting!

http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=1899

By: patience

patience — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:40:05 +0000

They are cashing in all the Africian American stars on the show for one really cool one.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:03:38 +0000

J Woods has an excellent analysis at Powells Books website and goes further with the Russian information by translation of the document in the Flame. An interesting read for the die hards.

By: AnotherOther

AnotherOther — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:24:41 +0000

Yes, definitely the best episode ever, in my opinion. Thanks for the Russian translation.

By: Olga

Olga — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:07:24 +0000

hi. im from russia/ its really interesting episode for russian viewers of LOST. There are 2 marks â€œIâ€™m Andrey tooâ€ and “i so much forget about Afganistan”.
Actor who played Mihail has russian accent. Its very interesting i think

By: Stilson

Stilson — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:25:49 +0000

Do you think the russian guy is the original mijkail bakunin living in the island for more that a hundred years? I wonder if Elvis and Hitler are also living there. That would be cool.

By: Andrey

Andrey — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:19:12 +0000

The AFAmerican girl had spoken way better Russian than this “whanabe” russian (born in Ukraine by the way).
They already broadcast in Russia, why wouldn’t they find a proper actor… silly …