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TCA — "Lost" is about to get very, very interesting … and very, very complicated. After critics watched the first three episodes of the upcoming fifth season, executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse answered some fairly general questions about the story to come.
If you want to know nothing about Season 5 — stop reading now.
As has been heavily suggested in past seasons, the story of "Lost" is all about time travel. Instead of mental flash-forwards and flashbacks, in season five characters will actually move through time (and not just in recent years, either).
Asked if such a move is "fraught with peril" for disturbing the show's plot or continuity, the executive producers say….
Cuse: "It's a veritable mine field to do time travel but it’s also incredibly exciting… we didn’t want to have season five be a stall… as we always have on 'Lost' we're going to take some risks and take some chances… and if we make some missteps that’s okay… there's a greater degree of difficulty in that… we’ve tried very hard to resolve a lot of those [past season] conundrums that you refer to …Once we committed to doing time travel there was only a certain amount of distance between that and where the story will end."
Lindelof: "I think we've become fairly masochistic in our writing. You say 'fraught with peril' like it's a bad thing… we sit around the writers room and say, 'Is it fraught with peril? Let's do it.'… The show has been a time travel show for the past four years, we’ve just making it more apparent now."
On the infamous glimpse of the island's four-toed statue:
Cuse: "The idea [was] to say the history of the island was a long one, and that people had been on the island for a long time… and this season, as we’re skipping through time, hopefully they’ll see that."
On Sawyer playing a key role this season:
Cuse:: "Sawyer has a lot to do this year. For those who are not fans of time travel, we have his shirt off in the season premiere."
Lindelof: "Sawyer is also not a fan of time travel. You will find him constantly bemoaning it."
On season three resulting in producers lobbying ABC to set an end date:
Lindelof: "We all knew [the show] was treading into an area of complete and utter suckiness… it simply couldn’t go on the way that it was… we didn’t know how to continue doing the show anymore."
Lindelof also gave an example of "stall" episodes, such as "Jack flying a kite."
On the chances of Claire and Jin appearing in future episodes:
Cuse: "Claire is not a series regular, but you will see her this season… you will see more of her in season six… Jin, we will definitely be seeing Jin stories… since we’ll be telling stories from past, present and future.”
On the challenge of building an audience despite the show becoming increasingly complicated:
Cuse: "If the first episode of 'Lost' you ever see is the premiere of season five, you probably wouldn't understand the majority of it, but hopefully it will be engaging and cool." Lindelof cited the Harry Potter novels, how J.K. Rowling was able to keep growing her audience throughout the series, and that "Lost" does find some new fans via DVD.
On Nestor Carbonell's (playing Richard Alpert) seemingly heavy use of eyeliner: "We've had the same note … but he is completely 100% sans makeup … just watch him on smaller screen I guess."
I’m glad things are going to get interesting again. Once they blew up the hatch and kind of moved on, I started to get bored. The end of the last season piqued my interest, so I hope the momentum keeps up!
starts to late for me!!!!! used to love it but can’t stay up that late, great show though
Wish I could tape it, but VCR won’t record after Feb 17, 2009. Anybody want to donate a DVD recorder?
Your VCR should tape fine if you have cable OR you get a digital converter. The signal has to go through your digital converter before it connects to the VCR and then to the TV. You shouldn’t have any problems at all!
Broke, you are pathetic.
You can’t stay up for a 9pm show? What is wrong with losers on the internet?
“we’ve tried very hard to resolve a lot of those [past season] conundrums”
Really? When the heck did that happen? And WHICH conundrums were allegedly addressed?
This shark has been jumped more than a drunk girl on prom night…
Yesterday I attended a Lost event at the Paley Center in NY. There was a screening of the first 20 minutes of Season 5, episode 1, Because you Left. There was also a screening of Lost’s best 2 episodes as voted on by fans, a tape of EW’s Jeff Jensen interviewing Lost producer’s Cuse and Lindelof and a panel discussion. For a writeup on the entire event see http://connectwithyourteens.blogspot.com/2009/01/lost-at-paley-center-panel-screenings.html
I am so freakin’ ready for the premiere of Lost tomorrow night that I can’t stand it. It feels like it’s been 8 months since I’ve seen it…oh wait, it has. I’m looking for some serious answers this season but i’m sure i’ll just get more questions. If you’re on Facebook, check out our Addicted to Lost application http://apps.facebook.com/iwatchlost/.
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Hi everyone
The Lord Complete Audio English Quran in MP3 Translated by Pickthal
Who Saves ?
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Some Christians have told me that Jesus has turned their life around, in that they were once lost, now they are found. In that they were drunkards, drug users, abusers, and that Jesus has made them change their wicked ways.
That is Wonderful, this is similar to Prophet Muhammad ending the evil practices of burying newborn girls alive besides other vices for many from the past to the present.
For the Christians who Strive to be like Christ and try to live a righteous life, that is great. Though there is another group of Christians, the _kind_ who use Jesus as a scapegoat, an excuse to do evil. The Christians who *assume* Jesus bore all of their sins and that they are free to sin.
Those Christians have obviously not reflected upon Scripture. Jesus himself repeatedly states that we are accountable for our own actions.
Then there are the third type of Christians, the Christians who know Jesus, though their impulses to be unrighteous are too strong, and they submit to the temptations to drink alcohol, use drugs, and commit adultery, and even worse.
For everyone who is confused about the Trinity and who want to achieve a higher level of Spirituality, this is an invitation for you to know Allah , who is Allah ?
In Aramayic, the original language of Christ, Jesus called God “Alayho”
Moses in Hebrew called God “Elih”
Muhammad in Arabic called God “Allah”
Allah is the God of Abraham, our Creator, our Resurrector.
Allah is the Arabic name for God as in the Christian Arabic Bible, verses (Genesis 1:1 , John 3:16 , Luke 1:30 , Luke 3:38 , Matthew 19:17 …..) , the name “Allah” is used to mean God.
I am not asking you to switch Gods , I am asking you to know our God more , Love our God more , Respect our God more .
Not split and fractionalize our God up into three , or make various contradictory statues of God.
Allah can give you the added strength and the Faith you need to be on the Right Path, how do you know Allah ? We know, hear and reflect on Allah through the Holy Quran and through prayers.
“And they worship besides Allah things that hurt them not, nor profit them, and they say: “These are our intercessors with Allah”. Say: ” Do you inform Allah of that which He knows not in the heavens and on the earth”? Glorified and Exalted is He above all that which they associate as partners with Him.” (Holy Quran 10:18)
In my experiences, Allah is Greater in saving us from the addictions of this world, and helps to heal the past wounds, Through giving us additional Hope and Faith, if you love Jesus, that is great, you can continue to Love Jesus, but worship the Creator of Jesus, Allah .
Allah gives us bountiful knowledge and spiritual guidance in the Holy Quran, the Final Testament.
In the Quran, you can know God directly without any intercessors or middle men filtering from you the power, strength and connection with God.
God loves you, God is the most forgiving and most merciful. Christianity claims God did not forgive the actions of Adam for millenniums , while Islam teaches Adam was forgiven the same moment Adam repented, and that death is a natural cycle , not a prolonged curse from our Loving God .
Believe in a Loving God of Abraham , one who does not need blood to forgive , one who Judges each individual fairly.
Believe our God is All Powerful , who sees and knows all of our Actions.
The tithing taking Church has conceived the notion that Jesus is the only Savior, but Jesus himself, the Servant of Allah, displayed with his words and actions for those who seek knowledge, that he was a sign from the true Savior, Allah.
Jesus *warns* of entire nations falling into Hell (Mt 23:33-36), Allah *saves* entire nations from Hell. (Holy Qur’an 12:110)
Allah Protects His apostles,
“So Allah protected him from the evil (consequences) of what they planned” (Holy Koran 40:45)
” So naught was the answer of (Abraham’s) people except that they said: “Slay him or burn him.” But Allah did save him from the Fire. Verily in this are Signs for people who believe.” (Holy Koran 29:24)
Jesus gives No protection to his apostles; Jesus afraid people may discover him says;
“He said unto them
disciples], But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. And he straightly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing.” (Luke 9:20 and 21)
Jesus, to even further clarify for us that he is not our Savior, infront of the crowd, asked Allah to Save him
“And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.” (”Mark 14:36)
Jesus asked our Creator to be his Savior from death, symbolized as “this cup” in Mark 14, undisputedly revealing that Jesus can not be our Savior if he himself prayed for a Savior.
even Jesus’s disciples knew Jesus does not protect or save, when mere men (soldiers) arrested Jesus, the disciples decided to abandon Jesus and not seek protection in Jesus;
” Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.” (Matthew 26:56)
While Prophet Muhammad (descendant of Prophet Abraham) knows Allah saves;
Muhammad was sitting under a tree when a pagan with a sword approached him to kill him, the pagan asked ‘who will protect you’, Muhammad replied “Allah”, at this moment, the pagan lunged forward at Prophet Muhammad tripped on a stump and dropped the sword which Muhammad picked up and gave it back to the pagan and asked the pagan, “who would have protected you”, the pagan replied ‘no, one’, from that day on, the pagan became a Muslim and one of Prophet Muhammad’s closest companions. (Volume 5, Book 59, Number 460: Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah)
To Save is also to preserve , the God of Abraham has preserved the final and completed message to us , the Holy Quran . The Holy Quran has been kept the same word for word for 1,400 years , while each month a different Bible is produced .
Finally we come to Salvation in the After life, above we have addressed Salvation on earth, now we will focus on who will save us in the next world.
Whether or not you agree that Allah is our Savior, this will perhaps explain why we Muslims take Allah as our Savior rather than Jesus, so at the very least you understand the thinking behind the actions of the second largest religion in the world and the fastest growing religion in the world “Islam”
One reason we believe Allah is our Savior and not Jesus, is because Jesus throughout the entire New Testament , never stated “I am your savior” or “I will save you from Hell”. While on the other hand, Allah throughout the Old Testament and the Final Testament (The Holy Quran), stated we will be saved from Hell through the Grace of Allah.
In fact, Jesus even denied being our Savior;
NEW TESTAMENT
” Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter
the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven . ” Matthew 7:21
“And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.”10:18]
” I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I
if already it has been kindled? ” Luke 12:49
If Jesus was our Savior, then at the very least, Jesus would know when the day of resurrection was, yet Jesus plainly denies this;
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in13:32]
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”
While the Creator of Jesus, the God of Abraham in the Old Testament and the Quran offers us absolute Salvation:
OLD TESTAMENT
“For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your SAVIOR….It is I, the Lord; there is NO SAVIOR BUT ME…” (Old Testament Isaiah 43:3 &11)
“You shall know that I, the Lord am your SAVIOR, your REDEEMER, the mighty one of Jacob.” (Old Testament Isaiah 60:16)
FINAL TESTAMENT (HOLY QURAN)
“But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no evil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.” (Holy Quran 39:61)
“For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens; beneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation” (Holy Quran 85:11)
“As for those who repent, reform, and proclaim, I redeem them. I am the Redeemer, Most Merciful.” (Holy Quran 2:160.15)
Now you have Allah who states He will save you, and you have Jesus who states he will not save you, who would you take as a Savior ?
Allah Saves, through my daily reading and searching through the Gospel, not once have I found a verse where Jesus states he will save us from the Fire, while it is abundant in the Holy Quran that Allah has the Power to save us from Hell:
“And hold fast, All together, by the Rope Which Allah (stretches out For you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah’s favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, Ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the Pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided.” Translation of the Holy Qur’an 3:103
This is one of the reasons that Muslims declare Allah is our Savior, study Islam with an open mind and heart, learn what Allah can do for your soul.
“They say: “Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (To salvation).” Say thou: “Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah.” (Holy Quran 2:135).
Peace and Blessings,
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