Re: Keamy unswayed by Smokey?

On May 11, 7:47 pm, Benji <benjamin_k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 10, 9:47 pm, "Steven L." <sdlit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Davej wrote:
> >> Keamy seems unconcerned about smokey. He just needed
> >> to return to the ****p to get more ammo and bigger guns -- not
> >> likely to be effective against a cloud of smoke, so what is
> >> Keamy thinking? Does he know much about Smokey? Is he
> >> unimpressed by Smokey?
>
> > Nobody on the island is particularly "impressed" by Smokey.
>
> > Even Jack, the supposed "man of science," doesn't spend even
> > a moment to wonder what the heck Smokey really is.  Neither
> > does Juliet, even though she's a scientist herself.
>
> > The characters have a very matter-of-fact attitude toward Smokey:
> >  It's big, and it can get angry, so we better keep out of its way.
> > That's all.
>
> You don't know that.  Jack and Juliet probably talked about Smokey
> at great length....off camera.  It probably went something like this:
>
> JACK:  That smoke monster is the most scientifically unbelievable
> thing I've ever seen.  After all, I'm a man of science so it sure
> impresses the hell out of me.  Don't you think we should talk
> about it?
>
> JULIET:  Yeah, we should.  Let's discuss.  Oh, and by the way, isn't
> it weird that there are polar bears on this island?  And how the ****
> did you people survive that plane crash in the first place?

Yes, that is the sort of lame conversation these two would have, which
only goes to show that *****ing and whining and love quadrangles are
the only things they care about. They aren't behaving like scientific
people. Maybe they've watched too much "Grey's Anatomy."