{"id":72,"date":"2007-08-22T14:18:34","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T19:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2008-04-12T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T19:26:25","slug":"lost-i-miss-ye-flashback-wigs-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Lost I Miss Ye: Flashback Wigs Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005srapf\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nOne of the first flashback wigs we got to see, John Locke&#8217;s combover is as classy as his royal blue vest and nametag!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s86c0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It may not have been the first, but it was certainly the best.  <i>The<\/I> Flashback Wig <small><sup>TM<\/sup><\/small>.  The saddest part is this is really what his hair looked like <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/001975wq\">Back<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/00198234\">In<\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/0019b6ha\">the Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/00423e01\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And then the ferret said: LULZ I&#8217;M ON UR HEAD, BEIN UR FLASHBACK WIGZ. (note: this was REALLY Ian Somerholder&#8217;s hair ;_;)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s2r80\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Miss Kwon is seen here in one of the better Flashback Wigs.  She had to look dressy after all, she was about to boink a man who wasn&#8217;t her husband!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s3c07\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apparently being young and stupid also means a gigantic blonde Flashback Wig for Miss Rutherford!  She is obviously crying because she knows how craptastic it looks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s1eat\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if the Flashback Cornrows Mr. Eko sported were his real hair or not, but it constitutes enough of a change to get a mention!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s0858\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rose managed to somehow shrink her hair for this lovely barely-there flashback look.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005ssw41\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Even Cassidy, Sawyer&#8217;s scorned lovah, gets in on the Flashback Fever with this lovely I&#8217;m-faking-out-the-cops not!Kate Wig!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sedzw\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Juliet isn&#8217;t actually wearing a flashback wig per se, but her hair is always miraculously curly in flashbacks.  Hence, The Flashback!Perm!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005ryxdr\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But how <i>does<\/i> one do their hair when it comes time to hit rock bottom?  Just ask John Locke, whose elegant hair looks like it&#8217;s about to snap as soon as John does.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sth04\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What says &#8220;I work on a hippie commune&#8221; better than this sleek salt and pepper number?  Adding a Trucker hat, of course!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sdk6t\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Those wispy tendrils and soft waves can only mean one thing: Flashback Desmond worships at the alter of <a href=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B0000025H2.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg\">Kenny Loggins circa 1979<\/a>.  Either that or it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/idolstalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/barry.jpg\">Barry Gibb<\/a> Envy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s933r\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sayid&#8217;s chop job of a Flashback Wig is as messy as the US occupation of Iraq!  Did someone attack his head with a weedwacker or what?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sk4wr\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Again Ian Somerholder&#8217;s penchant for totally and utterly effing up his own hair shines through, when Zombie!Boone arrives with this Peter-Petrelli-Wannabe Flashback Hair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005scwey\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d cry too if you were forced to wear a I&#8217;m-Not-Bald-Yet-But-I-Kinda-Am Wig in every single one of your flashbacks!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005spdkd\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the best Flashback Wigs on Lost.  Blame the Scotsman.  At least we get to add some points for those bangs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sfbtw\"\/><\/p>\n<p>HAI THAR CRAZY LIBBY!!  Way to work the mousey brown &#8220;I&#8217;m batshit insane&#8221; Flashback Wig!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s7tht\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wonder in awe at how Claire&#8217;s fine, curly hair was not only dyed black, but also became straight and coarse in the process!  Score one for the Lost Wigmistress!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sqw60\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monica&#8221; is as perky as this ridiculous mod Flashback Wig.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005saxq1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Want to get screwed over by your father <i>and<\/i> dumped by your girlfriend all in the same 5 minute span?  Try out this lovely clean cut Flashback Wig!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005shh33\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dapper Richard is seen here modeling the Jungle!Hobo look.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s5gkd\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Desmond.  You are a v. attractive man.  But with that ROADKILL on your head, I cannot imagine what Penny saw in you, other than the fact that she could be the first one to do you after you&#8217;d been a clergyman for all of 2 months.  Nooch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s46et\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What better way to tell the man you love that you &#8220;Don&#8217;t Do Taco Night&#8221; than with this sophisticated bang-enhanced Flashback Wig?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sbctt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Libbers, were you crazy yet or what, honey?  This strawberry blonde disaster really accentuates&#8230;none of Libby&#8217;s features.  Exactly what a Flashback Wig should do!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005sghbt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BENRY, BENRY, BENRY.  WHY IS THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD SO <I>FLAT<\/I>?!  This Flashback Wig really sealed the deal for me.  I totally and completely trust the Lost Wigmistress to fuck up EVERYONE&#8217;S hair for the final 3 years of the show.  THANK GOD!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005s64g0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, the mother of all flashbacks deserves the ultimate spot on this list: Jack&#8217;s flashback!beardwig brought laughter into our hearts and Jears into our eyes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ack_attack\/pic\/005rz45a\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[316,311,32],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost","category-tv","tag-list","tag-lost","tag-lost-lolz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theackattack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}