Comments on: Marc Oromaner’s Lost In Myth: Is Dead Really Dead?

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:29:05 +0000

(**wind sound**)

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:26:49 +0000

The Others don’t have a name for Smokey, so Cerberus MUST be a name DHARMA gave to the thing. They’re known for their penchant for multi-culturalism and their inclination for giving glamorous code-names (i.e. every Dharma station out there). So, Cerberus it’s probably a Dharma name.

By: Marc Oromaner

Marc Oromaner — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:41:57 +0000

I’ve been wondering about that too. Actually, Cerebus was the name Radzinsky painted on the blast door map for what was considered “the security system.” I talk about that a bit in the book. They seem to be mixing mythologies now. If Thor shows up, things are getting just a bit too wacky.

By: Henry Holland

Henry Holland — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:00:42 +0000

(who will eventually have a more appropriate name)

It does have a name, Cerberus (in Greek and Roman mythology, the three-headed dog that guards the gates of hell), that’s been known since the blast door map in season 2.

By: Marc Oromaner

Marc Oromaner — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:39:31 +0000

Thanks Nawawla. As I just mentioned to someone on The Myth of Lost Facebook page, my goal is to make all the time we’re investing in LOST worthwhile. It’s more than a show, it’s instructions for life.

BTW, I’m interested in learning what your screen ID means. If it’s your name, I’m curious of the origins and English translation.

By: Vital10

Vital10 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:28:38 +0000

*******crickets****************

By: cap10tripps

cap10tripps — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:57:07 +0000

I’m starting to think that Smokey is Locke. Locke mysteriously disappeared and returned just as Ben says, “I can’t control what comes out of that jungle.” Then Locke knows the way to the underworld, and subsequently disappears while Ben is judged. Perhaps it is certain people’s destiny to be the human form of this “god.” Jacob (who was the vanishing human form of Smokey) says, “Help me.” The only one who hears this is Locke, because it is his destiny to be Smokey (who will eventually have a more appropriate name). Richard and the others look to John to light the way for a very good reason. He was destined to be (and now is) a deity

By: horselover

horselover — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:29:16 +0000

So you’re right that they didn’t write the episodes with the dates in mind, but how do you know the air dates weren’t picked with the dates in mind? You said that the breaks weren’t originally planned, so why were the breaks inserted? Maybe they noticed the dates and planned the details of the schedules and breaks so that appropriate episodes would air on certain dates.

By: cap10tripps

cap10tripps — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:54:58 +0000

I’ll have to rewatch, but I could’ve swarn it was a different actor…

By: Nawawala

Nawawala — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:55:27 +0000

You didn’t recognize him? That was the same actor HIC, the guy playing Desmond.

By: Nawawala

Nawawala — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:52:43 +0000

Thanks, Marc. You’re one of my favorite Lost blogger/recapper/theorist. Your articles are always insightful and give a different spin on our favorite show and I always learn something new from them. Namaste!

By: cap10tripps

cap10tripps — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:10:26 +0000

Okay, no one is asking this question so here goes. WHO THE HELL WAS DESMOND!? Was Henry Ian not available for shooting, or could this have to do with Ben saying, “Find Desmond Hume and tell him I’m sorry?”

By: neoloki

neoloki — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:47:05 +0000

Or, what the hell, mix it and bring some meaning to your life, whether others believe it or not.

By: Wintermute

Wintermute — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:09:18 +0000

“Don’t mistake coincidence for fate.”
-Eko

By: brent

brent — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:46:08 +0000

Ok, I’ll buy that for Eko. It was a tad rushed because AAA hated Hawaii but I can’t really complain about the end result. We learned a tremendous amount about the Monster way earlier than we probably would have otherwise.

Nikki and Paolo were an example of the producers listening a little too much to the fan base and then having to deal with those decisions.

The characters are at the heart of the show and watching them wrestle with everything emotionally and physically is what makes the show so great.