Comments on: Food for Thought: The 70 hour Window

By: BlueSky

BlueSky — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:54:17 +0000

Hmm, so when is Easter this year? And is that when Locke will resurrect on the island?

By: MissMichelle

MissMichelle — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:33:46 +0000

I think that the 70 hour window (roughly three days) has something to do with the resurrection of Jesus (which took three days). Perhaps if Locke’s body is not returned to the island within a 70 hour framework, he cannot be resurrected??? Does anyone know how many days have passed since Locke died until now?
Anyways, certainly a theme the writers are playing with…last episode Locke entered an underworld of sorts through the well, and is guided on his journey by Christian….I’m also gonna bet that sometime in the next few episodes, we will see a stone being rolled back from a cave/cavern/tomblike structure. Although….the turning of the frozen donkey wheel already provides a similar imagery….just random thoughts.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:59:25 +0000

If Jin didn’t always prevent Danielle from going into the ruins, who did? Or do you propose that she DID go into the ruins and just happened to be immune to the “sickness” that afflicted the rest of her team?

By: Dorkusbob

Dorkusbob — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:31:39 +0000

Have not had time to check, but I’ll take your word for it. But the rest makes sense, right?

By: Dolce

Dolce — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:58:15 +0000

Yes, clockwise. Watch again.

By: theDAWG

theDAWG — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:43:03 +0000

iirc, the witch is only going to find the island’s location right now.

that might only require a few of the O6, esp. since they brought the “rulebreaker” Des with them.

all 6 (plus possibly Jin’s daughter) are still gonna have to go back after they locate it…

By: FutureLies

FutureLies — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:59:35 +0000

Locke pulled it clock-wise.

By: sebastian81

sebastian81 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:28:20 +0000

Zombie, I don’t agree with you in this. For Jin to get to the island and travel back in time, there had to be an original timeline in which Danielle didn’t receive visits from people who hadn’t crashed in the island yet.

If what you propose is true, then time is not linear which wouldn’t make any sense.

By: Dorkusbob

Dorkusbob — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:57:49 +0000

Here’s something though:

Ben went to push the wheel, had to wear a coat… Frozen Donkey Wheel area

Locke goes down the hole, no coat, no frost breath… Broken Donkey Wheel area

Ben pushes CLOCK-WISE
Locke pushes COUNTER – CLOCK – WISE

Never mind that Ben pushes in 2005, and Locke most likely in the PAST, so in order for Ben to have a frozen wheel, Locke must push it first. So the next question is, who pushed it again? That leaves us with Dharma Polar bears. So which way did they push it?

By: hyperRevue

hyperRevue — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:51:47 +0000

True. There just seemed to be a lot more urgency last time.

By: CelticFan96

CelticFan96 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:25:05 +0000

OK, Cool. That makes sense.

By: RandomZombie

RandomZombie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:07:34 +0000

It’s not so ridiculous if you think of the wheel as a switch. The bouncing and rotating wheel could randomly activate the mechanism behind the wall, causing the time jumps. Of course, if this were true the jumps would stop after Locke turns the wheel.

By: RandomZombie

RandomZombie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:01:46 +0000

I don’t believe that it’s a second loop. Jin ALWAYS prevented Danielle from going into the ruins. There was never an occasion when she went in because it only happened once.
Also, Desmond suddenly remembered his conversation with Daniel because Daniel changed the past, which was possible because, for some reason, the rules of time travel do not apply to Desmond. It seemed that Charlotte suddenly remembered Daniel because she was flashing between the present (so to speak) and her childhood, and probably re-experienced him telling her not to come back to the island.

By: rivum

rivum — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:54:30 +0000

hey!! keep the spoilers outta here!!

By: Yonko

Yonko — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:46:33 +0000

And I bet that time would be the explanation of why we saw our Losties in Dharma jumpsuits in some set photos…