Comments on: Lost Theory – Ten unanswered mysteries

By: longlivekingnick

longlivekingnick — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:41:24 +0000

or that she hadn’t seen him in 16 years, and when she finally does see him is only for like… ten seconds… and in a completely different situation

By: CelticFan96

CelticFan96 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:16:45 +0000

That would be awesome.

By: dolce

dolce — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:12:02 +0000

I guess what I meant by not flinching was that it wasn’t a reaction that I would expect. You are right though- there was definitly a reaction, but stil you’d think there might be a verbal rant to or in front of someone that the airline pulled one over on him and left the boy out og the casket. It’s still always bothered me. But, like I said (and others above ), maybe everything will be cleared up when Locke’s body is returned to the island.

By: Hexonxonx

Hexonxonx — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:38:46 +0000

My interpretation is that when Jack saw the empty casket (which was still latched), he assumed that Oceanic had put the casket on board but taken the body out. He was upset because he still couldn’t bury his father and be done with it, so he freaked out and smashed up the box. I’d hardly call that not flinching.

By: Hexonxonx

Hexonxonx — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:36:33 +0000

The incident can’t be the purge. The purge happened in December 1992, while the incident must have happened around 1980, before the Swan orientation film was made. Also, Faraday going back in time to found the ancient island civilization is NOT a paradox in any sense. The whole premise of time travel on Lost is that all of these events already happened: Locke really did appear in 1954, Jin really did meet Rousseau, etc. The events hadn’t yet happened in the time travelers lives, but they already happened in the “real world”. Desmond is the only one who is able to retroactively change history. The only evidence against this hypothesis so far is that Rousseau didn’t recognize Jin, which is easily explained by the fact that she’s nuts.

By: Lebowski Achiever

Lebowski Achiever — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:42:50 +0000

Maybe someone has explained this before and I missed it, but what I want to know is if the island was hidden and the others are not associated with Dharma, who else knew where the island was to make the Dharma food drops? Seems they have been steadily going on at least since Desmond got to the island. Obviously someone out there knows where the hidden island is/was.

For my off the wall theory of the day, Jacob = Locke.

By: professorstotch

professorstotch — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:02:52 +0000

Ok, I guess it was 8 episodes, not 3-4. But here’s the exact quote:

“How did the producers break it to you that Charlotte was going to die?

I’ve known since June of ’08, because that’s when we negotiate contracts between seasons. Originally when I started on the show in August 2007, I was only supposed to do eight episodes. I ended up doing 20. I was on the show a lot longer than I thought I was going to be. A lot of it has to do with the writers strike. Less episodes in Season 4 meant back stories were compromised for the new people. I think that’s why my character carried into Season 5.”

By: professorstotch

professorstotch — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:50:37 +0000

The interview with Rebecca Mader said she was only supposed to be around for 3-4 episodes or something like that. But due to the strike, they actually gave her less screen time each episode than she was slated for, and her story got dragged into season five.

By: professorstotch

professorstotch — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:09:09 +0000

I guess it’s a good thought. But we have to consider that Sayid, Jin, and Sun first saw the statue in 2004. So in order for this to work, whoever built it in the future would have to find some way for it to be transported back in time.

Maybe future people built it, the island started skipping, one of them grabbed onto the statue for balance, and it moved with them. Like the compass, the raft, etc.

By: DT

DT — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:56 +0000

I read that the “Science” team were supposed to get individual episodes in season 4 instead of 1 shared episode. I am sure we would have gotten much more out of Charollette if not for the writer’s strike.

By: Jacobs Lather

Jacobs Lather — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:15:26 +0000

#4: Has anyone ever considered the possibility that the statue wasn’t built in the ancient past at all? Maybe people in the distant future build statues, too. I’m not saying it’s likely, but when you look at the four toes…well, I’m no evolutionologist, but I know that they say humans are in the process of losing their pinky toes as they evolve. I’m just sayin’.

By: CelticFan96

CelticFan96 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:23:32 +0000

I don’t think the amount of episodes left will affect what back stories we will see and what we will not. This season the show has not focused on specific backstories.

In the last episode we found out, among other things, how Rousseau’s team got the “sickness,” how she did not get the sickness, where (possibly) Smokey resides, what happens if you get pulled into one of his holes, how Locke (probably) left the island, that he was supposed to move it in the first place, that Charlotte grew up on the island (albeit it was writing cop-out), and it was confirmed that Mrs. Hawking is Faraday’s mother.

That was a lot (I am sure I missed something). And I suspect we will get more of that. Briefer glimpses at more. Or also that there are a lot of similarities. And it could be that by showing how Locke rises, we will learn how Christian came to be who/what he is today.

Although I would love to see a Christian-centric episode that shows how he came to learn/realize what role he was playing on the island. Was it right away? Or did he have to learn his path?

By: dolce

dolce — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:19:27 +0000

I dunno, maybe they were laying the groundwork for this to be an eventual plot line. Wether it be reincarnation or rebirth in an other-worldly form. Maybe I am about to get the answer to that question finally. But it does come down to that little mystery that I have always wondered about- where was the body, and why was a bigger deal never made out of it?

If it was a setup for the grander scheme of things ( the rules of the island ), and I fully believe that they have always known where they were going with the island mythology, it still bothers me that there was not a bigger deal made over the lack of body in/around/near the casket. I don’t even think that Jack ever mentioned that he found his father’s casket and it was empty ( did he? ). Maybe I am going against my own advice about this show and over-thinking it. Shame on me.

By: spagett

spagett — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:37:39 +0000

Sorry dude, but no dice. While I’m all for a little imagination freestyle, if you show me a giant foot with four toes or a cloud of smoke that drags people underground, I’m going to expect some answers.

By: lockeheart

lockeheart — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:33:39 +0000

thanks celticfan i have just been curious cuz i have been hearing different things. I hope to jabob your right.

By: dolce

dolce — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:33:24 +0000

Yes- no breaks.

By: Handsome Smitty

Handsome Smitty — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:25:05 +0000

I’ve been wondering about the similarities between Christian and Locke’s circumstances.

Does this mean Jack’s dad at one time turned the wheel?

Was Jack born on the island, too?

Flashbacks of Christian show him self-destructing much like Jack did upon his return from Island.

Will the shortened series force us to miss meaningful flashbackstories on Christian, Widmor, Daniel – and Hawking?

By: Handsome Smitty

Handsome Smitty — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:14:18 +0000

Isn’t uranium, the stuff in the bomb, decaying material? Electrons going kaput? Isn’t that what radioactivity is?

IF the mysterious energy material is the/a source for matter-making (an impossibility according to Einstein, I think) material/carbon, then it might be a bad thing if it was mixing or in too close proximity to its exact polar opposite.

Think positive matter mixing with negative matter (okay, that’s from Fantastic Four, Marvel comics from about forty years ago) -

It go BIGBADDABOMB…

The end of all things.

Just a thought.

By: hyperRevue

hyperRevue — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:55:00 +0000

Oh, god, I hope not.

I’m hoping for Penny and Des – by far the best couple on the show.

By: CelticFan96

CelticFan96 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:51:55 +0000

I agree with wanting to know about that mystery. That is, in part, what I hope goes to show that Darlton had an idea of what they were doing in Season One.

I believe that Locke, when he returns to the island, will come to life in a way like Christian Shepard did. I believe it will be a raising — more than a reincarnation. But that anagram on the van has made me second guess that.

Maybe Locke — like Christian did — will rise again but also will experience some sort of reincarnation of who he is. He will lose his fear and be able to be who he is supposed to be. Christian is not the same man on the island that he was off it. He is at his potential. Back stories have dealt with how both Locke and Christian are afraid.

So I am with you, dolce. I want to figure out Christian’s after-crash story. I think we might figure it out through Locke’s post-return story.

By: CelticFan96

CelticFan96 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:36:43 +0000

According to the latest ABC press releases, “The Death of Jeremy Bentham” is Feb. 25 and “LeFleur” is the next week, March 4.

Those are the latest press releases (released Friday, Feb. 13).

I have been under the impression that this season is running straight through with a new episode each Wednesday into May.

By: CelticFan96

CelticFan96 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:13:56 +0000

Amen, FutureMe!

Any great story leaves some things to the imagination.

By: charlie42s

charlie42s — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:42:56 +0000

#7 Jack found a white rock and a black rock with the skeletons. I’ll assume he continues to possess the rocks.
… or whoever possesses them becomes one of the skeletons.

By: raclefjean

raclefjean — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:11:27 +0000

I’ve had an idea for a while now that the Incident is something that couldn’t have been figured out when we first heard of it. Something to do with time travel. Lately I’ve been thinking it was Ben turning the Frozen Donkey Wheel, and one or more of the time-traveling Losties, probably Daniel, told someone about it in Dharma’s day or earlier. But after going back and watching the Swan orientation film, where Chang says there was a clear event that happened shortly after the construction of the station, I think it might just be Daniel’s visit itself that made the DI implement the new protocol. He could have told them about the events of the future, and apparently Chang is convinced by his story, as we see in the Comic Con video. His appearance out of nowhere and disappearance would lend credibility to his story. Also in the spliced video from the Arrow says that using the computer for any purpose other than using the numbers is forbidden, especially talking to the outside world. This kind of thing could lead to another Incident, Chang warns. I used to think that meant if you chat on the computer you don’t hit the button and there’s a meltdown. Now I think it means if you chat on the computer you get visitors. Sometimes visitors from the future.

By: dolce

dolce — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:46:39 +0000

I agre with imfromthe past, however…touche! lol