Official LOST Thread

[Astronomer]

Yeah I know it was mostly for humour, but I still wonder a few things:

- Why did the Others want Walt again? I forgot. And why did he tell Locke not to open the Hatch, and how did he apparate???

- Why are supplies still being dropped on the Island after the purge and by whom?

- Who built the four toed statue and why does it only have 4 toes?

- What are all the hieroglyphics everywhere?

- Why can't women have babies on the island and why is that relevant? (Or isn't it?)

- Why did Ben give Juliet that weird mark on her arm as punishment? What does it mean?

- Why did Desmond see the future at times? And go back and forth between timelines? I don't get Desmond. Why did he see Claire and Aaron leaving on a helicopter? And why did Widmore's electromagnetic experiment send him to the afterlife and back? Someone explain Desmond to me.

- Why can Hurley see dead people?

- What are the 'rules?' and why do they exist? (When Alex gets killed)

- If the smoke monster can't leave the island, how come Jack sees his dead dad off the Island?

- What is the deal with the frozen wheel and the light on the island? Who finished building the wheel? What is the light? And why does the wheel combine "light and water" and what does it do? Why do they end up in the middle of the desert when they turn it?

- Why did the Oceanic 6, including dead Locke, HAVE to return to the Island? And why did they have to recreate the exact same circumstances?

- What is the deal with Eloise? How come she is in the purgatory place, is she dead, if so, then why isn't she 'moving on' and why isn't Faraday at the Church? And what is with that pendulum thing Eloise shows them earlier on in the show?

- Why can Jacob leave the island but his brother (smokey) can't?

- How did Sayid come back to life and why are he and Claire 'infected' and need to voluntarily take poison??

- How does the magic drinking of liquid work when somebody takes over the role of protector of the light and why does it make them "like" the previous person ("you're like me now").

- What was the deal with Widmore? What did he want? I know this has probably be answered or inferred in the show already but I'm confused.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Yeah I know it was mostly for humour, but I still wonder a few things:

- Why did the Others want Walt again? I forgot. And why did he tell Locke not to open the Hatch, and how did he apparate???

Well it seemed like the others had a special interest in children, evidenced from taking the two children from the tail section survivors and their failed attempts to take Claire's baby. But Walt was pretty special in particular, but the writers never fully explained what his actual powers were. But the others probably wanted to experiment with him to find out, he did tell his dad that they were giving him "tests", we never find out what kind of tests they were.

It's possible that Walt was just a tool to get Jack, Sawer and Kate in the end but that would be a very anticlimatic answer.

Walt probably warned Locke because he knew all the chain of events it would lead to.

The Walt issue bugs me more than everything else that this show failed to resolve. I mean it was such a huge plot point, the writers shouldn't get away with raising all these questions without answering them. There's a difference between ambiguity and just f*cking around with you.

- Why are supplies still being dropped on the Island after the purge and by whom?

- Who built the four toed statue and why does it only have 4 toes?

- What are all the hieroglyphics everywhere?

- Why can't women have babies on the island and why is that relevant? (Or isn't it?)

Dammit those are all good questions, the last one probably has some pseudo-scientific explaination involving the electromagnetism of the island or something.

- Why did Ben give Juliet that weird mark on her arm as punishment? What does it mean?

Just a reminder I think.

- Why did Desmond see the future at times? And go back and forth between timelines? I don't get Desmond. Why did he see Claire and Aaron leaving on a helicopter? And why did Widmore's electromagnetic experiment send him to the afterlife and back? Someone explain Desmond to me.

Remember when Desmond took the vaccines while still in the hatch to fight the "sickness" or whatever? My theory is that it was Jacob's magic glowing water or whatever he calls it, that gave Desmond special immunity to radiation. But after the fail safe incident, somehow he traveled in time, HOW? I have no goddamn idea, but it was that experience that gave him the abillity to predict the future.

As for Claire, she probably was supposed to leave the island but puff the magic smoke man f*cked all that up when he manipulated her to stay on the island.

Also I'm not really sure but what if they really did create an alternate timeline? Juliet said it worked didn't she? If there never was an alternate timeline, then WHY? What was the hole in Faraday's theory?

It's possible that it really was an alternate timeline and the whole purgatory thing was just symbolic but that doesnt explain Christain popping out of the damn casket and also the whole "leaving" thing wouldn't make any sense. So I dunno.

- Why can Hurley see dead people?

I dunno but it makes me wonder if that Dave guy was really just an imaginary friend, maybe he was a dead guy?

- What are the 'rules?' and why do they exist? (When Alex gets killed)

No idea.

- If the smoke monster can't leave the island, how come Jack sees his dead dad off the Island?

Maybe that time it was the real deal?

- What is the deal with the frozen wheel and the light on the island? Who finished building the wheel? What is the light? And why does the wheel combine "light and water" and what does it do? Why do they end up in the middle of the desert when they turn it?

Well in the Jacob/MIB episode the guys ol smokey was chillin with created a wheel so they could "leave" the island, I dunno if it's the same wheel that Ben and Locke used under the Orchid station, since Locke found it after falling in a well which is where the smoke guy was building his, I think they're one in the same.

But the one the smoke guy was building was destroyed by his crazy mom killer lady so someone else rebuilt it.

- Why did the Oceanic 6, including dead Locke, HAVE to return to the Island? And why did they have to recreate the exact same circumstances?

Man you conjure up all this stuff I forgot about, maybe that's what the writers were counting on. Again no idea, what caused the second crash anyway? How did that old lady know it would crash?

- What is the deal with Eloise? How come she is in the purgatory place, is she dead, if so, then why isn't she 'moving on' and why isn't Faraday at the Church? And what is with that pendulum thing Eloise shows them earlier on in the show?

Well Desmond told him he wasn't taking Daniel, we don't know why but it's probably because Desmond knew she couldn't part with him.

The pendulum thing was designed by the dharma people and was part of an off island Dharma station called The Lamp Post, it was hidden underneath a church in LA, possibly the same church from the finale.

I think the pendulum is somehow connected to the Valenzetti Equation, which was part of the Lost Experience alternate reality game which I think is canon, it's an equation that the Hanso Foundation used to predict the fate of the world. The core numbers of the equation are you guessed it. 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42.

- Why can Jacob leave the island but his brother (smokey) can't?

Probably because his brother is dead and like all the other "bad" spirits he can't leave.

Again, if only "good" spirits can pass on, then what in the HELL was that Keamy guy (crazy rambo dude from the freighter) doing in purgatory?

- How did Sayid come back to life and why are he and Claire 'infected' and need to voluntarily take poison??

I dunno if this is meant to be taken literally as a real sickness or what. Drawing a blank here, I got nothing.

- How does the magic drinking of liquid work when somebody takes over the role of protector of the light and why does it make them "like" the previous person ("you're like me now").

It's magic.

- What was the deal with Widmore? What did he want? I know this has probably be answered or inferred in the show already but I'm confused.

I think Widmore was simply being a collosal assh*le.

I recommend reading this... it's a two part, very cohesive recap of the finale and the writer gives a very convincing interpretation.

[khfreek]

Originally Posted by khfreek

Like pretty much everything else from that site, that video was balls.

[Astronomer]

Originally Posted by khfreek

So he's basically just saying that television should be dumbed down to predictable, uncreative crap to keep the masses happy.

[khfreek]

I liked the main gist of it; you shouldn't end a major network tv show with people asking questions as to what exactly happened. I wouldn't expect a lost fan to like it, but infomania rules foo <.<

Originally Posted by khfreek

I liked the main gist of it; you shouldn't end a major network tv show with people asking questions as to what exactly happened. I wouldn't expect a lost fan to like it, but infomania rules foo <.<

Lies!

[khfreek]

he didn't mean predictable, he meant coherent and understandable. this thread makes it obvious that the show's conclusion was anything but.

Originally Posted by khfreek

he didn't mean predictable, he meant coherent and understandable. this thread makes it obvious that the show's conclusion was anything but.

I'd hate to ask you to rent the entire series... but rent the entire series. It's awesome.

He says the show got stupid when they introduced the smoke monster? Uh... that was the first episode. If he wants a show about castaways trying to get off an island, then he should consider getting Castaway or Gilligan's Island. This show had a mythology all it's own. Was it perfect? No. Was it damn good? Hell yes.