Official LOST Thread

boo boo · 02-23-2010, 08:56 PM

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Man Claire is a b*tch. I liked that black guy...

Next week looks epic. And by that I mean the fact that they won't even show us anything from it speaks volumes.

Why? He didn't really do anything.

Anyway, I don't know who to believe on this, weither the others are telling the truth about this whole infection thing.

Claire has a pretty good reason to hate the others, I mean, electrocuting and branding her with a hot iron, without telling her why, that's some f*cked up sh*t right there. So I don't know if she's really all "evil" now or if she's just really crazy and pissed off.

One thing I want to know is, how can Ben still be alive and off the island in that alternate timeline? If Jack's plan to blow up the whole island succeeded and created an alternate timeline, then shouldn't Ben be dead since he was on that island as a kid? How did he survive? I also want to know how in the hell ANYONE is alive right now. I mean the f*cking island blows up and yet... it didn't, and everyone gets nothing more than a bad headache.

But whatever, it's not any less bizarre than what you normally get from Lost.

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Even if this season's "direction" isn't clear...I feel like every episode so far could have been...well...done in one episode.

Eh, I dont agree. Lost isn't just about explaining all the plot points, the character development is important too and I don't mind too much when an episode decides to focus more on a character than moving the plot forward. However this is the last season, so the writers really need to step it up and explain as much as they possibly can. The only real revelations in the new episode is that now we know how The Others know so much about the survivers, and a few other things that I won't spoil for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

Still, pretty good episode.

**Janszoon** · 02-23-2010, 09:13 PM

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One thing I want to know is, how can Ben still be alive and off the island in that alternate timeline? If Jack's plan to blow up the whole island succeeded and created an alternate timeline, then shouldn't Ben be dead since he was on that island as a kid? How did he survive? I also want to know how in the hell ANYONE is alive right now. I mean the f*cking island blows up and yet... it didn't, and everyone gets nothing more than a bad headache.

Maybe that's not how the island ended up under water?

noise · 03-02-2010, 06:35 AM

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One thing I want to know is, how can Ben still be alive and off the island in that alternate timeline? If Jack's plan to blow up the whole island succeeded and created an alternate timeline, then shouldn't Ben be dead since he was on that island as a kid? How did he survive? I also want to know how in the hell ANYONE is alive right now. I mean the f*cking island blows up and yet... it didn't, and everyone gets nothing more than a bad headache.

think back to Jack and his "new" scar from having his appendix removed as a kid. it seems that the bomb changed things that occurred even before the bomb went off. i'm not sure how changing the past can change the past that happened before the past that you changed, but i'm sure we'll get an explanation

OceanAndSilence · 03-02-2010, 08:17 PM

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think back to Jack and his "new" scar from having his appendix removed as a kid. it seems that the bomb changed things that occurred even before the bomb went off. i'm not sure how changing the past can change the past that happened before the past that you changed, but i'm sure we'll get an explanation

seriously they're making it up as they go along.

THE WRITERS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THEY MADE IN THE FIRST FEW SEASONS

no wonder it's so ****ed up.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-02-2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OceanAndSilence

seriously they're making it up as they go along.

THE WRITERS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THEY MADE IN THE FIRST FEW SEASONS

no wonder it's so ****ed up.

Why do you say that? They know the ending of the show and the general arc, so everything else in the middle that isn't as important essentially can be made up "as they go along".

OceanAndSilence · 03-05-2010, 09:27 AM

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Why do you say that? They know the ending of the show and the general arc, so everything else in the middle that isn't as important essentially can be made up "as they go along".

they know the ending now but they were stalling for the past few seasons, and as the mysteries of this season bifurcate there's still many unresolved ones (libby's plot for example was truncated as she was offed for sympathy) and the numbers, etc. etc. I'm not saying that they can't do it, but **** I'm honestly expecting nothing more than a deus ex machina.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-05-2010, 10:22 AM

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they know the ending now but they were stalling for the past few seasons, and as the mysteries of this season bifurcate there's still many unresolved ones (libby's plot for example was truncated as she was offed for sympathy) and the numbers, etc. etc. I'm not saying that they can't do it, but **** I'm honestly expecting nothing more than a deus ex machina.

Actually no, Darlton has said a script for the overall arc has existed since Season 2.

OceanAndSilence · 03-05-2010, 08:42 PM

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Actually no, Darlton has said a script for the overall arc has existed since Season 2.

and you believe the script remained stagnant for that entire duration?

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 03-10-2010, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

One thing I want to know is, how can Ben still be alive and off the island in that alternate timeline? If Jack's plan to blow up the whole island succeeded and created an alternate timeline, then shouldn't Ben be dead since he was on that island as a kid? How did he survive? I also want to know how in the hell ANYONE is alive right now. I mean the f*cking island blows up and yet... it didn't, and everyone gets nothing more than a bad headache.

But whatever, it's not any less bizarre than what you normally get from Lost.

Ben got onto the submarine with his father, as did Ethan and his mother. That's why they are alive, because they weren't there for the blast.

Interesting logic here - the survivors lives seem much better off without the influence of Jacob. I think i'm starting to side with the MIB here.

Rickenbacker · 03-10-2010, 12:50 PM

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Interesting logic here - the survivors lives seem much better off without the influence of Jacob. I think i'm starting to side with the MIB here.

Not sure if this is true. I think it will become more clear as the season goes on, but beyond not being trapped on an island, life is not much better for many of the characters.