Risquit on 4/2/2010 at 16:24
I was WAY off on the Smoke Monster. I thought it would be revealed to be a cloud of nanoparticles, like from Michael Crichton's Prey.
And why did the other Others pronounce Sayid dead only for him to wake 10 minutes later? And if Desmond disappeared from the plane at the instance the crash should have happened, is he on a diverted path now, giving us at least three alternate universes (his, the "no crash", and the "still on the island")?
But Juliet's dead voice told Miles that "it worked". Yeah, they answered questions with more questions.
T-Smith on 4/2/2010 at 23:32
The nanites theory for smokey was stated to be false even as far back as season 3.
That said, if it hadn't then it would have been the best credible theory. Prey is an excellent example, and with the huge role electromangetism plays on the show it would seem possible.
Still, the monster being Jacob's enemy was pretty heavily hinted at towards the end of season 5, especially in "Dead is Dead".
doctorfrog on 5/2/2010 at 21:10
My theory: The island is some sort of space/time roving stage for generic sci-fi fantasy battles between good and evil. Good and evil also aren't strictly good and evil, but some sort of other fuzzily-defined poles that are always in opposition. Each time a civilization finds the island, some sort of symbolic battle occurs, at the end of which, some generic balance is restored. The survivors of flight number whatever are the reincarnated old souls of the players in this staged battle that occurs every X number years/centuries/millenia. They're gathered at the island for the Xth time to play their parts. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
My attraction to Lost in the first two seasons was that the show smartly approached every sci-fi cliche in the book, but narrowly avoided collision, taking an unexpected turn at the last moment. This energy ran out of steam as the show became weighed down, which is a little disappointing, but perhaps couldn't be avoided. Also, there was the allure of secrets, which seemed to pepper the show with hidden meaning, but have become bland and mundane in retrospect, as the writers actually became forced to give those great secrets meaning. It reminds me of Stanton Dowd's comments about the levels of secrecy in the Illuminati, how the allure of the secrets of each level were based on secrecy alone, and the rituals themselves were essentially meaningless.
In short, the show was much more interesting when it was dotted with the remains of mysterious and creepy research stations with spooky, exotic names, where science was just touching the edge of crazy with its fingertip.
I still enjoy the show, and I'm glad they've decided to tie it up and bring it to an end, but it did lose sight of its own magic some time ago.
quinch on 5/2/2010 at 21:29
But Desmond was not on the original flight. He was pressing the buttons underground on the island.
And that bloke saying he was the monster doesn't really answer any big questions either. It's just yet another narrative sidestep. Fucking hell, how many of those have we had over the years???
And yeah, totally agree with the magic of Lost as told by doctorfrog.
thefonz on 5/2/2010 at 21:50
Well, I really enjoyed the two opening episodes. Nice to see the guy from The Last Samurai getting some work and the temple was pretty cool.
My favourite quote though is Abrams or Lindelof saying that the previous 5 seasons are "pretty much pointless" in terms of tying up whats going to happen in the finale.
:cheeky:
frozenman on 5/2/2010 at 22:32
Can you watch these online like previous seasons, anyone know?
I've watched sketchy amounts of season 5, maybe more than I remember but generally I was really drunk whenever I watched Lost, but I'm looking for something to watch and this sounds a reasonable choice.
Tonamel on 5/2/2010 at 22:36
I'm pretty sure both ABC's website and Hulu have the full run of the show available right now.
Risquit on 5/2/2010 at 23:35
Quote Posted by quinch
But Desmond was not on the original flight. He was pressing the buttons underground on the island.
Right, which means when he sat next to Jack on the flight, we can assume that the H-bomb worked and he never had to push the button in the hatch and he never had to sail the world looking for Penny. So why is he sitting next to Jack and then gone? Significant?
quinch on 6/2/2010 at 00:21
Ah yes of course, I see now.
I'm a bit concerned I will have to stop drinking while watching this program now for the first time. And maybe invest in a laptop and some data flow software too.
Because I can feel a heavy flow coming on that's for sure.
