tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post3337420700788305072..comments2023-08-08T08:06:21.781-05:00Comments on Long Live Locke.: S6Ep5 - LighthouseErika (aka "e")http://www.blogger.com/profile/17051946388926947935noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-55173169124883409002010-03-12T12:56:53.981-06:002010-03-12T12:56:53.981-06:00Don't know why your exact words finally trigge...Don't know why your exact words finally triggered it in my head, but your comment about the Island nudging people toward a fate made something click. What if in the alternate timeline everyone gets to live out these redemptive lives, but then something horrible ends up happening to all of humanity? I agree with you that the ending has to make sense to the non-message board crowd, but the Valenzetti equation and the idea of the end of the world were put out there. What if the choice someone (Jack?) has to make is between everyone living a life of suffering to save the world, or living happily until it ends? Fate vs Free Will. It only ends once, everything else is just progress.<br />I look forward to your take every week. Thank you.WarrenJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458086009016100517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-55930531751081081762010-03-12T00:14:11.993-06:002010-03-12T00:14:11.993-06:00Just came from reading the Lighthouse entry. I am ...Just came from reading the Lighthouse entry. I am also<br />very curious about the identity of Adam and Eve. I was <br />watching season one again a couple of weeks (not sure which episode) and Hurley made a joke about Jack and Kate moving into the caves together. Just a joke? Maybe not!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409687536119112363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-76616029098247168482010-03-03T17:19:21.009-06:002010-03-03T17:19:21.009-06:00I throughly enjoy your posts and I look forward to...I throughly enjoy your posts and I look forward to them after every show. I like your format also; it's a nice easy read. Thanks for continuing to blog even when your sick and I'm sure super busy with your new job. Thanks again!!Kristinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-7367026961608675472010-03-02T16:37:10.051-06:002010-03-02T16:37:10.051-06:00DARIUSH -
Hmm, seems like *SOMEBODY* needs to pa...DARIUSH - <br /><br />Hmm, seems like *SOMEBODY* needs to pay better attention! : ) <br /><br />Your original comment was entered in to the post for What Kate Does. It is still there at the end.<br /><br />https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20981436&postID=4874588889000474177<br /><br />One I publish I comment I don't go back through them and delete any -- ever.<br /><br />I also don't have time to respond individually to comments anymore, but rather I respond to the most frequent questions in the next write-up. If you don't know why this is, then you missed my "The Future of Long Live Locke" post which explains why I'm cutting down on my write-ups this year.<br /><br />And for the record, I don't think there is any significance to the fact that a few of the main characters' fathers have died. The bigger thing is that they almost all have daddy issues that they need resolved, and that's something we've known since Season 1.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!<br />- eErika (aka "e")https://www.blogger.com/profile/17051946388926947935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-34946004042291279362010-03-02T14:11:01.491-06:002010-03-02T14:11:01.491-06:00Dear E,
My name is DARIUSH,this is my second comme...Dear E,<br />My name is DARIUSH,this is my second comment.Not only did the first one not get any answer or attention!,but also it was earased from the list of comments after a day.why?!! just kiddin.i'd asked : Is there any significance 2 the death of main characters' fathers?<br />btw,as i mentioned b4(in my first ignored comment!!),i love ur recaps.sth is worth mentionin though,as the time goes by and we get closer 2 the end of this amazin ride with "LOST" and recaps,it seems 2 me that u r gettin softer in lettin go of lots of unanswered questions.as u keep sayin in ur write-ups,i guess even u,have made a peace with the fact that those questiones,even the important ones,r gonna b left unanswered.i hope i'm wrong 4 my sake and the sake of all other hard core fans.no matter what happens,there's no doubt in my mind or in the mind of the people who visit this site that u r "THE ONE" among all the lost recapers.<br />keep up the good work<br />peaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-63792933130849016272010-03-02T12:16:00.624-06:002010-03-02T12:16:00.624-06:00Hope you feel better soon. I hate being sick!
Hi...Hope you feel better soon. I hate being sick! <br /><br />Hi! So I was just eating lunch when I read "Are they jealous of my tank top collection? I mean, they're pretty fitted to my body but I will totally share if that's what's causing the problem here." <br />and literally I almost choked because I was laughing. No worries. I wouldn't blame anyone for my inability to take small bites and chew carefully. But it's rare that someone can make me do that. <br /><br />Ok. So I was just journaling old school my self about Lost and I wrote "The Sideways world is one in which the island does not exist" which I followed up immediately with "and of course I just stated the obvious" <br /><br />I just feel like we forget that I guess. And. I feel like there is something super obvious about it that is in plain sight that we aren't noticing because we don't know to notice it yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-69884454198701755602010-03-02T09:09:46.375-06:002010-03-02T09:09:46.375-06:00I agree with Mac about the Tic-Tac-Toe game, being...I agree with Mac about the Tic-Tac-Toe game, being a symbol. When I saw that scene it reminded me of War Games (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/). Where they have to show the computer that nobody can win "Thermonuclear War", but having it play itself in Tic-Tac-Toe over and over. <br /><br />There has been no "winner" in the Jacob vs. Man in Black battle for years and years. It also ties with the ying-yang/good vs. evil balance.<br /><br />Actually, I'm just glad I got to talk about War Games . . .HappyNatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-21294618962808076152010-03-02T04:04:46.512-06:002010-03-02T04:04:46.512-06:00In House of the Rising Sun, Jack also suggested th...In House of the Rising Sun, Jack also suggested that the caves were too good of a place to be used exclusively as a tomb. He decided a shelter would be a more fitting use. I always assumed that that meant they were going to move the skeleton couple out of the caves and use their resting place for extra counter space.<br />I was actually very suprised to see that the skeletons were still in the caves at all. But the fact that they've been moved closer to each other doesn't necessarily mean someone's made a mistake. That could just be where Jack moved them to when he moved in. A little Feng Shui to spruce up a tomb never hurt anybody.Spaniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286299139833373919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-65233570329494103742010-03-01T20:59:30.713-06:002010-03-01T20:59:30.713-06:00Hello, I want to thank you four your recaps, love ...Hello, I want to thank you four your recaps, love each one of them and read them many times, I wish a have a theory, but still LOST, with so many events every week is very difficult to make my mind.<br /><br />Hope you are well now, take care.<br /><br />Greetings from Colombia South America,<br />LucyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599807893175415525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-21669711254226687752010-03-01T15:15:44.342-06:002010-03-01T15:15:44.342-06:00@Nick Markart - What else is interesting is that D...@Nick Markart - What else is interesting is that David wrote Psalm 23. Lots of cool coincidences in Lost.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190940847353886218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-2329576646074752032010-03-01T14:46:08.225-06:002010-03-01T14:46:08.225-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190940847353886218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-20690349961989070562010-03-01T12:47:23.074-06:002010-03-01T12:47:23.074-06:00E! I know I'm a little late on the "cong...E! I know I'm a little late on the "congratulations on the book deal" but I say better late than never. Congrats on the book deal! It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. Your blog is awesome!<br /><br />Also, when Kate's name wasn't written on the "candidate cave" in The Substitute, I immediately thought that it made her very important. Jacob touched her but never wrote down her name. Like he knew MIB would find the cave. She's the wildcard.Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179355461275557401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-29106745945143199502010-03-01T12:20:07.632-06:002010-03-01T12:20:07.632-06:00Big fan of the blog!! Just recently stumbled upon ...Big fan of the blog!! Just recently stumbled upon it from Sussing Out LOST. Just wanted to point out: (My husband and I are re-watching all seasons on netflix in preparation for the big finale) In season 2, when they first go into the hatch and meet Desmond, there is a big sun drawn on the wall with the number 108 in it... Maybe you remembered that, but I thought it was interesting!!The Andelinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044333518907209627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-84753902203440034432010-03-01T00:22:39.185-06:002010-03-01T00:22:39.185-06:00(Continued from previous post...)
So the sideway ...(Continued from previous post...)<br /><br />So the sideway timestream and the original timestream are identical up until 1977, then they split and different things start happening in each. This allows plenty of time for Jack to have a teenage son that he didn't have in the original timestream. I think this is why the producers are adamant that the sideways timeline is not a dream or "what-if" story, but is just as real as the original timeline. <br /><br />Another part of this theory is that both the bomb energy and the "time/electromagnetic" energy under the Swan were used up in creating the Sideways timestream, so there was no immediate devastation on the island. This allows for Ethan, Ben, plus both Others and Dahrma people to leave the Island and become doctors, teachers, etc. (I don't think the bomb sunk the island. I think that something else caused it at least a little bit later, otherwise Ben would not have had time to leave the island).<br /><br />So the combined energy of the bomb and the time/electromagnetic energy under the island was a big enough "boulder" to create a new timestream, but in a universe where "whatever happened, happened' and there are no paradoxes, the original timeline is preserved because the original circumstances are needed to create the opportunity to set off the bomb.<br /><br />Now the timestream is still going to course-correct back into one timeline, but it's taking 30+ years rather than the week or so that we saw in Desmond/Charlie's case. I think the two timelines will merge/course correct back into one shortly before the series finale (maybe during the series finale). The interesting thing will be if the charaters who are still alive after the merge will remember both realities or not. (I don't think there will be two Jacks, Sawyers, etc because the course corrections on Charlie's death didn't create multiple Charlies.)<br /><br />Anyway, this was pretty much the view I've had since watching the season premier and so far the new revelations have only supported it. I may be entirely wrong, but so far it matches the evidence we've been shown.Greg S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-17537471739812314552010-03-01T00:21:54.066-06:002010-03-01T00:21:54.066-06:00I like your thoughts on the relationship between t...I like your thoughts on the relationship between the two timelines. <br />A lot of people seem to have a problem understanding the sideways universe because they think it only diverged from the original one when flight 815 landed in LA. Juliet's cryptic "it worked" gives us a clue to what created the sideways universe. The sideways universe is a divergent reality that was created by Jack and co. successfully preventing "the incident".<br /><br />My current theory is as follows:<br /><br />Faraday was right when he says "what happened, happened". There is one timestream that can get split into two realities, but these separate realities always "course correct" back to the main timestream. We saw some examples of this when Desmond kept saving Charlie's life. But Desmond's interference only delayed Charlies death by several days. The timestream only took about a week to course correct.<br /><br />Now when Faraday came up with his new "variables" theory, he used the metaphor of throwing pebbles into a river. You can cause a small disturbance in the flow of the river, but it quickly returns to normal. This is the metaphor for Desmond's diverting Charlie's death for a few days. Then Faraday said if you could get a big enough boulder you could actually divert the flow of the stream permanently. This was a metaphor for his theory that preventing the incident would mean no "button pushing" etc. and therefore no 815 plane crash.<br /><br />I think Faraday's reasoning here was all correct, but failed to take into account the paradox of time travel being the mechanism which put them in a place to prevent the Incident. If they prevent the 815 crash, then no one is there to prevent the incident.<br /><br />So when Juliet set off the bomb (and I bellieve she did) that energy, plus the energy being released by the drill hole was enough to create a new reality where the incident did not happen, but instead of "diverting" the timestream into the new course, it "split it in two" so now we have two equally valid timestreams running "side by side". <br /><br />(Continued in next post...)Greg S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-590159828238623712010-02-28T21:18:04.608-06:002010-02-28T21:18:04.608-06:00I felt the same spark of indignation over the ligh...I felt the same spark of indignation over the lighthouse (minor, just a spark) and I told my husband the best birthday present I could ever get would be a annotated map of the island, including all pertinent landmarks and settlements. <br /><br />Great write up Erica! I Hope you feel better by now.Aunt J-hahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995948480769811407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-34601197951858084752010-02-28T21:14:06.065-06:002010-02-28T21:14:06.065-06:00I just keep wondering if they are going to start t...I just keep wondering if they are going to start to die like they did on the island. Like, how much is predetermined. Locke was always going to be paralyzed, Rose was always going to have cancer. Was Boone going to die at a young age anyway? or was it just because he was on the island that he died? Are they going to start dying in a similar way as they died on the island?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-84223915650572571292010-02-28T18:58:41.796-06:002010-02-28T18:58:41.796-06:00I noticed something!! jacks number is 23, and in t...I noticed something!! jacks number is 23, and in the bible, psalm 23 is the psalm of the shepherd! <br /><br />heres a little equation..<br /><br />Jack Shepard = #23 = Psalm 23 = Psalm of the Shepherd<br /><br />**GASP**Nick Markarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18063294322564792892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-76055085916131031022010-02-28T15:00:59.164-06:002010-02-28T15:00:59.164-06:00A few for ya...
What if Kate's real last name ...A few for ya...<br />What if Kate's real last name is Wallace, she has used many alias's? That would explain why she wasn't on the ceiling in the cave and she could be 108. <br />When they first show Jack's condo, there is a picure of Jack with his Dad in a white suit and a women, I think it's his mom, but she almost looks too young. Can anyone confirm who that is? <br />I found it interesting that the lighthouse would show "someone" how to get to the island and the lamppost showed the oceanic 6 how to get back.<br />Overall, I think the sideways flashes are mirror laden because there are like the reflection, reversed as compared to reality, I think the sideways flashes are only another way of working coincidence into the show and seeing an alternative life to what is really happening on island. I think the island is more important than we know.<br />I have also been thinking about Flocke and Zombie Dad, what if Jack's dad was the Shepard on the list and that's why his Dad's house was seen in the mirror, then his dad may have been a candidate and possibly touched by Jacob while he was visiting Jack. If the Dead dad's body lands on the island, maybe Smokey/MIB can take that form and is stuck like that until another dead candidate shows up and then he can get stuck in that. Jack's dad would never have been able to get ben or potentially anybody else to kill Jacob, Locke had the trust and relationship with the Others and Richard and Ben to get to Jacob. <br />There has to be more to Ben as many other fellow bloggers are saying.<br />FYI, I did enter the T-shirt contest with a "Dogen's School of Medicine" entry with the tag line "A tradition of teaching proven medical techniques"<br />Thanks for the write up!!!Brasconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-39856417619078598032010-02-28T13:10:10.539-06:002010-02-28T13:10:10.539-06:00Thats where I have seen him beore I thought he was...Thats where I have seen him beore I thought he was one of the thugs in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey!!Garry UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-30504537747144140192010-02-28T12:58:26.647-06:002010-02-28T12:58:26.647-06:00your name's lebowski, lebowski. you wife is bu...your name's lebowski, lebowski. you wife is bunny. <br /><br />he is also rita's ex paul in dexter. . . .Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070730445523597957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-80148677515465473672010-02-28T12:39:32.825-06:002010-02-28T12:39:32.825-06:00I think the David Wallace theory fits, and I know ...I think the David Wallace theory fits, and I know just where to find him in the original timeline: Scranton, PA! (That's right, Office reference :D)Inquisitornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-29154716714789314002010-02-28T11:02:57.131-06:002010-02-28T11:02:57.131-06:00Have any of you Big Lebowski fans ever noticed tha...Have any of you Big Lebowski fans ever noticed that Jacob (Mark Pellegrino) is Woo's (the rug piser) accomplice??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-67146469700737506082010-02-28T09:58:29.858-06:002010-02-28T09:58:29.858-06:00Light/dark, or 815ers/others are themes that reall...Light/dark, or 815ers/others are themes that really boil down to good/evil. For a long time, most Lost fans assumed that good/evil was the major themes in this show. I think we'll find that as the season rolls on that good/evil will no longer exist, or at the very least, what we thought of as good, is actually not so good - leaving the viewer to conclude there is no good or evil, just point of veiw from one side or another.<br /><br />We've seen this already in the show. The idea of 'others' is anyone who isn't us. The others were evil at first, until we found out a bit more about them. Now they are part of us (815ers). Our point of veiw changed, so it is no longer good vrs. evil with the original others.<br /><br />Free will versus determinism I feel is going to be the main theme this season, and for the series as a whole. The off island life (free will) looks like it's going much better for everyone. On island (determinism via Jacobs manipulation) is not a path they chose, but one thrust onto them - or at least, one that was heavily inluenced by a biased outside source.<br /><br />But in the end, that doesn't mean that Jacob is evil and Flocke is good. That's just of point of view, we get to decide the outcome we are comfortable with. We have free will to make our own choice.Benshog@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981436.post-41450303601550359162010-02-28T09:46:35.364-06:002010-02-28T09:46:35.364-06:00I think whoever made the point of Claire possibly ...I think whoever made the point of Claire possibly being dead for 3 years in the jungle is onto something. I hate to get all parental about the plot line (but really, parents are HUGE in everything that happens) but that is really the only explanation that I'm willing to accept for why Claire just wandered off into the jungle, leaving Aaron. It would also make sense when you factor in Claire showing up in Kate's house when Kate is raising Aaron DEMANDING that she not bring him back, as if the real Claire, not the "claimed" one, is making a plea for her son's safety? <br /><br />Also, did Ben die? When he was young Ben, after Sayid shot him? They took him to the Temple, where the water was still clean, but did they fix him in time? Could he have been a "claimed" Ben, walking around all this time, messing with everyone? Juliet and Alex both commented to other people about Ben's being dangerous. Ben allows Alex to get killed, kills Locke, and then basically blows Richard off, not to mention the killing of Jacob, what IS his beef with the world? It can't just be the stuff with Roger Workman, or if it is, he's the touchiest, most childish dude on the show. Everyone else seems to be working through their daddy/mommy issues. <br /><br />Anywho, wonderful reading yours and everyone's take on things; I can't wait for the next bombshell!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070730445523597957noreply@blogger.com