LOST theories

[KarmaSutra]

i guess i never suspected the french lady's team bringing the polar bears. do french people have much access to polar bears?
seems to me that dharma had more money to invest in such experiments and research than french lady's team.... and probably more access to the polar bears.
whatcha think?

She and her team were scientists whose boat crashed on the Island after the Pirates of the Black Rock (the Islands' original inhabitants). They brought the bears with them from an expedition from one of the poles.

 

[penkitten]

She and her team were scientists whose boat crashed on the Island after the Pirates of the Black Rock (the Islands' original inhabitants). They brought the bears with them from an expedition from one of the poles.

http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Polar_bear
According to the Blu-Ray Exclusive Feature Access Granted of Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD), Dharma brought the polar bears to the island. They were set free when the hostiles took over and they bred.

 

[Victory Unlimited]

LOST is a phenomena.

It seems to be becoming another one of those rare Television series destined to reach the cult-like following that things like the X-Files and Star Trek have already reached (just to name a FEW...).

Like Star Trek, this series has created a whole new world and terminologies too. The world of LOST is one where hope, despair, possibilities, AND LIMITATIONS are all amplified to such an extent where it it feels alien-----yet still attractively INTRIGUING to the audience. I think what differentiates it from Star Trek is it's ability to create characters that are not necessarily iconic, but rather very passionate and very human-----these qualities make audiences relate to them more.

But what it has in common with shows like The X-Files is that it gives you just enough answers to keep you invested in the constant mystery. In this, I believe it surpasses The X-FIles (which I was a HUGE fan of, by the way...).

The danger inherent with "perpetual mystery" shows like LOST is that there is always a fine line between a well-put-together PUZZLE, and a convoluted piece of SHYT. Let's hope the show's writers continue to keep their focus and execute wisely. For alas, how these shows eventually END, whether it be with a bang or a whimper, is what will really tell the tale of it's Legacy.

My hope is that the LOST-thrill ride will be WORTH the price of us buying the ticket.


Peace...one day.

 

[KarmaSutra]

She and her team were scientists whose boat crashed on the Island after the Pirates of the Black Rock (the Islands' original inhabitants). They brought the bears with them from an expedition from one of the poles.

Christ. Well now I have to rethink this whole damned thing.

 

[penkitten]

Christ. Well now I have to rethink this whole damned thing.

thats what happens when i find out something that disproves my own theories.
like the old ladies i thought were the same that were not!!

 

[Harpe]

Another great episode last night. So far this season is shaping up nicely. Even though not that much happened in the first ep and not that much has actually happened on the island, the flashbacks/forwards have been compelling enough to keep me interested. Hopefully they can keep it up, and not let things drag like they did in the beginning of the last season.

Ghost whisperers? Polar Bears and dharma signs in the desert? A physicist who was weirdly affected by the news of the crash? a fake(?) oceanic plane in the ocean? Why send THESE people to the island to get Ben, as naomi said they aren't really fit for the job (obviously there is yet another objective). Have Dharma regrouped and are now launching their own offensive against the others?
Locke seemed surprised that Hurley mentioned the cabin...did he think he and Ben were the only ones?

Ben continues to be the most interesting character on the show. Trigger happy, manipulative, and even though he is tied up he is still always one step ahead of everyone else, as Sawyer said.

The new characters seem intersting enough, certainly better than the introdution of the tailies (with the exception of Eko).

Looks like we have another flash forward to look forward to next week, as another of the Oceanic 6 gets revealed.

 

[penkitten]

my biggest question:

why does ben have a freggin guy on their boat to start with?

 

[KarmaSutra]

Just watched it for the third time and this was a great episode. It's looking like the parallel universe theory may actually play a part in this.

 

[penkitten]

Just watched it for the third time and this was a great episode. It's looking like the parallel universe theory may actually play a part in this.

if that is true, how can richard travel to and from the island?

 

[KarmaSutra]

if that is true, how can richard travel to and from the island?

Richard used the submarine to get from The Island to the real world.

 

[kickureface]

michael could be on the boat. finally. that stupid bastard

 

[KarmaSutra]

michael could be on the boat. finally. that stupid bastard

EXCELLENT CALL! I would not have thought to put Michael on the freighter as Bens contact.

Very interesting.

 

[penkitten]

Richard used the submarine to get from The Island to the real world.

i meant how would it be possible with a parallel universe / time shift sort of thing going on..
because one of my first thoughts with lost is that either they were all dead and in purgatory (which the writer's say is not the case) or a parallel universe .
i mean, it's not unheard of... for hundreds of years people have wondered.."where did all the b52s go when they were flying over the bermuda triangle" and "what ever happened to amelia ernheart"?
so i can totally buy the concept .. HOWEVER it raises these questions :
1. how would people leave the time warp only to re- enter it later
such as richard in the submarine
2. how would anyone have ever figured a time warp out , and it's exact location to bring folks there ... such as dharma

the second question could be answered by.. someone found it on accident and remembered it so they could go back and forth later... however it does not explain the comings and goings.

no one has ever returned from the so called bermuda triange time warp....

 

[penkitten]

michael could be on the boat. finally. that stupid bastard

you are a genius! i was wondering all this time why ben gave him some co ordinances that he must follow exactly and it might have led him to this freighter, and i also wondered how they would write him back into the script as we all know, he had a big role and none of us thought he would really be gone.

 

[Harpe]

http://mirrormattermoon.blogspot.com/

Is the island on a mirror matter moon?

The guy goes into quite a lot of detail explaining his theory, which I guess has a basis in pseudo science circles.

Not really sure that I buy into very much of it, but I find it amazing the thought that people put into this show trying to figure it out.

 

[Ever onward]

What is the time warp theory?

 

[penkitten]

What is the time warp theory?

you mean in general?

 

[Ever onward]

Yeah, I suppose in general.

I don't see any hints of any time warping having occurred. Maybe I'm having tunnel vision here.

A lot of people always cite Richard as not aging so I think that's what you all are getting at. I disagree on that. When Richard first met Ben, I take it Richard was supposed to be in his late teens (roughly 5 year older than Ben). Now I take it that Richard is supposed to be in his mid forties and that would make Ben in his early forties. What I think confuses people is the fact that they can only "reverse age" an actor so much for flash backs.

 

[penkitten]

http://www.gravitywarpdrive.com/Bermuda_Triangle_Space-Time_Warps.htm
basically this explains the theories about the bermuda triangle but it isnt the history channel explanation...

most of us think that richard was a pirate that came to the island a really really long time ago on the black rock ship and that he never ages.
http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/bruce_gernon.html
http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/Spirit centers/Bermuda_Triangle.asp



http://www.history.com/media.do?id=tdih_dec05_broadband&action=clip
http://www.history.com/media.do?id=mysteries_devils_triangle_broadband&action=clip

 

[Ever onward]

Aw Penny, you gave me homework! Okay I promise to check it out...

But I subscribe to the theory that the Others are descended from those that built the 'statue foot' from season 2 and that Richard, is just an actor they tried to make look younger (but failed) in the flash back.