LOST - the unanswered questions thread (SPOILER discussion)

Warmachine, yeah, that made me laugh out loud for real.

Those were the funniest ones in the group, but I'll post some of the others that were not lame:

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And this one, just because I like Richard:

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If you want to see more you can go to this link, but I didn't think any of the others were funny: LOL: A New Batch of LOST Funnies – February 2010 || FusedFilm.com
 
A sneak peek into the 12 minute short included on the DVD set and what's in it. Link inside, but only look if you want to be spoiled:

Lost, Michael Emerson | 'Lost' DVD and More Exclusive EW First Looks! | Photo 1 of 34 | EW.com

One Last Glimpse of Lost

The season 6 DVD, out Aug. 24, offers an original, 12-minute vignette called ''The New Man in Charge,'' a tantalizing look at what Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and Ben (Michael Emerson, left) do as the new Island overseers. ''Ben is going around to Dharma installations and closing some down,'' Emerson says. ''There are some good surprises.'' And yes, ''it does answer questions.'' —Adam B. Vary

It will be too short, that's all I can say.
 
I was a hard core fan of LOST - I hung by EVERY episode through the fifth season. When the ISLAND took a turn for the Everyone is DEAD and this is purgatory until you can put your sole to rest before you move on to heaven, hell, or your final destination - they betrayed everything the producers promised fans during the first season. Did they forget saying "No they are not dead - this is NOT purgatory." :cry

You might want to keep watching, the island isn't purgatory.
 
You might want to keep watching, the island isn't purgatory.

I think you can make a pretty good argument that it is, starting with the pilot and that a commercial jetliner breaks up at 38,000 feet and floats gently enough to the ground that 48 people survive. I think (despite all assurances to the contrary by Team Darlton) that the producers always intended that and viewers figured it out too quickly so they denied it. The final proof is that they ended up in a type of small-P purgatory at the end, anyhow.

I enjoy all the various interpretations (LOST is a game, the timey-wimey one Willie just posted, the it-really-happened one Darlton keeps advancing, etc.), but I think I'm going to end up on Dave Sim's side on this one: all stories are true.
 
Yeah, I think you could make the argument that they were dead the whole time. Most people I talk to believe that.
 
I think you can make a pretty good argument that it is, starting with the pilot and that a commercial jetliner breaks up at 38,000 feet and floats gently enough to the ground that 48 people survive. I think (despite all assurances to the contrary by Team Darlton) that the producers always intended that and viewers figured it out too quickly so they denied it. The final proof is that they ended up in a type of small-P purgatory at the end, anyhow.


But that really isn't the same thing. Even if it was their intent early on, that isn't what they settled with.

To say they were dead the whole time is essentially to say that they all died when the plane crashed... then slowly died again in purgatory 1, then were reminded they were dead in purgatory 2. What's the point in that? How does that mesh with what Christian says about how they are all joined in the afterlife because the most importaint aspects of their LIFE was the time they spent on the island?
 
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But that really isn't the same thing. Even if it was their intent early on, that isn't what they settled with.

To say they were dead the whole time is essentially to say that they all died when the plane crashed... then slowly died again in purgatory 1, then were reminded they were dead in purgatory 2. What's the point in that? How does that mesh with what Christian says about how they are all joined in the afterlife because the most importaint aspects of their LIFE was the time they spent on the island?

Me, I think the Island and the last "waiting room" bit were all of a piece. But no matter which way, everything Christian said was a metaphor, no matter which way you come down on it. Either way, dude was dead the whole time, and everybody knows the dead always speak in riddles. :)
 
Sorry, I just don't see the evidence for it. The characters contradict that theory, and the show runners say island = real world; how can I argue?
 
Sorry, I just don't see the evidence for it.

Don't see Christian as dead the whole time? May I commend you to:

NAKED PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE OR NO INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY | Spectacularry.com

The characters contradict that theory, and the show runners say island = real world; how can I argue?

Certainly not the first time authors have misdirected for the audience's entertainment? Jeff Fahey was telling anyone who'd listen, there, at the end, that Lapidus was dead dead dead, for example. :)
 
I think we might be talking about two different things. My comment about lack of evidence was referring to the idea of the island being purgatory. Of course Christian was dead the whole time. What is your connection between dead Christian and the island being purgatory?
 
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