Comments on: Some interesting yet conflicting details

By: Tas

Tas — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:52:32 +0000

Andre7, I agree and disagee. I think the art directors and continuity guys on Lost need to be some of the best, the attention to details is impressive, and I agree that they know how to keep everything consistent. Yes they have made some little mistakes but I think the difference seen in 2007 Dharmaville are very intentional. I’m just not sure why yet.

By: Andre7

Andre7 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:46:37 +0000

Art Directors for television take copious numbers of polaroid pictures (or digital pictures) of each and every set from every conceivable angle in order to reproduce them with exacting detail. I do not believe that the art department in LOST are lazy or sloppy (overworked, perhaps…)

I read a lot of theories or speculations here that suggest that maybe there is a randomness to their work. I do not believe so. I do believe there could be mis-communication or that the intentions of the producer-writers either change en-route or do not get through to the departments.

This would account for weird little details not seeming “right” to fans when they stick to every little digital frame capture. Like the wrong Dharma station logo on the shark in season 2 (accounted for by the fact that the Hydra logo had not yet been drawn).

By: ilieintheshadowofthestatue

ilieintheshadowofthestatue — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:52:57 +0000

Or rather, if the incident didn’t happen, is it possible that it was Ben’s father Roger who was still living in “Ben’s house”. Of course it seems a bit strange that Roger and Ben kept the interior of the house so similar, in their parallel time lines. Someone who can remember all these houses need to step in here.

By: ilieintheshadowofthestatue

ilieintheshadowofthestatue — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:48:56 +0000

Yes, Yojimbo’s theory “Alt Timeline Started with Ajira” seems to explain all the differences but not why the differences in Ben’s house were not larger than they were.

Or is it possible that Ben grew up in the same house regardless of whether the incident occured or not, and that he kept it looking pretty much the same as when he was a child? Does someone remember?

PS. Weren’t some of the losties playing Risk in Dharmaville at some point?

By: Tas

Tas — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:27:18 +0000

@ Eko, I had a thought on similar lines – what if the loophole is MIB making small changes that the universe doesn’t correct but that accumlate into a huge change over time. The loophole is getting past the power of course correction to change what has happened.

By: ekolocation

ekolocation — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:31 +0000

another way to think about it (following my stubborn train of thought) is that they changed the past slightly…so little things like the appearance of buildings changed but nothing important changed.

like how when eloise tells desmond that they can change how the guy in the red shoes is going to die. but he is going to die nonetheless.

so perhaps they have made enough little changes to affect something bigger in the future just enough, just past the tipping point.

i feel like im fighting a losing battle.

By: BanLinus

BanLinus — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:31:56 +0000

The two time lines are merging. So I guess there could be aspects of both realities that survive into the merged timeline.

By: Tas

Tas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:27:48 +0000

I think a possible explanation could be part of yojimbo’s theory. I had been a separate realities skeptic but that theory made sense to me and it wasn’t about time going round in a loop. Rick, when you get tothese episodes again you’ll see it’s even more than a vibe, they showed things in a reallyspecific way that I don’t think was just a production design choice. But it doesn’t all quite gel and I can’t quite seem to get my head around two timelines both having physical evidence on the island at the same time

By: TheLostProphet

TheLostProphet — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:10 +0000

I am currently working on a theory that this totally helps!

My idea is that Ajira 316 crash landed on the island in 2007, however they crashed in a separate reality (a separate reality is the name of the book young ben gives to Sayid while he’s in Dharma jail). I need to flush this idea out before posting it as a theory, but someone just made a post long these lines. I think season 6 will reveal that from the moment the bomb went off two realities were created, one where the 815ers went into the past, and another where they didn’t.

By: Yojimbo

Yojimbo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:27:07 +0000

Tas, freakily I looked at this same issue last night. Agreed on all points.

I guess it comes down to a question of how accurate the set dressing is vs. how much of a tight leash Darlton have on them…