Comments on: Everybody you HAVE to read this!!!

By: pilouuuu

pilouuuu — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:03:48 +0000

Great post! It makes a lot of sense.

Now just to be nitpicky…

- What or who is David?
- What are the numbers? Just numbers Jacob chose? So why are they everywhere? Simply coincidence? Probably that’s the real reason…

My guesses is that the statue was made by egyptian brought by Jacob at some moment.

The answer for the sharks and polar bears are pretty obvious. They were made by Dharma. Haven’t they answered it?

It was a beautiful and emotive ending, simply not the one most people were expecting.

By: A.E.S.

A.E.S. — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:58:12 +0000

This is a well rounded summary in terms of tying together the FSW world.

I think it does a good job attempting at defending what happened…but unfortunately I think some things are incorrect, and may contribute further to the confusion…

Daddy…nice C and P job…it definitely goes in the direction of what happened, and does a hell of a job in defense…

Some of the things, specifically relating to Jacob and the MIB are issues…

Good post Daddy. We like Lost for a lot of the same reasons, and I cant express how happy I am to here that you liked the overall show…

By: zaurakh

zaurakh — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:27:48 +0000

There is nothing fantastic about writing the End in the beginning if you kill all the characters and gather them in a place (most likely a Church)in the final. Let me explain:
If you write a final which is very different from the beginning (like you have new characters, lets say Eloise,Widmore ; and remove some main character like Sawyer,Kate,Locke or even Jack), it means that you are taking risks. Because it means that you already wrote the events that are going to happen between beginning and the end. You can not change the story depending on the expectations of the fans. What did the writers of Lost did? they wrote a very cliche ending in the beginning, they added and removed characters recklessly but kept the main characters, put mysteries randomly (not talking about polar bear, talking about statue,wheel etc…). In the beginning, they only had some good characters, the island, smoke monster and Jacob. Hah, by the way, a Light in the center of the island.. a very original idea for a 10-year-old writer.. now, even Jack can not fix this story..

By: highbrow

highbrow — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:28:52 +0000

This is just some guy’s theory… I’ve seen it posted all over the internet the last couple of days. Really, it’s not a very good theory. There are huge reaches here like that Jacob has been bringing people to the island to kill his brother. That doesn’t make much sense really. Most of the people he brought were killed right away and Jacob should have known they didn’t stand a chance.

The idea that they couldn’t get Ben into the church at the end because the script had been written before his character was introduced is kinda dumb.

By: Chiefof16

Chiefof16 — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:33:08 +0000

Oh, well thanks daddyx. I didn’t realize you posted this outta frustration. I probably wouldn’t have lost my temper like I did

By: daddyx

daddyx — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:29:28 +0000

Your certainly not blind chief, it does summarize a lot of things that we all should know. I posted this out of frustration for exactly that point. It’s amazing how so many people can watch a show so intently and miss so much. If there was one man I’d trust to sniff out the bullshit then it would be you.

By: Chiefof16

Chiefof16 — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:16:33 +0000

And yeah, the author of this didn’t know what he was talking about. “Jacob probably knew Jack was going to be the one to kill Smokie.” YET…”Jacob brought Dharma to the island to try to kill Smokie.”

If this guy truly worked for Bad Robot, he definitley wasn’t in the cool crowd, as he was told nothing about the show.

By: Chiefof16

Chiefof16 — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:12:03 +0000

I’m gonna get some hateful responses for saying this but…..Most of this is obvious. It doesn’t explain much of anything when it’s all said and done. No kidding the island was real, and the sideways was the afterlife. No kidding Jacob wanted smokie’s existence to end.

There’s a lot of assumptions in there too though. There’s no proof that Dharma was summoned to the island for the sole purpose of destroying Smokie. It’s fun to imagine that, but where’s the proof within the show? How are people supposed to piece things together when there’s nothing TO piece together?

Yeah, I read this yesterday too, and quite frankly I’m surprised so many people get a kick out of it. Did that many people REALLY think the island happenings weren’t real?

Sorry Daddyx, I know you were trying to help.

Either I’m blind, or this post simply summarizes things most of us should already know.

By: daddyx

daddyx — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:55:12 +0000

Emzi i’m not questioning the veracity of this. I do thinks it makes a lot of sense, and a little bit of nonsense. For what it’s worth I didnt like the ending at first. I think the reason they had to keep creating mysteries that were left unresolved was because the series was originally meant to be shorter. ABC however realized that massive viewing figures meant massive advertising revenue forcing the writers to think up ways to keep the show exciting. When it came time for the final season ABC saw that a drop in viewing figures meant a drop in advertising revenue for a show with high production costs. This meant a limited budget and limited airtime. The law of dimishing returns also plays a part. We all deserve a party to cheer us up. Your the host for this site, any plans for a lost themed weekend we can all meet at.

By: emzi

emzi — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:36:28 +0000

By the way, I know that everything on the island was real. I still didn’t like the ending.