Comments on: Lets create a list of every unanswered question!

By: bangoskank

bangoskank — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:41:08 +0000

@drmrwizard
sorry yes you did and i was extremely impressed with your work, it really summed up the anger i felt after watching the finale!!!

again sorry 4 that and great work

By: wolfx

wolfx — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:24:11 +0000

Just one more comment and question. On the Time travel/Hatch topic and for the record, mine is obviously one of many subjective interpretations and BTW still needs refining.
Bringing to my question, why were the losties traveling alone thru time in S5? Not sure if this one has been previously addressed.

By: shephards_flocke

shephards_flocke — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:44:35 +0000

Just wanted to add another question here.

How did Jacob make Richard ageless?
Furthermore, how did Jacob even KNOW he could make Richard ageless?
Had this come up before?
Did someone give Jacob a list of magical powers he’d been endowed with? I wonder what else he could do.

while i’m at it, how was Micheal not able to kill himself off island?
i can buy the odd stuff happening on island, but that’s a bit difficult to explain.

By: wolfx

wolfx — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:09:07 +0000

Ammendment. I meant to say the time loop began/ended in 2004 and began/ended at some point in the past, as opposed to 1977.

By: wolfx

wolfx — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:33:10 +0000

I think that Jughead detonated throwing the Losties back to 2007 and sealing their/that timeline.
My proof: Beyond the dead Juliet said to Miles â€œit workedâ€ in S6E1. It appears to me there may have been a perpetual time loop occurring between 1977 and 2004 before, evidenced by Locke and the compass (although the compass event was 1954 which is not relevant to the loop time). Jughead in previous instances was not detonated, the losties were killed probably by the Dharma (Richard once said he saw them all die), then the loop restarts in 2004 and so on because the Swan button exists again. Meaning the incident occurred which is the event of breaking into the high EM field.
When/if Jughead detonates Swan is not built nor the button because the isle was destroyed as well as the loop (it only ends once) ending the timeline and loop although the original timeline still exists which is now 2007 with no more looping back to 1974, now that weâ€™ve passed by 2004. A double reality sharing areas of time/space is now invoked. The losties now can proceed to our favorite ending.
Iâ€™m sure Iâ€™ve missed something but for now!

By: Inquisitor

Inquisitor — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:48:02 +0000

In agreement with shephards_flocke on this one as well. It’s like Miles said late in Season 5. Something like, “What if the thing you’re trying to prevent from happening is actually CAUSED by what you do to prevent it?”

I think that when 815 crashed originally (Season 1), the history had already been set. Jack had already dropped the bomb and Juliet had already hit it with a rock. The result was the Swan being built anyway, the button being created, and 815 crashing. The way they made it happen (Jughead) was the way it had always happened, although they didn’t know it until they did it. Jack eludes to this point to Eloise in Season 5 when she asks, “How is this my handwriting if I don’t remember writing it?” Jack replies, “Because you haven’t written it yet”. Perspective is everything.

I want to point out that the use of Ontological Paradoxes in Lost is somewhat confusing but ultimately interesting. The Ontological Paradox is best seen in Locke and Richard’s “compass exchange”. Richard gives Locke his compass when pulling the bullet out of Locke’s leg. Locke then gives it to Richard (1954) who gives it back to Locke in 2007, who time travels and gives it back to Richard in 1954, and so on; time-loop. It’s the chicken and the egg debate, basically. One had to come from the other, but which came first? Great storytelling but a bit confusing at times.

By: bobt

bobt — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:11:00 +0000

@shephards_flocke
True, that’s the way I see it too..
I’m still confused though, as to why there would be that sealed blast door in the Swan; the one that was magnetized…something catastrophic must have also happened after the Incident for them to close and seal it.

By: shephards_flocke

shephards_flocke — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:22:15 +0000

Just wanted to chime in here.

The writers have said a few times that Losts plot was about how the characters fit into the history of the island, i think the incident was one of those moments.

They were always at the incident and did what they did, thats how it always happened from what we know. Nothing changed.

I believe by doing what they did they helped to create what eventually brought 815 crashing onto the island, so in classic Lost style its a confusing circle.

I think if they did NOT go back and let off the bomb, the effects of the drilling would’ve continued and THAT would have created a paradox as i think the hatch/button thingy would not have been built, 815 wouldn’t crash, losties wouldn’t be in 1977 to let off bomb etc. Thats my view anyway, i think whatever happened happened, and whenever we heard ‘the incident’ mentioned in the series, what we saw was exactly what they were refering to.

By: bobt

bobt — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:12:32 +0000

definitely don’t blame you.. i’ve often mulled over the details for an explanation, just to get lost in the details..

Concerning the numbers, don’t think they’ll ever have a great explanation for that one..of course there’s the Valanzetti equation, but that’s so vague and ominous.

By: Chiefof16

Chiefof16 — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:44:27 +0000

Ah, I think I see your point. I guess I just got confused with everything (can ya blame me?) I forgot that they magically flashed to 2007 instead of 2004. But we sure are left to assume an AWFUL lot. The fact that they still went through with building everything sure seems weird to me. But so does a dissappearing cabin, as well as cursed numbers.

We can all talk all day about the numbers’ importance being the fact that they were tied to the losties (somehow). But when it’s all said and done, they brought nothing but insane havoc upon Hurley and everyone he cared for. Not only was that never explained, it was never even touched upon for the final four seasons. That’s just weird.

Please God in Heaven, let this box set shed some light on these many mysteries.