posted on September 22, 2005 10:33:36 AM new
Yep, watched it last night, and knew that it would still leave unanswered questions!
Did you catch the part when the dr was a little younger and he was running up and down the stadium and a guy with an accent talked to him, then on the island and down the hatch it was the same guy holding a gun to Locks head?
They didn't show any of the raft and pirates (I am assuming they were pirates) taking the kid away.
I think its all a gov't expeirment! no, really I think that!
Then got into a little of Invasion right after that one, it was strange, but Lost is way better!
posted on September 22, 2005 12:25:27 PM new
Yes, I watched it--liked the way it started off the new season.
My theory is that either that they are caught isn some sort of government experiment, or they have all died and are in some sort of waystation or Purgatory before going on to the afterlife.
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posted on September 22, 2005 12:55:19 PM new
I watched it lastnight and all i can say is that i feel 'lost' whenever i watch that show. I wish they would just hurry up and get to what the whole thing is supposed to be about or they are going to 'lost' me quickly.
posted on September 22, 2005 01:01:56 PM new
Here are a few of my theories:
Still don't know what the connections with the numbers mean but the connections are all over the place. The guy in the hatch (Desmond) injected himself with something in the opening scene. The bottles he used for the injections had the numbers on it. The mural/painting on the wall that Jack sees twords the end has the number 108 in the middle. If you add all the numbers, it comes to 108. The numbers are 4 8 15 16 23 42 and I know for sure that Jack was sitting in seat 23 but don't know about the others. When the guy died in the ER, someone announced the time of death as 8:15. Of course, the original flight was #815.
I think the guy on the table next to Sara in the ER is actually Locke. But I don't think that was the guy who died. There was another table a little further down so I think that Locke was the guy in the SUV and he ends up paralyzed as a result of the accident with Sarah.
Desmond controls the "island security system" as a way to deal with the "others". My guess is that when he hits "execute" on the keyboard, it unleashes the "security system." Although I still don;t know what the security system is.
I think the island moves or is maybe not an island at all.
Sawyer and Miachel will resuced by survivors from the tail section of the plane.
Anyway....none of those theories are probably right but its fun to guess.
posted on September 22, 2005 01:14:58 PM new
I have it on tape & haven't watched it yet.
I assumed Locke was paralyzed from some complication from his kidney transplant. After all, he got up and left while still bleeding. That's just asking for trouble.
I absolutely hate the whole "hunt" the numbers thing.
But I disagree on the whole "hurry up and explain it" idea. I think the main point of the show is the characterization, not the current plot. I doubt we'll get ALL the answers until the end of the series. Once we know what the island is all about, it just becomes another "lost on a desert island show".
Early last season, I assumed they were dead, but if recent developments (the guy underground controlling things with computers) is true, I'd have to rule out the afterlife.
A government conspiracy is the obvious answer, so I'm very inclined to throw it out just on that basis. I hope this is not the answer.
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posted on September 22, 2005 01:23:24 PM new
Well, if it is a government experiment or conspiracy, last night I came to the conclusion that it is one that started a long time ago. Did you see those computers underground? Date back to the 60s by the look of them. Or perhaps, the guy underground is from an alternate time line...?
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posted on September 22, 2005 01:30:00 PM new
The show has uncanny similarities to Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. I love Lost. The one that came on prior to the season premier drove me crazy, though. Five minutes of show then commercials for a full hour. I wouldn't doubt if there was only 20 minutes of actual show.
posted on September 22, 2005 01:35:39 PM new
I agree about the commercials, Cheryl. I actually didn't watch any of the first season when it actually aired. I just watched the whole thing on DVD over the course of the last four nights leading up to the season 2 premire. It was much better to just be able to get right to the next episode without have to wait a week and of course, no commercials. Watching season 2 one episode a week is gonna drive me nuts.
posted on September 22, 2005 04:04:57 PM new
I have noticed the vague refences to the numbers also and it does seem like they are all connected by these numbers. It also seems like they were all brought there, like they were chosen by some force to be there and on that plane.
As far as the numbers goes I have to wonder how many in RL will play those numbers in the lottery. I've thought about doing so myself.
I kinda expected that when they blew that hatch that they'd find another hatch behind it or that Geraldo Rivera would be there, microphone in hand doing a report on government conspiracies or something else.
posted on September 22, 2005 08:28:52 PM new
I don't have a lot of time to watch the tee-vee set, but I don't miss Lost, ...good first episode...I don't have any theories, learned that lesson on Twin Peaks and X Files...Invasion was a good starter too...well done I thought. I set up a Tivo season pass on that one too, as it's often 3 a.m. before I can watch anything.
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posted on September 29, 2005 07:09:15 AM new
SPOILER ALERT FROM EPISODE 2 - don't read if you haven't watched last night's episode yet.
A few more episodes as weak and pathetic as last night's and I'll be finding something else to do Wednesday nights at 9:00. The majority of last night's episode was a total waste of time. Almost all of the stuff with Sawyer and Micheal on the ocean was pointless. The flashback sequences with Micheal told us nothing we didn't already know. Flashing back to the hatch scenes from Locke's pojnt of view could have been cool except we learned almost nothing more than we already knew and the things we did learn took about 2 minutes to reveal. So after another episode, we still haven't moved on from the stand-off between Jack and Desmond. The tease at the end with the "others" coming on to the beach like the infected people from the movie "28 Days Later" was good but its starting to get tiresome to have this show be nothing but teases.
Part of what made season 1 so good was that each episode was riviting and interesting in its own way. The clever character development and flash back sequences were outstanding and each episode seemed to resolve something as well as tease. In my opinion, last night's episode was the worst of the series so far and if this season continues with mediocore episodes like that the show won't be winning any Emmy's next year.
posted on September 29, 2005 08:11:47 AM new
I agree, what a waste of time! They just repeated from the first one (with a couple embellishments on it) The only thing REALLY new was the guy in tha hatch had a pantry of food to last forever, and Kate finally tasted chocalate again! (and stuffed a few bars in her pants)
And they showed the raft, nothing new, the current took them to the island, where Jin was tied up and screaming.
posted on September 29, 2005 08:22:25 AM new
Well I agree that last night was extremely slow. However, given the nature of the show, you'd have to expect that. Every flashback reveals just a teensy bit more about the characters, and the show will probably keep advancing just an small increment at a time.
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posted on September 29, 2005 08:50:21 AM new
Last season they flashbacked on Lock and how he became paralyzed, but never finished how that happened, I remember his father locked him out, or refused to see him after he gave him his kidney (or something) and he went speeding off in a VW bug.
Thats the one I would like to know more about.
Also if the girl that the dr did surgery on, and she wasn't paralzyed, I am wondering if maybe he ended up marrying her, or it was his girlfriend or something.
no, really I think that!
