tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19892471664045956432024-03-01T19:07:32.643-06:00LOST island timeRamblings, Theories and General Discussion about the show LOST.hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-71113886224775724452010-02-17T20:40:00.004-06:002010-02-17T21:19:00.364-06:00Kate AustinEpisodes 2 was ( I count the premiere as 1 big episode) very different. While Kate has always been a central character in the 815 Survivor's story, she hasn't had very interesting centric episodes. I didn't much like Eggtown either. Her story lines are all character driven, and center around bouncing back and forth between Jack and James.<br /><br />I guess I lost interest in Kate after the third, or is it fourth time she switched between J&J. When she slapped Sawyer in the cabin right before she stormed off to the helicopter to fly away with Jack, I knew they were done. If I were either one of those two, I would have made her make a choice and stick with it much sooner.<br /><br />Jate, Sawkat, excuse me, (I just vomited a little in my throat) was not interesting to me and as we now know was also just a sideline to the real story. This is a time traveling, universal course correcting, multi dimensional show about two dudes trapped in time and space, not a love story.<br />Kate is not central to that!<br /><br />She has never really displayed any connection to the mythology aspect of the show. Sure, you say she raised Aaron for 3 years, but to me, it seemed forced, like it was written just to give Kate something to do. It was really totally out of character. She didn't even want to hold Aaron on the island when Claire had her. Then two days later she decides to keep Turniphead and raise him as her own. Naw, it didn't make sense to me then and it still doesn't to me now (no, it's not part of her redemption arc - that whole redemption arc is done, and was only B.S. to begin with). The only redemption is to play Survivor, the last name to be scratched out on Jacob's ceiling gets awarded 1 million dollars at Other tribal council.<br /><br />The latest Kate move that just seems ridiculous so her tooling around all over L.A. in a bright yellow cab while the cops are looking for a woman who stole a bright yellow cab can't see her. She decides it's cool to go back and talk to the one witness who can ID her from the airport and give her a lift to where ever she needs to go. Huh? Then the cops show up at the hospital and Kate is just hanging out with her new BFF who covers for her and gives her a credit card? BWWWhahahahahah. LOL ROFL ROFLMAO...<br /><br />So, Kate is not exactly who I thought of as a character who really matters in the end game. I wasn't really surprised she didn't have a number on Jacob's or is it Smokey's ceiling in the cave. I really expect her to be killed off before the last episode. Yes, she was touched by Jacob when she was a little girl, and as such will have a heroic epic death performing some incredible deed like saving Jackass Shepard in the climax of this series.<br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-27414205764418401082010-02-17T19:53:00.003-06:002010-02-17T20:26:27.616-06:00Off Season<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuM42Ucr5Vo6SiuHRTt_NUi1lTYf8Ngf9kc3DhtpfaM4RdYE7fTXYmJQO-4QdqJKkTnzZncXjRBU9jkX2lUyxsAbQJiQd-EUtFeuQYinse2bW3-cMH5QouffM6phDht0VyDd4u_KYW9DUU/s1600-h/MIBvsJACOB.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuM42Ucr5Vo6SiuHRTt_NUi1lTYf8Ngf9kc3DhtpfaM4RdYE7fTXYmJQO-4QdqJKkTnzZncXjRBU9jkX2lUyxsAbQJiQd-EUtFeuQYinse2bW3-cMH5QouffM6phDht0VyDd4u_KYW9DUU/s320/MIBvsJACOB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439404168964060210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>During the extremely long hiatus I had the opportunity to watch some other series on DVD. I had received new box sets for both my Birthday and at Christmas. While watching Deadwood, an excellently written series I must say, I noticed a few LOST alumni. First being Paula Malcomson, who on LOST we know as Colleen, the Other who was shot by Sun on the sailboat. I spotted Kim Dickins, who is Cassidy Yates, Sawyer's partner in crime and eventually his baby mama.<br /><br />Then I saw Titus Welliver, who we only saw on screen in that visage for a few brief moments in the Finale as the infamous MIB. An impressive presence since that is the only screen time he's gonna get as Locke is now the apparent perma-face for Smokey. There was also William Sanderson, who was the Others interrogator named Oldham when he was questioning Sayid Jarrah while Sayid was tripping on truth serum.<br /><br />Not last and not least was Robin Weigert, who portrayed Juliet's ill sister whom Juliet was trying, or should I say did impregnate artificially. Kind of a weird vibe during those scenes, I mean why was Ethan Rom/Goodspeed coming out of her room just as Juliet was walking down the hall?<br /><br />I finished Deadwood a week before the premiere of LOST so the cast was still fresh in my mind. So how surprised was I to see yet another Deadwood/Lost crossover. Lennon, played by actor John Hawkes makes his appearance in the LOST universe(s). WOW, I guess I should check to see if it's the same casting department.<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-88827362372771992432009-05-26T10:25:00.004-05:002009-05-26T14:56:16.901-05:00AbracadabraAny halfway decent magician knows how to pull off a simple magic trick. Sleight of hand, "now you see it, now you don't", just a little classic misdirection. The real trick is getting your attention diverted for the time it takes to make a switcheroo.<br /><br />For 5 seasons we've been led to believe John Locke was something special. The miraculous healing of his legs, the man of faith who believed in the island. We were led to believe that because Richard Alpert visited him numerous times in his youth, because he was born of a woman named Emily as a preemie that he was somehow special. How many times has John been told by other characters in this show "You're Special, John", you will be the leader of the others?<br /><br />Turns out John was just a chump all along.<br /><br />The same thing could be said of Ben Linus. Surely when his character was introduced he was not supposed to be the leader of the Others. But as his character was well received, he was written in as a major player in this epic story. Once again we were led to believe he was of some major importance. Born premature to a woman named Emily, visited by Richard Alpert at a young age, taken to the Temple to be healed after he was shot, then becoming leader of the others and keeper of the islands secrets.<br /><br />Or so we thought.<br /><br />Turns out both Locke and Linus are nothing more than pawns in a game played by two characters we've never seen before and know nothing about. Oh, I know we saw a glimpse of Jacob in the cabin back in season 3. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">But now we know it wasn't really Jacob in that cabin after all.</span><br /><br />I'm calling double dog bullshit on introducing these behind the scenes characters this late in the game. This smacks of Deus Ex Machina.<br /><br />I am a little angry at being snowballed by writing that has to be resolved via "Jacob made me this way". All the little loose ends are now going to be resolved this way?<br /><br />It's not really a story about plane crash survivor's after all. It's not about redemption or faith vs. science. It's not about Hatches or Dharma or Sawyer killing a con man. Turns out it doesn't matter if Kate winds up with Jack or James or Hurley or Vincent. None of it matters because<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >IT"S ALL ABOUT 2 GUYS WE NEVER SAW BEFORE.</span><br /><br />This is probably the first show in history that has virtually every scene freeze framed, scrutinized and theorized to death. The writers have taken advantage of this and led us down the garden path with so many tangents and false clues that it has been hard to keep track of the way everything is supposed to fit together.<br /><br />My favorite tangents:<br />1.) Ms Hawking knowing the man in red shoes was <span style="font-weight: bold;">going to</span> die. umm how would she know this? How does she know Desmond is <span style="font-weight: bold;">going to</span> make it to the island to push the button?<br />2.) Pictures on the wall changing. See episode where Miles pays visit to grandma's house. look at pictures on stairs as he goes up and again when he comes down. This is not a continuity error.<br />Actually there are a lot of examples of things changing, some I can attribute to continuity (moving bullet wound), but this one is too blatent (and they know we scrutinize everything).<br />3.) What about WALT!, What about LIBBY in the nut house, What about ANNIE? A whole season in Dharmaville and no Annie? Srsly?<br /><br />After being spoon fed all the hints about "The Wizard of Oz" and "Through the Looking Glass" and how they both end in Alice/Dorothy waking up from a dream, I was all set to see this series end in similar fashion. Not that I'm dissapointed that it doesn't end in some variation of this theme, I just don't like having a god from the machine appear in the last scene to solve the plot.<br /><br />We were told by the producers that the show is like a puzzle and we were just getting new pieces every week. We consistently didn't have enough pieces to complete the picture. But we now know that they gave us extra pieces that didn't fit, and were never going to fit. Try doing a 1000 piece puzzle when you are handed 1500 pieces. On top of that, after 5 seasons, they are going to change the picture on the box. Surprise! it's a new puzzle.<br /><br />We just had the rug pulled out from under our feet, people.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Answer me this riddle, BATMAN</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How did Ben Linus know Jacob would be at the cabin?</span> As Ben told Sun and John in the finale, he never met Jacob. Richard would always bring written notes to Ben with instructions from Jacob. Now we know that Richard is aware that Jacob lives in the foot of the statue, so<span style="font-weight: bold;"> where would Ben get the idea that he would find Jacob in Goodspeeds little shack</span>? What was the purpose of the ash surrounding the shack and who put the ash there?<br /><br />I doubt Richard would send Ben out to see the mysterious man in black, especially since he said he works for Jacob. Ben was on the island before Goodspeeds shack was built, why would he assume Jacob would move in there? Wouldn't he assume Jacob would hang out at the Temple?<br />Who or what is at the Temple? Are we gonna get yet another mysterious GOD figure in the series finale to wrap everything up nice and neat?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;" >In Conclusion:</span><br /><br />The whole business of this long con, getting Locke's body back and convincing Ben to Stab Jacob seems awfully contrived. Are you telling me that in all that island history, Man in Black couldn't convince anybody else to pick up a knife and stab Jacob? Hmmmm?<br />The island isn't that big that Jacob could hide out for long, especially since he told MIB that he'd be waiting for him right there.<br /><br />The whole show is just one long misdirection?hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-63986660302129506162009-03-05T20:49:00.003-06:002009-03-05T22:22:00.686-06:00A knot in the Time LineNow that was a fun little episode, good storytelling and the acting sold it. I think Elizabeth Mitchell is getting better with each episode. Love the display of emotion during the delivery and during the kitchen kiss scene with Josh Holloway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8zAYbFlUMO0GOi6YXNnoZSsMBudMrROQHThteiNc7QBJBxqXz2GqOt3hn1N9710B4nv1KNCfoDI8OpA_L3AZC9GE_OdlQkrDsXSVbkIjX0uUqnWmesMtJF84DSjsZK-6XGLLZZZzEfr_/s1600-h/Sawliet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8zAYbFlUMO0GOi6YXNnoZSsMBudMrROQHThteiNc7QBJBxqXz2GqOt3hn1N9710B4nv1KNCfoDI8OpA_L3AZC9GE_OdlQkrDsXSVbkIjX0uUqnWmesMtJF84DSjsZK-6XGLLZZZzEfr_/s320/Sawliet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309903533388717122" border="0" /></a><br />I am not a shipper. In fact I couldn't care less what happens with Kate anymore. The Kate from season 1 and 2 is long gone and I can't see her coming back. Go Sawliet, ha ha ha.<br /><br />Highlights of the episode included "Jim LeFleur" having a little heart to heart with Richard Alpert and letting him know that that they were waiting for John Locke. But this brings up a question. At this point in 1974, Richard is well aware that John Locke is only 18 years old. Probably a Senior in High School. Wasn't it around this time that he tried to recruit John to his "Science Camp in Portland"?<br /><br />Which leads into another question. The ageless one (who I assumed was a reanimated spirit like Christian Shepard) is able leave the island and walk around in the real world. Hmmmm.<br /><br />We saw Richard leave the island at least three times. Once to visit John Locke as an infant in the hospital, once to visit young Johnny boy in the foster home and one more time to recruit Juliette for Mittelos Bioscience . At the time he was with Ethan to recruit Juliette, Dharma was no longer on the island and the Others had occupied not only their buildings and equipment, but apparently the stuff they owned off island as well.<br /><br />So if Richard and Ethan used the Dharma submarine to get to Portland in 2001, how did he get off the island in 1956 or even 1961? He told Locke that the way to leave the island was priviledged information so we know that it could be done. Follow a certain course like 305º or 316º and you are gone, but on what? It's not like the others have any ships.<br /><br />And while I'm on this train of thought about the Others coming and going from the island, there is another person of interest who has been in my thoughts since watching "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham". I am talking about Charles Widmore.<br /><br />Now Charles was supposedly (if we take his words to John Locke at face value) the leader of the Others for 30 years. Mmmkay. Let's say he was tricked by Benjamin into leaving right around the time of the Purge. Because as we saw, immediently after gassing the Dharma Initiative, Richard Alpert started taking orders from Ben. So I have to assume Chuck was gone from the island by this point.<br /><br />Since Miles stated that Chuck has been looking for the island for over 20 years, then from 2009 going back, that would mean Chuck got tossed back in time by the Frozen Donkey Wheel to around 1989. Not too big a stretch. But was he sent back in time farther? Maybe, and here's why I think he would have had to be. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">PENNY</span>.<br /><br />In 1996 she looked to be in her early '20s. clearly she was old enough to marry Desmond. This means she had to have been born in at least 1976 or earlier. Now since we know that in 1976 Charles was the leader of the others, would that mean that Penny was born on the island? or that daddy took trips off the island to make babies? You would think Penny would remember being raised on the island, so I have to assume she wasn't.<br /><br />This little time line problem is really bothering me. She certainly wasn't raised in Dharmaville. Where the heck were the others living? In the Temple? The Jungle? How could Charles or even more so why would Charles leave the island in the 70's to have a daughter? He wouldn't.<br /><br />If he was sent back in time even further by the FDW, say to the early 70's then he would have been looking for the island a lot longer than 20 years.<br /><br />And here's another puzzler.<br />Charles clearly has plenty 'O Money. Enough so that he could build his own pendulum and hire a staff of mathematicians to figure out the next jump point. Clearly by the mid 90's he would have access to better computing power than the apple II's the Dharma Initiative used in the Lamp Post Station.<br /><br />Hell, he has guys with guns. just go and take over the Lamp Post and figure out the next return trip. He knows exactly where it is, after all he gave Desmond the address. If Chuckles really wants to get back to the island, I think he could. He got his freighter there and everyone who needed to get to the island made it. Daniel, Charlotte, etc. He could just as easily have ridden on board the chopper.<br /><br />His exile must be different somehow from just turning the Donkey Wheel. Even Benjamin made it back in one piece. I really can't tell who is the bad guy here. Is there a good and bad? or is everything a gray area and all we are doing is watching these two guys play a game?<br /><br />namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-2809850442338852862009-02-19T22:06:00.004-06:002009-02-19T23:27:19.827-06:00We're not going to Guam, are we?Man, What a rush that episode was. I mean that in 2 ways. One: it seemed like it was over in a half an hour. two: what a massive download of information.<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Add_Image" title="Add Image" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="addImage();" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);;ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Add Image" class="gl_photo" border="0" /></span></span><br />Two pieces of information were delivered very clearly. The first was given almost as a throwaway remark. Jack telling Kate that the reason his dad was wearing white tennis shoes was because he didn't think it was worth the cost or time to buy him a nice pair of shoes, because who would see them anyway? I know this little nugget has been a nagging question since the pilot episode and we saw the white tennis shoe hanging from the tree branch. I'm actually glad that there is a simple explanation for a few things and not everything has to be wrapped up in the mythology of the island.<br /><br />The second piece of info, courtesy of chatty Cathy.. er, I mean Ms. Hawking, was an explanation of how Dharma found the island, along with acting as their travel agent and selecting their flight. Pretty soon you will be able to select your window of departure through Expedia, although the selection of hotels and rental cars on the island is a little sparse.<br /><br />One thing didn't make any sense to me. Why introduce Jack's grandfather? What was the point? He could easily have gotten some shoes or other article of his father's from his mom. Wouldn't Christian's wife have a few mementos of her late husband? It did serve to deflate some rumors I've read concerning Jack's heritage, as if he's descended from a long line of Island inhabitants or some such thing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JdGGuGrsBL6kBNsaCBH2O18VX2l0nDraS8wP2vGFTuUN1i6_d6yST0d8n8UiQsYPBTjScjmS2VOoJk-GSi0ZkKZOypG7lnwYCR1Tqi_iJkHWHT-Fo1PoFa8n7QPT7Y7UYT_BHOm-vmiU/s1600-h/Lapidus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JdGGuGrsBL6kBNsaCBH2O18VX2l0nDraS8wP2vGFTuUN1i6_d6yST0d8n8UiQsYPBTjScjmS2VOoJk-GSi0ZkKZOypG7lnwYCR1Tqi_iJkHWHT-Fo1PoFa8n7QPT7Y7UYT_BHOm-vmiU/s320/Lapidus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304746073710404002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Were not going to Guam, are we?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Man the trip back moved along quick. I was a little confused by the role reversal going on though. Sayid was in handcuffs like Kate, Ben went to the bathroom just before the turbulance like Charlie, not to mention showing up at the last second and Hurley crying out, he's not suppossed to be here. some weird stuff.<br /><br />OK, is there anyone who doesn't think Ben killed Penny. Looks like Penny put up a pretty good fight too. I mean they pretty much have to give Desmond a good reason to go back to the island, so I think revenge will be it. He will arrive back on the island looking to tear Ben's lungs out.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Anyway its' on to theory time...</span></span><br /><br />I think we can scratch one more mystery off our list. Richard Alpert. Yes I know he wasn't in last night's episode, but as soon as I saw the previews for next week, a light bulb literally went off in my head.<br /><br />Who do we see walking around and talking, none other than John Locke. ( Ben Linus is there in the room when John Locke hangs himself. ) He joins at least two other folks who have arrived on this island as a corpse and were resurrected. One is Christian Sheppard, the other I believe is Richard Alpert. Here goes...<br /><br />Put on your time travel Dharma jacket and journey with me back to the past, way back, further back, the dim mists of time around 3500 years ago. Picture a funeral procession going down the Nile. Several reed boats, one holding the body of the recently deceased Pharaoh. Suddenly without realizing it, they encounter a window to the island. Transported instantly to a lush green paradise. As they look on in amazement, their Pharaoh rises from the dead. They build a temple, a statue and worship their leader.<br /><br />Of course in time all of the original people who came with him die. New people arrive through out the ages as they accidentally encounter windows to the island. Richard is there already, Richard is always there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRvEgIdUVLH-dit5yZSU7UtnaruWqcNw61Btjedg_5dnon3QA2oT_657PXqCrQbgcYnHz-HOW7s2mnbi0cCbM8_5mJZFxKgR_nHzcFiKZFFTif9MFVWErEa6vLMavJ4ld-jJR8YwEcQgs/s1600-h/richard_glyph.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRvEgIdUVLH-dit5yZSU7UtnaruWqcNw61Btjedg_5dnon3QA2oT_657PXqCrQbgcYnHz-HOW7s2mnbi0cCbM8_5mJZFxKgR_nHzcFiKZFFTif9MFVWErEa6vLMavJ4ld-jJR8YwEcQgs/s320/richard_glyph.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304735118201324466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hieroglyph for Richard Alpert.<br /><br /><br /><br />After a few thousand years of people trying to leave the island and getting time warped, a few finally manage to get lucky and figure out the right direction, is it 305˚, 315˚, 325˚ who knows, but the secret is born. "That's privileged information", as Richard told Locke.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Big fat bonus theory...</span></span><br /><br />Since you've read this far and you know my track record for theories is pretty crappy, so don't put too much stock in this one. It came to me watching Jughead. Since they found those skeletons way back in season 1. Jack guessed they must have been around 40-50 years old. Certainly predating Dharma by at least two decades. I was wondering whatever became of Bernard and Rose during the island time skipping. It seems like the I6 were in 1954 for quite a bit of time. Maybe enough time for Rose and Bernard to wanna find a safe place to hide out after their beach camp disappeared. Maybe they went to the caves because they needed fresh water? I'm sure they had no way of knowing what year they were in. One Black and One White, hmmmm...<br /><br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Add_Image" title="Add Image" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="addImage();" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);;ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Add Image" class="gl_photo" border="0" /></span></span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Add_Image" title="Add Image" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="addImage();" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);;ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Add Image" class="gl_photo" border="0" /></span></span>hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-29712636340749358392009-02-17T19:04:00.002-06:002009-02-17T19:49:45.665-06:00Death Warmed OverNow I must say right up front that of all the freighter characters introduced last season, Charlotte was easily my least favorite. Her attitude right from the beginning was just grating. She exuded arrogance in every curled lip, snarky remark, facial expression and overall body language.<br /><br />So I wasn't really sad to see her go. I really thought there was going to be more to her character. An anthropologist, history buff, reader of lost languages, I mean come on, I was expecting her to decipher the writing on Ben's secret door, or maybe the column in the Frozen Donkey Wheel cavern. I had hopes of her finding the Temple and translating the hieroglyphs to unlock some island mysteries. But no, she utters a few words of Korean and dies.<br /><br />There better be a real good flashback for her, something linking her to the islands secrets or it will have been another Nikki/Paulo waste of time!<br /><br />Now on the other hand, I have to say that Rebecca Mader is a wonderful actress. I think she is very talented and wished she could have had a different role to play.<br /><br />It is curious how this island is Death by any other name. Even if you get off the island, it wants you to come back to die there. What was it Michael said when Sayid asked him what he was doing back on the freighter? "I'm here to die". Why is it so important to die on the island?<br /><br />Is that what the O6 are doing coming back to the island? Are they coming back to die? Ben told Jack to gather up everything he wanted to take along from this life, because he was never coming back.<br /><br />When the Swan Hatch imploded the countdown timer was spinning it's tiles and they finally stopped on Egyptian looking glyphs that we were told spelled out "Underworld". This season we get a glimpse of Smokey, AKA Cerberus coming out of a hole under a temple. A hole big enough for three men to crawl down into. Must be quite a bit of room down there, wish we could have gotten a glimpse down that rabbit hole. Of course Cerberus is an icon of Greek mythology, yet the temple seems to be covered in Egyptian glyphs. Confusing? Yea.<br /><br />We have been presented with so many different mythologies, religions and references to popular literature, I would need a speadsheet to sort it all out. Is this place over the rainbow or in wonderland? maybe its Atlantis or Mu? Shambala or as we are now given hints of the River Styx. Is Jacob the god Hades? Are the others the Erinyes? Maybe Richard Alpert is Charon, here to ferry all the lost souls to the underworld.<br /><br />I personally haven't ruled out Purgatory. I don't really care that Damon and Carlton said it wasn't that, they have lied before. It's judgment time on the island and as we near the end of this tale, people will be divided up. Are you on the side of white or black? good or bad? No one gets out alive.<br /><br />Hey it's either that or we get an alien reveal...<br /><br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-3121480686178906882009-02-08T13:52:00.004-06:002009-02-08T14:25:36.645-06:00Lost Island TimeRound and Round and Round we go and where we stop no one shall know.<br /><br />I have been enjoying the trip through time this season. I really enjoyed the little stop in 1954. Seeing Richard the ageless just is one of the biggest mysteries of this island. I guess with the reveals coming little by little we will eventually get an answer to why he doesn't age.<br /><br />I'm only going to focus on one of the flashes experienced in "The Little Prince". When the I6 suddenly found themselves on the beach with their campsite ransacked and looking like a hurricane came through. As soon as they showed the Ajira Airways logo I knew this was a flash forward. Their motorboat was missing and instead were a pair of outriggers.<br /><br />As they paddled away to go to the other side of the island, someone began shooting at them. Many have speculated that these were the O6 who had returned to the island. Yea, probably is them, but why would they have torn apart their camp and built outriggers? They know their way around the island as well as anyone by now, so why would they need boats? Maybe it's to go fishing? I guess the Dharma food drops must have stopped by now.<br /><br />I noticed that Juliet shot one of the Pursuers, I wonder who's death we might have seen there?<br /><br />Just how far in the future was this? a few weeks? a few months? Was it really the O6?<br /><br />I speculate we saw either the next generation of losties (Aaron, JiYeon, Charlie, etc.) or another group of people entirely (a new set of losties) from the next time loop.<br /><br />It seem like from the previews I've seen, what with the O6 and Juliette wearing Dharma jumpsuits, that they somehow arrive back to the island in the late '80s. Unless they can find a way to return to the present (a relative term I guess) they would have to live out their days until the purge. because otherwise they would be old by the time of the flash forward.<br /><br />They O6 would have to somehow live on the island at the same time their other selves came down in the crash. I realize that they can exist on the island in more than one incarnation ( we saw Sawyer during Claire's childbirth, and we already know he was at the beach during this time). I guess we should have known this was possible because we saw the second numbered bunny appear behind Dr. Halliwax at the same time he was holding the same numbered bunny in his hands. He know at least that they should not go near each other.<br /><br />As Dr. Halliwax told the work foreman, "There are rules to time travel". I am kinda confused as to these rules myself, however.hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-81396679493612506902008-04-13T20:53:00.010-05:002008-12-10T05:52:09.459-06:00Up Periscope<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyS63xbGNqP6SMhHcxygNm0qOGFAMDvgSROT9dtokEH4J-MRPZUta4hkNByk0hu1xLoD2Ybh28ifx0A1BaUxndmbcj1GUptkv72Qoxp9Y3mQaoLubXdgAVRam1tV2e4GwOTyw-nbMZ_r9/s1600-h/john_sub_boom_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyS63xbGNqP6SMhHcxygNm0qOGFAMDvgSROT9dtokEH4J-MRPZUta4hkNByk0hu1xLoD2Ybh28ifx0A1BaUxndmbcj1GUptkv72Qoxp9Y3mQaoLubXdgAVRam1tV2e4GwOTyw-nbMZ_r9/s320/john_sub_boom_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188914069943971810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not much prep tonight. Straight to the theory.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">My Theory</span></span><br /><br />I've been thinking a little too much just how the Oceanic 6 would be departing from Mystery Frikkin' Island, and I have come to the conclusion that they will be going by Submarine. I think were gonna get a Locke flashback that shows John moving the sub and swimming back to the pier.<br /><br />See, I think John never really blew it up. He just parked it for later and blew up the dock instead. Yea, that's why he's all wet. But it's not just Johnnie Boy that's gonna save 'em. He'll need someone's help to drive the boat. wouldn't you know, Ben just happens to know how to operate the sub too.<br /><br />Of course, it's a small sub and can only handle a few passengers at a time. So, besides Ben only six others can fit on the sub. Mmmmmm... who could those 6 be? I can see the long goodbye kiss between Jack and Juliette on the pier now. Awwww. Ben and James wouldn't be going back, and since they are somehow split up and in a hurry to leave, Jin and the rest get left behind because they are nowhere around.<br /><br />It's because they have to leave in a hurry, maybe they are in a firefight and Ben says, "Let's go! We have to leave now!" So this is how they leave the island. Probably forcing Sun aboard because she doesn't want to leave Jin behind. Claire is most likely injured, maybe in a coma and can't be moved, so they grab baby Aaron and run. This also explains how Ben got off the island.<br /><br />Maybe they make a quick stop over at the Freighter and pick up Sayid. I can see how Michael would get himself killed helping Sayid get rescued by the Sub, and allowing all of the O6 to get away. This completes his redemption cycle. I'm really not sure about Desmond though. I'm postulating here that he makes it back to the island somehow. especially since he can now control his mind during time travel with the help of his Constant, Penny.<br /><br />And since Daniel wrote in his journal that Desmond is his constant, I imagine we'll be seeing Desmond well into next season, at least.<br /><br />That is the WTF ending for the finale, but not the last shot. After we come back from commercials for the last 45 seconds of the season, we see Ben dropping them off on some nearby island and disappearing while the O6 are all standing on the beach as a rescue ship approaches, Yea, were saved!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">BOOM</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxi8j35KEljY67dpXMXp1xw3rir2lNcuKXQ5aPuE2KUMo9l2BGidfl_VxLhdqzHLW1cVx3jKdcgbewGbCmVNG6j1Lhhdn7xEe60sKTFxDJKzynkbZ1M_it9OaMQU4IgYkUaNskeUR_33FR/s1600-h/LOST.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxi8j35KEljY67dpXMXp1xw3rir2lNcuKXQ5aPuE2KUMo9l2BGidfl_VxLhdqzHLW1cVx3jKdcgbewGbCmVNG6j1Lhhdn7xEe60sKTFxDJKzynkbZ1M_it9OaMQU4IgYkUaNskeUR_33FR/s320/LOST.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188934200455688242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />namaste,</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >hatchling 23</span><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span>hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-72887699108818044492008-03-16T20:47:00.009-06:002008-12-10T05:52:10.024-06:00Oceanic 5.5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mcuASmAgvhJ2B5TWX28_bHJKulnP3YLL4RPV73LVXxwkZqurqDIcX8lTdBcG6EEW9O2Y0n75HlPCy5l47fjARTIv1es9nKE4ftLV501elAwqlJF03NjNLJuDD0a9-OWmXIjB7cF9P6_W/s1600-h/Sun_Miss_You.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mcuASmAgvhJ2B5TWX28_bHJKulnP3YLL4RPV73LVXxwkZqurqDIcX8lTdBcG6EEW9O2Y0n75HlPCy5l47fjARTIv1es9nKE4ftLV501elAwqlJF03NjNLJuDD0a9-OWmXIjB7cF9P6_W/s320/Sun_Miss_You.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178566567993070674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In the episode Expose', set on day 49 on the island, I picked up on something Ben said. As Ben and Juliette were in the Pearl Hatch watching a monitor seeing Jack in the Swan station, Juliette asked Ben how he would get Jack to do the surgery? Ben's answer? "By finding out what he is emotionally invested in and exploiting it". He got himself captured and found out that Jack's weakness was Kate.<br /><br />What does this have to do with Season 4 of LOST and what is currently going on? Well, a couple of things I've noticed recently made me wonder what is currently going on with the Oceanic 6.<br /><br />Now that we know who they are and have had a flash forward of each of them, I think the pieces are starting to fall into place. The first clue was in the Season finale "Through The Looking Glass" when Jack started whining to Kate, "I'm sick of lying". That started me wondering just exactly what he has to be lying about.<br /><br />The second clue was in Hurley's flash forward when Matthew Abbadon visits him and asks, "They're still alive. aren't they?"<br /><br />The third clue was Kate and the reveal about her having Aaron as her child. Jack knows that Aaron is his nephew and it's killing him to have to lie about it. He can't bring himself to see Aaron or have to lie to him.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8ZqcAwtZLVQYkSIbyT5uq9vyMaSjEmG3eL_456x3UiiOxg03UC0XaDT354eNRsrg55PJQuli1ZMOCGqDmaql05Bz58vbdPy2U38oFt0kSUj_aMi3EC49zgfzVlSX0q6y4Tqjs6ShUZey/s1600-h/headstone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8ZqcAwtZLVQYkSIbyT5uq9vyMaSjEmG3eL_456x3UiiOxg03UC0XaDT354eNRsrg55PJQuli1ZMOCGqDmaql05Bz58vbdPy2U38oFt0kSUj_aMi3EC49zgfzVlSX0q6y4Tqjs6ShUZey/s320/headstone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178560344585458754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />9/22/2004<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But the definite proof in the pudding was Sun screaming for her husband during childbirth. Yes, that was a giveaway and it cemented my theory. The date on the tombstone was pretty obvious, especially since the producers made a point of showing the headstone in a close up knowing everyone (especially bloggers like me) would freeze frame it and read the dates.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >MY THEORY:</span></span><br /><br />Not only is Jin alive but so is Claire, and for that matter probably most of the rest of the Losties. Somewhere along the way a deal was made, and in this deal, a few people get to leave the island, but under the promise that they must keep their mouths shut.<br /><br />Who would make such a deal? and what could you hold over someone's head that is powerful enough that they won't spill the beans about the island or it's location? Especially if they are celebrities with the whole world watching them and listening to their story about the plane crash and their survival.<br /><br />Here is what happens... <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Somehow Ben is able to manipulate both Jack and Locke to help him get rid of the freighter people.</span> How you say? By promising them a ticket off the island. Not everyone though, and I'm sure he doesn't explicitly say this, But a few are promised a ticket home. I'm sure that he leverages Sun's pregnancy and the urgency of her getting off the island by her second trimester.<br /><br />But back to pulling the strings. Here's how it works. At some point in the next few episodes Jack will find out that Claire is his sister and that is what Ben has to hold over Jack's head. Claire is held hostage on the island to keep Jack's mouth shut. She will make a heart wrenching decision not to have her baby grow up on Mystery Frickin' Island, so she will give Aaron to Kate to take off the island. Kate must raise Aaron as her own, both to protect Claire and because Ben has probably threated to harm Aaron if she spills the beans.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaBcg369Y93w9xC1KsMpuU6PkpnQaCHzC3FiEvfIr-iQhtSdp0Gw-cbdaiv3JEYZjfvNEMN_wiRYMyDUzG-H7S48MPJ1R0pYd-lX5KWHSwoCp63ia83gdcXODJ4YDXs_8dm6I_DBcL6TK/s1600-h/Sun_Jin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaBcg369Y93w9xC1KsMpuU6PkpnQaCHzC3FiEvfIr-iQhtSdp0Gw-cbdaiv3JEYZjfvNEMN_wiRYMyDUzG-H7S48MPJ1R0pYd-lX5KWHSwoCp63ia83gdcXODJ4YDXs_8dm6I_DBcL6TK/s320/Sun_Jin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178557952288674866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That's two down. Sun obviously has to leave in order to give birth to Ji Yeon, but how to contain her? By keeping Jin on the island. She said she missed him and now we know why.<br /><br />Number four is a little easier. Clearly either Ben framed Widmore or maybe Widmore really had Nadia killed. Either way Sayid's anger pushing him to get payback made it easy for Ben to recruit him to work for him. Sayid has always been the dutiful soldier, never directly the leader, but always ready to take orders and act. There is no one left on the island for Sayid to care about as he was really quick to jump on Lapidus' chopper for the first flight out, so Ben had to find and exploit something else Sayid found near and dear. Ben probably has or created evidence of Widmore killing Nadia and used it to recruit Sayid.<br /><br />Remember Ben saying " Is there anything a man wouldn't do to save his son?", no? You will because he will utter that line in "Meet Kevin Johnson". That is how he recruited Michael in the first place. And how he continues to keep Michael under his control.<br /><br />But I digress, The last of the Oceanic celebrities to leave is Hugo. Now, I've been pondering just exactly what Ben could hold over Hugo's head that would keep him quiet. We all know that Hugo is a big softie and gets along with everyone. Could Ben have threated Rose? or Claire? This is where Libby would have really come in handy. I'm not sure yet what Ben has over Hurley except that it's something big. Maybe we haven't seen it or her yet? But when Chawley visits Hugo in Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute, he tells Hugo, "They Need You".<br /><br />Yes it's Ben. He's the bad guy here. Somehow by the end of this season we will see Jack and Locke team up with Ben to kill off the Freighties, end the freighter storyline and in the process sell their souls to the Devil (Ben). Once off the island they will be eaten up with regrets and realize what a crappy deal they made. They must get back to save the rest of the losties.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Sr_ZDYL_e7wpzNgSBuFWcT7YlM0_Yd8GcsY7FPLbazlu3nQv7V1AeGgumtWg01Y17k1EWKjAWUkvjRcAN4Y6EHI-1Bya9bfFJRCCF_HkOk-cJwcV4j7HUu7_RvtWBmpkh4Vm5Gzo0Mj0/s1600-h/Jack_back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Sr_ZDYL_e7wpzNgSBuFWcT7YlM0_Yd8GcsY7FPLbazlu3nQv7V1AeGgumtWg01Y17k1EWKjAWUkvjRcAN4Y6EHI-1Bya9bfFJRCCF_HkOk-cJwcV4j7HUu7_RvtWBmpkh4Vm5Gzo0Mj0/s320/Jack_back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178568603807568994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Get Back Jack, Back to Where You Once Belonged.</span></span><br /><br />What's waiting down the road? As Penny once told Desmond in the parking lot when Des asked her how she found him. Penny said "With enough money and determination, you can find anyone".<br /><br />How true, and this is where Hugo's money and possibly Sun Paik's father's money will come in. They will return to the island and rescue Jin and Claire and all the rest. Well not all the rest, Locke and Rose won't want to leave. They might just spend their remaining days on the island. Who knows, maybe they are the skeletons in the caves?hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-41662745895877015352008-02-27T22:22:00.010-06:002008-12-10T05:52:11.251-06:00Puppy Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmLOUApra09zOaStA3mMZXZHIkB_HqIxgQWhcuoK0n1PPmMSQRym3yaYctf7Gi-RamE0JH0wjHOjMDjJfOWJDiAMLg1BL9tbEcfL4aiSg1i-RXiw-sF7BAvLuRiEotLYDlYdXbMp7UEIP/s1600-h/annie_greeting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmLOUApra09zOaStA3mMZXZHIkB_HqIxgQWhcuoK0n1PPmMSQRym3yaYctf7Gi-RamE0JH0wjHOjMDjJfOWJDiAMLg1BL9tbEcfL4aiSg1i-RXiw-sF7BAvLuRiEotLYDlYdXbMp7UEIP/s320/annie_greeting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171882048076933714" border="0" /></a>Generally characters in this show are introduced by name only when they have some role to play in the overall story. Sometimes in a flashback to establish a connection between two losties or possibly to fill out a main characters back story and provide insight into their life and motivations. I think the latter is the case with the subject of tonight's wacky mystery.<br /><br />Annie, our young Apollo candy bar eating school mate of Benjamin Linus is a mystery that has been rattling around my little brain for quite a few months now. Really we weren't given very much to go on here so I am going to do some sleuthing and maybe jump to a few conclusions along the way.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Dharma Girl:</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuc3eY74dZ7DgP3jCtcUpUbAf9SYs3nLHcytcySYcxfNXYEeuz1e6oh4t_eWvrXL1Fhpchyoqpp4q0RogHj9SSfZDG8ErrhvIFAPxfJri5grtTU02fnLSjxieILTRn0JKhrQ2rVhx2Try/s1600-h/annie_pencil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuc3eY74dZ7DgP3jCtcUpUbAf9SYs3nLHcytcySYcxfNXYEeuz1e6oh4t_eWvrXL1Fhpchyoqpp4q0RogHj9SSfZDG8ErrhvIFAPxfJri5grtTU02fnLSjxieILTRn0JKhrQ2rVhx2Try/s320/annie_pencil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171882288595102306" border="0" /></a>At the time Ben first met Annie she appeared to be a little younger than Ben although they were in class together. She obviously had been on the island for some time as she was familiar with classroom procedures and by her opening line to Ben, "Hey, You're new huh?". I noticed she handed Ben the Apollo bar with her left hand although I think this was just for the camera's sake to position the candy bar so the camera could pick it up better. I say this because later in the classroom scene Annie is shown writing with the pencil in her right hand.<br /><br />Some observations here. At no time does Horace mention he has a daughter nor does Olivia (the teacher) indicate Annie could be her daughter even after the gun shots are heard. She directs Annie to lock the door as if Annie has done this before (she even says to Ben " Don't worry, it's only the Hostiles") but I think a parents natural reaction would be to get close to their child in an emergency. Olivia would have been more protective if it were her daughter. Later, after the purge, when Ben closes Horace's eyes back at the barracks, there is no evidence of Annie. Somehow I doubt that she would approve of Ben killing her parents. Therefore I conclude that Annie is not the child of Horace and Olivia Goodspeed and was not on the island at the time of the Purge.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1E4ZJzZyEdIIqPHq_RAOTsbPnPqd6rs6ZoW1KHHWKtn086LN_n-Sev_2_nyLDTM_4SbQnsbYk79wIYlBFFdj3d8eCodD1z5iTjl9lQC3BN2UWaizvMIaWxK7TrXQ3HbybnR6mh3-05y5L/s1600-h/bens_birthday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1E4ZJzZyEdIIqPHq_RAOTsbPnPqd6rs6ZoW1KHHWKtn086LN_n-Sev_2_nyLDTM_4SbQnsbYk79wIYlBFFdj3d8eCodD1z5iTjl9lQC3BN2UWaizvMIaWxK7TrXQ3HbybnR6mh3-05y5L/s320/bens_birthday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171882924250262146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Annie's comment at the swing set was that" Now we never have to be away from each other" was touching but clearly not true. I believe Annie left the island shortly after this point in time as evidenced by the way Ben handled the doll on the morning of the Purge. He saw it on the table and picked it up very gently, almost reverently and it was clearly worn by years of handling. The paint was worn off and faded. This would indicate Ben carried it with him or held it many times over the years while thinking of Annie, not something he would do if she were around to talk to or spend time with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2A7ihj5iV_e7PnF9gUEWj4-pAjgpeM7J5M9tA4N-ZZHXz8A_cNBZPUlRkqbOEPlV_Wimmo-_yeokr_Jas8lxPLTJFJJhwyup1sMzWUK4_SQHkhF7poF1ICUBEClEN8jtJiB9TqSUlaJI7/s1600-h/worn_doll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2A7ihj5iV_e7PnF9gUEWj4-pAjgpeM7J5M9tA4N-ZZHXz8A_cNBZPUlRkqbOEPlV_Wimmo-_yeokr_Jas8lxPLTJFJJhwyup1sMzWUK4_SQHkhF7poF1ICUBEClEN8jtJiB9TqSUlaJI7/s320/worn_doll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171883886322936482" border="0" /></a><br />Then there's the scene with Ben in the tent holding the doll and reminiscing as Richard walked in. Ben asked him "You do remember birthdays, don't you? Today just happens to be mine". the question has a double meaning as the doll indicates the only person to remember Ben's birthday was Annie. To me this indicates Ben only ever knew Annie as a child and not as an adult. Because if Ben knew her as an adult, he would have a more appropriate keepsake of a woman than a childhood gift. Also, there is no picture other than of Alex, his adopted daughter in his house or tent.<br /><br />One goofy theory is that Danielle is Annie. There is no glint of recognition in either one's eyes when they meet in either scene, when Ben is caught in the net and she shoots him with the crossbow or when they meet at the radio tower and he introduces Alex to her mother. Also their subsequent conversations about fleeing the freighter people show no sign of emotion, and clearly Ben shows emotion when thinking about Annie as seen when he looks at the doll. Danielle's accent is just a bonus to indicate that she is not from the island and did not conceive Alex on island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisz59zoUpvuAyj0MQnOc0WuWpNwKL7im6Swppyrn6I3YY-hiyQn9fAX9vEm9NQsd0FhyxWQeFBSTT37klHHig5qxPE9qdDHQhRTR1IF0nykMfUWxVobs6uO9jbISzykeaIPWB6ZI40D1_5/s1600-h/ben_purge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisz59zoUpvuAyj0MQnOc0WuWpNwKL7im6Swppyrn6I3YY-hiyQn9fAX9vEm9NQsd0FhyxWQeFBSTT37klHHig5qxPE9qdDHQhRTR1IF0nykMfUWxVobs6uO9jbISzykeaIPWB6ZI40D1_5/s320/ben_purge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171883413876533906" border="0" /></a><br />There has been some speculation that Annie got pregnant on the island and died in childbirth and this is why Ben has the obsession with children being born via conception on the island. I disagree. I think that the conception/maternal death has always been a part of the islands makeup. This is why there is not a large thriving indigenous population on this island dating back to antiquity, Ben's obsession is caused by his guilt over his own childbirth, and thus has meaning to him of significantly greater importance than the rest of the others. This explains his need to recruit Juliette to try to grow his little island population.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">MY THEORY:</span></span><br /><br />As we will see in a flashback, Juliette has been involved in some interesting lab work in the Orchid Station, directed by none other than Charles Widmore. Yes, 'Ol Chuckie has been to the island more than once and we are talking about after the Purge. But back to the topic of tonight's discussion.<br /><br />If Annie left the island as a child, she had to be the daughter of someone of some importance in the Dharma Initiative. <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">I believe she is Charles Widmores daughter.</span> No not Penelope, but Penny's older sister. Ben has been traveling off island to try to get to her and this caused the rift between Ben and Charles Widmore that has eventually resulted in open warfare between the two and ultimately Widmore sending the Freighter and it's crew to capture Ben and bring him to Charles.<br /><br />They are prepared for what the island has to offer because Widmore knows the islands secrets and picked the team for their skills and abilities. Just as Desmond was exiled to Mystery Frickin Island so he would stay away from Charles Widmore's other daughter. That was three years ago and Charles was probably still speaking with Ben at that point since Widmore was on island during the time Juliette was there. He probably told Ben he was sending Desmond to the island and he should keep an eye on him. Kinda nice that it worked out Kelvin did just that by keeping Desmond busy for the next three years pushing a button.<br /><br />Annie will return to the island at some point and it will be a significant moment for all concerned. It would not even be out of the realm of possibility that the skeletons in the cave are Ben and Annie, although I've really thought all along they would be Desmond and Penny.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Remember The Past:</span></span><br /><br />With all the comings and goings to and from the island that Ben must be doing, I think we have a pretty good idea now who or what his <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">CONSTANT</span> is.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BbsmFtWfm_xwZiHEMKV7ENZhsX80lhJ6AQ8pbAj_R0Gz41Xjh285tC53bI_tviRMt_Vw9HsNLl0Q-2MZnXTEDUxx_qd2PHj54XWwKnbepTrfbj3v-QoPV3KupaQqUZxtr4zCBIMbnxCU/s1600-h/Annie_swingset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BbsmFtWfm_xwZiHEMKV7ENZhsX80lhJ6AQ8pbAj_R0Gz41Xjh285tC53bI_tviRMt_Vw9HsNLl0Q-2MZnXTEDUxx_qd2PHj54XWwKnbepTrfbj3v-QoPV3KupaQqUZxtr4zCBIMbnxCU/s320/Annie_swingset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171884225625352882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-91959964273997880042008-02-22T09:15:00.005-06:002008-02-22T10:07:36.813-06:00Prison Break (LOST style)I tuned in at 8:00 pm central last night ready to watch LOST and instead, what came on was Prison Break. I had to check that I was on the right channel. I mean there were the same characters I knew from watching LOST before, Locke, Kate, Sawyer, Ben, and even some angry little guy tied up in a small shed. But what was going on here?<br /><br />Locke played the part of the warden, Hugo the dim witted guard, Kate the insider with a plan, Sawyer as captain of the guard, and Ben and Miles as the prisoners. What, no guard tower with a machine gun? The rest of the group was busy hiding in their new houses, BAA BAA BAA. <br /><br />You would think someone like me who is so fanatical about this show that I write a blog about it and have heaped mountains of praise on it's writers, producers and actors could not possibly find fault in it. But sadly, that is not the case. So far, I give this season a grade of D Minus for it's terrible change of direction.<br /><br />Maybe the writers and producers have been reading too much Shipper fan mail and think that that's all we are interested in. Last nights episode sucked. I even liked "Stranger in a Strange Land" better than this and I couldn't care less about Jack's tattoos.<br /><br />Kate's motivation was just to find out if the Freighter people knew who she was? Couldn't she have just asked Charlotte or Frank when she was standing next to them. Did we really need the Prison Break drama? What did we learn? Miles wants to extort 3.2 million (not 3.3 million or 3.4 million) from Ben because he knows Ben is worth it.<br /><br />Another bone I need to pick is, Is it only me or does it seem like the budget for this show has been cut dramatically? All I see now is people walking around and talking in the same sets from last year and flashing a lot of guns around. I did notice that upon second viewing of this episode that there are like 23 executive producers on this staff or roughly one executive producer for every cast member. Is this where the show's budget has gone?<br /><br />How could we be 4 episodes in to the new season and no Smokey? One incidence of whispers, and that was to Hugo. How come a Ghostbuster isn't hearing anything? NO new hatches, even though we were teased during the haitus about an Orchid hatch, a Wave hatch, a glimpse of Dr. Marvin Candle or a Temple where the Others are hiding out. <br /><br />In my next post I will write you the outline of the episode you should have written by now. Count me among the Island Mystery fans who are being left out of season 4.<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-71825523111448448012008-02-19T20:06:00.003-06:002008-02-19T20:24:09.019-06:00Wasting away in MargaritavilleI'm really sorry I read the spoiler for episode 4. Eggtown has "Filler" and "Time Waster" written all over it. I think I stopped caring about Kate some time during season three. I AM NOT A SHIPPER!! I don't even like the term.<br /><br />I think the whole screwing Sawyer while trying to flirt with Jack is nonsense. She made her choice, now she should stick with it. The whole episode just to get her probation and for that reveal? I won't spoil it for anyone who doesn't know, but I hope there is more to this episode than what I read.<br /><br />They are supposed to be moving the story forward. Awww, what the hell, maybe I'm expecting too much. <br /><br />I guess I really liked the show so much better when there were island mysteries to solve. Whatever happened to hatches, smoke monsters, whispers and ancient ruins? How could we be four episodes into this season and no smoke monster? So far, only Hugo heard whispers and only near Jacob's cabin. I would've thought Miles would be going out of his mind with all the dead people on craphole island longing for someone to talk to.<br /><br />Wouldn't Shannon just be trying to chat up a storm with the only guy who could hear her?<br /><br />Speaking of Miles, I think he will be the first casualty of the island. Sure, he'll get his chance to chat with Jacob at some point, but then it's curtains for him. He's gonna be a victim of Ben somehow.<br /><br />The one to watch out for is Charlotte. She's got an agenda, and it's gonna be an interesting one. I don't think she will ever leave the island either, but she will stay by choice. And I don't believe any of this nonsense I've read about Charlotte being Annie's daughter. Ben would not have tried to put two slugs in her if she was.<br /><br />Speaking of Annie, I have a few ideas I will flesh out in a future article very soon.<br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-4983530754288965242008-02-19T19:24:00.002-06:002008-02-19T20:00:25.480-06:00Island TouristsI was really anxious to start the season and see where the writers were going to lead us in this new storyline for season 4. Sure the first episode started a little slow. Then we had a set up episode about the new "boaties" (I like this term better than "Freighties"). But then I read the recappers covering S4Ep2. I almost had to puke. Enough of the Fantastic Four nonsense, were you all drinking the same Kool-Aid and reading the same comic books?<br /><br />This weeks batch of recappers finally hit their stride with some insightful and clever observations. I especially have to give props to Erica aka "e" from Long Live Locke for an excellent summary and for supporting my notion that time is a very relevent part of this story.<br /><br />This blog is called "LOST island TIME" after all. I picked up on this little notion just about the time I first saw the "Black Rock" sitting out there in the jungle all alone. This was reinforced by the skeletons in the "Rape Caves" Thanks, Shannon.<br /><br />But the proof in the pudding is courtesy Daniel Faraday and his little payload experiment. Now how to explain this, I mean 31 seconds or 31 minutes doesn't really matter to me except to prove there is something weird about the island in the stream of time.<br /><br />I wish I could come up with some all encompassing theory about what is going on in terms of the time difference between island time and rest of world time, but I can't. I'm really just along for the ride like most of you.<br /><br />Something else that has been bugging me. Now that we know some survivors are going to get off island, it kind of makes their remaining time on island a little less perilous, doesn't it? Hurley is not in any danger, likewise Kate and Jack. We know that Sayid has a safe ride back home and no matter what happens when he reaches the freighter, he won't be in any real mortal danger.<br /><br />Now the same can't really be said for those who stay behind. I am afraid something very bad is going to happen to the rest of the castaways. Sawyer, Locke and Claire are in for some nasty business ahead.<br /><br />Now that the setup stuff is done, how about we get to the meat of the story?<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-14420422643175658292008-01-10T21:23:00.000-06:002008-01-10T21:25:43.373-06:00Who Me?<div align='center'><a href='http://www.buddytv.com/closedquiz/closed-quiz.aspx?quiz=33'>Which Lost Character Are You?<br /><img src='http://www.buddytv.com/closedquiz/images/results/lost-charlie.jpg' /></a><br /><a href="http://www.buddytv.com">Created by BuddyTV</a></div>hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-42498628954041391212008-01-01T13:38:00.000-06:002008-12-10T05:52:12.833-06:00The Sky Turned Purple...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSY_lBi5AISJ0c-E-qB6wfWd2U29JTL0xEXi6_-G1j9YyhApOgCr9RCrKGQ6CPH2K1NlIrqkQIaxeW-TQqqfa5ftWIBpmtA_VWN6jhyphenhyphenfw5FmGgq_cw42k52LzAjMo8R-1SLHESro9P6kpN/s1600-h/maybe_jacob.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSY_lBi5AISJ0c-E-qB6wfWd2U29JTL0xEXi6_-G1j9YyhApOgCr9RCrKGQ6CPH2K1NlIrqkQIaxeW-TQqqfa5ftWIBpmtA_VWN6jhyphenhyphenfw5FmGgq_cw42k52LzAjMo8R-1SLHESro9P6kpN/s320/maybe_jacob.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150615830916355074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Okay fellow LOST fans, every magazine I pick up this week has some top ten list of 2007. Well, I'm gonna give my top ten list of 2008, (predictions that is). I know that the information is coming fast and furious now with new spoilers and teasers coming almost daily, so some of these will be rendered untrue by the time the first episode airs. But, what the heck, I've been wrong before and I still keep at it, keep in mind, I'm not one of those people who has or pretends to have inside knowledge and won't share it. These are pure guesses. Here is my list of the ten things I think we will see in Season 4.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhBfS6t5G31OCqxHmYs1BVjNDKsr-HNVzeAGrY4l_CUT-3aAlkCI0tey96HrMo0khiwSC61QDiQciF9_6jdeVl_rhMLzkE0yO3jMZaf0_w1I4DSZxPXnYzO1u3Gn1JWqfcFax_qufkDkE/s1600-h/The_wave_Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhBfS6t5G31OCqxHmYs1BVjNDKsr-HNVzeAGrY4l_CUT-3aAlkCI0tey96HrMo0khiwSC61QDiQciF9_6jdeVl_rhMLzkE0yO3jMZaf0_w1I4DSZxPXnYzO1u3Gn1JWqfcFax_qufkDkE/s320/The_wave_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150613842346496914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">10.</span> The Wave station is found.</span></span> In "The Glass Ballarina" when Colleen is shot and they are bringing her back to the others camp, you can hear someone on the walkie talkie telling Pickett that they have arrived back at "the Wave". I don't know it's location or purpose, but I believe it will figure prominently in the story.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">9.</span> In a flashback we find out Christian Shepard is the one who paid off Richard Malkin to make sure Claire gets on the plane to Los Angeles.</span></span> Probably in the same episode Claire and Jack find out they were siblings. We also find out how Christian wound up having a heart attack in some back alley in Sydney (probably when Malkin tells Christian that he has forseen that the plane will crash.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">8.</span> Jin will die in a flash forward.</span></span> True he is one of the Oceanic 6, but when he returns to civilization, Paik will be furious that Jin does not have the watch anymore. The watch he was charged with delivering to Los Angeles for Mr. Paik has some special ability we don't know about yet. Jin gave the watch to Michael when they were on the raft. I think this is how (either Michael, Walt or Jack) will be able to return to the island also, because of something the watch can do. Perhaps it can store coordinates or has a GPS locater in it. The man seen in the restroom at the Sydney airport talking Korean to Jin will be the one sent by Paik to kill Jin.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">7.</span> It is Michael in the coffin.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh9R4CIpU2ImzVq2vbEvRAT8sKtXSIpU-Tz9hD6VUq1uJ4U5dK5w-2wFTVXkUOAX5y2qIZ7WSc48K0aSJ7pNity3QeOj2e17Xv24KoTUD9DyTYFKpDdMAfktwsyfJxkXhM3QKf87Tt96I/s1600-h/Orchid_Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh9R4CIpU2ImzVq2vbEvRAT8sKtXSIpU-Tz9hD6VUq1uJ4U5dK5w-2wFTVXkUOAX5y2qIZ7WSc48K0aSJ7pNity3QeOj2e17Xv24KoTUD9DyTYFKpDdMAfktwsyfJxkXhM3QKf87Tt96I/s320/Orchid_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150614692750021554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">6.</span> The Orchid station is either found or Ben leads the Losties to it.</span> They will be on the run from the Freighter people and will hide out there. It is connected to other stations and the Barracks by a series of underground tunnels the Losties will use to evade capture by the Freighter people. I postulate that the Orchid is the cutoff annex of the Swan station as seen on the blast door map. It is interesting to note that Ben and Roger Linus both had the Swan logo on their jumpsuits the day of the purge.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">5.</span> We find out that Hugo's dad worked for Dharma, probably on the island.</span> I always thought it was a little strange that David Reyes left the family for 17 years and showed up again after Hugo won the lottery with no real explanation of where he was for all that time. I know this one is a stretch, but I like Hugo's character and would like more back story on him.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">4.</span> Bernard will die. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3.</span> The "him" Kate refers to in the flash forward is Kevin Callis.</span></span> Kate's cop husband who she had to flee from when he wanted to take her on a vacation that required a valid passport. When she returns to civilization, she returns to him. By the way, he is portrayed by the excellent actor Nathan Fillion, you know they'll want to put him back in the show. Plus, Kate is not pregnant by Sawyer, or if she was, then she will have a miscarriage.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2.</span> New whispers.</span></span> We will hear Charlie, Tom, and just about everyone who died in Season two, especially in the finale. Expect to hear Charlie every time we see Claire or Aaron on screen or in danger. I'm really hoping for some answers on these whispers, but I don't really expect to get any kind of explanation until season six.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.</span> In the Season 4 finale, Locke will raise the sub "Galaga" and use it to sink the Freighter.</span></span> He will sneak up on the ship the same way the others snuck up on Sun in the sailboat. The sub's crew is still alive on the island and will help Locke, who by this time will be the Leader of the others, and anyone else on the island not connected to the Freighter people.<br /><br />There you are, my wild and crazy predictions for the new year. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year and I hope we can all continue to enjoy our obsessions with the greatest show ever.<br />Thanks to all who read this and...<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-19643347767798681192007-12-19T20:25:00.001-06:002008-12-10T05:52:13.392-06:00Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP07o3OrCLIByzvSTs3vh0BF8h4p42RRlqo4gRDfDzkyWLZLhFaS4PEzGJ4GC6tXdcdIzdtM5WB6Y8_QlvfwmMThn7s31VbXo9Bu1pfp8h4E2Yulq7qkH1pA1id9gUudiGn0jSkjxTn1qt/s1600-h/Charlie_LG.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP07o3OrCLIByzvSTs3vh0BF8h4p42RRlqo4gRDfDzkyWLZLhFaS4PEzGJ4GC6tXdcdIzdtM5WB6Y8_QlvfwmMThn7s31VbXo9Bu1pfp8h4E2Yulq7qkH1pA1id9gUudiGn0jSkjxTn1qt/s320/Charlie_LG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145875810519208722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Poor Chawley, gave it up for the team. That's gotta earn you a spot with the good guys, right?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-family: arial;">I'm fully expecting to hear Charlie whispers every time we see either Claire or Aaron.</span><br /><br />An excellent hero's death. The writers brought their "A" game for the season finale. Last night I posted that every picture tells a story. Well, tonight I have just that picture in this article. One of the first scenes we will see this season is Hugo back in civilization, unfortunately not exactly where he wants to be. The first episode of season 4 is Hurley centric.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Tonight CRAZY whacked out theory:</span><br /><br />Although I have already seen a spoiler shot of Hurley with short hair which I assume to be<br />set in a flashforward. Hurley is after all, one of the Oceanic 6. I can't imagine they would have a major cast member so radically change his appearance unless he was either going to get bumped off soon or he would no longer have any island scenes anymore.<br /><br />I believe that the latter is the case. Once Hugo is rescued he will be cleaned up by his mother, get a haircut, get a shave and take over your money empire again. He will be welcomed back by everybody except Daddy who has been livin' large on Hugo's money.<br /><br />But then Hugo starts talking crazy talk. Stuff about smoke monsters, healing fast and Bald men who type 4,8,15,16,23,42 over and over again every 108 minutes. Powerful, Crazy old men living in abandoned shacks in the jungle...<br /><br />Suddenly daddy sees a way to get the money back. Next thing you know Hugo is back at Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute and he has a new friend. That's right, that little fall off the cliff got rid of Dave forever. From now on Charlie is his new BFF.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWCY10NYAdVf6cAHcbKc7DE33oiNRH5nE5g8RxEqFtzLktn45ZEw6T79lI8MqJnkbgvSDQLHpEZEvdQHrqSVAyg5c9uh92sT67fejfOaWcxrdKe3lxcc0OF174EueiaxhRoHuHvfLddmF/s1600-h/future_chawley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWCY10NYAdVf6cAHcbKc7DE33oiNRH5nE5g8RxEqFtzLktn45ZEw6T79lI8MqJnkbgvSDQLHpEZEvdQHrqSVAyg5c9uh92sT67fejfOaWcxrdKe3lxcc0OF174EueiaxhRoHuHvfLddmF/s320/future_chawley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145875995202802466" border="0" /></a><br />I held back this little theory because I still hadn't made up my mind about it. It certainly is Charlie Pace, but it looks more like his early Driveshaft days. I'm almost certain that is Hugo Reyes standing there facing him. In the background is what looks like an asphalt driveway.<br /><br />There's poor Hugo sitting in the loony bin wishing he were back on the beach when he picks up a magazine and sees an article, with an old picture of Charlie Pace of Driveshaft and he's overwhelmed by emotion, and suddenly, there's Charlie, his new cell mate.<br /><br />Now me personally, I would have dreamed up Libby as my imaginary friend if I had to live there. I really hope we don't see this as the last shot of LOST. "OH it was all in Hugo's Head!"<br />I would be bummed out.<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-62310894676154079622007-12-17T21:46:00.000-06:002008-12-10T05:52:18.167-06:00Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It?Looking at the new trailer for season 4 and wondering about a few things. I had planned to write about the new hatch logo revealed last week, but now new info casts doubt on my theory. So while I sulk off to my easy chair to ponder the mystery of the two new hatches for Season 4, I'll just drop these picture on you and let the story unfold.<br /><br />I warn you matey's, thar be spoilers ahead.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZYlF32-rsW-QoQp0GMcbjYZmN0Imc2QLk8Sv4JQYTu2l5rPUOl3OnEBoJE71-9UmHAu33tijuMWARfgkD6XZk7Zr7bcNVxZGy3cYutno9tEfZ5P_1AdmUeX8T_5VW4wHiL-5ffFRQ31x/s1600-h/aircraft_breakup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZYlF32-rsW-QoQp0GMcbjYZmN0Imc2QLk8Sv4JQYTu2l5rPUOl3OnEBoJE71-9UmHAu33tijuMWARfgkD6XZk7Zr7bcNVxZGy3cYutno9tEfZ5P_1AdmUeX8T_5VW4wHiL-5ffFRQ31x/s320/aircraft_breakup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145156184453796114" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's a safe bet that were gonna see yet another perspective on the plane crash. I think Greg Grunberg will be making another appearance as our pilot.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN0FVXz34-uhNMq6u5FoumSY8CRnOySa2JxF3CcK47Z4ope66K8P5cVPMBaRPSWenajCieInt3wOOwaJEPTlCo7LctbIZH2n5ttpdM9G-k7F7kUfMp-0s52DeC5r7LDaS-RFZROXgKurK/s1600-h/inside_plane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN0FVXz34-uhNMq6u5FoumSY8CRnOySa2JxF3CcK47Z4ope66K8P5cVPMBaRPSWenajCieInt3wOOwaJEPTlCo7LctbIZH2n5ttpdM9G-k7F7kUfMp-0s52DeC5r7LDaS-RFZROXgKurK/s320/inside_plane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145156665490133282" border="0" /></a><br />Here's another look inside the fuselage pre-breakup. Is that Locke there in the middle?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuCTXd5yfyiez42fhyphenhyphenmeTAAFNUu-yzCMRevcH5nYunX4I2lGy9wXAIaW6t0WAzD30oSUn7PBZJk-5ely5X9po5fSxbAKLVZXMvFLHkKmXBnLVjEgT8XghT6y8C1jYjgRz2o1xhK7KIfk1/s1600-h/6_in_water.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuCTXd5yfyiez42fhyphenhyphenmeTAAFNUu-yzCMRevcH5nYunX4I2lGy9wXAIaW6t0WAzD30oSUn7PBZJk-5ely5X9po5fSxbAKLVZXMvFLHkKmXBnLVjEgT8XghT6y8C1jYjgRz2o1xhK7KIfk1/s320/6_in_water.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145172436610044594" border="0" /></a><br />4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. I don't remember a 6 in there anywhere.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszqD8e4PIpOCAfXytdmrD1SAsAtCejou0czN2osjYisOg_ifu0siO6u1R5ZBBKT13Xq4QE3SR4c5LhN2WH_aZfdqFA2UlM6XlRhCf4swYYHoSEu90aKo0VIip4-Ih0VBErnuKKX3c-Y4m/s1600-h/Hugo_swimming.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszqD8e4PIpOCAfXytdmrD1SAsAtCejou0czN2osjYisOg_ifu0siO6u1R5ZBBKT13Xq4QE3SR4c5LhN2WH_aZfdqFA2UlM6XlRhCf4swYYHoSEu90aKo0VIip4-Ih0VBErnuKKX3c-Y4m/s320/Hugo_swimming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145173527531737794" border="0" /></a><br />OH, it's how long Hugo can hold his breath under water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHbkXMQd5vrvGJ8rWYlD_p9HeXJxUPBe-zx116EuAmbmo2Ux1OfCSjISSSNRzdnOBoHoQxvk3zv0cePMxBWAKi3NojXCB52DrZJ2rvaeZgnImuQp9rCR9BaLqKGXCAYWitQQS4QILjadT/s1600-h/parachustist_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHbkXMQd5vrvGJ8rWYlD_p9HeXJxUPBe-zx116EuAmbmo2Ux1OfCSjISSSNRzdnOBoHoQxvk3zv0cePMxBWAKi3NojXCB52DrZJ2rvaeZgnImuQp9rCR9BaLqKGXCAYWitQQS4QILjadT/s320/parachustist_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145160238902923682" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oops, I think I'm falling, hey buddy, can you give me a hand up?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD25-MoSkxLFYclrX8YYFCmtnUQQDTTrIdHJ2prVTfsiQJEaMtgDxvA5APP3i1l40dbnK60SWDafi-XFiKOElWwDaZtzzpKv1aHbraiZVpiEA8kbRnk7y5Igxkvg4iwrfEPcrsJHQSuPTy/s1600-h/parachutist_a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD25-MoSkxLFYclrX8YYFCmtnUQQDTTrIdHJ2prVTfsiQJEaMtgDxvA5APP3i1l40dbnK60SWDafi-XFiKOElWwDaZtzzpKv1aHbraiZVpiEA8kbRnk7y5Igxkvg4iwrfEPcrsJHQSuPTy/s320/parachutist_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145159744981684626" border="0" /></a><br />Ummm, could you use two hands, dude?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlcvpRwLn3RqgM9vsdr9JO0fD1Rddxmx-l9hkEvqWXJoPIE5tykWUkkGE_8kL_8h811qxQKTTyz0tXmVfs4P8i4u_Qasz4eQqq03u4PyA5TewPp4_hsDrrVaZuOH_uqZsceBK3rmCa-5z/s1600-h/drop_in_b2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlcvpRwLn3RqgM9vsdr9JO0fD1Rddxmx-l9hkEvqWXJoPIE5tykWUkkGE_8kL_8h811qxQKTTyz0tXmVfs4P8i4u_Qasz4eQqq03u4PyA5TewPp4_hsDrrVaZuOH_uqZsceBK3rmCa-5z/s320/drop_in_b2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145160737119130034" border="0" /></a><br />What the hell was that? The electrics are going haywire.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFGpjNoe0qGYDmHGwgcYBKoft79PxXKjZpRmNGOLPcyJG7dOxICQdHaFkI9EeASPWuutPfg7r9TgNcCXHiiDVV0pxqCO7W7iU6yA6ldVRL7yaAAdTrG7X7cL8Cd-mC2NIhaYFRakuit1Z/s1600-h/parachutist_c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFGpjNoe0qGYDmHGwgcYBKoft79PxXKjZpRmNGOLPcyJG7dOxICQdHaFkI9EeASPWuutPfg7r9TgNcCXHiiDVV0pxqCO7W7iU6yA6ldVRL7yaAAdTrG7X7cL8Cd-mC2NIhaYFRakuit1Z/s320/parachutist_c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145160951867494850" border="0" /></a><br />Oh crap! Here I go, see ya!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXJi2jBxS1NPzSPLHBqhtecYSdyuLgR_tfq-aacVY1MsrZkJpy0mRMqoIZTyMNwL3EiEkGiuLOIjbM6Nl_HhCO2sUpi30vS3jUdlV77dttikTu-5KsVcpls3WMN-6njFd3AA4m9j4WE9G/s1600-h/drop_in_a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXJi2jBxS1NPzSPLHBqhtecYSdyuLgR_tfq-aacVY1MsrZkJpy0mRMqoIZTyMNwL3EiEkGiuLOIjbM6Nl_HhCO2sUpi30vS3jUdlV77dttikTu-5KsVcpls3WMN-6njFd3AA4m9j4WE9G/s320/drop_in_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145157133641568562" border="0" /></a><br />Looks like we have a guest dropping in for dinner.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJ9awez5j93GXsNIK0GWeyP32JGH_U9iafMdAmbHB9tR1ZHK03umxE-GdHRAm-NDmzl0F1oV-63gMTeaktyahzX15dl32qben0Bfdxn6SthA13vncX4CqVz-kIWhTBlmxoC5U0zdkLfU8/s1600-h/drop_in_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJ9awez5j93GXsNIK0GWeyP32JGH_U9iafMdAmbHB9tR1ZHK03umxE-GdHRAm-NDmzl0F1oV-63gMTeaktyahzX15dl32qben0Bfdxn6SthA13vncX4CqVz-kIWhTBlmxoC5U0zdkLfU8/s320/drop_in_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145157442879213890" border="0" /></a><br />Just don't shine that in my eyes, okay?<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oMchFfsxcYLD762TaFMSjuLIt91Pawk5Eoyzn4wypAtyE6dwcGeEqOCGhMRUlGGsUSdQpyBMSjioGCzkNlJHRZNoyg6ZhdlTNANW_hjp9ZUhhvStBHVCExjBTv5SJ1JjCBwNInn6dMen/s1600-h/drop_in_c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oMchFfsxcYLD762TaFMSjuLIt91Pawk5Eoyzn4wypAtyE6dwcGeEqOCGhMRUlGGsUSdQpyBMSjioGCzkNlJHRZNoyg6ZhdlTNANW_hjp9ZUhhvStBHVCExjBTv5SJ1JjCBwNInn6dMen/s320/drop_in_c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145158134368948578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Eyeland.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEi7dTkMT6_iwda0AfiOt9Ttwu0KZaK5apXkH0Icgw0azP9TW9TvfvAlyguuUpTpN1mgAdOUUHyJtNZr0Jj1_IXVEDGColOj2qqK1NSDgTUaaPwlfmhN9UFn7b6Knr4DZH3jtysts-5Im/s1600-h/drop_in_d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEi7dTkMT6_iwda0AfiOt9Ttwu0KZaK5apXkH0Icgw0azP9TW9TvfvAlyguuUpTpN1mgAdOUUHyJtNZr0Jj1_IXVEDGColOj2qqK1NSDgTUaaPwlfmhN9UFn7b6Knr4DZH3jtysts-5Im/s320/drop_in_d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145158525210972530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Nice blue helmet.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEaizU0JJdf_H7GmrxSCuhR1cayz-YSR8xSJy3vNMc2gr8ZZMyRda-bJgpYovWAdB00owIKymBxhU0rzMJMBQpw3PKCS8q2idvo1UvJJ_JctYKveTlLqqoIaM42gTqBm-bANfua2EtncQ/s1600-h/drop_in_e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEaizU0JJdf_H7GmrxSCuhR1cayz-YSR8xSJy3vNMc2gr8ZZMyRda-bJgpYovWAdB00owIKymBxhU0rzMJMBQpw3PKCS8q2idvo1UvJJ_JctYKveTlLqqoIaM42gTqBm-bANfua2EtncQ/s320/drop_in_e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145158843038552450" border="0" /></a><br />Who is that on the right taking a day hike with our Losties? I'm guessing in the future the wrist watches are much bigger.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIOqcpuUlZzTUQwgzDnxofEFPeuWNxBpSCjNuvZvGEOWjEN6_43ho2gP8RYwWgVcTMckyR3tMJIpupPFHwL5beIoVHDGZ2WgcZLiUaBgbzkyGQbczfzyUTpr5upZHvGwR41BFPaETCXdg/s1600-h/new_girl_a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIOqcpuUlZzTUQwgzDnxofEFPeuWNxBpSCjNuvZvGEOWjEN6_43ho2gP8RYwWgVcTMckyR3tMJIpupPFHwL5beIoVHDGZ2WgcZLiUaBgbzkyGQbczfzyUTpr5upZHvGwR41BFPaETCXdg/s320/new_girl_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145161913940169170" border="0" /></a><br />Someone with long blonde hair and a pistol who is dressed like Ben Linus.<br /><br /><img src="file:///Volumes/Phantom_2/LOST%20images/12_16/new_girl_b.jpg" alt="" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzCLkipV-X81CzaeTAqvhHSdjimhSeuQdv4W0DdaiuKXXp3TQwmtf1oRPrCp6x7rMAC1G6u53zSNvmUolbZ2ogu2BQWpLTkeE7lXHI1qnZ3ZPwE9Evz07KEk4JXP7E8KOwDVDgDW5OfZF/s1600-h/new_girl_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzCLkipV-X81CzaeTAqvhHSdjimhSeuQdv4W0DdaiuKXXp3TQwmtf1oRPrCp6x7rMAC1G6u53zSNvmUolbZ2ogu2BQWpLTkeE7lXHI1qnZ3ZPwE9Evz07KEk4JXP7E8KOwDVDgDW5OfZF/s320/new_girl_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145162858832974306" border="0" /></a><br />Nope, I don't recognize her either.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKeDaTvjxGbax4NdfH3f1W5OGrqt3aq019Yx-BFYMwcckqbleSA36OJ3wvyukBk8WwQjbyDW3LCxPJc3iC91XaGkqYkuAx1N9td6bOoyhBvv6DmT8roKobIMoUwmQmmxqIb_8X9xwSR57/s1600-h/hydra_plank.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKeDaTvjxGbax4NdfH3f1W5OGrqt3aq019Yx-BFYMwcckqbleSA36OJ3wvyukBk8WwQjbyDW3LCxPJc3iC91XaGkqYkuAx1N9td6bOoyhBvv6DmT8roKobIMoUwmQmmxqIb_8X9xwSR57/s320/hydra_plank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145169580456792706" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a place we've been before. Wonder what this is?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlH7eJvCYlnFwHHQo8V9HmceWpJRJXLX9WvHAN6N4MJ670HO2eWR_afB9MDJ2LEIsPaPop5wimzQFuQO8VLMmNOG4oZ5cGlPTtFcGD7goIrGPYyivVXvJFh6ol81iOo0AE0Enziw30H72/s1600-h/cow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlH7eJvCYlnFwHHQo8V9HmceWpJRJXLX9WvHAN6N4MJ670HO2eWR_afB9MDJ2LEIsPaPop5wimzQFuQO8VLMmNOG4oZ5cGlPTtFcGD7goIrGPYyivVXvJFh6ol81iOo0AE0Enziw30H72/s320/cow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145171624861225634" border="0" /></a><br />My first thought? Looks like hamburger is back on the menu.<br />Wait a minute, is that cow wearing a Scarf? Next thing you know it'll be talking to us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq4tezVKZt2J2VMgBeSJLJ29_3w6avWeffLOH6-ESVBdxo4NFx8iV1ldbByOaC3AVHPvt19QeqVVwFkwkXn_Zzx4nLL16xWbhNKVrqmWAaEruXIw8mb5eaACGnHsJx2ugplbfzcUFZaSh/s1600-h/coconuts_a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq4tezVKZt2J2VMgBeSJLJ29_3w6avWeffLOH6-ESVBdxo4NFx8iV1ldbByOaC3AVHPvt19QeqVVwFkwkXn_Zzx4nLL16xWbhNKVrqmWAaEruXIw8mb5eaACGnHsJx2ugplbfzcUFZaSh/s320/coconuts_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145163571797545458" border="0" /></a><br />My what a lovely bunch of coconuts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQF7VKE9hx5XEhjTyZ2UITF7f2Gr9VoHfEqPz5OsroIEr2mLsgssSBjR-2NZK17Uvwz_djlsMuSrS5a_PJSDp9JvPdVVo5RsETezZbkrshZituhq9pLFuCCCI-k0W0REXlBgMXyYFK9kJ/s1600-h/coconuts_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQF7VKE9hx5XEhjTyZ2UITF7f2Gr9VoHfEqPz5OsroIEr2mLsgssSBjR-2NZK17Uvwz_djlsMuSrS5a_PJSDp9JvPdVVo5RsETezZbkrshZituhq9pLFuCCCI-k0W0REXlBgMXyYFK9kJ/s320/coconuts_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145163885330158082" border="0" /></a><br />Well, it looks like our new friends brought some firecrackers along.<br />Maybe it's Chinese New Years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNugFr5Sw4OOERkPTE8e9GG6hnkKZKkST-0vZg9zpgv5QmkoROvgB4cGkYn34LM9JZKZkjcEYfi81914crzjMcM3jivSMg6SSMTC9UjcV4MDxHajtpaR_GAPTDAuDDCySxZ-KPMCaDMsr/s1600-h/hurley_run_in.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNugFr5Sw4OOERkPTE8e9GG6hnkKZKkST-0vZg9zpgv5QmkoROvgB4cGkYn34LM9JZKZkjcEYfi81914crzjMcM3jivSMg6SSMTC9UjcV4MDxHajtpaR_GAPTDAuDDCySxZ-KPMCaDMsr/s320/hurley_run_in.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145164508100416018" border="0" /></a><br />I couldn't get the song "Run Thru The Jungle" By Creedence out of my head.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwAR0I0hJFZDTG1ywe61WP_5dZs89VkTz0UMYrZJjRa1ID1oOXzdMf933cn4cqZqy1W_tzNEGirCweSl7Gt3fAL7wsTK8231rO2jnjJQTWOYZcK8Wr9m44LT4RKCaLr0qYW8ONRmnG9L7/s1600-h/hurley_cabin_a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwAR0I0hJFZDTG1ywe61WP_5dZs89VkTz0UMYrZJjRa1ID1oOXzdMf933cn4cqZqy1W_tzNEGirCweSl7Gt3fAL7wsTK8231rO2jnjJQTWOYZcK8Wr9m44LT4RKCaLr0qYW8ONRmnG9L7/s320/hurley_cabin_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145165843835245106" border="0" /></a><br />Hey what's that over there? Looks like an old shack.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO-gy4feXK3IrAd_GUD8O3CvviO6PI2_z3uV49gqMcx1eyZKHIdYOLqOGHMxDRgo3WrAYcamMpWini69Qivwj2VVZOf0FxUGdhAldijPo2VrJj_-VEmLQW0b72NeRVCaUM-M9YeD4IX4O/s1600-h/hurley_cabin_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO-gy4feXK3IrAd_GUD8O3CvviO6PI2_z3uV49gqMcx1eyZKHIdYOLqOGHMxDRgo3WrAYcamMpWini69Qivwj2VVZOf0FxUGdhAldijPo2VrJj_-VEmLQW0b72NeRVCaUM-M9YeD4IX4O/s320/hurley_cabin_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145166565389750850" border="0" /></a><br />Kinda dark inside. I wonder who lives here?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JCOhLp8sVe_j9OAgjQZK7Ak3ltoCHayHz3Xv-FNRNx7IYlf35t2w-QDM_-RcOihA6epzo0FYOwhHdJG7NB1TWrONEIcBn6LF8Xm2O_8Ie1lgg4KKNx3iR3obSUdM5R3nCr6PqzyxL9T9/s1600-h/hurley_cabin_c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JCOhLp8sVe_j9OAgjQZK7Ak3ltoCHayHz3Xv-FNRNx7IYlf35t2w-QDM_-RcOihA6epzo0FYOwhHdJG7NB1TWrONEIcBn6LF8Xm2O_8Ie1lgg4KKNx3iR3obSUdM5R3nCr6PqzyxL9T9/s320/hurley_cabin_c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145167037836153426" border="0" /></a><br />Maybe I'll just take a little peek to see if anyone's home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMgkWxFXHkiF9sOfHzM_8290CliSSdi9d9ZKGNTiWl8TpILwjG3v8sRu2aAZfzVpNN8LUHx70NNSmZGSSVnGl9i_ujOfuZ_JzEpB9GECcDVKUx6rZf-VG8TwM6jIgBa9OMsskYAziBcSb/s1600-h/christian_jacob.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMgkWxFXHkiF9sOfHzM_8290CliSSdi9d9ZKGNTiWl8TpILwjG3v8sRu2aAZfzVpNN8LUHx70NNSmZGSSVnGl9i_ujOfuZ_JzEpB9GECcDVKUx6rZf-VG8TwM6jIgBa9OMsskYAziBcSb/s320/christian_jacob.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145168403635753570" border="0" /></a><br />Oh No, it's the CEO of Fantasy Island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHELhSK5a5j3POKGtzYP1cfrXUlPCHFESPg1SET4HqEe1MIgWshN6YQ_Z4MbI-6gugji6S5LEt4PkFXGmDeUFyai5xwux0EumoQ5BkRXVoH8Y1WlulOc3ZMVhUaOZu84H8c27R8NwvRK_0/s1600-h/hurley_run_out.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHELhSK5a5j3POKGtzYP1cfrXUlPCHFESPg1SET4HqEe1MIgWshN6YQ_Z4MbI-6gugji6S5LEt4PkFXGmDeUFyai5xwux0EumoQ5BkRXVoH8Y1WlulOc3ZMVhUaOZu84H8c27R8NwvRK_0/s320/hurley_run_out.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145169138075161202" border="0" /></a><br />Run Forrest Run !!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFOcFAY0XLeESBpLcX1vF9kIWRwTEnBNkAxmLv5Ff43A40RBV8JlgGCzAMCtoHpnY9WthtEKBU_CNoKBkJDIVxFhz6qyKX5vsertESkgnmV2pilhIpalFAzjzYhKrzCmolXYdApUQYRpR/s1600-h/Lost_closer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFOcFAY0XLeESBpLcX1vF9kIWRwTEnBNkAxmLv5Ff43A40RBV8JlgGCzAMCtoHpnY9WthtEKBU_CNoKBkJDIVxFhz6qyKX5vsertESkgnmV2pilhIpalFAzjzYhKrzCmolXYdApUQYRpR/s320/Lost_closer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145170370730775186" border="0" /></a>And I'll leave you with this little nugget. Yes that is a cityscape reflected in the water. I wouldn't read too much into it though. My gut feeling is that it only represents the dual nature of the upcoming season, half the show on the island and half alternating between flash backs and flash forwards.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Namaste,<br />hatchling23<br /></div></div>hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-73783847794134360992007-12-12T19:20:00.000-06:002008-12-10T05:52:20.244-06:00He Did It Again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6ncqufgZnxR_F79oDTbBLHJtUlSbsxwShpnhv_Lz1CZWCD8mnqXn6xk6qWCv8-7wJjpewP9A0KWA-XaGCAIiNkWdFYRTEM0yTtJELZkJ-xgpUSYIF41O-XqgVc6KlRhD2MAblI3D_Co9/s1600-h/Tall_Walt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6ncqufgZnxR_F79oDTbBLHJtUlSbsxwShpnhv_Lz1CZWCD8mnqXn6xk6qWCv8-7wJjpewP9A0KWA-XaGCAIiNkWdFYRTEM0yTtJELZkJ-xgpUSYIF41O-XqgVc6KlRhD2MAblI3D_Co9/s320/Tall_Walt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143277310685114258" border="0" /></a><br />Juliette: He did it again.<br />Ben: Did what again?<br />Juliette: You Know.<br /><br />The look on Ben's face is Priceless. First time I've really seen fear in his eyes, except for inside Jacob's Shack.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8lXkvv3QxXavucbO8QRjT7YT3PWeoc88rkDdPWpdQM8Z3Ar_UL8cqUUXtgSvVzFPHgtj1EIpzkE3-2KyWXBNQI9g3G1rSBCqEXI4tnEbIojJNmhWoWI7ctE0cz-przp7_4FCirD4K6ai/s1600-h/Karl_Room23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8lXkvv3QxXavucbO8QRjT7YT3PWeoc88rkDdPWpdQM8Z3Ar_UL8cqUUXtgSvVzFPHgtj1EIpzkE3-2KyWXBNQI9g3G1rSBCqEXI4tnEbIojJNmhWoWI7ctE0cz-przp7_4FCirD4K6ai/s320/Karl_Room23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143280716594180018" border="0" /></a><br />If young Walt happens to be in this Room and is strapped into the same chair as this poor fellow. I have a feeling he may be a little upset. I would hate to be a little birdy on this island.<br /><br />If like I have, you have been enjoying the LOST mobisodes on ABC.com, this weeks episode was a knockout. It essentially proved that Walt has psychic powers, Oh sure it's something alluded to in many episodes under the guise of "He's Special", but now we know why he's special. And, I predict he will be returning to the Eyeland. I think he has the power to save the remaining Losties and maybe even a few of the Others from "the Freighter people".<br /><br />What's that? Did you say remaining? Why yes, word has broken about the "Oceanic 6".<br />You know the Famous 6 people who survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. The ones who receive a large settlement and a "Golden Oceanic Airline Pass". But oh, there is a price to pay, according to Jack Shepard, you must keep telling lies.<br /><br />Because in the future it just makes Jack a mess. Hmmm, I wonder why that is? Is it because he might have left his sister or his nephew behind? Is that why he wants so desperately to get back? Or did he leave much more on that island? Will we ever know? He didn't leave Kate behind, not that she really seemed to matter much to him. I mean he was just about ready to elope with Juliette before Locke (sorta) blew up the sub.<br /><br />Speaking of the sub (Galaga), I predict that it is just fine and dandy and will appear again in the near future. First off because it is an important part of how the Others can come and go to or from the island. "The Looking Glass" is the other part.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFEXzT8_AxeFxuo3T4l-Ki1vs4kIbW1MGs16o8N4PU0yGKNseJbH-ozxbgZ9GUmQwCQo40s12ExopEy4gR2En7PxbYFxU3-haxkhYuH0eyfSgdOuanE1zdEVo83aLwHjla0F_cxSSIoGH/s1600-h/greta2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFEXzT8_AxeFxuo3T4l-Ki1vs4kIbW1MGs16o8N4PU0yGKNseJbH-ozxbgZ9GUmQwCQo40s12ExopEy4gR2En7PxbYFxU3-haxkhYuH0eyfSgdOuanE1zdEVo83aLwHjla0F_cxSSIoGH/s320/greta2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143291007335821282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8zFjbLteHJObzQTZFKtbqC1LdA-f2_r9mMLIzeSjL4aCuNohpKa19G-WW1spufKogz0eal3H0sNlhDsgj2NgOZJ4PEvF61lPSHkoxLexTHK74g3FBkl8FE_NEtZLFQ526thOiSZKNcRu/s1600-h/bonnie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8zFjbLteHJObzQTZFKtbqC1LdA-f2_r9mMLIzeSjL4aCuNohpKa19G-WW1spufKogz0eal3H0sNlhDsgj2NgOZJ4PEvF61lPSHkoxLexTHK74g3FBkl8FE_NEtZLFQ526thOiSZKNcRu/s320/bonnie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143288357340999618" border="0" /></a>Bonnie and Greta.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I believe these two lovelies are responsible for much more than signal jamming. It's a shame they died though, I mean WOW, what a couple of dolls. As I have said in an earlier post, The Looking Glass is the way in and out. It is the other side of the mirror.<br /><br />So back to my point: the Sub will make another appearance in this show. Why? Because the Others and the Losties will join forces to fight the Freighter people and they will use the sub to sneak up on the freighter just like they did to Sun on the sailboat. The crew of the sub was not on board when Locke climbed aboard, so they were ashore on the island and are probably still alive. I think they will help the Losties when the time comes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">I'm just full of crazy predictions tonight.</span><br /><br />Going back to the "Oceanic 6" I mentioned. Let's see, theres Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and of course Jin and Sun. What's that you say? NO Sawyer?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSQQMoI-WqeyrFFwFaCsW_ZUk2hRATX4LCQ8QqeEet9nrYOIyO9kCKXrQhSwYOc-Pbt_Onqs41GNvCSoMfYOGDlHS2n5WeNgeHpiQ1AAi1Bs3J1mN6MXGhyphenhyphenvAjfsBl7u9wLRY5xUOzpqj/s1600-h/sawyer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSQQMoI-WqeyrFFwFaCsW_ZUk2hRATX4LCQ8QqeEet9nrYOIyO9kCKXrQhSwYOc-Pbt_Onqs41GNvCSoMfYOGDlHS2n5WeNgeHpiQ1AAi1Bs3J1mN6MXGhyphenhyphenvAjfsBl7u9wLRY5xUOzpqj/s320/sawyer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143296251490889730" border="0" /></a><br />Now why would James Ford remain on the Eyeland?<br /><br />Because he WANTED to or because he HAD to?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These are the things inquiring minds want to know.<br /><br />Maybe this is the reason?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGL55X-iOauUaSiVqjOv1mfvobK_xGQwCsbw6Hy9Xp06bKN-4MQlRnyc-OzJ6wv1k8b5wu54zKHHJT8cAJq66Wn-9jrEj8nGQUdhHi-FI-hhE4on0BHtEDJvdmITlnz-dfyoi9f2YN4VE2/s1600-h/Tom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGL55X-iOauUaSiVqjOv1mfvobK_xGQwCsbw6Hy9Xp06bKN-4MQlRnyc-OzJ6wv1k8b5wu54zKHHJT8cAJq66Wn-9jrEj8nGQUdhHi-FI-hhE4on0BHtEDJvdmITlnz-dfyoi9f2YN4VE2/s320/Tom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143297003110166546" border="0" /></a><br />Has the con man gone over to the dark side? Has he joined TEAM LOCKE? Has Kate joined him?<br /><br />And speaking of Locke, where is that Shaman off to now. He was last seen hiking away from the radio tower. Maybe he's going to the Temple and pray to the Four Toed God of Television to end the writer's strike and get them back to making more episodes of LOST! Join us in (we hope) Season 4 to uncover these mysteries.<br /><br />But wait: It wouldn't be a real column until I hatched at least one theory. Well, since it's close to Christmas, I'm gonna give you a bonus, TWO theories.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;" >Theory 1:</span></span><br /><br />First one's a stretch, but I think it'll play out in the end. In the Looking Glass Station, Bonnie told Chawly that the code was programmed by a musician. Well <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >I theorize that musician is none other than... Liam</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhbcWf4lL5eADwvsrqpkwgD6bcpVQ0aT9AqcqYGS2YzoIkKSL3OeL6_LweUJE-xuVOVkGoa8XIRZIrSCBkdFYIvwC-GfxMjUehRtD12LnRhfF5DBRNUkAF4yu5YmkCuABMs2vMAiSf99T/s1600-h/Liam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhbcWf4lL5eADwvsrqpkwgD6bcpVQ0aT9AqcqYGS2YzoIkKSL3OeL6_LweUJE-xuVOVkGoa8XIRZIrSCBkdFYIvwC-GfxMjUehRtD12LnRhfF5DBRNUkAF4yu5YmkCuABMs2vMAiSf99T/s320/Liam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143301560070467618" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, Chawly's brother. You see he was a mess, and reduced to selling Charlie's piano for money. Then he went and married a gal named Karen. Well, Karen's uncle promised him a job in Sydney, and he successfully underwent rehab while there. Or did he go straight to Sydney? I think he made a little unscheduled stop on the way to pick up a little beer money. An easy job, just make these keys sing a pretty song so the girls can remember the code.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;" >Theory 2:</span></span><br /><br />Now this is the one I have been chewing on for awhile. and what finally set it free was a glimpse of what looked like smoke or a hill exploding in one of the new trailers that is out. My theory is that the island will get mad, really mad at these freighter people and that long dorment <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Volcano will come to life in a big way</span>. It will free Jacob and exact it's revenge on those that are "Bad People" just like we learned about in Dharma class.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrs8iFtPMrgvcbzHB4otF7PB0sjH7macKfi2ZUjHSBSTpcEWl9qtW9ejvH857-yalhZg7ayK5RqbHRvkNsu-LXB5wbSnxeOZ7sDMNK9XNTEEm7DZyM1ZfZ3voZ5RMOPM_Cf0ca1xg9Zrx/s1600-h/Dharma_Classroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrs8iFtPMrgvcbzHB4otF7PB0sjH7macKfi2ZUjHSBSTpcEWl9qtW9ejvH857-yalhZg7ayK5RqbHRvkNsu-LXB5wbSnxeOZ7sDMNK9XNTEEm7DZyM1ZfZ3voZ5RMOPM_Cf0ca1xg9Zrx/s320/Dharma_Classroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143302771251245106" border="0" /></a><br />What's that Annie, you have your hand raised there? Do you have a question?<br /><br />Why yes Mrs. Goodspeed. What will become of me in the future? Will I ever be seen on this show again?<br /><br />Now Annie, you just relax and eat your Apollo bars, I'm sure we will learn of your fate in a flash forward, or is it flash backwards, Whatever... all in due time kiddies, all in due time.<br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-27689193515611833622007-10-31T20:19:00.000-06:002008-12-10T05:52:21.161-06:00Not Penny's Boat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwz05NlVLrIF4RtAx4-RHykue3GggWHjPrcKpipnBtMBVJXSW5N-3uGuaZt9E2Fy9sWoNfRF9hQY-sQdW5ijQwjD6T6lbgzxDj27HsrbqVS-s36TqkqF88p5rIMdSSI26L-RG0WQtRK9m/s1600-h/Penny_a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwz05NlVLrIF4RtAx4-RHykue3GggWHjPrcKpipnBtMBVJXSW5N-3uGuaZt9E2Fy9sWoNfRF9hQY-sQdW5ijQwjD6T6lbgzxDj27HsrbqVS-s36TqkqF88p5rIMdSSI26L-RG0WQtRK9m/s320/Penny_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127692305640617602" border="0" /></a><br />How did you get this frequency? Penny asks as soon as contact is made. Good question, and while we're asking about frequencies, who exactly is she talking to on that particular frequency? Could it be the fellows in the arctic station we saw briefly at the end of season two?<br /><br />Were Greta and Bonnie monitoring Penny's conversation with the arctic boys? How would the girls know what frequency Penny was on?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sJeJBxg0qvg1dLFkJ9bVITAT69LKL1U9N4ZfC4pHNXvN7DluHfb-a7IrmH-54LwqSnL6ao0KsmWRzaUtKrwZSl2Z_FBKKA9rjTZm27OXPMNP1X2YG3062hUpl0mMLHB7YnDynueRAvHu/s1600-h/incomming.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sJeJBxg0qvg1dLFkJ9bVITAT69LKL1U9N4ZfC4pHNXvN7DluHfb-a7IrmH-54LwqSnL6ao0KsmWRzaUtKrwZSl2Z_FBKKA9rjTZm27OXPMNP1X2YG3062hUpl0mMLHB7YnDynueRAvHu/s320/incomming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127693310662964882" border="0" /></a>Especially since the transmission seems to have originated from Penny's end. I also noticed that as soon as Charlie pressed the button for the incoming transmission, Penny immediently became aware of Charlie being in contact. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">This sort of rules out Greta and Bonnie spying on Penny without her knowing about it.</span><br /><br />Whew, did that make sense? I suspect something fishy here. The Looking Glass Ladies clearly were up to something more than just jamming Mikhail's signals.<br /><br />Speaking of signals, everytime I saw Naomi's SAT phone, it appeared to be trying to broadcast a signal from just outside Portland.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM3F7OtKvaVy_FapQSFvz5QNWt1Howjh-95TFu0d_iJ-k1gGEKf6C5F4y7UuAVtpVjM6YNISSXPs9VcooGvxAYVNxSNNyalyBEwO0LuIc4IRuU2ac1h_5aEmNL_zDHSMcpowgoL23UyFG/s1600-h/channel_open.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM3F7OtKvaVy_FapQSFvz5QNWt1Howjh-95TFu0d_iJ-k1gGEKf6C5F4y7UuAVtpVjM6YNISSXPs9VcooGvxAYVNxSNNyalyBEwO0LuIc4IRuU2ac1h_5aEmNL_zDHSMcpowgoL23UyFG/s320/channel_open.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127698868350645938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EQlWa3AwTO4JArEP8-j9nsGlF6rlYa-rKqbHkOnrxTSiy0x5MWA1uH7h6fls2G4_f3jhxqx54WOWciD434Xx3RoyGei7jKXpZZOjHKdnZG2H9WUv7YKie8nEltHITvqHNt1DdgF_jfC0/s1600-h/Portland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EQlWa3AwTO4JArEP8-j9nsGlF6rlYa-rKqbHkOnrxTSiy0x5MWA1uH7h6fls2G4_f3jhxqx54WOWciD434Xx3RoyGei7jKXpZZOjHKdnZG2H9WUv7YKie8nEltHITvqHNt1DdgF_jfC0/s320/Portland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127696020787328674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hmmmmm.<br /><br />Just a coincidence, or are we more than six hours off course here? We are definitely not near Fiji.<br /><br />Okay, I'm not gonna go into the whole underwater hatch that can block satellite signals thing here cause it does make for good television, but throw us a bone here D&C, tell us what else the Looking Glass is. I am dying to know since my favorite hatch, The Swan is now just a smoking hole in the ground.<br /><br />And why do all the good looking girls keep getting killed off of this show? Geez, I liked Bonnie, it's a shame she couldn't of stuck around for a season or so.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VSjUCQY8fSkCFMjecMpD9CcuxfJXT0o8Z1seFBJAff0ngJ2g41jTiF9tpbcKuGX-PBHgrmo8LXThXbNHVc52LJu677vUetKjCfB2pfrQeP4oeDYXqx7wAgEnbeHSiroZaU9nnYKwUSLb/s1600-h/desandpenny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VSjUCQY8fSkCFMjecMpD9CcuxfJXT0o8Z1seFBJAff0ngJ2g41jTiF9tpbcKuGX-PBHgrmo8LXThXbNHVc52LJu677vUetKjCfB2pfrQeP4oeDYXqx7wAgEnbeHSiroZaU9nnYKwUSLb/s320/desandpenny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127699473941034690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So now Penny knows Desmond is on an island because Charlie told her so. Well, at least that's how it appears.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">My Theory:</span></span> I have long suspected Penny as knowing more and being more than we have been led to believe. I think Penny is the Cobra, rewatch "Razzle Dazzle" to understand what I mean by Cobra here.<br /><br />Her showing up at the monastary at just the right time and Brother Campbell firing Desmond right when Penny shows up. Here is an excerpt from their dialogue.<br /><br />PENNY: And how do you know so much about monks? <p>DESMOND: Cause I'm an ex-monk. </p><p>PENNY: Really? </p><p>DESMOND: As of last night. I was fired. </p><p>[Penny laughs again] </p><p>DESMOND: Ah, it wasn't that funny. </p><p>PENNY: I'm sorry I never I, I didn't know monks could be fired. </p><p>DESMOND: Oh they can. You know I was told under no uncertain terms that the abbey wasn't where I was meant to end up. Just a, step along a path. You know, God allegedly has bigger plans for me. </p><p>PENNY: Something tells me you don't entirely believe that. </p><p>DESMOND: I suggest that's because I don't. </p><p>PENNY: Well maybe they're right. I mean, just think, if you hadn't have got fired, we wouldn't have met, and then, how could you possibly help me unload these crates in Carlisle. </p><p>DESMOND: Did I say I was coming to Carlisle with you? </p><p>PENNY: Not yet.</p>Not Yet, Huh? did she know something here? I think she is in cahoots with Brother Campbell and Ms, Hawking. I think she is behind the effort to find the island, and I don't just mean using the boys in the arctic listening station. I think it might be Penny's boat.<br /><br />Ah well, it's just a theory.hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-61944975044319824652007-09-23T20:57:00.000-05:002008-12-10T05:52:22.572-06:00Power To The People<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bfxG7RW6vILVPOMA0NUiIgbx7R1YhIf1h_vMcGN6xkuK9qU7LbU80IzY3idK1kVQ3g9z4iQNtl1Vp5GeBvxiGTuPCiAlaQDDa9k5X5Sd0f3JItPn2DNuL3jZ9DuIJDPVepu-6MENZvXs/s1600-h/Hoth_generators.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bfxG7RW6vILVPOMA0NUiIgbx7R1YhIf1h_vMcGN6xkuK9qU7LbU80IzY3idK1kVQ3g9z4iQNtl1Vp5GeBvxiGTuPCiAlaQDDa9k5X5Sd0f3JItPn2DNuL3jZ9DuIJDPVepu-6MENZvXs/s320/Hoth_generators.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113585683721960066" border="0" /></a><br />In the beginning of "The Empire Strikes Back" it only took a glance at the screen showing the shield generators for Lord Vader to know where the Rebel base was. He understood the importance of generating power.<br /><br />Without a viable power source, this would just be a primative jungle isle, like Gilligan's Island. Our version of the professor, Sayid, would be stringing lines between coconuts for walkie-talkies. But that is not the case here, oh no not on "mystery - frickin' island", (if I can borrow a phrase from the late Shannon).<br /><br />If anything, this island has an abundance of power. One of the first things I thought of when the losties finally got inside the Swan hatch in season two was - WOW, where does the electricity come from? I mean, every time they discovered a new station, there were plenty of monitors, computers and other gadgets that I figured they must have a pretty good electrical grid going on this island.<br /><br />Initially I thought there was a giant generator humming along inside that 6 foot thick concrete wall of the Swan, but once that imploded there still seemed to be plenty of juice at the other stations still. So, that rules out the Swan as the power source.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >I've Got The Power</span></span><br /><br />Now as an electrician in a former life, brotha, I know a little something about moving electrons down a wire. They have the two main elements on this island to produce almost unlimited sustainable electricity. They have an abundance of magnetic material from which to manufacture generators (at least the rotors and stators, the steel they would have to import).<br />There is also a volcano on the island, and although dormant, probably still has some heat available. Either a geo - thermal vent or drill down to the lava bed and use the heat to create a steam plant to drive the generator. There seems to be an ocean full of water available to use.<br /><br />So it is easy to understand how they are producing the juice to power the flame and the looking glass. But where is this power plant located? If not in the Swan, where? Sayid had a map showing where the DHARMA relays ran, why wouldn't he follow the wires to the source?<br />On the Blast Door Map was a notation that asked "Why so many DharmaTEL relays in such an untenable location?" A good question. I suspect there is yet another Station (Station 8) that has yet to be discovered. Maybe the "Power Station"?<br /><br />Of course it could be a couple of giant hamsters on wheels they keep in their secret underground Lair...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QGp-PKLlTigaHbLZkF6GFIhPPItIZqqyqi4rz_PIU-ORiheTdM0a33XUrzxY7LZCbySDFhAaTWV39BjblMbd7QLG_TUJrYGIOiuUoBWtFedXgaSK6MemMIu2lm5IMuq55NwQtep_cyh3/s1600-h/TheBolt_Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QGp-PKLlTigaHbLZkF6GFIhPPItIZqqyqi4rz_PIU-ORiheTdM0a33XUrzxY7LZCbySDFhAaTWV39BjblMbd7QLG_TUJrYGIOiuUoBWtFedXgaSK6MemMIu2lm5IMuq55NwQtep_cyh3/s320/TheBolt_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113595643751119506" border="0" /></a>So just what exactly are they doing with all this power they are making?<br /><br />In the Swan there was a button, when you pressed the button you saved the world. but how? When Desmond didn't get back to the hatch to press the button in time, a large magnetic field captured Flight 815 and pulled it apart over the island. Was the purpose of the Swan to control a magnetic flux capacitor?<br /><br />It was somehow linked to the time travel that Desmond experienced, yet would that have happened only by turning the key, or would it have happened if he allowed the Swan to continue to melt down?<br /><br />There was a great movie years ago called "The Philadelphia Experiment" about the Navy using a giant magnetic field generator to make ships invisible. The USS Eldridge was the test ship and it did sort of Phase out for a second and become invisible, but caused death and destruction to the crew. Check it out, it's a cool movie.<br /><br />Even though apparently the island was somehow hidden from the world long before DHARMA got there and built the Swan. So it's not the same experiment, but still had to be a very real reason for pressing the button.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTH8KcMoKP4mXtRCqvoO39yGzgMagflSdnufGn5PIIeGIhCbSYfj2LRCnY0Wrgwvy_sfdPOyvqltx-SKHQwkhdkEDDhHRmKbZaLJXzm6IaXGX108Z2UgZlKrfoJoCGVUZeYEdABTk6yzr/s1600-h/underworld.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTH8KcMoKP4mXtRCqvoO39yGzgMagflSdnufGn5PIIeGIhCbSYfj2LRCnY0Wrgwvy_sfdPOyvqltx-SKHQwkhdkEDDhHRmKbZaLJXzm6IaXGX108Z2UgZlKrfoJoCGVUZeYEdABTk6yzr/s320/underworld.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113605874363218610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I thought it was interesting that these symbols came up that TPTB described as saying "UNDERWORLD" , what the hell does that mean? and if this Station melts down, then how come there are other symbols that appear besides the numbers?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzu9jU4v_j3yVGx4rKkU4KkgObJIeAIU0Uc0ZOyWm35m5giJBHHdFK33-1sJ76PNx0HqEPijJfxiur_kU1CnLQS_wy0BnWJBXZR3fhakugHgr96tr4OuT4fr2FkQzyr1r15mUud1U6tPE/s1600-h/spinning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzu9jU4v_j3yVGx4rKkU4KkgObJIeAIU0Uc0ZOyWm35m5giJBHHdFK33-1sJ76PNx0HqEPijJfxiur_kU1CnLQS_wy0BnWJBXZR3fhakugHgr96tr4OuT4fr2FkQzyr1r15mUud1U6tPE/s320/spinning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113605191463418530" border="0" /></a><br />What do these symbols mean? Is there only one meaning to a meltdown? or can something else happen here?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZcseXlRBnq8F95kR9-_mTL6JCUmLFJK4ZUMI9N_Ehq8fXeBQe7dZQIqZGJQ2pcBMLeLys81eZt0h5UYSvLlsHxZl6ATiNSUQe4YeVwjlZuNoBrDhaDXW6coDPxUFD2xK_QSNcyzRHTpG/s1600-h/NUMBER8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZcseXlRBnq8F95kR9-_mTL6JCUmLFJK4ZUMI9N_Ehq8fXeBQe7dZQIqZGJQ2pcBMLeLys81eZt0h5UYSvLlsHxZl6ATiNSUQe4YeVwjlZuNoBrDhaDXW6coDPxUFD2xK_QSNcyzRHTpG/s320/NUMBER8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113606892270467778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I can understand the numbers on the flip wheel as they are involved in the countdown sequence, it's just the other symbols that don't make any sense to be there. Unless they have another meaning.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7R0DvXht738UKg7imuktc-uyAt-sifc4AyK5-CwQFQqO4R1ePA4xNFMeba2GkydaMAFiCPnno7VE5o8pojdyJKjSdH0E8h-DkJLtFvXHtX3wAQvF2wasnp51lHbtdz93lb048JhdeRr9/s1600-h/666.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7R0DvXht738UKg7imuktc-uyAt-sifc4AyK5-CwQFQqO4R1ePA4xNFMeba2GkydaMAFiCPnno7VE5o8pojdyJKjSdH0E8h-DkJLtFvXHtX3wAQvF2wasnp51lHbtdz93lb048JhdeRr9/s320/666.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113607493565889234" border="0" /></a><br />So many questions, and I don't think we're gonna get the answers. Since the Swan is gone and the show is going to focus on "DEFEND THE ISLAND" drama, I've got a feeling the show is going to start moving away from the mysteries and become more action oriented. Guns, Outsiders, Drama, Action, Shooting, Chases etc. I can already hear the network executives screaming "we want more action and less talk" to Damon and Carlton.<br /><br />Personally I really want to know more about DHARMA's work in the Swan. I was really intrigued by the whole numbers mystery. I suspect I will be disappointed and let down and LOST will turn into "Prison Break".<br /><br />Can you tell I really liked Season 2? In all of Season 3 did the Swan station even get mentioned once?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkOQcCqy2DTeTFIpqhi8bz3cuTSYSruylfEckJr5fkrlYbSSA1dLkLxVA5BZimTkFIL3ooa0vdMGuckwmt4LKR9XQFc6gHTnxR-2XAcO32ewVBAMCoVQknpIgoEYO5uvzTYnBblhTe9C3/s1600-h/Hatch_imploded.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkOQcCqy2DTeTFIpqhi8bz3cuTSYSruylfEckJr5fkrlYbSSA1dLkLxVA5BZimTkFIL3ooa0vdMGuckwmt4LKR9XQFc6gHTnxR-2XAcO32ewVBAMCoVQknpIgoEYO5uvzTYnBblhTe9C3/s320/Hatch_imploded.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113611998986582754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Big smoking hole in the ground, end of a cool storyline. They had a whole season to tell us the effects of the sky turning purple and what did we learn? NOTHING. So there you are. Tonights post doesn't even have a theory. Just file this one under Ramblings of a LOST mind. Some of these things were just kicking around the back of my mind for a while and I needed to see it printed to see if any of it made any sense.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZORXMjLS348VsNm8_SUp76Mt3nsf0wdm73YDrIrX2bOE1_NRYPsGrUSmJVZRtOFyF-xtZrzaSpLu7wRD9Lkn-m6WJu01bT9_DJkX_AzYhuDeSz6-YvnhPllYVDZlXk0AQFJzdmh33k6u/s1600-h/qmarks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZORXMjLS348VsNm8_SUp76Mt3nsf0wdm73YDrIrX2bOE1_NRYPsGrUSmJVZRtOFyF-xtZrzaSpLu7wRD9Lkn-m6WJu01bT9_DJkX_AzYhuDeSz6-YvnhPllYVDZlXk0AQFJzdmh33k6u/s320/qmarks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113613128562981618" border="0" /></a><br />Don't get me wrong, I really am excited about the new season and can't wait, but I fear that the show will be taking a turn in a new direction. More off island stuff, more action, less mystery.<br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-42497544565095014812007-09-20T20:29:00.000-05:002008-12-10T05:52:22.715-06:00S-4 Prediction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppv7tK8CaUevcz7oSMICaLg4b7cwwDlvCzMzkIf5ps7DNA2r_W0Z5t1E97pWhvMZm_z_i1ndm_Y9nk2OpKi2wi-9hf23zmmNuDqnGWbhGer4U7rUPB2z_YQ0trQcmH28xIxWIXbYEzIeO/s1600-h/HurleySawyer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppv7tK8CaUevcz7oSMICaLg4b7cwwDlvCzMzkIf5ps7DNA2r_W0Z5t1E97pWhvMZm_z_i1ndm_Y9nk2OpKi2wi-9hf23zmmNuDqnGWbhGer4U7rUPB2z_YQ0trQcmH28xIxWIXbYEzIeO/s320/HurleySawyer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112463915573656162" border="0" /></a>"Dude, Now that you've killed the guy who was your entire reason for living, and got payback on Tom for shooting you on the raft, what are you gonna do?"<br /><br />"Well Staypuff, I been thinking about that. I think I 'm going to Disneyland."<br /><br />"Seriously Dude, aren't you, like gonna stick around for the next three seasons?"<br /><br />"Nah, now that the shows gonna get all dramatic and serious, I can't use my snappy nicknames anymore or even call Kate Freckles."<br /><br />"Bummer, Man"<br /><br />"Well, now that they added about 20 new faces to the cast, they gotta free up some cash and that means they gotta dump one of us, and since you're the comic relief, you get to stay."<br /><br />"So, Like, how long you gonna stick around?"<br /><br />"Just until the boat people land and I kill a couple redshirts, then I'm outta here."<br /><br />"Sorry, Dude."<br /><br />"Yea, as my buddy Frank Duckett said, "It all comes back around""hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-44651056045011989672007-08-13T21:31:00.000-05:002008-12-10T05:52:24.074-06:00The Orchid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtye6ULaStE_Qz6lSOiPbdVPO4Msw6A46uLEUmnvNhp5k6CDYOss6zqYvANdEfpQCtiXIpqkKfv1__c7a90gEASrQYTNqm8mQ7PrJ9ENaawHsNV2H9ldyq-QQArOEHrgIVikIRJ9cjUB1/s1600-h/halliwax.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtye6ULaStE_Qz6lSOiPbdVPO4Msw6A46uLEUmnvNhp5k6CDYOss6zqYvANdEfpQCtiXIpqkKfv1__c7a90gEASrQYTNqm8mQ7PrJ9ENaawHsNV2H9ldyq-QQArOEHrgIVikIRJ9cjUB1/s320/halliwax.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098396528143449874" border="0" /></a>First we hear the all too familiar whispers, then: "Welcome to Station 6 of the Dharma Initiative. Station 6 or The Orchid is not a botanical research unit." That's how it starts, just another orientation film, except instead of Dr. Marvin Candle or Mark Wickmund, we get Edgar Halliwax. But wait there's more.<br />"The field you have elected to study is highly volatile and potentially dangerous." Really, something on LOST island could be dangerous? Huh!<br />If you haven't seen this video, you need to, it's a real clue into: Dharma, Experiments, Time Travel, Twins and of course white bunnies. Not that they need any help to multiply. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Orchid">http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Orchid</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmhh_BuCd-hOZuj-x1wso9UEReqMGIyy4vXKZUThWBfxyn92q-voZKbwK3EiW6IZcv4DFpiqNcW-gCx7cYFXWKKHzoBYuRmlszwtzdZ-rl09BEwrNUAkCzAeF06LKUOP_JHYzCAH90a8k/s1600-h/falling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmhh_BuCd-hOZuj-x1wso9UEReqMGIyy4vXKZUThWBfxyn92q-voZKbwK3EiW6IZcv4DFpiqNcW-gCx7cYFXWKKHzoBYuRmlszwtzdZ-rl09BEwrNUAkCzAeF06LKUOP_JHYzCAH90a8k/s320/falling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098396798726389538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We see as Halliwax as he is speaking to the camera, a glass beaker falls off a ledge behind him and another bunny suddenly appears on the shelf where the glass beaker sat.<br /><br />Here is a snippet of the conversation between Halliwax and his off screen assistant.<br />Halliwax - what the hell? OH GOD!<br />Asst - it's 15<br />Halliwax - Don't let them near each other!<br />Halliwax - When did you set the shift?<br />Asst - negative 20<br />Halliwax - How Long?<br />Asst - 9 minutes, but we're still learning.<br /><br />Learning about what I'd like to know. "Set the shift" implies a device or a machine with some measure of controls. It also implies a time or space shift. Since the bunny appeared unexpectedly and in an unusual place, I'll wager that the second bunny 15 came from either 9 minutes in the future or 9 minutes in the past. That is why Halliwax was so freaked out over the two bunnies not getting too close to each other or coming into contact.<br /><br /><h2 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWeRUdNhMOncvr72vKzDZS3bsjz_c8Hb-Z96YukuujaIp3x8ZhrUG_-Mbz9fCsZF-XMQuFjQ-4daVAz70gvxF398vcfjlylK-VuJB-rB7lzHMFEC-fT3XnWO3GkFIPDxLWcINUkDSUtbb/s1600-h/bunnies_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWeRUdNhMOncvr72vKzDZS3bsjz_c8Hb-Z96YukuujaIp3x8ZhrUG_-Mbz9fCsZF-XMQuFjQ-4daVAz70gvxF398vcfjlylK-VuJB-rB7lzHMFEC-fT3XnWO3GkFIPDxLWcINUkDSUtbb/s320/bunnies_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098538021546049394" border="0" /></a></h2><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He also mentions the "Casimir Effect". Another interesting bit of physics. Instead of my trying to explain it, since I barely understand the concept, I'm going to crib the info from Wikipedia, (don't give any grief here, It's a blog, not a doctoral thesis, I can plagerize if I want to).<br /><h2 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="mw-headline">Casimir effect and wormholes</span></span></span></h2> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Casimir effect is an outcome of quantum field theory, which states that all of the various fundamental fields, such as the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">electromagnetic field</span>, must be quantized at each and every point in space. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Exotic matter with negative energy density is required to stabilize a wormhole. Morris, Thorne and Yurtsever pointed out that the quantum mechanics of the Casimir effect can be</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> used to produce a locally mass-negative region of space-time, and suggested that negative effect could be used to stabilize a wormhole to allow <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">faster than light travel</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Now where on the island is there a source of electromagnetism? Hmmmm...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZP4CnjU5vuYOECpCrJfIj259hHgmZai48YHSN4cSq2A8wZvSVSjq0V1rV7zF8bOC2lF2xsLtKrBmfuMeTnzCrHkwqEN-krZbPmSRO7jhrA5W6UylOmdSD2GRa9M9uESHxh70OKICnE2MQ/s1600-h/Orchid_Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZP4CnjU5vuYOECpCrJfIj259hHgmZai48YHSN4cSq2A8wZvSVSjq0V1rV7zF8bOC2lF2xsLtKrBmfuMeTnzCrHkwqEN-krZbPmSRO7jhrA5W6UylOmdSD2GRa9M9uESHxh70OKICnE2MQ/s320/Orchid_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098403421565960034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />What's in a Name?<br /><br /></span></span>The Station is named as The Orchid by Edgar Halliwax, yet he is wearing a lab coat with The Swan station logo. Is this a clue? I did a little research...<br />It seems that the man known as the Father of Orchid Classification, John Lindley, who lived and worked in the early 1800's, discovered and named many of the Orchid variations. Wouldn't you know that one of them was named the 'Swan Orchid', <span style="font-style: italic;">Cycnoches Lindl</span>. Probably just a coincidence, Huh? I gotta give it to these writers, they do read a lot.<br /><br />Here are some quick snippits of images seen in the video:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMnFh1Aagb0V6oEIZt4a65Ts0TtEn7YRuabDkZJKlGhkVFgrXeRTjkG0AKKgei2a-0PSRmdh0nsUrmHYBcMeNJ3IjQoM2tPxaMHUMWpe-1t0_k8-NtUYFMRv8paYeuCZDafFGO46RA84D/s1600-h/degroot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMnFh1Aagb0V6oEIZt4a65Ts0TtEn7YRuabDkZJKlGhkVFgrXeRTjkG0AKKgei2a-0PSRmdh0nsUrmHYBcMeNJ3IjQoM2tPxaMHUMWpe-1t0_k8-NtUYFMRv8paYeuCZDafFGO46RA84D/s320/degroot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098397421496647474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gerald De Groot<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CMxQE1i9anuk4u23ZzUwg9WHgi0VHv2uhQdjGMJfwdmEJcPB2BVTCR4_Sb9EVZXvAl9ndJ4bpsqhwbMv5bU-VjP4T9MAL_FVyArzM7hyphenhyphenCH6zum3J09qhhi4_7GpHoCQgZehaQbaaMfaH/s1600-h/pedaler.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CMxQE1i9anuk4u23ZzUwg9WHgi0VHv2uhQdjGMJfwdmEJcPB2BVTCR4_Sb9EVZXvAl9ndJ4bpsqhwbMv5bU-VjP4T9MAL_FVyArzM7hyphenhyphenCH6zum3J09qhhi4_7GpHoCQgZehaQbaaMfaH/s320/pedaler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098397820928606018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Man on bicycle riding around barracks.<br /><br /><h2 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRbD448dzRzmdaXbhBYZmxN4e1YrVEy2f_24j5e9z8Jpoorr2UJvzDK7BWS5wxERoZ5ONcqO3gf5msTY6gtNMovXQj1N8pxa45agJRdObUg-FS0BqxpeFjaIRL9-Vuoyf84nl76dnYnpR/s1600-h/building.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRbD448dzRzmdaXbhBYZmxN4e1YrVEy2f_24j5e9z8Jpoorr2UJvzDK7BWS5wxERoZ5ONcqO3gf5msTY6gtNMovXQj1N8pxa45agJRdObUg-FS0BqxpeFjaIRL9-Vuoyf84nl76dnYnpR/s320/building.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098398224655531858" border="0" /></a></h2><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dharma Headquarters?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >My Theory:<br /><br /></span>I think the Orchid was attached to the Swan station, as evidenced by the blast door map. There is a section that clearly was attached to the Swan and is shown as cut off with a big X through it.<br /><br />The incident probably occured here. I think Dr. Candle was caught in one of his experiments or used himself as a test subject and out of the box popped Mark Wickmund, maybe on a second try out popped Edgar Halliwax. Maybe Wickmund tried to touch Candle and lost his arm and killed Candle in the process.<br /><br />Clearly they were experimenting with trying to stabilize a wormhole. Something went horribly wrong and they had to put a cap on the magnet. maybe the wormhole opens every 108 minutes unless it is discharged somehow, thus the computer in the swan. When Desmond turned the key he closed the wormhole but got sucked inside first and sent back to 1986 for a brief time.<br /><br /><span>Jacob plays into this somehow, maybe a product of a bad experiment, maybe he is still in the wormhole and can only phase in occasionally, maybe this is where the voices (whispers) are coming from.<br /><br />I can't wait to read your theories on this.<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com326tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-6880164672158755732007-07-15T13:49:00.000-05:002008-12-10T05:52:25.112-06:00There and Back Again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5MLeYx2a2nIYLfGUea2iuwQzMgBhyphenhyphenYgw2QRNuvaZqUATk_dXRLF0FhtrLFBflCsnJBBFy4N7_vI8rf82smyn4qYxKYzkFoCohm1hb6oA9Xj-JJvyiThMaKKDxSbNHbJSvBxRJvubNCTA/s1600-h/sub_island.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5MLeYx2a2nIYLfGUea2iuwQzMgBhyphenhyphenYgw2QRNuvaZqUATk_dXRLF0FhtrLFBflCsnJBBFy4N7_vI8rf82smyn4qYxKYzkFoCohm1hb6oA9Xj-JJvyiThMaKKDxSbNHbJSvBxRJvubNCTA/s320/sub_island.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087515805958502226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the enduring mysteries concerns the comings and goings from LOST island. We've seen plenty of evidence that it is indeed possible to leave and return to the island.<br /><br />Ahhh, but how?<br /><br />In Ben's flashback, back in the happy days of the DHARMA initiative's reign on the island, new arrivals were seen walking down the dock and being greeted with Leis and Namastes. We also saw Juliette arrive in the same way, being greeted by Ben upon her arrival. So this is probably the normal way people arrive, although as I stated in an earlier post, I don't believe this is how large equipment arrives.<br /><br />If there was an airport available, I believe it would have been utilized earlier and also to bring in people. So I am left to assume they had to bring in the heavy equipment some other way. That dock doesn't look long enough and the lagoon deep enough for a Freighter ship so I'm curious to know how those VW vans got there.<br /><br />The Arrow station, supposedly the storage facility, was not located near an airstrip or dock. not very convenient for transportation purposes. I don't really think we've seen all of the Arrow station anyway, I think there is more there than meets the eye. Horace Goodspeed had the Arrow station patch on his overalls and he was a "Mathemetician", so it's unlikely he was working in shipping and receiving.<br /><br />When Juliette was questioned by Sawyer about what they were constructing on the Hydra Island, Juliette jokingly said it was "for the aliens", and obvious joke on Sawyer's line in "Live Together, Die Alone" when he joked with Kate about the others being aliens. But then Juliette said they were building an airstrip.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;" >Hmmmm....</span><br /><br />How is it possible for an airplane to fly to this hidden island? Wouldn't the electromagnetic anomaly affect the aircraft and it's navigation system. If not why wouldn't they have built on much sooner, say back in the DHARMA days? Curious because the PRD's (periodic supply drops) were still taking place and the pallets in the jungle had obvious parachutes lying next to them. This would indicate an airdrop.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jdEJk8Rn640UAmve5KGigX3djMFaPhoTK_mypDfZnndcEtdtGXxKA0kqYzNgPiHBT7c7ouCXuVg5kuxdo88yxW2jPi_6FlhpfuBEqmDM8aJG6FcG2tMk-yNeBsYo8V1v1nLmCPfRFKPv/s1600-h/herarat_ethan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jdEJk8Rn640UAmve5KGigX3djMFaPhoTK_mypDfZnndcEtdtGXxKA0kqYzNgPiHBT7c7ouCXuVg5kuxdo88yxW2jPi_6FlhpfuBEqmDM8aJG6FcG2tMk-yNeBsYo8V1v1nLmCPfRFKPv/s320/herarat_ethan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087508693492659922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Let's change directions for a moment, 108 degrees.<br /><br />We know Ethan and Richard were off the island in order to recruit Juliette. We later saw them on the island .(this is all after the Purge took place) so we know that Ben and group still can make the round trip. Although after the Purge it seems odd that Richard and Ethan would have access to off island resources (Herarat Aviation).<br /><br />When Alex asked Ben why he just doesn't let the losties go, he answers; "I can't". Now there is some wiggle room for double meaning there, but I took what he said literally. With the submarine blown up, Ben can't let them go because he can't actually access The Looking Glass Hatch to let the losties go (except maybe one or two people via scuba gear).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7COrEK2snk9N26NST-VNzGLyAP-v0wkZY1SRInfQ-V-5I0NFegXL-OyTNiVL7yKlU5QtJF6pkByiuL6i48aBwRs3R9fkhZgyMdkhqmRqd1QbFbS0m_qwVz1aoWZnUY1G57VjIVmZNoJvM/s1600-h/Lost_Command.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7COrEK2snk9N26NST-VNzGLyAP-v0wkZY1SRInfQ-V-5I0NFegXL-OyTNiVL7yKlU5QtJF6pkByiuL6i48aBwRs3R9fkhZgyMdkhqmRqd1QbFbS0m_qwVz1aoWZnUY1G57VjIVmZNoJvM/s320/Lost_Command.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087508959780632290" border="0" /></a>Picturing Ben here as Ramses and Jack as Moses: "Let my people go" Yet in the original story, Moses never made it to the promised land and in LOST the first person we see off the island (flash forward) is Jack (Moses).<br /><br />We know that the others on the island assumed that it was possible or even normal to travel off island. Even though Ben told Juliette it was only an illusion to keep order, there still must have been a way to do it for real. Mikhail fully bought into the illusion as he seemed surprised that Bonnie and Greta weren't on assignment in Canada as Ben had told him (although it would have seemed odd because as communications officer he would have been the one to receive messages from them if they were off the island), and a curious anomaly, Mikhail was told The Looking Glass was flooded by Ben, so where did he think Desmond was going to go?<br /><br />Changing directions back to 325 degrees again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4oP2h3hYcEJkEq-XsZ07O3gM5D4b2I-_7z7U0fjUbjvkuNv0KY6Vr4EPQDHDU5qQ0QA_Izqzjeju43nYm7z3S_CAj3LdVxsv3Mk3hCajIHQ0WS8uW0bzoCwHSBnhH1xVB-TVHFsVqZO9/s1600-h/looking_glass_hatch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4oP2h3hYcEJkEq-XsZ07O3gM5D4b2I-_7z7U0fjUbjvkuNv0KY6Vr4EPQDHDU5qQ0QA_Izqzjeju43nYm7z3S_CAj3LdVxsv3Mk3hCajIHQ0WS8uW0bzoCwHSBnhH1xVB-TVHFsVqZO9/s320/looking_glass_hatch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087513718604396290" border="0" /></a>One thing puzzling me is the submarine (Galaga). It appears to have three places to dock, The dock where Locke claims to have blown it up, the dock at Hydra station, and the Looking Glass Hatch. Travel to and from the island via submarine is slow and still doesn't explain where it goes to pick up people off island ( and like I said, it still wouldn't be able to bring in heavy equipment). I suppose the heavy equipment could have been air dropped, but I wouldn't want to be standing around when they dropped the cement truck off.<br /><br />Juliette was given a sedative because as Richard put it "The ride gets a little bumpy". She arrives at an airport to leave and gets off at her destination from a submarine. Hmmmm... Why not give her the sedative right before she gets on the sub? And how did she get on that sub? I believe they put her on the sub at The Looking Glass.<br /><br />I'll bet Naomi was flying around out there every day for weeks or months before the island came into phase as she flew over. Her group probably knew they were close to the island location, maybe they monitored the Arctic boys phone call to Penny. If so, they would have a plausible cover story to drop in on the island. (oh, we were just looking for Desmond.) Speaking of the Arctic boys, wasn't it interesting that when they picked up the signal from the island it had a direct connection to the Numbers. Look at the screen, pictured.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPmjW2iTQaGAtbinnG0FnNKLJFkQiinfxCqkCa4W7ei1d7emOonpfg64FAvmf4kvwOrJ4Ik8JXyFpJ5ryTmqEoe_fgKcKF1A1diFUCAuA0yDM7Uii3LenYHf_v-YuT1vyZydIbZnTZISB/s1600-h/Lost0223_anomaly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPmjW2iTQaGAtbinnG0FnNKLJFkQiinfxCqkCa4W7ei1d7emOonpfg64FAvmf4kvwOrJ4Ik8JXyFpJ5ryTmqEoe_fgKcKF1A1diFUCAuA0yDM7Uii3LenYHf_v-YuT1vyZydIbZnTZISB/s320/Lost0223_anomaly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087509380687427314" border="0" /></a><br />7418880 is the product of the Numbers:<br /><br />4 × 8 × 15 × 16 × 23 × 42 = 7418880<br /><br />7 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 80 = 108<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;" >Hmmmm...</span> 108 again, I sense a theme here.<br /><br />I think The Looking Glass is the key. Other than just a signal jammer, this station must have a significant purpose. The signal was on autopilot and apparently everyone thought it was flooded, so why were Greta and Bonnie there? Why place it under water? To hide it? The island is already hidden. Maybe under water the electromagnetic interference is diffused? What hid the island before The Looking Glass turned on it's jamming signal? Why didn't anyone triangulate the signal coming from the broadcast tower? I know, I have more questions than answers.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineLTakge-OOgdak_JRkb28R7mmdol-JU2tMionQMeGlF_QgBQVAPqE1bWHUNC3DlTG1rdgj7C31itQkaPEpBhCqT2FvNHbvrkiH4niDf81cOSzOIAtAx-rnusx7DyWZBssp2vYaD0DD0V/s1600-h/LookingGlass_Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineLTakge-OOgdak_JRkb28R7mmdol-JU2tMionQMeGlF_QgBQVAPqE1bWHUNC3DlTG1rdgj7C31itQkaPEpBhCqT2FvNHbvrkiH4niDf81cOSzOIAtAx-rnusx7DyWZBssp2vYaD0DD0V/s320/LookingGlass_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087514929785173810" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Theory:</span></span><br />The Looking Glass is the rabbit hole. It is a stable portal to the outside. It is the Time Tunnel. Controlled arrival and departure is via The Looking Glass. People pass through to get on and off the island and this station controls when and where in the time stream they come or go. Sure you can arrive on the island by air and sea (sailboat, slave ship, balloon, airliner, beechcraft, parachute) but these are rare and random occurrences and only during the islands synching into phase with the current dimension or timeline.<br /><br />Think of the Opening Logo of the show. It is out of focus (phase) and slowly comes into focus (phase) and only for a moment can you see and read it clearly ( access the island) before it goes out of focus (phase).<br /><br />Whoa, that's out there.<br /><br />I appreciate all your input on my theory.<br /><br />I have just started a new job and it's keeping me hopping like a little white rabbit, so I will be updating a little slower than usual until I settle into my new job.<br /><br />Namaste,<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-86449092835801522902007-07-01T13:50:00.001-05:002008-12-10T05:52:25.746-06:00Time After Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYereYwl6BStoeiArrssakImPgv72mr4pfvWFTfnCtiCYTaWdWcBq-eNsIsgXEfhpIgHm8KIgcAjc-I0abnHxlteY08Y3aE6QcEHIx8EBw-7VOISF0C2MWIV569mN09D8eGdmMk21STcm/s1600-h/STCityForever.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYereYwl6BStoeiArrssakImPgv72mr4pfvWFTfnCtiCYTaWdWcBq-eNsIsgXEfhpIgHm8KIgcAjc-I0abnHxlteY08Y3aE6QcEHIx8EBw-7VOISF0C2MWIV569mN09D8eGdmMk21STcm/s320/STCityForever.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082302881004139666" border="0" /></a>Remember Captain Kirk? If he didn't let poor Edith Keeler die, he would have created a paradox and erased his own future. The Guardian of Forever (pictured here) said: "Time has resumed its shape. All is as it was before." This was my early exposure to the concept of TIME TRAVEL. I mean I've watched hundreds of shows since then including The Time Tunnel, various Outer Limit episodes and Quantum Leap just to mention a few, but none captured my imagination like that first time.<br /><br />I think one of the inherent mysteries of LOST island is Time Travel.<br /><br />There have been many different clues scattered throughout various episodes that allude to time travel. Many people have also tried to tie this in with alternate dimensions or additional timelines. I believe there is only one timeline. I think it is fluid, in flux and always changing the present. everyone in this reality changes with it without realizing a change has even taken place. They have no fixed point to reference to see a change has taken place because they change with it.<br /><br />Charlie can't swim, now Charlie is a junior swim champion and nobody objects, because to them the first reality is gone. Something transpired in the stream of time that changed everyones perception. We are television viewers and do have a fixed point of reference, so we remember Charlie saying he can't swim.<br /><br />I really enjoyed Ray Bradbury's story "A Sound of Thunder" in the context that it illustrates how going back in time and changing one thing creates a ripple effect that alters the future. This is described as the butterfly effect. But this only explains what happens when a change in the past makes ripple changes from that point forward in time ( theoretically then, nothing prior to the event change would be altered ). History up to that point would have remained the same.<br /><br />This is the concept of Linear time. In this concept time moves only forward.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5mnfCKWb7wPNZ2q_XcZCLW6nXq8kupZIWsxwL2w-y3Hb_lgJWCbu8L-c1Vb9rYYpcoYdv-2JS3-H0bX5cHw7_0dxbZh_uLzeLvAv85PZGtksjNLOvSSLJlDMRSoCWC3dFRFeItnPCWhp/s1600-h/Ouroboros.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5mnfCKWb7wPNZ2q_XcZCLW6nXq8kupZIWsxwL2w-y3Hb_lgJWCbu8L-c1Vb9rYYpcoYdv-2JS3-H0bX5cHw7_0dxbZh_uLzeLvAv85PZGtksjNLOvSSLJlDMRSoCWC3dFRFeItnPCWhp/s320/Ouroboros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082459797634299090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Theory</span></span><br /><br />In Lost Island Time, time is not linear, it is "ALWAYS", no beginning and no end, it is Circular.<br /><br />Imagine the Ourborous, make a change to any part of the circle and the whole circle is affected. Any point in time changes and all time changes to accomodate this. If you are part of the stream you do not realize you change also, as you are always in a state of change.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:arial;" >Fate as a Force </span><br /><br />Ms. Hawking was not concerned for the fellow in the red shoes, because he would have died anyway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE4uKTYHlTlevXhEQfsYgs4hKQUtmiGae7arOAgm6z4OD4NTC_orPb4cKfQZrPUtTS57QEO7Jx2yYN6ZCo1_xOUlY_MnOW_WzeakKjpcbecBo21JaEp-wOqYEXoQalhdLyI_98wrspdLU/s1600-h/Desmond_Hawking.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE4uKTYHlTlevXhEQfsYgs4hKQUtmiGae7arOAgm6z4OD4NTC_orPb4cKfQZrPUtTS57QEO7Jx2yYN6ZCo1_xOUlY_MnOW_WzeakKjpcbecBo21JaEp-wOqYEXoQalhdLyI_98wrspdLU/s320/Desmond_Hawking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082303658393220274" border="0" /></a>If not in the construction accident , then a slip in the shower and a broken neck. In order for the ripple of change to complete the Ouroboros circle, he had to die. Otherwise there would be a bottleneck of change either stored up until he died or it would have flowed backwards, changing the past, somehow, someway he had to die. If the universe couldn't have accomplished his death in the construction accident because of some interference, it would have made a course correction and killed him some other way.<br /><br />Charlie was only going to cheat death so many times until the universe corrected for him. Every time he cheated death with Desmond's help something in in the circle changed. Perhaps the ripple didn't go in one direction, maybe it went the opposite direction around the circle, affecting his youth before coming back to the spot on the circle we call the present. Thus his youth is changed to make him a swim champion, and everyone else in our reality doesn't know any different.<br /><br />Time has no beginning and Time has no end. Make any change and that change resonates through all of time, forwards, backwards, all around the circle.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:arial;" >Time and Paradox</span><br /><br />Imagine building a time machine, stepping in a going back ten years and killing yourself. If you killed yourself, then how could you have built the time machine ten years later? This is a paradox and could only be possible in Linear time.<br /><br />In Lost Island Time, you could not build the time machine, or travel through the circle to a point 10 years earlier, because the time stream is in constant flux. that moment you want to go back to doesn't exist, other events have altered the time stream and it updates them constantly. Even if you could go back to that moment 10 years earlier, the mere fact of you arriving there would eliminate the other you, because that other you is now the present you.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKvarjAAUSNyVnC84tGYgnNphKFFy5fQucaDgWWwUf3lqHZBlm88h7s14jryS-p75YADtfQEeNRrUZFsvQLws3TVljLBK6b4f9QmkSEzRIHIDDoqK1tk36kjaKW4kPc5qZ9GqwfU1Vg1R/s1600-h/everything_changes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKvarjAAUSNyVnC84tGYgnNphKFFy5fQucaDgWWwUf3lqHZBlm88h7s14jryS-p75YADtfQEeNRrUZFsvQLws3TVljLBK6b4f9QmkSEzRIHIDDoqK1tk36kjaKW4kPc5qZ9GqwfU1Vg1R/s320/everything_changes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082303997695636674" border="0" /></a>This is why Desmond didn't run in to past Desmond in 1996. He simply replaced past Desmond in 1996.<br /><br />The Novikov self-consistency principle applies (named after Dr. Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Professor of Astrophysics at Copenhagen University). The principle states that if you travel in time, you cannot act in such a way so as to create a paradox.<br /><br /><br />Maybe the Captain of Naomi's Boat will be called Novikov?<br /><br />The whole idea of being enslaved by time and space is because we perceive time as linear. Just as we perceive the universe as finite. Time is endless and events don't necessarily affect things in only one direction in time<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:arial;" >Dimensionality</span><br /><br />There is still room in my theory for more dimensions, they are not exclusive of time, but go along with the flow of everything else. This might be where Jacob lives, or where the whispers are coming from, I don't know. I'd actually like some reader feedback here so I can formulate my theory on the whispers better ( some future article).<br /><br />Now my head hurts...<br /><br />I got started on this by reading an article on EYE M SICK's excellent website. Check out the link to his site on the right in my LOST links. Lots of great theories out there, and I'm sure you have time to read them all between now and January.<br /><br />Namaste<br />hatchling23hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989247166404595643.post-72779753727506287872007-06-28T16:26:00.000-05:002008-12-10T05:52:25.903-06:00Mr. Indestructable<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-331K4oW3Ptn2kC5aB_K9SSYkoNa7hduOUQGH6cBZyfJiONb6QHXZqyM7qJ2v2S5xyDGuu4LbZILl52avi107fhKkA_MVIMO5VRCjPzF7eD_HtT-PBB9Pz3pG1vXPve7xWnh0ug9RIQX/s1600-h/mikhail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-331K4oW3Ptn2kC5aB_K9SSYkoNa7hduOUQGH6cBZyfJiONb6QHXZqyM7qJ2v2S5xyDGuu4LbZILl52avi107fhKkA_MVIMO5VRCjPzF7eD_HtT-PBB9Pz3pG1vXPve7xWnh0ug9RIQX/s320/mikhail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081243441421235314" border="0" /></a>We meet this guy for the first time on a black and white TV monitor in the Pearl. My first reaction was, how did Snake Plisskin get on LOST island? Locke's comment, delivered as dry as toast": "<span style="font-style: italic;">Well, I guess he'll be expecting us</span>."<br /><br />Yep, as Sayid found out the hard way, our crafty russian cyclops was indeed awaiting them. So Mikhail got in the first shot, but it's been all uphill from there for him. First he fights with Sayid inside the Flame station and loses. Then he gets taken prisoner and marched out to the fence where Locke gives him the bums rush into the sonic fence.<br /><br />A very cool scene indeed with Patchy foaming from the mouth and bleeding from the ears and Oh Yea, stopping to say "<span style="font-style: italic;">thank you</span>" to Locke.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HUH?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Thank you for what?</span> and why was Ms. Klugh so eager to take a bullet back at the flame?<br /><br />Now I suspect Patchy knew he wasn't gonna die by being tossed into the fence. He was just putting on a show for the tourists. But the next time he shows up is miles and days away within spitting distance of where Naomi parachutes down into the trees. I mean Hurley's flare barely burns out and there comes Patchy scampering out of the jungle all surprised as hell that the losties are there. Hmmm.<br /><br />Here comes ass whupping number two as Jin lays the Kung Fu law down to the cyclops. I was actually cheering on the edge of my couch as this was happening. Patchy shows he's a bit of a klepto as he tries to five finger the SAT phone but Jin catches up and Patchy decides one time is enough and coughs up the phone.<br /><br />So the next time our mystery russian shows up he is barrelling into the other's campsite who happen to be on their way to the Temple. Wait a minute, they didn't decide to leave until after Patchy got his brains scrambled at the fence, so how did he know where to find Ben and the gang?<br /><br />He didn't have a walky, because he obviously hadn't contacted Ben. As soon as Ben lays eyes on him he asks him why he isn't dead.<br /><br />Now comes ass whupping number three. Oh how delighted I was watching Locke beat the snot out of Mikhail. Yea Baby! Nobody stepped up to help Patchy, even though Ben asked them to.<br />By the time Ben tells Mikhail to go to the Looking Glass, he appears to be mostly healed from Lockes beatdown.<br /><br />Next our intrepid island communications man dons his diving gear and goes in search of our hero rock star. What does he find instead? That he's been pawned by Ben all along and his own communications have been jammed. <span style="font-style: italic;">(He also thought Greta and Bonnie were in Canada, that will be a whole other column)</span><br /><br />So here it's Desmonds turn to inflict damage on Mikhail. Let's see, maybe a spear through the chest, hey it always worked in Bond movies. They are designed to kill 1200 lb sharks, so you think it would slow down Patchy? no way...<br /><br />This guy with his chest fully ventilated with an extra airhole and about 90 feet of water pressure above him he manages to swim out to the side of the Looking Glass and sets off a hand grenade, but not before showing it to Charlie and waving goodbye.<br /><br />This is the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Super Soldier</span> Mulder and Scully were looking for all those years ago.<br /><br />Is it goodbye? I honestly don't think so. It would be a hoot to see Patchy survive again. I want to see more losties kick his ass. I bet Kate or Sun could take him, and Sawyer hasn't had his turn yet.<br /><br />Let's look at Mikhail for a moment. Was he born on the island? <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">NO</span>. </span>It was clear both from the russian literature scattered around the Flame and from confirmation from TPTB that everything Mikhail said was true except for him being a member of the Dharma initiative. So this means Mikhail was recruited to the island. This rules him out as an island native. So where exactly does he get his super regenerative powers? <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I Don't Know</span>. He seems to be quite literate and fluent in multiple languages ( he understood Naomi), always a good thing to have in a communications officer. Is he dead? <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I Doubt It</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:130%;" >Whats my theory?</span> Well, I think the island gave him extraordinary healing powers because at some point he made a sacrifice ( his eye ) to the island. Maybe in the fight with Dharma, I don't know when, but at some point (much like the island gave Desmond foresight) he was chosen.<br />I think Richard Alpert might also have been chosen, after all he doesn't appear to age. Although this might have been not intended. Mikhail was chosen to defend the island, and until he accomplishes his mission, he will not die.hatchling23http://www.blogger.com/profile/05620587622450939544noreply@blogger.com0