am i slow
I will admit that at certain times i was working on a side task or getting distracted by my room mates while watching lost but I seriously tried to pay my fullest attention while watching this show.
I really really loved lost, the characters and interaction and just even the setting was so great but.. I am left so fuckin confused at so much shit after finishing the s6 finale tonight.
My friend put me onto lost this year, and I realize I am watching this super late and may not have the correct time and proper preparation/community while watching it so maybe there are some questions that were more interpretive that I never could solve myself but I feel as if we were robbed of some answers.
I literally would watch so many episodes at once since each would end at a cliffhanger making me think I would get some answers in the next episode but all I got were more questions - for one.. WTF IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BEN VS CHARLES, i thought there was a heavy weight attached to their rivalry and whatever was the significance with him just coming back and bringing in desmond and then dying in front of ben… like what?? Okay maybe I am slow and im just missing out on stuff.
I guess what I want is someone to point me to some answers.
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I will admit that at certain times i was working on a side task or getting distracted by my room mates while watching lost but I seriously tried to pay my fullest attention while watching this show.
I really really loved lost, the characters and interaction and just even the setting was so great but.. I am left so fuckin confused at so much shit after finishing the s6 finale tonight.
My friend put me onto lost this year, and I realize I am watching this super late and may not have the correct time and proper preparation/community while watching it so maybe there are some questions that were more interpretive that I never could solve myself but I feel as if we were robbed of some answers.
I literally would watch so many episodes at once since each would end at a cliffhanger making me think I would get some answers in the next episode but all I got were more questions - for one.. WTF IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BEN VS CHARLES, i thought there was a heavy weight attached to their rivalry and whatever was the significance with him just coming back and bringing in desmond and then dying in front of ben… like what?? Okay maybe I am slow and im just missing out on stuff.
I guess what I want is someone to point me to some answers.
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Kate in the freighter bomb scene
There was a Kate post a few weeks ago that people commented on claiming she is selfish and a few of us made a list of all her selfless acts. I’ve been rewatching and got to the scene on the freighter where Kate was willing to risk her life to go back for Jin in the room with the bomb because she wanted Sun and the baby to get on the helicopter safely and Jack grabs her and refuses to let her go because he said he won’t leave without her. I just want to add that to the list of her selfless deeds.
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There was a Kate post a few weeks ago that people commented on claiming she is selfish and a few of us made a list of all her selfless acts. I’ve been rewatching and got to the scene on the freighter where Kate was willing to risk her life to go back for Jin in the room with the bomb because she wanted Sun and the baby to get on the helicopter safely and Jack grabs her and refuses to let her go because he said he won’t leave without her. I just want to add that to the list of her selfless deeds.
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So who makes the lamp post station?
Eloise Hawkins comments it was made by a clever fellow and likely how Dharma finds the Island in the 70s. But it might be that there is a more reliable way to the island since Dharma goes back and forth by sub and the military can access it BUT the Lamp post is the only way to find it again after it has been moved. This implies that the station gets built after Dharma is aware of the island and by someone trying to get back after it has been moved. The most likely candidate is Faraday as he mysteriously goes back to Dharma headquarters after his time skip. He has the physics knowledge, knowledge of the island and the only one with the foreknowledge that the island will be moved and will need to be found. Another candidate is Dr. Chang who seems to have also been making time jumps off the island...Ben is wearing his parka when he leaves the island. He might have the knowledge but not the foresight to know the island will be moved.
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Eloise Hawkins comments it was made by a clever fellow and likely how Dharma finds the Island in the 70s. But it might be that there is a more reliable way to the island since Dharma goes back and forth by sub and the military can access it BUT the Lamp post is the only way to find it again after it has been moved. This implies that the station gets built after Dharma is aware of the island and by someone trying to get back after it has been moved. The most likely candidate is Faraday as he mysteriously goes back to Dharma headquarters after his time skip. He has the physics knowledge, knowledge of the island and the only one with the foreknowledge that the island will be moved and will need to be found. Another candidate is Dr. Chang who seems to have also been making time jumps off the island...Ben is wearing his parka when he leaves the island. He might have the knowledge but not the foresight to know the island will be moved.
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Lost & Mr Robot Comparisons
Hi LOST fam,
I just finished watching Mr Robot for the first time (great show!) and noticed a lot of comparions to LOST, surely Sam Esmail must have been a big fan?
* Elliot Alderson alternate reality episode 4x12 is very similar to Desmond in the hatch episode 2x1: wakes up, puts a record on, goes about morning routine
* Recurring people in alternate realities is similar to the flash sideways and having a "Constant" that appears across realities
* Finale of both series have cataclysmic earthquakes in NYC and on the island
* Mr Robot refers to Elliot as "kiddo" the same way Christian refers to Jack, they are also father figures that guide the protagonist towards the truth
* Science fiction themes in Whiterose's machine that rewrites reality and the button in the hatch
* Both shows ultimately were character driven
* Mr Robot ends with Elliot's eye opening as LOST ends with Jack's eye closing
Interested if others have seen both and see any comparisons!
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Hi LOST fam,
I just finished watching Mr Robot for the first time (great show!) and noticed a lot of comparions to LOST, surely Sam Esmail must have been a big fan?
* Elliot Alderson alternate reality episode 4x12 is very similar to Desmond in the hatch episode 2x1: wakes up, puts a record on, goes about morning routine
* Recurring people in alternate realities is similar to the flash sideways and having a "Constant" that appears across realities
* Finale of both series have cataclysmic earthquakes in NYC and on the island
* Mr Robot refers to Elliot as "kiddo" the same way Christian refers to Jack, they are also father figures that guide the protagonist towards the truth
* Science fiction themes in Whiterose's machine that rewrites reality and the button in the hatch
* Both shows ultimately were character driven
* Mr Robot ends with Elliot's eye opening as LOST ends with Jack's eye closing
Interested if others have seen both and see any comparisons!
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Was the Dharma initiative inspired by the concept of Dharmadhatu?
Dharmadhatu aka the realm of dharma is a concept from Mahayana Buddhism that refers to the realm of all phenomena, or the realm in which every single thing contains and is contained by every other thing, which seems like it could be an apt metaphor of The Island, The Source and what it all represents.
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Dharmadhatu aka the realm of dharma is a concept from Mahayana Buddhism that refers to the realm of all phenomena, or the realm in which every single thing contains and is contained by every other thing, which seems like it could be an apt metaphor of The Island, The Source and what it all represents.
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Charlie saving a woman from mugging
I think its so beautiful to see Charlie (pre island) saving Nadia from being mugged. Nadia telling Charlie that he is a hero, only for him to then give his life in order for the love of her life to be able to return to her is just such a beautiful thing, she had no real idea of how much of a hero Charlie actually was and how he would do a kind deed for her twice.
I know that public opinion on Charlie is pretty negative especially from people that have viewed the show multiple times, but I think Charlie is such a well written and interesting character that was given a weird arc (his obsession with Aaron and going crazy). I am a big fan of Charlie and really appreciate the show displaying addiction/withdrawals in a main cast character rather than background characters like Christian. I think a lot of the main cast come from abuse and neglect and eventually heal, but for Charlie this happened so much quicker than everybody else. I also live in Manchester so may be biased lol
I do wonder if Sayid ever told Nadia the truth about the island, I doubt that he did
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I think its so beautiful to see Charlie (pre island) saving Nadia from being mugged. Nadia telling Charlie that he is a hero, only for him to then give his life in order for the love of her life to be able to return to her is just such a beautiful thing, she had no real idea of how much of a hero Charlie actually was and how he would do a kind deed for her twice.
I know that public opinion on Charlie is pretty negative especially from people that have viewed the show multiple times, but I think Charlie is such a well written and interesting character that was given a weird arc (his obsession with Aaron and going crazy). I am a big fan of Charlie and really appreciate the show displaying addiction/withdrawals in a main cast character rather than background characters like Christian. I think a lot of the main cast come from abuse and neglect and eventually heal, but for Charlie this happened so much quicker than everybody else. I also live in Manchester so may be biased lol
I do wonder if Sayid ever told Nadia the truth about the island, I doubt that he did
(I have made the noscript of the post vague as to not spoil anyone)
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13th watch and I am FINALLY asking this question.
Ok so I'm on my 13th rewatch. Every time I am really suffering in hospital, Lost is my comfort show. I'm in season 2 and I STILL don't really understand WTF they do with Michael's character. But on top of that, the introduction about Walt's "special gifts" that basically disappear after this season. I know the excuse was, the actor grew up. But there were SO many ways they could have done this, it was a really interesting thing. Especially when Miss Q essentially repeats the same lines as the lawyer to Michael on the island. Has anyone got thoughts about this dropped thread? Like, they always knew the actor would grow up. And by season 2 they KNEW the show wasn't getting cancelled so....? Just curious what other intricacies obsessive LOST people think about. The other one is the dude in the Temple who randomly appears in the last season as if he's supposed to really mean something with his made up language but then just POOFS. These are my two Lost mysteries 13 watches in.
PS. I never watched while it was airing. Except 6. Which I hated until I binged it. I have a binge problem (luckily only with good and sometimes bad reality TV)
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Ok so I'm on my 13th rewatch. Every time I am really suffering in hospital, Lost is my comfort show. I'm in season 2 and I STILL don't really understand WTF they do with Michael's character. But on top of that, the introduction about Walt's "special gifts" that basically disappear after this season. I know the excuse was, the actor grew up. But there were SO many ways they could have done this, it was a really interesting thing. Especially when Miss Q essentially repeats the same lines as the lawyer to Michael on the island. Has anyone got thoughts about this dropped thread? Like, they always knew the actor would grow up. And by season 2 they KNEW the show wasn't getting cancelled so....? Just curious what other intricacies obsessive LOST people think about. The other one is the dude in the Temple who randomly appears in the last season as if he's supposed to really mean something with his made up language but then just POOFS. These are my two Lost mysteries 13 watches in.
PS. I never watched while it was airing. Except 6. Which I hated until I binged it. I have a binge problem (luckily only with good and sometimes bad reality TV)
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How annoying was the ending?
I watched the show live as it aired. I was annoyed with the ending and wondering how many other people are? I rewatched just to make sure my initial thoughts weren’t right but they are. The creators at the time promised it wasn’t purgatory but it is. Seasons 1-5 had so much fun and sci fi, they could’ve done something way better with season 6.
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I watched the show live as it aired. I was annoyed with the ending and wondering how many other people are? I rewatched just to make sure my initial thoughts weren’t right but they are. The creators at the time promised it wasn’t purgatory but it is. Seasons 1-5 had so much fun and sci fi, they could’ve done something way better with season 6.
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Did an audio commentary on MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN with director Bobby Roth and Young Ben, Sterling Beaumon!
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Lost-isms
Of course we all pick up on “WALT”, “don’t tell me what I can’t do”, and “we have to go back”, but what other recurring phrases or story beats have you pick up on?
For me, it’s “in case you haven’t noticed” and Kate picking up on a dummy trail while tracking.
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Of course we all pick up on “WALT”, “don’t tell me what I can’t do”, and “we have to go back”, but what other recurring phrases or story beats have you pick up on?
For me, it’s “in case you haven’t noticed” and Kate picking up on a dummy trail while tracking.
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Question?
When Claudia appears to Jacob's brother, is it the monster?
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When Claudia appears to Jacob's brother, is it the monster?
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LOST on BluRay
I have the series on DVD and would love to have it on BluRay. Is there a particular edition that's better than the others? Not concerned with price, I just want the best possible version.
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I have the series on DVD and would love to have it on BluRay. Is there a particular edition that's better than the others? Not concerned with price, I just want the best possible version.
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