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I was thinking about this and I propose that the supernatural events that happened before the crash are the keys to understanding Lost. The island, of course is full of mysteries, but how do we tie in what happens before the crash? Let me list them and please add more if I missed any.
1) Hurley's numbers and the "curse" 2) Jack's miracle surgery 3) Walt's weird "gift" 4) Psychic and Claire's baby Did I miss any? Besides the idea of Hanso's advanced technology causing strange things on the island, the "purgatory" theories, and the other various theories I've heard, these events before the crash do not fit in with those ideas. I think if we can explain the events before the crash, we might begin to know why they are there and what is going on. |
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I can see where you're going with this.
Freaky things happened to the ones you listed. And could be why they are on the island but as of yet we just don't know why. Plus we have those whose past is now making a return and hitting them straight in the face. Like with Hurley and the numbers and now hopefull with Libby ,Michael reunion with his now 10 year old son,Sawyer hearing the words of the man he shot and Sayid getting back what he dished out to several men and women. These things might not be supernatural but you'd think they were chosen perhaps for these reasons and beyond. |
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How about Kate's treasured possession being a toy plane.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by texasrobster:
I was thinking about this and I propose that the supernatural events that happened before the crash are the keys to understanding Lost. The island, of course is full of mysteries, but how do we tie in what happens before the crash? QUOTE] Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the point of the backstory for each character? If there had been no backstories at all, we would still be watching "Survivor of the Crash", they would all still be strangers to us lying around on a beach. But we've been made to know these individual's pasts, and have spent a considerable amount of ink, you might say, in trying to figure out how that made them who they are and why they are in this situation. So what happens before the crash is definitely a factor...we just haven't figured it out yet! Just my two cents... |
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I understand that all the characters have interesting stories/tragedies/issues that link them all in some way. But specifically, the "supernatural" occurences could not have been Hanso/Dharma. All the "supernatural" things on the island could be from a technology we don't know about, but the things before the island are different. I think these things are either the key to the story, or, the writers have bitten off more than they can chew and these events won't be adequately explained when all is said and done.
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Maybe the writers don't have any explaining to do at all. Maybe that's part of the point. The events you deem as "supernatural" aren't really all that out of the ordinary. People win the lotto everyday. In fact, in a recent lottery in the UK 4 of the 6 Lost numbers came up. There are medical "miracles" on the news all the time. Birds accidentally fly into windows and kill themselves all the time, too. Psychics? Don't believe in them at all.
What if the entire purpose of the back stories, other than giving us information on the characters and making us sympathetic, is simply to trick viewers into trying to find connections that just aren't there? |
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If you really believed that were true ugottaride, you wouldn't be posting on the message boards.
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It's not totally out of the question that the flashbacks give us false leads. Red herrings are the stuff of conventional mystery, and there's no reason to think that we aren't being fed these tasty fishy morsels, at least from time to time. |
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Well I guess it is how you interpret what ugottaride said. I am sure that we are getting some red herrings, but I don't think the whole show is a red herring, like he implied.
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Boy Shaggybebe, for someone who preaches tolerance of ideas on this board, you're sure intolerant yourself. I suppose you'd like to tell us that you've got the show all figured out already and that's how you know I'm wrong? That would imply you know how it all ends, what everything means, and how they all relate to each other, so please enlighten us. How exactly DO the backstories relate to the present? What IS the connection?
Also, when did I say the whole show is a red herring? Since when are the back stories the entire show? Isn't the main focus of the show the island? Hmmmmmmm? Shaggybebe, I know I've been critical of you and your predictable "agreeing with everyone" mentality in past posts, but don't let your personal feelings towards me cloud your vision and judgement. Just because my suggestion isn't some wild conspiracy theory, that doesn't make it impossible to be true. As far as why I post on this board, since you seem to have that one figured out as well, why don't you tell all of us. Is there a prescribed POV regarding the show that all posters must follow that I wasn't aware about? Perhaps your extensive psychology background can be of service to everyone in this regard. For we all know just how exact a science psychology really is. This message has been edited. Last edited by: ugottaride, |
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I have to agree that the writers use the back stories to make us, the audience, feel something about these characters. This is working or this site wouldn't exist. I realized how sad it was after Boone and Shannon died because their stories were over . None of the survivors knew them like we did.Their "memories "are what we were privy to and after they died so did their memories. It's a great device that the writers are using otherwise it would become a day in the life blah blah blah.
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Man, ugottaride, you're pretty sensitive. Give shaggs a break, she's a good one. |
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I don't agree with everyone on here, and I have agreed with SEVERAL of your posts, and told you so. I just don't understand why you can't stand what I write and why you express it ALL the time. Who cares? I just don't appreciate you being rude. I get on here to post for FUN. You are, for some reason, picking on everything I say. Why? I don't care if you agree with me. Please, disagree. I don't even care if you have evidence to disagree with me. All I want is for you to quit being so rude. |
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Like most people, I come on this board to get ideas about where the show might be going. I guess where you and I differ is that you want to hear every idea regardless of whether or not it's possible, and I'm really only interested in ideas that have evidence from the show to firmly, logically support it in the real world. Despite some of the coincidences in this series, I still have faith that this isn't going to turn out to be some completely supernatural set of cicumstances. To me, your support for every idea is counter productive to meaningful discourse. Maybe you're just a positive person. At first I was flattered by your support for a couple of my ideas. After I saw how you support every idea, it kind of detracted from it.
Brainstorming is good, but a some point you have to separate the chaff from the grain. Edit: I should add that perhaps some of my disappointment in you is that I have seen you come up with some GREAT ideas, only to languish in some really bad ones, in my opinion, as well. It's easy to ignore posts by people who clearly have no desire to rationalize their thoughts, but frustrating to follow those who could but choose not to. This message has been edited. Last edited by: ugottaride, |
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ugottaride:
Why do you get to decide when to seperate the "chaff from the grain"? We are all at different points in our analysis. You may be more discriminating in what you believe now, but shaggy may be somewhere else. Being agreeable is certainly not something that should be looked down upon. If anything, I appreciate people who try to be encouraging instead of discouraging. Shaggy may disagree with certain posts and rather than be deconstructive, not post his/her disagreement. |
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