tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post3770939601986022277..comments2024-02-19T19:53:01.688-08:00Comments on Cathode Tan: TV Watch: Lost, What They Died ForJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-26805298217684224102010-05-20T08:52:04.363-07:002010-05-20T08:52:04.363-07:00Yeah it occurs to me that it can't be even rem...Yeah it occurs to me that it can't be even remotely as simple as "the protector makes the rules", because if that were true Jacob could have a rule that Smokey was in fact a chicken long ago.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-22257442430111442322010-05-20T08:31:32.089-07:002010-05-20T08:31:32.089-07:00Yeah I only see two ways to deal with Locke at thi...Yeah I only see two ways to deal with Locke at this point. One is that they figure out a way to fight him, but given the rules of the game that prevent anybody from harming each other, it's not clear how that would play out. Though if that was all put in place by the guardian, presumably Jack can now CTRL+Z that. <br /><br />The other is that the timeline is modified to prevent Locke from ever happening in the first place. Basically it's the nuclear bomb scenario but gone far enough back in the timeline to genuinely fix the problem rather than simply fragmenting the timeline.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-49312279578095381692010-05-20T08:19:10.720-07:002010-05-20T08:19:10.720-07:00Well three would be interesting, but if handled po...Well three would be interesting, but if handled poorly could lead to a bit of a Dallas ending :) Course LA X opens up such a possibility on its own.<br /><br />So we know the Donkey Wheel tapped into The Light, and when turned it would release some of the power. Last time it was turned, the island moved and people started popping around time.<br /><br />Wheel was there because being too close The Light is bad. Desmond, though, being the ultimate stopgap, is "immune to the unique electro... ", whatever. He can touch The Light.<br /><br />Smokey seems to think that will destroy the island (assuming that is his plan) and, well, he's probably the closest thing to an expert we have. My guess is "destroy" may mean "removed from reality."<br /><br />My guess is that the protector makes certain rules, and the island makes sure they happen. Remove the island, remove the rules. I'm hoping the finale will explain that at least a little better.<br /><br />I still think LA X will survive because it is the only way to give half the cast a proper send off at this point (love always wins or some such).<br /><br />OR something akin to your description of Demond's role in reversing Jacob's original mistake - and reality resets to some LA X / life less crappy hybrid.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-78984674721140615612010-05-20T07:17:05.789-07:002010-05-20T07:17:05.789-07:00Oh and one more followup thought on my #3 ending. ...Oh and one more followup thought on my #3 ending. The benefit of this approach is that if he's going through time it will set up a lot of opportunity to go through the whole time line of the show and sort out a lot of the little mysteries.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-53453359069343187372010-05-20T07:15:08.310-07:002010-05-20T07:15:08.310-07:00Random thoughts:
LAX - LOVE LAX DESMOND!
How it ...Random thoughts:<br /><br />LAX - LOVE LAX DESMOND!<br /><br />How it ends: I will say that right now I feel like we're going to get some sense of conclusion out of all of this. I mean there's a huge amount of loose ends we're never going to get an answer to. But the broad sense of why were they brought there and what the result of that was is getting dealt with. <br /><br />I was right: I did call that the glowing vagina metaphor is protected from view and only the guardian can find it. Jack is now the guardian so he can find it. Though I have to say, I find this all a bit anti-climactic. This was telegraphed at the light house and it's like, yeah yeah, he's the chose one, can we get to the smite fest now? :)<br /><br />Moebius: So, in the "right" timeline, all of the people brought to the Island were potentially good people living otherwise shitty unfulfilled lives. In the "wrong" timeline they all live relatively fulfilled lives. So it would seem that the existence of the Island's power set up a destiny situation where all of the candidate's lives sucked ass and were thus candidates for Jacob. The Island's a bit of a dick really :)<br /><br />On your kinda good: You're overanalyzing :). Zoe wasn't important so Locke offed her. On the pregnancy, Jacob was just trying to be decent and not burden a mom/child with that responsibility.<br /><br />The sickness: yeah not going to get anything there.<br /><br />The widmore/ben throwdown: It seems like they were proxies for the SmokeLocke/Jacob battle outside of the island. But that's only a very vague sense of things and I do suspect this may not get explained very well in the few hours they have left.<br /><br />Quoting you:<br /><br /><i>"If you can watch it out without a mental checklist of things left unexplained - it will probably be awesome" </i><br /><br />Good because i've forgotten half the shit they should have explained by now, so I'll enjoy the hell out of it :). I suspect I'll never know why Sayid was killing somebody on a golf course, but oh well :)<br /><br />So, now my prediction on how this ends. First of all we can safely say it's going to heavily involve the glowing vagina metaphor. I see three ways this plays out. I'm sure I could think of a million more but these seem the most likely:<br /><br />1) Somebody other than Desmond enters the cave, likely Jack, and becomes something that can fight Locke directly. I see this as the least likely because it's been well established that going into the cave is bad for you. However, I leave it out as a possibility because the cave does have life and death going on, so it could create a white smoke monster or some such. <br /><br />2) Desmond enters the cave version 1, as a climax to the end of the show and effectively neturalizes the whole situation. Light goes out but doesn't smite everybody. SmokeLocke goes away. The world is back in order and the Island is just another Island.<br /><br />3) This is what I see as the most likely scenario. Desmond enters the cave but this time it would happen earlier in the show. In this version he becomes unstuck in time. Then he will be actively working in multiple timelines trying to shut this whole thing down. Specifically I expect that he'll appear back in the time where Jacob is about to throw future SmokeLocke into the cave and will talk Jacob down. Jacob will give his brother a right proper burial, the island and it's power will continue to exist, and the immediate threat will be gone. <br /><br />Curious to find out though :)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.com