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[Arnwyn]

About what Jack and Sayid were doing: I think they're doing just what I would be doing. They're trying to figure out what is going on with the bunker, including what happens if you don't press the button every 108 minutes.

Yes, exactly so. When I saw them doing that, I was pleased. I thought it's what people should be doing - exploring this weird-ass bunker in the middle of nowhere that has some crazy electromagnetic force behind a concrete-sealed doorway.

What was that mention of titanium when Jack showed Sayid the magnetic power? My impression is that Sayid noted that there was titanium along with the concrete, and that titanium is fairly non-magnetic - thus implying that whatever is causing the magnetism is crazy-powerful. (Can anyone confirm/deny/clarify?)

My theory of the tail section people is that they're a little jumpy because 'the Others' have been wiping them out. Lucky for the tail sectioners, they managed to find one of the bunkers and hole-up... it could have been a whole lot worse for them, I'm guessing.

Like WizarDru, I also disagree with anyone who thought not much happened in that episode.

Can't wait to see the central facility (where the broadcast was coming from, right?)!

 

[RichCsigs]

And in case anyone wants to revisit it, "Don't press the button. The button's bad."

Now you see, I thought he was saying "Press the button. No button is bad."

 

[Taelorn76]

What was that mention of titanium when Jack showed Sayid the magnetic power? My impression is that Sayid noted that there was titanium along with the concrete, and that titanium is fairly non-magnetic - thus implying that whatever is causing the magnetism is crazy-powerful. (Can anyone confirm/deny/clarify?)

I believe that Sayid was talking about the metal he was using to chip away at the concrete wall, that IMO looked like a car bumper.

 

[Dragonbait]

Sugar-rush at work while reading the MBs

Loved seeing another Hurly episode.

Please excuse the lack of the proper names for the characters, and the mispellings. I'm writing this super fast..

Going back to the presumed tail-section survivors - There is another option: the virus that both the man in the bunker and the crazy French woman brought up.

Also, afterwatching the first episode, the "monster's" sounds was waaaay too close to something like a steam engine (steam whistle and all). I figured that a lot of people have already brought this up, but still.. And of course, the mysterious tentacle of smoke had a very clear chain/crank noise along with it.

I think the man in the chicken costume was the owner of the gas station where Hurly got the winning Lotto ticket.

 

[ThirdWizard]

I believe that Sayid was talking about the metal he was using to chip away at the concrete wall, that IMO looked like a car bumper.

After talking it over, I'm fairly confident that he was talking about the key. He said somthing about being lucky, so if it were more magnetic, it might have choked Jack. Remember, the key is from a very very durable case. It would make sense for the key to also be very durable - ie, titanium.

Also, afterwatching the first episode, the "monster's" sounds was waaaay too close to something like a steam engine (steam whistle and all). I figured that a lot of people have already brought this up, but still.. And of course, the mysterious tentacle of smoke had a very clear chain/crank noise along with it.

The shadow monster also made a kind of clicking sound. I can't remember what makes that sound, though its on the tip of my tongue. The sound of machinery turning and clicking into place to hold something up. I can't think of the right term, though.

 

[Rel]

After talking it over, I'm fairly confident that he was talking about the key. He said somthing about being lucky, so if it were more magnetic, it might have choked Jack.

Sayid specifically mentions that the chunk of metal that he's hammering at the concrete with is titanium, which, according to Sayid is largely non-ferrous. I could go replay it off the DVR but from memory the comment is, "Luckily this *holds up big curved piece of metal* is titanium."

 

[Crothian]

Ya, I agree with Rel, he was talking about the peice of metal Sayid was using

 

[Fast Learner]

Exactly, I'm with Rel and Croth, that's definitely what was said.

Airplanes are built with a lot of titanium, very hard and light. I'm sure the idea is that Sayid is using a hunk of the plane to thwack at the concrete. If he'd been using a piece of steel, it would have been ripped from his hands (or at least stuck to the wall the instant he came close with it), as Jack's steel key demonstrates.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

The shadow monster also made a kind of clicking sound.

I think it was a Cylon...

 

[reveal]

Exactly, I'm with Rel and Croth, that's definitely what was said.

Airplanes are built with a lot of titanium, very hard and light. I'm sure the idea is that Sayid is using a hunk of the plane to thwack at the concrete. If he'd been using a piece of steel, it would have been ripped from his hands (or at least stuck to the wall the instant he came close with it), as Jack's steel key demonstrates.

I'm in agreement, which brings up another question. If the plane was made of mostly titanium, what caused the plane to rip apart? I thought, at first, that the magnet was somehow responsible. Not so anymore.