Lost 05/09/07

[Cthulhudrew]

Ok, did anyone other than me notice the face of a man, sitting in the chair, when Benri was thrown against the wall?

My friend and I both noticed the same thing and rewound to double check- there was definitely someone there, but you couldn't see more than part of its shirt and the profile of its hairline. From the hairline, it looked like Ben, but there is no way to know for sure (well, I suppose some really gifted person could screencap it and lighten it, and that might do something).

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Jacob was a total cop-out, in my opinion. I'm putting my vote on Jacob being the smoke monster, which is also the sand-like stuff they went over on their way there.

Could be. My first thought (after the initial Quicksand? moment) was that it might be dynamite powder, pointing to some sinister plot of Rousseau's.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I noticed that Richard Alpert seemed pretty close in age then-and-now; not sure if giving him a hippie haircut was maybe just the best they could do to make him look younger.

Even if he was younger at the time, there's still something wonky going on. Ben was in (at most) his early teens when he encountered Richard, and he's currently in his late 40s/early 50s- Richard should be looking much more aged if the natural rules of time/age are going on on the island. Some kind of mystery there, that's for sure.

I'm really wondering how Ben got to his status of cult leader considering it appears the Others are much older than he is- I suppose it has something to do with his apparent psychic abilities (his communication with his mother/the island? and the like).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The homage to Stephen King/Peter Straub's Black House was awesome.

I'm thinking that Jacob is a psychic manifestation of Ben's. That Ben wouldn't be one of the "special children" seems unlikely to me.

If Ben's mom can appear inside the sonic fence, I'm going to have to reconsider whether the smoke monster is all the ghosts we've been seeing all the time.

 

[Hand of Evil]

You got to wonder about the castaways and their ability to see things and such, if that was important to The Others. Locke was kickass in this one but then every one was.

 

[Fast Learner]

There is indeed about 1/2 second of Jacob in the scene. Forehead and hair of a middle-aged person, maybe a bit younger. Flat-ish nose that has the characteristic bump of a nose that's been broken. Fairly-long hair. It looks, actually, like Terry O'Quinn, the actor who plays Locke.

Ah, just noticed they've got the screencap up at losteastereggs. Several great caps from the episode, actually.

Edited to add a link specifically to the screencaps of Jacob, as the main page link above will "expire," as it were, getting replaced with next week's caps once they're up.

 

[Fast Learner]

Rather than editing again, here's a hdtv capture of the same shot. Since it's on imageshack, it may reach too many views at some point, so look while you can.

Maybe not Locke (or Locke's twin?), hard to say.

Edited to attach the image, in case the link goes bad.

 

[Hand of Evil]

That one screen shot look to show a big hole in Jacob's head! I am of the impression that Ben has captured Jacob's spirit.

http://bp3.blogger.com/_RrObyQ3XzcY/RkKWtpsh6XI/AAAAAAAAFRE/CHJIyPT10d4/s1600-h/Image13.jpg

 

[el-remmen]

COuld be Locke in a wig? - But that migh be my imagination filling in for me.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

It's nice to watch an episode of Lost that really kicks butt again.