Lost Room

[jcfiala]

I do have one question, not sure if anyone noticed but earlier in the miniseries someone mentioned that there were objects all over the world. But in the third part the guy only had a map of the united states and it appeared all the objects were there.

Yeah, but in this case we're talking about Bus-Ticket guy, aren't we? He wasn't in any cabals, and so I'd be surprised if he really knew for sure - he was probably mostly guessing. He probably figured that they were all over the world, even though they weren't.

And for that reason - why are all of the objects in the US? Do you think it's because they're not tracking the ones outside of the US, or because some sort of magnetic pull prevents people from leaving the coutnry with one of them? Perhaps if they leave the US they stop working - the objects are all pretty heavy americana of one sort or another, and the feel of the magic is very 'American weirdness'.

 

[|Crono|]

Yeah, but in this case we're talking about Bus-Ticket guy, aren't we? He wasn't in any cabals, and so I'd be surprised if he really knew for sure - he was probably mostly guessing. He probably figured that they were all over the world, even though they weren't.

And for that reason - why are all of the objects in the US? Do you think it's because they're not tracking the ones outside of the US, or because some sort of magnetic pull prevents people from leaving the coutnry with one of them? Perhaps if they leave the US they stop working - the objects are all pretty heavy americana of one sort or another, and the feel of the magic is very 'American weirdness'.

I saw the map again when they repeated the episode. Its kind of hard to see but there are lines going off the map probably to other countries.

 

[Sarigar]

Did Joe really kill the occupant? We never really find out. He resets with the room, and so will the key. There has to be more than one way into the room, right? After all, somehow objects made their way out of the room in the first place, including the key.

 

[Mistwell]

Here's another question: When we first meet the guy who's got the comb, he stops time and grabs money out of the till while time is stopped. However, when he's showing how the comb works to Joe, he demonstrates how everything else is unmoving when time is stopped. Anyone have an idea how both of these can be true?

He stopped time, walked around the counter to put his hands on the drawer, waited for time to resume, grabbed the drawer, and stopped time again. Once in his hand, the drawer is freed to move.

At least, that is my best guess as to how it is done.

 

[Fast Learner]

Ooh, that does work.

 

[Ilium]

I think you can pick things up when time is stopped, you just can't "move" them (bend fingers, open doors, etc.) If the drawer just had open bins for the bills he could take them out. If it had those little spring-clip things he couldn't.

So I didn't see the final episode when it aired. I taped it. I FINALLY got to watch the tape tonight. It got to the point where Kreutzfeld had installed the eye and dusted the Legion, and the tape RAN OUT! I didn't realize the tape I had was so short.

I've gathered more or less how it ended from comments in this thread, but I am mighty ticked off. Any idea if they'll be airing it again?

 

[DonTadow]

I think you can pick things up when time is stopped, you just can't "move" them (bend fingers, open doors, etc.) If the drawer just had open bins for the bills he could take them out. If it had those little spring-clip things he couldn't.

So I didn't see the final episode when it aired. I taped it. I FINALLY got to watch the tape tonight. It got to the point where Kreutzfeld had installed the eye and dusted the Legion, and the tape RAN OUT! I didn't realize the tape I had was so short.

I've gathered more or less how it ended from comments in this thread, but I am mighty ticked off. Any idea if they'll be airing it again?

But I could have sworn the guy said that pretty much all you could do was move and hide. in the example, the object tested could not be moved.

 

[Fast Learner]

Yeah, I think Mistwell's explanation makes more sense.

 

[jcfiala]

Of course, another possibility is that either the comb-guy didn't tell the entire story of how you use it... or if you use it heavily for years upon end you may gain the ability to do more with it.

 

[Ilium]

Well I could certainly be wrong, but my assumption was that he couldn't unbend the guy's fingers, and that's why he couldn't move it. *shrug*