LOST Wednesday 11/16/05 {Spoilers for this ep and previous eps ONLY!}

[RigaMortus2]

This was one somebody here posted on the thread for the Adrift episode. Not the best pic, but it was definitely there. Looked real obvious on my hi-def TV.

http://lost.cubit.net/pics/lostShark.jpg

I can't even make out what is supposed to be in that pick. I see the insignia you are talking about, but I can not make out what it is attached to. I don't see a shark there, just various shades of blue.

 

[Rel]

I can't even make out what is supposed to be in that pick. I see the insignia you are talking about, but I can not make out what it is attached to. I don't see a shark there, just various shades of blue.

I suppose you'll have to trust us then. I assure you that this is a capture from the actual episode. This has been widely reported and the significance of it speculated upon ad nauseum.

 

[Taelorn76]

I can't even make out what is supposed to be in that pick. I see the insignia you are talking about, but I can not make out what it is attached to. I don't see a shark there, just various shades of blue.

What you see the insignia inprinted on is the shark's tail, the shark didn't have a huge tat on it.

 

[Steverooo]

Ana Lucia

Continuing from the discussion in the last thread, I don't believe that we'll see her being a cop, in her back-story (nor SWAT, either)! I think she's an Army brat... Maybe her dad was special forces, or something, or maybe she had a gang background (although I doubt that).

She knew about the old military tang imprint, so that (and her "tough-guy attitude") suggests a military background. She also obviously knows something about weapons, and melee/unarmed combat.

She was NICE, when we first saw her, in Jack's flashback, in season one, and she was pretty nice in the early parts of the last episode, too. I think she'll also be nice in her own flashbacks, and hopefully they'll reveal something about her background...

I don't expect her to try to take over Jack's role as leader, but I DO expect her to give him trouble, and call him on all the stuff that HASN'T been done! I also expect to see some romantic interest, not with Jack, but with either Sawyer, or (after some initial love-hate) with Sayid! The former is more likely than the latter, at the moment, as Sayid is going to have to be angry with her, for a while, and doesn't strike me as the most forgiving type!

We'll see...

 

[David Howery]

the romantic tangling is going to be pretty knotted after a while... AL showed an interest in Jack at the airport, and vice versa... AL also seems to be getting a liking for Sawyer. And Kate seems to have interests in both Jack and Sawyer. And Eko seems to be interested in AL too. Last season, Michael and the Korean woman (who's name I never remember) seemed to have the bare beginnings of interest in each other. Sayid... doubt he's going to fall for anyone, having lost the best looking woman on the island. And there's Claire and Merry (OK, can't remember his cast name either) too... are they going to get involved, or is he just interested in helping her with her kid. So, that just leaves Libby... and Cindy, if she turns up again... which one would be best for Hurley?

 

[orbitalfreak]

... which one would be best for Hurley?

He gets jealous of the return of Bernard, kidnaps Rose for his own, and uses the numbers to control the Security System(tm) to wipe out all opposition to him on the island.

Either that, or I've just been awake too long.

 

[Hand of Evil]

He gets jealous of the return of Bernard, kidnaps Rose for his own, and uses the numbers to control the Security System(tm) to wipe out all opposition to him on the island.

Either that, or I've just been awake too long.

Nay, Rose and Bernard are going to become Hugo's perfect parents...Still say Hugo and AL make a love connection.

 

[Templeton580]

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[WizarDru]

The show is about how it all plays out. That's my current theory.

I think many viewers have been conditioned by shows like the X-Files, with their neverending layers of mystery. There's no bottom to those mysteries. There's no way to draw a circle around it, or show how deep it goes. It was meant to go forever.

With Lost, I get the sense that they created a very strange and unique place and situation -- maybe similar to the theory I've posted above, maybe not -- and then started playing with how that place would appear to people ignorant of its true nature, viewers included.

I think it is overstudied, though. A lot of people seem to trust it less the more they learn.

I'm about 90% in agreement with you. That's a great write-up, frankly. I think there's a few more details, but I think you've nailed a good chunk of it. This pretty much mirrors what I've been thinking for a while, although we disagree on some of the specifics.

Of course, one reason that the show is so heavily studied is that they reward such attentions, even if it's with minor token details. Noticing little things is like a game that the show's creators play with us; the problem comes when people begin reading ridiculous amounts of detail into the most insignificant elements (witness last week's 'who stabbed Shannnon' stuff).

 

[fett527]

...the problem comes when people begin reading ridiculous amounts of detail into the most insignificant elements (witness last week's 'who stabbed Shannnon' stuff).

I don't see this as a problem or the elements insignificant. Sure we'll find out the next episode what happens (in this case) but there is fun in speculating. They never showed a camera angle of Shannon and Ana together. It looked like something else could have happened and the scene was shot this way purposefully. I don't see analyzing the details and speculating as a problem.