Comments on: On LOST, Time Travel, and the Final Season

By: Time Travel in Lost: The Metaphorics of Predestination | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:24:53 +0000

[...] Details below the fold, full of spoilers. (Not for the upcoming season, of course.) See also discussions from io9, Popular Mechanics, and Sheril. [...]

By: Gus Snarp

Gus Snarp — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:57:32 +0000

@11 Victor – I got the same message that Sheril did about the smoke monster. It seems that the smoke monster can impersonate any dead person (hence all the dead folk showing up and giving advice on Lost) and that he impersonated Linus’ daughter to convince him to follow Locke, who is actually dead and being impersonated by the smoke monster. The smoke monster for some reason can not kill Jacob himself, so he manipulated Linus to do it.

@ 14 Skepacabra I think that Locke is not special, just gullible. The smoke monster used him and the fact that others thought he was special, but he was always a tool of the smoke monster. Richard Alpert just screwed up and was manipulated into believing Locke should be their leader.

Of course I used to hold the theory that they were all dead, and the island was some kind of purgatory. I’ve soured on that theory since.

By: Skepacabra

Skepacabra — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:23:43 +0000

I like the idea presented in a fake teaser trailer I saw online. In that fake trailer, everyone is boarding Oceanic 815 but Locke alone has flashes of the previous reality. This would continue Lost’s long tradition of Locke always looking like the crazy one. It also furthers the idea that Locke is somehow “special.” But if they do go back, don’t know how they’re going to handle Walt, who would clearly look very noticeably older.

By: Mista Freeplay

Mista Freeplay — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:48:30 +0000

I’m re watching the final of season 5 and I think season 6 will at least start out being about what if no on got on the plane and made different choices in their lives.

By: Sheril Kirshenbaum

Sheril Kirshenbaum — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:36:46 +0000

@10 Guy,
ABC offers episodes free online each week.

@11 Victor
It’s my interpretation of the last season, especially given all of the Egyptian symbolism. But I could be wrong… If there’s one thing we can bet on with Lost, it’s that the writers always surprise us.

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:56:57 +0000

From where did you glean the interpretation that Jacob’s nemesis is the smoke monster? I think this is an interesting take on what occurred in last season’s finale, although I would not want to speculate on the source of all the Lost supernaturalia…

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:28:23 +0000

One of the few really interesting shows on television. I don’t see how they expect you to keep-up with it without having DVR though.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:46:39 +0000

The bomb is the incident.

By: Sheril Kirshenbaum

Sheril Kirshenbaum — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:22:05 +0000

@3 Tuatara

“I think they will return to the original plane in 2004, but with their memories of what happened in the future/past (1970s) intact.”

Perhaps, and maybe only some of the survivors will remember…

@6 William Furr

“I’m just now watching season 2 of Lost, and I *really* didn’t need to read the first paragraph of this article in my RSS reader before I realized what it was.”

Sorry about that. Hopefully, the title tipped off most beforehand.

By: NicoleS

NicoleS — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:42:53 +0000

Susie – There’s talk about it all being in Hurley’s head. But I feel like they’ve hinted at that one too many times for it to be an actual thing. I really hope not, anyway.