Comments on: LOST: “Through the Looking Glass” http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/ A pop culture blog by Mormons but not about Mormonism Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tom http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31444 Sat, 26 May 2007 13:35:51 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31444 I had the thought that when Ben said that Jack would cause the deaths of 40 people if he called for rescue, it was because that would take them away from the Island and its special powers which would keep them all alive, if not forever, for a very long time if they stayed. We know from the flash forward that not all of the deaths will be immediate, but they will become inevitable. Rose will die of cancer; Jin may get killed by mobsters; the outlaws (Sawyer, Kate) will be hunted down and captured.

]]> By: Tom http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31443 Sat, 26 May 2007 13:15:40 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31443 From the top view I thought that the coffin looked small and was sure that it was a child’s coffin. But from the long view it looked normal-sized. I think the camera view from the top skews the perspective.

]]> By: Teresa http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31442 Sat, 26 May 2007 00:36:34 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31442 In an article on EW, the producers state that Charlie chooses to die because he realizes that Des’s prophecy is coming true and that if he dies Claire & Aaron will be rescued. If he choose to escape death, it would alter the prophecy and perhaps ruin their chances of rescue. He choose a noble death.

]]> By: anna http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31441 Fri, 25 May 2007 23:53:35 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31441 I’m telling you- Dominic didn’t want to get typecast again so he needed to get a new contract.

I (pathetically) just rewatched the episode, to see if htere was a frame of Jacob when Jack looks in his review mirror, a few minutes from the end. While I was watching- I realized there are a few things I feel we’re not talking about.

Jack said he loved Kate! OMG!

Does Jack actually know that he’s having a flashforward? In the flashbacks, there’s some cognizant connection between the drama in the “now” time and the past, by one of hte characters, as a point of view device. Well, for flashforward, whose “eyes” are we in? Is that even necessary? I think it is- and I think that (as someone on eastereggs said) it’s Locke’s perspective. He’s hte Alice in the Looking Glass, and he’s seeing everything in opposites. I don’t think it’s Jack because he makes the (perhaps) fatal call- and he wouldn’t do that if he was perceiving the future.

Also the perspective of Jack is so pathetic, I doubt that if it was his he would represent it so poorly, no matter how depressed.

I take back my comment that it’s Michael/Walt in the coffin!

]]> By: Dan http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31440 Fri, 25 May 2007 23:22:22 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31440 FHL,

I think that Desmond’s vision has a lot to do with why Charlie didn’t try to get out. Up to the point before Mikhail shows up outside the window with the grenade, Charlie is thinking he will be getting out after all. I think upon the grenade going off, he realized, you know, it came to pass after all. The quick thinking of escape escaped his thoughts, and he stood there watching the water rise, I think, amazed at Desmond’s ability. Then he realized that he needed to let Desmond know that the boat was not Penny’s. If he were to have attempted to get out through the hole, he figured his chances of making it to the top were not good, what with Desmond’s prophecy stating he was to drown. So he wrote his note and let the water in.

]]> By: FHL http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31439 Fri, 25 May 2007 23:00:01 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31439 Other than “plot device” is there a reason Charlie didn’t attempt to swim out the porthole?

I didn’t enjoy the flash-forwards so much – I was much more intrigued by the island happenings.

]]> By: TSY http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31438 Fri, 25 May 2007 22:19:41 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31438 I think it’s Locke in the coffin since he’s the new leader and it makes sense since he is neither friend or family to Jack.

]]> By: BTD Greg http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31437 Fri, 25 May 2007 22:12:29 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31437 I still think it will be Jeremy Bentham, not John Latham. Obviously, the choices are either an alias or a character we haven’t met yet.

]]> By: Ivan Wolfe http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31436 Fri, 25 May 2007 19:33:09 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31436 Lindelof confirms that Alex is not Ben’s biological father,

I should hope not, or else Lost would be in even more bizarre territory. Alex as Ben’s dad? Who even thought of that bizarre idea?
;-)

]]> By: Clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/05/24/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31435 Fri, 25 May 2007 18:55:27 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/05/lost-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-31435 Who the hell is John Lantham? Unless it’s an alias.

BTW – the newspaper is from April 5th, 2007. Interestingly the anniversary of the death of Kurt Corbain whose music was playing at the time. (One of the better obscure Nirvana songs IMO)

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