Comments on: LOST: Cabin Fever

By: RyGuyWy

RyGuyWy — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:26:32 +0000

I have to believe that the device strapped to Keamy is a heart rate monitor (see the straps across his chest while putting it on the boat)
him saying ‘i don’t think you want to do that’ hints to something very bad happening if Keamy dies (HRM linked to a bomb?)

Seems like a this a attempt to control fate/destiny. Especially if Keamy does die and he can still hurt other people before a fate balancing black monster pans things out.

anyway, i haven’t seen “There’s No Place Like Home: Part 1″ yet and hope this isn’t covered by that. I guess I’ll see later tonight when i get to download it.

My second thought is with all this time travel.
Seems like people have traveled into the past quite a lot, BUT NOT REALLY INTO THE FUTURE (can’t see what their fates will be) Somehow except for locke (and maybe ben) who are ‘special and chosen.’ Locke has some connection to the future or can see it? So as a child he knows what items were his, and Richard Alpert is trying to pry Locke for a glimpse into the future, that Locke’s future involves a knife (a weapon, a killing device… a negative object?) and not a morally outstanding ‘Book of Laws’
So maybe Richard Alpert is trying to foresee a decision that Locke will make in the future.

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:26:13 +0000

I think the focus on the bag was to let viewers know that it was Frank who kicked the bag out the copter’s cockpit.

As for Horace and the tree, I think that was to clue us in that he was a vision in a dream, not an actual person or ghost.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:00:20 +0000

What was up with the tree that Horace cut down but then it reappeared? And why did he say, “Hello there!” twice exactly the same way each time? Maybe it was just a tip-off for us that Locke was dreaming?
Also, when Lapidius is taking off in the helicopter the camera focused on the window but his feet for a second. Was that anything significant or was it just the bag with the phone?

By: lsmythphoto

lsmythphoto — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:53:53 +0000

the knife was sitting on TOP of the comic about a ‘mysterious lost land’, so maybe is was innate in locke to want to protect the island, perhaps including all of the items into one situation (as started by him choosing the compass ’cause they’ll be lost, and the island where they’ll be), then seeing the knife as representative of protection of the ‘mysterious land’ since he did place it on top of the comic book. and also, on a limb here, maybe he’s supposed to take richard’s place, but richard doesn’t want him to – when has richard ever really pointed him in the right direction in present island time? and remember how ben said he doesn’t always lead?

and i can’t remember who, but was it maybe jack who missed his dad’s lacking presence in his life and they played baseball finally in one past episode?

that would be an interesting reference to him being in jacob’s cabin and often being seen on the island.

By: Clark

Clark — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:12:45 +0000

BTW - some might like this post from Fermilab on whether there is a hadron collider like device on the island. Also whether the Dharma symbol is based upon nuclear colliders. There are similarities although the Dharma symbol clearly has the I-Ching characters on it.

By: Clark

Clark — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:48:23 +0000

Really? I think every season has gotten better. I think they’ve answered tons of the mysteries. It’s just that new ones get introduced. There are still a few from the first season. (i.e. what’s the smoke monster) There are a few that are hinted at (i.e. the voices in the jungle being tied to the transporter device the Others have) But most have been answered I think.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:20:30 +0000

In the podcast there was mention of something being Dalai Lama-ish in this episode. So I can go with Locke being some kind of reincarnation.

I don’t think Lost has been great this season. I’m starting to get fed up of more and more mysteries being thrown at us with hardly any of the 1000s of already unanswered questions being ignored.

I did enjoy however, after catching up on The Wire, realising that that is where I’d seen Abaddon before!

By: Clark

Clark — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:02:27 +0000

So I guess this means it is Greko day for Batmanuel.

By: Supergenius

Supergenius — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:46:38 +0000

Apologies. Slave ship.

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:10:25 +0000

The Black Rock wasn’t a pirate ship. It was either a British trading vessel, en route to Siam when it disappeared, or a slave ship. It may have been both. But there’s no indication that it was ever a pirate ship.

Aaaaar.