Comments on: Lost: LA X

By: AmyV

AmyV — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:20:31 +0000

Thanks, Mike!

I didn’t even think about Ana Lucia, Libby & Eko. I would LOVE to see Eko again, but I especially want to see Libby. I’d love to see Libby and Hurley actually have some happiness together, no?

I like the idea of the choice being between the Island reality or the non-Island reality.

We’ll see in another 15 weeks, I guess.

By: Michael LaMorte

Michael LaMorte — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:08:02 +0000

Hi Amy,

Great Analysis!

A few thoughts on the premier.

The parrallel universe/reality is plausible. Usually in those situations, people are doing opposities, ie. Hurley now lucky, before he was unlucky.

As for where is Michael and Walt? Well maybe they just didn’t show them. Where was AnnaLucia and Mr. Echho as well on the plane.?

Why I think the two realities might converge, I also think that maybe these characters will have a choice. Remember Jacob told Ben before he killed him that he had a choice. Maybe the choice for the characters will be which reality do they want to stay in Island or NonIsland reality.

Anyway, great analysis as always! I agree maybe the greatest show of all time!

Talk to you soon!

By: AmyV

AmyV — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:07:17 +0000

@Erika – 1) Agreed on Richard. Love that guy. 2) I love it because they’re maybe my two favorite characters. 3) You really think it’s just 2007? Where’d all these extra Others come from? Though, just this very moment, I remembered that the tail section had a young brother and sister who vanished and there were two children, a brother and sister, who were shown ever-so-briefly Tuesday night. And it’s possible they’ve aged just three years. I’d have to go back and watch the ep where the Tailies crash on the beach.

By: erika

erika — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:51:09 +0000

Honestly, there are 5,000 things I could talk about after these first two hours, but these are the things that jump out the most:

- I was worried about Richard the whole time! Amazing how Darlton have made me care about characters on this show. So glad Richard didn’t die (at least, not yet).

- Interesting how Hurley and Sayid have become very crucial in these two episodes. Seems as though each season the focus changes on who is vital to the story. Very cool.

- The Losties are definitely in 2007 now with FauxLocke, Ben and Richard, etal. The temple people set off a signal that they saw on the beach and they are now headed towards the temple.

- There is no freakin’ way that Darlton is showing us the 2004 non-crash Losties timeline for no reason. To do that just to show us what would have happened without the crash would be a huge waste of time storywise. They land in LAX in 2004, and they have at least three years to end up on the island in 2007. I find it hard to believe that both timelines won’t merge at some point. I have no idea how it will happen, but I am excited to see where it all goes.

I love this show SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
PS – Love that you referenced Supernatural int his post. You rock.

By: AmyV

AmyV — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:20:51 +0000

@Greg – First, you’re absolutely right about Juliet. If there’s anything this show has taught me, it’s to never assume anything about anything anyone does on this show. Second, good point. However, that was Sayid’s body that suddenly sat up and wondered what was up. Smokey, in Locke’s body, knew exactly who and what he was from the first moment. Sayid, at least for the moment we saw him, seemed to be a bit confused. And it was definitely Sayid’s body. Unless Jacob switched it while we weren’t looking, which is also entirely possible. The camera, after all, wasn’t on Sayid.

By: jgregc

jgregc — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:06:24 +0000

Great post.

Couple points that have me thinking.

1. Juliet just said, “IT worked” – we are assuming that it was the reality reset, but could it be something else?

2. If Jacob can appear like Smokey did as Locke, then it would make sense that he is not in Sayid, since Smokey did not actually take over the body itself. But it is clear that Jacob has need of him, as you pointed out.

Lost is getting interesting again, in a serious way.

By: AmyV

AmyV — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:57:34 +0000

@Mark – That makes sense about the planes. As for the Ben leadership issue, that’s a very interesting theory and it also makes a lot of sense. It’ll be interesting to see if you’re right.

My problem with your thoughts on the timeline is this: The alternate reality is not just a matter of what happened if the plane didn’t crash. The Hurley we know was the unluckiest person, not the luckiest. Shannon did leave Sydney with Boone, rather than stay behind. Etc. A lot more has changed than just the plane not crashing. (By the way, where the heck was Michael???)

@Ken – There’s definitely something to that. The explosion caused … something totally screwy. lol.

@Marko – Yeah, I think I’m with you guys on the airplane issue. I was just so surprised to see hippie Cindy. (And thanks!)

@David – Thank you for the kind words, too. I’ve heard elements of the Jacob/Esau theory before and it makes a lot of sense. And, yes, it is possible the two timelines won’t converge, but I don’t think that’s true. And like I said, there’s more different about this timeline than the island being at the bottom of the ocean and the plane not crashing. A lot more.

But whatever the case, this show has been spectacular. I’m so glad they came up with an end date for it, because at that point, it sort of picked itself up, shook itself off and got down to business. I think they need to do the same thing for Fringe. Which, by the way, I believe is the next Lost.

By: DjRubin810

DjRubin810 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:22:49 +0000

A few points: First, glad to see the post up, Amy, as your insights are always excellent. Second, one gets the feeling that if one of the two “central” characters is named “Jacob” could the other (smoke-monster) be named “Esau” and is the island the banished “Garden of Eden”…Third, I believe the combo of the nuke and the magnetic energy, as Ken speculated, did indeed cause a splinter reality, but I tend to think there’s a possibility the two timelines will NOT converge, and we’ll be left to see what would have happened to the islanders if they had never arrived at the island, versus what will happen…that would be an unreal story to tell, with incredible depth and would sync with what Damon & Carlton had said in an interview about not using flashbacks/forwards but utilizing an entirely different way of story-telling…however you slice this (which IS one of the greatest parts of this show, the ability to speculate, from minutiae to major plot-lines)the bottom line is that no dramatic series has generated the amount of opinions, good, bad or otherwise, as LOST has, in an epic scale that has more layers and depth then anything we’ve yet to see…so what will the “next” Lost be??? The mind dizzies at the thought…

By: Flyssy

Flyssy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:58:50 +0000

I agree about the “first plane” being 815.. second plane was surely the Guam flight, hence the assumption that time wise they are pretty close to being back in current time at the temple.

Nice job Amy!.x

By: Ken P

Ken P — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:57:42 +0000

i keep wondering exactly what the effect of setting off a small nuke over a huge pocket of uncontained EM energy would be, relative to the nature of time…methinks mr. faraday’s plan may have blown a hole in the time continuum. or something. something that has all of these pockets of time bleeding into one another. or maybe thats just Ra & Apep….:-)