Lost!

[sleepyjeff]

One thing we did learn last night.....the others are not from the Black Rock.

Which brings us back to a season one question.....who are they and where did they come from?

Widmore, Hawking, Linus, and Locke???? Supposedly the leaders of the others and followers of Jacob but Jacob has Richard why did he need them?

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

One thing we did learn last night.....the others are not from the Black Rock.

Which brings us back to a season one question.....who are they and where did they come from?

Widmore, Hawking, Linus, and Locke???? Supposedly the leaders of the others and followers of Jacob but Jacob has Richard why did he need them?

People who chose to stay but didn't make it as the ultimate "candidate"?

[BarTopDancer]

I can't wait for the boxed set to come out (and drop in price). I want to watch this thing from the start to finish where I remember wtf happened in season 1 and how it relates to now. Of course that may very well be an exercise in frustration as questions that are asked (and I forgot about by now) aren't answered.

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, that's a cop-out herring if it's not strictly Christian-Limbo, but limbo enough that I still have to bend over backwards.

And bewitched, I'm not watching it for the answers. So I didn't care why Jacob "granted" Richard immortality - I just didn't like the way it played out. Richard didn't want immortality - he seemed to just pick it as a boobie prize. I think the rationale could have been made more clear - seeing that it is such a classically damning choice.


Anyway, I care about questions more than answers. It satisfied me so much that the the Jacob-Team Losties sat around a campfire and talked with EACH OTHER about being candidates for all of two minutes. I didn't care if there were no solutions. It was just long since time they actually accepted it and were discussing it.

I also enjoyed seeing some more of Jacob and MIB's interaction during the Black Rock days and finally have them say out loud that Jacob is a good god and MIB is a bad god, and they are out to influence the world for good or evil as the case may be.

The chips haven't moved one iota this entire season, but I feel they are FINALLY on the table.

[sleepyjeff]

and another thing.........

Why is Richard so convinced he is in hell now? Surely his trips to Miami, Tallahassee, Portland and who knows where else proved otherwise???

[innerSpaceman]

So did I hear right that the Captain (or at least high-up officer) on the Black Rock was a forbear of Charles Widmore?

[Ghoulish Delight]

His name was indeed Whidmore. Might actually be him, for all we know.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

So did I hear right that the Captain (or at least high-up officer) on the Black Rock was a forbear of Charles Widmore?

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

His name was indeed Whidmore. Might actually be him, for all we know.

The Captain was Hanso.

The high up officer's name was "Whitfield", not Widmore unless there is a 3rd person I missed.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

The Captain was Hanso.

We were told about the Hanso Foundation a few seasons ago.

The Hanso Foundation is a foundation in the Lost television series. It was formed by arms purveyor Alvar Hanso, who turned his attention from "keeping the world safe through the development of sophisticated weapons systems" to focus instead on the development of new technologies to "create a brighter future for all humanity." Nearly all information about the Foundation is drawn from its Web site, thehansofoundation.org, with further background revealed as part of the alternate reality game, the Lost Experience.

Maybe those viral campaigns were important. I can't check to see if thehansofoundation.org is still live.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I can't check to see if thehansofoundation.org is still live.

Not really. Attempts eventually lead you to lxico.com which has a Hanso logo and says "access disabled indefinitely". It's got a mission statement that doesn't say much, and a bio of Hanso that doesn't say much, then it has a list of "active projects" which are links to an "access denied' message. This is the list of projects.

The Hanso Life-Extension Project

The Hanso Foundation Electromagnetic Research Initiative

The Hanso Quest for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

The Hanso Mathematical Forecasting Initiative

The Hanso Cryogenics Development Imperative

The Hanso Juxtapositional Eugenics Development Institute

The Hanso Accelerated Remote Viewing Training Facility