Lost!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

I just got all caught up on Fringe and I haven't caught a single Lost reference. Can you give me some examples?

I think both there's a link to Lost's time/space focus and the emerging multiverse focus on Fringe. The evidence connecting the shows may be thin, but the writers/producers have basically confirmed that both shows are playing around in the same universe, however different they are doing so. The "science" of Fringe resembles some of the "science" explored by the Dharma Initiative on Lost. I don't think there are plans to do crossover events or anything similarly obvious or extreme. Seems more a nod to the uber fans of both shows than anything else.

[Betty]

Apparently I need to check out Fringe. I'm not surprised, I'm always behind on these things.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

IMHO, you're adding an extra crunchy layer which the show doesn't have any real evidence of, and doesn't answer any questions. Sure, all things are possible. But why try to make it more complicated?

Because I otherwise find Lost to be rather simplistic and boring.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Okay, time passage is warped on the island vs. off (which now that I think about it follows from the episode where Faraday was shooting rockets off the island). So that covers the 3 year discrepancy.

Now, is it just Ben and John who don't time travel or is it the fact that one was severely injured and the other dead?

Does anyone remember how Locke came to know of Ell=oise Hawking?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Remember how when they crashed the first time, Jack kept seeing his dad walking around? Well now that Locke is playing the dead guy, I'd bet money that we'll see him up and around again, being all spooky and distant.

Wow, this may be the first time that I actually predicted something on this show correctly....though he isn't spooky and distant. CLOSE ENOUGH!

[BarTopDancer]

I mentioned on twitter I'd elaborate more here..

I really didn't like how they showed Ben killing Locke. I know it was necessary so there were "no questions" but it still bothered me. I think they could have cut away more and then show the scene where Ben was cleaning up then Locke hanging. But that's my personal preference.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Does anyone remember how Locke came to know of Ell=oise Hawking?

I just presumed that someone who spoke with him (Richard, or Christian) told him at a moment that we didn't see on camera.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Okay, time passage is warped on the island vs. off (which now that I think about it follows from the episode where Faraday was shooting rockets off the island). So that covers the 3 year discrepancy.

Now, is it just Ben and John who don't time travel or is it the fact that one was severely injured and the other dead?

Does anyone remember how Locke came to know of Ell=oise Hawking?

I think Ben and John left the island under different circumstances than the Oceanic survivors, and so had to return the old fashioned way? Meaning, they had to crush. That's my guess.

I would also guess that Widmore provided Locke with a file on Hawking. Since Widmore knew about her and her whereabouts (him being the one who informed Desmond.)

I am curious to know if Ben was actually doing Locke a favor. Perhaps a suicide cannot resurrect? And I do think Locke is resurrected - not an Island ghost. I think he's alive. The van where he was being stored (by Ben) anagrams to Resurrection, which is different than what Christian, Charlie, and other deaders are like. I also suspect that Christian was always a part of the island...

Ben took care of Locke's body for a reason. Then again, he killed him just as soon as Locke revealed Hawking's whereabouts, so it's just as possible that Ben's only intention was to keep Locke alive long enough to get what he needed from him. Ah, Ben and Widmore. Both seem to have the island's best interests at heart (? - or not), but both are bad mother****ers.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Wow, this may be the first time that I actually predicted something on this show correctly....though he isn't spooky and distant. CLOSE ENOUGH!

I think that's because he's resurrected, not a ghost. He's very likely flesh and blood, those he has yet to physically interact with anyone so it's not a proven theory.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I think Ben and John left the island under different circumstances than the Oceanic survivors, and so had to return the old fashioned way? Meaning, they had to crush.

To crush? I don't understand. What are they crushing?