Lost!

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

2) How did Christian show Sun the picture from 1977?


He used a flashlight........

In that same scene there is speculation that there is a woman in the background, behind Sun.


I really want to know about the Others. Why are they considered hostile? Where did they come from? Why did Richard want them killed?

What is Smoky guarding? Where was it kept when Ben let it loose last season? Where did it come from?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

In that same scene there is speculation that there is a woman in the background, behind Sun

Probably Claire, as she was with spectre Christian before (see above).

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I really want to know about the Others. Why are they considered hostile? Where did they come from? Why did Richard want them killed?

Richard IS an other, he doesn't want them killed. They're considered hostile because they want to kill the people in Dharma because they feel it's "their" island.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Probably Claire, as she was with spectre Christian before (see above).

Richard IS an other, he doesn't want them killed. They're considered hostile because they want to kill the people in Dharma because they feel it's "their" island.

I was posting and running before.

I mean why do the Others consider it "their" island.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I was posting and running before.

I mean why do the Others consider it "their" island.

My personal working theory is that the island is part of Aaru (the Egyptian afterlife) and the Others are dead souls who now have eternal (after)life. Hence the island is the purview of those dead souls...the Others.

I think Smokey is the guardian of the gates or temples that souls have to pass through to reach Aaru.

There is what appears to be a woman in the shadows behind Sun just as the doors fly open and tendrils of what appears to be Smokey enter the room. As to who it is, I agree with GD that it is likely Claire.

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by bewitched

There is what appears to be a woman in the shadows behind Sun just as the doors fly open and tendrils of what appears to be Smokey enter the room. As to who it is, I agree with GD that it is likely Claire.

I rewatched it last night looking for this woman in the background and saw what you are talking about. Unfortunately, I think in this case it's a production mistake. It looks like a cameraman (or camerawoman) to me.

I have Lost saved to my computer. Unfortunately I can't get a screenshot since it plays back in a video overlay. But I did blow out the brightness to try to get a better look and it definitely looks like someone leaning over a camera with the camera resting on their right forearm, in a handheld shot sort of way. Looks like he (or she) is getting the reverse shot of Christian from behind Sun but wasn't hidden well enough.

If you can find a screenshot then crank up the brightness and you'll see what I'm talking about.

As for the afterlife theory, this came up in season 1 and the writers said that it isn't. Doesn't mean that dead people aren't walking around. It just means that the island is not where the dead go.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

As for the afterlife theory, this came up in season 1 and the writers said that it isn't. Doesn't mean that dead people aren't walking around. It just means that the island is not where the dead go.

Sure...crush my dreams of having figured it out. Thanks. A lot.




(Thanks for the info on the woman. I wonder if they will just dismiss it as the production error it appears to be even after so many people seem to have seen it; or if they will build it into the story.)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I was posting and running before.

I mean why do the Others consider it "their" island.

They were there first.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

They were there first.

Well, that too.