LOST 4x03

[bobeedee]

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: Sureshot324
But how did she know? Was there a GPS in the rocket that transmitted it's coordinates to the ship, or was she just basing it on the speed, distance, and time the rocket was in the air?

I assume the second one, the implication I got was that there was some sort of "temporal distortion" that meant that the island was a little bit back in time from the rest of the world or something like that. Makes no sense of course, but this is Lost and nothing ever does.

This reminds me of a Science Fiction short story I read years ago. A group of hyper-intellegent children (tested, selected and taught due to their potential) become aware of the governments' distrust of them and devise a machine that places their compound a millisecond or 2 into the future. The compound cannot be seen or breached because "it" hasn't occured yet.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Personally I am torn between whether or not I think Ben will die in the end, usually the "evil" characters end up meeting an untimely demise, but in Lost things are not always what they seem and I am till somewhat convinced that Ben is actually doing what he thinks is for the best (all though being a manipulative douche about it). I mean many of the things that Ben has done have actually ended up being for the best, and the "others" actually seem much more trigger happy than the 815 survivors (also didn't beat people up so much, more using mind games).

Also, I just had a good though, I think Ben's "man on their boat" is actually going to end up being Michael, it makes sense that the only way Michael could get back was to be on the boat, and it also makes sense that he might work with Ben if he though that the people on the ship were there to harm the 815 survivors. We all know Ben has operatives off the island, so it wouldn't be hard for one of them to relay a message to Michael that he can help rescue his friends on the island by getting on the boat. And since nobody but the "others" and the 815 survivors would recognize him he would be able to get on the boat as a laborer or something.

interesting.

last week my brother said that he puts his money on Ben's man on the boat also being Michael.

 

[BrownTown]

Unless some other boat magically appears in the next 3 episodes thats the only way he could be there.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wow, what a great episode!!!

WTF!!!

Are you guys high? Season 4 so far has been okay details totally hosed by all the flash forwards. The story is skin and bones with twice the cliff hanging of the prior seasons. Hopefully, it'll start going back to normal. Thank god for PVRs.

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I still think it was stupid to send a rocket to land that close to the helicopter.

What if the trajectory was ~5ft off? There goes the only means of leaving the island!

I was thinking the same thing. Definitely a "WTF?!?!" but then again the guy doing the experiments obviously wasn't totally grounded either.

 

[JEDI]

Sayid and gun?

the girl didnt know/see the gun?

if she's that good, how could she not take his gun into consideration?!

the episode was good this till point. ARRRGGGGG...

ghetto NOT fabulous

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Personally I am torn between whether or not I think Ben will die in the end, usually the "evil" characters end up meeting an untimely demise, but in Lost things are not always what they seem and I am till somewhat convinced that Ben is actually doing what he thinks is for the best (all though being a manipulative douche about it). I mean many of the things that Ben has done have actually ended up being for the best, and the "others" actually seem much more trigger happy than the 815 survivors (also didn't beat people up so much, more using mind games).

Also, I just had a good though, I think Ben's "man on their boat" is actually going to end up being Michael, it makes sense that the only way Michael could get back was to be on the boat, and it also makes sense that he might work with Ben if he though that the people on the ship were there to harm the 815 survivors. We all know Ben has operatives off the island, so it wouldn't be hard for one of them to relay a message to Michael that he can help rescue his friends on the island by getting on the boat. And since nobody but the "others" and the 815 survivors would recognize him he would be able to get on the boat as a laborer or something.

Yeah, what i love about lost is it's never as simple as good and evil. There are no 'bad guys' and 'good guys'. Everyone thinks they're doing doing what's best but also has a side of them that is capable of doing bad things