March 27, 2008

MICHAEL'S IN THE COFFIN

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You guys remember this?
It's the newspaper clipping of an obituary Jack ripped out of the April 5th, 2007 edition of the L.A. Times.
The article is about a man from N.Y.C who was found dead in L.A. He first notices it on a flight from Syndey to L.A. The guy in the paper seems to be someone both Kate and Jack know. Kate does not want to go to the funeral.

Here's why I think Michael's in the coffin. (I mentioned this before in one of our podcasts.)
1. The name in the obit is not Kevin Johnson but perhaps Michael made it off the freighter and is living again under an alias in L.A.
2. The guy in the article is suicidal, and we saw Michael is suicidal. Now, some of you (Doug) will claim the island won't let him kill himself, but maybe the island is done with Michael.
3. The funeral home looks like it's in an African-American neighberhood, and the funeral director is African-American. Not many other Black characters in the show.
4. Both Jack and Kate know the guy in the casket.
5. Jack doesn't consider the guy in the casket a friend and neither does Kate.
6. Producers of the show claim it's a character we've already seen.
7. Newspaper article claims the deceased is survived by a teenaged son. Could this be Walt?
8. Walt didn't go to the funeral. Maybe he still hates his father for killing those people.
9. The article states the deceased is from N.Y.
10. No one went to the funeral, probably because Michael betrayed them and blew their chances of getting off the island.

Just a theory. What do you guys think?

Posted by Henry at 5:03 PM | | Comments (1)

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What a great theory from Henry!!! Finally, he posts something that doesn't "ruin it" for me. I have to say that this theory sounds better than my "It's Ben in the Coffin" theory.

Posted by: Melcolm | March 31, 2008 6:21 PM

March 21, 2008

Good Ben? Bad Ben?

In LOST episode 4.8, "Meet Kevin Johnson", we find out how Michael makes his return to the series. Driven by guilt and the in-ability for him to end his own life, good'ole Mike agrees to thwart the evil doings of Mr. Widmore.

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Posted by Melcolm at 9:42 PM | | Comments (5)

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i don't think that was ben in the coffin. it might be jacks father in the coffin. i don't think he is actually dead because in one of the future events with jack he says go upstairs and see if i am drunker than my father.

i think ben is really a good guy because if he wanted to kill all the passengers of the airplane he could of with that gas.

Posted by: braylon hardy | March 22, 2008 2:49 PM

i miss freckles...sigh.

Posted by: henry | March 22, 2008 10:16 PM

I don't see how they could make Ben out to be a good guy. Didn't he kill all the Dharma people as well as his father? I suppose he could have reformed. Speaking of that, do we know what happened after the Dharma people were killed? How did Ben get his group of 'others' together?

Posted by: David | March 24, 2008 7:39 AM

Korean inscriptions on back of the Rolex watch that Jin gave to Michael translate to "congratulations," "mutual cooperation," "business development," and "Mr. Paik."

I feel Ben had the killing of Karl and Danielle planned, thats why he sent them to the Temple.

And regarding the bodies question is still unanswered coz Ben also had access to dead bodies (people dead during Purge) so he also can potentially plant 300+ bodies.

Posted by: Vishwesh | March 25, 2008 4:15 AM

I don't know if this has been brought up but when they were in Ben's house near the bookshelf he had a copy of the Koran.

Posted by: Anna | March 31, 2008 4:43 AM

The Oceanic 6 - oops we forgot about Aaron!

Okay, my blog about episode 4.8 coming later today. I just wanted to mention that in the preview for the next episode, it was revealed who the Oceanic 6 are: Jack, Kate, Hugo, Sayid, Sun, and Aaron. The Aaron reveal changes things a bit, and creates a hole in the storyline. Remember how Kate's mom really wanted to see her grandson? Wouldn't Aaron's Oceanic 6 status make it publicly known that he is NOT Kate's natural born child? *confused face*

Posted by Melcolm at 12:44 PM | | Comments (2)

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Good point, but... what if Kate told the media she was prengant before the crash (like Claire)? That would explain Aaron's age to everyone and make him one of the 6.

Posted by: Jim Krzyzak | March 24, 2008 11:13 AM

I believe that the oceanic six are the people still alive NOT the people who left the island. Jack stated in kates court appearance that 8 people survived the crash on the island. This leaves jack, kate, hurley, sayid, sun, aaron, jin and the body in the coffin. I still dont know who the body in the coffin is though!!!

Posted by: richard bentley | March 27, 2008 4:32 PM

March 14, 2008

Hey Juliet, what did the 5 fingers say to the face?...SLAP!

Oh no you di'ent! I loved the scene when Sun gave a little punishment to Juliet, WHAP! Was it just me or did it feel like Sun did it for all the Lost fans?

Episode 4.7, “Ji Yeon”, was my favorite episode of the season thus far. I was totally fished-in on the flash-back/forward mix-up. I even panicked at the end when Hurley showed up at the end scene, “NO WAY!!! IT CAN’T BE HURLY’s BABY!!!” LOLz I was confused for a second!

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Posted by Melcolm at 3:24 AM | | Comments (8)

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Did you catch how Sun was watching a scene from Exposé on her Tv in the beginning of her flash forward?

Posted by: David | March 14, 2008 10:42 AM

Ben is the 6th of the Oceanic Six, he is probably posing as one of the dead ones, possibly Locke.

Posted by: Mo Berd | March 14, 2008 11:40 AM

Ben was not a passenger of Flight 815. So he cannot be a member of the "Oceanic 6". But then again, he found 300+ bodies and a whole extra airplane to put under the sea, so I guess modifying the flight manifest would be a piece of cake for Ben.

Posted by: Melcolm | March 14, 2008 12:23 PM

Any thoughts that Jin is left/stranded on the island with Locke & co. due to some actions he takes to save Sun and the baby?

Posted by: BT | March 14, 2008 1:23 PM

Did anyone think it was weird when hurley came to Sun's house and he said, "Is anyone else here?" and sun says, "No, just you." and Hurley replies, "Good."

whats up with that? any theories about that?

Posted by: Cyn | March 14, 2008 8:18 PM

"Was it just me or did it feel like Sun did it for all the Lost fans?"
It was just you.

Posted by: Paul | March 16, 2008 4:23 PM

okay, a couple things to point out:

jin's date of death: really significant, isn't it? the Lost writers are notorious for providing not-so-subtle hints within the context of certain scenes. this one seemed obvious, because if he IS one of the oceanic six, then why would he have "died" on the date of the crash itself? warrants discussion.

at the same time, if he IS dead (and his body is therefore buried in that last scene), then he IS one of the oceanic six...unless someone can research earlier episodes that might describe "the six" as survivors.

Hurley's comment: i thought this was interesting, too, but considering the turbulence between jack and kate, as well as the story (yet to be told) about how the six were chosen, there could be a number of reasons why hurley would say, "good." maybe he was just happy to avoid seeing jack, kate, sayid...or the actual sixth person (i have a feeling it's sawyer.)

face it: whatever manner in which they left the island, jack obviously feels guilt about it ("we have to go back!"), kate ends up with aaron as her "child" (which makes you wonder what happened to his mother), and sayid ends up working (and killing) for ben.

my point being: in the process of leaving the island, some crazy stuff has to take place.

-and we can only wonder what that is.

Posted by: bigs | March 21, 2008 11:35 AM

It is not Jacks father in the coffin. Hello he was on the plane in a casket. It is Arrons Mom. The casket was rather small. Jack is on drugs, so he probably thinks his Dad is alive. Has anybody forgotten that Jack and Arron's Mom are brother and sister? They have the same father. I say the six are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun and JIN.

Posted by: CINDY | March 25, 2008 3:23 PM

March 13, 2008

Bloopers for your viewing pleasure...

Here's a bunch of vids I stumbled upon. Have a laugh.


Part 2

Posted by Melcolm at 3:20 AM | | Comments (0)

March 7, 2008

Lost's love dodecahedron gets even more complicated

In episode 4.6 we find out who "The Other Woman" is, Juliet. She seems to get involved with men who have more than one woman in mind. Her late-husband was cheating on her, Jack is in love with Kate, Goodwyn was a married man...hrm, I wonder who Ben's "Other Woman" could be?

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Posted by Melcolm at 8:26 PM | | Comments (0)

February 29, 2008

Wrap your mind around this!

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BuddyTV.com's Lost Easter Eggs from "The Constant" are enough to hurt your brain.

They wonderfully point out the cool things in episode 4.5 such as the references to "Slaughterhouse Five," the importance of The Black Rock, the new Hanso family member (from the auction scene), mentions of Charles Dickens, the overuse of "the numbers" and a theory of who might have opened the door on the ship. Was it THAT guy over there ---->?

Read the Lost Easter Eggs here


Posted by Doug at 3:48 PM | | Comments (2)

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Think about this....

Special Relativity states that the time line is a straight line.

General Relativity states time is on a curve.

This could explain the difference between the time on the island and off the island.

Posted by: CT | February 29, 2008 5:34 PM

Did you notice the playing card on in the picture on the wall of baby Aaron's bedroom? It's the same card that Daniel tries to remember while on the island.

Posted by: Cory Benson | March 19, 2008 1:07 PM

New Podcast: "The Constant"

Doug, special-guest Andrea, and Henry, discuss episode 4.5 "The Constant": DOWNLOAD HERE

SUBSCRIBE HERE

Also available on iTunes! (click HERE)

Posted by Doug at 3:39 PM | | Comments (0)

On Thursdays, LOST is my "Constant" - Melcolm's EP4.5 thoughts

The whole business about finding a "constant" is all bunk to me, but I thought the episode was well written and infused enough sci-fi elements to keep me amused. It was like watching a chick-flick and a Twilight Zone episode all at once...did anybody count how many times the phrase "I love you" was said at the end?

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Posted by Melcolm at 3:15 PM | | Comments (2)

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it kind of seems like there going into a more sci-fi direction, i'm thinking the island could be another dimension, because when desmond comes out of his future and back to oxford daniel says he was out for 75 minutes and desmond says he was only in the future for about 5 minutes. that would then pose that they have only been on the island for like 7 hours, hmm..

Posted by: corrado | February 29, 2008 3:58 PM

Kind of off-topic, but has anyone addressed Penelope/Penny being named after Odysseus' faithful wife in the Odyssey? God, I love this show!

Posted by: Maegan | March 2, 2008 12:50 AM

2 Sneak Peeks from Episode 4.06 - The Other Woman

Posted by Johna at 12:27 PM | | Comments (1)

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Cute video interview with Sun posted today. She talks about her own theories for the island.

www.celebwatch.usatoday.com

Posted by: nicole | March 10, 2008 8:56 AM