tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post3343189634837778532..comments2023-04-29T05:49:10.011-04:00Comments on Mistaking Coincidence For Fate: Lost Episode Review 5.14, "The Variable"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475817897723801757noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-23734133326849421452012-11-21T00:06:51.112-05:002012-11-21T00:06:51.112-05:00Change the future, that is? Is Daniel right or wro...<i>Change the future, that is? Is Daniel right or wrong?</i><br /><br />Why do people think there was only one answer to this question? I don't think there is a concrete answer to this question. If Cuse and Lindelof believe there is, then they would be guilty of an absolute mentality.<br /><br />Also . . . why did Daniel believe that Jughead's nuclear power could destroy the island's power?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-21522331032002404122012-11-21T00:06:35.484-05:002012-11-21T00:06:35.484-05:00Change the future, that is? Is Daniel right or wro...<i>Change the future, that is? Is Daniel right or wrong?</i><br /><br />Why do people think there was only one answer to this question? I don't think there is a concrete answer to this question. If Cuse and Lindelof believe there is, then they would be guilty of an absolute mentality.<br /><br />Also . . . why did Daniel believe that Jughead's nuclear power could destroy the island's power?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-44307644658132081722009-05-03T04:10:00.000-04:002009-05-03T04:10:00.000-04:00I think a split between the survivors with trying ...I think a split between the survivors with trying to stop the crash from happening/making sure the crash happens would be very interesting, but also somewhat uneven. Summing up:<br /><br />LIFE WOULD BE WORSE<br />Locke - Paralysed, life a mess<br />Kate - Would be facing trial without a cute baby to earn leniency<br />Sun + Jin - Relationship problems, no baby<br />Jack - Life a mess (though not as much as Locke's)... although his life has now slid back into being a mess, so it's debatable<br />Sawyer - Wouldn't have met Juliet<br />Juliet - Wouldn't have met Sawyer<br />Desmond - Wouldn't have escaped island<br /><br />LIFE WOULD BE BETTER<br />Sayid - Got caught up in a larger conflict, Nadia died because of it, was manipulated into becoming a killer<br />Ben - Would still be leader of the Others with Locke off the scene... actually, scratch that, he'd be dead of a spinal tumour<br /><br />MORE OR LESS THE SAME<br />Hurley - Didn't really seem to resolve his issue with the numbers and craziness<br />Claire - ?<br /><br />Granted, some of them (notably Jack) might be willing to exchange their own happiness in return for not having the 300 people on the plane (including many they came to know and love) not die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-5404449313994570582009-05-01T15:05:00.000-04:002009-05-01T15:05:00.000-04:00I needed a day to think about this because I have ...I needed a day to think about this because I have mixed feelings about the epi. I don't understand why Daniel goes into the Hostile camp-gun waving around like that, except that it was a reason for the writers to kill him off just to prove you can't completely change your destiny. Daniel just seems like a character who reasons with people and since Richard did (at least to me) seem to remember him after a few minutes and Richard has proven even to Daniel in 1954 that he is pretty reasonable. So why Daniel would say he would shoot him in 3 seconds like that was very unrealistic. It seemed very forced to me which is very un-Lost like and I just didn't like it. <br /><br />And while Jack would be ok with never crashing the plane because his life is fine, Kate wouldn't because then she would be going to prison. Sun and Jin wouldn't because they would be having marital problems and may not ever have had their baby. Most certainly not Locke who is walking now! So I agree with that Jay, definitely a conflict between Locke and Jack is a brewing.<br /><br />But you say you thought Eloise would steal HER grandson. While Daniel is her son, Penny is not her daughter. Ben said Charles broke the rules by going off and having a baby with a woman on the mainland so Penny's mother was obviously not one of the Others. I can see also why Eloise would also then be angry with Charles since she had a relationship with him and they had Daniel together. <br /><br />So what we have is Mrs. Hawking and her son with very different views about destiny and free will. While Daniel believed in free will to change your present, Eloise didn't. But it was the island that sent them skipping in time and put them all in 1977 so I agree with you Ana, what does the island want?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939593555643148973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-40812929939319112009-05-01T10:13:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:13:00.000-04:00I think Smokey is on the roam in the 70s, else why...I think Smokey is on the roam in the 70s, else why would the DI have built the pylon fence? As Richard put it, the fence "may keep some things out, but not us."<br /><br />I also like the idea of the show's final scene echoing the first - Jack waking up in the jungle - except they already did that again this season, and somehow a lopsided club sandwich of a repeated scene isn't as cool.<br /><br />Also, you nailed it when you said that Eloise's quote about not knowing what is going to happen summed up your thoughts exactly. Me too. I thought I knew exactly how this season was going to play out, with the Locke leaving the island and the O6 returning to it in the finale, but 316 blew that out of the water. And Season 6 is anyone's guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-10838771477118607662009-04-30T19:48:00.000-04:002009-04-30T19:48:00.000-04:00Soooo…what does the Island want? I ask this becaus...Soooo…what does the Island want? I ask this because those who are working on ways to “fix” things are up against a much bigger plan—the Islands Plan. Does the Island want Flight 815 never to have crashed there?? Does the Island want our Losties (those who remain) as part of its people?? If I think of it in these terms, the only person that can succeed is Locke…and maybe Desmond. <br /><br />Why didn’t Richard remember Daniel from when they met in 1955??<br />How/Why did Eloise get off the Island?? Was she banished too?? I wanna see that story.<br /><br />Some characters on the show deal only with the scientific aspect of the Island while others deal with its purely mystical properties. Is it just me or the ones that deal with the mystical seem to fare a lot better??? I think it would have been interesting if Daniel had experienced the mystical part of the island and not just the scientific. A little Locke-a-tude would have done him some good. <br /><br />Those “What Did You See” commercials really freaked me out for some reason. I was hoping you would have an answer as to what the heck they were.someGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402423805008884314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-55997490156015751402009-04-30T14:27:00.000-04:002009-04-30T14:27:00.000-04:00Great Post. I had to read it twice there was so mu...Great Post. I had to read it twice there was so much in it. <br /><br />Good thought on the whole Smokey thing. I never thought that the incident brought it out. <br /><br />Here’s a question, it might be totally irrelevant and confusing but I was thinking of it after the show…<br />If they are able to change things then Desmond won't join the army because he won't need to right? Everything will be "corrected/changed"<br />But if he does join the army and he does wind up on the island anyway; then how will he be found by penny if there is not any button for him to fail to push? Will he be trapped there forever? <br /><br />I too thought she was going to steal baby Charlie. <br /><br />Missie, you're thought on the incident bringing 07 to 77 is really good! I didn't think of that. <br /><br />Awesome post as always Jay, Your Blog is the best around. I dig it :)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337478043863460617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-53872586150096583252009-04-30T08:12:00.000-04:002009-04-30T08:12:00.000-04:00I was kind of thinking that The Incident may be th...I was kind of thinking that The Incident may be the thing that reunites Frank, John, Ben and Sun with the 1977 Losties via another Island time travel. Beyond that, I haven't given much thought to where they're going with this.<br /><br />I do like the idea of the final shot of the show echoing the first. Eloise's ourubus pin would seem to hint at that idea.Missiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951110098375762357noreply@blogger.com