tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post7731505547495794508..comments2023-04-29T05:49:10.011-04:00Comments on Mistaking Coincidence For Fate: Link Dump 2/4/2010Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475817897723801757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-80689049841578676242010-02-05T11:53:08.326-05:002010-02-05T11:53:08.326-05:00As far as the Numbers go, we don't know for su...As far as the Numbers go, we don't know for sure when the Island was destroyed. It might have been the bomb, it might not have. The Numbers were being broadcast up until Danielle changed the message sometime around 1988 and had been put in place decades before that (when DHARMA first came to the Island). So it's certainly possible Hurley was still able to hear the Numbers from Leonard in the alt timeline. <br /><br />But as far as the alt timeline itself goes, I think what Darlton's saying is that both timelines are now proceeding in parallel without one affecting the other. Eventually I imagine one or the other is probably going to have to go and that's the big plot decision, not the differences between them (which are just fun to spot for die-hard fans). The thing about Shannon, Walt and Michael though is that because they're central to the overall mystery of the show (i.e. everyone in the original timeline was supposed to be on Flight 815 for a reason) the fact they're not on there is important to that mystery. <br /><br />Does that make sense at all? I haven't eaten lunch yet so it may all be gibberish. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475817897723801757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448824486226424563.post-26530062798591123092010-02-05T11:42:09.580-05:002010-02-05T11:42:09.580-05:00This confuses me: "If it becomes too confusin...This confuses me: "If it becomes too confusing for you, you can just follow the flash sideways for what they are. It’s not as though there’s narrative that hangs on the fact that you need to know that this event was different in that world, in the flashback world versus the sideways world. That’s not critical for being able to process the narrative this season."<br /><br />On Jimmy Kimmel they said that some differences (Michael, Walt and Shannon not being on the plane) were significant to the mystery. So which is it, do they matter or don't they?<br /><br />Another question I had was how Hurley won the lottery without the numbers. Assumedly the numbers would not have been repeating for the guy in the mental institution to hear them, so Hurley wouldn't have gotten them from there. So it's fate then?<br /><br />And if the differences aren't important, then why put them there at all?Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468262827637162433noreply@blogger.com