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Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-12-09T03:48:08Z

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Comment on How Lost Got Lost Kickoff Blog Part 2

2010-12-04T22:10:19Z

I do need to confess that I appreciate studying your weblog, even when I don't agree with you. I guess the major thing would be to make folks believe. One of these days I will get around to beginning a weblog. It will in all probability be much more for blowing off steam and less useful than yours is though. Keep writing and I will keep reading through.

Comment on How Lost Got Lost Kickoff Blog Part 2

2010-11-16T10:17:01Z

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Comment on Questions for the fans about Lost - Part One

2010-09-14T08:19:29Z

Sam posted on Facebook and I wanted to perserve his great feedback so I also posted it here with my comments.

Sam Williams I"ll post here just in case people don't bother to read the blog.

You bring up some interesting points.

1. Jughead - I believe at one point Miles mentions that they should rethink their plan. He raises the question of the castaways actually... causing the event they're trying to prevent. I think this is the most logical explanation. In my opinion, and his, the Jughead bomb released the pocket of energy, resulting in the Swan hatch being constructed to contain it.

2. I'm not sure how the ruins seem different from how they were depicted in season three. Elaborate.

3. This is where the LOST writers fell back on their theory of "Whatever Happened, Happened'. The characters couldn't have been killed by the bomb, because they had already existed in the present.

4. Keep in mind that the Island was shown to be underwater only in the purgatory world. This might not even have been a literal portrayal of the island. I took it as more of a metaphor that said the Island wasn't part of their lives anymore, and it was time for them to move on.

I hope I addressed everything.

John Rasor You know Sam, I forgot about Miles saying that and it's a valid point. They mention that the crater looks different than it did when they first saw it in season two, hence Kate's remark that they still built the Hatch. If you go back and look at it, you'll see it, yeah, in season three, sorry, not 2, my mistake.

I think you're off base that the bomb couldn't have killed them because they were alive in the future (our present) because they had already experienced that time in the future and this was their now. Time travel is a curious thing and it's been done really well and really badly by some. It doesn't matter what time frame your in, you continue to move forward in time whenever you are. So, if you do something, then go back in time , whatever you did has already happened in the future and you can be killed because the you you are now is older than the you you were in that future. It can be confusing, but I think you will understand what I'm saying, you're a bright guy.

And yeah, I wasn't sure but the sunken Island does appear in the sideways flashes, which aren't real. I have a few other problems with Jughead, however, it must have done some damage, it was a nuclear warhead, after all, so who still built the Hatch? It certainly killed all the Dharma people who belonged in 1977 and would have changed things on the Island a great deal.

Anyway, thanks for some great feedback Sam, that's why we're here on this site, to discuss our favorite show...

Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-09-02T02:13:52Z

Thanks for the comment. You bring up some iteresting points, and yeah, it was fun watching Sawyer grow up...

Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-08-31T03:49:39Z

Thank you for commenting on my blog.

While I can appreciate the ending presented in the series, I do believe that further attention could have been given to the mysteries presented in the series, which were central throughout the entire course of the show as opposed to the excess in attention towards the flash sideways. This would have indeed been a more rewarding conclusion to viewers as we could perhaps have had learned the answers to various key mysteries such as the purpose of the island, the meaning of the light, e.tc.

I do, however believe that these characters had formed their most meaningful relationships on the island and it was therefore at least somewhat satisfying to see that they were able to rediscover and maintain these relationships [ ie one such example would be how Sawyer conned various women until he went both the island, where he met Juliet and developed a truly meaningful relationship. Although she died before they could further develop the relationship into a marriage, they rediscovered each for eternity in the afterlife]

Thank you for inviting me

Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-08-31T01:11:28Z

Thank you for commenting on my blog.

While I can appreciate the ending presented at the series, I do agree that there may have been an excess in attention given to the flashsideways. I do believe that not would have been rewarding to receive more insight into the mysteries which were quite central through the series [ i.e , who were the Others, what is the Island, e.t.c].

Thank you!

Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-08-24T21:20:12Z

It reeks of religion, which I state is not the same as spiritual, right up to that stained glass window. You are correct in your statement that the sideways flashes are ambiguous in nature, but this is all too definite a statement from people speculating on what happens in our life, and what happens when we die. They have no idea and to have these thoughts be the answer to Lost is ridiculous and highly egotistical. And most of us hated it. If you got something out of it, that's great, but you can't say that those of us who thought it was just so much BS are wrong. It was crap and those of us who believe that cannot be swayed. It was a TV show and not written by scholars, and we all know that - including you...

Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-08-24T15:40:46Z

It's interesting how your interpretation of the ending is a religous one, what exactly makes you think it's religous and not spiritual? The sideways world was completely ambiguous and can be interpreted in many ways.

Comment on Let the Debates Begin

2010-08-24T03:20:03Z

Well, you won't get any argument from me about the finale being terrible. As long as you draw the distinction between spiritual and religious, which I think you did, then I am with you all the way. We can all be spiritual without buying into organized religion, and I don't like having religion shoved down my throat. I will be interested to hear what the opposite camp has to say, so I will drop back by in a couple of days. BTW - I really enjoyed your book - even though you were preaching to the choir with me ; )