What's the likelihood that a drowning guy would think to grab a Sharpie marker and scrawl a note on his palm as neck-high water rises to ensure his end at sea? And did Charlie meet his fate because of Desmond's premonitions or because his spiritually transformed character lead inevitably to martyrdom? Maybe the writers simply wedged themselves into a corner.
In the ABC series Lost, a guy definitely would grab a Sharpie pen at the end of his life if it meant sending a message might somehow save his friends and his love, Claire, even if he could not live to see it. And that's why we love it. Even if we're sorry to see Charlie go.
And who was in the coffin in the South Los Angeles funeral parlor in Jack's future world? I'm guessing it was Locke, the deceased identified as a suicide in Jack's newspaper. The foreshadowing of Locke's capacity to kill himself occurs in the skull pit before Walt intervenes. But what could cause such despair in a future world for Locke? If the island is the key that unlocks the reason we exist, and if self is defined through a continuity of consciousness (per the real-life philosopher's theories), then expulsion from the island would destroy not just Locke's raison d'etre but the literal flow of his being. His entire identity/self would quite literally break down in an off-the-island future. We know that he could not kill Jack in order to save the island, therefore he could not save himself.
Or something like that.
Anyone who doesn't watch Lost and who reads this post will probably think it's got to be incredibly dark. My niece would agree with you on that. But if you take the considerable amount of time it would require to watch the past three seasons in their entirety, you might understand why we're all hooked. This is a show that gets you thinking. And it's the only one I watch. As everyone knows, I'm a book worm, not a TV person. Ergo: it must be one damned good show!
In the ABC series Lost, a guy definitely would grab a Sharpie pen at the end of his life if it meant sending a message might somehow save his friends and his love, Claire, even if he could not live to see it. And that's why we love it. Even if we're sorry to see Charlie go.
And who was in the coffin in the South Los Angeles funeral parlor in Jack's future world? I'm guessing it was Locke, the deceased identified as a suicide in Jack's newspaper. The foreshadowing of Locke's capacity to kill himself occurs in the skull pit before Walt intervenes. But what could cause such despair in a future world for Locke? If the island is the key that unlocks the reason we exist, and if self is defined through a continuity of consciousness (per the real-life philosopher's theories), then expulsion from the island would destroy not just Locke's raison d'etre but the literal flow of his being. His entire identity/self would quite literally break down in an off-the-island future. We know that he could not kill Jack in order to save the island, therefore he could not save himself.
Or something like that.
Anyone who doesn't watch Lost and who reads this post will probably think it's got to be incredibly dark. My niece would agree with you on that. But if you take the considerable amount of time it would require to watch the past three seasons in their entirety, you might understand why we're all hooked. This is a show that gets you thinking. And it's the only one I watch. As everyone knows, I'm a book worm, not a TV person. Ergo: it must be one damned good show!
3 comments:
It's Carlo: I don't think it was Locke in the coffin. Main clue that it wasn't: it was a small coffin. I am thinking it was Ben.
If it's the remains of Ben, then should we conclude since no one else was the funeral home that all the Others were either killed or turned against him or some still on the island? I still think it was Locke. I don't remember it was a small coffin. Maybe Locke shrank before he died.
It's not Locke. Don't know yet what to conclude...have to watch the next three seasons! But I do not think it's Locke in the coffin. You should check out the losteastereggs website. It is lots of fun - it analyzes every single little detail, including the LA times obit piece of paper that Jack tears out.
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