2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

Re: 2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (terpsy) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:54:21 GMT

eek, it makes you wonder what exactly happens when Sayid doesn't think with his gun, that makes him side with Ben and go on a revenge spree....Sayid must be able to prevent some tragedy and doesn't. Does he even go back to the isle from the freighter?

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feeds@yuku.com (WiscBadger95) — Sun, 25 Jul 1982 14:07:41 GMT

This part of the exchange between Ben and Sayid at the end of the episode is interesting. I know we've discussed it, but I think it pays to looks at the exact wording of the exchange. (I'm not sure if thus was posted earlier, so flame away if it was.)

BEN: Why are you crying? Because it hurts? Or because you were stupid enough to care for her? These people don't...

Re: 2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (PoChop) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:10:57 GMT

I've been working through Widmore and other back channels to make sure the Cubbies finally win in 2010; LOST scripts be damned.

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feeds@yuku.com (CC1018) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:10:51 GMT

PoChop wrote:
What if the Red Sox win in the year 2010 or some other future year and that's what the pilot thought Jack was talking about? Remember when Sayid mentioned that the satphone was more sophisticated than anything he had seen before. (Or the satphone was specifically designed to communicate to the island and was specially designed by Hanso, Widmore, Paik, or...

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feeds@yuku.com (stacy1201) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:10:51 GMT

WiscBadger95 wrote:

stacy1201 wrote:
Black and white is a common theme in the show...Back in season 1, when Locke and Walt were playing backgammon, he told Walt. "There are two sides: A dark side, and a light side" and he held one of the pieces on each side of his face and the camera froze there; it kindof looked like they were saying Locke had a...

Re: 2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (WiscBadger95) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:36:55 GMT

stacy1201 wrote:
Black and white is a common theme in the show...Back in season 1, when Locke and Walt were playing backgammon, he told Walt. "There are two sides: A dark side, and a light side" and he held one of the pieces on each side of his face and the camera froze there; it kindof looked like they were saying Locke had a dark side and a light side.

Plus there were the black and white rocks with...

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feeds@yuku.com (Merrilin) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:31:22 GMT

I don't know but of all the comparisons for Hurley's character, Billy Dee Williams is not the first person to come to mind!

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feeds@yuku.com (stacy1201) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:12:04 GMT

Black and white is a common theme in the show...Back in season 1, when Locke and Walt were playing backgammon, he told Walt. "There are two sides: A dark side, and a light side" and he held one of the pieces on each side of his face and the camera froze there; it kindof looked like they were saying Locke had a dark side and a light side.

Plus there were the black and white rocks with Adam and Eve.

Re: 2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (PoChop) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:10:12 GMT

Sure good and evil often depend on the viewpoint of participants and what groups they represent. If you're going to consider Locke offing Naomi with a knife between the shoulder blades or putting a live hand grenade in Miles mouth as residing in a shade of gray then the same should apply to Ben, Jack, Sayid, and even Widmore. The point is that Darth Vader is probably a similar tragic character as Locke. Darth Vader did "bad" things in order to further "good" things,...

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feeds@yuku.com (WiscBadger95) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:22:33 GMT

PoChop, I get the sense that no one is residing on the dark side or the light side. I think everyone is residing in various hues of gray.

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feeds@yuku.com (PoChop) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:02:15 GMT

So Locke setting the trap for Miles, Sayid, and Kate was an homage to the Star Wars movie where Lando gave up the good guys to Darth Vader in the Cloud City. Nice. So does that make Locke Darth Vader? Locke has gone over to the dark side but will eventually earn redemption in the end?

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feeds@yuku.com (WiscBadger95) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:05:22 GMT

PoChop wrote:
Remember when Sayid mentioned that the satphone was more sophisticated than anything he had seen before. (Or the satphone was specifically designed to communicate to the island and was specially designed by Hanso, Widmore, Paik, or whoever.)

That's a good point. Take a look at the theories section for the Lostpedia satellite phone article. It discusses these ideas in some detail.

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feeds@yuku.com (PoChop) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:20:34 GMT

What if the Red Sox win in the year 2010 or some other future year and that's what the pilot thought Jack was talking about? Remember when Sayid mentioned that the satphone was more sophisticated than anything he had seen before. (Or the satphone was specifically designed to communicate to the island and was specially designed by Hanso, Widmore, Paik, or whoever.)

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feeds@yuku.com (chidelta) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:19:56 GMT

Apparently, I'm having either font issues or really black thoughts.

And Felicia, I could never ignore you sweetie, you're much too unforgettable.

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feeds@yuku.com (chidelta) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:16:49 GMT

I'm wondering how much planning and cross-referencing it takes to keep all of these literary/historic references in check for each episode and for the storyline of the entire show. Honestly, it must take a hell of a long time to intertwine all of this in such a complicated way. Of course, viewers probably "read into" some references that were...

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feeds@yuku.com (cindidindi76) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:42:14 GMT

studentnurse2003 wrote:
guess I'm the only one who assumed that the fence thingy was on, and they simply chopped down another tree to get over it.

That would be a reasonable assumption, if there wasn't a scene cut out that showed Miles and Co. walking through it. Someone posted it on the previous page.

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feeds@yuku.com (Misterpuff) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:05:23 GMT

pickledsquirrelnuggetss wrote:
There are so many posts in this thread that I don't know if anyone mentioned this...or if what I heard even happened, but....

When Sayid walks into the restaurant in his flashforward, just before he asks if the seat is taken, I swear I heard Danielle's distress call very faintly. Did anybody else hear this? Or was it something else that just sounded like it? Or was it nothing...

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feeds@yuku.com (studentnurse2003) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:46:07 GMT

guess I'm the only one who assumed that the fence thingy was on, and they simply chopped down another tree to get over it.

Re: 2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (WiscBadger95) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:40:18 GMT

PoChop wrote:

WiscBadger95 wrote:

PoChop wrote:
I was wondering back on page 10 why Locke didn't make Ben turn on the fence to make Otherville more defendable. Maybe Locke is a moron.

If the fence was on Kate/Sayid/Miles wouldn't have been able to get to the...

Re: 2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (PoChop) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:20:56 GMT

WiscBadger95 wrote:

PoChop wrote:
I was wondering back on page 10 why Locke didn't make Ben turn on the fence to make Otherville more defendable. Maybe Locke is a moron.

If the fence was on Kate/Sayid/Miles wouldn't have been able to get to the barracks, and Locke's trap would've been pointless.

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2/14/08 Ep3 "The Economist"

feeds@yuku.com (Antithesys) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:11:44 GMT

Sayid-centric

Walt commands Locke to build a baseball field. Ben stares at people and says their names in an ominous voice. Jerry dates a woman with masculine hands.