I am a little annoyed that Locke has taken it upon himself to 'enlighten' those on the island. I guess he wants Boone to be in on his little game, so he had to dislocate him from Shannon...but come on.
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See, I love me some Locke. I was so upset when I thought he was the cause of Shannon's death.
Her name is Sun. I love her, too. She has such a gentleness to her; she seems like she's one of those people who makes everyone around her calmer.
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Locke's character is too out of whack. One minute he's hunter man, then he's philosophy man, then he's know it all man. He knows too much, it's not realistic. He spends too much time in reverance to the island.
He was my favorite character before, now I don't know who it is.
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Nothing on the show is realistic....so I guess I can accept Locke's wackiness. I just think he's annoyingly smug. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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Well, since Locke was in a wheelchair for only 4 years, I think he'd do tons of learning. Most of the stuff he seems to know is general stuff, he is just sure of himself, and knows more than most.
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If it's possible for a person to become a paraplegic in an accident, shouldn't the opposite be possible too?
Either way, I've heard several theories on the subject. That if you give something to the island it gives something back, and that if you wish for something hard enough it appears (Charlie's guitar, Sayid finding others on the island and maps, Walt playing backgammon and getting the dice rolls he wanted). I'm sure we'll find out eventually.
I know the whole thing isn't realistic, but in science fiction not much that happens is realistic, but you can still see things happen in that reality that seem out of place. In other words accept the island and what not as a reality, and then look for things that even in that situation seem out of place. And I think Locke's erratic know it all oracle behavior qualifies.
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I don't mind the "know it all" behavior because, as far as I remember, he never approaches to impose to his thoughts, but is approached and asked for his thoughts.
The one exception could be when he was stalking Charlie to keep him from getting his drugs, but aside from that, he only leads when he has someone following him.
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Well, Boone did say he was ready for the ramifications of his decision . . . though how that led to what happened, I'm not quite sure.
The idea of everyone else in the world dying and only the people on the island is interesting, if somewhat horrifying.
My husband pointed out that the last time a polar bear appeared was when the kid (Malcolm?) was reading his book or comic or whatever it was, and it looks from the preview like there will be a polar bear in connection with the kid next week.
It seems as though whatever is in the island responds to you in the way you treat it. If you view it with fear, it's a monster. If you treat it with awe and respect, it gives you knowledge (Locke). If you want something badly enough, it gives it to you.
There was the one that Sawyer shot early on, and then there was another one? Can you explain what happened with it please, I think that was in the episode I missed.
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I think the only other time a polar bear has appeared was in the pilot (second hour of it, I think). The one Sawyer shot.
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So it appears that Walt had supernatural abilities before he came to the island. Does this mean that our theorizing about the island's wish granting ability is innacurate>
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Walt is the 10-year-old boy who hangs around Locke whenever he can. Michael's (the black man's) son.
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I like Locke. While he may disagree with how Mike is raising Walt on the island, he understands the need for Mike to be Walt's father and the responibility that Walt has to obey his father. He did not hold Mike's anger against him when Walt was in trouble. I am betting now that Mike and Locke have gone through what they have, Mike will let Walt spend some time with Locke.
Wow, Claire is back, and with out the baby I would guess.
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My Locke love grows each and every week. Why is Terry O'Quinn not a huge star?
Did anyone notice that Sawyer did not read Claire's diary and Charlie did? While I sympathize with Charlie (and adore him) and would probably have done the same thing, it was Sawyer who did right there.
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Of course, Sawyer did steal it from her bags in the first place. And then wouldn't give it back to Charlie. I think he's still in the negative column.
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quote:PS: I have not been able to watch every episode.
Gee, I wonder why.
Connections: Sawyer was in the police station where Boone went to report Shannon's abusive boyfriend. Sun and Jin were in the airport line behind Jack when he was convincing them to transport his father's body.
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If someone happened to have recorded all of the episodes on VHS, I would very much like to have them. Posts: 9754 | Registered: Jul 2002
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and the bastages wouldn't show us a close up of her tummy...is she still pregnant??
<3 Charlie
the "Sawyer-lashing-out-at-everyone-to-punish-himself" thing is getting old. i mean, i guess it's in character, but can we have another episode focusing on him or something...i'd love a Locke-induced romp through the forest following Sawyer like we had for Boone...
Hurley, much? I'd like some info!
i smacked Greg across the head when Claire came back...i'm so excited!!!
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It just occured to me, a lot of the characters on this show have, in some way, dealt with loss before the plane crash. Probably already brought up, but Im not rereading this thread.
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No, I don't think we've talked about Loss (Loss/Lost, arg; coincidence?). But it is an interesting idea, or perhaps just the way it panned out- it's not universal; Shannon and Bpone have not really lost anything we know about yet, and neither really did Charlie, Hurley or Claire.
Anyway, the other day, while reading plot summaries that Kat so helpfully pointed me towards, I realised that we have a Locke and a Rousseau in the same show, obviously placed purposefully.
I haven't divined if there is any reason for this yet, though, and if there is, what it is.
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I haven't seen any character focus episodes of those you mentioned except for Charlie and a bit of Claire.
I did think about Charlies episode a little bit after I posted, so maybe his loss is a bit more metaphorical? But if thats the case, then why weren't the other passangers saved, cause I doubt that many people have gone through their lives without loss. Perhaps its a special kind of loss? ::Shrug::
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They haven't gone into hurley's past at all, other than him mentioning in passing in one of the first episodes about his name.
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Yeah. I mean, anyone who can get something from Sawyer without resulting to violence has got to be one cool dude. I really do trust him.
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