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Comment on LOST Thoughts, “Dead is Dead” by alirubenstein

alirubenstein — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:23:13 +0000

I think it makes a lot of sense that Ben would have a soft spot for mothers and children, given he never had a mother himself. Ben did have a pretty sad existence until he went to live with the Hostiles – so is he really to blame for being such a creep? I guess the real question is: would he have shot Penny if her son hadn’t come out of the boat?

P.S. I think Penny is very pretty.

Comment on LOST Thoughts, “Dead is Dead” by admin

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:22:40 +0000

Indeed, and he was also Ben’s surgeon prior to his death during Season 1. My question, though, is why are they making a point of showing him in various settings and at various points in his life? There as his birth, then last night he accompanies Ben as an adolescent, and earlier in season 5, Locke & Co. time travel to the crash of Emi’s plane and encounter Ethan at the crash site. Is Ethan’s appearance just a reference point for viewers to keep track of time, or is he going to do something amazingly pertinent in between accompanying Ben to steal Alex and being dispatched to the 815 crash site?

Comment on LOST Thoughts, “Dead is Dead” by alife2008

alife2008 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:04:50 +0000

Ethan has been in Lost since Season 1. He was the guy that took Claire away for her ‘treatment’. He’s just one of the ‘Others’, and seems to be the one that goes out on missions.

Comment on LOST Thoughts, “LaFleur” by alirubenstein

alirubenstein — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:56:08 +0000

Given Richard never seems to age, do you think he’s mastered time travel somehow? Perhaps he is able to jump back in time to when the fence did not exist, cross it, then jump forward? A little far fetched, but that’s all I’ve got.

My best guess with the birthing issue is that we are seeing the Dharma initiative before they figured out much of the time travel stuff, so the island, at this point in time, is moving through time normally, which means fetuses develop normally. However, when the Dharma initiative figures out and starts messing with the time travel track that the island is on, one of the consequences is that fetuses can’t handle it, can’t develop normally and die, killing their mothers, too.

Or, how’s this for far fetched: the Dharma initiative realizes Ben and the hostiles are going to kill them all and there is nothing they can do about it, so they leave some sort of poison within their neighborhood that affects all of the women and sabotages their abilities to have babies. So, although Ben killed everyone involved with the Dharma initiative, they really got the last word because they, in essence, are causing the hostiles to become “extinct” through their inability to procreate…!

Here is another question: Why didn’t we see (or did we and I am forgetting) Faraday in the 3-year flash forward? Did he go crazy after the death of Charlotte and run off, or are they just waiting to show us his role later on?

Comment on Three Questions About the Economy by Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:39:28 +0000

How did I miss that option?!? Thanks for bringing it up! I suppose another possibility is to have a civil union performed at City Hall (cost: <$100), followed by a modest reception at home for close friends and family.
Haha, I think gold-plated roses will decline in popularity, too. The good news is that the first anniversary is celebrated with "Paper," though some options can cost just as much as the gold-plated roses.
Thank goodness for DIY Web Sites!

Comment on Three Questions About the Economy by egnarorm

egnarorm — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:58:10 +0000

Re #1, there’s another possibility as well: that couples will decide to delay marriage until their finances better support it. On balance, I have no idea which wins out.

Either way, I’d imagine that companies that specialize in gold-plated rose bouquets are in a little trouble, short-term.

Comment on Why did the chicken go to Crossroads? by peter

peter — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:56:24 +0000

Thanks for the positive mention of Arcati Crisis. X-Roads had a great, tuned-in audience last Thursday, which makes it much easier to turn in fun performances. We make it out about once a month, so hopefully we’ll catch up with you again.

Comment on Dear Mom: Web 2.0 at Overnight Summer Camp by Cole

Cole — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:11:18 +0000

I’ve been watching the golden slipper camp site for a couple of weeks … looks like so much fun and I am so impressed with how you’ve been working to bring technology into the camp world. Keep it cranking and I hope to read more over the next few weeks.