Lost Season 6 - RE: LA X

that said, i find it hard to keep all this complicated mythology/backstory stuff in my head, but i enjoy cruisin' along with it anyway and then reading more hardcore fans' takes on it and all the references i missed

possible = could've happened but hasn't
parallel = is also happening

but i'm taking it back anyway

― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, February 4, 2010 9:50 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

theoretically every possible universe exists as a parallel universe so the distinction seems moot to me

so far they haven't left the airport but maybe it'll be like the 1985 sections of back to the future 2 out there.

― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Thursday, February 4, 2010 10:52 AM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that would be rad. "ok bye dudes" *jack hops on hoverboard*

i reckon it'll pan out. if the actress wasn't available, they wouldn't have made a thing of it -- could ahve shown stock footage of her on the plane or whatever. they certainly wouldn't have dialogue explaining it, i hope n e way. so far they haven't left the airport but maybe it'll be like the 1985 sections of back to the future 2 out there.

I think they're actually using this to set the stage for Boone's character to go in a totally different direction; most of his time on the island was defined in contrast to his sister and that tension is part of what pushed him into becoming Locke's disciple. How different would that dynamic have been without Shannon's needling?

i would go with the idea of them not being able to leave LAX but it just reminds me of The Terminal rather than The Prisoner so nein danke

Also could we see Locke's Dad again?

idk about this 'the bomb went off = Shannon never got on the plane' thing tho

What about the "the bomb went off = Hurley is the luckiest man alive" thing?

on the Kimmel interview Damon and Carlton said something along the lines of "we hope to have Shannon back on later" -- no idea where they are in the production of the final episodes but maybe they're still trying to get her on and haven't yet?

Apologies if this was posted somewhere upthread, but Newsweek showed some employees who'd never seen the show and solicited commentary. Kind of funny...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/40211#?l=1785302026&t=64735611001

lol at dude who was all "ISLANDS DON'T DISAPPEAR"

ha!

"White animals? What animal is white? This doesn't make any sense. I'm from New York, I've never seen a white animal... maybe some cats..."

idk about this 'the bomb went off = Shannon never got on the plane' thing tho

What about the "the bomb went off = Hurley is the luckiest man alive" thing?

All this is "Sound of Thunder" type unintended consequences of tampering with the past.

Maybe, since the island sank, Mikhail never went there--instead he shacked up w/ Shannon in Australia and threatened Boone with a grenade when he went to take her home.

Best theory about Shannon's absence yet!

Yeah, I'd be bothered by Shannon not being on the plane if it were the only pre-turbulence difference between the original 815 flight and the alt-flight. But there are other differences, too.

like Charlie's hair. and Jack's hair.

And Sawyer's hair!

i reckon it'll pan out. if the actress wasn't available, they wouldn't have made a thing of it -- could ahve shown stock footage of her on the plane or whatever. they certainly wouldn't have dialogue explaining it, i hope n e way. so far they haven't left the airport but maybe it'll be like the 1985 sections of back to the future 2 out there.

I think they're actually using this to set the stage for Boone's character to go in a totally different direction; most of his time on the island was defined in contrast to his sister and that tension is part of what pushed him into becoming Locke's disciple. How different would that dynamic have been without Shannon's needling?

― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Thursday, February 4, 2010 10:54 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

according to lostpedia the actress who plays shannon wasnt available

sigh

yes I KNOW she wasn't available, I can actually read

I'm talking about a possible narrative coice I they may have had to make because the actress who played Shannon wasn't available

wtf is wrong with my typing ability

Too many pies.

imo they could easily have just not shown her rather than draw attention to her absence. i mean, did they show nikki and paolo? it's all part of the mystery i guess.

Nikki and Paolo were actually buried alive in Australia in this timeline

some real nerds work at newsweek huh

more like nerdsweek

more like nerdswork

at newsweek in max's o

Interesting theory that objects (or people?) used on the island are missing from the alt-timeline 815ers (Jack's pen, Locke's knives, Christian) or never made it onto the plane somehow. If so, I predict that Sawyer's note will be missing. (Also, maybe that's why Shannon didn't get on the plane.)

big reveal of season 6 is they find a pen

For what's worth, Jack's pen was stolen by Kate on the plane. But the theory can still work for the coffin and the knives.

one of those pens where if you turn it 180 the polar bear's clothes disappear.

he "lost" his clothes

.(Also, maybe that's why Shannon didn't get on the plane.)

lol

Boone is missing a Shannon

kind of frustrated that this episode made me remember that sayid and shannon were "in love"

SO WHY DID YOU HAVE TO REMIND THE REST OF US?!

totally forgot about all that

this episode made me remember that 'the hurt locker' star evangeline lilly is quite a striking lady.

yeah she's never looked better than when beating up ed mars in the toilet

kinda lol, mostly true

lol is he really called ed mars? that's a character in 'the big sleep'.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/lostpedia/images/thumb/7/73/6x01_SmokeyGoHome.jpg/180px-6x01_SmokeyGoHome.jpg

btw can I say how flat-out AWESOME it is to see Terry O'Quinn back in terrifying "Stepfather" mode again?

animated gif or it didnt happen

so are there 4 concurrent Lockes now?

MIB locke
smokey locke
corpse locke
wheelchair locke
?

that actually is animated.

don't think he's ever made that face in the show before. THE RANGE.

MIB locke

men in black locke?

There are 3 Lockes. There is the corpse on the beach, the smoke monster impersonating him and the dude in the parallel timeline who never went to the island.

altho wheelchair Locke is in 2004

if Smokey usually emanates from the temple, how does that square with UnLocke's ability to become it? 2 concurrent smokemonsters?

the kimmel interview suggests man in black and smokey are different dudes.