Lost Theories Galore
I was originally going to respond to keelykins latest LJ entry but I had technical issues ... anyhow here are my theories .. well, they are an EW Magazine Guy's theories BUT the point is that I was thinking the EXACT same things so why not post his thoughts since he does a MUCH better job of putting them in some form of cohesive order??? Follow the cut
I am no Super Sleuth but here is what I think is happening and which you and I have already talked about Keelykins ... PLUS I read a VERY interesting article to do with this in my EW mag ...
If you go to THIS link you can read some of the guy's theories after the Claire episode but this(what I am about to post) was done prior to the episode airing and it struck me since Keely and I were thinking along these lines but he takes it to the next level .. perhaps this was already out there but since I really do not spend my time debating everything that I see or hear on Lost I could've very well missed it ..
1. The Dharma Initiative :
What we know(which is incomple at best, bogus at worst) - Research facility on the island in the 70's to conduct experiments in meteorology, zoology, electromagnetism, psychology, and parapsychology(a dubious science that believes the brain houses mind-over-matter powers... think Professor X of XMen, Jedi Knights, ect ...)
EW Guy's Theory : Intentionally or not, the Dharma team pulled loose psychic powers from one of it's test subjects with disastrous results. How? With fear. Where? Where else, down in the island.
2. The Hatch :
What we know : It was used to study the island's "unique" electromagnetic energy, according to the film inside it. But the filmstrip also states that the DeGroots were following B.F. Skinner, a psychologist famous for his Skinner boxes:controlled environments used to study animal behavior.
EW Guy Says : Folks, the hatch is a human Skinner box. Why wasn't this mentioned in the orientation film? Because the orientation film is part of the experiment! The film was fiction, designed to induce paranoia and fear and observe the test subject's reaction. What Dharma was studying was the behavior every Lost fanatic engages in:the human imperative to organize seemingly random details into some kind of order. The problem is that somone-someone we haven't seen or met yet-was put in the hatch and had a psychic break of world-altering proportions.
3. The Answer to Lost :
The Island is Haunted by a Powerful Psychic
EW's Guy Says : The Dharma Experiments resulted in the creation of a potent disembodied being. A being deeply steeped in pop culture--thing about all the novels, comic books, and random flotsam that make up the DNA of Lost--and powerful enough to bring those bits of pop culture to life. Some who imprinted his consciousness on the island. Someone whose radioactive corpse was walled up in the Hatch. Someone named Aaron.
So how did the Oceanic crew end up on the Island? Aaron summoned them, because he has as-yet-undertermined uses for each of them...and he needed a new body. The body of a then-unborn baby. Claire's baby. Which is why The Others(Aaron's followers) have tried to kidnap her child. And why they had to snatch poor, psychic Walt--remember the dead bird from season 1?--who was the only one with the ability to see through their plan.
Of course, the castaways could all be dead. It could be a mass hallucination. But we don't really think so ...
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And if you read his latest link after new show his theories make even more sense since it is basically what I believe as well ... I like his Theory on Jack and what a threat Jack's rational mind poses to what The Others and Evil Aaron are up to ...
A lot of food for thought .. and all of this crap is what makes me love and hate Lost .. I don't like NOT knowing what is going on ... I do like that they have a timetable for figuring all this shit out but still ... Although Episodes like the last one really make the show worth it ... Hopefully they'll get back to delivering epis like that on a more consistent basis and not how they have been doing so far this season ...
I am no Super Sleuth but here is what I think is happening and which you and I have already talked about Keelykins ... PLUS I read a VERY interesting article to do with this in my EW mag ...
If you go to THIS link you can read some of the guy's theories after the Claire episode but this(what I am about to post) was done prior to the episode airing and it struck me since Keely and I were thinking along these lines but he takes it to the next level .. perhaps this was already out there but since I really do not spend my time debating everything that I see or hear on Lost I could've very well missed it ..
1. The Dharma Initiative :
What we know(which is incomple at best, bogus at worst) - Research facility on the island in the 70's to conduct experiments in meteorology, zoology, electromagnetism, psychology, and parapsychology(a dubious science that believes the brain houses mind-over-matter powers... think Professor X of XMen, Jedi Knights, ect ...)
EW Guy's Theory : Intentionally or not, the Dharma team pulled loose psychic powers from one of it's test subjects with disastrous results. How? With fear. Where? Where else, down in the island.
2. The Hatch :
What we know : It was used to study the island's "unique" electromagnetic energy, according to the film inside it. But the filmstrip also states that the DeGroots were following B.F. Skinner, a psychologist famous for his Skinner boxes:controlled environments used to study animal behavior.
EW Guy Says : Folks, the hatch is a human Skinner box. Why wasn't this mentioned in the orientation film? Because the orientation film is part of the experiment! The film was fiction, designed to induce paranoia and fear and observe the test subject's reaction. What Dharma was studying was the behavior every Lost fanatic engages in:the human imperative to organize seemingly random details into some kind of order. The problem is that somone-someone we haven't seen or met yet-was put in the hatch and had a psychic break of world-altering proportions.
3. The Answer to Lost :
The Island is Haunted by a Powerful Psychic
EW's Guy Says : The Dharma Experiments resulted in the creation of a potent disembodied being. A being deeply steeped in pop culture--thing about all the novels, comic books, and random flotsam that make up the DNA of Lost--and powerful enough to bring those bits of pop culture to life. Some who imprinted his consciousness on the island. Someone whose radioactive corpse was walled up in the Hatch. Someone named Aaron.
So how did the Oceanic crew end up on the Island? Aaron summoned them, because he has as-yet-undertermined uses for each of them...and he needed a new body. The body of a then-unborn baby. Claire's baby. Which is why The Others(Aaron's followers) have tried to kidnap her child. And why they had to snatch poor, psychic Walt--remember the dead bird from season 1?--who was the only one with the ability to see through their plan.
Of course, the castaways could all be dead. It could be a mass hallucination. But we don't really think so ...
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And if you read his latest link after new show his theories make even more sense since it is basically what I believe as well ... I like his Theory on Jack and what a threat Jack's rational mind poses to what The Others and Evil Aaron are up to ...
A lot of food for thought .. and all of this crap is what makes me love and hate Lost .. I don't like NOT knowing what is going on ... I do like that they have a timetable for figuring all this shit out but still ... Although Episodes like the last one really make the show worth it ... Hopefully they'll get back to delivering epis like that on a more consistent basis and not how they have been doing so far this season ...