Lost: Season 2

[Dave]

Lost returns to the UK soon with the start of Season 2, so anyone know what is going on?

A few theories that have been shot down are here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_%2...dited_theories

I'm still voting for theory number 1. That was in my first post in this thread. They would have to say that is wasn't true wouldn't they, otherwise why watch any more? I just can't think of another scenario that fits.

If so though, how did the man that gave Hurley the Numbers hear the Numbers on the radio? Unless he had a near-death experience?

[philoSCIFI]

I stopped watching the show mostly because it was slow compared to all the hype it was getting. And then when I tried to catch up I found they were still relatively at the same place when I left - character background/development. Still thinking it was stupid I stopped watching yet again.

Here in the US, they had a recap show the other night though. I'm sure I can catch up again if I wanted to. I guess I'm holding out hope that it'll get better.

I've read some theories for the show when the show first started and thought to myself that if any of those theories were true then it would be a waste of time watching. I tried to come up with some theories in hopes to curb that train of thought, but no luck. I just don't think I'll like whatever happens when it happens. But again, I guess I'm holding out hope that something better will happen... at least maybe in season two?

Lost came out sometime in the middle of Alias and we heard that it was from the same creators. At the same time Alias was waning(sp). The creators of the show have come out with a new show (at least over here, I'm not sure if they're showing it in the UK.... are they?) called What About Brian? This is relatively the same time Lost came out during Alias.

Although I keep loosing hope for the shows more and more, I still feel compelled to check in every now and then in hopes Abrams doesn't let me down again... and again... and again...

Nevermind.

[Dave]

Originally posted by philoSCIFI
Although I keep loosing hope for the shows more and more, I still feel compelled to check in every now and then in hopes Abrams doesn't let me down again... and again... and again...

JJ Abrams is responsible for 'Mission Impossible:3' which just had its UK premier and has rave reviews. On the back of that Paramount want to oust Rick Berman and have Abrams write 'Star Trek: XI'. So, right now the man could walk on water!

I liked 'Lost', though it is not as fantastic as people say. I did like what Damon Lindelof said about not dragging it out until it becomes unbelievable like the 'X-Files' became, but it is the studios to blame for that, not the writers and producers.

[PTeppic]

Originally posted by Dave
JJ Abrams is responsible for 'Mission Impossible:3' which just had its UK premier and has rave reviews. On the back of that Paramount want to oust Rick Berman and have Abrams write 'Star Trek: IX'. So, right now the man could walk on water!

Yeah - but isn't that roughly what happened with Joss Whedon when he was asked to create a new series that became Firefly. And look what happened half a season later when TPTB decided walking on water wasn't a sufficiently good trick (despite a large and still-growing fan base)...

[Dave]

Originally posted by PTeppic
...isn't that roughly what happened with Joss Whedon when he was asked to create a new series that became Firefly. And look what happened half a season later when TPTB decided walking on water wasn't a sufficiently good trick

LOL but I absolutely agree.

PS. and I meant Star Trek: XI (not IX)

[Dave]

Lost begins again next Tuesday on Ch4 with two episodes.

My TV Guide has some interesting comments from Damon Lindelof. "We've never said when the plane crashed. The assumption is that it happpened in 2004 but we've never said that. No character refers to events in history that date exactly where we are in time."

Maybe not, but Lotteries in the USA were banned until the 1960's. The scratch card type are a very modern development, in the last twenty years. Jack's father was performing heart surgery I think. The airport was a modern one, certainly built in the '80's or '90's. The aeroplane was modern. An 'Oasis'- type rock band. Hurley was driving an SUV. The computers seen at the airport and the box company seemed to be using Windows. Iraqi National Guards and potential suicide bombers. I would think it could not be earlier than the mid-1990's.

Does anyone know enough about vehicles, aeroplanes and guns to place a more exact date?

A forthcoming episode mentions a book called 'The Third Policeman.'- A real life book it sold 15,000 copies in the US after the writers suggested in held clues. The book suggests that the island is a hallucination.

[Dave]

Lost is just awesome! Why does no-one want to discuss it???

I expected the second series to be but a shadow of the first, but after two episodes it has only brought more questions.... Who the hell is Desmond? An Angel? Why is he in the shelter? Why was there a quarantine sign?

What is with the seventies computers and records and oscilloscopes and decor?

Why is there a countdown clock, reset by the 'numbers'?

Who are the others? Why do they want Walt?It seems to me that the Island exaggerates everyones own personal demons. So, maybe it is some mass hallucination??

[PTeppic]

I think the first two and half questions get answered in an episode or two...

[Annette]

My husband and I have a conflict between us about Lost. I think its absolute pants!! LOL He thinks its the best thing since sliced bread hehe!! I have to admit he is a fair way ahead of the UK as he's got a good friend who has managed to get copies of Lost episodes from the US. Hubby can't cope without his daily fix of Lost.

It drives me mad due to the fact that things seem to be going really slow plus Hurley still hasn't lost any weight and they've been on the island how long. Mind you I've read in the press that apparently he's been told to lose weight to try and coincide with being stuck on an island with little or no food hehe!!

annette

[Dave]

Originally posted by Annette
Hurley still hasn't lost any weight and they've been on the island how long?

I also had a gripe about that, but in the second episode of the second series 40+ days was mentioned. He has still been eating, and apart from Golf doesn't do much exercise, so maybe it is not such a big deal. I would expect him to lose more from now on.

[Annette]

I'm glad it wasn't just me that had the same opinion. Maybe we'll see a slimmer Hurley as the series goes on. (thats when hubby gets his weekly fix and I'm just half watching it)

annette

[PTeppic]

Originally posted by Dave
I also had a gripe about that, but in the second episode of the second series 40+ days was mentioned. He has still been eating, and apart from Golf doesn't do much exercise, so maybe it is not such a big deal. I would expect him to lose more from now on.

Yeah, but they're not eating much. Forty days of say 1/2-2/3 of normal calories (for a normal sized person) for someone who is Hurley's size, even without exercise, should have an impact. However, since he has started so large, it will take a while to look like he's losing weight. So he may have "lost a stone" already but it can be difficult to tell at first.

P'T - 3 stone down in 4 months

[Dave]

Well, it has been a pretty high protein diet for them - plenty of fish - though that is the basis of the Atkin's Diet.

I'm not sure about this, but I think I remember something said about Candy bars and meals going missing from the aeroplane. Sawyer was hoarding items, so why not Hurley too. He spent a lot of time salvaging stuff on the beach.

Also, I just saw that room inside the "hatch" in the last episode where Kate was hiding - I'm sure Hurley would love to get inside there.

Apparently, this is the single most asked question of the Lost creators, and Damon Lindelof has promised an answer in upcoming episodes.

[Dave]

Well, they just gave Hurley the keys to the door! Dumb and Dumber!

Also, something else that just doesn't make sense...The French women landed on the island 16 years before our characters, and she said 'the others' took her baby after a week of it being born? Now we find out 'the others' are survivors of the tail end of flight 815?Obviously, there is some kind of time-travel element going on here.

Did anyone used to watch 'The Fantastic Journey' (1977) TV show with Roddy McDowell? Do you think there is an influence on 'Lost'?

[PTeppic]

Originally posted by Dave
Well, they just gave Hurley the keys to the door! Dumb and Dumber!

Kid and candy shop...?

Also, something else that just doesn't make sense...The French women landed on the island 16 years before our characters, and she said 'the others' took her baby after a week of it being born? Now we find out 'the others' are survivors of the tail end of flight 815?

Perhaps......the survivors from the tail AREN'T "the others". None seemed to look like the ones on the boat who raided the raft, and Walt doesn't seem to be anywhere... I reckon these are just another group on the island and the Others are more related to the bunker and/or its original use