throwing the white rock was a metaphor for the feud between him and jacob being over finally.
if you remember, when the losties first landed, locke played backgammon with walt and explained the rules to him... "two players, two sides. one light, one dark"
DaRoZa
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Originally posted by malek
thank you
kadomony
oh yea some other thing, locke's fiancee's shirt had "Fate & Karma" on it. or at least i think it said Fate. it definitely had Karma on it, though.
Lews
It was Peace and Karma
kadomony
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Originally posted by Lews
It was Peace and Karma
ah ok :)
woscar
It was awesome, much better than last week's show. however...I do hope they don't explain the numbers just like that. After all, they were part of a complex equation being researched by Dharma.
TranceGiant
I liked it.
Somehow I'm not really feeling the flash-sideways,tho..I dont see the point, at this stage of the game, to indulge in "what if" hypotheticals. Never mind that there's this gigantic logical paradox cloud hanging over it (unless this new/alternative timeline leads to a point where all Losties do eventually get to the island, back to the 70s etc. ), I just feel it's slowing things down and doesn't tell us that much other than occasional "oh what a coincidence" moments.
So apparently the end-game is indeed the (seemingly) Good v. Evil battle between MIB/Flocke and Jacob's tribe. This is not how I envisioned this show to end, and I'm not sure I like this ultimate storyline, but let's wait and enjoy - as long as it's not overdone (hopefully no ridiculous shapeshifting wars/epic supernatural fights as in Heroes) it should be fine.
The downside to this game-changer is that what used to be a story about those bunch of Oceanic survivors and their struggle with destiny, is now moved to this metaphysical level, which kind of diminishes my ability to identify and feel with the characters. It's hard to explain, but I could relate much more strongly to last season's struggle with time and fate than for this pawns-in-a-game scenario. I do hope for a major twist though, something that would turn this premise of powerless chessmen on its head.
So far, it's far from clear who, if at all, is 'good' and who is 'bad'. This series has always avoided such clear classifications but left it ambiguous if 'bad' is actually 'bad' (Losties v. Others, Ben v. Widmore). What is rather the ultimate dichotomy, I think, is whether there was such a thing as "destiny" or "purpose" for the Losties in the first place. MIB is the cynical denier, Jacob is the Man of Faith. Therefore, at the end we shall know if the Island is "just an Island" and whether Jacob's motives were misguided or had any higher meaning.
malek
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Originally posted by DaRoZa
throwing the white rock was a metaphor for the feud between him and jacob being over finally.
if you remember, when the losties first landed, locke played backgammon with walt and explained the rules to him... "two players, two sides. one light, one dark"
I have a very hard time believing that the writers had the twist in season 6 in mind when they wrote that scene.
kadomony
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Originally posted by TranceGiant
I liked it.
Somehow I'm not really feeling the flash-sideways,tho..I dont see the point, at this stage of the game, to indulge in "what if" hypotheticals.
well, notice that they all seem to be running into each other again anyway in the non-crash timeline.
jupiterone
OH MY GOD.
jupiterone
i have yet to see some progression this season. these random spurts of anger are just ing annoying
