The Lost Lowdown

riothero

Hi guys. Long time fan here. You probably get recommendations all the time. But it goes both ways. I started listening to your Battlestar Galactica podcasts. And got so curious, I watched all four seasons is like two weeks. (The finale was so disappointing. It made Lost's finale look so much better ...

riothero

Desmond is a very special character on LOST. Usually when minor characters make their appearance, have their own episode, etc. it's dull. Ok, it may not be dull, but the LOST writers have always made interesting use of Desmond in their story-telling. When it came to the Swan station, the flash-forwa...

riothero

It's the last season. There are only 9 episodes left. How many more will be spent watching one of the characters slowly digging his own grave? STOP WASTING MY TIME, LOST! That said, I understand they've got to provide resolution for each individual character. I say he should have shot himself with t...

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This was a 'character' episode, right? I enjoyed it (as much as any episode from season 1!), but don't think it shed any new light on any of the show's mysteries. I guess we could talk about the Lighthouse... and about what happened to Claire... Oh, look, Austen (presumably Kate) appears among the n...

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http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sub ... ity_Errors

Hurley's Hummer was parked too close to Locke's van, which would not have allowed Hurley enough room to exit his vehicle from the driver's side door.

Error or Lost Mystery?

riothero

Stephen, Sawyer can see the boy because he's a candidate! RIchard can't see the boy b/c he isn't a candidate. What's significant about this particular apparition is that it APPEARS TO SMOKEY. In other words, SMOKEY is NOT behind all these apparitions. Just like us -- He doesn't know who the blond bo...

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So what are the questions we should be asking? Some suggestions: 1) Are we to assume that Jacob randomly assigned these numbers to these Losties, so that, in fact, this explains the numbers' 'origin'? 2) What explains the correspondence between the numbers of the Losties and the numbers for the Swan...

riothero

damnit, claude! i was so looking forward to reading some of your work! i just re-listened to the podcast where you announced your plan to write something over the summer. this may sound strange, but part of me suspected it wasn't gonna happen... not because i ever doubted your skills-- the reason i ...

riothero

hi michael. i really liked your joke! funny!

riothero

The answer must not be referring to Jacob then, because Jacob li[v]es in the statue's foot. Just joking. But no, not really. Who's going to "protect us" -- Jacob or Mr./Mrs Crocodile? Also, "protect us" from whom ? "Jacob's enemy"? The Crocodile Hunter? Also, "protect" whom ? We learned almost nothi...

riothero

Oh, I probably should have responded to this topic rather than starting a new one: "Loophole?" But I guess the question I'm asking is a little different, because I'm more interested in Locke's role. But to answer that we must figure out the dynamic between Jacob and "Jacob's enemy". I dunno who he i...

riothero

OK. I have barely an idea as to what the loophole might be, but maybe this can get us thinking. In 1845, an unknown man, "Jacob's enemy", tells Jacob that he wants to kill him and that one day he will find a loophole and be able to. It seems he finds one in John Locke. "Jacob's enemy" first encounte...

riothero

OK. You seem to be better at thinking about this stuff then me, so I'll drop the argument. So just we're clear: if you're correct that Locke is "in" on the island's agenda, then "the island" and "Jacob" are not equivalent. We've been wondering how connected those two were. Maybe Locke wants to drive...

riothero

Stephen, I am seriously disturbed. There is something eerie about British television programs in general; this one may be the worst.

riothero

RadioTower, I'm not advancing this theory with as much confidence as I've advanced theories in the past. I'm looking at it like one of those theories about something that could sorta end up being kinda true though I wish it won't turn out to be the case.... Obviously your concerns are legitimate. In...

riothero

We all know that Locke can't do shit without someone telling him what to do. The tragedy is that he recognizes this very fault, and so comes to resent this person ("Don't tell me what I can't do"). Maybe his plan to kill Jacob can be interpreted as L ocke's attempt to gain mastery over himself and h...

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I'm convinced Stephen's got it right.

riothero

It would explain the odd breakfast Ben made for Kate on the beach in season 3 (when she was in handcuffs)... it was just like the nice breakfasts Ben would make for his step-mom when he was growing up!

riothero

Com'n, guys! This isn't "just another" production error. You've got to be blind to miss the obvious motive behind intentionally misleading the show's audience. Isn't it MUCH more likely that someone on LOST realized they could give the audience the SHOCK of seeing young Ben get shot in the heart, an...

riothero

Think about the deception involved here. They had one sweatshirt with a bullet hole in one place, and another with a bullet hole in another place. And no one in the crew said, this is bullshit?

riothero

In last week's episode, the gun shot wound was on Ben's left side, near his heart. http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/490f369b73feacdfb041db44a39d8356 http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/9f3f6efdc974e4b1818e3dff6d21897b In this week's episode, the gun shot wound shifts to his right side. http...

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Is everyone ready for the hot new pairing on LOST, between Kate and Roger Linus?

If things were different and alternate realities were possible, I'd love to see Ben reconcile with his father and grow up in Othertown with the Workman and Kate Austin, his step-mom.

riothero

So this is how the timeline maintains itself... by cutting off the ability for Sawyer, Juliet, and Kate to think through the implications of what they are doing. In contrast to them, Hurley is a fucking intellectual. Had Sawyer, Juliet and Kate been allowed to think, the timeline would have been com...

riothero

Fantastic. Thanks a lot, guys. Can't wait to hear it.

riothero

Brodieman, yes, that's precisely one major reason why I've come to question whether the "rules" are rules for the LOST writers, or "rules" that are made to be broken. In fact, Dan himself confirms the latter: FARADAY: You're the only person who can help us because, Desmond... the rules... the rules ...

riothero

David, thank you for reminding me about the rules for time traveling on the show. Nevertheless, I am beginning to become skeptical about whether, in fact, nothing can be "changed". Claude and Justin have pointed out that, of course, things can be "changed," only it never actually counts as "change"....

riothero

David, you're assuming that Sawyer and Juliet's intervention in saving Amy from the Others did not alter the course of history. Think about it: Both Miles and Dan were warning Sawer and Juliet not to intervene, so the fact they saved her life is probably significant. The Others were basically going ...

riothero

i haven't really thought all that much about why i liked it, but i feel compelled to elaborate. while i am a huge fan of the show's mythology, i regret that i am often willing to overlook, say, dreadful writing, as long as some of the island's mysteries are revealed. i guess i just think this episod...

riothero

I loved it!

riothero

The biggest clue may be that there's a "war" coming, and so both Ben and Widmore are using Locke to affect the outcome. You would think that, seen in this context, it would be clear how Ben and Widmore's actions could be seen to advantage them, but that's not so. Why would Widmore give almost uncond...

riothero

omg, jen, how corny would it be if miles turned out to be ji yeon (if not marvin candle junior!

riothero

Justin, I agree with you that it's probably a good idea to wait and see what the new season is like before making a new resolution. Your 2007 resolution provided a good, strong perspective from which you could enjoy the show as a fan while still leaving room for plenty of theoretical speculation. It...

riothero

Tower, I think what this means is that I'm a bigger LLD fan than you. It's kind of funny that I mentioned Eggtown as an example of one LLD episode I could not bear to listen to again.... because I think it's there that I remember Justin explaining to Jen what his 2008 resolution was, and how it diff...

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Tower, it's not nice joke around about Lost not returning.... It's a good thing I've been obsessively following DarkUFO and other Lost sites, almost daily, otherwise you might have fooled me. Stephen, you know, I don't want to get into how often I listen to the LLD. But let's just say that, even tho...

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I don't expect David, who originally posted this topic, to still be checking this site for a response, but I'll respond anyway. I forget where Claude and Justin (actually in my mind I remember Justin as the one who talked about it the most) refer to this time traveling experiment -- since LLD Podcas...

riothero

I'm so excited about the next season of Lost, and even more excited to hear new episodes of the Lost Lowdown! I actually realized that the other day. I guess I only appreciate Lost insofar as it inspires Claude and Justin to podcast! Anyway, it's time to wake everybody up and gather back around to s...

riothero

I'm looking forward to it, but... Take your time. ...I'm sure it'll be great.

riothero

Someone over at tvsquad reported having heard: "Do you like scary movies, Kate? Oh, and close your blinds when you're changing, or else the island can see your boobs."

riothero

The date and location (July, San Diego) of the "national recruiting drive" corresponds to the date and location of Comicon....

riothero

You know, Ryan from the Transmission revealed some info on the deleted scenes from the last episode. Apparently, at the press conference, a reporter asks Jack how there could be EIGHT survivors if Aaron was not born until after the crash... In other words, it is revealed that, according to the "offi...

riothero

I agree with you that there are problems with Rousseau's story (although I think she's just crazy rather than lying). But wouldn't it seem like that part of her story -- her claim to have arrived on the island 16 years ago -- is supported by the fact that Alex is a teenager rather than a 12 year old...

riothero

Some of the biggest mysteries on LOST, I believe, will be explained in terms of "time-travel". I wish it weren't so, but I'm encouraged by Damon and Carlton's efforts to develop a different (more limited) understanding of "time travel," that is, to avoid the kind of paradoxes/problems involved in th...

riothero

Thank you, Paul, for calling my attention to the "Overflowing Toilet Discussion" from LLD Podcast #42. Here's a quick excerpt The Constant, Podcast #42, 3:22:33, The Overflowing Toilet Discussion Justin: I have to bring something from my life because of this scene. I was watching this and my first t...

riothero

I just had a really good laugh. Juxtaposing Claude and Justin's voices with the actual video from Lost reveals the perfect genius of the Lost Lowdown. Bravo!

riothero

Wait... I don't recall Claude and Justin "hinting" at a live podcast, only trying to avoid the awkwardness that would have surely resulted had they answered "no!" when someone put them on the spot by asking them this question during the last live podcast. Look, can't we just enjoy for awhile the fac...

riothero

Why are you all so ready to abandon Claude's theory instead of trying to make it work? Here's a ridiculous interpretation of the mobisode: It's not that Smokey, in the guise of Christian, is commanding Vincent, but rather, it is Christian (who's very much alive) who is commanding Smokey, in the guis...

riothero

The body in the morgue was obv. Smokey. Duh.

riothero

I wasn't expecting any true 'spoilers' from these mobisodes, but it looks as though we have stumbled upon one. And what a mighty big 'spoiler' this is! In my opinion, it's almost too big to be trusted. Maybe its time to figure out whether these mobisodes are really 'canon' before we begin speculatin...

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