Lost flashbacks & back stories / "The Others"

Here are some Lost flashbacks/back stories that I'd really love to see:

- Henry Gale (not the real Henry)

- Henry Gale (the real Henry, rest his soul)

- Desmond (the Scottish hatch guy)

- Claire's baby (for the life of me I can't think of his name)—okay maybe this one is a stretch, but what is a day in his life really like?

- Libby (sooo many questions)

- Danielle Rousseau (might reveal just too much, though)

"The Others:"

I have to admit that I'm really stumped about the others. I accept that the people in the medical hatch (where Claire was taken by Ethan) are basically involved in running the experiment on the survivors. They are the same people that intercepted the raft and confronted Jack with the torches...

But, who are the people that had been opposing the survivors from the tail section? What's with their burlap/sack cloth clothing and bare feet? Why did they steal the children?

I'd suggest that there are two possibilities:

1) They are the same others from the medical hatch who are dressing up/down when they go to steal "tailies"?

2) Or, are they an earlier group of survivors? By this, I’d suggest another set of experiment subjects…

There seems to be a lot of speculation on the web about there being two groups of others. Makes sense, I guess, as much as anything does on that show.

B.

Lost: the Maps!

With a new episode on this week (yay!) I wanted to keep my promise to post the two version of the map that Locke saw in black light on the blast door. (Click to link to full-size versions.)

Here is the screen capture from the actual episode:

Source:
http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=1024&pos=529

Here is the now-standard transcription of the text (including the Latin) done by people with far more free time than I'll ever, ever have (but I'm okay with that):


Source:
http://www.thetailsection.com/gallery/thumbnails-23.html

At first, I wasn't sure I wanted to read these but I'm glad I did. They pose many more quetions than they'll ever answer. Question: do you think they reveal too much about the island?
B.

Finding Lost

Okay, enough about the kids for a post or two. I am a huge fan of the television show Lost. I have been since the first episode of last year/the first season. Originally I'd probably started to watch more our of curiosity over Dominic Monaghan, fresh from his Lord of the Rings role. From the time Jack stumbled out of the jungle onto the beach and the crash site I was hooked.

Its been really great to have a show that my significant other and I are equally "into" as our TV tastes have been a little divergent since, well... since the X-Files.

Anyway, here we are almost at the end of the second season. Certain elements (like characters' "back" stories) are getting clearer. Here's what I think I've figured out about the world of Lost: (Feel free to argue/prove me wrong.)

(1) WELL I NEVER: The following main characters have "killed a man": Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, Anna Lucia, Jack (euthanised the US agent that guarded Kate on the plane), Mr. Ecko, and Charlie (shot Ethan).

(2) "WELL I REALLY NEVER": The following characters think they have killed someone: Hurley (his grandfather and/or the people at the box factory that burned - both supposedly because of the bad karma of the numbers).

(3) THE MAP: The map that Locke saw is key and almost reveals too much about the Island. So, basically the Island is one big laboratory. The map refers to a number of events that we can only guess about:

12.07.81 H.G. DELEGATION INSPECTION

10.28.84 SUSPECTED SHUT DOWN DATE

1985 AH/DMG INCIDENT

4.08.00 STATIONWIDE FAILURE OF DHARMATEL INTRANET

8.15.01 STATIONWIDE FAILURE OF DHARMATEL INTRANET

01.06.03 STATIONWIDE FAILURE OF DHARMATEL INTRANET

They don't help a lot do they?

(4) SO WHAT'S GOIN' ON?: I've come to think that the survivors are the experiment and the Island and its effects on them are what's being evaluated. I can't believe that they're in Purgatory or that the whole thing is a dream. Either of these would be too limiting and disappointing.

Next post, I'll link to the map and where you can find it on the web.

B.

Easter... Or the more things change, the more they've changed...

Easter went very well at our house. Both S-Girl and A-Girl were very happy at the holiday, their treats, and talked a lot about the meaning of the holiday.


Action Girl (age five) found 14 Easter eggs and Super Girl (age two) found 10 (with a lot of help from her sister). We did some visiting and had some time to just chill- hope you all did the same.





Speaking of candy filled holidays, does anyone remember this stuff? -->










We were having a movie night a few weeks ago and I gave the girls a box of it. They tried it but really didn't like it... I can remember raving about it when I was A-Girl's age. I guess their junk food palate is just that much more sophisticated than mine.

B.

Career Choices?

Apparently the super hero life is not an actual career option for either Action Girl or Super Girl.

They have both identified career options that do not involve crime/bad guy fighting as a way to pay the bills:

Q: So, what do you think you'd like to be when you grow up?

A-Girl: A singer!

[A singer? Where did this come from?]

S-Girl: A Kangaroo!

[There is nothing I can say about this that would make it any funnier...]

B.

What super hero are you gonna be?

This may not be as trendy as the pick your super hero name web site, but our two girls have already selected their (secret?) super hero identities. The oldest (age 5) is "ACTION GIRL." The youngest (2 years) has picked (with some big sisterly advice) "SUPER GIRL." (hopefully the fine folks at DC comics legal affairs can cut us some copyrighted slack.)

I'm not sure what preconceptions I had about what games two girls three years apart might play, but super hero is a surprise. What's more they seem to be obsessed about running around the house "killing bad guys."

PRO:
1) Fewer bad guys in the world= good thing.
2) Who needs a security system- we have super heroes!
3) Self-confidence? Yep.

CON:
1) Whole lot a' killin'...
2) The gilrs aren't seeing jail as an acceptable alternative to smashin' some bad guy butt...

Yes- I'm just jealous I'm not a super hero. I just raise them.

Puttin' my toes in the bloggy waters

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