Comments on: Lost: He’s Our You

By: mercutiom

mercutiom — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:25:55 +0000

Oh, forgot a point: After being shot at close range, I find there was a surprising lack of blood splatter behind, or direct bleeding from, the wound. In a show that isn't known for a lack of gore (when necessary) this strikes me as particularly telling.

Either the bullet is still in there (maybe it tumbled inside and ended up near his lower spine, hmmmm…) or it never entered in the first place.

By: mercutiom

mercutiom — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:22:27 +0000

I'd disagree with the alternate future option. Remember that Faraday potentially changed his future when he told Desmond to visit his mother.

Desmond didn't actually remember the event happening until after Daniel made the change positing that someone's future may actually be altered by actions made by incursions in the past.

Of course I personally believe that 12 year old Ben is fine and that either: he had on a bullet-proof vest, Sayid's shot missed anything important, or the Island won't let him (Ben) die and this has all happened before (and will all happen again….)

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:42:10 +0000

Whatever happened, happened.

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:59:42 +0000

*jumps in* Man, I had to wiki the string theory. I fail at science-y stuff. My big time "theory" I developed was "Is Future Ben going to fade away like that guy did in that episode of the Outer Limits when he changed junk in the past ?"

Little Ben IS amazing. If Big Ben (ha) can somehow cheat time/space…then there's no question: HE'S THE HIGHLANDER.

And for some reason, Little Ben reminded me of little Walter Sullivan in Silent Hill 4. Uh…yeah I dunno.

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:52:41 +0000

Can I complain about one thing? Now, I agree that this episode was GREAT, but the promo for this episode was very misleading esp. concering the whole relationship square. In the promo, it looked like Juliet was telling Kate to stay away from her man and that Kate was implying that she came back for Sawyer. And while the Kate thing could've been that (I thought it was more vague) the Juliet thing was totally edited to make evil girl fight tension. I HATE YOU PROMO FOR THIS EPISODE.

Next weeks promo was much better cause it illustrated the EPIC FAIL of the Oceanic 6.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:15:08 +0000

OMG

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:59:42 +0000

Little Ben IS amazing. If Big Ben (ha) can somehow cheat time/space and live…then there's no question: HE'S THE HIGHLANDER. Or something.

And for some reason, Little Ben reminded me of little Walter Sullivan in Silent Hill 4. Uh…yeah I dunno.

By: Rhea Dee

Rhea Dee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:52:41 +0000

Next weeks promo was much better cause it illustrated the EPIC FAIL of the Oceanic 6. HAHAHAHA. I think it's hilarious, so I use my mocking laugh.

By: TrinityVixen

TrinityVixen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:04:07 +0000

I hope not! Because Little Ben is amazing. The actor is good, he looks eerily like adult Ben, and he's so entirely creepy. Moreover, if they don't bring him back and they don't do alternate universe stuff here, that means no more Ben and I'll have no reason to watch because Ben is the most consistently amazing, interesting, funny, and devastating character on the show.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:38:22 +0000

Heh. Actually, the confusion is Lost's fault. Something tells me their explanations might not be entirely scientifically sound. All I know is that Daniel made a big deal out of explaining that (at least in the world of Lost) you can travel back and forth in time, but you can't change what happens. Course correction and all that. Which leads me to believe that the Island won't let Little Ben stay dead for long.

By: TrinityVixen

TrinityVixen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:22:52 +0000

Oh, it's more likely that I'm just totally wrong here. I'm probably attaching the wrong theorem to the idea. It probably isn't string theory that I mean, but there IS a theorem that physicists have about the multiverse such that you can have time travel "paradoxes" that aren't. You can kill your grandfather, but it creates another universe. In your normal time stream, he's safe and sound. So should Ben be.

Sorry for the confusion! You read one book on physics and think you know everything and then comment stupidly on the internet to prove how poorly you read it. Must go back to the library, me.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:10:43 +0000

I thought the point of string theory is that you "can't create another string." Other strings exist, but you can't just make one. Am I wrong? Is Lost wrong? *is confused*

By: TrinityVixen

TrinityVixen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:19:15 +0000

I believe, if string theory is correct, adult Ben is fine because Sayid's actions have created an alternate future. Back in our old future, Ben is just beat up and more than a little pissed at everyone.