Post by Spaced Out Looney on May 26, 2009 18:29:26 GMT -5
More thoughts that I just haven't posted yet:
*Most finales end up with groups of Losties separated from each other. But in this finale, we basically end with everyone grouped together (well, two groups in two different time periods, but other than that...)
*I'm thinking that Richard may have been the Captain of the Black Rock.
*Despite Caesar becoming a regular character, we really didn't see much of him, nor do we have a clue why he's important.
*Several reviews I read suggest that Jacob's touch brought Locke back to life after Locke fell out the window and also made note of the fact that Jacob touched the Losties in the flashback, which I completely missed the first time I watched.
*Jacob and No Name on the beach makes me think of the ending of The Stand, where Randall Flagg comes up on the beach and tells all the people there that he "will teach [them] to be civilized." Not a strong connection really, despite the shows other connections to The Stand, but it just popped in my head.
*More relevantly, with the formal introduction of Jacob and No Name, the structure of Lost seems to be echoing that of Babylon 5 with the three layers of narrative: that of the supernatural (Jacob and No Name, who probably account for all the other supernatural incidents on the show, akin to the Vorlons and the Shadows), that of various groups (Losties, DHARMA, The Others, Boat People, Illana's Posse, Random Ajeera passengers akin to the alien species), and that of the individual characters. There's also Sawyer asking Jack "what do you want?" which made me think of the four key questions on Babylon 5:
"What do you want?" which is the question that the Shadows always asked.
"Who are you?" which is the question that the Shadows always asked.
"Why are you here?" and "Where are you going?" which are the questions that the humans ask.
With Jacob repeatedly talking about choice and the conversation between Jacob and No Name in the teaser, I'm thinking that, like with the Vorlons and the Shadows, who turned out to represent Order and Chaos, respectively, despite the audience's initial assumptions that they must represent Good and Evil, it's not about Good vs Evil on Lost, but it's more likely that Jacob represents Free Will and No Name represents Fate.
*Most finales end up with groups of Losties separated from each other. But in this finale, we basically end with everyone grouped together (well, two groups in two different time periods, but other than that...)
*I'm thinking that Richard may have been the Captain of the Black Rock.
*Despite Caesar becoming a regular character, we really didn't see much of him, nor do we have a clue why he's important.
*Several reviews I read suggest that Jacob's touch brought Locke back to life after Locke fell out the window and also made note of the fact that Jacob touched the Losties in the flashback, which I completely missed the first time I watched.
*Jacob and No Name on the beach makes me think of the ending of The Stand, where Randall Flagg comes up on the beach and tells all the people there that he "will teach [them] to be civilized." Not a strong connection really, despite the shows other connections to The Stand, but it just popped in my head.
*More relevantly, with the formal introduction of Jacob and No Name, the structure of Lost seems to be echoing that of Babylon 5 with the three layers of narrative: that of the supernatural (Jacob and No Name, who probably account for all the other supernatural incidents on the show, akin to the Vorlons and the Shadows), that of various groups (Losties, DHARMA, The Others, Boat People, Illana's Posse, Random Ajeera passengers akin to the alien species), and that of the individual characters. There's also Sawyer asking Jack "what do you want?" which made me think of the four key questions on Babylon 5:
"What do you want?" which is the question that the Shadows always asked.
"Who are you?" which is the question that the Shadows always asked.
"Why are you here?" and "Where are you going?" which are the questions that the humans ask.
With Jacob repeatedly talking about choice and the conversation between Jacob and No Name in the teaser, I'm thinking that, like with the Vorlons and the Shadows, who turned out to represent Order and Chaos, respectively, despite the audience's initial assumptions that they must represent Good and Evil, it's not about Good vs Evil on Lost, but it's more likely that Jacob represents Free Will and No Name represents Fate.