OK... so maybe we won't see Faraday again
Hello Lost fans... I'll start by apologizing for my lack of posting. My job that actually pays me has been demanding a lot of my time, but I wanted to get you some important info before the finale tonight. You can blame the economy for my job being crazy... you can also blame the economy for why the video from ComiCon now has absolutely nothing happening on Lost right now.
The video below was part of the Lost experience at ComiCon this year that was supposed to launch an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) that was to run until the start of this season. In their last Podcast of the season, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse addressed this video. Basically what happened was the budget for the ARG was axed because of the global economic crisis. The ARG was going to contain certain story elements that would have been essential to connect the video into the show as we know it now. From what I understand Faraday was originally going to stay on the island in 1977 and the story was going to have him trying to convince Dr. Chang that he is from the future. But because the ARG was dropped they decided to have Faraday leave the island to make things easier.
They did acknowledge that is was Faraday's voice in the video. But they also stated that things that happen at ComiCon aren't necessarily "Lost Canon", which I find peculiar because every other thing they have ever done at ComiCon has tied back to the show is some way shape or form. I would guess that is their politically correct way of saying our bosses screwed us by cutting our budget, so lets pretend this never happened and all just move on.
There was one other very interesting thing in the official podcast that has been discussed here in the past... the compass. Damon and Carlton talked about how the compass being passed between Locke and Alpert is in what is called a mobius loop meaning that is really has no origin. Locke got it from Alpert who got it from Locke... so where did it come from to begin with. It's the classic "chicken or the egg" scenario. They said where the compass came from is not really important, but to recognize that this and other mobius loops exist in the show. They were also quick to point out the line in the conversation between Locke and Alpert where it is noted that the compass "looks rustier than the last time I saw it". So while it is in this never ending loop of time, it still manages to age and deteriorate. Why is this important? I would imagine because at some point I am guessing it is possible for a person to be stuck in a similar sort of loop. If you apply the idea of the wear on the compass to a person, it means that the person in the loop would still be getting older and eventually die which would end the mobius loop. One would have to assume then that once the loop is broken the course of the future can change. So is it possible that the compass is our first sign that the future can indeed be changed.
I am torn as to whether or not things really can be changed. Damon and Carlton said in their podcast that even though Faraday believed things could change his getting shot is the ultimate example that they cannot, since it seemed by his mothers regrets that she knew it would happen all along.
There are so many other unanswered questions out there that I don't have time to get in to before tonight's episode... the most important ones seem to deal with Jacob... can he be killed? If Locke is the appointed leader of Jacob's people, what would make him want to kill Jacob. Does Jacob want to die... maybe that is why he asked Locke to help him during their first encounter? Maybe Jacob was a man stuck in a mobius loop whose body deteriorated but his soul is still stuck in the loop and he needs Locke to "kill" him to free him... I could go on listing these questions for hours and none of them would be based in any sort of fact with evidence behind them. So I am just going to shut up and enjoy the finale tonight. I hope you do as well.
Tune in to Bob & Brian tomorrow to listen to our recap... in the next few weeks I will put together a season recap to try to make up for the lack of info for the last few weeks. I'll leave you with this before the finale... Damon and Carlton have said that season 6 will greatly mirror season 1 and tonight is going to set us on the path to that happening. So take your guesses as to what means. Also, I will make one last prediction for this season.... where are Rose & Bernard? I think they have been living in the caves with Vincent and will somehow end up being the 2 bodies that were found there in season 1.
Enjoy!
The video below was part of the Lost experience at ComiCon this year that was supposed to launch an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) that was to run until the start of this season. In their last Podcast of the season, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse addressed this video. Basically what happened was the budget for the ARG was axed because of the global economic crisis. The ARG was going to contain certain story elements that would have been essential to connect the video into the show as we know it now. From what I understand Faraday was originally going to stay on the island in 1977 and the story was going to have him trying to convince Dr. Chang that he is from the future. But because the ARG was dropped they decided to have Faraday leave the island to make things easier.
They did acknowledge that is was Faraday's voice in the video. But they also stated that things that happen at ComiCon aren't necessarily "Lost Canon", which I find peculiar because every other thing they have ever done at ComiCon has tied back to the show is some way shape or form. I would guess that is their politically correct way of saying our bosses screwed us by cutting our budget, so lets pretend this never happened and all just move on.
There was one other very interesting thing in the official podcast that has been discussed here in the past... the compass. Damon and Carlton talked about how the compass being passed between Locke and Alpert is in what is called a mobius loop meaning that is really has no origin. Locke got it from Alpert who got it from Locke... so where did it come from to begin with. It's the classic "chicken or the egg" scenario. They said where the compass came from is not really important, but to recognize that this and other mobius loops exist in the show. They were also quick to point out the line in the conversation between Locke and Alpert where it is noted that the compass "looks rustier than the last time I saw it". So while it is in this never ending loop of time, it still manages to age and deteriorate. Why is this important? I would imagine because at some point I am guessing it is possible for a person to be stuck in a similar sort of loop. If you apply the idea of the wear on the compass to a person, it means that the person in the loop would still be getting older and eventually die which would end the mobius loop. One would have to assume then that once the loop is broken the course of the future can change. So is it possible that the compass is our first sign that the future can indeed be changed.
I am torn as to whether or not things really can be changed. Damon and Carlton said in their podcast that even though Faraday believed things could change his getting shot is the ultimate example that they cannot, since it seemed by his mothers regrets that she knew it would happen all along.
There are so many other unanswered questions out there that I don't have time to get in to before tonight's episode... the most important ones seem to deal with Jacob... can he be killed? If Locke is the appointed leader of Jacob's people, what would make him want to kill Jacob. Does Jacob want to die... maybe that is why he asked Locke to help him during their first encounter? Maybe Jacob was a man stuck in a mobius loop whose body deteriorated but his soul is still stuck in the loop and he needs Locke to "kill" him to free him... I could go on listing these questions for hours and none of them would be based in any sort of fact with evidence behind them. So I am just going to shut up and enjoy the finale tonight. I hope you do as well.
Tune in to Bob & Brian tomorrow to listen to our recap... in the next few weeks I will put together a season recap to try to make up for the lack of info for the last few weeks. I'll leave you with this before the finale... Damon and Carlton have said that season 6 will greatly mirror season 1 and tonight is going to set us on the path to that happening. So take your guesses as to what means. Also, I will make one last prediction for this season.... where are Rose & Bernard? I think they have been living in the caves with Vincent and will somehow end up being the 2 bodies that were found there in season 1.
Enjoy!
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