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Good questions, Dane. While I certainly don't have any definative answers, here's my take on it:
The light is what we've known it to be for a long time. There are pockets of electro-magnetic energy and exotic matter on the island. This matter gives the island strange and fantastic properities. The light is another representation of that energy. Of course, 2000 years ago folks wouldn't know to call it electro-magnetic energy or exotic matter. They wouldn't understand the science of it. Just like we understand cell phones now, but if we dropped one back in time 2000 year it would seem pretty magical, even mystical to them. We've seen why it's dangerous. We've seen multiple examples of what it can do. Just look at the hatch. And that's only one tiny example. Quote:
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So, there you go. I'm not sure if I'm even remotely right about any of that, but... that's how I see things at this point. Maybe a rewatch of ATS and fruther revolations will change my mind. Last edited by Red Brooklyn; 05-13-2010 at 01:05 PM.. Reason: fixed an error. |
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My previous post was 666. Heh.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mh6JCN6wQE from 1:45 to the end. It's not a great answer, but I think it's all you're going to get.
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My bad. I meant to write "exotic" matter. Chang references exotic matter in regards to the work being done at The Orchid. I just typed the wrong thing. I was getting ahead of myself and mixed up "exotic matter" with "the darkness." |
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Watch the clip that Chiefnj linked. The Mother clearly states that "a little bit of this light" exists in ALL men. She also states that men will try to take it but if they try, the light could go out everywhere. We aren't made of electromagnetic energy. |
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Perhaps she thinks she knows what it is, that it's part of every man (probably because of her own exposure to/ experience with it), but I don't think she fully understands what it is. It has amazing properties, and it can be manipulated and perverted by men. She fears that men will try to harness it for themselves or use the properties for evil. This is the same thing Ben feared Widmore wanted with the island. Again, I'm not saying I'm 100% right about this. I was just offering up one way of looking at it. Either way, I think the point is - this "light" is something special, some unique property and unleashing/uncorking it is bad. Sort of like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters. Who gives a shit why it's bad. Egon said it's bad, so don't **** around with it! |
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Awesome, Mile High. Well played. I saw someone post that on another board and I thought it hilarious. I'm not sure if it's a conscious reference to Pulp Fiction or not. But it's awesome either way. |
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Dammit .... you did? I thought I was having an original thought.
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But technically, it's still your original thought. You didn't read it elsewhere... so... you just had it around the same time as someone else. And, regardless, it's still awesome. |
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I saw this on another board as well, and thought it was interesting, to say the least:
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith According to myth, she was Adam's first wife. Got kicked out of the garden and had to live in a cave, after Angels chased her to 'the middle of the sea'. In some folklore, including Roman, she's a witch or a demon, but she's since been redeemed as a modern feminist icon, for defying God and Adam. In her more evil incarnations, she steals and/or kills children. She's said to live in a parallel world. in Jewish folklore, she's tasked with preserving God's 'first light', from when He created the Universe." |
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heh..i havent seen this latest episode...but it seems alot of people are pissed off about it. Heres a funny tweet i just read:
We no longer say 'Jumped the shark.' Now we say 'Floated into the cave of urine and turned into smoke.' |
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