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Man, I wish this discussion were happening a week from now.
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Your entire interpretation eschews Occam's Razor because it throws away the majority of the show's screentime.
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Most of the show is explained, albeit implicitly. And most of it drive the characters as well as the plot. |
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06-19-2010, 05:33 PM | #6094 |
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The switch happened very early. It isn't like there wasn't precedent starting in season one for faith playing a huge role in the show. Granted, few would have thought it would go to the degree that it did.
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Millions of people were introduced to scientific theories, philosophers and philosophies, as well as a "fun" mythology based on pseudo science. The relationship between the characters was unparalleled on a network TV show, especially given the diversity of the cast. My interpretation shouldn't hamper what happened on the show in terms of interpersonal relationships. It should go to explain the biggest question surrounding the TV show: What was the "Island"? |
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1. A plane is split into two pieces over the Indian Ocean and more than 60 people survive that crash, then end up on a beautiful tropical island in which no one escapes. An island with polar bears, a secret scientific organization, Egyptian relics, three immortals and an unknown power that has the ability to wipe out mankind. Or: 2. The plane splits into two pieces, everyone dies instantly but in the nanosecond between life and death, a single man has to travel on a hero's journey with his very soul hanging in the balance. |
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You seem to be stuck on the "well, the whole journey was absurd. Ergo, it was all a dream"
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We're shown why in the Flashbacks and on the island in his conversations with John Locke.
He was a man of science who had no faith. The show tells us clearly that faith is required to attain enlightenment and move on after death. |
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1.) The events of the show actually happened; there is a reason we saw them. or 2.) The majority of the stuff written for and broadcast on the show is stuff that didn't happen but everyone had to see anyway, even if it had nothing to do with Jack's hero's journey. |
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When did I say it was absurd? It doesn't matter how it happened. What matters is that it had to happen in order for Jack to move on. And who said anything about a dream? Who here knows what happens the instant you die? |
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You don't see how that's equally as absurd as what you're discarding?
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And by absurd I mean "fantastical". You seem hung up on Egyptians, pregnancies that can't happen, polar bears, smoke monsters etc. "It's soooo fantastical it's not REAL! ERGO DREAM!"
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