Comments on: Lost Questions – Asian smoke monsters and crocodiles

By: cazino on line

cazino on line — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:09:56 +0000

Just wanted to say hi, thanks and bye

By: AnotherOther

AnotherOther — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:47:17 +0000

Well, I think the smoke monster is nanobots. (j/k) It seems like the writers are taking queues from alot of different forms of literature. I think its totally probably that the idea of the smoke monster came from an Asian folklore, Anime, or even other science fiction stories. As far as Jin knowing about it, I doubt that will happen. I think whatever is finally revealed about the island is going to be something so crazy and weird that no one there will have any knowledge from their past about it.

But then again, I could be completely wrong and it could be the opposite – everyone in the crash will help in some way or another through their own knowledge or skills to figure out whats happening and how to get out (or off, I guess).

By: MasterPo

MasterPo — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:12:13 +0000

You don’t have to go to anime to find smoke/fog monsters. If it is a similarity to other shows, certainly it’s a reference to Star Trek (the original series). They had several smoke/gas/pure energy creatures featured.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:56:39 +0000

I knew “bores” looked wrong when I wrote it yesterday, but I couldn’t figure out why, hehe. Thanks guys.

By: Smaran

Smaran — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:12:00 +0000

Andreas, you mean “boars”, right?

By: TribbieSt

TribbieSt — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:20:39 +0000

Hmmm . . . interesting. Oh, and not to be picky, but it’s “boars,” not “bores.” Same sound, different meanings.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:45:45 +0000

I understand your point of view, but Jin is from a traditional family and could very well have heard classic stories during his childhood.

To assume that he HAS insight would be ignorant, but considering that we are talking about a fictional character, assuming that he MIGHT have insight doesn’t seem that strange to me.

By: Asian

Asian — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:36:54 +0000

To assume that Jin might give insight to something by virtue of being from Korea (which ethnicity is the movie?? Animes are usually Japanese) is ridiculous, not to mention quite ignorant.