Comments on: The Story of the Oceanic Six http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/ The unofficial guide to your favorite castaways Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: xboxkiller http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32430 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:50:43 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32430 This episode was a waste to all Lost Fans! We know what the hell is going on already. Quit wasting our time and start answering more questions!!!!

]]> By: The Story of Oceanic 6 http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32429 Sun, 10 May 2009 17:32:10 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32429 That was the episode that made it all clear to me. However, some new scenes would have been better. The episode has only scenes we saw from the previous episodes of Lost with just an explaining narrative voice-over.

]]> By: wingman http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32428 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:46:27 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32428 *I think that might be a ruse to make US sleep on him…

]]> By: wingman http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32427 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:44:59 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32427 @PJ – I’m more “cool” with that than I’ll ever be with Grampaw Ray, who’s somehow slapping retirement home nurses’ bums and at the same time is trapped in a time anomaly…Aaron makes far more sense, but I’m still leaning Jack…Call it the main-character power…You don’t make someone the main character for 4 seasons and just marginalize him in S5…I think that might be a ruse to make sleep on him a bit now that we’re near the end (Not that this is the only reason i think it’s Jack, there’s tons of $hit that makes me believe that, him never being on Jacob’s list being one of them)…But I reiterate, Grampaw Ray just seems quite lame to be Jacob at this point…

]]> By: PJSander http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32426 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:33:53 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32426 [quote comment="332173"]Honestly it kinda devalues it a bit for me because you can MORE EASILY make Jacob some new character than keep it intertwined with the current characters…

Now that’s not to say that I won’t be amazed by whomever “Jacob” is if is revealed and explained amazingly, but I think the impact is quite heavier if it’s someone that’s been right under our noses all along…[/quote]

So, like Aaron, maybe?

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]]> By: wingman http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32425 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:24:19 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32425 [quote comment="332090"][quote comment="331514"][quote comment="331472"]I think it’s a cop-out if Jacob’s a character yet to be revealed…A hunch ain’t worth jack on lost, but Jack is my hunch (til the wheels fall off)…Faraday is the red herring….[/quote]

I don’t know, I think Jacob will be someone new, but he’ll end up being the glue that holds all the Losties together. You know, in the first few seasons, we saw all those flashbacks and they didn’t just tell us about each individual person, they gave us clues about how the whole group was connected. I think once we meet Jacob, we’ll understand better why all these seemingly random people are really connected and hopefully why![/quote]
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I don’t see it as a copout at all if they reveal him to be a new character. That has been a major part of the story-telling all along; introducing new characters with new motives, new faults and new talents. Kinda like this blog. I would be disappointed if it were a character we knew already. JMO.

I saw the S4 premier the other day again and thought that the other patient that saw Charlie outside the mental hospital, along with Hurley, could have possibly been Jacob. Maybe Jacob has been hiding in the background all along, like the man at the beach with Locke or the man at Kate’s trial or the Dharma man at the barracks, we just haven’t seen him.[/quote]

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Well I’m just going from the perspective that the creators had “everything” (atleast a large percentage of things) figured out from the start…So, if they just pull the Jacob reveal from outta thin air (like it being Gramps Ray or some un-named character yet to be revealed at this point), I don’t think it’ll have the same grand impact we’ve all been waiting for…Honestly it kinda devalues it a bit for me because you can MORE EASILY make Jacob some new character than keep it intertwined with the current characters…

Now that’s not to say that I won’t be amazed by whomever “Jacob” is if is revealed and explained amazingly, but I think the impact is quite heavier if it’s someone that’s been right under our noses all along…

]]> By: PJSander http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32424 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:23:11 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32424 [quote comment="332146"]I never believed that there was a Jacob. Richard Alpert (whomever he may be) has always been in charge; he periodically allows mere mortals to THINK they are in charge and JACOB is just his way of keeping everyone in line. You know like “don’t blame me, that was Jacob’s decision”. Can’t wait for tonight’s episode.[/quote]

I agree with you on this Leslie and have said so in the past (and you are right, not many people agree with us!). To me, Jacob is the island’s “god” – an imaginary being whose presence explains the heretofore unexplained. It is similar to how the Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans, Native Americans and other cultures created gods to explain the sunrise, the change in seasons, and other questions to which science had not yet determined the answers.

I found that several times in the last few episodes, one character has done something because “Jacob said so” an the other character looked shocked but didn’t question. Ben said, “Because Jacob said so,” to Widmore, who can’t say, “No he didn’t,” because Widmore can no more communicate with Jacob than Ben can. Neither can call the other’s bluff without giving up his own hand.

This doesn’t explain the prop-guy in the rocking chair, or the “help me” heard in the cabin, but I suppose Alpert or Christian could have rigged that stuff. *G*

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]]> By: iowakid http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32423 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:21:56 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32423 In many ways I agree with Leslie Post #190 I think both Ben and Widmore are bad people one maybe not as bad as the other. I think Jacob or Richard are the good guys that lets the bad people make mistakes then corrects that mistake or lets the bad person fall. In the end I think Jacob is Jacob, just who is he, is what we do not know yet. I do not think he is any one what we have seen. I think tonight we will see a lot of the future laid out for us. Since this is a no spoiler site I will say nothing more on that. I like many of you do alot of reading but little posting.

]]> By: Leslie http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32422 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:32:13 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32422 Hi everyone. I love the show and really enjoy reading this blog. I am very interested in the running conversation about who is the good/bad guy, Ben or Widmore. I have always held the opinion that they are both bad guys who each completely believe that they are right and the end justifies the means. Also, regarding “who is Jacob”. I guess I won’t have too many people in my camp regarding this one, but I never believed that there was a Jacob. Richard Alpert (whomever he may be) has always been in charge; he periodically allows mere mortals to THINK they are in charge and JACOB is just his way of keeping everyone in line. You know like “don’t blame me, that was Jacob’s decision”. Can’t wait for tonight’s episode.

]]> By: LINS http://lostblog.net/2009/04/22/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six/#comment-32421 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:28:33 +0000 http://www.lostblog.net/lost/tv/show/the-story-of-the-oceanic-six#comment-32421 [quote comment="332090"][quote comment="331514"][quote comment="331472"]I think it’s a cop-out if Jacob’s a character yet to be revealed…A hunch ain’t worth jack on lost, but Jack is my hunch (til the wheels fall off)…Faraday is the red herring….[/quote]

I don’t know, I think Jacob will be someone new, but he’ll end up being the glue that holds all the Losties together. You know, in the first few seasons, we saw all those flashbacks and they didn’t just tell us about each individual person, they gave us clues about how the whole group was connected. I think once we meet Jacob, we’ll understand better why all these seemingly random people are really connected and hopefully why![/quote]
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I don’t see it as a copout at all if they reveal him to be a new character. That has been a major part of the story-telling all along; introducing new characters with new motives, new faults and new talents. Kinda like this blog. I would be disappointed if it were a character we knew already. JMO.

I saw the S4 premier the other day again and thought that the other patient that saw Charlie outside the mental hospital, along with Hurley, could have possibly been Jacob. Maybe Jacob has been hiding in the background all along, like the man at the beach with Locke or the man at Kate’s trial or the Dharma man at the barracks, we just haven’t seen him.[/quote]

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That’s what I’m thinking, we’re going to see that he was really there all along, you know?

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