05x04 "The Little Prince" (Questions, Theories, Discussion)

[Superpuppy]

Is it possible that:

Miles is having nose bleeds
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Faraday suggesting that having nose bleeds is a byproduct of time spent on the island.
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Faraday asking Miles if he had been on the island before?
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Pierre Chang is shown in Because you left with a wife and a baby boy in the 70's
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Miles Straume is Pierre's son grown up?

Pierre has used several pseudonyms, including Dr. Marvin Candle, Dr. Mark Wickmund and Dr. Edgar Halliwax, do we know for sure that Chang is his real name?

[m8o]

you may enjoy the 05x01 episode thread... where this was discussed @ length. With a lot of skepticism by some I might add. Won't they be embarrassed!

[StukOnNIland]

I'm not shocked that Ben was behind the lawyers who had showed up, demanding a blood test on Aaron and Kate.

I'm shocked that Kate was behind the lie about Aaron's parentage. And that she had created the lie out of selfish reasons. Now, I really despise her:

http://fish1941.vox.com/library/post...leton-lie.html

The Lady Lavinia commentary was excellent - it all boils down to the fact that there was absolutely no reason to lie about Aaron's parentage. They could have very easily said that Claire was one of the survivors and then died in labor.

Both Kate and Evangeline Lilly are total assholes.

[Rattiemama]

Phew, I made it through all that.

Ok first of all, I have no problem with Rousseau not remembering Jin. She went nutty. How many bizarre things do you think she's seen and heard that aren't real? By the time she met the Losties, she had huge issues distinguishing real from fantasy, so if she even thought that Jin might be the same guy from 16+ years ago, she probably reminded herself, "You're just crazy."

Also several people have mentioned theories that the whispers are the Losties displaced in time, but that doesn't make sense to me because the Losties can communicate and interact freely with the people in whatever time they have jumped to. Why would they be heard as whispers instead of just regular voices?

I'm also just not buying the other canoe being the O6. Besides, as someone else pointed out, aren't those the same kind of canoe we saw the Others use to get to the smaller island?

Also, why did the Losties even think their motorboat would be there? As soon as they weren't touching it and jumped through time it would be lost to the time they left it on the beach.

I'm waiting to see what happened to Rose and Bernard and the others. Anyone have a theory as to what Sun is about to do with that gun? I'm sure she'll threaten Ben, but can they get back to the island without him?

[booradley]

Both Kate and Evangeline Lilly are total assholes.

That's both rude and annoying. Take your toxicity elsewhere.

[Jupiter]

I am a big science-fiction fan, but the way LOST develops now sucks in my opinion. I loved the show right from the beginning, was excited how everything fitted perfectly together and even bought the DVDs. But with this time travel stuff the writers seem to be overstrained with all the consequences and issues this development is running into. I miss the perfectionism of the early days.

In one case Danielle doesn't seem to remember Jin "because it didn't happen yet" but otherwise Richard Alpert visits young Locke BEFORE Locke gives the compass to him (in the viewers timeline). One event changes the future, the other didn't.

Things you touch travel with you in time? Why should they? What a crappy story-telling... And if I take it: They didn't touch the canoe, their trousers and shoes did. I don't think there will be an explanation for that behaviour.

Hope they didn't travel to the future in the scene with the empty beer cans. Thought the future isn't written yet. How could they act in the present when changing that future was impossible?

The time-travel stuff brought too much elements into the storyline - the writers aren't able to handle all the effects, I think.

The nosebleeding story is boring for me, even if the white-haired lady is Faradays mother is not interesting for me. Maybe she is, maybe she isn't - so what?

Hope the authors will surprise me with some solutions for my questions and will carry on the storyline about the island!

[booradley]

I loved the show right from the beginning, was excited how everything fitted perfectly together and even bought the DVDs.

Dude. You're not committed until you've worn out the DVD's.

In one case Danielle doesn't seem to remember Jin "because it didn't happen yet" but otherwise Richard Alpert visits young Locke BEFORE Locke gives the compass to him (in the viewers timeline).

Richard is different.

Things you touch travel with you in time? Why should they?

No, things which are within the radius with you travel in time, because the electromagnetic events that trigger time travel do not discriminate between animate and inanimate entities.[QUOTE]What a crappy story-telling... [/QUOTEGo away.

And if I take it: They didn't touch the canoe, their trousers and shoes did. I don't think there will be an explanation for that behaviour.

Again, it's not about what they touch.

The time-travel stuff brought too much elements into the storyline - the writers aren't able to handle all the effects, I think.

Or maybe you're not able to handle the effects? I think Lost season 5 is a freaking masterpiece of science fiction writing.

The nosebleeding story is boring for me, even if the white-haired lady is Faradays mother is not interesting for me.

Then, seriously, why are you still watching if you're not interested? Watch Heroes. Those guys don't even try to make sense.

Hope the authors will surprise me with some solutions for my questions and will carry on the storyline about the island!

Huh? Which storyline is that? Isn't the island at the heart of everything that's happened in the last four episodes?

[sharpswifty]

k sory short on time here, so i'll spit it out.. jack finds the bodies in the cave and places the stones with them.... cool huh. it'll be wierd, like he put them there in the past... only to find them later along and bring them back to the past again. i'm assuming that the o6 get caught in the time flashes for a bit when they get back. maybe when they end up stabilizing the island they will be trapped in the past?

[Jupiter]

No, things which are within the radius with you travel in time, because the electromagnetic events that trigger time travel do not discriminate between animate and inanimate entities.

Okay, makes sense...

I think Lost season 5 is a freaking masterpiece of science fiction writing.

So far I also thought so. I hoped from the beginning there will be some science fiction elements within. But maybe we (or I) haven't got enough information so far.

Then, seriously, why are you still watching if you're not interested? Watch Heroes. Those guys don't even try to make sense.

LOL It's only I don't like Farady and Charlotte very much. I'd rather like to see more Ben-stuff and facts revealing some of the islands secrets. BTW, isn't it strange Jack follows Ben without forcing him to tell him more about that "We must return"-thing? Now there would be plenty of time to tell!

[booradley]

Hey, you took that all that really well.