On Feb 29, 3:34=A0pm, masonReloaded <jonmason1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Feb 29, 11:14 am, Captain Infinity <Infin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm not going to actually call it because it seems too soon, but it
feel=
s like
> > when future conversations roll around to "When did LOST jump the
shark?"=
the
> > episode "The Constant" may be the one most people will point to.
=A0Why?=
=A0Because
> > last nights episode took a stark turn into another dimension. =A0Up to
n=
ow, LOST
> > has been mysterious, spooky, and on-the-verge of Sci-Fi but just
dipping=
its
> > toes, but "The Constant" plunges it firmly into the SF genre.
>
> <snip>
> While I dont agree with all of your points - the whole "Faraday has
> built a machine that can send animal consciousness through time" was a
> little bit jarring and a bit too "Twilight Zone/Outer Limits" style
> compared to the show previously - which has hinted at that kind of
> wierd stuff going on, but never explicitly stated how/why stuff has
> happened. =A0Though really, given that the show is entering the home
> stretch and explanations will need to be given, I would expect more,
> not less, of this type of thing happening - ie - explanations of the
> Smoke Monster, the healing powers of the island etc.
I think it helps if you read other sources about the show to have all
of it make sense. Faraday is merely proving one of Einstein's
theories, which certainly doesn't have a science fiction background.
In fact, as we speak, scientists are able to levitate small objects by
manipulating the force between two objects (Casimir Effect). Again,
no science fiction. And we are certainly receiving answers about the
show if you're paying attention, like explaining how the plane got
there in the first place -- remember how they were off course, in a
storm for a while, etc? It's kinda like that helicopter ride, huh?
The Island has Black Rock (not the ****p, but the element), which has
its own magnetic properties. You'll have to wait to see how it all
pulls together with the hatch explosion, Smokey, Jacob, etc.
When the producers said that this all can be explained using science,
they aren't necessarily referring to common-knowledge items on the
high school level. Many of the "weird" things happening on the island
do have roots to things that can be explained on a mathematical level,
but haven't actually been proven due to our scientific limitations.
To see Faraday conducting the experiment with the rat is plausible,
but is certainly done quite liberally. After all, this IS a TV
drama!
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