Lost thoughts

POSTED BY: bikisdad
UPDATED: Friday, January 14, 2005 14:31
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BIKISDAD

Thursday, October 7, 2004 6:22 PM

Has anyone else noticed the odd pattern to the rain on this show? Whenever it starts to rain, it's an immediate downpour, like someone suddenly turned on a switch. Similarly, when the rain stops, there's no slow reduction in intensity, just a sudden cessation - again as if someone flipped a switch. It seems that the environment that the castaways are in may be artificial!

Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.

SOULOFSERENITY

Thursday, October 7, 2004 7:22 PM

I'm gonna be nice to anyone who hasn't seen the show yet and spoilerize my answer, even though it won't really ruin anything!

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Exactly! Like when the father told his son that he would go look for the dog when it stopped raining, and right after he said that, the rain stopped!

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But if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you.

MAUGWAI

Thursday, October 7, 2004 8:09 PM

I think that's the answer to what the monster is in the first place:

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The rain stopped as soon as the father said he'd look for the dog if the rain stopped. The boy was looking at a comic book in the second half of the pilot, and on one of the pages there was a polar bear. Then, lo and behold, one pops out of the woods. The environment complied with the boy's thoughts.

I think the thing in the woods is the dark side of humanity. Like that game Terry O'Quinn was playing. There's a light side and a dark side to everyone and everything.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

WYDRAZ

Thursday, October 7, 2004 9:03 PM

I think so too. Shades of Forbidden Planet... remember the Monster there, what it feeds on? Ooo, this show is so thought provoking!

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HAKEN

Thursday, October 7, 2004 11:54 PM

I'm sure a lot of what you see in Lost isn't real, but as odd as this may sound, that happens a lot here in Hawaii. It's because the rainclouds are very localized and they move along very quickly.

JEBBYPAL

Friday, October 8, 2004 12:06 AM

Echoing what Haken said here. Storms on tropical islands and rain forests tend to be very intense and then stop quickly. Also both get an insane amount of rain, as in it generally rains for a bit each day though not always quite as hard.

The Strawberry Monkey who defends tight pants everywhere!

AMRCANPOET

Friday, October 8, 2004 12:18 AM

Not to double-post, but I just saw this thread after I made mine!

Check-out my "Lost" Community www.lost-paradise.net

Right now we're discussing just this point, but slight more in-depth (since it's the only thing we talk about there!).

WYDRAZ

Friday, October 8, 2004 12:22 AM

It's not the suddenness of the rain, it's the TIMING that has me interested. I've seen that sort of rain in the caribbean, but it never stopped when I needed it to!

Oh, and play Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. http://digital-eel.com/sais

MANIACNUMBERONE

Friday, October 8, 2004 12:54 AM

To me it sounded like Haken was saying that due to quick-moving localized rainclouds you will often see things in your environment (Hawaii) that aren't really there.

Lost Rocks!

MELEAUX

Friday, October 8, 2004 1:22 AM

About the weather... Don't forget that Charlie mentioned the errie suddeness of it. What did he call it? "End of the world type weather." There is definetley something more to it than typical tropical paradise stuff.

She understands, she doesn't comprehend

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