The Swan Station Secrets

[DickieCrickitts]

The Swan Station was apparently built in order to hide a major accident that perhaps the original Dharma people created. The accident created an electromagnetic field of such magnitude that the only way to manage it is to discharge the build up every 108 minutes before it gets too big, thus the system of pushing the button was created. If the electomagnetic field gets too big, it sucks everything in, much like a black hole. Pushing the button every 108 minutes is literally saving the world (or the particular world of the island).


It has also been mentioned that Amelia Earhart might be the old woman in the book club that knocks on the door to Juliette's house. The common thread through the show is how people got to the island: usually by plane crash, balloon crash, or ship wreck. This reminds me of the Burmuda Triangle effect. I wonder if the island is some sort of portal or time warp area?

ALso, on the Season 2 extras bonus material on the dvd, there is a segment where Carlton is explaining the phenomenon of "Six Degrees of Separation", which is that you are connected to at least six other random people in the world through coincidence, paths crossing, or relationships. Nothing is really a coincidence, but designed by some intelligence.

Putting these three concepts together, I think LOST is exploring the idea of some sort of portal in our world that leads us to another world (ala "somewhere over the rainbow") where we (the characters on the show) are forced to confront the relationships of random people who are in our lives for a reason. The Dharma Initiative may have been studying this very effect, trying to understand it, and have somehow harnessed the portal into the other world, and control it via the Swan Station.

What do you guys think?

[Fernando]

Originally Posted by DickieCrickitts

It has also been mentioned that Amelia Earhart might be the old woman in the book club that knocks on the door to Juliette's house.

Personally I stopped reading after this, 'Cause themisfit started this.. And that guy is a joke.


But, That's just me.

[DickieCrickitts]

Who's that guy? I'm new to this board so I don't know whats the latest.

I don't know who that old woman is, but I do think there are interesting things going on with the hatches, electromagnetism, and experiments with time, the weather, and altering the parameters of the equation.

[tailhook]

Originally Posted by DickieCrickitts

The Swan Station was apparently built in order to hide a major accident that perhaps the original Dharma people created. The accident created an electromagnetic field of such magnitude that the only way to manage it is to discharge the build up every 108 minutes before it gets too big, thus the system of pushing the button was created. If the electomagnetic field gets too big, it sucks everything in, much like a black hole. Pushing the button every 108 minutes is literally saving the world (or the particular world of the island).

You misunderstand. The Swan was doing experiments with electromagnetism. My personal theory is they were using electromagnetism to 'cage' the smoke monsters. Like a zoo for smoke. The problem is that after it was setup some of the material inside escaped causing the incident and people to die and all that jazz. As a result, the generators were generating a field larger than was needed causing a progressively larger magnetic field. As a result... they provided a method whereby the excess charge could be shed safely and tied that to the numbers. They also put in the failsafe which would physically destroy the capability of the generators to generate a magnetic field should the process go into a runaway state, releasing everything those magnetic fields were containing..

Originally Posted by DickieCrickitts

It has also been mentioned that Amelia Earhart might be the old woman in the book club that knocks on the door to Juliette's house.

Not buying this one just yet :P.

-TH

[tjxp]

Originally Posted by tailhook

My personal theory is they were using electromagnetism to 'cage' the smoke monsters. Like a zoo for smoke. The problem is that after it was setup some of the material inside escaped causing the incident and people to die and all that jazz. As a result, the generators were generating a field larger than was needed causing a progressively larger magnetic field.
-TH

Interesting theory. What exactly do you mean when you say 'some sort of material' and why would the generators have to generate a field larger than was necessary because of this?