Overall Story

thattolleyguy · 05-22-2009, 11:07 AM

I recently was listening to an interview with Damon Lindelof where he talking about the series as a whole and something he said stuck out to me. He said, "People are focused on the island. We are focused on the story. The island is just where it takes place." (That's not an exact quote but it was something to that effect). So here's my question: What is that story? Instead of focusing on individual theories about small things, what is the overall story?

Here's what we know: People crash land on this weird island with strange properties, a smoke monster, and polar bears. A lot of these people die, but a few of them survive and end up travelling back in time. We've learned that there are two beings, Jacob and friend that have differing opinions not so much about good and evil but more about human nature. So why did these people crash? I think it has to do with solving that dispute over human nature. Everything else, the numbers, Dharma, time travel and everything is only there to help solve this dispute. I think that's what we'll see happen in Season 6.

I don't know why I felt like sharing this, but it makes more sense in my head and I wanted to get other people's comments. Why do you think they crashed? How are they going to help solve this dispute?

g8rfan · 05-23-2009, 08:24 AM

The title of the show says it all. These people are lost, in every way. Even after they were rescued, they were still lost. They need to find their purpose, which seems to have something to do with Jacob’s goal of proving humanity’s worth. Jacob has been bringing people to the island for centuries for this reason and has failed each time. He’s been making some odd choices (IMO) – a slave ship, the US Army. It may be part of a broader plan. I don’t think he brought Dharma to the island. They used science to find it themselves.

It’s interesting that Darlton is now saying that the island is just a place. When the show started, they said it was a character. Perhaps that’s just an early writing technique considering how little was known at the time.

Time travel is another overall theme of the show. The use of flashbacks in the beginning was a form of time travel, if only for the audience. They eased us into it with Desmond’s flashes, a 20 minute late rocket and a day early dead freighter doctor. ‘Time’ has got to have something to do with how it ends.

Getting back to Jacob, there is a theme to those he has brought to the island, they are self-destructive. Slavers, H-bomb testers and a slew of lost souls who are responsible for their past predicaments.

How all of this will come together is anyone’s guess. I found it interesting, though, that in the same episode where Esau says “it always ends the same,” Bernard and Rose show up living Jacob’s example. Hmmm. They’re not lost anymore.

05-22-2009, 11:07 AM	#1
thattolleyguy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 25	Overall Story I recently was listening to an interview with Damon Lindelof where he talking about the series as a whole and something he said stuck out to me. He said, "People are focused on the island. We are focused on the story. The island is just where it takes place." (That's not an exact quote but it was something to that effect). So here's my question: What is that story? Instead of focusing on individual theories about small things, what is the overall story? Here's what we know: People crash land on this weird island with strange properties, a smoke monster, and polar bears. A lot of these people die, but a few of them survive and end up travelling back in time. We've learned that there are two beings, Jacob and friend that have differing opinions not so much about good and evil but more about human nature. So why did these people crash? I think it has to do with solving that dispute over human nature. Everything else, the numbers, Dharma, time travel and everything is only there to help solve this dispute. I think that's what we'll see happen in Season 6. I don't know why I felt like sharing this, but it makes more sense in my head and I wanted to get other people's comments. Why do you think they crashed? How are they going to help solve this dispute?

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05-23-2009, 08:24 AM	#2
g8rfan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 158	The title of the show says it all. These people are lost, in every way. Even after they were rescued, they were still lost. They need to find their purpose, which seems to have something to do with Jacob’s goal of proving humanity’s worth. Jacob has been bringing people to the island for centuries for this reason and has failed each time. He’s been making some odd choices (IMO) – a slave ship, the US Army. It may be part of a broader plan. I don’t think he brought Dharma to the island. They used science to find it themselves. It’s interesting that Darlton is now saying that the island is just a place. When the show started, they said it was a character. Perhaps that’s just an early writing technique considering how little was known at the time. Time travel is another overall theme of the show. The use of flashbacks in the beginning was a form of time travel, if only for the audience. They eased us into it with Desmond’s flashes, a 20 minute late rocket and a day early dead freighter doctor. ‘Time’ has got to have something to do with how it ends. Getting back to Jacob, there is a theme to those he has brought to the island, they are self-destructive. Slavers, H-bomb testers and a slew of lost souls who are responsible for their past predicaments. How all of this will come together is anyone’s guess. I found it interesting, though, that in the same episode where Esau says “it always ends the same,” Bernard and Rose show up living Jacob’s example. Hmmm. They’re not lost anymore.