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vaionaita love drug Sep 14, 2010 1:28 AM love is the hardest drug to quit, but it is even harder when it is taken away.

Whiplash What Will Happen, Will Happen May 25, 2010 8:41 AM One of the most common complaints that I've heard about the LOST finale was that we didn't find out what happened to Hurley, Ben, Desmond, Claire, Kate, Sawyer, Miles, Frank and Richard afterwards. I know that Darlton left the ending open to interpretation, and I've been giving this a lot of thought. So here is my interpretation of how those characters ended up. I'd like to hear your thoughts as well. Hurley became the new Jacob for many, many long years. But instead of being mysterious like Jacob, he was very direct. He could leave the island at times, just like Jacob could. He let the island inhabitants come and go at will as well. And then, when it was time for Hurley to find his replacement, instead of orchestrating a plane crash, he just found the candidates and was very direct with them. "Dude, do you want to protect a magic island for the next millennium?" Ben became the new Richard. He helped Hurley protect the island and finally found a degree of peace by being able to remain on the island that he loved. But he never forgave himself for allowing Alex to get killed, for killing Locke, or for all the other wrongdoings he did. Desmond left the island, because Hurley allowed it. He spent the rest of his life happily with Penny and little Charlie. Kate brought Claire back and helped her get to know Aaron again. Claire eventually lost the crazy and became a pretty good mom to Aaron. She and Kate stayed close. Kate also stayed close to Sawyer but they never had a romantic relationship. Instead, she helped him reconnect with Cassidy and he met his daughter Clementine. He and Miles were good friends for many, many years. Miles continued to read deaths for money, but did it for the cops instead of for selfish reasons. Frank said "Eff this, I'm retiring." But I can't figure out what happened to Richard . I kind of think that he moved to the mountains somewhere and just lived the rest of his life in a little cottage, basically alone, but at peace. What do you think happened to the characters?

BuzzSugar Let's Get Lost: "What They Died For" Recap May 19, 2010 4:00 AM It's coming! In case the finality of Lost hasn't quite hit you yet, this week's episode surely does the trick. While Flocke continues his vengeful rampage (more deaths!), Jacob returns to discuss matters with our four remaining Oceanic survivors — Jack, Sawyer, Kate, and Hurley. As the title suggests, he explains to the gang what Sayid, Sun, and Jin died for, which means we have a few explanations nicely spelled out for us. It was great to see the major players again after last week ; plus Miles, Richard, and Ben are back on the scene after their hiatus. I'm dying for this Sunday's finale, but before we get ahead of ourselves, let's try to fully understand this one. Just . The episode opens with a close up of Jack's eye — just like the pilot of the show did six seasons ago. We're in the sideways, and he walks over to the bathroom mirror (mirror reference!) to realize he's bleeding at his neck, exactly like when he was on the plane earlier this season. His son enters the room to mention his piano concert later that evening, and they go to eat breakfast where Claire shows up. Finally, it seems that Jack has some semblance of a family, which sort of made me all warm inside. Jack receives a call that Oceanic has located his father's coffin, but — surprise! — it's Desmond on the end of the line. Desmond is trying to bring all of the passengers together, and he mysteriously knows exactly where each of them are going to be. Who is tipping him off? Or perhaps he knows because of his ability to time travel when he has a constant. He tries to run over Locke again in the school parking lot, until Ben intervenes. When he does, Desmond hits Ben until he has a flashback (or sideflash?), and he tells Ben that he wasn't trying to kill Locke; he was only trying to help him let go (the same thing Jack told Locke after his surgery). Once Ben relays the story to Locke (after staring in a mirror ), Ben and Locke both start believing in these strange coincidences. Locke even returns to Jack at the hospital to tell him that he'd like to try the surgery. Ben, Miles, and Richard are back! Were they really walking in the jungle this entire time? Seems so and Ben is leading them to the rundown camp where he says he's hiding C4 to blow up the plane. Outside of the compound, Miles starts hearing things, which Richard tells Ben is Alex. Spooky. Ben seems unfazed, and they enter his old house, where he's keeping the explosives in a secret closet...a closet that just so happens to have a mysterious passageway to summon the smoke monster? Then, Zoe and Widmore arrive on the scene. Widmore explains to Ben that he's carrying out Jacob's orders. Ben doesn't believe him, so when Flocke shows up, Ben leads Flocke straight to him (in return for Flocke's promise to later give Ben the island). Flocke kills Zoe (and chucks Richard into a tree), and then he asks Widmore to tell him why he's there; otherwise, he says, he'll kill Penelope. Widmore says it's to bring Desmond to the island because of his resistance to electromagnetism. He leans in to whisper further details to Flocke, but before we find out what they are, Ben shoots Widmore to get revenge for Alex's death, saying that Widmore doesn't get to save his owndaughter. Looks like Ben is fully on team Flocke now, as he offers to kill others for him, too. Kate's still getting over her gunshot wound from the submarine, so Jack has to do some handiwork with a needle — again, a direct reference to the pilot where Kate sewed up Jack's wound with thread. They agree that they have to kill Flocke, so they set out to find Desmond. On the way, Hurley spots the young boy in the jungle again. The kid asks for the ashes from when Jacob died, so Hurley hands them over, but then takes off after the child. Once he comes to a clearing, we see Jacob by a campfire — Jacob is the boy, after all! He tells Hurley that his ashes are in the fire, and once it goes out, he'll be gone. After Hurley's brief encounter, the entire group comes across Jacob later. He explains that he blames himself for how Flocke is, that he made him that way (no doubt, when he threw him into the water with the magical cave). Because of this, one of them has to take over for Jacob and protect the light at the center of the island. He says that he chose each of them because they were lonely like him and not leading happy lives. As for Kate, the reason her name was crossed off is because she became a mother to Aaron! Jack offers to take the responsibility as Jacob's replacement — yeah, like we didn't see that coming — and the two men walk off together. Returning to the sideways, Desmond turns himself in for Locke's hit and run. Naturally, I presumed it was to get close to Sawyer to show him the visions, but I totally forgot that Kate and Sayid are under Sawyer's watch, too. Desmond gets locked up with both of them, and they move the three to a county jail. En route, Desmond tells them that if they do him a favor, he can help both of them get free. Thinking Desmond's crazy, Kate and Sayid agree, and the police van stops, the exit door opens, and Ana Lucia(!) is the cop letting them go. Desmond pays her off with Hurley's money, and Hurley shows up to help orchestrate the break. Sayid leaves with Hurley, and Kate with Desmond — to the same concert that Jack and his son are attending. Sounds like some major stuff is going to go down when we get to that recital in the finale. Any guesses as to where Sayid is going with Hurley though? Did they maybe find Shannon, and are taking him to her?! Guess who else gets together in the sideways world — Ben and Danielle Rousseau! Alex offers to give Ben a ride home, and invites him to dinner with her mom. Danielle tells Ben that Alex's father died around the time she was born (just like on the island), and that Ben is the closest thing she has to a dad. Ben gets choked up, but I'm curious if we're going to see a romance between Danielle and Ben. The scene kind of hinted that it's a possibility, and we know that there's an unexpected romance in the pipeline . Or perhaps Ben was just staring intently at Danielle because he vaguely recognizes her from the island? When Jack and Jacob are alone by the creek, Jacob goes into the same ritual we saw with his fake mother last week. He says a blessing over the water and has Jack drink it, then telling him "now you're like me" — the same thing fake mom said. Jack is officially the new Jacob, but I'm still wondering what will happen if the light does go out? We've had it somewhat explained, but the details are still unclear. Also, why can you only see the cave with the light if you've sipped the water (or if you're brought to it by someone who has)? Flocke leads Ben to the well where he left Desmond. Only thing is, it appears that someone helped him escape. If it's not Jack and that group, who is it? Flocke is actually happy about this news, however. He reveals to Ben what Widmore whispered to him — that Desmond was a fail-safe in case Flocke killed all of the candidates. Flocke says he wants to find Desmond so he can help him do the one thing he couldn't do himself, which is destroy the island. My guess is this somehow involves electromagnets. So there you have it — we got a few answers, but there are still plenty of looming questions left over for the finale this Sunday. Something tells me that we'll never learn the truth about everything , though (the show has to keep some mystery). Do you think Jack will succeed in killing Flocke? Or will he be stuck spending the rest of his days warding him off? As for the sideways, I can't wait to see his ex-wife. We know she's going to be at the concert, and this build-up for her reveal better mean that she's a huge surprise. Tell me what you thought about the episode in the comments below or in the Lost Fans group in the Buzz Community. Photo copyright 2010 ABC, Inc.

mikeventi Numbers, Smoke Monsters, Ages of Man and the LOST Journey May 6, 2010 1:28 PM First, consider the numbers, 4,8,15,16,23,42. You can render them pointless, or try to find a reason for them. What I’ve found, is that each number (and subsequently the character), corresponds to a chemical element represented on the periodic table not exactly a “candidate” system. I’ll come back to why that is important. Hesiod outlined the Ages of Man in ‘Works and Days’ , which was thought to be the stages of human existence. The origin of the universe is believed to be at the Big Bang, which essentially created the most fundamental and abundant element, Hydrogen. The island becomes the electron and in turn, “Hydra Island” becomes the nucleus it is revolving around. It wasn’t until I went back and watched that I noticed that island is always moving in relation to Hydra. This is really when the roots of western philosophy were planted. When you start to draw parallels between the Golden Age and the story-lines on Lost, you start to make sense of the theory that, existence developed along a single line (string), and the our consciousness developed with that initial frame of reference. These parallels can relate everything to the conflict of man. Following Hesiod’s timeline, it essential morphs from Homer’s work, The Illiad, and The Odyssey through the beginning of the Bronze Age. In the Bronze Age, man came undone, it was war, violence, and “left no named spirits but dwell in Hades.’ Homer’s myth is built upon by Ovid in ‘Metamorphoses,’ but he outlines four, not five, stages. They meet again on what is the Iron Age. Through each of these ages, human consciousness develops further, becoming more complex. We go further, we dig deeper, and ultimately we become the biggest threat to evolution. It is also interesting to note that, it is in this period Zeus’s Xenia, a social contract between guest and host, begins to be ignored. This is where I think the true story of Lost communes. The promo for next week, essentially consisted of two clips. One is of Locke playing backgammon with Walt. The other, Jacob playing backgammon with “MiB.” This was significant in that it shed some light on the conflict between the two, and why it’s important. Because ultimately I think the show is a game of backgammon, though only through metaphor. They are using the people that come to the island as pieces, and using the scientific properties of the island itself as the game board. I think what will be revealed is as things evolved layers were built on to the island representing the evolution of certain religious and philosophical beliefs (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Buddhist). At some point man discovered the island and began investigating its scientific property and uncovered these layers. And as man does, naturally tries to corrupt in when greed takes over. As they did, we stopped moving along the string, and starting looping on a circle, each loop started by an intentional or unintentional event. Beginning the game. When Ben turned the wheel to move the island, he dislodged it from space/time, no longer progressing along the string, but in a circle. Locke stopped it and put it back on course by turning it, and we were in 1977. Interestingly enough, the wheel they are turning looks an awful lot like the Dharmacakra, a symbol that represents dharma, Buddha’s teaching of the path to enlightenment. Arrive Kate, Jack, Hurley, Sayid, and The Incident. This is the key to understanding the “sideways” split (or alpha-beta). Jacob and “MiB” are neither good nor bad. Though I’m not sure “MiB” is as excited to be playing the game, Jacob certainly has a point to prove. Jacob is the romanticist, “MiB” is the realist. Jacob uses influence, ecstasy, faith, as well as murder to play his game. His ultimate goal is progressing and improving. “MiB” is not what he seems on the surface. He uses fear, murder (though not for sport), rationality as a weapon, and greed to get what he wants. As much as he seems, he is mostly indifferent to the ultimate outcome, but does believe that corruption is inevitable. He feels betrayed easily. Jacob isn’t particularly fond of people leaving the island, after all, the only reason why people never left was because the “Island” didn’t want it. They are both manipulative. They are the personification of the Greek Gods Dionysus and Hades. As Heraclitus says 'Hades and Dionysus, for whom they go mad and rage, are one and the same.’ Though, it’s up to your own interpretations of what that means, they represent the religious archetype of the underworld. This can be ‘Hell’ in the religious sense, or just represent the negativity in man. The distinction between the two is what the show does so well. If you want to quantify it with any religious significance, it’s there. For my purposes, I approach it in the abundant scientific sense. After all, it was only the evolution of our minds that developed the idea of religion and faith. In backgammon, as with most similar games, is about strategic, calculated moves and risks. This plot can be further developed with the study of the opening theory. A popular method starts with the game tree. A game tree is essentially a map of all possible moves starting at the initial position. A subset of the game tree can also be used in the same way, using alpha-beta pruning (which can be subsequently applied in many other games). Alpha-beta pruning, simply stated, says that if you have two possible moves, one should be eliminated if you can find any reason why it is worse. An extension of this, and one that becomes increasingly evident in the Lost story is the killer hueristic approach. This is a move both Jacob and “MiB” consider often. The theory behind a killer move is when you have to make a move, if the same move produced a cut off in another branch of the tree, it’s likely to do the same, cutting off that branch. As an example, this could be a motivation for Jacob to exterminate the DHARMA camps. So, we have the H-bomb, Jack is intent on blowing it up, which resets the game. This nuclear event, is where the storyline splits. Quite literally, it cause a split in the atoms that make up the reason they are there in the first place. The Hydrogen bomb caused a nuclear reaction, or, nuclear fission, splitting our characters in two. Nuclear fission splits an atom into smaller, lighter elements. The psychological changes in our characters in the “sideways” timeline are a result of this. Each of the Oceanic 6 are represented by the atomic makeup which is the islands way of drawing them in and provides there ultimate purpose for being there. Each one of these elements have certain magnetic properties that can attract or repel magnetic fields. This is where Desmond comes in. Desmond is 24, or Chromium. Chromium is unique in its ability to transform magnetic states. Basically Desmond's role is trying to fuse the separate elements. There was a chemist by the name of Marie Curie. One of her achievements was discovering Radium, which is an alkaline earth metal that is almost pure white, but it oxidizes when it hits air, then turns black. It decays into radon which is a heavy gas. Radium is highly radioactive and can cause great harm if it replaces calcium in the bones. She went crazy when her husband died. She was born in 1876. When it became imperative that the Oceanic Six return to the island, it was Locke’s death that would ultimately bring them back. What wasn’t clear at the time was Locke’s suicide attempt would have never worked. Ben killing Locke brings his body back to the island, but this also becomes the “MiB” loophole. When Radium is combined with beryllium, it becomes a neutron source for physics experiments. This gives him a friendly face, which he uses to manipulate Ben into killing Jacob. Despite his claims, “MiB” couldn’t kill them. The purpose of the submarine bomb was exactly as Jack said, he wanted them to kill each other. Charles Widmore is using Desmond to transverse space/time to produce the energy needed for a nuclear fusion, bringing together the split atoms. Because the atoms are lighter and weaker when split, they are more susceptible to radioactive decay. The ‘sickness’ is presumably radiation poison on the island. The weaknesses off of the island, is a result of weaker elements. Because I don’t feel like typing anymore, just some random notes: Dionysus’s mother Semele fell on a sword into a pit of fire, and the statue was built over it The periods of the periodic table interestingly are related to the ages of man, the last of which, depending on whose framework, would have Kwon. Which led me to... It was never Jin or Sun. Ji Yeon was born before Sun came back to the island, so she didn’t go back with the others to 1977. It is also why they could die. Ji Yeon is 42. Follow me on Twitter while I continue to build on this @mikeventi or http://twitter.com/mikeventi

BuzzSugar Which Lost Character Do You Love More: Charlie or Sayid? May 5, 2010 4:30 PM It's already round two in my bracket to find the best Lost character of all time , and it's coming down to some of the toughest matchups ever. Earlier this week I debated the pros and cons of Kate and Richard , and now I've got a faceoff that's even harder: Charlie and Sayid! Below, check out the differences in the characters, and after you've made your choice, vote accordingly in the bracket . You could end up winning an amazing Lost prize pack! Name Backstory Badass Moments Seasons Romantic Appeal Achilles' Heel Sayid Jarrah Former member of Iraqi Republican Guard who left it all for love. Can inflict torture without flinching, is definition of badass. All six Betrayed his country to save the woman he loved his whole life, Nadia. Turned evil in his reanimated state. Charlie Pace Bassist and songwriter for rock band Drive Shaft, reformed drug addict. Saved Jack from a cave-in, saved Aaron from Danielle, sacrificed himself to save everyone else. Died in season three, but showed up briefly in seasons four and six. Fell in love with Claire on the island, realized she's his soulmate in the sideways world. Better known for his mistakes than acts of heroism.

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