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a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
Originally posted by m1sT3rL
Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.
I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.
OK, check this out: remember at the end of the episode, where Ben awakens to see Locke, and Locke says, "Welcome back to the land of the living?" Well, someone did some digging and found that there is a mythical place in Celtic culture known as "The Land of the Living" that is a sort of Otherworld. "Land of the Living" is hardly a unique phrase, so it could be nothing, but check out the qualities of this mythical place:
-It is located on an island that is always moving
-Its inhabitants do not age or get sick
-time behaves differently there relative to the rest of the world
-home to the Parthelonians, who are descendants of the God of the Underworld -- they had godlike abilities, and were said to live in an alternate existence that was in the same dimension as, but invisible to, humans
-It is also known as the Land of the Happy Dead, and it is a place that people return to after they die -- and because it was eternal, people would be buried in really nice shoes, since they were going to be there for a while
One thing that fits, but doesn't entirely fit, was the idea that you could be reborn from the island back into the mortal world, but you'd forget everything that happened to you in the Land of the Living. Half-point on that one.
Lost is tough to keep up with. No wonder the hour before the current week's episode has the prior week's episode with explanations scrolling across the bottom to avoid confusion.
Tell me about it.. I missed quite a few episodes in Season 4.... now I think I'll need to re-watch the entire 4 before I can begin to enjoy 5.
OK, check this out: remember at the end of the episode, where Ben awakens to see Locke, and Locke says, "Welcome back to the land of the living?" Well, someone did some digging and found that there is a mythical place in Celtic culture known as "The Land of the Living" that is a sort of Otherworld. "Land of the Living" is hardly a unique phrase, so it could be nothing, but check out the qualities of this mythical place:
-It is located on an island that is always moving
-Its inhabitants do not age or get sick
-time behaves differently there relative to the rest of the world
-home to the Parthelonians, who are descendants of the God of the Underworld -- they had godlike abilities, and were said to live in an alternate existence that was in the same dimension as, but invisible to, humans
-It is also known as the Land of the Happy Dead, and it is a place that people return to after they die -- and because it was eternal, people would be buried in really nice shoes, since they were going to be there for a while
One thing that fits, but doesn't entirely fit, was the idea that you could be reborn from the island back into the mortal world, but you'd forget everything that happened to you in the Land of the Living. Half-point on that one.
Some pretty cool parallels there, IMO.
Brilliant find mate. Sure is some parellels. Love it!!
OK, check this out: first, there are some screencaps of the hieroglyphics from the temple here, as well as a closeup up of the stuff we probably care most about here. That figure looks an awful lot like Anubis, who also bears a striking resemblance to the figure in the four-toed statue.
Anubis is served by Ammit, a creature that devours the souls of those judged unworthy by Anubis. Although feared and considered a demon by some, Ammit is ultimately either good (for her role in destroying evil) or neutral, as she has no independent will. When Locke was nearly dragged underground by the monster way back when he referred to it as "beautiful" -- could this be a situation where Smokey is a creatue analagous to Ammit, and Locke is the only one that can see it as it really is, as a force of good?
The Wikipedia description of Ammit isn't exactly on all fours, particularly from a physical standpoint, but it does seem similar in terms of its role. Maybe Smokey is like Annubis and Ammit rolled into one -- both the judge, and executioner?
OK, check this out: first, there are some screencaps of the hieroglyphics from the temple here, as well as a closeup up of the stuff we probably care most about here. That figure looks an awful lot like Anubis, who also bears a striking resemblance to the figure in the four-toed statue.
Anubis is served by Ammit, a creature that devours the souls of those judged unworthy by Anubis. Although feared and considered a demon by some, Ammit is ultimately either good (for her role in destroying evil) or neutral, as she has no independent will. When Locke was nearly dragged underground by the monster way back when he referred to it as "beautiful" -- could this be a situation where Smokey is a creatue analagous to Ammit, and Locke is the only one that can see it as it really is, as a force of good?
The Wikipedia description of Ammit isn't exactly on all fours, particularly from a physical standpoint, but it does seem similar in terms of its role. Maybe Smokey is like Annubis and Ammit rolled into one -- both the judge, and executioner?
Well, if you look close enough (and used pause ), you can see Jack in front of a chalkboard, with a lot of stuff about Egyiptians in the preview for the next episode. So, the Egyiptian connection is definitely right.
Totally burnt out on this. Watched the first 3 ep'is and never came back. I started watching American Idol instead, sad to say that holds my interest more.
Totally burnt out on this. Watched the first 3 ep'is and never came back. I started watching American Idol instead, sad to say that holds my interest more.
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