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Watercooler Talk: Lost people are found

by Keith McDuffee, posted Oct 23rd 2005 12:10PM

lostYeah, yeah, I'm sure there are those of you who are sick to death of hearing people talk about their own theories on Lost, and then there are those of you who get a kick out of it. And yet again, there are some who seem to be sending their every waking hour on it. After watching this past week's episode of the show, as we saw the story of Sun and Jin's meeting, an idea regarding the whole show occurred to me, and I think I'm onto something.


Every episode (at least I think every episode) has centered around one or several characters' back story. These are essentially memories that each of the characters have before their time on the island. But who's to say they are real memories?

Keep in mind how many strange coincidences we've seen in this show. Sawyer in the police station when Boone was there, Jack knowing Desmond, Hurley and the numbers. I'm sure I'm missing a lot more, and there's no doubt more coming. And then there are all of the numbers references -- they're everywhere! And they are all somehow in all of these peoples' lives, one way or another.

My theory -- and this is most likely not a new one -- is that the memories these people have are false ones. The plane never crashed, it was just placed there that way. Everyone remembers the plane crashing, but it never really did. Hurley never won the lottery. Jack never met Desmond at the stadium. Kate never ran from the law. While many believe that these people are in an otherworldly place, a place that is mystical and in some ways impossible, it's actually the lives they believe they had that are false and unreal.

And what of the numbers present everywhere? They're a mistake. It's a anomaly left over in whatever method used to implant the false memories in these people. Sort of like the unicorn in Blade Runner, I guess.

In case you haven't seen it yet, it's been confirmed that the Dharma symbol can be seen on a piece of the plane, way back at the beginning of season one. I think that's something that also lends credence to this theory, if you ask me. Is there a flaw in my thinking on this?

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BOZZZ

#7 i have read many posts about people saying it might not be 2004/2005 on the island and its probly in the future because they never said the date...in season 1 when kate is reading the letter sawyer had on him she realized it was him who wrote the letter becauce of the stamp....it was from the bicentenial 1976 and she said sawyer could have only been 8 or 9...that would make him about 37-38 on the island....if it was 10years in the future from now like most had been saying it would mean he is close to 50

November 28 2005 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sarah gilbert

Zaffudo, I don't think the skills are incompatible with this theory; after all, it could be that (for instance) a doctor signed up for this experience - his life just wasn't quite as interesting as Jack's ;)

November 23 2005 at 7:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Zaffudo

The only thing I don't like about the memories being implanted is the fact that certain people on the island have some pretty specific and useful skills. I mean, where does Jack's medical expertise come from? Knowledge and experience are two drastically different things. Just giving someone the medical knowledge of a doctor doesn't give them the ability to be one.

November 06 2005 at 5:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BubbaCoop

Even The Village is a reasonable comparison. Especially when you consider there may be a few people on the island who really know the truth.

November 06 2005 at 11:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ErricZ

If you have seen other pics of the place, you can tell it is a Dharma logo -- possibly one we just haven't been introduced. I wouldn't be so quick to write it off just yet.

November 03 2005 at 2:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TheDude

There was also, "Total Recall" if you all have forgotten....The Governator, Sharon Stone...

October 25 2005 at 3:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Skippy

Hey Patrick, I agree that the logos don't seem to be quite exact, but look at this shot from the Dharma orientation video. http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1384/symbol8vc.jpg It looks like the Oceanic logo on the bookshelf. Sure, maybe that's a stretch too, but you never know. Time will tell I guess! :-)

October 25 2005 at 2:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Skippy

No too unlike the movie Dark City (see it now, it's good), except that aliens were involved, but the memory implants are a similar idea.

October 24 2005 at 3:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rico

Also covered in a very fine film called "Dark City", which dealt with an alien race kidnapping a city's worth of humans, then altering their memories every night, specifically to see how their behavior changed the following morning. They wanted to figure out what made humans "human", and by fundamentally changing their personalities and personal histories, were able to see in the human psyche. Really good movie.

October 24 2005 at 10:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Cain

Have you considered another famous science fiction movie... The Matrix? I have also read somewhere that one of the creators said (in effect) don't necessarily believe that this story is set in 2004/05. It could be set way in the future and this is some sort of virtual reality. Could be a therapy that once they deal with their issues (like Boone), they die or exit the therapy.

October 24 2005 at 8:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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