So why were they broadcasting the numbers?
>>218986860it was ghosts
>>218986860basic gestalt?
>>218991502What?
>>218986860just bantz wasn't it?
>>218986860What is this from?
>>218986860So that Hurley would win the lottery and be on the flight, putting them over the weight limit and causing the crash.
>>218991621>mfw they/them doesn’t know the basic gestalt
>>218991728nono anon, the mechanism for "getting on a plane" was Jacob touching you. from that moment on, no matter what you do, your fate is sealedand the crash was caused by magnet malfunction in the swanHOWEVER, prior to flying above the magnet, the plane already was off-course for 4 hours; never explained>I hate that I remember all that meaningless BS
>>218991820Yeah, yeah ok-just explain it
>>218992102>the plane already was off-course for 4 hours; never explainedI'd forgotten about that
>>218986860can someone explain the plot of this show, i don't remember anything
>>218986860the valenzetti equation
>>218986860the whole numbers thing was so unsatisfying, it was supposed to be just their seat numbers (a sad explanation in itself) but those numbers were being passed around for decades IIRC; and why was Hurley cursed by using them, but then when he returned later he was not cursed anymore?
>>218986860the polar bears like it
the numbers were like the number of jesus' top guys or something
>>218995313The numbers aren't actually ever explained. They just say that each number represents some of the survivors who are now candidates to replace Jacob
>>218995422The numbers weren't supposed to have an explanation, they just threw that in there because fans were shitting themselves over it.
>>218992231Too complex. Basic is just a vibe.
>>218995422It was just math magic. They bent reality to make the plot happen. Using math
magnets and a giant butt plug or something
>>218995422>>218997796>>218997866>>218997927I know some people were satisfied by some tidbits thrown at us, but I'm still traumatized by the whole experience, and purposely no longer commit myself to any lore/mystery elements, and just assume by default, that the writers have no fucking idea about anything and don't expect any answers. e.g. Severence
>>218995313once upon a time, there was this magical island (pls don't ask for more, that's as deep as it gets, just near with me). it existed for a long time, and around 1000 or 2000 years ago (don't remember, but this bit was rather specific) two kids became magically entangled with it.one kid became black smoke and was evil. the other became a good wizard... so the black kid (now a man) wanted to kill the white kid, due to some grudge he had (explained, don't remember).but for some reason (referred to as "the ruled", never explained) he couldn't do it directly, his only option was to find some normie guy and convince him to kill the white wizard. just stab him with a regular non-magical dagger, no fuss.both wizards had an ability to magnetize ships, planes, etc onto the island. so, around 200 years ago, the black wizard magnetized a pirate ship onto the island, killed all the porates bar one, gave that one remaining pirate said dagger and sent him to kill the white wizard. he told him whitey was the devil or something like that. but when the pirate sneaked up upon the white wizard, he was like "wait, I'm not the devil, I'm a good guy, don't kill me", and the pirate was OK, sorry.And thus, black wizard's plan was foiled. But he did not give up! In present time (2004), he magnetized a whole plane of people onto the island. That's when the show starts. Over 9000 confusing and pointless things happen (including time travel and zombies, nvm all that), but in the end, one of the characters took a knife and stabbed the white wizard!!!
>>219000325(cont)and so the black smoke wizard was close to complete success, but it turned out the white wizard planned for this and told some characters that they now have to kill the black wizard! and so they did!!! the endsorry for typos and "reddit spacing", am phoneposting, pls no bully
>>218991621newfag
>>219000325>>219000465thanks a lot homie, appreciate it, i remember watching like the first season as a teen and loved it, thinking it was a cool sci-fi show, but they jumped the shark really quick huh
Actually it’s all a metaphor for Epstein Island
>>218995370isn't that from the online stuff only? the ending would've probably been much better if they had followed that explanation line
>>219001627yeah, they'd setup this big is "is this even sci-fi" meta-mystery, but failed to resolve it meaningfully.
>>219002450yes, and if I remember correctly, back when that online stuff was posted, it did make sense, but later seasons contradicted it hard (rendering online games irrelevant)...
>>218986860yearly reminder: two hacks who were writing this shit released an official podcast after each episode, promising fans that all the mysteries will be resolved, sometimes with super-specific promises, like "just wait 2 more seasons for mira furlan flashback episode, where we will address the numbers", and reassuring viewers they do remember the plot and all the details, and then they never kept their promises.and in the final press-release they went>this show was never about the mysteries>you're a fag if you thought sothis was long before shitting on fans in your press-releases was the norm it is today.
>>218991502i thought this was a DVDA lyric but no that's "basalt"
Why doesn’t Hurley ever lose weight? It made no sense, you have to eat over 10,000 cal a day to stay that big…
>>219003443there were at least two whole episodes dedicated to this question
>LOST>Object/Place/Thing: Exists>Writers: prefix it with "The">Skitzos watching: "The Rubbish, is it Dharma related? What does it mean? How is The Rubbish related to The Toilet? Why is The Rubbish there? Is it part of time travel? How will The Locke respond?
>>219003727correct take, but why prefix it then?
You all fucking cried like babies during the finale. Dont lie to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31BVDALhjYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uzw8NiboiM
>>219003727Shut the fuck up Darlton. The Temple was blatantly a Dharma station until it was retconned it into a literal temple with magic evil water (lol).
All the answers we got were complete shit, but I still like the show because of the following:>Locke>Desmond>Ben>DanielAnd thankfully one or more of them are in most episodes.
>>219003180What gets me is the number of people who still fell for it despite the X-Files being fresh in a lot of people's minds when Lost aired. At least the reimagined Battlestar Galactica had the defence of>"well, Ronald D Moore's an excellent writer, so he won't fuck this up, right?"I said in another thread on the subject that it was what caused a lot of my friends to drop out after the first season (despite all enjoying it), and the rest after the second season.
