Way OT: tangled web on "Lost"

I've never watched the show, but you have me intrigued by the images in the smoke. Could you post a link to the pictures please?

Gemini

Gemini said:

Sure! Link's at the bottom. Not sure it'll make much sense if you haven't watched the show, but the scene was kind of like this:

When he was young, Eko (the Nigerian man in most of the shots) had a group of militant men come into his village and grab an old man. They also grabbed Eko's younger brother, put a gun into his hands, and told him that he had to shoot the old man. Eko's brother was terrified, but Eko grabbed the gun and shot the man, knowing he was saving his younger brother from a life of crime by doing so. The militant men took off with Eko in tow, having recruited another member. Years later, Eko returns to his village, where his brother has now become a Catholic priest. Eko wants his brother to give him the credentials to fly a plane out of Nigerian airspace (only UN and religious aircraft were allowed in or out at the time). Eko's brother knows the plane will be transporting drugs, but Eko bullies him into agreeing to do it, and reluctantly supplies Eko and his goons with priest outfits. Turns out that the brother calls the authorities, and just as the plane, loaded with statues of the Virgin Mary filled with heroin, is ready to take off, Eko's brother tries to get Eko to leave before he's caught. A gunfight ensues with the authorities, and Eko's brother is shot and killed. Eko doesn't make it on the plane before it takes off. He is mistaken for a true priest because of his clothing, and he gets away. It's possible he changed his life because of this, as he is now saying he is a true priest. "Present day": He's walking through the jungle where he has crash landed about a month and a half ago, and this black smoke comes up and looks at him. (WHAT?!?! Yes, _looks_ at him. See pictures.). As the camera pans around and through this smoke, we see images flash through it.

That's the background. Here are the pictures:

--who LOVES the show!

Not nearly enough. English is my first language. I'm not fluent, but am fairly well-versed in Latin, Spanish, Italian, French, and German. There's a bit of Irish in there as well. In order to get the doctorate, I have to be conversationally fluent in Latin and French. I'm going to add German and possibly Dutch to the list because of the area in which I'm planning to focus (syntax in dialect).

Anastasia

--who bores the tears out of nearly everyone she talks with about this.....sorry if anyone's nodding off!

What's your theory on what the images represent? Seems like an odd mix to be in a monster.

BB

I'm still trying to decide if the monster was reading Eko's memories or if Eko was seeing something the monster was showing him.

Someone a while back on one of the message boards posted a theory that the "flashbacks" we see in the shows may all be implanted memories. I've been playing with that idea lately. I try not to have a solid theory, as it makes me watch the show wanting to prove I'm right. I'd rather watch it and be astounded by the new information!

Any ideas yourself on how a small puddle-jumping Nigerian plane made it all the way to the South Pacific on less than one tank of gas?

Anastasia

--who loves confusing herself. Odd, eh?

Anastasia, 'they' (bored ones) can just ignore.... *I* find it interesting, and Mirjam does too, otherwise she wouldn't've asked, grin! So, keep on talking! Hugs, Noreen who's first and main language is English, and has a GOOD smathering of Polish.

I'm not bored!

Higs, Katherine

Welcome to the Club ,,,,Anastasia ,, did you know that this NG is MULTYLINGUICAL ,,, My father is a translator and a linguist, and still proofreads articles and chapters in books about Dutch Grammar, History etc... He was part of the group who simplified the Dutch Spelling, He was a very high positioned translator in the European Common Markt in Brussesles. I was lucky as for many years he would send me articles and chapters to proofread, about this side of the language. And My mother and Husband spoke Dutch. and my mother always taught Dutch. While most our neighbours spoke much better Gernan than Hebrew. I never knew my mother`s parents, who were murdered in Auschwitz, my mother told me that her father Taught 8 languages. Among the papers and documents , my mother miracelousely kept, i found a photo of a group of young men, On the back they Thank my Mother`s father for teaching them Hebrew Before Going to live in Israel.

As i asked you i should tell you my languages, Hebrew, English Dutch, German , are my fluent ones , than Yiddish , and snips of other languages i understand but daren`t speak , but from time to time a word slips my lips ,,some i only read ... , for example , My husband`s late Grandma would speak to me in Hungarian, and i answered in German.etc.... Learn Languages Anastasia it is a wonderful GIFT for life , Best of Luck mirjam

Pssssstttt,, Noreen shall we tell Anastasia , how many people here Speak Dutch ? since she mentioned it ?? And Italian ? and Norwegian and and ,,,,,, mirjam Nee Marion

They simplified the spelling? When did this happen? I'm still very very new at Dutch, but hope to study how Old English (Anglo Saxon) has strong Dutch influences. If the spellings are different now, that might mean I'd need to study the earlier spellings for my purposes.

Oh, I do that all the time! My father-in-law was born in Germany, and will often switch into speaking German in the middle of a conversation, frustrating his family (who don't speak German). I tease him in return by throwing in the Irish in the middle of my response. It's hard to tell if someone is switching from German to Irish mid-sentence! He always gives me such funny looks!

Anastasia

--who wishes she had all the time in the world to learn EVERY language, but alas! There's only a short time to walk the earth! I'm sucking up all the learning I can while I'm here!

Well, the number of languages tends to keep people awake, it's the study of the differences in syntax of various dialects (especially the Southern U.S.) that tends to......okay, I'll stop. ;-)

Anastasia

--who hopes the subject isn't studied too in-depth by the time she gets to writing her dissertation.

Pssst, Mirjam, I'll bet she's figured that out, grin! Oh, and French and Russian too is in here 'somewhere'!!! Hugs, Noreen

No, don't stop! :D As a born and bred mid-westerner who's been transplanted to the 'south', I can totally relate to syntax, etc.... and ... anticipating a possible flame or two... I have to say, it's no wonder southern kids can't SPELL. Nashvul. Ah live in Nashvul. Cheekin skin. turn on the lot (light) etc... Noreen

:D, me neither! Noreen

OK, I got most of them, but "Cheekin skin"????

Higs, Katherine

LOL, instead of goosebumps or goosepimples, in the 'south' one gets ... CHICKEN SKIN, lol! N.

Cool, thank you for the background and for the link to the pictures! :o)

Gemini