Any Lost viewers / Losties?

gokenin · 05-26-2010, 02:44 PM

I use the example of Mr Echo as example of it being purgatory. You will remeber that once he made peace with is sins and accepted his guilt and offered himself to the black monster he was never seen again. I think this was them saying that once a character accepts his sins he would be freed. Before you say it charlie sacrificed himself he never accepted his guilt so he would still be in the show.

KxBlaze · 05-26-2010, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by gokenin

I use the example of Mr Echo as example of it being purgatory. You will remeber that once he made peace with is sins and accepted his guilt and offered himself to the black monster he was never seen again. I think this was them saying that once a character accepts his sins he would be freed. Before you say it charlie sacrificed himself he never accepted his guilt so he would still be in the show.

Then what about the other dozen or so that died on the island without ever making peace and I don't mean the nobodies from the Dharma Initiative but about Libby, Analucia, Boone, Shannon, Alex, and so on. Mr Ecko might be one example of it being purgatory but there are 10x more examples of it not being purgatory.

The island was never purgatory. People on the island are still alive and when you are alive you cannot be in purgatory. Purgatory is not a place but a state of being. The flash sideways might have been purgatory and I only use that word because it is what most closely resembles purgatory.

I think its just exactly what Christian said it was. A place that the Losties made up so that they could find each other again, find the most important people in their lives and finally let go of all of their flaws and just be happy, and you can call that place whatever you want to.

graphicgr8s · 05-26-2010, 08:32 PM

Originally posted by RoxnDox

And you were right (see, I do give you credit when that happens

).... Life has been so much nicer since it (P&R, not Lost) disappeared from my radar screen.

Jim

Jim you may have failed to fully understand the undertones of my above statement. Lost is an even greater waste of time than P&R. In fact Lost is a bigger waste of time than most anything I can think of other than talking to rodents. That is truly the biggest waste of time. But Idol would tie Lost for a waste.

Djamison24 · 05-27-2010, 05:40 AM

Originally posted by graphicgr8s

Jim you may have failed to fully understand the undertones of my above statement. Lost is an even greater waste of time than P&R. In fact Lost is a bigger waste of time than most anything I can think of other than talking to rodents. That is truly the biggest waste of time. But Idol would tie Lost for a waste.

Pretty much all TV is a waste of time. Minus the learning channels, although half the programming on those channels are a waste of time and money as well.

RoxnDox · 05-27-2010, 07:02 AM

Originally posted by graphicgr8s

Jim you may have failed to fully understand the undertones of my above statement. Lost is an even greater waste of time than P&R. In fact Lost is a bigger waste of time than most anything I can think of other than talking to rodents. That is truly the biggest waste of time. But Idol would tie Lost for a waste.

I did understand what you meant, I just couldn't help myself.

Total agreement about Idol, too!

Jim

graphicgr8s · 05-27-2010, 07:13 AM

Originally posted by RoxnDox

I did understand what you meant, I just couldn't help myself.

Total agreement about Idol, too!

Jim

So who did you find then to help you?

05-26-2010, 03:56 PM	#32
KxBlaze Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: California Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,602	Originally posted by gokenin I use the example of Mr Echo as example of it being purgatory. You will remeber that once he made peace with is sins and accepted his guilt and offered himself to the black monster he was never seen again. I think this was them saying that once a character accepts his sins he would be freed. Before you say it charlie sacrificed himself he never accepted his guilt so he would still be in the show. Then what about the other dozen or so that died on the island without ever making peace and I don't mean the nobodies from the Dharma Initiative but about Libby, Analucia, Boone, Shannon, Alex, and so on. Mr Ecko might be one example of it being purgatory but there are 10x more examples of it not being purgatory. The island was never purgatory. People on the island are still alive and when you are alive you cannot be in purgatory. Purgatory is not a place but a state of being. The flash sideways might have been purgatory and I only use that word because it is what most closely resembles purgatory. I think its just exactly what Christian said it was. A place that the Losties made up so that they could find each other again, find the most important people in their lives and finally let go of all of their flaws and just be happy, and you can call that place whatever you want to. Last edited by KxBlaze; 05-26-2010 at 04:02 PM.

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05-26-2010, 02:44 PM	#31
gokenin Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: lowell,ma Posts: 1,899	I use the example of Mr Echo as example of it being purgatory. You will remeber that once he made peace with is sins and accepted his guilt and offered himself to the black monster he was never seen again. I think this was them saying that once a character accepts his sins he would be freed. Before you say it charlie sacrificed himself he never accepted his guilt so he would still be in the show.

05-26-2010, 08:32 PM	#33
graphicgr8s Guest	Originally posted by RoxnDox And you were right (see, I do give you credit when that happens ).... Life has been so much nicer since it (P&R, not Lost) disappeared from my radar screen. Jim Jim you may have failed to fully understand the undertones of my above statement. Lost is an even greater waste of time than P&R. In fact Lost is a bigger waste of time than most anything I can think of other than talking to rodents. That is truly the biggest waste of time. But Idol would tie Lost for a waste.

05-27-2010, 05:40 AM	#34
Djamison24 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Kansas City, KS Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26	Originally posted by graphicgr8s Jim you may have failed to fully understand the undertones of my above statement. Lost is an even greater waste of time than P&R. In fact Lost is a bigger waste of time than most anything I can think of other than talking to rodents. That is truly the biggest waste of time. But Idol would tie Lost for a waste. Pretty much all TV is a waste of time. Minus the learning channels, although half the programming on those channels are a waste of time and money as well.

05-27-2010, 07:02 AM	#35
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	Originally posted by graphicgr8s Jim you may have failed to fully understand the undertones of my above statement. Lost is an even greater waste of time than P&R. In fact Lost is a bigger waste of time than most anything I can think of other than talking to rodents. That is truly the biggest waste of time. But Idol would tie Lost for a waste. I did understand what you meant, I just couldn't help myself. Total agreement about Idol, too! Jim

05-27-2010, 07:13 AM	#36
graphicgr8s Guest	Originally posted by RoxnDox I did understand what you meant, I just couldn't help myself. Total agreement about Idol, too! Jim So who did you find then to help you?