Maureen Goldman wrote:
BTW, the "monster" on the island is an ELEPHANT!


"Steven L." wrote:

No it isn't.

In the premiere episode, the pilot was yanked *upwards* out of the
cockpit of the plane, as if something grabbed him from above. And there
was certainly no elephant's trunk seen. The pilot's body was then
impaled atop a tree. We saw Locke face the "monster" and look upwards
at it, at an angle that indicated it must be some 20 feet high at least.


I also don't think that Locke would describe an elephant as beautiful.

Locke wouldn't describe a Security System as beautiful either.

However: Locke told the others "I have looked into the Eye Of The
Island--and what I saw was beautiful." He didn't say "looked at it," he
said "looked into it." When we "look into" something, we often mean
that we study it or investigate it.

So I think Locke checked over the Security System and from its workings
he learned something about TPTB on the island. Maybe TPTB even
communicated with him for the first time, thru some TV/intercom hookup.
And what he learned about TPTB was beautiful. He probably learned
what TPTB have planned for the castaways and for himself.




One comment: The pilot's body was lying across some high branches, not
impaled on the tree.


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