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

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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Ed Stasiak wrote:
I was wondering if any of y'all could identify the style and
era of a wooden sailing ship shown on the TV show "Lost"?;


http://lost-media.com/modules.php?na...lbum=469&pos=1

http://tinyurl.com/837qs



http://lost-media.com/modules.php?na...lbum=469&pos=2

http://tinyurl.com/8hr8c

In particular, we'd like to know when a ship of this type
was being built and approximately how long these types of
ships were in use.

Also, what are the odds that a ship like this would survive
in the condition shown up until 2004 on a tropical island,
factoring in that it's possible that people may have been
using the ship as a home and maintaining it for X number
of years?

By the way, are there any historical references to a ship
named "Black Rock", possibly out of Portsmouth England?


Looks like the pirate ship from the Tampa Buccaneers stadium with about
10 minutes of kudzu growth on it.

On 20 May 2005 05:56:46 -0700, "Ed Stasiak" wrote:

http://lost-media.com/modules.php?na...lbum=469&pos=1

In particular, we'd like to know when a ship of this type
was being built and approximately how long these types of
ships were in use.

Square rig - any time from 1700ish to the last sailing ships. This is a
film prop, not a real ship, so there are likely to have been bits and
pieces drawn onto it from all time periods and varieties of ship.

As for survival, then what's going to damage it? Weather or encroachment
by vegetation? Some "tropical" islands have penguins on them - they're
not all lush jungles. As an example of how ships can survive in
surprising condition, look at the Great Britain down in the Falklands.
OK, it's an iron hull, but the decks and masts survived surprisingly
well too, given the weather. Those spars look like unlikely survivals
though.

As to how it got there, then it could have been washed ashore, but more
likely is that it was grounded on a sandbank and a slight change of
local sea level moved the coastline past it.

Steven L. wrote:

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 if "The Island" is the name of an organization, like I theorized,
what would their "eye" be? The Eye Network, AKA CBS? Along with Black
Rock and the CBS-logo-like hatch, there seems to be quite a few
references to CBS!

Or did he look into the "I" of "The Island?" In other words, the first
letter. Perhaps he got mail?

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