LS1234review
02-28-2008, 02:00 AM
The question over who is in the coffin has been one of the most pressing topics of discussion for Lost fans.
Whilst I fully expect this theory to be wrong, I hope at least that the logic and thinking behind it will be able to stand on it's own merit.
I should also explain that the candidate for 'who is inside the coffin' is not new, however I hope that the theory iteself and the thinking behind it is.
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One of the things that many LOST fans have queried whilst discussing the identity of the person in the coffin, is it's relatively small size - in particular it's length:
This has caused many to believe it is infact a child inside the coffin. My theory suggests that the person in the coffin is indeed an adult..not a child, but an adult. The small size can be explained by the absense of legs. Specifically, I am suggesting that the person inside the coffin literally lost their legs - thus reducing the amount of space required.
The identity of this person is, of course, John Locke.
His whole entire story (once Cooper pushed him out of the window) is driven around the desire to walk..to achieve the impossible.
"Don't tell me what I can't do!" was his mantra
In "Walkabout" his cites Norman Croucher, the climber of Mt Everest, as his inspiration - "double amputee"..just as was to become of Locke..
One might question why it was that Locke lost his legs. I believe this to be due to the fact that the island healed his legs..this made him "special" (as explained by Ben in 3.13)..no-one could take this away from him except the island..or someone wanting to remove Locke's 'specialness'. Someone willing to remove Locke from the game and literally cut his specialness out of him by removing both his legs. Rendering him back to not only level 1 in the 'game' (Jacob's ladder?)..but level 0.."a tabular Rasa"..
Jack's guilt ridden response can be explained by his regret over 'making that call'..allowing 'rescue' to come to the island..allowing them to cut off Locke's legs in the process. Of course this is not done immediately..but perhaps over the course of the next 2 seasons we will discover the atroscities that these 'rescuers' will commit in order to re/claim the island(theory)..
Further fuel for this idea is the multitude of missing limbs that we have in the show..from those missing from dolls found scattered in the jungle, to Marvin Candle's (or whatever he calls himself these days) prosphetic arm, to the missing limbs depicted on the 'Room 23' conditioning video.
Even Mikhail's missing eye could be cited as a clue.
It could be argued that with no or little hope of getting back to the island and with no chance of EVER walking again, Locke (under a new Alias) decided to kill himself..perhaps with the hope of getting back to the island via a manifestation (afterall, he had a communion with the island..if anyone could go back that way, it would be him)
The teenaged son? Walt..he adopted him after he returned from the island..Walt being left an orphan by Michael's murder -either at sea (bumped into freightites who took his son?) or back in the real world (theory).
As an alternative to an amputeed Locke being in the coffin, I would suggest Ben..under similar circumstances..that is, having both legs removed
The question of how this could be portrayed realitically in the show - that is, with either Locke or Ben having both legs removed..well I think it can be done quite easily
Many films and TV programmes have had the skill to pull such an effect off without the need for CGI or fancy special effects.
I hope to come back to this with updates, aswell as to answer or take on board any questions or suggestions.
Whilst I don't expect this to be accurate (I also think the coffin could be a ruse, with no-one being inside it), I am struck by the way this could all lace togehter. The producers have a habit of long conning us with short con set-ups..but as they say, "it's all about the details". - I hope I haven't missed any?.
(this is not a theory created by me, its from another website i forgot the name of, but from what i read it all seems logical to me, a little out there, but i bet it could be true if the man in the newpaper article ISNT talking about a new character other than this i believe that the man in the article is most likely a guy named jeremy bentham, he was a 19th century philospher like most of the characters on the show, he invented a prison that was trying to change peoples behavior, and i read somewhere else a theory on the numbers how ther epart of that valenzetti equation, which is an equation that depicts when the world is going to end, and that the dharma initiative is studying the people on the crash (they supposeably made it crash) to see if it changes there behavior and somehow saving the human race,)
tell me what you think on both theorys thanks much :)
Whilst I fully expect this theory to be wrong, I hope at least that the logic and thinking behind it will be able to stand on it's own merit.
I should also explain that the candidate for 'who is inside the coffin' is not new, however I hope that the theory iteself and the thinking behind it is.
------------
One of the things that many LOST fans have queried whilst discussing the identity of the person in the coffin, is it's relatively small size - in particular it's length:
This has caused many to believe it is infact a child inside the coffin. My theory suggests that the person in the coffin is indeed an adult..not a child, but an adult. The small size can be explained by the absense of legs. Specifically, I am suggesting that the person inside the coffin literally lost their legs - thus reducing the amount of space required.
The identity of this person is, of course, John Locke.
His whole entire story (once Cooper pushed him out of the window) is driven around the desire to walk..to achieve the impossible.
"Don't tell me what I can't do!" was his mantra
In "Walkabout" his cites Norman Croucher, the climber of Mt Everest, as his inspiration - "double amputee"..just as was to become of Locke..
One might question why it was that Locke lost his legs. I believe this to be due to the fact that the island healed his legs..this made him "special" (as explained by Ben in 3.13)..no-one could take this away from him except the island..or someone wanting to remove Locke's 'specialness'. Someone willing to remove Locke from the game and literally cut his specialness out of him by removing both his legs. Rendering him back to not only level 1 in the 'game' (Jacob's ladder?)..but level 0.."a tabular Rasa"..
Jack's guilt ridden response can be explained by his regret over 'making that call'..allowing 'rescue' to come to the island..allowing them to cut off Locke's legs in the process. Of course this is not done immediately..but perhaps over the course of the next 2 seasons we will discover the atroscities that these 'rescuers' will commit in order to re/claim the island(theory)..
Further fuel for this idea is the multitude of missing limbs that we have in the show..from those missing from dolls found scattered in the jungle, to Marvin Candle's (or whatever he calls himself these days) prosphetic arm, to the missing limbs depicted on the 'Room 23' conditioning video.
Even Mikhail's missing eye could be cited as a clue.
It could be argued that with no or little hope of getting back to the island and with no chance of EVER walking again, Locke (under a new Alias) decided to kill himself..perhaps with the hope of getting back to the island via a manifestation (afterall, he had a communion with the island..if anyone could go back that way, it would be him)
The teenaged son? Walt..he adopted him after he returned from the island..Walt being left an orphan by Michael's murder -either at sea (bumped into freightites who took his son?) or back in the real world (theory).
As an alternative to an amputeed Locke being in the coffin, I would suggest Ben..under similar circumstances..that is, having both legs removed
The question of how this could be portrayed realitically in the show - that is, with either Locke or Ben having both legs removed..well I think it can be done quite easily
Many films and TV programmes have had the skill to pull such an effect off without the need for CGI or fancy special effects.
I hope to come back to this with updates, aswell as to answer or take on board any questions or suggestions.
Whilst I don't expect this to be accurate (I also think the coffin could be a ruse, with no-one being inside it), I am struck by the way this could all lace togehter. The producers have a habit of long conning us with short con set-ups..but as they say, "it's all about the details". - I hope I haven't missed any?.
(this is not a theory created by me, its from another website i forgot the name of, but from what i read it all seems logical to me, a little out there, but i bet it could be true if the man in the newpaper article ISNT talking about a new character other than this i believe that the man in the article is most likely a guy named jeremy bentham, he was a 19th century philospher like most of the characters on the show, he invented a prison that was trying to change peoples behavior, and i read somewhere else a theory on the numbers how ther epart of that valenzetti equation, which is an equation that depicts when the world is going to end, and that the dharma initiative is studying the people on the crash (they supposeably made it crash) to see if it changes there behavior and somehow saving the human race,)
tell me what you think on both theorys thanks much :)