Op woensdag 24 februari 2010 14:44 schreef Pimpel2000 het volgende:Ok.. voor mij is dit echt de meest plausibele uitleg voor LOST die ik gevonden heb...
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Alright, from what we have seen over this new season, and from what we have accumulated from the past 6 years, we have 'assumed' that this is a story of white vs. black, good vs. evil.
This idea was introduced in the first episode of Lost, in which John Locke explains the game of backgammon to Walt. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have previously stated that "all the answers are in the Pilot" (referring to the first episode, not the pilot of 815 which many people previously thought they were referring to). Well, John Locke gave us our answer. Yes, there is a continuous struggle between who and what is "good" and "bad", yet in the game of backgammon, there is no good and evil, more simply, "one is light, one is dark". Lost is a game.
The characters we are introduced to and have gotten to know for 6 years are merely pieces of a game. The reason why we have the last 5 seasons of television is to show how the pieces got to their respective places on the table. The table, in this particular case, is The Island. Jacob and the Man In Black (who I will call Esau because Jacob's biblical twin was Esau and this is the name that will more than likely turn up to be for the Man in Black) are the two players, not necessarily "good vs. evil" but moreover, "light vs. dark". The color they are playing and representing doesn't have to mean light=good and dark=bad. Heck, it also doesn't have to mean light=bad and dark=good. Everyone I hear keeps asking "Who is good? Who is bad?" Well what if both have good and bad characteristics in them?
Look at Jacob. Yes, he doesn't directly kill people, yes, he supports free will and human nature, but let's look at the bad side of him. He has manipulated his "players/pieces" to come to the Island by making contact with them at certain times in their lifes. In the Season 5 Finale, "The Incident", he makes contact with each of his "candidates" by touching them at a troubling time when there life is in turmoil and their motives change, all to help push them to the Island.
Now lets look at Esau. Yes, he kills people, yes, he feels humans are naturally violent and corrupt, but there is a part of him that has "felt hate, anger, regret, betrayal, love". He, too, is a human, yet his soul has been tarnished by this game. In the game of backgammon, it can be very simple, simply moving the pieces to one side and taking the others away at the same time. Yet the stakes have been set higher, which is why we are reminded of the "Rules". These rules, from what we have heard, are that the two players cannot kill eachother. This is why Esau found a loophole, to end the other player and end the game.
Yet the reason why Jacob has candidates is because he needs someone to play in his stead, and he is trying to find someone who is similar to him, who believes in free will and his beliefs. This is what this new season is about.
Who will continue on with the game? Who's pieces will be LOST to the other player? Which pieces will be FOUND by the other player? Who will win? These are the essential questions of this season. If you have read this entire post or just want to see my closing statement well this is it: LOST is the story of a game and how the pieces were put on the table and how the game was played out. The series will end with two of these pieces replacing the "old players" of Jacob and Esau, starting an all new game that will end the show.
One is light, One is dark