I was recently thinking of explanations to the pallet drop and came up with what I think is the most logical: it came in on a different bearing. But then I thought how can that be? Didn't the bearing issues start after Desmond turned the failsafe?
Then I remembered the scene with the blast doors.
When Locke is trapped under the blast door and Ben is supposed to be pushing the button, there is a noticeable delay once the black lights turn on to reveal the map on the door. During this, there's a good amount of time before we hear the discharge and the timer flipping back. The premise here is that Ben allowed just a certain amount of zero Swan time that resulted in the temporary screwing of the island's bearings.---I also think the Blast Door sequence that randomly started played a part in "pulling" the pallet from another time, since one could surmise that that was the original protocol. Blast doors go down, pallet drops, hence kind of a proxy.
So there are several possibilities here:
- Ben knew some sort of code or something to input in the computer that allowed for a Dharma pallet meant for the 70's/80's to pass through a certain bearing that would cause it to fall in their time before pushing the button again. I only say this because there didn't seem to be much EM activity during this time.
- The other, probably more likely scenario is that he knew the likelihood of succeeding since the blast doors were down, and all he needed to do was leave the heiroglyphics up a little longer. It's a little farfetched, I know. You're probably asking how did he know? Well, how does Ben seem to know the things he does sometimes? My money is on the whispers. Several "hidden" audio sequences have been found with scenes with Ben, specifically when he's being held captive, where, if you look at the transcripts, it seems almost as if someone is talking to Ben and telling him what to say/do. K, back to topic --
- Ben didn't have a clue and unknowingly did everyone a favor by not pushing the button right away lol :D
So it's a little crackpot-ish but there ya go.
Then I remembered the scene with the blast doors.
When Locke is trapped under the blast door and Ben is supposed to be pushing the button, there is a noticeable delay once the black lights turn on to reveal the map on the door. During this, there's a good amount of time before we hear the discharge and the timer flipping back. The premise here is that Ben allowed just a certain amount of zero Swan time that resulted in the temporary screwing of the island's bearings.---I also think the Blast Door sequence that randomly started played a part in "pulling" the pallet from another time, since one could surmise that that was the original protocol. Blast doors go down, pallet drops, hence kind of a proxy.
So there are several possibilities here:
- Ben knew some sort of code or something to input in the computer that allowed for a Dharma pallet meant for the 70's/80's to pass through a certain bearing that would cause it to fall in their time before pushing the button again. I only say this because there didn't seem to be much EM activity during this time.
- The other, probably more likely scenario is that he knew the likelihood of succeeding since the blast doors were down, and all he needed to do was leave the heiroglyphics up a little longer. It's a little farfetched, I know. You're probably asking how did he know? Well, how does Ben seem to know the things he does sometimes? My money is on the whispers. Several "hidden" audio sequences have been found with scenes with Ben, specifically when he's being held captive, where, if you look at the transcripts, it seems almost as if someone is talking to Ben and telling him what to say/do. K, back to topic --
- Ben didn't have a clue and unknowingly did everyone a favor by not pushing the button right away lol :D
So it's a little crackpot-ish but there ya go.
