I have a theory about memories, the monster, surveillance and sci-fi.
Looking forward to hearing some thoughts.
Part 1
The flashbacks open in one of a few different ways. Left eye, Right eye, Whoosh noise, No whoosh, no eye
Is the manner of the opener a clue to how it should be viewed, for example, Left eye could represent a natural memory of an event. Right eye could dictate a creative contrived memory of an event. No whoosh noise, no eye ,fact, what really happened, a window to the past.
Are flashbacks to be trusted?
Part 2
There is no doubt in my mind of the Smoke Monsters function. It is one of many trial pieces of surveillance technology on the island. The island is a testing facility for surveillance technology.
Built to scan record and administer appropriate judgement on your memories. The long term goal of testing on the island is to find society a replacement for CCTV, police, judge and jury.
It will live under the cities pop up and scan random members of the public for law breaking. It maybe even has the right to judge on site.
Its frightening demeanor and familiar sounds such as the clicking receipt machine, the creaking and the horn are specifically designed to open the necessary areas of the brain for the scan.
If smokie can scan memory and download it, I believe people are watching to see if smokie can judge effectively. Did it kill the bad person, did it leave the good person? Someone is watching to see how well smokie is working. Are we seeing a number of smokies with programming variations, different test models.
I guess ‘extreme testing’ would be a good reason for an organisation to stage a crash. To truly test the machines effectiveness, unusual situations with scenarios of genuine heightened emotions would be necessary for the machine to get ‘approval’.
Linking to part 1, I think it’s possible someone on the island knows that exactly what smokie can do, and they have trained themselves to present false memories to infiltrate the island and evade detection by the watchers.
Basically someone is not who we know them to be. I predict that we will see a flashback that contradicts a prior one.
Desmond is my favorite contender for this. This may explain why his flashbacks have contradictions. Also it is possible he has insider information from Penny.
Someone else proposed Juliet as being a contender, this is a great idea, things like her repeated dislocated arm just don’t make sense.
I also have considered Locke as ‘undercover’, maybe this is why he could walk, he was never paralyzed. (remember the muscle stimulation machine by his bed in 'walkabout'?) That would be sweet when considering the episode “Further Instructions”, where he ‘remembered’ being the victim of the under cover cop. Anyway
We have already seen lots of surveillance equipment on the island, In addition I suspect that the Hurley-Bird is also a trial piece of surveillance equipment. The Masters of science fiction, a recent ABC production has an episode called Watchbird. Watchbird is a short story by Sci-Fi writer Robert Sheckley. It is basically about the development of bird like droids that observe and protect society from the skies. The major issue being “is it wise to sacrifice our liberty in the name of our security?” http://www.mastersofscifi.com/site/videos/watchbird1.html
The writers in one podcast said about the others, that they are "separate but equal" to smokie. If you think that the surveillance testing ground theory could be right then maybe..........some of the others are the most advanced security trial on the island, walking talking fleshy discreet machines, designed to be undetectable to normal society. Much better versions of smokie??????
As a rogue stab in the dark maybe…………organisations of the Lost world are experimenting and catching up with the sinister technology penned in the great science-fiction works. Life imitates Art.
(For the record I think that the series mentioned above, Masters of Science Fiction has something to do with Lost. it's is a great series, check it out)
Thanks ; )
Theory by SophiaBriggs
Looking forward to hearing some thoughts.
Part 1
The flashbacks open in one of a few different ways. Left eye, Right eye, Whoosh noise, No whoosh, no eye
Is the manner of the opener a clue to how it should be viewed, for example, Left eye could represent a natural memory of an event. Right eye could dictate a creative contrived memory of an event. No whoosh noise, no eye ,fact, what really happened, a window to the past.
Are flashbacks to be trusted?
Part 2
There is no doubt in my mind of the Smoke Monsters function. It is one of many trial pieces of surveillance technology on the island. The island is a testing facility for surveillance technology.
Built to scan record and administer appropriate judgement on your memories. The long term goal of testing on the island is to find society a replacement for CCTV, police, judge and jury.
It will live under the cities pop up and scan random members of the public for law breaking. It maybe even has the right to judge on site.
Its frightening demeanor and familiar sounds such as the clicking receipt machine, the creaking and the horn are specifically designed to open the necessary areas of the brain for the scan.
If smokie can scan memory and download it, I believe people are watching to see if smokie can judge effectively. Did it kill the bad person, did it leave the good person? Someone is watching to see how well smokie is working. Are we seeing a number of smokies with programming variations, different test models.
I guess ‘extreme testing’ would be a good reason for an organisation to stage a crash. To truly test the machines effectiveness, unusual situations with scenarios of genuine heightened emotions would be necessary for the machine to get ‘approval’.
Linking to part 1, I think it’s possible someone on the island knows that exactly what smokie can do, and they have trained themselves to present false memories to infiltrate the island and evade detection by the watchers.
Basically someone is not who we know them to be. I predict that we will see a flashback that contradicts a prior one.
Desmond is my favorite contender for this. This may explain why his flashbacks have contradictions. Also it is possible he has insider information from Penny.
Someone else proposed Juliet as being a contender, this is a great idea, things like her repeated dislocated arm just don’t make sense.
I also have considered Locke as ‘undercover’, maybe this is why he could walk, he was never paralyzed. (remember the muscle stimulation machine by his bed in 'walkabout'?) That would be sweet when considering the episode “Further Instructions”, where he ‘remembered’ being the victim of the under cover cop. Anyway
We have already seen lots of surveillance equipment on the island, In addition I suspect that the Hurley-Bird is also a trial piece of surveillance equipment. The Masters of science fiction, a recent ABC production has an episode called Watchbird. Watchbird is a short story by Sci-Fi writer Robert Sheckley. It is basically about the development of bird like droids that observe and protect society from the skies. The major issue being “is it wise to sacrifice our liberty in the name of our security?” http://www.mastersofscifi.com/site/videos/watchbird1.html
The writers in one podcast said about the others, that they are "separate but equal" to smokie. If you think that the surveillance testing ground theory could be right then maybe..........some of the others are the most advanced security trial on the island, walking talking fleshy discreet machines, designed to be undetectable to normal society. Much better versions of smokie??????
As a rogue stab in the dark maybe…………organisations of the Lost world are experimenting and catching up with the sinister technology penned in the great science-fiction works. Life imitates Art.
(For the record I think that the series mentioned above, Masters of Science Fiction has something to do with Lost. it's is a great series, check it out)
Thanks ; )
Theory by SophiaBriggs
