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After watching “Cabin Fever” and with John’s famous last words “We need to move the Island”, I have come to the conclusion that Daniel’s rocket test in “The Economist” was not what we may have first thought.
I, for one, was utterly baffled by the rocket test at first, how could it be out so far? Does this mean island time is different to real time? And other questions that no doubt many others will have though of. But what if we were not watching what we thought we were. Here’s my theory:
The bearing that you must fly into and off the island to avoid side effects changes dependant upon where the island actually is, confused? Here’s how it all fits into the rocket test. I’m sorry I can’t provide screenshots, but the test begins at around 18 minutes into the episode.
Daniel set the two timers away at exactly the same time, the rocket on a pre-determined bearing, is fired. Note at this point Regina seems pretty much in the loop on this whole rocket test plan, plus Frank says that Daniel has been doing this kinda stuff on the boat all the time, so he must know a certain amount. The rocket is fired and it doesn’t arrive when Regina thinks it does.
Then at around 22 and half minutes, the rocket arrives, Daniel is straight there, and he compares the clocks. One says 2 hours 45 minutes, the other 3 hours, 16 minutes. That’s around 31 minutes out, as Dan rightly points out.
Now for the clever bit, what if Dan isn’t comparing the time difference purely to see the difference, what if he uses this 31 to do a quick calculation in his head how far the bearing to the island has changed since they arrived. Dan says “This is not good” because he knows that the island may be ‘moving’ and the bearing to get in and out may be changing as they speak.
Later on, just before the chopper leaves, Dan has a quick word with Frank; he says “You make sure you stay on the exact bearing we came in on”.
Of course, the island has ‘moved’ because our favourite Scotsman Des starts to experience the side effects, as a person who has been exposed to high amount of electromagnetism. Dan was right, the island has moved.
This would tie in with when Michael left with Walt on the boat; they left on a bearing of 325, whereas the freighties came in on a bearing of 306, if I remember correctly. I have a further theory that every time the island moves, the sky changes i.e. the sky turning purple, the thunder storm that Dan and the team came in during, and I’m sure when we see Locke or Ben move the island, the effect will be another change in the sky, then the bearing will change and it will be impossible for Keamy and Frank to get on the island.
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Theory by WNGYPSY
After watching “Cabin Fever” and with John’s famous last words “We need to move the Island”, I have come to the conclusion that Daniel’s rocket test in “The Economist” was not what we may have first thought.
I, for one, was utterly baffled by the rocket test at first, how could it be out so far? Does this mean island time is different to real time? And other questions that no doubt many others will have though of. But what if we were not watching what we thought we were. Here’s my theory:
The bearing that you must fly into and off the island to avoid side effects changes dependant upon where the island actually is, confused? Here’s how it all fits into the rocket test. I’m sorry I can’t provide screenshots, but the test begins at around 18 minutes into the episode.
Daniel set the two timers away at exactly the same time, the rocket on a pre-determined bearing, is fired. Note at this point Regina seems pretty much in the loop on this whole rocket test plan, plus Frank says that Daniel has been doing this kinda stuff on the boat all the time, so he must know a certain amount. The rocket is fired and it doesn’t arrive when Regina thinks it does.
Then at around 22 and half minutes, the rocket arrives, Daniel is straight there, and he compares the clocks. One says 2 hours 45 minutes, the other 3 hours, 16 minutes. That’s around 31 minutes out, as Dan rightly points out.
Now for the clever bit, what if Dan isn’t comparing the time difference purely to see the difference, what if he uses this 31 to do a quick calculation in his head how far the bearing to the island has changed since they arrived. Dan says “This is not good” because he knows that the island may be ‘moving’ and the bearing to get in and out may be changing as they speak.
Later on, just before the chopper leaves, Dan has a quick word with Frank; he says “You make sure you stay on the exact bearing we came in on”.
Of course, the island has ‘moved’ because our favourite Scotsman Des starts to experience the side effects, as a person who has been exposed to high amount of electromagnetism. Dan was right, the island has moved.
This would tie in with when Michael left with Walt on the boat; they left on a bearing of 325, whereas the freighties came in on a bearing of 306, if I remember correctly. I have a further theory that every time the island moves, the sky changes i.e. the sky turning purple, the thunder storm that Dan and the team came in during, and I’m sure when we see Locke or Ben move the island, the effect will be another change in the sky, then the bearing will change and it will be impossible for Keamy and Frank to get on the island.
Thank you for reading, if you enjoyed this, please rate highly!!
Theory by WNGYPSY
