--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], gullible fool <fflmod@> wrote: > > > > > > What I can't figure out, Barry, is how come after over > > > two years of eating berries, the big guy on Lost still > > > weighs like 400 pounds. Tom Hanks lost about 60 pounds > > > for his role in Cast Away. > > > > A valid point, except that if one follows the > > timeline closely, only something like 60-70 > > days have elapsed on the island since the show > > started, not two and a half years. Plus, there > > was all that Dharma Brand Peanut Butter that > > fell from the sky. That probably set back > > Hurley's diet back somewhat. :-) > > More evidence that the entire show is merely a dream of > Hurley's: he gets a girl AND gets his peanut butter.
That theory became impossible with the last episode of Season 2. How they'll end everything and explain it all away is still a mystery. My hope is that they'll be cool enough not to bow to pressure from the rationalists in the audience and NEVER explain it. That would enable the show to go down in TV history, as opposed to being just a curiosity. As was pointed out so well in the recent film "The Prestige," the thing about mystery or magic is that no one who gets off on these things really WANTS them explained away. That's the hangup of those who are *uncomfortable* with mystery. Those are more comfortable with such things only care whether it's a *good* mystery.
