Here is something that was emailed to me, that has a lot of interest info:
> > > Found on lostmediamentions this is some guy from Bad Robot (the company that produced Lost) amazing post: > > Good stuff on here! I can finally throw in my two cents! I've had to > bite my tongue for far too long. Also, hopefully I can answer some of > John's questions about Dharma and the "pointless breadcrumbs" that > really, weren't so pointless ... > > First ... > The Island: > > It was real. Everything that happened on the island that we saw > throughout the 6 seasons was real. Forget the final image of the plane > crash, it was put in purposely to fuck with people's heads and show > how far the show had come. They really crashed. They really survived. > They really discovered Dharma and the Others. The Island keeps the > balance of good and evil in the world. It always has and always will > perform that role. And the Island will always need a "Protector". > Jacob wasn't the first, Hurley won't be the last. However, Jacob had > to deal with a malevolent force (MIB) that his mother, nor Hurley had > to deal with. He created the devil and had to find a way to kill him > -- even though the rules prevented him from actually doing so. > > Thus began Jacob's plan to bring candidates to the Island to do the > one thing he couldn't do. Kill the MIB. He had a huge list of > candidates that spanned generations. Yet everytime he brought people > there, the MIB corrupted them and caused them to kill one another. > That was until Richard came along and helped Jacob understand that if > he didn't take a more active role, then his plan would never work. > > Enter Dharma -- which I'm not sure why John is having such a hard time > grasping. Dharma, like the countless scores of people that were > brought to the island before, were brought there by Jacob as part of > his plan to kill the MIB. However, the MIB was aware of this plan and > interferred by "corrupting" Ben. Making Ben believe he was doing the > work of Jacob when in reality he was doing the work of the MIB. This > carried over into all of Ben's "off-island" activities. He was the > leader. He spoke for Jacob as far as they were concerned. So the > "Others" killed Dharma and later were actively trying to kill Jack, > Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and all the candidates because that's what the > MIB wanted. And what he couldn't do for himself. > > Dharma was originally brought in to be good. But was turned bad by > MIB's corruption and eventually destroyed by his pawn Ben. Now, was > Dharma only brought there to help Jack and the other Canditates on > their overall quest to kill Smokey? Or did Jacob have another list of > Canidates from the Dharma group that we were never aware of? That's a > question that is purposley not answered because whatever answer the > writers came up with would be worse than the one you come up with for > yourself. Still ... Dharma's purpose is not "pointless" or even vague. > Hell, it's pretty blantent. > > Still, despite his grand plan, Jacob wanted to give his "candidates" > (our Lostaways) the one thing he, nor his brother, were ever afforded: > free will. Hence him bringing a host of "candidates" through the > decades and letting them "choose" which one would actually do the job > in the end. Maybe he knew Jack would be the one to kill Flocke and > that Hurley would be the protector in the end. Maybe he didn't. But > that was always the key question of the show: Fate vs Free-will. > Science vs Faith. Personally I think Jacob knew from the beginning > what was going to happen and that everyone played a part over 6 > seasons in helping Jack get to the point where he needed to be to kill > Smokey and make Hurley the protector -- I know that's how a lot of the > writers viewed it. But again, they won't answer that (nor should they) > because that ruins the fun. > > In the end, Jack got to do what he always wanted to do from the very > first episode of the show: Save his fellow Lostaways. He got Kate and > Sawyer off the island and he gave Hurley the purpose in life he'd > always been missing. And, in Sideways world (which we'll get to next) > he in fact saved everyone by helping them all move on ... > > Now... > > Sideways World: > > Sideways world is where it gets really cool in terms of theology and > metaphysical discussion (for me at least -- because I love > history/religion theories and loved all the talks in the writer's room > about it). Basically what the show is proposing is that we're all > linked to certain people during our lives. Call them soulmates (though > it's not exactly the best word). But these people we're linked to are > with us duing "the most important moments of our lives" as Christian > said. These are the people we move through the universe with from > lifetime to lifetime. It's loosely based in Hinduisim with large doses > of western religion thrown into the mix. > > The conceit that the writers created, basing it off these religious > philosophies, was that as a group, the Lostaways subconsciously > created this "sideways" world where they exist in purgatory until they > are "awakened" and find one another. Once they all find one another, > they can then move on and move forward. In essence, this is the show's > concept of the afterlife. According to the show, everyone creates > their own "Sideways" purgatory with their "soulmates" throughout their > lives and exist there until they all move on together. That's a > beautiful notion. Even if you aren't religious or even spirtual, the > idea that we live AND die together is deeply profound and moving. > > It's a really cool and spirtual concept that fits the whole tone and > subtext the show has had from the beginning. These people were > SUPPOSED to be together on that plane. They were supposed to live > through these events -- not JUST because of Jacob. But because that's > what the universe or God (depending on how religious you wish to get) > wanted to happen. The show was always about science vs faith -- and it > ultimately came down on the side of faith. It answered THE core > question of the series. The one question that has been at the root of > every island mystery, every character backstory, every plot twist. > That, by itself, is quite an accomplishment. > > How much you want to extrapolate from that is up to you as the viewer. > Think about season 1 when we first found the Hatch. Everyone thought > that's THE answer! Whatever is down there is the answer! Then, as we > discovered it was just one station of many. One link in a very long > chain that kept revealing more, and more of a larger mosiac. > > But the writer's took it even further this season by contrasting this > Sideways "purgatory" with the Island itself. Remember when Michael > appeared to Hurley, he said he was not allowed to leave the Island. > Just like the MIB. He wasn't allowed into this sideways world and > thus, was not afforded the opportunity to move on. Why? Because he had > proven himself to be unworthy with his actions on the Island. He > failed the test. The others, passed. They made it into Sideways world > when they died -- some before Jack, some years later. In Hurley's > case, maybe centuries later. They exist in this sideways world until > they are "awakened" and they can only move on TOGETHER because they > are linked. They are destined to be together for eternity. That was > their destiny. > > They were NOT linked to Anna Lucia, Daniel, Roussou, Alex, Miles, > Lupidis, (and all the rest who weren't in the chuch -- basically > everyone who wasn't in season 1). Yet those people exist in Sideways > world. Why? Well again, here's where they leave it up to you to > decide. The way I like to think about it, is that those people who > were left behind in Sideways world have to find their own soulmates > before they can wake up. It's possible that those links aren't people > from the island but from their other life (Anna's parnter, the guy she > shot --- Roussou's husband, etc etc). > > A lot of people have been talking about Ben and why he didn't go into > the Church. And if you think of Sideways world in this way, then it > gives you the answer to that very question. Ben can't move on yet > because he hasn't connected with the people he needs to. It's going to > be his job to awaken Roussou, Alex, Anna Lucia (maybe), Ethan, > Goodspeed, his father and the rest. He has to attone for his sins more > than he did by being Hurley's number two. He has to do what Hurley and > Desmond did for our Lostaways with his own people. He has to help them > connect. And he can only move on when all the links in his chain are > ready to. Same can be said for Faraday, Charlotte, Whidmore, Hawkins > etc. It's really a neat, and cool concept. At least to me. > > But, from a more "behind the scenes" note: the reason Ben's not in the > church, and the reason no one is in the church but for Season 1 people > is because they wrote the ending to the show after writing the pilot. > And never changed it. The writers always said (and many didn't believe > them) that they knew their ending from the very first episode. I > applaud them for that. It's pretty fantastic. Originally Ben was > supposed to have a 3 episode arc and be done. But he became a big part > of the show. They could have easily changed their ending and put him > in the church -- but instead they problem solved it. Gave him a > BRILLIANT moment with Locke outside the church ... and then that was > it. I loved that. For those that wonder -- the original ending started > the moment Jack walked into the church and touches the casket to Jack > closing his eyes as the other plane flies away. That was always JJ's > ending. And they kept it. > > For me the ending of this show means a lot. Not only because I worked > on it, but because as a writer it inspired me in a way the medium had > never done before. I've been inspired to write by great films. Maybe > too many to count. And there have been amazing TV shows that I've > loved (X-Files, 24, Sopranos, countless 1/2 hour shows). But none did > what LOST did for me. None showed me that you could take huge risks > (writing a show about faith for network TV) and stick to your creative > guns and STILL please the audience. I learned a lot from the show as a > writer. I learned even more from being around the incredible writers, > producers, PAs, interns and everyone else who slaved on the show for 6 > years. > > In the end, for me, LOST was a touchstone show that dealt with faith, > the afterlife, and all these big, spirtual questions that most shows > don't touch. And to me, they never once waivered from their core story > -- even with all the sci-fi elements they mixed in. To walk that long > and daunting of a creative tightrope and survive is simply astounding. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message
Some interesting stuff, however he does state that only people from Season 1 are in the church and correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Juliet in the church and we did not meet her until Season 3.
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