Lost

SydneyK · #1 04-26-2007, 12:33 AM

I'm working on VERY little sleep here, so forgive me if this doesn't make sense (I reserve the right to edit tomorrow!)...

Do you think it's possible that the Island doesn't allow pregnancies to continue to term because of its funky Island time? I mean, pregnancy has a very specific time table - heartbeat is detectable at time x, sex is detectable at x+1, lung function is achieved at x+2, delivery is achieved at x+3, etc... Since time doesn't flow at the same rate ON the island as it does OFF the island, pregnancy gets out of whack. So, it isn't the pregnancy itself that is fatal to the mothers. Instead, it's the fact that time doesn't... cooperate?

BetteDavisEyes · #2 04-26-2007, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SydneyK

Do you think it's possible that the Island doesn't allow pregnancies to continue to term because of its funky Island time? I mean, pregnancy has a very specific time table - heartbeat is detectable at time x, sex is detectable at x+1, lung function is achieved at x+2, delivery is achieved at x+3, etc... Since time doesn't flow at the same rate ON the island as it does OFF the island, pregnancy gets out of whack. So, it isn't the pregnancy itself that is fatal to the mothers. Instead, it's the fact that time doesn't... cooperate?

Have they ever said that time flows differently on the island though than regular time? If they did, I missed it b/c I was under the impression that the island still passed time regularly.

CutiePie2000 · #3 04-26-2007, 02:28 AM

That was so bizarre that the Spanish/Chinese/Italian speaking woman was mumbling, "they found the plane...there were no survivors". I wonder if they are functioning in some sort of alternate Bizarro universe? And the fcuk did that guy "survive" getting vaporised by that electric fence? He was sure evasive as to how he could still be alive? Maybe they have the same "cloning" machine as in the movie "The Prestige"?

FloridaTish · #4 04-26-2007, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

Have they ever said that time flows differently on the island though than regular time? If they did, I missed it b/c I was under the impression that the island still passed time regularly.

There has never been a specific mention of time passing differently on the island. Even in last night's episode, Juliet told Sun that she had gotten pregant on the island since they had been there 90 something days and she was only 4-6 weeks along...Granted Juliet is a lying wench, but the issue of time warps/alternate reality has never been formally addressed on the show.

OrchidAlum · #5 04-26-2007, 02:00 PM

Okay, this has been bugging me ever since we found out that pregnant women die on this island...

The island is supposed to have healing powers. Locke legs, Rose's cancer, Jin's super-sperm, parachute girl's lung. But why did a) Ben get cancer, b) Edward Mars die a slow death, c) Boone die from his injuries, and d) all 9 pregnant Others die?

Alpha Sig Scott · #6 05-03-2007, 05:46 PM

Last nights episode was great. So the island may be Hell and Ben is the devil

SapphireSphinx9 · #7 05-03-2007, 07:03 PM

I'm thinking that they're trying to play off this whole Hell thing a little too much, trying to make us think that it's the only possiblity for this island... Does that make any sense?

They've fooled us many times, what's to stop them from doing it again? hehe

BetteDavisEyes · #8 05-03-2007, 09:26 PM

That was such a good episode but then again, Locke episodes are always great. Next week is Ben episode. I'm super excited about that and about Juliet getting busted by Sawyer.