So we haven't seen Ethan in years, a new episode airs in america, and immediately theres a thread called "Ethan", that wouldnt make you guess if you hadn't seen it, that Ethan would be in the new episode?
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So we haven't seen Ethan in years, a new episode airs in america, and immediately theres a thread called "Ethan", that wouldnt make you guess if you hadn't seen it, that Ethan would be in the new episode?
Actually, Ethan has appeared in at least one episode of every season except season 4.
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Commodore
I assumed they "fixed" the hole they created by dumping the cement in. I seriously doubt they would have detonated a nuclear bomb, especially since 1) they didn't have one handy and 2) it was considered a last-ditch resort for stopping it should it be released again.
The fact that it resembled the measures they used to contain a nuclear meltdown is testimony to how powerful the island is more than a suggestion that it was an actual nuclear meltdown. And if one nuke didn't stop it the first time, why would a second? Especially when no one would be there to fill it up with cement again.
So nah. I seriously doubt your assumption is right. The big reason is because the detonation did apparently create an alternate universe where the island sank. The other universe is there to demonstrate what happened because of those actions and how irresponsible and selfish it was; the creative team has already stated this is an article.
It could have just been speculation about whether or not he'd appear. I'm usually very picky about spoilers, but threads need to have titles, so there's only so much you can do.
Its always easy to be blasé about spoilers when you are on the side of the pond that's already seen the episode.
The title could easily have been "about X", then you have to open the thread to see who X is.
As soon as you start having surprise guest characters as thread titles, then there is very little point anyone who isnt in the USA, or who doesn't watch by torrent an hour later even coming to this forum, if you still want the contents of the latest episode to be a surprise.
The title could easily have been "about X", then you have to open the thread to see who X is.
As soon as you start having surprise guest characters as thread titles, then there is very little point anyone who isnt in the USA, or who doesn't watch by torrent an hour later even coming to this forum, if you still want the contents of the latest episode to be a surprise.
A much safer thread title would have been more appropriate, though - I mean, in the past we've had "Is ***** Dead?" titles without much fuss. As the OP refers directly to Ethan's return this season, it might have been more diplomatic to title the thread something like "***** and the latest episode (SPOILERS)".
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Commodore
You're assuming that based on knowing it was a spoiler. The thread was just titled "Ethan" in a forum dedicated to the entire run of the series, not just the latest episode.
Now if the title was "OMG Ethan Showed Up Again!!!" then you'd have an actual spoiler. People going throwing that damn word around way too much anymore and, frankly, if you're on a discussion forum you should be more defensive in your habits about avoiding spoilers if it's a major concern. The policies are there as a courtesy; it's still your own damn fault for stumbling across one.
Wow dude, who rattled your cage?
If they were showing lost in the UK first before america, and I started a thread called Libby AS SOON AS THAT EPISODE FINISHED would you assume it was just a random thread, or that just maybe, it had something to do with Libby appearing in that episode?
Would you finding out then be your fault for daring to open a forum devoted to that program in the first place, even though you had not opened the thread in question?
Or is this the US lost forum, and everyone else can just fuck off?
If they were showing lost in the UK first before america, and I started a thread called Libby AS SOON AS THAT EPISODE FINISHED would you assume it was just a random thread, or that just maybe, it had something to do with Libby appearing in that episode?
Would you finding out then be your fault for daring to open a forum devoted to that program in the first place, even though you had not opened the thread in question?
Or is this the US lost forum, and everyone else can just fuck off?
Well I guess we will know more as we see more people show up in the alternate reality, but if Ben or Richard or any of the dharma people show up then we know that it wasn't the nuke that sank the island, otherwise they would all have died when it went off.
So with Ben being off the island (I knew that they would show us an alternate Ben) then I guess we can assume that the nuke didn't directly (I mean just after it went off) sink the island. Otherwise young Ben would have died on the island (along with everyone else) except those that were already on the sub and away from the island.
The nuke going off must have led to a series of events that eventually caused the island to sink sometime later.
The nuke going off must have led to a series of events that eventually caused the island to sink sometime later.
Right, which then means the alternate version of events we are seeing, wasn't caused by the nuke going off, but by something else. Because if it was caused by the nuke going off then everything up to the nuke should be the same in both timelines.
I do like the idea that all the nuke did was push the Losties back into the present and the alternate timeline is just that, an alternate timeline that has always existed, we are only just "seeing" it now because the writers want us to for some reason.
I believe that the nuke did fracture the timeline....but there are some discrepancies which it would seem (thus far) unlikely the detonation could explain, such as Shannon not being on the fateful flight in the alternate timeline.
Though, let me be clear, I do -not- miss Shannon.
Though, let me be clear, I do -not- miss Shannon.
I never come here until I've seen the newest episode. Too tempting.
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Commodore
First, I love hypocrisy so very, very much.
Second, no, a thread with someone's name in the title and nothing else is not a spoiler. And hell, you even assumed it was -- a fault all your own -- and came in here anyway just to rant off about how it's clearly a spoiler (which it isn't, by any measure). The idiocy of that, alone, is just mindboggling. "Wow, this might be a spoiler. I'MMA GO IN AND CHECK. OMG IT IS! SPOILER! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE SAY IT WAS! OMG OMG OMG! I H8 UHMERIKA!!!"
If someone were to create a thread titled Jacob, what then? How is that a fucking spoiler about anything? What if they started one titled Whubbawhubbawashington? OMG, that must be a spoiler, too! How about one named Desmond, even though he hasn't been seen at all so far this season? Clearly that's a spoiler somehow!
I didn't realize this was forum was the official "Only topics approved of by Biotech are allowed. Anything else is clearly a spoiler and obviously anti-UK, so rabble rabble rabble! Stupid Americans! RAWR!"
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Commodore
Be sure to avoid all threads in the meantime. They all have titles that could be a spoiler, even ones that aren't, and we Americans don't want to upset you any further. So just assume the worst at all possible times. Paranoia and cultural hatred are wonderful things. You should embrace them more.
Okay, okay, everyone, in the immortal words of Bill Shatner, "It's just a TV show." Let's not have an international incident over a TV character who died five years ago.
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