>especially the wizard of oz

wait... how is it remotely similar to the wizard of oz?? like there's no way that's going to explain it

>and some have said that there are plenty of similarities to
>the movie zardoz
>http://youtube.com/watch?v=kbGVIdA3dx0
>
>the heiroglyphs on the stone work in bens closet have been
>deciphered , they allude to some kind of means of protection
>
>the fact that ben hit a switch to activate the smoke monster
>means that its just apart of the dharma initiative's
>experiments or their watchdog
>

a) why the heck would dharma write stuff in hieroglyphics. obviously the hieros come from something more ancient
b) when did ben 'flip a switch?' he went to some underground lair. the monster is obviously not a 'security system' or a 'watchdog' - that's plainly ridiculous. the security system is that fence that fries your brains

>40 pirates and hundreds of slaves were also on the island
>

when did this appear?

>
>>
>> but when one
>>character got up close he did see faces/images floating
>about
>>in it.
>
>when was this?
>

season one or season two. either charlie or locke out in the jungle somewhere can't remember exactly

>>
>>- who says 'you have no idea what he is
>>capable of'
>>
>who is his former wife?
>

rousseau. mother of his daughter anyway

>this describes the plot of every stranded scifi joint even
>planet of the apes
>

nope... it's really specific. ancient people, modern expedition, both wiped out, except for one man and his daughter and wife. remember the speech to locke ben gave about a box that creates anything you can imagine, that's directly from the forbidden planet


>you think this is all in people's minds?
>cuz ben is obviously duping the others into thinking they're
>following jacob
>
>
>it seems their are three factions: ben, jacob and whidmore and
>they are all fighting to recruit locke
>
>whidmore and ben apparently have some understanding because
>they cant kill each other
>
>ben and jacob aren't cool anymore, bens spinal problem, he
>doesnt have dreams, the use of technology, shooting locke etc
>
>whidmore and jacob aren't cool cuz he wants to torch the
>island
>
>ben was a kid in dharma and whidmore apparently had some
>ownership cuz he wasnt a chosen one?
>
>if everyone could heal themselves jack wouldnt have fallen out
>and all the pregnant women wouldnt die
>

i haven't seen the latest episode yet it's on tonight.
but the reason not everyone is being healed is because everyone's subconscious is different. and you can't control your subconscious like that.
i suspect whidmore and ben can't kill each other cause killing your brother would fuck up your subconscious, but then again we'll just need to wait and see

but one thing i do know, basically the only way you can explain all the wierdness
- smoke monster
- coincidences
- healing
- polar bears and stuff
- disappearing ancient civilization
- dead people or vanished people appearing on the island
is through the subconscious mind's interaction with some energy-to-matter forbidden planet type technology

most theories forget about the four toed statue... and that's the most obvious clue that it's a Forbidden Planet type story