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Location: The Four-Toed Statue
Discussion: statue, monster, and "Forbidden Planet"
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statue, monster, and "Forbidden Planet"
Jul 5 2007, 9:44 PM EDT I think that "Lost" is a modern telling of the old Sci-fi movie "Forbidden Planet" which is based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest". If anyone has seen this movie, then you all know what i'm talking about. The Planet represents the island, the ruins of the ancient Krell represent the 4 toed statue which implies the ruins of the ancient civilization of the island, and the invisible Id monster, represents smokie. In "Forbidden Planet", the Id monster was created by the primitive parts of the Krell's subconscious mind. They became so powerful and so advanced, they created a machine that can project matter of any shape or size anywhere on the planet by mere thought. The machine was designed to read the mind's of the Krell. The dilemma is that the parts of the subconscious mind are still barbaric, and since it has access to the machine, it created the monsters from their Id which destroyed the Krell civilization. A million years later, humans arrive on this world, explore it, and find the ruins of the Krell including the machine which is still running. The machine is located underground. Once humans gain access to the machine, the Id monster is once again set loose to kill. I believe this is the entire premise for "Lost". An ancient civilization lived on that island similar to Atlantis. These people might be the "missing link", hence 4 toes. They predate humanity, and were hence were more advanced. They probably became such powerful psychics or invented a machine that could solve all their problems, but instead were destroyed by that very creation, a.k.a. the smoke monster. It's the only thing that survived the fall of the ancients since it was the cause of the fall. So, other people that come to the island millenia later, they now have to contend with it, and all the other phenomenon that was left over by the ancients. Write back and tell me what you think. 5 out of 6 found this valuable. Do you? |
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